185 results about "Inner segment" patented technology

A dynamic fixation medical implant having at least two bone anchors includes a longitudinal connecting member assembly having an inner elastic molded core and an outer spacer, the core and spacer being disposed between a pair of solid substantially rigid end portions. The assembly may further include a washer and a nut with the inner core or core portion being pre-tensioned. Alternatively, the outer spacer is molded over the inner elastic core, the core being in a neutral, compressed, tensioned or bent orientation during over molding of the spacer.

The present disclosure relates to an arrangement, a loop-shaped support, a prosthetic heart valve and a method of repairing or replacing a native heart valve. With the method or the arrangement, leakage or regurgitation between a prosthetic heart valve and the surrounding valve tissue is prevented. In one embodiment, an arrangement for replacement or repair of a native heart valve is provided, which comprises a loop-shaped support (41) and a prosthetic heart valve (70) and wherein an outer segment (32) of the loop-shaped support (41) is positionable towards surrounding valve tissue of a native heart valve and wherein an outer surface (74) of the prosthetic heart valve (70) is positionable towards an inner segment (34) of the loop-shaped support (41) so as to prevent paravalvular leakage or regurgitation between the prosthetic heart valve (70) and the surrounding valve tissue of the native heart valve.

A radio frequency interference (RFI) and grounding shield for a coaxial cable connector is disclosed. The shield comprises a circular inner segment and at least one arcuately shaped pre-formed cantilevered annular beam attached to the circular inner segment by a joining segment. The at least one pre-formed cantilevered annular beam extends angularly from a plane of the circular inner segment. The at least one pre-formed cantilevered annular beam applies a spring-force to a surface of the surface of a component of the coaxial cable connector establishing an electrically conductive path between the components. The at least one pre-formed cantilevered annular beam comprises an outer surface with a knife-like edge that provides a wiping action of surface oxides on component surfaces of the coaxial cable connector and allows for unrestricted movement when the coaxial cable connector is attached to an equipment connection port of an appliance.

A case stores an earphone set proximate to a digital media device (DMD). The case includes a storage compartment for storing the earphone set proximate a rear side of the DMD. The earphone set may be wound onto a retaining clip that is formed to receive ear-pieces of the earphone set and has a pair of notches, disposed on opposite edges of the clip, about which the two wires are wound. A distance between inner segments of the notches is a function of the length of the wires such that an inline control panel and a junction splitter of the earphone set are positioned within a periphery of the retaining clip. The earpieces and a jack plug of the earphone set may be retained by the clip to facilitate retention of the cable and wires.

A case stores an earphone set proximate to a digital media device (DMD). The case includes a top component that forms a storage compartment for storing the earphone set, and a coupling mechanism for attaching the top component to the DMD such that the storage compartment is proximate a rear side of the DMD. The earphone set may be wound onto a retaining clip that includes a first cutout sized to receive the two ear-pieces and a first pair of notches, disposed on opposite edges of the plate, about which the two wires are wound. A distance between inner segments of the notches is a function of the length of the wires such that an inline control panel and a junction splitter of the earphone set are positioned within a periphery of the retaining clip.

The invention illustrates and describes an apparatus for friction stir welding, having a pin (3) and a first friction surface segment (4), the pin (3) and the first friction surface segment (4) being rotationally driven about an axis of rotation (6), and the first friction surface segment (4) having a first friction surface (5) for resting on a workpiece (2). The object of providing a friction stir welding apparatus which can be used to better set the energy which is introduced into the workpiece by way of the friction between pin and friction surface, on the one hand, and workpiece, on the other hand, is achieved by virtue of the fact that a first inner segment (7) is provided, having a first inner friction surface (8) for resting on a workpiece (2, 2′), that the first inner segment (7) surrounds the pin (3), that the first friction surface segment (4) surrounds the first inner segment (7), and that the first friction surface segment (4) is rotationally driven independently of the first inner segment (7).

A finger ring comprising a generally circular band defining a finger receiving opening. The band has a radially outwardly open window. A jewelry piece is removably received in a displayed position within the window. A pair of levers is rotatably supported on the band on opposite sides of the window. The levers have inner and outer segments and are rotatably adjustable between open and closed positions. In the open position the inner segments protrude into the finger receiving opening and the outer segments are removed from the window to thereby accommodate insertion and removal of the jewelry piece into and from the displayed position. In the closed positions the inner segments are removed from the finger receiving opening and the outer segments extend into the window to mechanically engage and retain the jewelry piece in the displayed position.

A monitoring camera with a far infrared capability has a cylindrical body (10), a lens hood (20), a luminous body (30) with multiple far infrared light emitting diodes (LEDs) and a lens cover (40). The lens hood (20) is a hollow cylinder and is divided into an inner segment and an enlarged outer segment (23) communicating with the inner segment. The enlarged outer portion (23) provides an enlarged compartment to hold a larger luminous body (30), which can hold more far infrared LEDs so the monitoring camera can see object at greater visual distances. Additionally, the field of vision the monitoring camera is also greater.

The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a high-quality bamboo plywood template by utilizing bamboo wood efficiently. The method comprises the following steps of: cutting the bamboo wood into bamboo sections with the lengths of preset specifications; removing outer segments of the bamboo sections; slitting and removing inner segments of bamboo chips; breaking into bamboo splits radially; carbonizing the bamboo splits with superheated steam; drying the radial bamboo splits; weaving the radial bamboo splits into an integral bamboo curtain; impregnating the bamboo curtain into phenolic resin solution with solid content of 40 percent; drying the impregnated bamboo curtain at the low temperature, and preparing and machining impregnated paper; and assembling the impregnated paper and the bamboo curtain reasonably according to requirements, and performing hot-pressing, cooling, cutting edge, grading and inspecting to produce the high-quality bamboo plywood template meeting the requirement of quality. The high-quality bamboo plywood template prepared by the method can utilize the bamboo wood effectively, the utilization rate is up to over 90 percent, and the produced bamboo plywood templates with low cost and high quality can meet ever-growing requirements of the production in building industry.

A retractable awning includes a roller reversibly driven and mounted within a housing for support on a support structure and both inner and outer sets of pivotally interconnected support arms for supporting an awning canopy when extended. The inner set of support arms support the canopy beneath an inner segment of the canopy adjacent the support surface and are designed to deploy before the outer set of support arms with the outer set of support arms supporting the canopy beneath an outer segment of the canopy further away from the support surface than the inner segment. Both the inner and outer sets of support arms can be partially or fully deployed to regulate the extent to which the awning is extendible away from the support surface. The outer support arms are mounted for pivotal movement within a plane forming a different angle with horizontal than the inner set of support arms so the inner segment of the canopy above the inner set of support arms when extended forms a different angle with horizontal than does the outer segment of the awning canopy overlying the outer set of support arms when extended.

The invention discloses a puncture-assisted guiding device, which comprises: a scanning module configured to scan a punctured target to obtain 3D image data of the punctured target and a target body in the target; a three-dimensional positioning module configured to determine a spatial position according to the 3D image data of the punctured target and the target body thereof; a path planning module configured to determine the puncture point and a position of the puncture point when the target body of the punctured target is subjected to puncturing according to at least the 3D image data and the spatial position of the punctured target and the target body to generate a virtual puncture path; a data transmission module configured to send the spatial position coordinates of the virtual puncture path to an AR device, which is convenient to display the inner segment and / or the outer segment of the virtual puncture path through the AR device when the punctured target appears in the field of view of the AR device, wherein the user is assisted to puncture the punctured target according to the virtual puncture path so that the accuracy and efficiency of the operation can be greatly improved.

A monitoring camera with a far infrared capability has a cylindrical body (10), a lens hood (20), a luminous body (30) with multiple far infrared light emitting diodes (LEDs) and a lens cover (40). The lens hood (20) is a hollow cylinder and is divided into an inner segment and an enlarged outer segment (23) communicating with the inner segment. The enlarged outer portion (23) provides an enlarged compartment to hold a larger luminous body (30), which can hold more far infrared LEDs so the monitoring camera can see object at greater visual distances. Additionally, the field of vision the monitoring camera is also greater.

A radio frequency interference (RFI) and grounding shield for a coaxial cable connector is disclosed. The shield comprises a circular inner segment and at least one arcuately shaped pre-formed cantilevered annular beam attached to the circular inner segment by a joining segment. The at least one pre-formed cantilevered annular beam extends angularly from a plane of the circular inner segment. The at least one pre-formed cantilevered annular beam applies a spring-force to a surface of the surface of a component of the coaxial cable connector establishing an electrically conductive path between the components. The at least one pre-formed cantilevered annular beam comprises an outer surface with a knife-like edge that provides a wiping action of surface oxides on component surfaces of the coaxial cable connector and allows for unrestricted movement when the coaxial cable connector is attached to an equipment connection port of an appliance.

A structural support member for use in a roof deck system that is supported on an upper surface of a roof deck support structure. The primary embodiment comprises a substantially vertical outer segment, a substantially horizontal lower segment connected to the outer segment, a substantially horizontal upper segment connected to the outer segment, a substantially horizontal intermediate segment connected to the outer segment between the upper and lower segments, and a substantially vertical inner segment connected to the intermediate segment and the lower segment. The lower segment is secured to the upper surface of the support structure and supports a metal deck. The upper, intermediate, and outer segments form a C-shaped cavity for receiving the end of a barrier material, such as insulation or concrete, which is supported on the metal deck. The lower, intermediate, inner, and outer segments form an elongated channel that preferably has a plurality of vent holes therethrough.

Device (1) to conduct current to or from the electrodes of an electrolysis cell, which device in the direction towards the electrolysis cell comprises three types of segments; at least one outer segment (2) joined with at least one intermediate segment (3) which again is joined with at least one inner segment (4); where the outer segment (2) has at least one end (5) which is to / shall extend out from an electrode body (6) towards an outer current circuit, and the outer segment is coupled to at least one intermediate segment (3) which again is coupled to at least one inner segment with at least one section (4) or end (7) in the electrode body; where the inner segment (4) is manufactured from steel, the intermediate segment is manufactured with a steel lining (8) over an inner core of a material (9) with better electrical and thermal conductivity than steel, and the outer segment is manufactured from a material (9) with better electrical and thermal conductivity than steel. The devices are distinguished in that the material (9) with better electrical and thermal conductivity than steel is chosen amongst aluminium, copper, silver, alloys and intermetals thereof, preferably pure aluminium and soft copper, the intermediate segment with core of the material (9) with better electrical and thermal conductivity than steel, extends into the electrode body, and the joining between the inner segment and the intermediate segment is by means of a friction weld or induction weld via a steel insert.

A stereoscopic digital image projecting system has a light source system providing polarized illumination having a first polarization state and a beam splitting system with a rotating segmented disk in the illumination, alternately generating first and second light beams, the rotating segmented disk having outer segments alternately transmissive and non-transmissive and inner segments radially aligned with the outer segments and alternately reflective and transmissive. A polarization rotator in a path of either the first or second light beam rotates the first polarization state to a second state orthogonal to the first. A combining system combines the first and second light beams into a combined light beam. A spatial light modulator modulates the combined light beam in a manner consistent with stereoscopic image data to form first and second modulated images having substantially orthogonal polarization states. Projection optics project the modulated images onto a display surface.

A utility cover system for preventing water and silt leakage into a utility entrance within a road surface. The utility cover system includes an outer frame having an opening defined by an inner tapered edge, and a wedge cover having an outer tapered edge that fits within the opening of the outer frame. The outer frame preferably has an inner segment and an outer segment, wherein the outer segment is thinner than the inner segment.

The invention relates to an assembly for a stator stage of a turbomachine, the assembly comprising:an outer shroud presenting a series of openings for mounting each stationary vane by welding between the edge of an opening and the outline of the platform of the vane, the outline of the outer segment of an opening surrounding, in radial projection, the outline of the inner segment thereof, the shroud not having any other holes; andat least one stationary vane with its top including a non-pierced platform received in one of said openings prior to the welding step, such that an inside face of the platform bears against a bearing face of the shroud, the outline of the platform presenting a shape that is identical to the shape of the outline of the opening.The invention is applicable to the stator stage of an axial compressor or a turbine of a turbomachine.

A compression device, useful for applying circumferential compression to an object, for example, as a tourniquet to occlude blood flow in a hemorrhaging extremity, is provided. The device includes a buckle assembly, first and second guidance slides, a connecting member between the first and second guidance slides, and a strap. Each end of the strap is anchored to a guidance slide. From each of the anchored ends, the strap passes through the buckle assembly, forming outer segments. The strap then returns along respective insides of the outer segments and through the guidance slides, forming inner segments. The buckle assembly, inner segments and connecting member form a loop for placing about an object, an inner circumference of the loop being adjustable by pulling on a portion of the strap located along the outside of the connecting member and between the two guidance slides to tighten the loop around the object.

A stereoscopic digital image projecting system has a light source system providing polarized illumination having a first polarization state and a beam splitting system with a rotating segmented disk in the illumination, alternately generating first and second light beams, the rotating segmented disk having outer segments alternately transmissive and non-transmissive and inner segments radially aligned with the outer segments and alternately reflective and transmissive. A polarization rotator in a path of either the first or second light beam rotates the first polarization state to a second state orthogonal to the first. A combining system combines the first and second light beams into a combined light beam. A spatial light modulator modulates the combined light beam in a manner consistent with stereoscopic image data to form first and second modulated images having substantially orthogonal polarization states. Projection optics project the modulated images onto a display surface.

An annular mold for curing an annular ring tread is disclosed. The annular mold has a plurality of radially movable and outwardly expandable inner segments for forming the inner surface of the tread and a plurality of radially movable and inwardly contracting outer segments for forming the tread outer surface. The radially outer segments are parallelograms. Each outer segment when in a closed molding position spans across one full radially inner segment and portions of two adjacent inner segments. The radially outer segments have inclined laterally extending edges relative to the axial direction of the mold while the circumferentially extending axially outer edges are perpendicular to the axial direction of the mold. The inclined laterally extending edges are inclined at least 5°, preferably about 10° relative to the axial direction. In the preferred embodiment the mold has 12 outer segments, each segment being of an arc length of about 30°.

The invention relates to a bamboo-breaking tool with a replaceable blade, which comprises a bamboo-breaking tool rest, wherein the center of the bamboo-breaking tool rest is provided with an inner segment removing knocking body vertical to the bamboo-breaking tool rest, the front end of the inner segment removing knocking body is provided with a knocking head, the bamboo-breaking tool rest is provided with a bamboo-breaking blade tightening device, the bamboo-breaking blade tightening device is connected with a detachable bamboo-breaking blade, and the other end of the bamboo-breaking blade is clamped in a groove of the inner segment removing knocking body. The invention has the advantages of convenient blade replacement, low maintenance cost, short maintenance time and easy popularization and application.

The invention relates to an air pressure feeding device. The air pressure feeding device comprises an inner conical opening sleeve communicating with the material input end, and an outer conical opening sleeve communicating with the material output end. The left end face of the outer conical opening sleeve is provided with an outer segment butt circular conical face which is provide with a plurality of ridge-shaped protrusions. The right end face of the inner conical opening sleeve is provided with an inner segment butt circular conical face, and the taper of the inner segment butt circular conical face is equal to that of the butt circular conical face of the outer conical opening sleeve. Gaps are formed between the inner conical opening sleeve 1 and the outer conical opening sleeve through the ridge-shaped protrusions. An outer sleeve is arranged outside the inner conical opening sleeve and the outer conical opening sleeve in a sealed mode. A cavity is formed in the positions, corresponding to the gaps, of the outer sleeve. A pipe enabling the high-pressure air pump outlet end to communicate with the cavity is further arranged on the outer sleeve. A piston is further arranged in the cavity, the cavity is divided into a left closed part and a right closed part through the piston, and springs are arranged in the right part. Compared with the prior art, the air pressure feeding device is simple in structure and practical, the structure of feeding equipment is simplified, the production cost is reduced, and the power-saving amount can reach 60% or more.

A method of tightening and loosening threaded connectors in an object includes threadingly connecting a nut with a bolt introduced in the object with interposition of a washer between the nut and the object, turning the nut by a tool to tighten or loosen the bolt in the object with interposition of the washer, forming the washer with an outer body having a radially inner opening larger than a diameter of the bolt and radially outer surface adapted to absorb a reaction force of the tool, optionally also with a radially inner segment engageable with a thread of the bolt and connectable to the radially outer body with a limited axial frictional movement relative to the outer body, and optionally also with a spacer locatable between the radially inner segment and the nut, interposing only said radially outer body of the washer between the nut and the object for regular applications, optionally interposing the radially outer body and the radially inner segment together between the nut and object for applications when even and accurate bolt elongation is necessary, and optionally interposing the radially outer body, the radially inner segment, and the spacer between the nut and the object for applications when a precise bolt load is needed and a bolt elongation must be controlled.

A method of tightening and loosening threaded connectors in an object includes threadingly connecting a nut with a bolt introduced in the object with interposition of a washer between the nut and the object, turning the nut by a tool to tighten or loosen the bolt in the object with interposition of the washer, forming the washer with an outer body having a radially inner opening larger than a diameter of the bolt and radially outer surface adapted to absorb a reaction force of the tool, optionally also with a radially inner segment engageable with a thread of the bolt and connectable to the radially outer body with a limited axial frictional movement relative to the outer body, and optionally also with a spacer locatable between the radially inner segment and the nut, interposing only said radially outer body of the washer between the nut and the object for regular applications, optionally interposing the radially outer body and the radially inner segment together between the nut and object for applications when even and accurate bolt elongation is necessary, and optionally interposing the radially outer body, the radially inner segment, and the spacer between the nut and the object for applications when a precise bolt load is needed and a bolt elongation must be controlled.

The invention provides a corporate aircraft engine upper placement and front swept wing duck type layout, which belongs to the aviation field, and relates to a high lift drag ratio airplane total layout scheme. The airplane comprises a fuselage, duck wings, wings, a vertical fin, an engine and a rear body edge strip; the wing leading edge inner segment sweeps back; the wing leading edge outer segment sweeps forward, and the engine is supported on an upper surface of a rear body edge strip between a wing trailing edge and an edge strip rudder by an engine, and in the top view projection, an engine axis crosses the corner of the wing leading edge inner segment and the wing leading edge outer segment, and an elevator is arranged at the wing trailing edge, and an inner side elevating auxiliary wing is arranged at the inner side of the wing trailing edge inner side, and an outside elevating auxiliary wing is arranged at the outer side of the wing trailing edge; an edge strip rudder is arranged at the rear edge of the rear body edge strip, and a rudder is arranged at the rear edge of the vertical fin. The wing trailing edge inner segment is connected with a rear body edge strip; the edge strip rudder at the rear body edge strip trailing edge is in cracking type, and is composed of an upper rudder surface and a lower rudder surface, and the shapes of the fuselage and the wing are in smooth transition. The invention has the advantages of high rising and landing lift coefficient and high trim lift drag ratio, light structure weight, long endurance and long voyage.

The invention provides a folding wing of a flapping wing aircraft that imitates birds and bats. The folding wing comprises an inner main beam (1), an inner front beam (1A), an inner rear beam (1B), amiddle main beam (2), a middle front beam (2A), a middle rear beam (2B), an outer main beam (3), a first biomimetic wing rib (4), a second biomimetic wing rib (5), a sliding groove link (6), a cross flapping shaft (7), a second folding link (9B) and a folding controller. The folding wing has the advantages that the structure of the flapping wing refers to the common characteristics of the wing anatomy of the flying vertebrates, imitates the humerus, the ulnar and radius bones, and the metacarpal and phalangeal bones, and the flapping wing is into an inner segment, a middle segment, and an outer segment; each segment is mainly loaded by the inner main beam, the middle main beam and the outer main beam, and the front and rear auxiliary beams are connected with other auxiliary links through several rotating pairs and sliding pairs, a complex multi-link mechanism is formed; the folding wing can accurately simulate the folding motion of flying vertebrates. The folding wing has the advantages of high aerodynamic efficiency, high degree of bionics and good controllability.

A slide assembly with a self-closing mechanism that includes a dampening mechanism. In one arrangement, the slide assembly includes an inner slide segment slidably coupled to an outer slide segment. The self-closing mechanism is configured to move the inner slide segment towards a retracted position when the inner segment is moved to within a predetermined distance from the retracted position. The slide assembly can also include a latch which is engaged during the closing process and functions to trigger the self-closing and dampening. In an arrangement, the slide assembly has a maximum width dimension of about 0.4 inches or less, taking into account normal manufacturing variations. In an arrangement, a movable portion of the self-closing mechanism slidably engages a bearing race of the outer segment.

The invention discloses a hierarchical segmentation method for an OCT (Optical Coherent Tomography) image of an optic disc region based on spatial continuity constraints. The method comprises the steps of firstly removing speckle noise in the OCT image by using a BM3D algorithm; then mutually separating multiple high-reflection regions in the image by using an ROI (Region of Interest) segmentationmethod based on the fuzzy C-means and active contour; then positioning the vascular shadow by using an ROI region image; sequentially segmenting the ROI by using an A-scan segmentation algorithm, correcting an initial segmentation result of each image by using a vascular shadow region; and finally optimizing the corrected segmentation results by using the spatial continuity constraints to obtainsegmentation boundaries of an ILM (Internal Limiting Membrane), an IS-OS (Inner segment-Outer segment) and a BM (Bruch membrane). Disclosed by the invention is an effective hierarchical segmentation method for the OCT image of the optic disc region, is high in segmentation accuracy and has certain robustness for the speckle noise and vascular shadow.