Abstract: An elastomeric bearing includes a first race having an axis of rotation, a second race coaxially arranged relative to the first race and spaced from the first race by a gap and a bearing body in the gap connecting the first race to the second race. The bearing body is formed from a first plurality of elastomeric laminae coaxial with the first race and a second plurality of carbon fiber laminae coaxial with the first race, and the elastomeric laminae and the carbon fiber laminae alternate in a direction from the first race to the second race. The carbon fiber laminae may each include multiple sheets of carbon fibers embedded in a thermoplastic such as polyether ether ketone (PEEK).

Abstract: A compressed data structure and decompression system suitable for use in portable devices. The data structure and decompression system of the present invention help reduce power consumption and minimize the amount of non-volatile memory needed to support a computing system. In one embodiment of the invention, the data structure contains a plurality of code strings and a plurality of look-up strings. Each look-up string includes an index identifying a particular code string to be retrieved and an instruction identifying an operation to be performed on the retrieved code string. To decompress the data structure, software or other programming reads through each of the look-up strings. For each look-up string the programming retrieves a code string and performs an operation on that code string according to the index and instruction of the look-up string.

Abstract: A peripheral unit is able to receive a plurality of control languages, check for an occurrence of a control language job boundary, and to function in response to each control language. For PCL the steps that determine when to check for occurrence of a control language job boundary are: identify the next command from the input data stream; determine if the identified command is not a PCL control character or calls for a mark to be made on the page, and if the page has not been previously marked. If the above criteria is met, the command and following data are examined to determine if a job boundary has occurred. Thus at the commencement of every formatted PCL page of data, a decision is made whether a job boundary has occurred. For PostScript the steps are: prescan the data stream. If a next command is an end-of-job marker then exit PostScript and return to identify the language of the input data.