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A self-reinforcing clip for securing a panel to a hole, comprising: a first support member and a second support member each disposed in spaced relationship with one another and defining a gap therebetween; a base interconnecting said first and second support members (26, 28); each of said support members (26, 28) having a body portion and a flange portion with said flange portions of said support members (26, 28) extending outwardly away from one another; at least one tooth extending outwardly from said body portion of at least one of said support members (26, 28) and extending upwardly toward said flange portion for engaging an inner wall of the hole to resist removal of said clip from the hole; at least one of said support members (26, 28) defining a contact surface; and characterized in that at least one cross-over member (68, 84) coupled to at least one of said support members (26, 28) and extending across said gap and past said body portion of the other of said support members (26, 28) and in alignment with said contact surface on the other of said support members (26, 28) for engaging said contact surface for inhibiting movement of said support members (26, 28) toward one another when upward forces attempt to pull the clip from the hole. a first support member and a second support member each disposed in spaced relationship with one another and defining a gap therebetween; a base interconnecting said first and second support members (26, 28); each of said support members (26, 28) having a body portion and a flange portion with said flange portions of said support members (26, 28) extending outwardly away from one another; at least one tooth extending outwardly from said body portion of at least one of said support members (26, 28) and extending upwardly toward said flange portion for engaging an inner wall of the hole to resist removal of said clip from the hole; at least one of said support members (26, 28) defining a contact surface; and characterized in that at least one cross-over member (68, 84) coupled to at least one of said support members (26, 28) and extending across said gap and past said body portion of the other of said support members (26, 28) and in alignment with said contact surface on the other of said support members (26, 28) for engaging said contact surface for inhibiting movement of said support members (26, 28) toward one another when upward forces attempt to pull the clip from the hole.
A high energy ray-curable composition comprising the following components to and: 100 parts by weight of a polyfunctional acrylate, 1 to 30 parts by weight of an organoalkoxysilane having an aliphatic unsaturated bond, 1 to 100 parts by weight of colloidal silica, 0.2 to 20 parts by weight of a fluorine compound having an aliphatic unsaturated bond, and a photopolymerization initiator which is at least one selected from the group consisting of organic peroxides, carbonyl compounds, organic sulfur compounds and azo compounds, wherein the fluorine compound is a reactive group-containing composition comprising a reaction product of (i) a triisocyanate formed by trimerizing a diisocyanate and (ii) at least two active hydrogen-containing compounds, and the component (ii) comprises: (ii-1) a perfluoropolyether having at least one active hydrogen, and (ii-2) a monomer having an active hydrogen and a self-crosslinking functional group. 100 parts by weight of a polyfunctional acrylate, 1 to 30 parts by weight of an organoalkoxysilane having an aliphatic unsaturated bond, 1 to 100 parts by weight of colloidal silica, 0.2 to 20 parts by weight of a fluorine compound having an aliphatic unsaturated bond, and a photopolymerization initiator which is at least one selected from the group consisting of organic peroxides, carbonyl compounds, organic sulfur compounds and azo compounds, (i) a triisocyanate formed by trimerizing a diisocyanate and (ii) at least two active hydrogen-containing compounds, and the component (ii) comprises: (ii-1) a perfluoropolyether having at least one active hydrogen, and (ii-2) a monomer having an active hydrogen and a self-crosslinking functional group. (ii-1) a perfluoropolyether having at least one active hydrogen, and (ii-2) a monomer having an active hydrogen and a self-crosslinking functional group.
A method of detecting one or more analytes in a target sample, the method comprising: a. providing a nanoparticle dimer adapted to bind the analyte; b. causing the dimer to pass through a nanopore by voltage-driven translocation; c. observing changes in the translocation current; and d. comparing the translocation current profile of the target sample to the translocation current profile of a control sample; wherein a change in the translocation current profile of the target sample versus the control sample indicates the presence of the analyte in the target sample; wherein the dimer comprises two nanoparticles linked by one or more nucleic acids, wherein at least one of the nucleic acids includes an aptamer specific for the analyte; and wherein the analyte is a protein. a. providing a nanoparticle dimer adapted to bind the analyte; b. causing the dimer to pass through a nanopore by voltage-driven translocation; c. observing changes in the translocation current; and d. comparing the translocation current profile of the target sample to the translocation current profile of a control sample; wherein a change in the translocation current profile of the target sample versus the control sample indicates the presence of the analyte in the target sample; wherein the dimer comprises two nanoparticles linked by one or more nucleic acids, wherein at least one of the nucleic acids includes an aptamer specific for the analyte; and wherein the analyte is a protein.
An inhaler device for indicating a desired fluid flow rate, the device comprising: an open tube whistle; and a mouthpiece in fluid communication with an external opening of the inhaler device and a first end of the open tube whistle, wherein an inner diameter of the open tube whistle has a stepped profile such that, upon user inhalation through the mouthpiece, an audible/sound signal is generated at a predetermined fluid flow rate through the open tube whistle, wherein: the stepped profile of the inner diameter of the open tube whistle comprises only one step; the step is closer to a second end of the open tube whistle than the first end of the open tube whistle; characterized in that the inner diameter of a first portion of the open tube whistle adjacent to the first end of the open tube whistle is greater than the inner diameter of a second portion of the open tube whistle adjacent to the second end of the open tube whistle. an open tube whistle; and a mouthpiece in fluid communication with an external opening of the inhaler device and a first end of the open tube whistle, wherein an inner diameter of the open tube whistle has a stepped profile such that, upon user inhalation through the mouthpiece, an audible/sound signal is generated at a predetermined fluid flow rate through the open tube whistle, wherein: the stepped profile of the inner diameter of the open tube whistle comprises only one step; the step is closer to a second end of the open tube whistle than the first end of the open tube whistle; characterized in that the inner diameter of a first portion of the open tube whistle adjacent to the first end of the open tube whistle is greater than the inner diameter of a second portion of the open tube whistle adjacent to the second end of the open tube whistle. the stepped profile of the inner diameter of the open tube whistle comprises only one step; the step is closer to a second end of the open tube whistle than the first end of the open tube whistle; characterized in that the inner diameter of a first portion of the open tube whistle adjacent to the first end of the open tube whistle is greater than the inner diameter of a second portion of the open tube whistle adjacent to the second end of the open tube whistle.
A broadband stacked multi-spiral antenna array comprising: a low dielectric layer with a generally uniform thickness, two or more stacked spiral antennas including a first spiral antenna, and a second spiral antenna, wherein the first spiral antenna and the second spiral antenna are stacked with the low dielectric layer with a generally uniform thickness positioned between the first spiral antenna and the second spiral antenna and wherein the first spiral antenna and the second spiral antenna are aligned and are at least partially overlapping in the stacking direction; and wherein the first spiral antenna and the second spiral antenna have the same direction of rotation and are configured to be center-fed and in-phase, and the thickness of the low dielectric layer is less than approximately 10.0% of λco, where λco is a wavelength of a center-operating frequency of the broadband stacked dual-spiral antenna array, wherein the dielectric layer includes air, a vacuum, or a non-conductive dielectric laminate, wherein the generally uniform thickness of the dielectric layer is a spacer distance between the first and second spiral antennas ( 510 and 520), wherein a capacitance is created between the first and second spiral antennas ( 510, 520), and wherein the capacitance is configured to tune an input impedance of the broadband stacked multi-spiral antenna array. a low dielectric layer with a generally uniform thickness, two or more stacked spiral antennas including a first spiral antenna, and a second spiral antenna, wherein the first spiral antenna and the second spiral antenna are stacked with the low dielectric layer with a generally uniform thickness positioned between the first spiral antenna and the second spiral antenna and wherein the first spiral antenna and the second spiral antenna are aligned and are at least partially overlapping in the stacking direction; and wherein the first spiral antenna and the second spiral antenna have the same direction of rotation and are configured to be center-fed and in-phase, and the thickness of the low dielectric layer is less than approximately 10.0% of λco, where λco is a wavelength of a center-operating frequency of the broadband stacked dual-spiral antenna array, wherein the dielectric layer includes air, a vacuum, or a non-conductive dielectric laminate, wherein the generally uniform thickness of the dielectric layer is a spacer distance between the first and second spiral antennas ( 510 and 520), wherein a capacitance is created between the first and second spiral antennas ( 510, 520), and wherein the capacitance is configured to tune an input impedance of the broadband stacked multi-spiral antenna array.
A liposome comprising at least one lipid bilayer enclosing an interior aqueous compartment, wherein said lipid bilayer comprises at least one synthetic pyridinium-derived amphiphile having a pyridinium-moiety in its polar group, wherein said at least one synthetic pyridinium-derived amphiphile is a Saint-molecule, and wherein the total amount of pyridinium-derived amphiphile is 2 to 25 mol% based on the total lipid content of the liposome.
Method for manufacturing a component, having a symbol, for a motor vehicle or for a household device, in the case of which the symbol is introduced into a surface element made of a metal material, and in the case of which the surface element is furnished with a main body made of a plastic, wherein the symbol is introduced by means of a laser into the surface element only after the furnishing of the surface element with the main body, characterised in that the surface element is formed in a deep drawing process and is furnished with the main body by means of back-injection moulding, wherein the back-injection moulding takes place after the deep drawing process without tool change and the same tool is used for the forming of the surface element and for a holding of the surface element during the furnishing with the main body.
Thermal insulation product in the form of a sheet and comprising at least one vacuum insulation panel referred to as a VIP and having two opposite and parallel main faces (20, 21) and at least one transverse edge face connecting the two faces (20, 21) by two edges, and a thermally insulating protective wrapper in which the VIP is incorporated, in which the wrapper comprises a peripheral surround made of a first thermally insulated material, of the expanded polystyrene type, surrounding and associated with the edge and the edge face of the VIP, and at least two panels (4, 5) made from a second thermally insulating material distinct from the first material of the surround, the panels (4, 5) each being associated with one of the main faces (20, 21) of the VIP by forming two parallel layers one on each side of the said faces (20, 21) of the VIP and at least partially overlapping the surround, the said surround comprising on a first face a longitudinal groove in which the edge face of the VIP is nested, characterized in that the surround comprises, on each of two opposite lateral flanks (33, 34) which are transverse with respect to the first face, a longitudinal shoulder (33A, 34A) extending around the periphery of the surround in parallel and accommodating the said panels (4, 5) of thermal insulation material, the two panels (4, 5) forming two layers obtained by moulding.
A total knee implant prosthesis for implantation in a patient's knee in which the anterior cruciate ligament is removed and the posterior cruciate ligament is retained, the prosthesis comprising: a femoral component including lateral and medial condyles (112, 114) interposed by an opening, the femoral component also including an anterior cam, and a tibial component including (i) a tibial tray having a stem which is adapted to be received in the intramedullary cavity of the tibia and a platform which is integral with the stem, (ii) a tibial tray insert which is a mobile insert adapted to be mounted on the tibial tray in such a way as to be able to move relative to the tibial tray, the tibial tray insert having a pair of concave bearing surfaces (160, 162) which are adapted to receive the lateral and medial condyles, and (iii) an upwardly extending post which is arranged so that the concave bearing surfaces on the tibial tray insert are partially separated from one another by the post, in which the post is positioned to contact the cam to force the femoral component in the anterior direction during extension, characterised in that the post is provided on the tibial tray. a femoral component including lateral and medial condyles (112, 114) interposed by an opening, the femoral component also including an anterior cam, and a tibial component including (i) a tibial tray having a stem which is adapted to be received in the intramedullary cavity of the tibia and a platform which is integral with the stem, (ii) a tibial tray insert which is a mobile insert adapted to be mounted on the tibial tray in such a way as to be able to move relative to the tibial tray, the tibial tray insert having a pair of concave bearing surfaces (160, 162) which are adapted to receive the lateral and medial condyles, and (iii) an upwardly extending post which is arranged so that the concave bearing surfaces on the tibial tray insert are partially separated from one another by the post, in which the post is positioned to contact the cam to force the femoral component in the anterior direction during extension, characterised in that the post is provided on the tibial tray.
Inductive proximity or presence sensor device, which operates in "factor 1" mode, i.e. with very little variation in its sensing distance Sn with respect to the various main types of metals, said sensor device essentially comprising, firstly, an LC resonant circuit powered by a pulse generator that generates excitation pulses defining successive and recurring sensing phases, secondly, an operational chain of means (4, 5, 6, 12) for acquiring and processing the response signal, in the form of free oscillations, delivered by said LC sensing circuit during each sensing phase, said means including in particular a sampling means and an analogue-to-digital conversion circuit, and, finally, a functional set of means (7, 8) for evaluating, in particular by comparison, at least one temporally adjusted value of the processed signal and for providing an item of information or a logic signal indicating that an object has or has not been sensed, said device also comprising a microcontroller-type management and control unit for controlling the operation of said device, which sensor device is characterized in that the acquisition and processing means comprise, firstly, analogue means (5; 12, 13) for filtering and/or amplifying the sampled response signal after the acquisition thereof and before the digital conversion thereof, and, secondly, a means for compensating for the temperature drift of the response signal by correcting the sampled signal after the digital conversion thereof, said compensation means being associated with or including a temperature sensor, which provides an item of information regarding the temperature of at least a part of the sensor device comprising the LC resonant circuit and acquisition and processing means (4, 5, 11, 12, 13) of the operational chain that are located upstream of the A/D conversion circuit.
A contact lens, comprising: a hydrate of a copolymer of at least three components including 1 - 40 wt. % of a both terminal-polymerizable silicone oligomer exhibiting a viscosity of at least 200 mPa • s at room temperature, 10 - 60 wt. % of a hydrophilic monomer component having an ethylenically unsaturated group and 10 - 45 wt. % of a hydrophobic monomer component having a molecular weight of at most 700, wherein the contact lens is a soft contact lens as represented by an initial elastic modulus of 0.1-0.5 N / mm 2 and a rupture modulus of 0.1-0.5 N / mm 2 and exhibits an elastic-modulus ratio determined as a ratio of a rupture elastic modulus to an initial elastic modulus in a range of 0.8 - 1.2 as measured in a physiological saline solution environment, and the contact lens has been produced through a process, comprising: stirring a material liquid comprising said at least three components, and under a stirring power of 5 - 10000 W/m 3 per unit volume of the material liquid for at least 10 minutes, and then injecting the stirred material liquid into a lens mold to polymerize the material liquid."
A method for generating a preamble of a data unit for transmission via a communication channel, the method comprising: including an indication of a first number of spatial or space-time streams in a first field of the preamble, wherein the first number of spatial or space-time streams corresponds to transmission of the data unit to a first receiver; including one or more training sequences in a second field of the preamble; including in a third field of the preamble an indication of whether space-time block coding is to be used in transmitting the data unit via the communication channel; and formatting the preamble such that the first field of the preamble and the third field of the preamble will be transmitted prior to the second field of the preamble being transmitted. including an indication of a first number of spatial or space-time streams in a first field of the preamble, wherein the first number of spatial or space-time streams corresponds to transmission of the data unit to a first receiver; including one or more training sequences in a second field of the preamble; including in a third field of the preamble an indication of whether space-time block coding is to be used in transmitting the data unit via the communication channel; and formatting the preamble such that the first field of the preamble and the third field of the preamble will be transmitted prior to the second field of the preamble being transmitted.
A method for analyzing a copolymer, the method comprising: a) subjecting a copolymer of a conjugated diene compound with an aromatic vinyl compound to ozonolysis to produce a plurality of kinds of polyhydric alcohol compounds; b) separating a sample solution containing the plurality of kinds of polyhydric alcohol compounds with a comprehensive two-dimensional liquid chromatograph equipped with a first column and a second column; and c) detecting the separated sample with a detector, wherein: the detector is a mass spectrometer; and the first column and the second column have different polarities or different separation modes; and wherein the method comprises: referring to a calibration curve representing a relationship between a concentration of each kind of the polyhydric alcohol compounds and an ion intensity of the detector; and calculating a concentration of a polyhydric alcohol compound from the ion intensity with respect to the polyhydric alcohol compounds in the sample solution detected with the detector. a) subjecting a copolymer of a conjugated diene compound with an aromatic vinyl compound to ozonolysis to produce a plurality of kinds of polyhydric alcohol compounds; b) separating a sample solution containing the plurality of kinds of polyhydric alcohol compounds with a comprehensive two-dimensional liquid chromatograph equipped with a first column and a second column; and c) detecting the separated sample with a detector, the detector is a mass spectrometer; and the first column and the second column have different polarities or different separation modes; and wherein the method comprises: referring to a calibration curve representing a relationship between a concentration of each kind of the polyhydric alcohol compounds and an ion intensity of the detector; and calculating a concentration of a polyhydric alcohol compound from the ion intensity with respect to the polyhydric alcohol compounds in the sample solution detected with the detector. referring to a calibration curve representing a relationship between a concentration of each kind of the polyhydric alcohol compounds and an ion intensity of the detector; and calculating a concentration of a polyhydric alcohol compound from the ion intensity with respect to the polyhydric alcohol compounds in the sample solution detected with the detector.