A dynamic splint is provided which applies a bias force across a body joint with a magnitude which is adjustable at a pivot in the splint. At the pivot, a joint enclosure is provided to house a coiled leaf spring having one end connected to a movable adjustment mechanism. The relative magnitude of the bias is indicated by an indicator bearing numeric markings which moves with movement of the adjustment mechanism. A pin look mechanism is provided for locking pivoted strut members of the splint to...

A dynamic RAM is provided with a main word lines; a plurality of subsidiary word lines which are arranged in the direction of bit lines crossing the main word line and to which a plurality of dynamic memory cells are connected; a plurality of subsidiary word selection lines which are extended so as to perpendicularly intersect the main word line and through which a selection signal for selecting one of the plurality of subsidiary word lines is transmitted; and a logic circuit for receiving a sel...

The dynamic mixer comprises a rotor housing including a cover and a rotatable mixing rotor, the rotor housing cover being provided with inlets for the components to be mixed. For a good premixing of the components, the mixing rotor is provided near the inlets with a rotor disk whose surface is provided on the inlet side with carriers forming chamber sections for carrying along the components to be mixed, and whose circumference is provided with annular gaps through which the components pass to t...

An improved toothbrush which has V-shaped ripples at the right and left side of the bristle field and the front surface of the bristle field is uniformly convex from the right side to the left side, without any ripples. Since the V-shaped ripples are located at the sides, the bristles in the V-shaped ripples can be packed and pushed deep inside the interdental spaces cleaning them thoroughly and at the same time cleaning and massaging the gingivae uniformly without exerting excessive pressure on...

Apparatus for collimating particle emanations, whether photons or material particles, comprises a collimator plate and a motion means. The collimator plate is made of an attenuating material capable of attenuating the particle emanations. The collimator has a plurality of apertures of defined cross-sectional diameter, cross-sectional shape and three-dimensional distribution which restricts the emanations to pass through the plate in a plurality of defined collimated beams. The motion means moves...

Dynamic parsing is disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes an editor and a dynamic parser. The editor provides for developing of source code for a computer program. The dynamic parser parses the source code as the source is developed within the editor during predetermined times (for example, in one embodiment, every second).

An improved method and system for receiving user input data into a computer system having a keyboard with a dynamic key that changes its meaning and appearance in response to a predicted need of a user. The dynamic key is preferably provided on a displayed keyboard of a touch-sensitive input panel. Characters are provided to a prediction engine which returns a prediction comprising a likely next character, such as a punctuation symbol. The meaning and appearance of the dynamic key may change bas...

The objective is to provide a type of dynamic memory which does not adversely affect the data, even when noise is superimposed on the RAS signal.

A bi-phase, single-wire dynamic bus for allowing communication during either of a first phase or a second phase of a clock signal is presented. A data signal that is to be written onto a single bus wire is written onto the bus, via a write enable circuit, during one of the first or second clock phase. A precharger circuit precharges the bus on the subsequent clock phase, which is the other of the first or second clock phase.

A vibration detecting unit is arranged in an air chamber in communication with a microphone unit and changes in pressure in the air chamber caused by the vibrations of a diaphragm of the vibration detecting unit is transmitted to the back surface side of a diaphragm of the microphone unit thereby suppressing the displacement of the diaphragm caused by external vibrations.