Abstract: A current limiting circuit for use with an electrical device may include a test load and a test load switch operable for varying an electrical current flowing through the test load. A detector may be electrically connected to the test load for detecting variations in an electrical characteristic of the test load and generating a detector output signal indicative of the electrical characteristic. A detection threshold signal source may be provided for producing a detection threshold signal. A comparator may be electrically connected to the detector and the threshold signal source, the comparator operable for generating a load switch control signal based at least in part on the detector output signal and the detection threshold signal. A load switch may be electrically connected to the comparator and operable for adjusting a current flow through a main load in response to the load switch control signal.

Abstract: The invention relates to a new method and a new apparatus to accurately measure flow rates in injection systems such as gasoline, direct injection gasoline and diesel downstream of the injector where the fuel (liquid in general) is discharged from a nozzle (e.g. an injector). More specifically, it measures the flow velocities and volumetric flow rates in highly transient flows discharged cyclically with injection duration within a few hundred microseconds. Moreover, it is able to resolve multiple injection shots produced within an engine cycle with high volumetric (0.01 mm3) and temporal (10 ?s) sensitivities. The main uses of this instrument in automotive industry are manufactures of FIE, injection test machines and injection diagnostic systems. In other industries the uses maybe represented by measuring and controlling of highly transient flows with a need to accurately perform quantitative flow data in wide range of timing and dosing.

Abstract: The invention relates to a new method and a new apparatus to accurately measure flow rates in injection systems such as gasoline, direct injection gasoline and diesel downstream of the injector where the fuel (liquid in general) is discharged from a nozzle (e.g. an injector). More specifically, it measures the flow velocities and volumetric flow rates in highly transient flows discharged cyclically with injection duration within a few hundred microseconds. Moreover, it is able to resolve multiple injection shots produced within an engine cycle with high volumetric (0.01 mm3) and temporal (10 ?s) sensitivities. The main uses of this instrument in automotive industry are manufactures of FIE, injection test machines and injection diagnostic systems. In other industries the uses maybe represented by measuring and controlling of highly transient flows with a need to accurately perform quantitative flow data in wide range of timing and dosing.

Abstract: The invention relates to a new method and a new apparatus to accurately measure flow rates in injection systems such as gasoline, direct injection gasoline and diesel downstream of the injector where the fuel (liquid in general) is discharged from a nozzle (e.g. an injector). More specifically, it measures the flow velocities and volumetric flow rates in highly transient flows discharged cyclically with injection duration within a few hundred microseconds. Moreover, it is able to resolve multiple injection shots produced within an engine cycle with high volumetric (0.01 mm3) and temporal (10 ?s) sensitivities. The main uses of this instrument in automotive industry are manufactures of FIE, injection test machines and injection diagnostic systems. In other industries the uses maybe represented by measuring and controlling of highly transient flows with a need to accurately perform quantitative flow data in wide range of timing and dosing.

Abstract: The invention relates to a new method and a new apparatus to accurately measure flow rates in injection systems such as gasoline, direct injection gasoline and diesel downstream of the injector where the fuel (liquid in general) is discharged from a nozzle (e.g. an injector). More specifically, it measures the flow velocities and volumetric flow rates in highly transient flows discharged cyclically with injection duration within a few hundred microseconds. Moreover, it is able to resolve multiple injection shots produced within an engine cycle with high volumetric (0.01 mm3) and temporal (10 ?s) sensitivities. The main uses of this instrument in automotive industry are manufactures of FIE, injection test machines and injection diagnostic systems. In other industries the uses maybe represented by measuring and controlling of highly transient flows with a need to accurately perform quantitative flow data in wide range of timing and dosing.

Abstract: A method, system and device for analyzing the performance of a fluid discharge device, pursuant to which a fluid discharge device is mounted in a fixture; a discharge monitoring device is located downstream from the fluid discharge device; flow of fluid that is passed at least partially into a fluid discharge device is monitored with the discharge monitoring device by at least one technique that is independent of pressure measurement, such as an optical detection technique; and the proper functioning of the fluid discharge device is ascertained based upon at least one measurement taken by the discharge monitoring device.

Abstract: A method, system and device for analyzing the performance of a fluid discharge device, pursuant to which a fluid discharge device is mounted in a fixture; a discharge monitoring device is located downstream from the fluid discharge device; flow of fluid that is passed at least partially into a fluid discharge device is monitored with the discharge monitoring device by at least one technique that is independent of pressure measurement, such as an optical detection technique; and the proper functioning of the fluid discharge device is ascertained based upon at least one measurement taken by the discharge monitoring device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for accelerating graphics. The system includes a memory device for accelerating graphics operations within an electronic device. A memory controller is used for controlling pixel data transmitted to and from the memory device. A cache memory is electrically coupled to the memory and is dynamically configurable to a selected usable size to exchange an amount of pixel data having the selected usable size with the memory controller. The memory device may be an SDRAM. The cache memory may also comprise a plurality of usable memory areas or tiles.

Abstract: A container and blank for a container comprising folded planar material wherein the planar material is provided with fold lines during manufacture, the planar material adapted to be folded along the fold lines so as to form the container, the container when so folded having a plurality of sides, a top and a bottom, selected portions of the planar material comprising tabs adapted for fastening the planar material together to form the container after folding, the planar material further comprising preferably at least two crease lines formed in a selected portion of the planar material forming a side of the container, the crease lines each delimiting an area for facilitating gripping by a user, the areas each having a maximum width, the crease lines allowing the container formed of the planar material to constrict in width adjacent the areas by substantially the sum of the maximum widths of the areas, thereby facilitating gripping by the user.