Abstract: Internal and external metal-to-metal radially interfering seals are provided for an annular chamber. Typically, an annular chamber is used in tubular goods to be part of the hydraulic control circuitry, such as for operating subsurface equipment such as a subsurface safety valve. Resilient seals are eliminated and sealing reliability is enhanced by a design which features metal-to-metal seals internally and externally, preferably assembled by an external two-step thread. The radial interference seal, which is internally disposed, is constructed so as to be incapable of experiencing tensile loads. This reinforces joint integrity by minimizing stresses on thin components.

Abstract: An end cap for a telecommunications enclosure has a perimeter. The end cap has a plurality of cable receptacle tubes arranged around its perimeter. Each of the cable receptacle tubes has a plug at an end of the tube opposite the end cap. Each tube has a respective height. A first one of the tubes has the greatest height. Successive cable receptacle tubes on each side of the first tube decrease in height monotonically from the height of the first tube. The difference in height between two consecutive tubes is greater than or equal to a thickness of a blade used to cut the plug off of the tubes. The space between consecutive cable receptacle tubes is substantially less than a width of a blade used to cut the plug off of the tubes. The end cap may have a plane of symmetry passing through the highest cable receptacle tube. To use the end cap, the plug is cut off of the first (highest) cable receptacle tube. A cable is secured to the first tube.

Abstract: A capacitor element has on its outer surface a cathode layer with a flat bottom surface, and also a tantalum lead extending outward from its one end. One of opposing major surfaces of a flat cathode terminal is located beneath and in parallel with the bottom surface of the cathode layer. They are electrically connected with each other. One of opposing major surfaces of a flat anode terminal is located substantially in the same plane as the one major surface of the cathode terminal and is electrically connected to the tantalum lead of the capacitor element. The capacitor element, the anode terminal and the cathode terminal are encapsulated with portions of the other major surfaces of the cathode and anode terminals left exposed.

Abstract: A maxillary tooth dimension determining system includes a computer into which a photograph of a face of a client and its pupillary distance &agr; are inputted. The width W1 and height H1 of the first maxillary incisors are computed in accordance with the following expression. W1=&agr;×2.5×({fraction (1/16)}) and H1=W1×({fraction (4/3)}). The width W2 of the second maxillary incisors is computed in accordance with the following expression. W2=0.618W1 An image of the teeth is displayed on a display screen together with the image of the client's face, in such a manner that it can be moved to an appropriate position in the image of the client's face.

Abstract: An assembly includes a temperature sensor having an operating range that includes a normal operating temperature of a cryogenic vacuum pump and a temperature of the pump following a dump. The assembly may be included in a semiconductor processing apparatus for performing an implant operation on a wafer. The apparatus includes: a chamber containing a wafer; an ion source that provides ions to be implanted in the wafer; a cryogenic vacuum pump that maintains a vacuum in the chamber; and a temperature sensor having an operating range that includes a normal operating temperature of the pump and a temperature of the pump following a dump. A circular mounting bracket may be used to mount the temperature sensor on an exterior surface of the pump. An alarm may be activated when the sensed temperature indicates that a dump condition exists. An inert gas, such as nitrogen, may be introduced into the semiconductor wafer processing apparatus when the sensed temperature indicates that a dump condition exists.

Abstract: An end cap for a telecommunications enclosure has a plurality of cable receptacle tubes and a pair of pivotally mounted legs. The legs are mounted on an outside surface of the end cap. The legs are pivotable to positions in which they prevent the end cap from rolling. The legs can be pivoted to a position in which the legs fit within the perimeter of the end cap. Each leg may be shaped substantially as an arc of a circle, in which case the legs can be pivoted to a position where the legs fit in an annular region between the plurality of cable receptacle tubes and an outer edge of the end cap. Each leg includes a detente mechanism to maintain the leg in a desired position.

Abstract: In the system of the present invention an individual displayed pixel is a weighted combination of a video pixel and a graphics pixel. For example, a pixel displayed on a monitor may be three-quarters graphics and one-quarter video. In this system a color lookup table providing a red, a green and a blue lookup table output value is extended to provide a further lookup table output value. The further lookup table output value is a weight value representative of the relative weights of a video pixel and a corresponding graphics pixel. The weight value is applied to a matrix multiplier which also receives video pixel information and graphics pixel information. The matrix multiplier determines a weighted combination of the video and graphics pixel information according to the weight value to provide a blended pixel. A YUV standard to RGB standard conversion matrix is provided within in order to receive video signals in a YUV format and apply the video signals to the matrix multiplier in an RGB format.

Abstract: A battery is delineated comprising, in combination, a battery cover having a Cast on Strap (COS) post extending into an aperture located in a top surface of the battery cover; and a battery terminal bushing, integrally coupled to the battery cover, having a first portion fitting about and coupled to the COS post, and having a second portion extending away from the first portion approximately orthogonally. The second portion of the battery terminal bushing extends through the battery cover and is accessible via an aperture located on a side surface of the battery cover, thereby providing frontal access to battery termination.

Abstract: A double-axis elongated polyester film for dyeing which simultaneously satisfies following formulas: 3.295≦NMD+NTD≦3.340  (1) Benzene plane orientation≦0.740  (2) Crystallinity (%)≦54  (3) 3≦Thermal shrinkage in machine direction(%)≦7  (4) 0≦Thermal shrinkage in transverse direction(%)≦3  (5) The polyester film is prepared by melt-extruding polyester chips and cooling the extrudate in a cooling drum to prepare a non-crystalline sheet; elongating said sheet at a temperature between 80 and 100° C. which is higher than glass transition temperature (Tg) to make 3.0 to 3.6 folds of length in machine direction to obtain single-axis elongated film; further elongating the film to 3.0-4.2 folds of length in transverse direction at 120-140° C.; thermally treating the obtained film in Tenter's thermal treatment zone at 210-240° C.

Abstract: A composite fabric for use in reinforcement, particularly tensile reinforcement, of cementitious boards and similar prefabricated building wall panels. The fabric is constructed as a mesh of continuously coated, high modulus of elasticity strands. The high modulus strands are preferably bundled glass fibers encapsulated by alkali and water resistant thermoplastic material. The composite fabric also has suitable physical characteristics for embedment within the cement matrix of the panels or boards closely adjacent the opposed faces thereof. The fabric provides long-lasting, high strength tensile reinforcement of the panels or boards regardless of their spatial orientation during handling. The reinforcement also enhances the impact resistance of the boards after installation. Included as part of the invention are methods for making the reinforcement, cementitious boards and panels including the reinforcement, and methods for manufacturing such boards and panels.

Abstract: The invention provides a latch release for engaging an operative portion of a latching mechanism of a connector to switch the latching mechanism between a latched position and an unlatched position. In one embodiment, a latch release is provided comprising a housing that is cooperatively associated with the connector so as to be positioned adjacent to the operative portion of the latching mechanism. A beam is pivotably supported by the housing and comprises a front end positioned adjacent to the operative portion of the latching mechanism and a rear end that is spaced from the operative portion of the latching mechanism. In this way, when the rear end of the beam is moved, the beam pivots so that the front end operatively engages the operative portion of the latching mechanism.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for polishing a workpiece including a polishing pad, and at least one polishing arm for holding a workpiece to be polished on the polishing pad. The polishing arm includes at least one plastic bearing. The plastic bearing prevents lock up of a vacuum chuck coupled to the polishing arm because it is impervious to slurry which often becomes lodged in conventional ball bearings.

Abstract: A strap cutting and removing device comprising a pole having a handle end and a gripping and cutting mechanism connected to a gripping actuating means. The device is capable of holding and cutting a strap, wherein the strap remains held as the strap is severed. A method for removing straps is disclosed.

Abstract: A metal material is placed in a crucible 4. An inverter 16 outputs a voltage amplitude-modulated with a low frequency signal. The output voltage is used to RF induction heat the crucible. A photodiode 30 receives light emitted by the metal material in the crucible and develops a received-light-representative signal. A high-pass filter 34 extracts, from the received-light-representative signal, a frequency component having a frequency above the frequency of the low frequency signal. A comparator 40 develops an output signal when the output signal of the high-pass filter exceeds a reference signal provided from a peak sample-and-hold circuit 42 to which the output signal of the high-pass filter is applied as an input thereto.

Abstract: A cocktail reagent preparation for the rapid production of serum contains thrombin, snake venom, and protamine sulfate. The preparation employs very small quantities of clot promoting substances which behave in a synergistic manner such that rapid clotting of highly heparinized blood is achieved without altering the chemical analysis of the blood enzymes, proteins, sugars, or electrolytes. Thus, clinicians who rely upon the results of such tests can more closely monitor organ and tissue function and adjust patient therapies accordingly.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved die for use in textile processes involving nonwoven melt blown fabrics. In a melt blown process, molten polymer resins are injected into a melt blowing die and ejected or extruded from the die in the form of filaments. The present invention is directed to an improved die faceplate in combination with an extension plate that provides an extended flow path for an air jet to extrude a molten polymer filament of a reduced diameter in the melt blowing process.

Abstract: A method and system for testing a circuit. A test program is downloaded into the circuit, which causes the circuit to provide a serial test output pattern comprising a series of identical signals to indicate whether the circuit passes the test. Signals of the test output pattern are compared against corresponding signals of an expected test output pattern only for non-masked signals of the expected test output pattern, wherein the expected test output pattern is masked for a maximum tolerable time period around an expected test output pattern start time.

Abstract: A modular plug is provided having a dielectric housing including a first end and a second end. The first end defines an electrical connector section having signal conductors arranged to mate with a modular jack. At least two substantially planar blades are positioned adjacent to one another in the first end such that a dielectric wall is positioned between the blades with an edge portion of each of the blades being electrically and mechanically accessible, wherein each of the blades is aligned with one of the signal conductors. A modular jack is provided that includes an insulating body having an interior cavity communicating with a modular plug receiving opening formed in a front end of the body for receiving a complementary modular plug. A plurality of openings in the body communicate with the cavity and are sized and shaped to each receive a jack contact. A plurality of jack contacts are mounted within the cavity.