Abstract: A low cost thermoplastic material having a low heat distortion (HDT) thermoplastic material forms the main structural component of a structural member. A relatively high cost high HDT thermoplastic material is attached to the low cost main structural component and is plated with a solderable metallic coating. The coating can be attached to other structures with relatively higher temperature molten solder with negligible distortion. The structural member may be, for example, an electrical shield to be soldered to a printed circuit board or a printed circuit board whose core is low HDT material and exterior is high HDT material.

Abstract: A composite is produced by shaping a ceramic filler into a porous compact and infiltrating the compact with liquid alkaline earth silicate or alkaline earth aluminosilicate.

Abstract: When a closed circuit is formed by joining superconducting wires with superconducting joints, the current in that circuit adjusts itself as required to maintain whatever total flux linkage the circuit had at the instant superconductivity was achieved. In particular, a closed circuit which first becomes superconducting under conditions of zero net flux linkage maintains zero net flux linkage as long as the circuit remains superconducting. By appropriately configuring a set of short-circuited superconducting coils, a field inside a volume described by the coils is kept substantially more uniform than it would be if the same volume were magnetized by the same source in the absence of the short-circuited coils. This property is used to insure that the volume within the coils exhibits improved magnetic field homogeneity.

Abstract: Constructive solid geometry is a technique of representing parts by adding and subtracting a set of primitive shapes. Automatic tool paths to machine a part with a rotating cutter are generated by taking the constructive solid geometric description of the part and replacing every primitive shape by an offset primitive, larger or smaller than the part by the cutter radius. A planar section slice of the offset part has the property that the center of the milling cutter will traverse this section curve and form the original part without gouging. To machine efficiently, a series of parallel slicing planes are taken from top to bottom through the offset part. For each section curve, numerical control machine code is generated to direct the cutter to follow that path, and the part is automatically machined. The method applies to both rough and finish cutting.

Abstract: A method for producing high yields of aryl substituted esters of the formula ##STR1## by reacting sterically hindered phenols with a stoichiometric excess of an olefinic ester in the presence of a base catalyst at a temperature in the range of 150.degree. to 250.degree. C.

Abstract: Advantage is taken of the thermal dependency of the direction of certain reactions involving liquid ion exchange materials to provide a continuous process for removal of mineral ion species from aqueous streams. The process is particularly applicable to water softening applications and also for applications involving mineral recovery. In the present invention liquid ion exchange material having mineral species attached thereto are thermally treated to redissolve these mineral species in a separate aqueous stream. The process of the present invention is operable using either direct liquid/liquid contact or with the inclusion of a membrane separating the feed solution to be treated from the liquid ion exchange material.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a layer insulation for use in high voltage electrical equipment by applying a mixture of inorganic particles, inorganic cement, and a fluid carrier vehicle for the cement to an intermingled array of inorganic fibers.

Abstract: A method for preparing high density yttria-gadolinia ceramic scintillators by cold-pressing multicomponent powder to form powder compacts and then sintering the compacts to form transparent-to-translucent ceramic scintillator bodies. The powder compacts are formed by either die pressing or die pressing followed by isostatic pressing to further increase green density. The powder compacts are sintered in vacuum or a reducing atmosphere at a temperatue of between 1800.degree. C. and 2100.degree. C. The preferred heating sequence includes a holding period at a temperature lower than the final sintering temperature. The finished scintillator includes Y.sub.2 O.sub.3, Gd.sub.2 O.sub.3, and one or more of Eu.sub.2 O.sub.3, Nd.sub.2 O.sub.3, Yb.sub.2 O.sub.3, Dy.sub.2 O.sub.3, Pr.sub.2 O.sub.3, and Tb.sub.2 O.sub.3 rare earth activator oxides. At least one of the oxides of elements Zr, Th, and Ta is included as a transparency promoting densifying agent.

Abstract: Even and odd pairs of axisymmetric correction coils are disposed on a cylindrical form at specified longitudinal positions. The coil pairs are intended to provide correction fields for high strength magnets employed in NMR imaging applications. The locations of the coils are chosen so that each coil pair generally contributes to all significant terms in the spherical harmonic expansion representation of the axial magnetic component in the volume within the central region of the cylindrical form except that certain coil pairs are selected and designed so as to fail to produce a particular one of these spherical harmonic component terms.

Abstract: A sintered metallic oxide article is disclosed comprising a non-porous body having at least one porous region formed therein in the general shape of a hollow cylinder, said region placing opposite sides of the body in flow communication. A method is set forth for producing the porous region with a preselected effective open cross-sectional area.

Abstract: An electrical commutator having a plurality of spaced apart commutator bars is disclosed. The commutator bars are formed from a composite of an electrically conductive copper portion bonded, for example by brazing or electron beam welding, at an interface to a steel body which is geometrically designed to reduce the bending and longitudinal stiffness of the body, whereby the shear stress at the interface is reduced during operation.

Abstract: A system for rapidly detecting short circuits on power transmission lines in electrical power systems is provided to protect the power network from the effects of short circuits within the system. The instant invention provides a system for detecting multi-phase faults and causing three-phase tripping when required and also detecting single-phase faults and providing a control signal to trip the single-phase that is faulted. Signals proportional to system voltages are applied to a memory circuit to produce signals indicative of the steady-state condition of the circuit. Three other signals indicative of the voltage drops of the transmission line phases are produced by applying a signal proportional to the instantaneous current flow through each phase to replica impedance circuits. For each phase, the difference between the voltage drop and the system voltage is multiplied by a polarizing memory voltage.

Abstract: A polycarbonate transesterification process comprising reacting (ortho-alkoxycarbonylaryl)carbonates and dihydric phenol under transesterification reaction conditions.

Abstract: A battery monitor circuit for rechargeable multicell batteries that provides a reliable indication of battery failure independent of temperature, load and age, by continuously comparing the impedance of the cells of the battery against each other. Comparison means are provided responsive to a first voltage at a tapped terminal of the battery that divides the battery cells into two groups, and to a second voltage that represents a fraction of the battery voltage corresponding to the ratio of the number of cells in each group, said comparison means generating an error signal when said first and second voltages change so as to experience a reversal in relative magnitude, which is indicative of cell deterioration.

Abstract: A low cost switching mode power supply particularly adapted for use in an electric vehicle is characterized by an extreme input voltage range, immunity to high input voltage transients, and stable operation. A negative voltage feedback arrangement applied to a controllable voltage clamp serves to continuously vary oscillation pulse width and frequency. The power supply includes an output filter capacitor, and, to compensate for phase lag introduced by the output filter capacitor, the negative feedback arrangement includes elements for introducing phase lead compensation. Preferably, the oscillation period is less than the duration of expected input voltage transients, and the power supply regulates right through such transients.

Abstract: A scintillation member, such as of thallium-doped cesium iodide and the like, is used with a photodetector to form a radiation-responsive sensor. The scintillation member is annealed, by heating followed by slow cooling, to decrease the hysteresis response of the sensor.

Abstract: An excitation circuit is disclosed which is responsive to a trigger signal to drive a capacitive load with a controllable high frequency pulse burst. The pulse burst takes the form of a multiple cycle output signal which has a selectively variable high voltage determined by the supply voltage of the circuit. The output signal replicates and is coherent with the trigger signal applied to the circuit. The latter signal thus determines the pulse width and signal duration, i.e. the number of cycles, of the output signal. The circuit is particularly adapted to provide a programmable burst excitation for driving an ultrasound transducer or the like.

Abstract: A phase-locked loop circuit, having an oscillator controlled by a voltage related to the phase difference between a reference signal and a loop signal, is stabilized by a crystal oscillator. The voltage controlled oscillator signal is frequency-subtracted from the crystal oscillator signal frequency to provide an input signal to a frequency-arithmetic synthesizer which provides a loop signal to the phase detector for comparison with the coming reference signal. Use of a frequency-adder circuit between the voltage controlled oscillator and the frequency-subtractor, and receiving an addition frequency derived from the frequency-arithmetic synthesizing circuit, is utilized to decrease the loop gain and provide enhanced characteristics.

Abstract: A method for interfacing two remote electronic units uses four lines and a handshaking routine including the steps of: causing the first unit to simultaneously transmit a strobe signal on one of the four lines and a signal representing one bit of the information to be communicated on a second of the four lines, sending the two signals continuously until acknowledged by the second unit; causing the second unit, when it receives these signals, simultaneously to transmit a strobe signal on a third line and a data signal, which may or may not be the same as that on the second line, on the fourth line, the third and fourth signals being transmitted continuously until their receipt is acknowledged; terminating transmission of the first and second signals when the first unit receives the third and fourth signals; and terminating the transmission of the third and fourth signals when the second unit determines that the first and second signals are no longer being transmitted.

Abstract: Temperature indicating apparatus for sensing overheating at a pair of terminals on an electrical power line comprises a neon gas-filled glow tube and a thermistor electrically coupled in series across the terminals, with a resistor electrically coupled in parallel with the glow tube. The thermistor is thermally coupled to the terminations so that an excessive temperature rise at either terminal decreases the thermistor resistance to a level at which sufficient voltage appears across the glow tube to ignite the glow tube and provide a visual indication of overheating. The circuit readily lends itself to a plug-in type configuration if the terminals to be monitored are in a duplex receptacle, or to employment in a cube tap.