Author: claimsbot

1. In an operation-diagnosis apparatus having an exposure unit comprising a radiation receiver and a radiation transmitter and a supporting mechanism for a subject comprising a support plate, having a radiation-transparent region, adapted to receive a subject thereon and a base on which said support plate is adjustably mounted, the improvement comprising:
said support plate being mounted to said base for adjustment relative to three spatial axes;
a lifting drive in said base for height-adjustment of said support plate;
a displacement drive in said base for selective coupling to said support plate for displacing said support plate in at least one of a longitudinal direction of said support plate and a transverse direction of said support plate substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal direction, when coupled to said support plate, and allowing floating displacement of said support plate when uncoupled from said support plate;
said support plate being mounted to said base for pivoting around a canting axis and pivoting around a tilting axis parallel to said transverse direction;
a pivoting drive in said base connected to said support plate for pivoting said support plate around at least one of said canting axis and said tilting axis; and
said lifting drive, said displacement drive and said pivoting drive being coupled together for pivoting said support plate around a predetermined isocenter of said support plate.
2. The improvement of claim 1 wherein said pivoting drive is capable of pivoting said support plate around at least one of said spatial axes only when said displacement drive is coupled to said support plate.
3. The improvement of claim 1 wherein said support plate has a variable configuration.
4. The improvement of claim 3 wherein said support plate is variably configurable to form a support plate adapted for angiography, a flat operating room support plate, an operating room support plate having at least one bend therein, and a support plate adapted for computed tomography.
5. The improvement of claim 1 comprising a set of interchangeable support plates, including said support plate with said radiation-transparent region.
6. The improvement of claim 5 wherein said set of support plates includes an angiography support plate, an operating room support plate, and a computed tomography support plate.

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

What is claimed is:

1. A connector connecting device comprising:
a first connector;
a slide member slidably mounted on said first connector;
a lever pivotally mounted on said first connector, and being rotatable in accordance with a slide movement of said slide member;
a second connector connectable with said first connector including an engagement portion engageable with said lever;
a holding mechanism which holds said lever by engagement with said first connector when said slide member is kept in a drawn-out condition relative to said second connector;
wherein an inserting-drawing force acting between said first and second connectors is reduced by an operating force, applied to said slide member, is converted into a rotational of said lever.
2. A connector connecting device according to claim 1, wherein said second connector includes a holding cancellation member for canceling said engagement of said lever when said first connector is inserted into or drawn from said second connector.
3. A connector connecting device according to claim 1, wherein a line, which connects an axis of said lever and a force-applying point of said lever at which a force is applied to said lever from said slide member, is disposed substantially perpendicular to a slide direction of said slide member when said lever begins to engage with said engagement portion.
4. A connector connecting device according to claim 1, wherein said first connector includes a pair of support portions, spaced a predetermined distance from each other, for pivotally movably supporting said lever disposed between said pair of support portions, said lever includes slanting surfaces brought into sliding contact with peripheral edges of head portions of said support portions when said lever is inserted into a gap between said support portions.
5. A connector connecting device according to claim 1, wherein said lever is engaged with said engagement portion when said lever is pivotally moved a predetermined angle from a rotation start position in accordance with said slide movement.
6. A connector connecting device according to claim 1 further comprising a terminal holder mounted on said first connector to prevent a terminal from being withdrawn from said first connector, wherein said terminal holder projects into a path of said slide movement when said terminal holder is incompletely mounted on said first connector.
7. A connector connecting device according to claim 1, wherein said first connector is one of a female connector and a male-connector, said second connector is the other of said female connector and said male connector.
8. A connector connecting device comprising:
a first connector;
a slide member slidably mounted on said first connector;
a lever formed in Y-shape defining two tines and a base portion, pivotally mounted on said first connector through a center portion where said tines is connected to said base portion, and being rotatable in accordance with a slide movement of said slide member; and
a second connector connectable with said first connector including an engagement portion engageable with said lever;
wherein one end of said tines is engaged with said engagement portion when said first connector is inserted in said second connector, the other end of said tines is engaged with said engagement portion when said first connector is drawn from said second connector, said base portion receives a force applied from said slide member, and
wherein an inserting-drawing force acting between said first and second connectors is reduced by an operating force, applied to said slide member, is converted into a rotational of said lever.
9. A connector connecting device according to claim 9, wherein said engagement portion is projected from said second connector in a direction perpendicular to a slide direction of said slide member and defines a lower surface engaged with said one end of said tines when said first connector is inserted in said second connector and an upper surface engaged with the other end of said tines when said first connector is drawn from said second connector.
10. A connector connecting device according to claim 8 further comprising a holding mechanism which holds said lever by engagement with said first connector when said slide member is kept in a drawn-out condition relative to said second connector.
11. A connector connecting device according to claim 10, wherein said second connector includes a holding cancellation member for canceling said engagement between said lever and said first connector when said first connector is inserted into or drawn from said second connector.
12. A connector connecting device according to claim 8, wherein a line, which connects an axis of said lever and a force-applying point of said lever at which a force is applied to said lever from said slide member, is disposed substantially perpendicular to a slide direction of said slide member when said lever begins to engage with said engagement portion.
13. A connector connecting device according to claim 8, wherein said first connector includes a pair of support portions, spaced a predetermined distance from each other, for pivotally movably supporting said lever disposed between said pair of support portions, said lever includes slanting surfaces brought into sliding contact with peripheral edges of head portions of said support portions when said lever is inserted into a gap between said support portions.
14. A connector connecting device according to claim 8, wherein said lever is engaged with said engagement portion when said lever is pivotally moved a predetermined angle from a rotation start position in accordance with said slide movement.
15. A connector connecting device according to claim 8 further comprising a terminal holder mounted on said first connector to prevent a terminal from being withdrawn from said first connector, wherein said terminal holder projects into a path of said slide movement when said terminal holder is incompletely mounted on said first connector.
16. A connector connecting device according to claim 8, wherein said first connector is one of a female connector and a male connector, said second connector is the other of said female connector and said male connector.

1. A waveform generator for generating a desired waveform, comprising:
a noise kernel configured to store a plurality of samples from a predetermined waveform, the plurality of samples being assigned to a plurality of memory blocks; and
an address arrangement configured to randomly select a selected one of the plurality of memory blocks, wherein each of the memory blocks is assigned a number of the plurality of samples that is equal to a multiple of the coherence time of an autocorrelation function of the desired waveform;
wherein the noise kernel is configured to communicate the plurality of samples assigned to the selected memory block.
2. The waveform generator according to claim 1, wherein the noise kernel includes at least one of a RAM, an EPROM, a flash memory, and an EEPROM.
3. The waveform generator according to claim 1, wherein each of samples is represented by a predetermined number of Bytes.
4. The waveform generator according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined number of Bytes includes 2 Bytes.
5. The waveform generator according to claim 1, further comprising:
a sample generator configured to generate the samples stored in the noise kernel.
6. The waveform generator according to claim 5, wherein the sample generator is configured to generate the samples by executing a formula in accordance with a power spectral density of the desired waveform.
7. The waveform generator according to claim 1, wherein the address arrangement is further configured to select a random number of consecutive memory blocks, and the noise kernel is configured to communicate the plurality of samples assigned to the consecutive memory blocks.
8. The waveform generator according to claim 1, wherein the random number of consecutive memory blocks are communicated by the noise kernel in reverse order.
9. The waveform generator according to claim 1, wherein the noise kernel is configured to communicate the plurality of samples to an external device, the external device producing a first analog output.
10. The waveform generator according to claim 9, wherein the external device includes one of an Arbitrary Waveform Generator and an analog to digital converter.
11. The waveform generator according to claim 9, further comprising:
a conversion circuit to convert the first analog output into a high-impedance balanced output.
12. The waveform generator according to claim 11, wherein the conversion circuit includes a transformer electrically coupled to the external device and a resistor network electrically coupled to the transformer.

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

We claim:

1. A hydrostatic transmission, comprising
a casing forming a sump for hydraulic fluid;
a center section mounted in said casing and having hydraulic porting;
a hydraulic pump mounted to said center section;
a hydraulic motor mounted to said center section and operatively connected to said pump through said hydraulic porting;
a plurality of check valves operatively connected to said center section to enable hydraulic fluid flow between said sump and said hydraulic porting; and
a filter housing containing a filter and mounted in said casing, said filter housing secured to said center section by said check valves.
2. A hydrostatic transmission as set forth in claim 1, wherein said hydraulic pump is an axial piston pump.
3. A hydrostatic transmission as set forth in claim 1, wherein said hydrostatic motor is an axial piston motor.
4. A hydrostatic transmission as set forth in claim 1, wherein said motor is mounted generally perpendicular to said pump.
5. A hydrostatic transmission, comprising
a casing forming a sump for hydraulic fluid;
a hydraulic pump mounted in said casing;
a hydraulic motor mounted in said casing and operatively connected to said hydraulic pump through hydraulic porting, said hydraulic porting having at least one check valve operatively connected to said hydraulic porting to enable fluid flow between said sump and said hydraulic porting, and at least one high pressure bleed to permit fluid flow from said hydraulic porting to said sump;
a filter mounted in said casing adjacent to said check valve and said high pressure bleed; and
a shield formed between said high pressure bleed and said filter to prevent hydraulic fluid flowing from said high pressure bleed from contacting said filter.
6. A hydrostatic transmission as set forth in claim 5, further comprising a filter housing mounted in said casing, with said filter being mounted in said filter housing.
7. A hydrostatic transmission as set forth in claim 6, further comprising a plurality of plastic tabs formed on the external edge of said filter, and a lip formed on said filter housing for receiving said tabs to attach said filter to said filter housing.
8. A hydrostatic transmission as set forth in claim 5, further comprising a center section mounted in said casing and containing said hydraulic porting and a plurality of check valves, wherein said hydraulic pump and hydraulic motor are rotatably mounted on said center section, and said plurality of check valves are secured to said center section.
9. A hydraulic transmission as set forth in claim 8, wherein each of said plurality of check valves has a high pressure bleed formed therein.
10. A hydrostatic transmission as set forth in claim 8, wherein said filter housing is secured to said center section by said plurality of check valves.
11. A hydrostatic transmission as set forth in claim 8, wherein said hydraulic pump is an axial piston pump.
12. A hydrostatic transmission as set forth in claim 8, wherein said hydrostatic motor is an axial piston motor.
13. A hydrostatic transmission as set forth in claim 8, wherein said hydraulic motor is mounted generally perpendicular to said hydraulic pump.
14. A hydrostatic transmission comprising
a casing forming a sump for hydraulic fluid;
a hydraulic circuit located in said casing;
at least one check valve operatively connected to said hydraulic circuit to enable hydraulic fluid flow between said hydraulic circuit and said sump;
a high pressure bleed located to permit flow of hydraulic fluid from said hydraulic circuit to said sump;
a filter mounted adjacent to said check valve and said high pressure bleed, to filter hydraulic fluid flowing from said sump into said circuit; and
a shield formed between said bleed and said filter to prevent oil flowing from said bleed from contacting said filter.
15. A hydrostatic transmission as set forth in claim 14, wherein said hydraulic circuit operatively connects an axial piston pump and an axial piston motor, and said pump and motor are mounted in said casing.
16. A hydraulic transmission as set forth in claim 14, wherein said bleed is formed in said check valves.
17. A hydrostatic transmission, comprising
a casing forming a sump for hydraulic fluid;
a hydraulic pump mounted in said casing;
a hydraulic motor mounted in said casing and operatively connected to said hydraulic pump through hydraulic porting;
a plurality of check valves operatively connected to said hydraulic porting to enable fluid flow between said sump and said porting;
a filter mounted in said casing adjacent to said check valves, said filter having locating pins integrally formed thereon; and
an actuation member mounted on said locating pins of said filter, said actuation member positioned to engage and open said check valves.
18. A hydrostatic transmission as set forth in claim 17, further comprising a center section mounted in said casing, and said hydraulic pump and hydraulic motor are mounted on said center section.
19. A hydrostatic transmission as set forth in claim 18, wherein said hydraulic porting is integrally formed in said center section.
20. A hydrostatic transmission as set forth in claim 18, wherein the input shaft for said hydraulic pump is generally perpendicular to the output shaft of said hydraulic motor.
21. A hydrostatic transmission as set forth in claim 18, wherein said filter is mounted in a filter housing secured to said center section by said check valves.
22. A hydrostatic transmission as set forth in claim 17, wherein said hydraulic pump is an axial piston pump.
23. hydrostatic transmission as set forth in claim 17, wherein said hydrostatic motor is an axial piston motor.