Abstract: A method and apparatus for transferring data from a first device to a second device connected by a controller having a parity buffer and a memory having a first storage and a second storage is disclosed. The method includes the steps of transferring first data from the first device to the first storage; transferring second data from the first device to the second storage; transferring the first data to the second device and storing the first data in the parity buffer; and determining parity data from the second data and the first data stored in the parity buffer.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring elastomeric properties of a specimen during a test procedure includes a first compression member. The apparatus also includes a second compression member. Moreover, the apparatus includes a load cell having a body and a movable probe. The body is fixed in relation to the first compression member. The apparatus also includes a load transferring member positioned in contact with the probe. The specimen is interposed between the load transferring member and the second compression member. The apparatus also includes a bolt which contacts both the first compression member and the second compression member so as to maintain a constant distance therebetween during the test procedure. A method for measuring elastomeric properties of a specimen during a test procedure is also disclosed.

Abstract: An engine assembly includes a plenum member having an inlet opening and an outlet opening defined therein. The engine assembly further includes an air source in fluid communication with the inlet opening. The engine assembly still further includes a fuel combustion assembly having an engine block having a piston cylinder defined therein, an engine head secured to the engine block and having an intake port defined therein, and a piston which translates within the piston cylinder. The piston, the piston cylinder, and the engine head cooperate so as to define a combustion chamber. The engine assembly further includes a gaseous fuel supply valve which controls the amount of gaseous fuel advanced from a gaseous fuel source to the first intake conduit. The engine assembly still further includes an intake conduit interposed between the outlet opening and the intake port.

Abstract: An actuator assembly that uses a fluctuating operational pressure generated by an injector oil pump to actuate an EGR valve is disclosed. The operational pressure is used to operate the actuator assembly without being adversely affected by the fluctuating nature of the operational pressure. The actuator assembly includes an actuator housing defining a chamber and an actuator oil inlet. The actuator oil inlet is in fluid communication with the pump outlet. The actuator assembly further includes a slider located within the chamber. The slider is positionable between a first slider position and a second slider position. The slider isolates the actuator oil inlet from the chamber when the slider is located in the first slider position. The actuator oil inlet is in fluid communication with the chamber when the slider is located in the second slider position. The actuator assembly still further includes a movement assembly for moving the slider between a first slider position and a second slider position.

Abstract: A method for reducing the effect of a noise impulse in a digitizing panel which includes a resistive layer is disclosed. The method includes the steps of generating a signal when an object is in proximity to the digitizing panel, amplifying the signal with an amplifier, detecting the presence of the noise impulse coupled to the resistive layer, and disconnecting an input of the amplifier from the resistive layer in response to detecting the noise impulse. In addition, a digitizing panel is disclosed which includes a resistive layer for providing a signal when an object is in proximity to the digitizing panel.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating an output signal in a digitizer. The method includes the steps of generating a first signal when a user contacts a sensor panel wherein the first signal has a first component and a second component, generating a second signal which is substantially identical to the first component of the first signal, and using the second signal to cancel out the first component of the first signal so as to generate the output signal which is substantially identical to the second component of the first signal.

Abstract: A digitizing panel responsive to a signal transmitted from a stylus for generating stylus position information is disclosed. The digitizing panel includes a coordinate generator for determining coordinate data indicative of a position of the stylus relative to the digitizing panel, a velocity calculator for determining a stylus velocity value based on the coordinate data, a mechanism for determining a filter bandwidth value based on the stylus velocity value, a filter for filtering the coordinate data wherein the filter has a predetermined bandwidth characteristic, and a mechanism for varying the predetermined bandwidth characteristic based on the filter bandwidth value. A method for filtering position data of a stylus associated with a digitizing panel is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method and computer system are disclosed for executing family generic, processor specific files. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of executing a file on a computer system. The method includes the computer implemented steps of determining the processor type of a processor; storing a processor type identifier that represents the determined processor type of the processor; executing a first plurality of instructions that includes instructions exclusively from a common set of instructions that are common to a plurality of processor types; executing a second plurality of instructions that is optimized for a first processor type, if the processor type identifier indicates that the processor is of the first processor type; and executing a third plurality of instructions that includes instructions exclusively from the common set of instructions, if the processor type identifier indicates the processor is of a type different than the first processor type.

Abstract: A method of coupling a fluid-powered work implement to a boom assembly of a work machine is disclosed. The boom assembly has a first male fluid coupling attached thereto. The boom assembly also has a plunger attached thereto. The work implement has a first female fluid coupling attached thereto. The first female fluid coupling has a first locking sleeve slidably secured thereto. The method includes the step of moving the boom assembly toward the work implement so as to align the first male fluid coupling with the first female fluid coupling. The method also includes the step of actuating the plunger so as to cause the first locking sleeve to be moved from a first locked position to a first unlocked position. Moreover, the method includes the step of further moving the boom assembly so as to advance the first male fluid coupling into the first female fluid coupling.

Abstract: A convertible computer includes a base portion having an operative side and a rear side. The computer further includes a display portion, pivotally attached to the base portion, having an operative side and a rear side, the rear side of the display portion being positionable substantially adjacent the rear side of the base portion. Moreover, the computer includes a cover positionable over the operative side of the base portion.

Abstract: A bias current generator includes a first circuit component having a first voltage developed across a pair of terminals thereof, the first voltage decreasing as an operating temperature of the first circuit component increases. The bias current generator further includes a second circuit component having a second voltage developed across a pair of terminals thereof, the second voltage decreasing as an operating temperature of the second circuit component increases. In addition, the bias current generator includes an impedance element connected to the first circuit component and the second component, the impedance element (1) having an impedance which increases as an operating temperature of the impedance element increases, and (2) having a first current flowing therethrough, wherein a decrease in the first voltage causes a corresponding increase in the first current, and a decrease in the second voltage causes a corresponding increase in the first current.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for a method for measuring performance of an I/O bus. The method includes the steps of (a) determining a number of I/O bus clock cycles that occur during I/O bus transactions involving a peripheral device during a time period, and (b) determining a bus performance value for the I/O bus based on the number of I/O bus clock cycles determined in step (a). One embodiment of the apparatus includes a mechanism for determining a bus utilization value for the I/O bus based on the number of I/O bus clock cycles counted by the counter. Another embodiment of the apparatus includes a mechanism for determining a bus efficiency value for the I/O bus based on the number of I/O bus clock cycles counted by the counter.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for aligning a first coordinate system of a digitizing panel with a second coordinate system of a display device. The method includes the steps of displaying a plurality of reference points on the display device, each of the reference points having a X.sub.ref, Y.sub.ref coordinate value, determining a plurality of first Xr, Yr coordinate values from the digitizing panel which are indicative of a plurality of positions of an object positioned relative to the plurality of reference points, determining a plurality of channel gain correction values from the plurality of first Xr, Yr coordinate, values and the plurality of X.sub.ref, Y.sub.ref coordinate values, and storing the plurality of channel gain correction values for use in correcting a second Xr, Yr coordinate value which is indicative of a position of an object relative to the digitizing panel.

Abstract: An implement control system for use with an article of construction machinery includes an implement adapted for mounting to an article of construction equipment, the implement including first and second ranges of motion, a hand support adapted for mounting to the article of construction equipment in the vicinity of an operator, the hand support including a base, an end portion upstanding at a first angle from the base and a hand grip extending outwardly from the end portion, the hand grip defining a distal end thereof and an opening between the hand grip and the base adapted for permitting an operator's fingers to extend therebetween in order to grip the hand grip, a first control lever movably mounted to the distal end of the hand grip, the first control lever being operably connected to the implement for controlling the first range of motion and adapted for movement thereof by an operator's thumb, a second control lever movably mounted to the base, the second control level being operably connected to the im

Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting the presence of a stylus relative to an active area of a display screen. The method includes the steps of providing a number of sensors which are positioned to define a boundary surrounding an active area of the display screen, and transmitting an electromagnetic signal from the stylus to the sensors wherein the signal is indicative of the presence of the stylus relative to the active area.

Abstract: A steering control apparatus is disclosed for a first and second pair of wheel assemblies that are mounted for rotation with respect to a first and second axle. Selective rotation of the respective wheel assemblies is controlled by a plurality of actuators defined by a control module. The actuators are engaged by a control lever that is mounted for movement with respect to the control module in a preselected plane. The control module is rotatable with respect to the preselected plane to allow selective contact between the actuators and the control lever to control the rotation of the wheel assemblies with respect to the axles in one of a plurality of steering modes.

Abstract: A method for implanting an end portion of a graft within the body of a patient during a bypass grafting procedure includes the steps of (1) making an arteriotomy in a sidewall of a blood vessel at a first area to create a communicating aperture between a first location inside of the blood vessel and a second location outside of the blood vessel, wherein the arteriotomy making step is performed while the first area is covered by a substantially intact portion of the epidermis of the body, (2) advancing the end portion of the graft to the first area, wherein the advancing step is performed while the first area is covered by the substantially intact portion of the epidermis of the body, and (3) forming an anastomosis between the end portion of the graft and the blood vessel at the first area, wherein the anastomosis forming step is performed while the first area is covered by the substantially intact portion of the epidermis of the body.

Abstract: A method for transferring data in a controller is disclosed which includes the steps of providing a processor having an internal first bus, providing a second bus, connecting a memory device to the second bus, connecting a disk drive to the second bus, transferring first data between the memory device and the processor across the first and second buses, and transferring second data between the memory device and the disk drive across the second bus. A disk array controller architecture is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for transferring data in a controller having a processor and a controller support device, with the controller connected to a host device and a disk drive. The method includes the steps of providing the controller with a first bus and a second bus, connecting a first bus between the disk drive and the host device, connecting a second bus between the processor and the controller support device, transferring first data between the disk drive and the host device across the first bus, and transferring second data between the processor and the controller support device across the second bus without consuming any portion of the bandwidth of the first bus. A controller architecture is also disclosed.