Electric fuse and protective circuit
FIG. 1 shows a fuse arrangement which includes two mutually identical fuses 1 and 2. The fuse arrangement is mounted on a substrate 11 and the fuse arrangement may be used advantageously in telecommu... Read More
Inventors: Olofsson, Lars-Anders;, Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Stockholm, SE) |
Piezoelectric polymer microgripper
In the invention of the above parent application at least one of the two or more jaw members of a manipulator comprises a piezoelectric polymer and a means for applying an electric field to the polyme... Read More
Inventors: Heiserman, David L.;, Assignee: Microflex Technology, Inc. (Columbus, OH) |
Tick removal device comprising electrically heated retractable tweezers
It is an object of this invention to provide a convenient and effective device to remove a tick attached to the skin of an animal or person, such device incorporating a heated tweezer which device uti... Read More
Inventors: von der Heyde, Christian P.; Backus, Michael E.;, Assignee: |
Lightwave component package
OF THE INVENTION In one aspect, the present invention departs from the generally accepted view of packaging design which attempts to hold the fiber as stationary as possible to prevent misalignment w... Read More
Inventors: Poteat, Tommy L.; Trimmer, William S. N.;, Assignee: American Telephone and Telegraph Company, AT&T Bell Laboratories (Murray Hill, NJ) |
Stacking bundles of flat-folded boxes of corrugated board
I claim: 1. Apparatus for stacking bundles of flat-folded corrugated board, comprising means to feed the bundles in succession to a pick-up position, means to transfer the bundles one at a time from s... Read More
Inventors: Bon, Henry;, Assignee: The Langston Machine Company Limited (Bristol, GB3) |
Infrared detecting device and infrared detecting element for use in the device
A primary object of the present invention is, therefore, to provide an infrared detecting device and an infrared detecting element employed in this device, which can at least reduce, but remarkably, t... Read More
Inventors: Tomonari, Shigeaki; Sakai, Jun; Aizawa, Kouichi; Kakite, Keizi; Awai, Takayoshi; Nakamura, Takuro; Ishida, Takuro; Ichihara, Tsutomu; Yoshida, Hitoshi; Takami, Shigenari; Sumi, Sadayuki;, Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. (Osaka, JP) |
Blade fuse with bifurcated gripping pieces
The invention has been made in view of the aforementioned circumstances. The object of the invention is, therefore, to provide a fuse that allows the terminals to be held with a high degree of rigidit... Read More
Inventors: Muramatsu, Kenji; Kudo, Toshiharu;, Assignee: Yazaki Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Package including self-aligned laser diode and method of aligning a laser diode
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS While embodiments of this invention will be described below, those skilled in the art will recognize that other structures and methods are capable of implementing the pri... Read More
Inventors: Wyland, Christopher P.;, Assignee: Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) |
Variable-response x-ray detection assemblies and methods of using same
A variable-response X-ray detector assembly in accordance with this invention generally comprises an X-ray scintillating crystal having Z-axis nonuniformity and a specially-tailored set of electricall... Read More
Inventors: Marcovici, Sorin;, Assignee: Analogic Corporation (Peabody, MA) |
Color cathode ray tube
In an in-line electron gun constituted as described above, three electron beams do not satisfy the convergence conditions due to slight variations of the electron gun component accuracy and assembling... Read More
Inventors: Uchida, Go; Shirai, Syoji;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Torsion bar scanner with damping
What is claimed is: 1. A scanner comprising: a first spring, at least one node point R defined on said first spring for a rotational frequency f.sub.R, at least one node point V defined on said first ... Read More
Inventors: Paulsen, Dean R.;, Assignee: General Scanning, Inc. (Watertown, MA) |
Electrostrictive actuated mirror array and method for the manufacture thereof
It is, therefore, a primary object of the present invention to provide a method for manufacturing an array of M.times.N electrostrictive actuated mirrors, which dispenses with the use of a thin electr... Read More
Inventors: Ji, Jeong-Beom;, Assignee: Daewoo Electronics Co., Ltd. (Seoul, KR) |
Sub-marine telephone cable
According to the present invention, a central conductor for a coaxial telephone cable comprises a compound twisted core of high-tensile steel wires and of aluminium-based wires encased in a longitudin... Read More
Inventors: Vives, Jean-Patrick;, Assignee: Les Cables de Lyon (Lyons, FR) |
Cast membrane protected pressure sensor
The attainment of the foregoing and other objects and advantages is achieved through the present invention wherein there is provided a dielectric body; a cavity in the dielectric body having a first s... Read More
Inventors: Adams, Victor J.;, Assignee: Motorola Inc. (Schaumburg, IL) |
Diaphragm transducer for sensing loading
What is claimed is: 1. A diaphragm transducer for sensing loading comprising: a bolt having a head and a shank extending from the head; said bolt defining a transducer hole having a head portion locat... Read More
Inventors: Malicki, Raymond W.;, Assignee: Carron & Company (Inkster, MI) |
High frequency response multilayer heat flux gauge configuration
The object of the invention was the development of a heat transfer gauge technology which would permit simultaneous measurement of both the steady state and time resolved heat flux distribution about ... Read More
Inventors: Epstein, Alan H.; Guenette, Jr., Gerald R.; Norton, Robert J. G.;, Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, DC) |
Surface wave devices with tapered transducers
According to one aspect of this invention there is provided a surface wave device having at least one tapered transducer on a surface of a piezoelectric substrate, wherein the tapered transducer is di... Read More
Inventors: Liu, Wen; Cameron, Thomas P.; Beaudin, Steve A.;, Assignee: Nortel Networks Corporation (Montreal, CA) |
Microwave switch
Generally speaking, the present invention provides a mechanical switch for switching microwave signals and the like from one coaxial-type connector to another. In one preferred embodiment, a switch ac... Read More
Inventors: Alman, Robert E.;, Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company (Palo Alto, CA) |
Control circuitry for thermoelectric cooler
Briefly described, and in accordance with one embodiment thereof, the invention provides a portable thermoelectric cooler of the type having a hinged top. The cooler includes a storage compartment and... Read More
Inventors: Reed, Michael A.;, Assignee: Koolatron Industries, Ltd. (Barrie, CA) |
Apparatus for and method of controlling the opening and closing of channel for liquid
It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus for controlling the opening and closing of a channel for a liquid, which can solve the above-described problems experienced... Read More
Inventors: Takagi, Yusuke; Kojima, Yoshio; Mitani, Kenji;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Augmented thermal bus
The present invention is an augmentation of a conventional single-phase thermal bus with an interstitial thermo-electric heat pump (TEHP). The thermo-electric heat pump is a solid-state direct energy ... Read More
Inventors: Schrage, Dean S.;, Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the (Washington, DC) |
AC generator
A main object of the present invention is to provide a rotor which is provided with chamfered edges without additional machining. Another object of the present invention is to provide claw poles which... Read More
Inventors: Fudono, Kiyoshi;, Assignee: Denso Corporation (Kariya, JP) |
Expulsive separation apparatus
OF THE INVENTION Referring to FIGS. 1, 2, 3 and 4 the reference numeral 11 designates an expulsive separation apparatus comprising a blanket 12 of thermo plastic material such as polyurethane, polyet... Read More
Inventors: Lardiere, Jr., Benjamin G.; Goldberg, Joshua I.;, Assignee: Dataproducts New England, Inc. (Wallingford, CT) |
Variable camber control of airfoil
The present invention is directed to an arrangement for altering the camber of an airfoil with a simple light weight apparatus having few moving parts and requiring a minimum of maintenance. In an ill... Read More
Inventors: Roglin, Robert L.; Hanagud, Sathyanaraya;, Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation (Atlanta, GA) |
Skin for a deicer
An object of the present invention is to provide an improved composite. Another object of the present invention is to provide an improved composite for use as the primary layer of a deicer. Yet anothe... Read More
Inventors: Rauckhorst, III, Richard L.; Leffel, Kevin L.;, Assignee: The B. F. Goodrich Company (Akron, OH) |
Measuring arrangement useful for controlling the attitude of a three-axis stabilized satellite, corresponding evaluation process, regulating system and process
The invention relates to a measuring arrangement for determining the sun and earth orientation of a three-axis stabilized satellite and a corresponding process for determining the rotational velocity ... Read More
Inventors: Surauer, Michael; Bittner, Helmut; Fichter, Walter; Fischer, Horst-Dieter;, Assignee: Deutsche Aerospace AG (DE) |
Method and system for controlling ultrasonic probe operation
The object of this invention is to provide an ultrasonic-probe-operation control method and system for controlling the number of transducers--incorporated in an ultrasonic probe--to be driven at any g... Read More
Inventors: Shirasaka, Toshio;, Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Kawasaki, JP) |
Machine structures fabricated of multiple microstructure layers
We claim: 1. An electrostatic machine comprising: a monolithic structure comprising a plurality of separately formed slices laminated together in a stack, at least some slices of said plurality of sli... Read More
Inventors: Bertin, Claude Louis; Cronin, John Edward;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Tuning fork
OF THE INVENTION FIG. 8 shows a plan view of a quartz tuning fork 81. The width, the length and the thickness directions of the tuning fork are respectively in the X-axis (electrical axis of quartz),... Read More
Inventors: Takahashi, Kunihiro;, Assignee: Seiko Instruments & Electronics Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Piezo-electric transducer
It is an object of the present invention to provide a piezo-electric buzzer which generates relatively low tone and can oscillate stably in a desired mode even though it is in a small size. The forego... Read More
Inventors: Fujita, Hideo; Saito, Yuichi; Miura, Masatoshi;, Assignee: TDK Electronics Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
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