Abstract:
A rotatable target device for sputtering installations, the rotatable target device including: a rotatable target base adapted for holding a solid target cylinder, the solid target cylinder having an inner axial face, an outer axial face and at least one front face connecting the inner axial face with the outer axial face; wherein the rotatable target base comprises a flexible element, a first face adapted to the shape of the inner axial face of the solid target cylinder and a second face adapted to hold the flexible element outside of the solid target cylinder.
Abstract:
A system provides for remote monitoring using asynchronous code division multiple access (CDMA) communication techniques between a base station and one or more transponders. Each transponder is attached or otherwise associated with an object or an environment to be monitored. Upon receipt of an interrogation signal, a transponder generates and transmits a coded transponder signal containing the monitored data. The coded transponder signal is generated using a spreading code. Each transponder is associated with a unique, mutually exclusive set of spreading codes. Each spreading code is based on a unique transponder address and the monitored data to be sent. A detector asynchronously monitors received signals for any of the available spreading codes. Once the detector detects a particular spreading code, the base station can identify the source transponder and extract the monitored data.
Abstract:
A server rack system comprises a server rack, a raised floor cooling system, and an exhaust system. The server rack includes a base, a front side, a rear side, and an interior portion including first, second, and third server rows. The raised floor cooling system includes a floor surface, ductwork disposed below the floor surface, a blower unit, and a vent. The exhaust system is coupled to the rear side of the server rack and includes a top portion, a bottom portion, and first, second, and third adjustable exhaust channels. In particular, the first adjustable exhaust channel has a first adjustable width, an exhaust inlet aligned with the first server row, and an exhaust outlet at the top portion of the server rack; the second adjustable exhaust channel has a second adjustable width, an exhaust inlet aligned with the second server row, and an exhaust outlet at the top portion of the server rack; and the third adjustable exhaust channel has a third adjustable width, an exhaust inlet aligned with the third server row, and an exhaust outlet at the top portion of the server rack. The first and second adjustable exhaust channels are separated by a first moveable guide plate, and the second and third adjustable exhaust channels are separated by a second moveable guide plate. The first and second moveable guide plates are adjustable in order to vary the first, second, and third adjustable widths of the respective exhaust channels based upon an amount of hot air that must be exhausted through each channel.
Abstract:
A process chamber 1 for PECVD (Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition) coating of a substrate includes an electrode, which is integrated in a contact frame, which is firmly connected to the recipient. A movable carrier in the process chamber carries at least one substrate. The carrier is transported by means of a driven roller positioner into the process chamber or out of the process chamber along a transport route defined by the movement. As soon as the carrier inside the recipient has reached a certain position, the lower roller positioner is uncoupled from carrier by lowering by means of a lifting device. In this regard, the carrier detaches itself from the upper roller positioner. Then, the carrier is accepted by a transfer device (not shown) and brought from the transport position laterally into a treatment position in contact with the contact frame. In this way, reliable contact is produced between the electrode and a counter-electrode provided in carrier. At the same time, other carriers, in so far as the contact frame is removed laterally far enough from the transport route, during the coating of the carrier, can be moved past this.
Abstract:
A method for reducing or completely eliminating water influx in an oil or natural gas borehole includes introducing in the borehole an aqueous solution of a copolymer comprising: A) 40–98 wt. % of structural units of formula (I), wherein: R1 is hydrogen or methyl; R2 represents C2–C10 alkylene; and Me+ represents an ammonium metal ion and an alkali metal ion; B) 0.1 to 58 wt. % of structural units of formula (II); C) 0.1 to 10 wt. % of structural units of formula (III), wherein: R3 and R4 independently of each other represent hydrogen, methyl or ethyl, or R3 and R4 represent together a propylene group, which, with inclusion of a radical (A), form a pyrrolidon radical or, with inclusion of a pentamethylene group, forms a caprolactam radical; D) 0.10 to 10 wt % of structural units of formula (IV). The method also includes introducing in the ground or deposit, simultaneously with the copolymer or subsequently, an agent for crosslinking the copolymer.
Abstract:
A start-up clutch including a disk clutch having an outer disk carrier and an inner disk carrier with a multi-disk clutch pack disposed therebetween. The multi-disk clutch pack is adapted to engage and provide torque translation between the inner and the outer carriers. A piston is adapted to be actuated by fluid pressure to cause the multi-disk clutch pack to engage. A first cavity is adapted to be selectively supplied with pressurized fluid to actuate the piston. A second cavity is adapted to be selectively supplied with pressurized fluid to provide cooling to the multi-disk clutch pack. A first fluid passage adapted to provide pressurized fluid to the first cavity, and a second fluid passage is adapted to provide pressurized fluid to the second fluid passage.
Abstract:
A circuit in which driver units are associated with data networks that are coupled through at least two single transmission channels is provided. The driver units have a logical signal input and a logical signal output on their sides facing away from the data network, with the signal input or signal output of one driver unit being connected with the signal output or signal input of the other driver unit through a signal transmission channel in each case for coupling each of two data networks. A logical coupling control unit is looped into the coupling signal transmission channels. The unit blocks the signal path to the other signal transmission channel when predetermined blocking signal information appears on one signal transmission channel. This ensures that feedback and oscillation effects are suppressed during the transmission of signals over the transmission channels. The circuit can be used for coupling CAN data networks in motor vehicles.
Abstract:
An apparatus, kit, and method for rehabilitating and/or strengthening the soft tissues of a user's lower arm is disclosed. The apparatus has a first arm with a proximal end and a distal end; a second arm with a proximal end, a distal end, one or more discrete sections therebetween for engaging one or more weights, and a means for providing an audible feedback to the user upon completion of an exercise repetition or a half-repetition; and a hinge in contact with the proximal ends of the first and second arms. The hinge is configured to adjust the distance between the distal ends of the first and second arms, or the angle separating the first and second arms.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to bicyclic labdane diterpenes for use in the treatment of a disease associated with activation of transient receptor potential cation channel 6 (TRPC6), preferably a pulmonary or a renal disease. In one aspect the invention relates to the use of a bicyclic labdane diterpene for blocking calcium transport via TRPC6. Another aspect of the invention is a bicyclic labdane diterpene according to formula (1) for use as a medicament wherein R1 is selected from hydrogen and C1 to C4 acyl, wherein the bicyclic labdane diterpene optionally comprises at least one double bond between the carbon atoms at positions 1 and 2, 2 and 3, 5 and 6, 6 and 7 and/or 14 and 15, wherein the carbon atoms at positions 1, 2, 3, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 or 20 are connected to hydrogen atoms or comprise at least one substitution.