Abstract: A light-emitting unit adapter module includes a mounting base for mounting, a circuit board accommodated in the mounting base and having electrode pins connectable to an external power source, a light-emitting unit mountable in the mounting base, and a holding-down device fastenable to the mounting base to hold down the light-emitting unit, keeping the tubular electrodes of the light-emitting unit in positive contact with the electrode pins of the circuit board for power input and the heat sink of the light-emitting unit suspending outside the mounting base for quick dissipation of waste heat during operation of the light-emitting devices of the light-emitting unit.

Abstract: A projectile includes a compacted and sintered mixture of a plurality of tungsten particles that are from about 8 microns to about 30 microns in size; a plurality of iron particles that are from about 40 microns to about 200 microns in size; and a material additive. At least a portion of the plurality of iron particles are bonded together. There are no intermetallic compounds or alloys of the tungsten particles and the iron particles formed due, in part, to the size of the tungsten particles and the size of the iron particles utilized. The final density of the projectile is from about 8.0 grams per cubic centimeter to about 12.2 grams per cubic centimeter and the final hardness of the projectile is from about 10 HB to about 50 HB. The ratio of the mixture of tungsten particles to iron particles is, by weight, from about 30:70 to about 65:35.

Abstract: A spinal motion device for implanting in the spine as a replacement for the natural disc, to permit motion between adjacent vertebral bodies or as a vertebral body replacement that permits motion at its ends. The spinal motion device comprises a composite structure formed by a body having at least one bearing member, made from a biocompatible material such as pyrolytic carbon, attached to a support surface thereof.

Abstract: A cooler module formed of a heat sink and a cooling fan is disclosed. A heat receiving base member of the heat sink has a flat bottom center contact surface and a plurality of bottom sloping surfaces (or one tapered bottom surface) obliquely upwardly extended from the border of the flat bottom center contact surface to the border of the heat receiving base member for spreading heat in all directions rapidly and evenly.

Abstract: A combination heat sink form of a stack of radiation fins is disclosed. Each radiation fin has retaining flanges at two opposite lateral sides for securing another radiation fin. Each retaining flange has a bottom neck perpendicularly extending from the respective radiation fin, two pairs of vertically spaced retaining fingers respectively extending from two opposite lateral sides of the bottom neck in a parallel manner relative to the respective radiation fin for securing another radiation fin, a top retaining notch defined between the two pairs of vertically spaced retaining fingers above the bottom neck for accommodating the bottom neck of another radiation fin, and a retaining gap defined between each two vertically spaced retaining fingers for receiving another radiation fin.

Abstract: A fishing lure manufactured from a sintered metal powder. The metal powder may be one or more metals, one or more alloys, or any combination or mixture thereof. The lure is of a weight sufficient to sink to a depth in the water and shaped such that, when urged through the water, the lure moves in a substantially oscillating motion. A method of manufacturing a fishing lure is also disclosed.

Abstract: A cooler system includes a metal holder base, a mounting structure that secures the metal holder base to a circuit board, a curved heat pipe, which has a mounting portion fastened to one through hole on the metal holder base and a cooling portion extending from the mounting portion to the outside of the metal holder base and the circuit board at an angle, and a heat sink fastened to the cooling portion of the heat pipe outside the metal holder base and the circuit board in a parallel relationship relative to the circuit board for dissipation heat absorbed by the heat pipe from a heat source at the circuit board into the outside open air far from the circuit board efficiently.

Abstract: An instrument for distracting the disc space between adjacent vertebrae and simultaneously preparing endplates of the vertebrae includes a body having opposing upper and lower surfaces separated by curved side surfaces that extend between a posterior end of the body and an anterior end of the body. A first plurality of teeth extends across the upper surface of the body, and a second plurality of teeth extends across the lower surface of the body. The first and second plurality of teeth may constructed as ratcheting teeth that angle back toward the anterior end of the body. Also a system for distracting the disc space between adjacent vertebrae and simultaneously preparing endplates of the vertebrae, includes at least two differently dimensioned instruments as set forth above.

Abstract: A spinal motion device for implanting in the spine as a replacement for the natural disc, to permit motion between adjacent vertebral bodies or as a vertebral body replacement that permits motion at its ends. The spinal motion device comprises a composite structure formed by a body having at least one bearing member, made from a biocompatible material such as pyrolytic carbon, attached to a support surface thereof.

Abstract: Magnetic materials having a coercivity not less than about 1000 Oersted are prepared in a single step procedure. A molten mixture of a desired composition having a relatively high boron content is cooled at a rate slower than about 105 degrees Celsius per second. Preferably, the molten mixture is cooled by depositing it on a chilled surface such that it forms a layer between about 120 and about 300, and preferably between about 120 and about 150, microns thick.

Abstract: An instrument system for preparing a disc space between adjacent vertebral bodies to receive a repair device includes a series of distractors for distracting the vertebral bodies in a manner that restores natural lordosis of the lumbar and cervical spine, a vertebrae immobilizing template to fix the positions of the bodies, a handle for employing the distractor and the template, and a reamer for cutting tissue from endplates of the vertebral bodies.

Abstract: A heat sink assembly formed of a number of radiation fins arranged in a stack, each radiation fin having two mounting flanges arranged in parallel at two opposite sides, each mounting flange having a dovetail mounting hole on the middle and a dovetail bottom mounting lug, the dovetail bottom mounting lugs of one radiation fin being engaged into the mounting holes of another radiation fin.

Abstract: A soldering paste flux for use in soldering copper and copper alloy piping and the like is formed of 40–70% nonylphenol ethoxylate (preferably Tergitol NO-10® made by Dow Chemical), 10–30% glyceryl monostearate, 3–10% acid activator, 3–10% water, and 4–15% mineral salt. The acid activator is preferably a mineral acid and, most preferably, hydrobromic acid. The mineral salt is preferably zinc bromide.

Abstract: A projectile, including a compacted and sintered mixture of a plurality of tungsten particles and a plurality of iron particles. At least a portion of the plurality of iron particles are bonded together, and no intermetallic compounds or alloys of the tungsten particles and iron particles are formed during the compaction and sintering processes. The final density of the projectile is from about 8.1 grams per cubic centimeter to about 12.1 grams per cubic centimeter, and no substantial densification occurs during sintering. A method of producing such a projectile is also disclosed.

Abstract: A Zr-based bulk metallic glass formed using low purity materials at a low vacuum with a small amount of yttrium addition is provided. A method of improving the glass forming ability, crystallization and melting process without reducing the mechanical and elastic properties, such as hardness and Young's Modulus, of Zr-based alloys by yttrium addition, is also provided.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a spinner for rotary fiberization is provided. The method may include providing a blank of a high temperature metal, deep drawing the blank using a punch and a die to form a cup structure, installing a multi-component mandrel assembly in the cup structure, cold working the cup structure to form an inwardly-directed annular lip, disassembling the mandrel assembly, and removing the individual mandrel components.

Abstract: Magnetic materials having a coercivity not less than about 1000 Oersted are prepared in a single step procedure. A molten mixture of a desired composition having a relatively high boron content is cooled at a rate slower than about 105 degrees Celsius per second. Preferably, the molten mixture is cooled by depositing it on a chilled surface such that it forms a layer between about 120 and about 300, and preferably between about 120 and about 150, microns thick.

Abstract: Magnetic materials having a coercivity not less than about 1000 Oersted are prepared in a single step procedure. A molten mixture of a desired composition having a relatively high boron content is cooled at a rate slower than about 105 degrees Celsius per second. Preferably, the molten mixture is cooled by depositing it on a chilled surface such that it forms a layer between about 120 and about 300, and preferably between about 120 and about 150, microns thick.

Abstract: An electrolytic process for metal-coating the surface of a workpiece of an electrically conductive material includes i) providing an electrolytic cell with a cathode defining the surface of the workpiece and an anode; ii) introducing an electrolyte of an aqueous solution containing one or more water soluble compounds of the metal or metals to be deposited into the zone created between the anode and the cathode in a manner such that the cathode is bathed but not immersed in the electrolyte; and iii) applying a voltage between the anode and the cathode such that an electrical plasma arc is maintained between the anode and cathode during the deposition of the metal-coating onto the surface of the cathode.

Abstract: A refuse collection vehicle (10) has a body (14) into which refuse may be loaded having an exit passage (34) from which loaded refuse may be emptied. The vehicle also has arms (56) and a fork (58) for lifting a container into a dumping position over the body. A control circuit coordinates simultaneous operation of the arms and forks by monitoring the position of the arms and forks through rotary potentiometers (200, 201).