Abstract: A connector assembly which includes a circuit board (18, FIG. 2 and 28, FIG. 3), a connector housing (40, 140), and a pair of flat flexible circuits (20, 22 and 30, 32). The flat flexible circuits have front end portions (50, 52 and 190, 192), where the circuit conductors form two spaced rows of connector contacts, and the circuits have stacked rear portions (60, 62 and 154, 156) where the conductors of the two flat flexible circuits are staggered and soldered to a single row of circuit board traces (80, FIG. 6).

Abstract: An apparatus for calibrating color settings of a computer monitor to cause a proofed image, i.e., a prepress image, to essentially match a printed image on a particular medium, allowing the aesthetic quality of the image to be adjusted prior to printing, thus saving time and money. Embodiments of the present invention comprise a first set of separate red, green and blue monitor sensors (RGB) coupled to the computer monitor to sense a reference image and a second set of RGB ambient sensors facing upwards to sense ambient illumination. A set of RGB digital displays indicate numerical values representative of the computer monitor illumination as read by the monitor sensors and adjusted by the ambient sensors. A predefined table is used to reference the indicated values for particular medium and these values are used to adjust gamma values on the red green and blue color guns of the computer monitor.

Abstract: A retainer is described for holding the fin box of a surfboard, windsurfer, or small sailboat very securely to the rest of the board to greatly resist breakout of the fin box from the board, which is of relatively low cost and of light weight. The retainer is formed primarily of foam of a density greater than the foam in the rest of the board, and is molded to the fin fox to bond thereto. The retainer extends up from the fin box so the assembly formed by the retainer and fin box has a height equal to the thickness of the unfinished board. A groove is cut in the unfinished board through the entire thickness of the board, and the retainer/fin box assembly is placed in the groove with the upper and lower surfaces of the assembly even with the upper and lower surfaces of the unfinished board.