摘要:
A stent for disposition in a body passageway or duct to maintain the duct walls apart, for example, to allow the flow of fluid therethrough, includes an elongate flexible support wire formed into an annular lattice having a central void, for disposition at a target location in the duct. Also included is an elongate flexible connecting wire joined at a distal end to the annular lattice and having a discontinuity for severing when supplied with a perturbation signal, a balloon catheter having an expandable section disposable in the void of the annular lattice so that when the expandable section is expanded, it forces the annular lattice radially outwardly to contact and hold apart the duct walls, and a fluid supply for supplying fluid to the expandable section of the balloon catheter to cause it to expand. A perturbation signal source is provided for supplying the perturbation signal to the discontinuity of the connecting wire to cause severance thereof.
摘要:
A movement actuator includes an elongate filament made of a flexible material, and a strip of shape memory alloy disposed on the surface of one side of the filament. The shape memory alloy is responsive to actuation signals, heat or electrical signals, for changing its shape and when its shape changes, it causes the filament to move, i.e., bend, to accommodate the change in shape of the alloy. Also included is a signal supply device for selectively applying heat signals or electrical current to the strip of shape memory alloy to cause the alloy to change its shape and cause the filament to bend. Other patterns for the shape memory alloy could be disposed on the filament to cause other kinds of movements. For example, a helical pattern of the shape memory alloy about the filament would cause the filament to twist when the helical pattern were caused to shorten or lengthen.
摘要:
A steering system for a tow tractor having steerable front and rear road wheels is disclosed. The steering system comprises a steering wheel for turning the front road wheels and a hydrauclic servo valve for turning the rear road wheels through an angle proportional to the turning of the front road wheels.A rear mechanical push-pull cable is used for signaling a feedback angular quantity of the turning of the rear road wheels to the servo valve. A front mechanical push-pull cable is used for signaling an input angular quantity of the turning of the front road wheels to the servo valve. A hydraulic clutch is used for remotely engaging and disengaging the front mechanical system having at least two steering modes for the front and rear road wheels.A method of operating a vehicle having mechanical controls for steerable front and rear road wheels is disclosed that eliminates the dangers of a failure mode inherent in an electronic control over hydraulic four-wheel steering device.
摘要:
A hydraulic actuated pressure booster unit includes a differential power piston and an integral control valve controlling the pumping direction and action. The control valve has a reciprocally mounted tubular spool member in a cylinder valve body. The spool member has a control passageway and a plurality of spaced spools, one of which mates with the power piston passage to form a first valve for transfer of oil to the pumping chamber and from a transfer chamber to an exhaust passageway. A pair of spaced spools slide in stepped control chamber forming a control bore and exhaust bore connected by the spool passageway to the pumping chamber via the first valve. A sequence valve connects the exhaust bore to the exhaust through a directional control valve. The sequence valve is controlled by the output working pressure. A pilot valve controls the load connection to the one end of the cylinder and a high pressure relief valve limits the total pressure created within the working system. The valves and operating sections are axially mounted in longitudinal spacing within a tubular housing having fluid passages formed by recesses in the sidewalls and sealed by an outer shell.
摘要:
An encryption and decryption circuit and method using subkeys which is therefore particularly useful for the encryption and decryption of database information. Each data field has a corresponding write key and a different read key. A database record is encrypted by multiplying each field by its corresponding write key and adding up all such products modulo the product of all read keys. The read keys must be prime numbers and the write keys must satisfy a certain relationship with respect to the read keys. A database record may have a single field decrypted by dividing the encrypted record by the read key for that field and taking the remainder. The security of each field may thereby be individually controlled without compromising the security of the entire record.
摘要:
A micro-lithographic apparatus and method for selectively exposing/masking resist material on a non-planer workpiece or filamentary substrate includes a hollow, energy transparent tubular member with a hollow for containing the workpiece. The tubular member is selectively coated with a layer of energy-opaque material to form the desired pattern. The transparent tube and opaque coating selectively expose/mask the resist material on the workpiece. Alternatively, the apparatus and method include an energy opaque tubular member with apertures formed through the walls of the tubular member. The apertures form the desired pattern. The opaque tube with apertures selectively exposes/masks the resist material. The apparatus and method may also include an energy source and a rotating device for rotating the tubular member, with the workpiece disposed therein, to the energy source or rotating energy source around tubular member or have energy source surround tubular member.
摘要:
A movement actuator includes an elongate filament made of a flexible material, and a strip of shape memory alloy disposed on the surface of one side of the filament. The shape memory alloy is responsive to actuation signals, heat or electrical signals, for changing its shape and when its shape changes, it causes the filament to move, i.e., bend, to accommodate the change in shape of the alloy. Also included is a signal supply device for selectively applying heat signals or electrical current to the strip of shape memory alloy to causes the alloy to change its shape and cause the filament to bend. Other patterns for the shape memory alloy could be disposed on the filament to cause other kinds of movements. For example, a helical pattern of the shape memory alloy about the filament would cause the filament to twist when the helical pattern were caused to shorten or lengthen.
摘要:
A system and method for database management for providing support for long-term storage and retrieval of objects created by application programs written at least in part in object-oriented programming languages consists of a plurality of software modules. These modules provide data definition language translation, object management, object translation, and persistent object storage service. Such system implements an object fault capability to reduce the number of interactions between the application, the database management system, and the database.
摘要:
A camera steadying device (10) is disclosed which includes a motorized flywheel (14) for creating an inertial moment which tends to oppose sudden movements and vibrations, thereby substantially reducing or eliminating "camera shake." Flywheel (14) is housed within flywheel chamber (30) in main housing (11). A camera mounting platform (12) is attached to housing (11) via an adjustable articulated joint (13). Adjustable articulated joint (13) enables the angle of housing (11), with respect to camera mounting platform (12), to be adjusted such that no portion of camera steadying device (10) appears within the field of vision of an attached camera.
摘要:
A hydraulic actuated pressure booster unit includes a differential power piston and an integral control valve controlling the pumping direction and action. The control valve has a reciprocally mounted tubular spool member in a cylindrical valve body. The spool member has a control passageway and a plurality of spaced spools, one of which mates with the power piston passage to form a first valve for transfer of oil to the pumping chamber and from a transfer chamber to an exhaust passageway. A pair of spaced spools slide in stepped control chamber forming a control bore and exhaust bore connected by the spool passageway to the pumping chamber via the first valve. A sequence valve connects the exhaust bore to the exhaust through a directional control valve. The sequence valve is controlled by the output working pressure. A pilot valve controls the load connection to the one end of the cylinder and a high pressure relief valve limits the total pressure created within the working system. The valves and operating sections are axially mounted in longitudinal spacing within a tubular housing having fluid passages formed by recesses in the sidewalls and sealed by an outer shell.