Abstract: A portable computer with a base (22) containing media, batteries, and keyboard, with the a CPU 52 and main PCB 50 located in a planar CPU module (28) separate from and behind the flat-panel display module (26), mechanically connected to the display module (26) with a deployment mechanism, and functionally connected to the display module (26) and base (22) by a base flexible circuit (78). The CPU module contains a heat-spreading front cover 46 facing the display module 26, and thermally connected to hot components on the main PCB 50. The translating mechanism operates such that when the display module (26) is closed, the CPU module (28) is adjacent to the display module (26), and when the display module (26) is open, the CPU module (28) is positioned with a gap between the it and the display module (26).

Abstract: A cooking oven and method which compensates for variations in line voltage so as to achieve uniform cooking results that are independent of line voltage. The method includes providing an oven having a radiant energy source mounted therein, initiating a selected cooking cycle in the oven, measuring the line voltage across the radiant energy source and determining the increase or decrease in the line voltage above or below a predetermined nominal value. An adjusted energization time is determined relative to the predetermined energization time, using the determined increase or decrease in line voltage. The cooking cycle is completed using the adjusted energization time.

Abstract: A portable computer is disclosed with a base, a display module containing a flat-panel display, a heat-spreader positioned to the rear of the display module, an insulating rear cover on the opposite side of the heat-spreader from the display module and serving at least in part as the rear outer surface of the portable computer for maintaining cool temperatures on the rear outer surface of the portable computer, and means for moving the heat-spreader and the insulating rear cover close to the display module when the portable computer is not being used, and for moving the heat-spreader and insulating rear cover a distance away from the display module when the portable computer is being used, and preventing touch access to the heat-spreader. Many structures are disclosed for the efficient cooling of the heat-spreader.

Abstract: A removable storage media case is described with a series of base segments each with a fin separation or an end-fin and with plastic flexures permitting segments to rotate with respect to each other and a retaining band. The base segments become successively shorter moving away from the center of the case.

Abstract: A treat stick holder is disclosed having an elongate support arm and a helical coil member with its ends connected to the support arm at longitudinally spaced positions. The coil member is positioned below the support member and with the axis of the helical coil positioned at an angle to the axis of the support arm.

Abstract: An electron beam gun with liquid cooled rotatable crucible is disclosed including a metallic bellows connected to the housing for the rotatable crucible at a 90.degree. angle and the bellows contractible to a minimum length that is a straight line between the axis of the housing and the remote end of the bellows with the bellows permitting rotation about the housing axis as the crucible is rotated to place different pockets in target position of the E-gun.

Abstract: A controlled mechanical friction principle is disclosed utilizing elastomeric spheres. The spheres are grouped in radial or nested formation between at least two working surfaces and contained in such a manner that compression sliding friction occurs between spheres. A frictional resistance adjustment is provided by means controlling the degree to which the elastomeric spheres are compressed. A walled container has pliable balls arranged as a single covering therein against a back surface, and an opposing piston is structured to move freely within the container walls. The degree of adjustable contact made by the cylinder inner wall surfaces against the spheres regulates the applied frictional resistance. Variable degrees of power transfer or brakeage is developed between the container inner surface wall and the opposing cylinder inner surface wall with the compressed spheres as the passage medium.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for generating X-rays employing a vacuum tube containing a cathode and an anode. A heat conducting member is connected to the anode. Equal amounts of heat are transmitted from different locations alone the length of the heat conducting member to an extended cooling surface remote from the anode, and the extended cooling surface is cooled.

Abstract: In a well drilling operation (10), drilling fluid (70) is used to remove rock cuttings (68) and associated formation fluids released by the drill bit (84) and transport them to the surface. At the surface, a portion of these cuttings and fluids is extracted from the drilling fluid (70) for analyses. The resulting data are used in formation evaluation. This method shows how to determine the concentrations of specific formation fluids in the drilling fluid by adding and maintaining a select foreign substance of controlled concentration to the drilling fluid as a reference fluid (64), and factoring the returned formation fluids by the reference fluid. The method also shows how the technique is used as a means to assure quality control of the measuring system and as a non-disruptive means to measure lag.

Abstract: A low noise microchannel plate limiting feedback includes a conductive deposit on an output side for reducing open areas at an output end of the plate. The microchannel plate can be included in an image intensifier tube.

Abstract: A method and pharmaceutical agent are provided for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease, particularly cardiovascular disease in the context of diabetic angiopathy, by-pass surgery, organ transplantation, and hemodialysis, by administering ascorbate and substances that inhibit the binding of lipoprotein (a) to blood vessel walls. The use of ascorbate and lipoprotein (a) binding inhibitors such as tranexamic acid in a temporary storage solution for blood vessels and organs prior to transplantation is also demonstrated.

Abstract: An automatically concealed urinal housed in a cabinet which can be mounted on the wall, semi- or fully recessed in the wall or located under counter or in another suitable location. The urinal becomes operative when a person stands in front of urinal at a distance of one or more feet, which action activates the sensor placed in the wall above the cabinet, simultaneously causing the door or doors to open on the cabinet and the urinal bowl which is on a support structure will tilt forward at an approximate angle of 15.degree., more or less, at which time the flushing fluid is directed to the urinal bowl by a hydraulic actuator, thoroughly flushing bowl interior as long as bowl is in use. Waste fluid along with flushing fluid will follow a preferred path through support structure to the sewer connection. Urinal will return to cabinet with doors closing automatically when individual steps away from predetermined position. Urinal can also be manually positioned and preset in a fixed position.