Abstract: Electrical connectors for very high speed signals, including signals at or above 112 Gbps. Effectiveness of shielding along the signal paths through the mating electrical connectors may be enhanced through the use of one or more techniques, including enabling two-sided shielding, connections between shield members and between shield members and grounded structures of printed circuit boards to which the connectors are mounted, and selective positioning of lossy material. Such techniques may be simply and reliably implemented in high density connector using one or more techniques. An electrical connector may include core members held by a housing together with leadframe assemblies attached to the core members. The core members may include features that would be difficult to mold in a housing and may include both shields and lossy materials in locations that would be difficult to incorporate in a leadframe assembly.

Abstract: An adapter includes a substantially rigid body having a distal portion, a proximal portion, a central opening formed at least in part by an inner wall of the body, and a longitudinal axis extending substantially centrally through the opening. The distal portion includes an annular ring having a top surface and a ridge disposed opposite the top surface, the ridge extending substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The distal. The adapter also includes a seal configured to form a substantially fluid-tight seal with a surface of a fitting removably attachable to the adapter.

Abstract: A refrigeration system includes a refrigeration subsystem and a coolant subsystem. The refrigeration subsystem is configured to circulate a refrigerant between an evaporator (12,22) within which a refrigerant absorbs heat and a gas cooler/condenser (2) within which the refrigerant rejects heat to provide cooling to a temperature-controlled space. The coolant subsystem includes a heat exchanger (61) coupled to the refrigeration subsystem at an outlet of the gas cooler/condenser and configured to transfer heat from the refrigerant exiting the gas cooler/condenser to an external coolant when the external coolant flows through the heat exchanger, a control valve (64), and a controller (50) configured to operate the control valve to control a flow of at least one of the refrigerant or the external coolant through the heat exchanger based on a temperature of the external coolant relative to a temperature of the refrigerant exiting the gas cooler/condenser.

Abstract: A family of connectors to accommodate a single twisted pair of conductors is disclosed herein. The family of connectors includes a free connector, a fixed connector, and an adapter; the free and/or fixed connectors can be modified to accommodate the adapter configuration and/or modified to accommodate various patch cord configurations. In certain embodiments, the one or more of the family of connectors adopts an LC fiber optic style connector configuration and an LC fiber optic footprint configuration. In certain examples, one or more of the family of connectors adopts an LC fiber optic style connector configuration but in a footprint that is larger or smaller than the footprint of the LC fiber optic footprint. Other configurations may also be adopted.

Abstract: A stairlift includes a rail and a carriage. The carriage includes a frame, a central drive unit mounted to the frame, the central drive unit including a drive motor and a drive gear, a yoke assembly pivotably mounted to the frame, and a first bogie unit attached to the yoke assembly and a second bogie unit attached to the yoke assembly, wherein each bogie unit includes a bogie socket mounted to the yoke assembly, and a bogie ball spherically pivotable within the bogie socket, the bogie ball including a plurality of bogie ball rollers configured to hold the bogie ball to the rail, and further wherein the plurality of bogie ball rollers are configured to maintain the bogie ball in a generally perpendicular travel orientation relative to the rail.

Abstract: A steam oven having a housing, a cooking chamber located within the housing, a water tank receptacle connected to the housing, the water tank receptacle comprising: a reservoir, an inlet fitting positioned above the reservoir, a false bottom positioned above the reservoir, and a reservoir outlet extending through a bottom of the reservoir. A water tank is selectively positionable on the water tank receptacle above the false bottom, the water tank having an outlet fitting configured to fluidily connect to the inlet fitting upon positioning the water tank on the water tank receptacle.

Abstract: A direct mate orthogonal connector for a high density of high speed signals. The connector may include right angle leadframe assemblies with signal conductive elements and ground shields held by a leadframe housing. High frequency performance may be achieved with members on the leadframe that transfer force between a connector housing, holding the leadframe assemblies, and a portion of the leadframe housing holding the signal conductive elements and the shields near their mounting ends. Core members may be inserted into the housing and mating ends of the conductive elements of ground shields may be adjacent the core members, enabling electrical and mechanical performance of the mating interface to be defined by the core members. The core members may incorporate insulative and lossy features that may be complex to form as part of the connector housing but may be readily formed as part of a separate core member.

Abstract: A male bayonet connector includes a first shaft having a first distal end portion having a first sealing surface configured to form a substantially fluid-tight seal with a female connector, a first proximal end portion opposite the first distal end portion, a first lumen extending substantially along a first longitudinal axis of the first shaft from the first distal end portion to the first proximal end portion, and a first channel formed on an outer surface of the first shaft between the first sealing surface and the first proximal end portion. The first channel at least partially extends circumferentially around the first longitudinal axis. The first channel is also defined by a first distal wall, a first proximal wall opposite the first distal wall, and a first central region extending from the first distal wall to the first proximal wall. The first distal wall includes a first axial length that is at least one of curved or at an acute angle relative to the first longitudinal axis.

Abstract: Electrical connectors for very high speed signals, including signals at or above 112 Gbps. Effectiveness of shielding along the signal paths through the mating electrical connectors may be enhanced through the use of one or more techniques, including enabling two-sided shielding, connections between shield members and between shield members and grounded structures of printed circuit boards to which the connectors are mounted, and selective positioning of lossy material. Such techniques may be simply and reliably implemented in high density connector using one or more techniques. An electrical connector may include core members held by a housing together with leadframe assemblies attached to the core members. The core members may include features that would be difficult to mold in a housing and may include both shields and lossy materials in locations that would be difficult to incorporate in a leadframe assembly.

Abstract: Electrical connectors for very high speed signals, including signals at frequencies at or above 112 GHz, with high density. Such connectors may be formed with fine features molded into portions of the connector housing to support closely spaced signal conductors. The signal conducts may nonetheless be accurately positioned, which leads to uniform impedance and other electrical characteristics that enable high frequency operation through the use of skeletal members that restrain bowing and twisting of housing components that position, directly or indirectly, the signal conductors. The skeletal members may be simply incorporated into the housing components by stamping a metal skeleton from a metal sheet in conjunction with one or more carrier strips. The housing component may be overmolded around the skeleton and then severed from the carrier strips.

Abstract: An injection device comprises a housing having a proximal end, a distal end and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween. The housing has a hand grip portion with a non-rotationally symmetric cross section about the longitudinal axis of the device at the proximal end of the housing.

Abstract: Various exemplary drug delivery devices with multiple drug vials, drug products utilizing the same, and methods of using drug delivery devices with multiple drug vials are provided. In general, a nasal drug delivery device configured to dispense a drug therefrom into a nose and includes two or more vials each containing the drug therein. The drug delivery device is configured to deliver the drug from each of the vials for a total of two or more sprays into the nose. The same drug delivery device may therefore deliver multiple drug sprays to a user. In some embodiments, instead of including two or more vials that collectively contain enough drug therein for more than two drug sprays, the drug delivery device can include a single vial that contains enough drug therein for more than two drug sprays.

Abstract: A rail segment for a stairlift and its method of formation are provided. The rail segment includes an elongate tube made of a first material, the tube comprising a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal retaining slot extending from the first end to the second end; a rack made of a second material, the rack comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the rack is held within the retaining slot; and anchor securing the rack within the retaining slot to the tube at or adjacent to ends of the tube.

Abstract: Advanced display devices are integrated into glasses so that they look and feel more like normal glasses. They are based on pupil replication using multiple, small projectors. A number of projectors are embedded in the eyeglasses, for example embedded in the rim of the eyeglasses or in a periphery of the lens. The projectors generate (partial) images based on a common image to be displayed to the user. These images are optically coupled through the lens, for example using waveguide coupling, to different display windows in the lens. The display windows couple the images out of the lens and towards the user's eye.

Abstract: A protective cover for an insertion probe of a medical instrument. The cover contains a flexible tubular body that compliments the probe geometry and a radially disposed flange that surrounds the proximal end of the body. A series of snap-on fasteners removably connect the cover to the instrument. A camming surface is located on the outer face of the flange which coacts with a cam follower that is movably mounted upon the instrument to flex the cover sufficiently to open the fastener and release the cover from the instrument and move the cover axially toward the distal end of the tip.

Abstract: A surface mount module distributes electrical power and fiber optic data connectivity from a power fiber cable. The surface mount module includes at least one port configured to provide fiber optic data connectivity with optical fibers that break out from the power fiber cable. The surface mount module further includes at least one port configured to distribute electrical power from electrical power wires of the power fiber cable. A power adapter is configured for fixation to the at least one port configured to distribute electrical power, and the power adapter is configured to receive an internal power connector at an interior side and to receive an external power connector at an exterior side.

Abstract: An enterprise resource data store may contain electronic records, each electronic record representing an enterprise resource entry, and including, for each entry, an electronic record identifier and a set of enterprise values. A series query data store may contain electronic records, each electronic record representing a series query, and including, for each series query, an electronic record identifier and a set of pre-defined single query parameters. A back-end application computer server may receive, from a remote user device, a selected series query. The server may then retrieve, from the series query data store, information about a selected set of pre-defined single query parameters including comparison period data. In addition, the server may retrieve, from the enterprise resource data store, information about enterprise resource entries associated with the selected set and comparison period data. The server may then arrange to output an indication of step analysis results and analysis notes.

Abstract: An enclosure includes a management insert disposed within a housing to divide the interior into three levels. Hybrid cables enter the housing at the first level. Electrical conductors of the hybrid cables are terminated at the second level. Optical fibers of the hybrid cables are terminated at the third level. Excess length of the optical fibers may be stored at the third level. The management insert may be fastened to the housing using plugs received at select ones of the cable entrance/exit locations. A dedicated furcation enclosure is also disclosed.

Abstract: An enclosure includes a management insert disposed within a housing to divide the interior into three levels. Hybrid cables enter the housing at the first level. Electrical conductors of the hybrid cables are terminated at the second level. Optical fibers of the hybrid cables are terminated at the third level. Excess length of the optical fibers may be stored at the third level. The management insert may be fastened to the housing using plugs received at select ones of the cable entrance/exit locations. A dedicated furcation enclosure is also disclosed.

Abstract: An injection device comprises a housing having a proximal end, a distal end and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween. The housing has a hand grip portion with a non-rotationally symmetric cross section about the longitudinal axis of the device at the proximal end of the housing.