Abstract: An assembly comprises a resistor plate for a rotating rectifier assembly (RRA). A shaft bore is defined through the resistor plate for passage of a shaft of an electrical machine, and the resistor plate defines a main annular body around the shaft bore. A first protrusion extends radially outward from the main annular body, so that a first pin bore extends through the first protrusion. At least one contact band is seated in a the pin bore of the resistor plate for mounting a direct current (DC) pin to the resistor plate.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine including a core having a compressor section fluidly connected to a combustor via a primary flowpath and a turbine section connected to the combustor via the core flow path. An assembly is disposed within the gas turbine engine and includes a first part connected to a second part via a radial stack joint. The first part includes a radially inward facing surface contacting a corresponding radially outward facing surface of the second part. A fastener protrudes through the first part and the second part and is configured to maintain the relative positions of the first part and the second part. A channel is disposed on at least one of the radially inward facing surfaces and is positioned between the fastener and a circumferential edge of the first part. The channel is connected to at least one cooling air source.

Abstract: In a cellular system, including at least one cell site located within a corresponding geographic sector, an apparatus and method provides for expanding cellular system capacity through subdivision of the geographic sector by use of a cell site transceiver and a remote site transceiver to extend said cell site to a remote location within said geographic sector. Each transceiver provides duplex operation and includes a cellular band transmitter and receiver portion for local communication with the cell site or remote site mobile units, as the case may be; and a link frequency transmitter and receiver portion for communicating cellular band information, after conversion to an appropriate baseband frequency, between the cell site and the remote site transceivers.

Abstract: A monitoring and alarm system for a radio frequency microwave communications repeater unit. A plurality of signals representative of the status of a corresponding plurality of operating conditions of the repeater unit are simultaneously generated. The signals are time multiplexed to form a combined signal. The combined signal is encoded to form a digital signal of frames of data having a frequency substantially less than the communication signal carrier frequency and preferably less than the communication modulating signal frequency, with a frame being formed of data from each of the status signals. A variable attenuator is responsive to the digital signal for varying the level of the communication signal proportionally with the value of the digital signal. The level-varied communication signal is then retransmitted.

Abstract: A product for absorbing liquid leaks and spills includes at least one closed cell with a cell wall permeable to the liquid. An inorganic, inert absorbent is enclosed within the cell. Liquid contacting the product will pass through the cell wall and will be absorbed by the absorbent. A process for absorbing liquid leaks and spills is also provided.

Abstract: A split band filtering scheme to reduce adjacent band interference in a communications network, such as a cellular mobile radio system, is disclosed. A repeater, interposed between a base or cell site and a mobile/portable radio, includes a down converter for converting a system operating frequency to a lower frequency signal. The lower frequency signal represents a communications band. The signal is presented to a split band filter having a narrow passband with steep skirts. The processed signal is coupled to an up converter where it is restored to the system operating frequency. In this way, the passband of the repeater is restricted to that of the desired communications band and adjacent band interference is reduced or eliminated.

Abstract: A radio signal will often suffer from amplitude and group delay distortion caused by multipath fading. An adaptive equalizer, which effectively cancels the amplitude distortion effects, is based upon the use of control voltages derived from selected portions of the IF band; the control voltages being selectively applied to bump and slope equalizer sections to cancel the effects of amplitude distortion. Cancellation of group delay distortion is predicated upon its being proportional to amplitude of the slope correction required. Thus, group delay correction is introduced in relation to the slope correction introduced to compensate for distortion introduced during normal multipath propagation conditions.

Abstract: An apparatus and method to control a process to replace natural gas with vaporized fuel oil whereby fuel oil is mixed with a gaseous diluent and partially vaporized, liquids separated out, superheated and burned in a natural gas burner without major modification to the burner is disclosed. The control system is:1. a liquid level controller sensing the liquid level in the separator to automatically control the flow of the fuel oil to the vaporizer,2. a ratio flow controller sensing the flow of the fuel oil and of the diluent to the vaporizer to automatically control the flow of the diluent to a set ratio of the flow of the fuel oil,3. a pressure controller sensing the pressure at the vaporizer outlet and downstream overhead to automatically control the heat input to the vaporizer and optionally,4. a flow control valve set to automatically control the flow of the separator overhead to the burner; also,5.

Abstract: A method to replace natural gas with vaporized fuel oil is disclosed. The method, in general, is mixing the fuel oil with a diluent, such as steam, then vaporizing a portion of the mixed fuel oil in a vaporizer, then separating the liquid from the vapor, then maintaining the vapor at from about 50.degree. to 300.degree. F. above the dew point of the mixed vapor and diluent and preferably maintaining the pressure of the mixed vapor and diluent at about 75 to 150 psig, above the pressure downstream of a valve controlling flow of the vapor mixed with diluent, and burning the vapor in a burner designed for natural gas without major modifications to the burner. The temperature and pressure can be maintained by heat from the vaporizer or by adding heat from a superheater.