Abstract: An enclosure, vehicle, and method for containing an overheating device are provided. An enclosure includes a body and a door that form a volume. The body includes is connected to a Venturi tube that is in communication with a fluid flow path flowing across an opening at an opposite end. In the event an overheating device is placed in the enclosure, a pressure sensor measures a pressure in the volume and a controller opens a first valve in a flow path through the Venturi tube so that air is pumped from the volume via the Venturi effect. The first valve is closed when the measured pressure drops below a threshold pressure. The enclosure can also include an extinguishing agent that can be expelled into the volume if a temperature sensor measures a temperature above a threshold temperature.

Abstract: An enclosure, vehicle, and method for containing an overheating device are provided. An enclosure includes a body and a door that form a volume. The body includes is connected to a Venturi tube that is in communication with a fluid flow path flowing across an opening at an opposite end. In the event an overheating device is placed in the enclosure, a pressure sensor measures a pressure in the volume and a controller opens a first valve in a flow path through the Venturi tube so that air is pumped from the volume via the Venturi effect. The first valve is closed when the measured pressure drops below a threshold pressure. The enclosure can also include an extinguishing agent that can be expelled into the volume if a temperature sensor measures a temperature above a threshold temperature.

Abstract: An aircraft cabin subfloor construction has flow paths through the subfloor that vent air pockets trapped beneath an air impermeable floor mat on the subfloor where, due to a difference in pressure in the air pockets trapped beneath the floor mat and the air in the aircraft cabin above the floor mat, the air pockets would create bubbles or buckling in the floor mat. The venting of the air pockets beneath the floor mat by the flow paths eliminates the problem of bubbling or buckling in the floor mat.

Abstract: An enclosure, vehicle, and method for containing an overheating device are provided. An enclosure includes a body and a door that form a volume. The body includes is connected to a Venturi tube that is in communication with a fluid flow path flowing across an opening at an opposite end. In the event an overheating device is placed in the enclosure, a pressure sensor measures a pressure in the volume and a controller opens a first valve in a flow path through the Venturi tube so that air is pumped from the volume via the Venturi effect. The first valve is closed when the measured pressure drops below a threshold pressure. The enclosure can also include an extinguishing agent that can be expelled into the volume if a temperature sensor measures a temperature above a threshold temperature.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a bridge circuit is configured for connecting a desk phone (e.g., a VoIP phone) to a mobile device (e.g., a smart phone), while allowing the existing desk-phone VoIP/PSTN system (e.g., a PBX system) to be eliminated with significant savings in reduced telecommunication-infrastructure costs. The bridge circuit can be powered through traditional wall power, and can include a CAT 5 cable port with Power Over Ethernet (PoE), a PSTN port such as an RJ11 port, a set of electronics that provide wireless connectivity to the mobile device, a control circuit, and a set of software instructions for programming the desk phone to communicate with the bridge circuit and for providing other features such as conference calling, putting a call on hold, and transferring contact information from the mobile device to the desk phone or vice-versa.

Abstract: An enclosure, vehicle, and method for containing an overheating device are provided. An enclosure includes a body and a door that form a volume. The body includes is connected to a Venturi tube that is in communication with a fluid flow path flowing across an opening at an opposite end. In the event an overheating device is placed in the enclosure, a pressure sensor measures a pressure in the volume and a controller opens a first valve in a flow path through the Venturi tube so that air is pumped from the volume via the Venturi effect. The first valve is closed when the measured pressure drops below a threshold pressure. The enclosure can also include an extinguishing agent that can be expelled into the volume if a temperature sensor measures a temperature above a threshold temperature.

Abstract: An aircraft cabin subfloor construction has flow paths through the subfloor that vent air pockets trapped beneath an air impermeable floor mat on the subfloor where, due to a difference in pressure in the air pockets trapped beneath the floor mat and the air in the aircraft cabin above the floor mat, the air pockets would create bubbles or buckling in the floor mat. The venting of the air pockets beneath the floor mat by the flow paths eliminates the problem of bubbling or buckling in the floor mat.

Abstract: A data archiving system includes an archiving label including a label tag and a memory device carried by the label tag and a reading device adapted to retrieve repair information from the memory device.

Abstract: A data archiving system includes an archiving label including a label tag and a memory device carried by the label tag and a reading device adapted to retrieve repair information from the memory device.

Abstract: An aircraft component identification and maintenance tracking system is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of aircraft components, a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, and a transceiver operatively configured to transmit an activation signal to each of the RFID tags. Each of the RFID tags is associated with a respective one of the aircraft components and comprises identification and maintenance data information specific to the aircraft component to which it is associated. The transceiver is configured to receive information transmitted by each of the RFID tags which are configured to transmit identification and maintenance data information that is representative of a maintenance history for the aircraft component to which the RFID tag is associated.

Abstract: A contactless power supply and system is provided that comprises an inductive coil disposed within a seatback tray of a mobile platform, e.g. a commercial aircraft, and a receptor disposed within a computing device, wherein the computing device is placed on the seatback tray and the inductive coil is energized, thereby providing electrical current to power the computing device. The contactless power supply further comprises a shielding member that is installed in the computing device to protect components of the personal computer from any detrimental effects of magnetic fields produced by the inductive coil.