Abstract: A pet collar for preventing pet theft includes a latch assembly selectively movable between an open position and a closed position. The latch assembly has a front plate cover, a back plate cover, a cam pivotally secured to and positioned in between the front and back plate covers, a first eye extending from a surface of the front plate cover, and a second eye extending from a surface of the cam. The latch assembly includes a cord having a first end secured to the latch assembly and a second end secured to a portion of the cord. The cord extends through a channel defined by the front and back plate covers.

Abstract: Adaptive control of a system with a human in the loop is accomplished by sensing human operator reactions to a disturbance in the system and characterizing the operator response to the disturbance. The operator response is characterized in one of several forms by predicting a response based on a model quantifying a response based on statistics or merely measuring a response for accumulation of data to be employed by an artificial intelligent system. The disturbance which provides the human operator reaction, is applied or occurs naturally based on other stimulus and is measured by the system. Quantifying the results of the disturbance and the operator response comparison allows selection of a control mode by identifying one or more categories of reaction response or a graduated modification of the control law employed in the system. Various modes or categories for control of the system incorporate different sensitivities on a macro scale or an entirely different control algorithm.

Abstract: The composite part is constituted by a plate of flexible material such as plastic which has electrical and/or thermal insulating properties, at least one face of the plate being provided with a metal cladding which is subjected to a photoetching process in order to form raised metallic portions corresponding to a printed circuit pattern, for example. Permanent deformation of the raised metallic portions can be produced by means of a mechanical cold-forming process without exceeding the range of elastic deformation of the flexible plate.