Abstract: A modular by-pass device of an electrical component includes a housing possessing a movable means of sealing, and is equipped with conducting terminals, one of whose ends is connected to one of the terminals of the electrical component circuit, the other end being fastened to the wall of the housing projecting into the interior of the housing and constituting a contact post. An actuator providing transposition between two positions of a control device include a plunger shaft and a spring arranged in the space formed between the plunger shaft and the internal wall of the housing. A trigger includes a retention device of the plunger shaft held in place by a fusible material. A reversing switch includes a contact zone providing electrical continuity between two contact posts of the terminals carried by the housing. The disclosed embodiments finds application more particularly in the isolation and short-circuiting of a battery element, which has become defective.

Abstract: The invention relates to an overvoltage protection device having one or more parallel-connected voltage-limiting elements which are located in one physical unit, such as varistors, diodes or means of this type configured in the form of a disc, comprising a shell apparatus in order to electrically disconnect the overvoltage-limiting elements when they are thermally overloaded, and means for indication and/or signalling of the fault state which then occurs, wherein the switching apparatus is connected via a means which can be released thermally, such as adhesive or a solder, to a connecting contact of the at least one overvoltage-limiting element, and/or to an external terminal contact or plug contact. According to the invention, the switching apparatus is in the form of a solid U-shaped switching fork, the fork tines of which run essentially parallel to the side surfaces of the overvoltage-limiting element, holding the latter in the space between the tines.

Abstract: A device for controlling an electric field at a high voltage component including a resistive layer for field control, an insulating layer arranged on the resistive layer and a semi-conducting or conducting layer arranged on the insulating layer. The three layers meet at a triple point where the insulating layer ends. An interface between the resistive layer and the insulating layer makes in the triple point an angle to the semi-conducting or conducting layer of 60°-120°.

Abstract: A fusible link unit includes a fuse busbar and a housing. The fuse busbar includes a first busbar having a first input connecting portion; a second busbar having a second input connecting portion; and a fusible element provided between the first busbar and the second busbar. The housing is provided with the fuse busbar. The fusible element is configured to melt down when a current of a predetermined value is conducted therethrough. The first input connecting portion and the second input connecting portion are formed into the same shape. The first and second input connecting portions are passed through inserting holes, which are provided on both end portions of the housing, and are projected outwards. The housing is formed symmetrical transversely.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided to access bone marrow at various target areas. Such apparatus may include an intraosseous device operable to penetrate bone at a selected target area and a depth limiter operable to control depth of penetration of the intraosseous device into bone and associated bone marrow. A manual driver and a guide may be included to optimize optimum insertion of the intraosseous device at a selected insertion site on a sternum.

Abstract: A power electronics module includes a capacitor having a trough-shaped housing and at least one capacitor winding. An electronic unit includes a base on which the capacitor is mounted. A cooling plate in thermal contact with a cooling surface of the capacitor is formed by a bus bar. The cooling plate is on the base of the electronic unit.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes an enclosure, printed wiring board, electronic component, fan, duct, fin assembly, and heat pipe. The enclosure has an exhaust port in a sidewall thereof. The electronic component is mounted on the printed wiring board. The fan is placed in the vicinity of the exhaust port. The duct guides an airflow generated by the fan to the exhaust port. The fin assembly constituted of a plurality of fins, is arranged between an exit of the duct and the exhaust port, and includes an extension portion. A part of the extension portion extends to a range configured to overhang the printed wiring board.

Abstract: A fuse used in a semiconductor memory device. The fuse is formed with a “X” shape where one circuit may be connected simultaneously to a plurality of other circuits. As a result, a fuse region is reduced, and the cutting number is also decreased, thereby lowering the possibility of defects resulting from cutting errors.

Abstract: A heat radiator is in the form of a rectangular body having two opposite longer sides and two opposite shorter sides, and includes a contact section located at an end surface of the heat radiator for contacting with a heat source and having at least one extension wall outward extended therefrom to divide the heat radiator into a first heat-dissipating zone, which consists of a plurality of curved radiation fins outward extended from the contact section toward the two longer sides, and a second heat-dissipating zone, which consists of a plurality of straight or curved radiation fins outward extended from the contact section and the extension wall toward the two shorted sides. These radially outward extended radiation fins not only provide increased heat radiating areas, but also guide airflow produced by a cooling fan to smoothly flow therethrough to carry heat away from the heat radiator in different directions.

Abstract: An automatic injection device including a housing element, at least one resilient element arranged to be located within the housing element, a syringe including at least one syringe piston, a needle guard adapted for selectable positioning with respect to the housing element and a selectable driving element adapted, when actuated, to be driven by the at least one resilient element for initially displacing the syringe relative to the housing element from a non-penetration position to a penetration position and thereafter displacing the at least one syringe piston in the syringe to effect drug delivery and displacing the needle guard into a needle guarding position.

Abstract: An adapter for a medical receptacle having a skirt with an outside diameter and a threaded inside diameter, and a tapered post within the skirt, the adapter includes a proximal end portion having a threaded surface including at least one thread configured to threadingly engage the threaded inside diameter of the skirt, a distal end portion having a surface portion and a cylindrical recess, a conduit positioned between the tapered recess and the cylindrical recess such that the conduit is in fluid communication with both the tapered recess and the cylindrical recess; and a longitudinal axis. The proximal end portion includes a tapered recess defined by a wall, a chamfer, and a seat and the surface portion includes a means for gripping, which in one embodiment may be at least two wings.

Abstract: A surface mount current fuse of the present invention includes a first base which has a recess and is smaller in width at the other end than at one end in the longitudinal direction, and a second base which has the same shape as the first base. The first base and the second base are combined to form a box-shaped body by joining the lower surface of the second base to the upper surface of the upper surface of the first base in such a manner that one end of the first base and the other end of the second base are in contact with each other. The recess of the first base and the recess of the second base form a space portion in which to dispose an element portion. The borderline between the first base and the second base passes through the center point on a side surface of the body. As a result, the surface mount current fuse has high production efficiency.

Abstract: A bracket is used to support a motherboard. The bracket includes a framework, a first supporting element, and a second supporting element. The framework includes a front bar, a back bar, and two side bars, corporately bounding a receiving space. The first and second supporting elements are received in the receiving space and connected to the two side bars. A number of through holes corresponding to a number of through holes of the motherboard are defined in the framework, the first supporting element, and the second supporting elements to fix the motherboard on the bracket via a plurality of screw pillars extending through the plurality of through holes of the bracket and the plurality of through holes of the motherboard.

Abstract: A power switch and connector that are conventionally included in a body are formed in spaces created at the outer ends of the shafts of hinges other than the body and a display, whereby the body is thinned. Electronic device comprises a body, a display, and a hinge that joins the body and display so that they can be freely opened or closed. A power switch is formed at an end of the shaft of the hinge. Furthermore, the electronic device comprises the body, the display, and another hinge that joins the body and display so that they can be freely opened or closed. A port of a connector opens at an end of the shaft of the hinge.

Abstract: A surgical system having a console that receives a cassette with a rigid fluid channel formed into a rigid plastic component or housing. The housing serves as a substrate for an elastomeric acoustic coupling that can be formed on the housing outside of the fluid channel. The acoustic transducer is elastically mounted within the console, such as on a spring, so as to provide a relatively constant force between the transducer and the acoustic coupling when the cassette is installed in the console.

Abstract: There is provided an electric connection box in which even when a housing of a fuse is fusedly damaged by heat radiation or melting of a fusible element of the fuse, the fusedly-damaged housing can be restrained from adhering to an inner bottom portion of a fuse cavity. The inner bottom portion (11a) of the fuse cavity has a projecting portion (16) formed on an inner bottom face thereof and extending upwardly from the inner bottom face, and an upper face (16c, 16d) of the projecting portion (16) abuts against a lower face (21b) of the housing (21) of the fuse (2), and a gap (15e) is formed between the inner bottom face and the lower face (21b) of the housing (21) because of the projecting portion (16).

Abstract: A universal securing device for holding catheters of various shapes and sizes and the like in place includes a base and cover. The cover may be connected to the base by a hinge which allows the cover to be lifted open or pushed down into a closed position, over a catheter fitting. The base may have locating elements configured and arranged to fit around catheter fittings of various sizes, and the locating elements prevent substantial movement of a catheter fitting and catheter in various dimensions. The cover may include capture elements which act to grip and compress the catheter fitting when the securing device is in a closed position, thus preventing substantial movement of a catheter fitting and catheter in various dimensions. The base may be attached to a patient with an adhesive pad attached to the bottom surface of the base.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for implementing or deploying medical or veterinary utility modules comprising a first module operable in a digestive or respiratory tract to engage a second module, optionally by a magnetic field. Alternatively or additionally, systems may be operable to remain in situ and also operable to permit a therapeutic material dispensation. In some contexts, for example, systems or methods may dispense a therapeutic material via a subject's throat or elsewhere in the digestive or respiratory tract.

Abstract: An exemplary heat sink mounting frame is for mounting a heat sink onto a circuit board. The heat sink mounting frame includes a circular guide rail, and mounting arms movably connected with and extending radially and outwardly from the guide rail. Each mounting arm includes a fixing bracket connected to the guide rail and a sliding bar slidably connected with the fixing bracket. An engaging post is formed on the sliding bar. The sliding bar is slidable along the fixing bracket, such that a total length of each of the mounting arms is variable to adjust the locations of the engaging posts of the mounting arms.

Abstract: An exemplary heat dissipation device includes a base plate, a bracket engaged with the base plate, and a heat radiator mounted on the base plate and the bracket. The bracket includes two parallel arms. The bracket defines an opening between the arms. Each of the arms extends downwardly two clasps. Each clasp of each arm comprises a blocking part and a connecting part connecting the blocking part. The base plate is received into the opening of the bracket and sandwiched and secured by the blocking parts of the clasps and the arms of the bracket.