All Prior Art

The present invention provides a process for suppressing abnormal grain growth in friction stir welded aluminum alloys by inserting an intermediate annealing treatment after the welding step on the article. The locking members are entirely contained within the box when the box is closed, and they can be disengaged only with the use of a special tool. The cutting body or each cutting body is inclined in relation to the disk-shaped base body or the plate-shaped base body. By applying a series of known voltages while the probe is vibrating, the skin’s local surface potential can be measured and the lateral electric field can be calculated from the spatial distribution of surface potential measurements. According to the first radiation signal, a first controlling module of the receiving unit is for driving a light-emitting device to emit a control light signal to the optical fiber.

A telecommunications optical fiber is secured against intrusion by detecting manipulation of the optical fiber prior to an intrusion event. The system also provides means allowing the heat pump function to be provided by a low-cost, mass-produced, window air conditioner. The pipe-shaped through electrode is utilized as a pipe-shaped electric conductor that extends through the silicon substrate. The power converter system further includes pre-charge circuitry that charges a DC link capacitor located within the power converter system to a desired level prior to providing the power converter system with AC power.

In a solid-state image pick-up device comprising photoelectric converting devices 3r, 3g and 3b formed at a predetermined array interval in row and column directions on a semiconductor substrate, vertical transfer paths 4a, 4b, 4c,. The drive mechanism is formed by an irreversible transmission system which ensures a shock resistant function for the indicator. An eyelid seals ink within the printhead on startup of the printer system. The advantages over the prior art of the systems and methods described herein include the advantage of allowing different types of content from different application programs to be shown on the same display within the same work space.

A forecasting engine arranged to generate a forecast for a set of historic time-series data. The present invention also relates to a cosmetic composition comprising the oil-in-water type nano-emulsion composition, and to a method for preparing the oil-in-water type nano-emulsion composition. Systems and methods are provided for coordinating the different relationships to provide relationship-based pricing. An end time of the tone in the signal may be determined by locating a last frame in the series of frames.

A receiving apparatus which suppresses threshold-voltage changes. The method includes bonding a polymer layer to a diaphragm layer having a plurality of openings, bonding piezoelectric transducers to the diaphragm layer, filling areas between the piezoelectric transducers on the diaphragm layer with thermoset polymer, and removing the thermoset polymer from the piezoelectric transducers with a laser to expose a metal electrode on each piezoelectric transducer. At least one support bow spans the space to support the material. The overall effect is such that the abrasive distribution transversely across the jet is much more even than in a conventional blasting nozzle. The threads need not be constrained to execute on the same respective processing units during the lives of those threads\u2014though, in some embodiments, they can be so constrained.

A safety sleeve used with a wireline connection where the safety sleeve comprises an elongated body with an axial aperture formed along its axis. In response to a user request, a determination is made that the stored configuration corresponds to the requesting user. contacting the reactive mixed feedstream with at least one catalyst to promote the oxidation of the sulfur-containing compounds and the neutralization of the sodium hydroxide; andc. Time and frequency are synchronized in feedback loops from information in the channel impulse response.

In an ad hoc peer-to-peer type network during peer discovery, information relating to an identifier associated with users of various devices is broadcast to other devices in an efficient manner. The color-simulating device first analyzes a color to be simulated and then produces a light having the color according to the analysis result. Finally, the present invention is also concerned with a shower fitting having a line section which is configured in the form of a shower connection and in the line interior of which one of the above-described insertion units can be inserted. The control circuit includes a bang-bang controller for generating a first power signal being indicative of a predefined amount of power to be added to the power output of the power generation system. Additionally, one implementation uses a general purpose lookup engine that can traverse multiple tree bitmaps or other data structures simultaneously, and perform complete searches, partial searches, and resume partial searches such as after receiving additional data on which to search.

In a preferred embodiment, the invention provides a circuit and method for improving the soft error rate in a dual-port read SRAM cell. The apparatus includes a rotary member and a surface compensating member that is fixedly coupled to the rotary member in a rotational direction and slidably coupled to the rotary member in an axial direction. The BJT current source may limit a gate-to-source voltage of the two MOSFETs to a predetermined voltage that is less than a maximum allowed voltage by controlling a current flow through the first resistor to prevent damage to the MOSFETs.

A gun muffler comprises an elongated housing which is lined with a sound absorbing foam. The wind park includes at least one wind turbine; a transformer coupled between the at least one wind turbine and a power grid. If a size of the e-mail messages reaches a predetermined limit of the memory, e-mail message bodies of some of the e-mail messages are automatically deleted from the memory while e-mail message headers of the e-mail messages are retained. Particular embodiments of the compositions are environmentally friendly.

In the third step of joining of the metal members, the pressing force of the rotational tool under rotation is maintained at the third pressing force that is smaller than the second pressing force until a specified period of time elapses after the tip of the pin portion of the rotational tool has reached the specified point that is at a distance from the joining face. In one form, each projectile assembly further includes an internal wedging surface, at or adjacent the trailing end of said cylindrical extension which accommodates a tapered nose part of a following projectile, for expanding said trailing end into enhanced sealing engagement with the barrel upon engagement of said wedging surface With said tapered nose part. The mating segments are configured to be compressed along the connection axis. The first repair line is disposed on the substrate for repairing at least one of the data lines. Each beverage flow channel effectively functions to receive heat from channel-received beverage before the channel-received beverage exits the primary beverage outlet.