Author: claimsbot

1. A method for manufacturing an optical film, comprising:
providing a template;
coating an aluminum film on a surface of the template;
forming a number of regular cone-shaped microstructures on a surface of the aluminum film;
providing a substrate made of a transparent polymer material;
transferring the cone-shaped microstructures on the surface of the aluminum film to the substrate to form a number of cone-shaped micro-protrusions on the substrate; and
modifying the surfaces of the cone-shaped micro-protrusions on the substrate to obtain a layer containing hydrophobic-functional-groups on the surfaces of the cone-shaped micro-protrusions on the substrate;
wherein forming a number of regular cone-shaped microstructures on a surface of the aluminum film comprises:
putting the template into an electrolytic oxidation tank containing electrolyte;
applying a voltage on the electrolyte to form an alumina layer on the surface of the aluminum film, with a number of cone-shaped micro pores formed on the surface of the alumina layer;
dipping the template with the micro pores in a phosphoric acid solution with a concentration of about 5% by weight and the temperature of about 30\xb0 C.;
applying another voltage to the phosphoric acid solution to ream the micro pores;
cleaning the template; and
repeatedly applying the another voltage to the phosphoric acid solution to ream the micro pores and cleaning the template for 5 times.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the surface of the template is a polished surface.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the template is made from monocrystal or metal.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the electrolyte is selected from the group consisting of sulfuric acid solution, phosphoric acid solution and oxalic acid solution.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the material of the substrate is poly methyl methacrylate.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising: forming a self-assembled monolayer on the surfaces of the cone-shaped microstructures after anodizing the aluminum film and before transferring the cone-shaped microstructures on the surface of the aluminum film to the substrate.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the step of forming the self-assembled monolayer comprises:
putting the template with the regular cone-shaped microstructures in a vacuum chamber;
introducing one kind of inert gas into the vacuum chamber; and
introducing a long carbon chain perfluorinated fatty acids into the vacuum chamber.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the step of forming the self-assembled monolayer further comprises:
cooling the template to a room temperature; and
scouring the self-assembled monolayer successively by chloroform, acetone, ethanol and deionized water.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of modifying the surfaces of the micro-protrusions of the substrate to obtain a layer containing hydrophobic-functional-groups comprises: introducing a gas into a plasma machine.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein the gas introduced into the plasma machine is carbon tetrafluoride.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method for manufacturing a honeycomb panel laminate,
the honeycomb panel laminate including a sound absorbing face, a sound absorbing layer, and a sound insulating face,
the sound absorbing face being made of a sponge foam,
the sound absorbing layer being composed of a honeycomb material and a layer obtained by filling spaces in cells of the honeycomb material with a hard foam material,
the method comprising the steps of:
(a) before filling the cell spaces in the honeycomb material, which constitutes the sound absorbing layer, with the hard foam material, bonding the honeycomb material to the sound absorbing face by applying an adhesive to hexagonal linear edges of cell walls of the honeycomb material and to rising wall surfaces of the cell walls, pushing the hexagonal linear edges of the cell walls against the sound absorbing face made of the sponge foam, and applying further pressure to press the hexagonal linear edges, to which the adhesive has been applied, of the cell walls against the sponge foam so that the hexagonal linear edges of the cell walls bite into the sponge foam;
(b) after step (a), forming the sound absorbing layer by filling the cell spaces in the honeycomb material with the hard foam material by pressing the hard foam material into the cell spaces in the honeycomb material from a side of the honeycomb material opposite the sound absorbing face while applying pressure to such an extent that bubbles in the hard foam material do not get destructed, in order that the sound absorbing layer is in a plane state where the cell walls of the honeycomb material and the hard foam material are at substantially a same level, the hard foam material having substantially a same thickness as that of the honeycomb material,
the sound insulating face, which is parallel to the sound absorbing face and which faces the sound absorbing face across the honeycomb material, being made of a sponge foam; and
(c) bonding the honeycomb material to the sound insulating face by applying an adhesive all over a surface of the sound insulating face that is to be in contact with the honeycomb material, pushing opposite edges of the cell walls of the honeycomb material of the sound absorbing layer against the surface, to which the adhesive has been applied, of the sound insulating face made of the sponge foam, the opposite edges being opposite the hexagonal linear edges to which the adhesive was applied, the sound absorbing layer remaining in the plane state where the cell walls of the honeycomb material and the hard foam material are at substantially the same level, and applying further pressure to press the opposite edges against the surface, all over which the adhesive has been applied, of the sponge foam so that the opposite edges bite into the sponge foam.
2. A honeycomb panel laminate which is manufactured by the method as set forth in claim 1,
the sponge foam of which the sound absorbing face is made being an open-cell sponge foam,
the hard foam material constituting the sound absorbing layer being an open-cell hard foam material,
the sponge foam of which the sound insulating face is made being a closed-cell sponge foam.
3. The honeycomb panel laminate as set forth in claim 2, wherein the sponge foams of which the sound absorbing face and the sound insulating face are made, are polyethylene foam materials.
4. The honeycomb panel laminate as set forth in claim 2, wherein the foam material with which the cells spaces in the honeycomb material are filled is a hard phenol foam material.

1. A computer-implementable method for remapping child references when parent reference updates are processed, the method comprising:
creating a table that is used to store List Of Value (LOV) reference updates that need to be processed for remapping;
creating triggers to populate the table dynamically as the LOV reference updates occur;
extracting object mapping definitions from a definition repository;
storing extracted object mapping definitions into a control table in memory;
capturing LOV reference updates dynamically as they occur and populating the updates in the table via the triggers;
matching the extracted object mapping definitions with the LOV reference updates; and
remapping child references of parent LOV data using matched object mapping definitions.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein each trigger causes only one LOV reference update to populate the table.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the LOV updates are processed in a Siebel Enterprise environment.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein remapping child LOV references for modified parent LOV data is based on a specific object configuration of a particular Siebel instance.
5. A system comprising:
a processor;
a data bus coupled to the processor;
a memory coupled to the data bus; and
a computer-usable medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising instructions executable by the processor and configured for:
creating a table that is used to store List Of Value (LOV) reference updates that need to be processed for remapping;
creating triggers to populate the table dynamically as the LOV reference updates occur;
extracting object mapping definitions from a definition repository;
storing extracted object mapping definitions into a control table in memory;
capturing LOV reference updates dynamically as they occur and populating the updates in the table via the triggers;
matching the extracted object mapping definitions with the LOV reference updates; and
remapping child references of parent LOV data using matched object mapping definitions.
6. The system of claim 5, wherein each trigger causes only one LOV reference update to populate the table.
7. The system of claim 5, wherein the LOV updates are processed in a Siebel Enterprise environment.
8. The system of claim 7, wherein remapping child LOV references for modified parent LOV data is based on a specific object configuration of a particular Siebel instance.
9. A computer-usable medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising computer executable instructions configured for:
creating a table that is used to store List Of Value (LOV) reference updates that need to be processed for remapping;
creating triggers to populate the table dynamically as the LOV reference updates occur;
extracting object mapping definitions from a definition repository;
storing extracted object mapping definitions into a control table in memory;
capturing LOV reference updates dynamically as they occur and populating the updates in the table via the triggers;
matching the extracted object mapping definitions with the LOV reference updates; and
remapping child references of parent LOV data using matched object mapping definitions.
10. The computer-useable medium of claim 9, wherein each trigger causes only one LOV reference update to populate the table.
11. The computer-usable medium of claim 9, wherein the LOV updates are processed in a Siebel Enterprise environment.
12. The computer-usable medium of claim 11, wherein remapping child LOV references for modified parent LOV data is based on a specific object configuration of a particular Siebel instance.
13. The computer-useable medium of claim 9, wherein the computer program code is deployed to a client computer from a server at a remote location.
14. The computer-useable medium of claim 9, wherein the computer program code is provided by a service provider to a customer on an on-demand basis.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A medical probe assembly for delivering energy to a patient’s body, the probe assembly comprising:
an elongate member having a distal region and a proximal region and defining a lumen therebetween;
an energy delivery device associated with said distal region of said elongate member, said energy delivery device comprising a protrusion; and
a temperature sensor associated with said protrusion.
2. The probe assembly of claim 1, further comprising a means of delivering a fluid to, and removing said fluid from, at least a portion of said probe assembly.
3. The probe assembly of claim 2, wherein the means of delivering and removing fluid comprises at least two tubular members disposed within said lumen.
4. The probe assembly of claim 2, wherein said at least two tubular members are located adjacent each other.
5. The probe assembly of claim 2, further comprising at least two flexible tubular members associated with said proximal region of said elongate member, wherein said at least two flexible tubular members are coupled to said at least two tubular members.
6. The probe assembly of claim 1, wherein said temperature sensor is selected from the group consisting of a thermocouple, a thermistor, a thermometer and an optical fluorescent sensor.
7. The probe assembly of claim 5, wherein said temperature sensor is a thermocouple and wherein said protrusion is a component of said thermocouple.
8. The probe assembly of claim 1, further comprising at least one secondary temperature sensor.
9. The probe assembly of claim 7, further comprising at least one thermal insulator for thermally insulating one or more of said temperature sensor and said at least one secondary temperature sensor.
10. The probe assembly of claim 1, further comprising at least one radiopaque marker.
11. The probe assembly of claim 1, further comprising at least one visible marker.
12. The probe assembly of claim 1, further comprising at least one tactile marker.
13. The probe assembly of claim 1, further comprising an active shape control mechanism for directing at least a portion of said distal region of said elongate member as it is advanced through said patient’s body.
14. The probe assembly of claim 2, further comprising a flow impeding structure for restricting circulation of said fluid to said portion of said probe assembly.
15. A medical probe assembly for delivering energy to a patient’s body, the probe assembly comprising:
an elongate member having a distal region and a proximal region and defining a lumen therebetween;
an energy delivery device associated with said distal region of said elongate member, said energy delivery device comprising a protrusion;
a temperature sensor associated with said protrusion; and
at least two tubular members disposed adjacent each other within said lumen for delivering a fluid to, and removing said fluid from, at least a portion of the probe assembly.
16. The probe assembly of claim 15, further comprising at least one marker selected from the group consisting of a radiopaque marker, a visible marker and a tactile marker.
17. A system for delivering energy to a patient’s body, comprising:
an energy source; and
at least two probe assemblies, each probe assembly comprising an elongate member having a distal region and a proximal region and defining a lumen therebetween, an energy delivery device associated with said distal region of said elongate member, said energy delivery device comprising a protrusion, and a temperature sensor associated with said protrusion.
18. The system of claim 17, further comprising:
an apparatus coupled to at least two of the probe assemblies, said apparatus operable to reduce a temperature of the probe assemblies to which it is coupled; and
a controller operable to control an operation of said apparatus with respect to each of said probe assemblies to which it is coupled, wherein the operation of said apparatus for one probe to which said apparatus is coupled is independent of the operation of said apparatus for any other probe to which said apparatus is coupled.
19. A method of treating tissue of a patient’s body, the method comprising:
providing an energy source and first and second probe assemblies, wherein each of the probe assemblies comprises an elongate member having a distal region and a proximal region and defining a lumen therebetween, an energy delivery device associated with said distal region of said elongate member, said energy delivery device comprising a protrusion, and a temperature sensor associated with said protrusion;
inserting said energy delivery devices of said first and second probe assemblies into spaced-apart treatment sites for said tissue;
delivering energy from said energy source to said tissue through said energy delivery devices; and
measuring a temperature using at least one of the temperature sensors.
20. The method of claim 19, further comprising a step of controlling the delivery of energy based on the temperature measured by said at least one of the temperature sensors.