Abstract: System for controlling tinting of one or more zones of windows in a building based on clear sky models for the building site maintained on a cloud network.

Abstract: Onboard EC window controllers are described. The controllers are configured in close proximity to the EC window, for example, within the IGU. The controller may be part of a window assembly, which includes an IGU having one or more EC panes, and thus does not have to be matched with the EC window, and installed, in the field. The window controllers described herein have a number of advantages because they are matched to the IGU containing one or more EC devices and their proximity to the EC panes of the window overcomes a number of problems associated with conventional controller configurations. Also described are self-meshing networks for electrochromic windows.

Abstract: A portable processor-based system may include a display that is controlled by a scroll wheel. The scroll wheel extends completely through the display housing so that it can be manipulated between the thumb and forefinger of the user. This scrolling operation may be done at the same time the display itself is held in the user's hand.

Abstract: A surface-mountable mm-wave signal source is provided. The surface-mountable mm-wave signal source comprises: a conductive metal base; a mm-wave signal source disposed over an upper portion of the metal base; a first radio frequency transmission line carrying a quasi-TEM signal from the mm-wave signal source, which is disposed over an upper portion of the metal base and proximate the signal source; a first mode transformer at least partially integrated into the upper portion of the metal base to convert the quasi-TEM signal carried by the planar transmission line into a rectangular waveguide mode signal; a waveguide well having upper and lower ends disposed within the base for carrying the rectangular waveguide mode signal from an upper portion of the base to a lower portion of the base; and a second mode transformer at least partially integrated into the lower portion of the base to convert the rectangular waveguide mode signal to a quasi-TEM signal within a second radio frequency transmission line.

Abstract: A portable processor-based system may include a display that is controlled by a scroll wheel. The scroll wheel extends completely through the display housing so that it can be manipulated between the thumb and forefinger of the user. This scrolling operation may be done at the same time the display itself is held in the user's hand.

Abstract: Disclosed is a hard disk drive carrier adapted to be housed in a disk drive chassis comprising a drive bay for receiving and holding a hard disk drive; an integrated locking mechanism including a handle for carrying the disk drive carrier and for providing a one-handed locking mechanism for locking and unlocking the disk drive carrier in the disk drive chassis; and an EMI shield fixedly coupled to the drive bay for providing a barrier to electromagnetic interference, the EMI shield covering a portion of the hard disk drive.

Abstract: A device is disclosed herein for engaging and disengaging electrical connector halves, particularly electrical connector halves mounted on printed assembly boards that are to be electrically connected to a back plane. The device provides a drive train mechanism comprised of a plurality of gears and racks that, when attached, act to reduce the insertion force required to make the electrical connector halves disposed on the printed board assemblies and the back plane. A further aspect of the present invention involves the method of attaching a back plane to at least one stationary printed board assembly by actuation of a drive train.

Abstract: A device is disclosed herein for engaging and disengaging electrical connector halves, particularly electrical connector halves mounted on printed assembly boards that are to be electrically connected to a back plane. The device provides a drive train mechanism comprised of a plurality of gears and racks that, when attached, act to reduce the insertion force required to make the electrical connector halves disposed on the printed board assemblies and the back plane. A further aspect of the present invention involves the method of attaching a back plane to at least one stationary printed board assembly by actuation of a drive train.