Author: claimsbot

1. A bracket angle adjustment mechanism comprising:
a first bracket including an external-tooth gear;
a second bracket including an internal-tooth gear which has a larger number of internal teeth than that of external teeth of the external-tooth gear;
a pair of wedge members fitted in an eccentric space which is defined between a large-diameter hole formed in a central region of the external-tooth gear and a small-diameter shank constituting a central portion of the internal-tooth gear, in a state when the external-tooth gear and the internal-tooth gear are partly engaged with one another;
a spring member applying a biasing force to each of the pair of wedge members in a wedging direction;
a control shaft; and
a wedge-state release member disposed between respective wedging-directional leading edges of the pair of wedge members, the wedge-state release member including a circular bottom, an arc-shaped first wedge-state release portion at a position of circumference of the circular bottom and an arc-shaped second wedge-state release portion at a position opposed the first wedge-state release portion, the wedge-state release member being concentrically fastened to the control shaft, the wedge-state release member being operable, when rotated by the control shaft associated therewith, to move the pair of wedge members together with the spring member in a wedge-state release direction circularly in the eccentric space, whereby the small-diameter shank is eccentrically moved relative to the large-diameter hole to allow an engagement position of the internal-tooth gear relative to the external-tooth gear to be changed so as to adjust an angle of the second bracket relative to the first bracket,
wherein the wedge-state release member is held by the external-tooth gear in such a manner that an outer peripheral surface of the wedge-state release member is rotatably fitted in an inner peripheral surface of the large-diameter hole formed in the central region of the external-tooth gear by the first and second wedge-state release portions.
2. The bracket angle adjustment mechanism as defined in claim 1, wherein the wedge-state release member is formed with a pressing portion for preventing the wedge members from rising up theretoward.
3. The bracket angle adjustment mechanism as defined in claim 1, wherein the spring member has an outer shape allowing for being housed in the wedge-state release member.
4. The bracket angle adjustment mechanism as defined in claim 1, wherein the
first wedge-state release portion is disposed between respective leading edges of the pair of wedge members; and
the second wedge-state release portion is disposed between respective trailing edges of the pair of wedge members,
wherein:
the first wedge-state release portion is designed to be brought into contact with the leading edge of a first one of the wedge members so as to push and move the first wedge member, before the second wedge-state release portion is brought into contact with the trailing edge of a second one of the wedge members; and
the second wedge-state release portion is designed to be brought into contact with the trailing edge of the second one of the wedge members so as to push and move the second wedge member, before the trailing edge of the first wedge member moved by the first wedge-state release portion is brought into contact with the trailing edge of the second wedge member.
5. The bracket angle adjustment mechanism as defined in claim 1, wherein:
the pair of wedge members include, respectively, first and second notches each formed on the side of a leading edge of a corresponding one thereof; and
the first and second wedge-state release portions are adapted to be fitted, respectively, into the first and second notches,
wherein:
the first wedge-state release portion is designed to be brought into contact with a trailing face of the first notch of a first one of the wedge members so as to push and move the first wedge member, before the second wedge-state release portion is brought into contact with a leading face of the second notch of a second one of the wedge members; and
the second wedge-state release portion is designed to be brought into contact with the leading face of the second notch of the second one of the wedge members so as to drag the second wedge member, before a trailing edge of the first wedge member moved by the first wedge-state release portion is brought into contact with a trailing edge of the second wedge member.
6. The bracket angle adjustment mechanism as defined in claim 1, which is used with a seat assembly having a seat back and a seat cushion to adjust a frontwardrearward angle of the seat back relative to the seat cushion, wherein one of the first and second brackets is fixed to the seat back, and the other bracket is fixed to the seat cushion.
7. The bracket angle adjustment mechanism as defined in claim 1, wherein the wedge-state release member is formed with a clearance groove for allowing the wedge-state release member to avoid interference with the wedge members.
8. The bracket angle adjustment mechanism as defined in claim 7, wherein the wedge-state release member is formed with a pressing portion for preventing the wedge members from rising up theretoward.
9. The bracket angle adjustment mechanism as defined in claim 7, wherein the spring member has an outer shape allowing for being housed in the wedge-state release member.
10. The bracket angle adjustment mechanism as defined in claim 7, wherein the
first wedge-state release portion is disposed between respective leading edges of the pair of wedge members; and
the second wedge-state release portion is disposed between respective trailing edges of the pair of wedge members,
wherein:
the first wedge-state release portion is designed to be brought into contact with the leading edge of a first one of the wedge members so as to push and move the first wedge member, before the second wedge-state release portion is brought into contact with the trailing edge of a second one of the wedge members; and
the second wedge-state release portion is designed to be brought into contact with the trailing edge of the second one of the wedge members so as to push and move the second wedge member, before the trailing edge of the first wedge member moved by the first wedge-state release portion is brought into contact with the trailing edge of the second wedge member.
11. The bracket angle adjustment mechanism as defined in claim 7, wherein:
the pair of wedge members include, respectively, first and second notches each formed on the side of a leading edge of a corresponding one thereof; and
the first and second wedge-state release portions are adapted to be fitted, respectively, into the first and second notches,
wherein:
the first wedge-state release portion is designed to be brought into contact with a trailing face of the first notch of a first one of the wedge members so as to push and move the first wedge member, before the second wedge-state release portion is brought into contact with a leading face of the second notch of a second one of the wedge members; and
the second wedge-state release portion is designed to be brought into contact with the leading face of the second notch of a second one of the wedge members so as to drag the second wedge member, before a trailing edge of the first wedge member moved by the first wedge-state release portion is brought into contact with a trailing edge of the second wedge member.
12. The bracket angle adjustment mechanism as defined in claim 7, which is used with a seat assembly having a seat back and a seat cushion to adjust a frontwardrearward angle of the seat back relative to the seat cushion, wherein one of the first and second brackets is fixed to the seat back, and the other bracket is fixed to the seat cushion.
13. The bracket angle adjustment mechanism as defined in claim 1, wherein the control shaft has an attaching portion which is inserted into and fastened to the circular bottom of the wedge-state release member in a non-rotatable manner.
14. The bracket angle adjustment mechanism as defined in claim 13, wherein the wedge-state release member is formed with a pressing portion for preventing the wedge members from rising up theretoward.
15. The bracket angle adjustment mechanism as defined in claim 13, wherein the spring member has an outer shape allowing for being housed in the wedge-state release member.
16. The bracket angle adjustment mechanism as defined in claim 13, wherein the
first wedge-state release portion is disposed between respective leading edges of the pair of wedge members; and
the second wedge-state release portion is disposed between respective trailing edges of the pair of wedge members,
wherein:
the first wedge-state release portion is designed to be brought into contact with the leading edge of a first one of the wedge members so as to push and move the first wedge member, before the second wedge-state release portion is brought into contact with the trailing edge of a second one of the wedge members; and
the second wedge-state release portion is designed to be brought into contact with the trailing edge of the second one of the wedge members so as to push and move the second wedge member, before the trailing edge of the first wedge member moved by the first wedge-state release portion is brought into contact with the trailing edge of the second wedge member.
17. The bracket angle adjustment mechanism as defined in claim 13, wherein:
the pair of wedge members include, respectively, first and second notches each formed on the side of a leading edge of a corresponding one thereof; and
the first and second wedge-state release portions are adapted to be fitted, respectively, into the first and second notches,
wherein:
the first wedge-state release portion is designed to be brought into contact with a trailing face of the first notch of a first one of the wedge members so as to push and move the first wedge member, before the second wedge-state release portion is brought into contact with a leading face of the second notch of a second one of the wedge members; and
the second wedge-state release portion is designed to be brought into contact with the leading face of the second notch of the second one of the wedge members so as to drag the second wedge member, before a trailing edge of the first wedge member moved by the first wedge-state release portion is brought into contact with a trailing edge of the second wedge member.
18. The bracket angle adjustment mechanism as defined in claim 13, which is used with a seat assembly having a seat back and a seat cushion to adjust a frontwardrearward angle of the seat back relative to the seat cushion, wherein one of the first and second brackets is fixed to the seat back, and the other bracket is fixed to the seat cushion.

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. An implantable medical device comprising a controlled release biodegradable block copolymer comprising at least two blocks selected from the group consisting of polyesters, polyethers, and polyurethanes and at least one drug releasable from said block copolymer; wherein said polyester block is formula 6;
wherein a is an integer from about 2 to about 30,000, b is an integer from about 2 to about 30,000, and c is an integer from about 2 to about 30,000.
2. An implantable medical device having a controlled release coating thereon wherein said coating comprises a biodegradable block copolymer having at least two blocks selected from the group consisting of polyesters, polyethers, and polyurethanes and at least one drug releasable from said block copolymer, wherein said polyester block is formula 6;
wherein a is an integer from about 2 to about 30,000, b is an integer from about 2 to about 30,000, and c is an integer from about 2 to about 30,000.
3. The implantable medical device of either of claims 1 or 2 wherein said medical device is a vascular stent.
4. The implantable medical device of claim 1 or 2 wherein said block copolymer further comprises a coupling group.
5. The implantable medical device of claim 4 wherein said coupling group is selected from the group consisting of PEG-diacids, terminal isocyanates, terminal isothiocyanates, terminal esters, terminal acid chlorides, terminal anhydrides, and combinations thereof.
6. The implantable medical device of claim 4 wherein said block copolymer comprises Formula 9;
wherein a is an integer from about 2 to about 30,000, b is an integer from about 2 to about 30,000, c is an integer from about 2 to about 30,000, d is an integer from about 2 to about 30,000, e is an integer from about 2 to about 30,000, and f is an integer from about 0 to about 20.
7. The implantable medical device of claim 4 wherein said block copolymer comprises Formula 11;
wherein a is an integer from about 2 to about 30,000, b is an integer from about 2 to about 30,000, c is an integer from about 2 to about 30,000, d is an integer from about 2 to about 30,000, e is an integer from about 2 to about 30,000, and f is an integer from about 0 to about 20.
8. The implantable medical device according to claim 1 wherein said at least one drug is selected from the group consisting of anti-proliferatives, estrogens, chaperone inhibitors, protease inhibitors, protein-tyrosine kinase inhibitors, leptomycin B, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma ligands (PPAR7), hypothemycin, nitric oxide, bisphosphonates, epidermal growth factor inhibitors, antibodies, proteasome inhibitors, antibiotics, anti-inflammatories.
9. The implantable medical device according to claim 1 wherein said drug comprises at least one compound selected from the group consisting of sirolimus (rapamycin), tacrolimus (FK506), everolimus (certican), temsirolimus (CCI-779) and zotarolimus (ABT-578).

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a code acquiring unit configured to acquire a code;
an identification code storing unit configured to store an identification code for performing specific processing;
an identification code judging unit configured to, when a code is acquired by the code acquiring unit, judge whether the code is an identification code stored in the identification code storing unit; and
an executing unit configured to execute specific processing corresponding to the acquired identification code on the basis of the judgment by the identification code judging unit.
2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the executing unit executes the specific processing if the judging unit judges that the acquired identification code has been stored in the identification code storing unit.
3. The image forming apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the specific processing is processing to delete all print waiting files.
4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the specific processing is processing to start a maintenance mode.
5. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, comprising:
an identification code saving unit configured to save the acquired identification code if the identification code judging unit judges that the acquired identification code has been stored in the identification code storing unit;
a personal identification code storing unit configured to store the personal identification code;
a print waiting file saving unit configured to save a print waiting file to which a personal identification code has been appended;
a personal identification code judging unit configured to, when a code is acquired by the code acquiring unit, judge whether the acquired code is a code stored in the personal identification code storing unit; and
a code saving judging unit configured to, when the personal identification code judging unit judges that the code is a personal identification code, judge whether the identification code has been saved in the code saving unit;
wherein when the code saving judging unit judges that the identification code has been saved, the executing unit executes specific processing to a print waiting file specified by the acquired personal identification code, of print waiting files saved in the print waiting file saving unit.
6. The image forming apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the specific processing is processing to delete a print waiting file,
7. The image forming apparatus according to claim 6, wherein when the code saving judging unit judges that the identification code has not been saved, the executing unit executes print processing to a print waiting file specified by the acquired personal identification code, of print waiting files saved in the print waiting file saving unit.
8. An image forming apparatus comprising:
code acquiring means for acquiring a code;
identification code storing means for storing an identification code for performing specific processing;
identification code judging means for, when a code is acquired by the code acquiring means, judging whether the code is an identification code stored in the identification code storing means; and
executing means for executing specific processing corresponding to the acquired identification code on the basis of the judgment by the identification code judging means.
9. The image forming apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the executing means executes the specific processing if the identification code judging means judges that the acquired identification code has been stored in the identification code storing means.
10. The image forming apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the specific processing is processing to delete all print waiting files.
11. The image forming apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the specific processing is processing to start a maintenance mode.
12. The image forming apparatus according to claim 8, comprising:
identification code saving means for saving the acquired identification code if the identification code judging means judges that the acquired identification code has been stored in the identification code storing means;
personal identification code storing means for storing the personal identification code;
print waiting file saving means for saving a print waiting file to which a personal identification code has been appended;
personal identification code judging means for, when a code is acquired by the code acquiring means, judging whether the acquired code is a code stored in the personal identification code storing means; and
code saving judging means for, when the personal identification code judging means judges that the code is a personal identification code, judging whether the identification code has been saved in the code saving means;
wherein when the code saving judging means judges that the identification code has been saved, the executing means executes specific processing to a print waiting file specified by the acquired personal identification code, of print waiting files saved in the print waiting file saving means.
13. The image forming apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the specific processing is processing to delete a print waiting file.
14. The image forming apparatus according to claim 13, wherein when the code saving judging means judges that the identification code has not been saved, the executing means executes print processing to a print waiting file specified by the acquired personal identification code, of print waiting files saved in the print waiting file saving means.
15. A method for executing processing of an image forming apparatus, comprising:
acquiring a code;
judging whether the acquired code is an identification code for performing specific processing; and
executing specific processing corresponding to the acquired identification code on the basis of the judgment.
16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the executing step includes executing the specific processing if it is judged that the acquired code is the identification code.
17. The method according to claim 15, wherein the specific processing is processing to delete all print waiting files.
18. The method according to claim 9, wherein the specific processing is processing to start a maintenance mode.
19. The method according to claim 15, comprising:
if it is judged that the acquired code is the identification code, saving the acquired identification code;
when a code is acquired, judging whether the acquired code is a personal identification code; and
when it is judged that the code is the personal identification code, judging whether the identification code has been saved;
wherein the executing step includes, if it is judged that the identification code has been saved, executing specific processing to a print waiting file specified by the acquired personal identification code, of print waiting files saved in a print waiting file saving unit that saves print waiting files to which a personal identification code has been appended.
20. The method according to claim 19, wherein the specific processing is processing to delete a print waiting file.

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. An electromagnetic shielding configuration comprising:
a first electrically conductive wall having a first edge; and
a second electrically conductive wall having a second edge that is substantially a conjugate of the first edge, the first edge being oppositely disposed from the second edge and the interfacing of the first edge and the second edge forming an enclosure wall,
wherein the first edge comprises:
a raised surface;
a stepped surface substantially perpendicular and adjacent to the raised surface; and
a corrugated surface substantially perpendicular and adjacent to the stepped surface and laterally displaced from the raised surface, the corrugated surface comprising a series of apices extending from a base of the corrugated surface, the height of the corrugations between the base and the apices being less than the height of the stepped surface between the apices and the raised surface.
2. An electromagnetic shielding configuration according to claim 1, wherein the first edge forms an intimate continuous contact with the second edge during the interfacing of the first conductive wall and the second conductive wall.
3. An electromagnetic shielding configuration according to claim 1, wherein the corrugated surface comprises a plurality of ridges that are substantially perpendicular to the enclosure wall.
4. An electromagnetic shielding configuration according to claim 1, wherein the corrugated surface is a serrated edge surface.
5. An electromagnetic shielding configuration according to claim 1, wherein the corrugated surface is an interlocking rectangular surface.
6. An electromagnetic shielding configuration according to claim 1, wherein the corrugated surface comprises of a series of semicircular arcs.
7. An electromagnetic shielding configuration according to claim 1, wherein the first wall is electrically grounded.
8. An electromagnetic shielding configuration according to claim 1, wherein the first wall is shorted to the second wall.
9. An electromagnetic shielding configuration comprising:
a first electrically conductive wall having a first edge;
a second electrically conductive wall having a second edge that is substantially a conjugate of the first edge, the first edge being oppositely disposed from the second edge and the interfacing of the first edge and the second edge forming an enclosure wall,
wherein the first edge comprises:
a corrugated surface comprising a series of apices extending from a base of the corrugated surface, each of the apices being at an incline relative to the enclosure wall, wherein the incline relative to the enclosure wall is a non-perpendicular angle.
10. An electromagnetic shielding configuration according to claim 9, wherein the first edge forms an intimate continuous contact with the second edge during the interfacing of the first conductive wall and the second conductive wall.
11. An electromagnetic shielding configuration according to claim 9, wherein the corrugated surface comprises a plurality of ridges that are substantially perpendicular to the surface of the enclosure wall.
12. An electromagnetic shielding configuration according to claim 9, wherein the corrugated surface is a serrated edge surface.
13. An electromagnetic shielding configuration according to claim 9, wherein the corrugated surface is an interlocking rectangular surface.
14. An electromagnetic shielding configuration according to claim 9, wherein the corrugated surface comprises a series of semicircular arcs.
15. An electromagnetic shielding configuration according to claim 12, wherein the interfacing of the first edge and the second edge forming the enclosure wall defines openings.
16. An electromagnetic shielding configuration according to claim 15, wherein the openings are less than about 120th of the ratio of a speed of light in air to the data rate of a device implementing the electromagnetic shielding configuration.
17. An electromagnetic shielding configuration comprising:
a first electrically conductive wall having a first edge; and
a second electrically conductive wall having a second edge that is substantially a conjugate of the first edge, the first edge being oppositely disposed from the second edge and the interfacing of the first edge and the second edge forming an enclosure wall,
wherein the first edge comprises:
a first raised surface;
a second raised surface substantially parallel to the first raised surface;
a middle corrugated surface positioned between and laterally displaced from the first and second raised surfaces and comprising a series of apices extending from a base of the corrugated surface;
a first stepped surface substantially perpendicular and adjacent to both the first raised surface and the corrugated surface; and
a second stepped surface adjacent and perpendicular to both the corrugated surface and the second raised surface,

wherein the height of the corrugations between the base and the apices is less than the height of the first stepped surface between the apices and the first raised surface.
18. An electromagnetic shielding configuration according to claim 17, wherein the corrugated surface is a serrated edge surface.
19. An electromagnetic shielding configuration according to claim 18, wherein the first wall is shorted to the second wall.
20. An electromagnetic shielding configuration according to claim 19, wherein the interfacing of the first edge and the second edge forming the enclosure wall defines openings, wherein the openings are less than about 120th of the ratio of a speed of light in air to the data rate of a device implementing the electromagnetic shielding configuration.