摘要:
The present invention provides for a room temperature vulcanizable silicone sealant composition that rapidly achieves a usable green strength shortly after application. Such a composition that develops a usable green strength is useful in the manufacture of architectural elements employing glazing such as windows and doors and when such a composition is used in a manufacturing process, the manufacturing process can be accelerated relative to a process that uses a silicone sealant that does not rapidly achieve a usable green strength.
摘要:
An intermittent computing system state and intermittent computing module is described for a power-constrained personal computer. In the intermittent computing system state, the power-constrained personal computer may transition between sub-states of the intermittent computing system state according to an intermittent computing schedule. Each intermittent computing sub-state may be associated with hardware power sets and software power sets. Altering power supply to hardware components referenced by hardware power sets may alter power consumed in associated intermittent computing sub-states. A caching mechanism may be configured to make it likely that software components referenced by software power sets are loaded into powered storage types during associated intermittent computing sub-states. In the intermittent computing system state, periods of high functionality may be available over extended periods without the high power consumption associated with a continuous working system state. Average power consumption may be adjusted by varying the intermittent computing schedule.
摘要:
Display devices, display device methods and display device software that allows users to, for example, immediately return a display device to the powered up state when a power button is inadvertently pressed.
摘要:
A method for renegotiating a financial instrument includes the steps of initiating a logical session between a client program and a client interface affiliated with a financial institution, displaying financial information relating to a client on the client interface, displaying a message on the client program that a financial instrument of the client may be renegotiated, transmitting a request to renegotiate the financial instrument to the client interface, displaying a disclosure document pertaining to the request to renegotiate, and if the client agrees to accept terms of the disclosure document, displaying a plurality of renegotiation options to the client on the client program, and transmitting a selection of one of the renegotiation options to the client interface. The system for renegotiating the financial instrument is structured to operate over a network and includes a client interface program affiliated with a financial institution, an application server housing the client interface program and the client interface program being capable of retrieving data from a data repository that a financial instrument of the client may be renegotiated and displaying a message on a display device indicating that the financial instrument may be renegotiated. Although the method and system of the present invention maybe applied to a wide variety of financial instruments, in a preferred embodiment, the financial instrument is a certificate of deposit.
摘要:
A cleansing or skin treatment product is described which has one or more chambers and contains a substantially nonaqueous composition having a continuous and a discontinuous phase in at least one chamber. Components of the discontinuous phase can chemically react with each other or with water when water is blended with the nonaqueous cleansing or skin treatment composition during consumer use.
摘要:
A support and tensioning frame for a stencil to enable solder paste to be applied to printed circuit boards and other electronic substrates includes a support frame engaged with at least two opposed mounting members. Each mounting member includes at least one projection for engaging an aperture in a stencil to mount the stencil under tension. A permanent-biasing mechanism engages one or more of the mounting members to place the stencil under tension. A second biasing mechanism engages the mounting member to provide a bias opposite that of the permanent-biasing mechanism to facilitate release of a mounted stencil.
摘要:
A transparent amorphous carbon layer is formed. The transparent amorphous carbon layer has a low absorption coefficient such that the amorphous carbon is transparent in visible light. The transparent amorphous carbon layer may be used in semiconductor devices for different purposes. The transparent amorphous carbon layer may be included in a final structure in semiconductor devices. The transparent amorphous carbon layer may also be used as a mask in an etching process during fabrication of semiconductor devices.
摘要:
A smoking article having reduced ignition propensity is disclosed. The smoking article includes a tobacco column, a wrapper surrounding the tobacco column and a filter element. The wrapper has a base permeability, an untreated area and a least one discrete area treated with a composition to reducing the base permeability. The discretely treated area interacts with a coal of a burning tobacco firecone as it advances to self-extinguish the smoking article. The composition of the treated area includes a permeability reducing substance, a burn rate retarding substance and a burn rate accelerating substance. Either the burn rate retarding substance or the burn rate accelerating substance acts as an organoleptic enhancing substance. In this way a smoker's experience when smoking either the at least one treated area or the untreated area is substantially the same.
摘要:
A display device includes a spatial light modulator and a light generator. The spatial light modulator may have an array of modulating elements with a plurality of image regions. The light generator may be configured to direct a different one of a plurality of substantially stationary light bands onto each of a plurality of the image regions of the array of modulating elements.
摘要:
A pump including a plurality of spaced apart generally mutually parallel plates, which are mounted for rotation in a housing about an axis which extends generally normal to the plates, to effect pumping of a fluid, wherein the separation of the plates varies depending on the temperature of fluid within the housing.