Abstract: In a pressure sensing device, a sensor housing container is provided with a flange-like mounting portion to be attached to a medium container made of a thin plate by a bolt. The flange-like mounting portion has a mounting plane of said sensor housing container and is formed to have a great thickness enough to provide high rigidity. At the mounting plane, there are provided an opening through which a nipple of said pressure sensor protrudes from the sensor housing container and a concave plane on its periphery. A sealing member of elastic material is caused to intervene between the flange-like mounting portion and the medium container. The sealing member is integrally molded in a first space formed between an inner wall of the opening and an outer wall of the nipple and a second space communicating with the first space and formed by the concave plane when the sensor housing container is mounted on the medium container.

Abstract: A mercury dispensing device is disclosed that includes a mercury dispenser having the formula Ti.sub.x Zr.sub.y Hg.sub.z in which x and y are between 0 and 13, inclusive, the quantity x+y is between 3 and 13, inclusive, and z is 1 or 2; and a promoter that comprises copper, silicon and possibly a third metal selected among the transition elements. A getter material selected among titanium, zirconium, tantalum, niobium, vanadium and mixtures thereof, and alloys of these metals with nickel, iron or aluminum can be included in the device. The mercury dispenser, promoter and optional getter material are provided preferably in the form of powders compressed as a pellet, or contained in a ring-shaped metallic support or rolled on the surfaces of a metallic strip. Also disclosed is a process for introducing mercury into electron tubes by making use of the above-mentioned mercury-dispensing devices.

Abstract: A hybrid motion tracker captures the motion of a person. Magnetic field sensors and optical sources are placed on a person, each located on different limbs. A fixed transmitter emits electromagnetic energy and infrared light is transmitted from the optical light sources to the fixed optical sensors. The magnetic field sensors sense the magnetic field and a computer calculates each sensor's position and orientation relative to the fixed transmitter. The optical system's Position Sensing Detectors measure the transmitted infrared light and the computer calculates the position and orientation of each optical light source. The position and orientation of each sensor is used to reconstruct the person's motion in real time, which is sent to a host computer. The computer utilizes the optical system which is more precise than the magnetic field system to compensate for the magnetic field system and thereby achieve higher accuracies. The system is a hybrid system using both magnetic fields and infrared light.

Abstract: A measuring wheel detects forces and moments between the rim and axle of a vehicle wheel with measuring sensors between the rim face and a wheel flange apparatus transmits the energy and data to a measurement evaluation and processing system on the vehicle. The wheel flange and/or the front of the rim consists of a fiber compound, while the apparatus on the wheel for transmitting energy and data are fitted on the inside of the rim bed holding the vehicle tire and extends essentially over its circumference. Thus the static properties and dynamic behavior of the measuring wheel during travel correspond to the greatest degree to the original wheel. Effects which falsify the measurements such as increased wheel weight and the like do not arise.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for remotely measuring the pressure and temperature of gas in a vehicle wheel. The vehicle includes a frame member and a vehicle wheel mounted for rotation relative to the frame member about a rotation axis. A transmitting circuit is mounted on the frame member. The transmitting circuit includes a transmitting coil and generates electrical energy in the transmitting coil. A receiving circuit is mounted on the vehicle wheel for movement therewith such that, as the vehicle wheel rotates relative to the frame member, the receiving circuit is inductively coupled to the transmitting circuit. The receiving circuit includes a sensor for generating a data signal corresponding to a physical characteristic of the vehicle wheel and a wireless communication circuit for receiving the electrical energy from the transmitting coil to remotely power the receiving circuit and for transferring the data signal from the receiving circuit to the transmitting circuit.

Abstract: A fluid pressure measuring device interface which may be used in a submerle platform or vehicle includes an interface chamber fluidly coupled to a conduit which leads to the fluid medium whose pressure is to be measured. The interface chamber encloses a liquid-filled deformable pressure transfer container or bladder, which is generally completely surrounded by the fluid medium whose pressure is being measured. A second conduit fluidly couples the bladder to a pressure measuring device. The device can perform fluid medium pressure measurements including water pressure and wave and tide measurements. When used in an underwater structure, the conduit coupled to the interface chamber connects to the exterior surface of the underwater structure, at a point generally vertically above the interface housing.

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel thermoelectric sensor for determining or measuring the thermal power of radiation, especially laser radiation, with at least one thermoelectric detector or sensor element which has an active detector surface of a thin active layer of a crystalline solid with anisotropic thermoelectric power and in which the surface perpendicular of the layer does not coincide with one of the primary anisotropy directions, on the thin active layer there being at least two contacts for tapping a voltage dependent on the thermal output.

Abstract: An improved hydrostat constructed on a silicon wafer by microfabrication methods similar to those used for integrated circuits and other devices. A thin section of the wafer acts as a diaphragm, responsive to pressure of ambient water. A lever arm is affixed at its first end to one point on the surface of the wafer and extends over the diaphragm, so arranged that the lever arm will be forced away from the wafer when pressure is applied to the diaphragm. The second end of the lever arm is moved by the diaphragm so that it moves further from the wafer, by a factor of the mechanical advantage of the lever. When the second end moves away from the wafer, it mechanically releases a lock, allowing an ordnance device to which the hydrostat is attached to arm.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a movable range indicating apparatus, for a mobile crane vehicle, which can easily display a movable range of a telescopic boom end and secure safety of a crane operation. To this end, the apparatus comprises a boom length detecting means (1), a boom angle detecting means (2), a turning position detecting means (3), a load detecting means (4), an operating condition inputting means (5), a display section (9) for indicating in rectangular coordinates, and a control section (8) for performing calculation or storage, and indicates by superimposition an image of a rated operating radius (23) and an image of an end position (24) of the telescopic boom on the display section. In addition, a target point (41) of the telescopic boom end can be indicated by superimposition.

Abstract: A GPS system and method for real-time determination of integer ambiguities in a global positioning system (GPS) receiver and, more specifically, to a GPS system and method for determining integer ambiguities of a GPS solution using a Kalman filter with double difference integer ambiguities as additional states to estimate the ambiguities until they are estimated to within a sufficiently tight variance around their error estimates. Thereafter, all the candidate integer ambiguity values are searched in the range domain, e.g., along the double difference lines-of-sight for each satellite, until one is selected; if the after-the-fit residuals for the selected integers are below a certain threshold, then the selected integers are accepted as the integer ambiguities. If not, another set of candidate integer values are selected and analyzed.

Abstract: The blood volume in a soft-shell venous reservoir is measured by immersing the reservoir in a fluid and measuring the displacement of that fluid, either by measuring a liquid level in an overflow tube or by measuring the temperature-compensated gas pressure if the displaced fluid is a gas in a sealed container. Equipment operable from outside the container to measure the reservoir or to expel air therefrom is also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to pressure measurement apparatuses and pressure or force measurement devices for static or dynamic pressure measurement, in particular for high pressures or forces, whose housing contains among other things, a pressure or force measuring cell, e.g. a piezoresistive or capacitive measuring cell. In devices like this, service life and chemical resistance are problematic. The pressure measurement device according to the invention is essentially comprised of a housing (2), a seal (4) between the pressure medium and the inner chamber (2d) of the housing (2), a pressure measuring cell (3), whose first main face (3e) is exposed to the pressure medium and which has a deflection when pressure loaded, which deflection leads to a relative movement between pressure measuring cell (3) and housing (2) in the region of the seal (4). In the region of the seal (4), the housing (2) is embodied so that it has spring-elastic properties.

Abstract: A seat testing punch is provided with an upholstered pressure element that can be used as a suitable aid in comfort comparison testing of different test seats to be performed according to strict test criteria, with which seat testing punch various test seats can be loaded in a realistic and reproducible manner as often or for as long as desired. For this purpose, the shape of the pressure element is made to simulate the pelvis and thighs, including the hip joints, of a human skeleton, at least as regards the underside. The upholstery of the pressure element likewise simulates anthropomorphically the soft parts in the area of the buttocks in terms of local distribution of thickness and softness. In particular, the two sitting pressure points of human buttocks and their immediate environment are simulated as naturally as possible in terms of shape, position, hardness, and local hardness distribution.

Abstract: A filament plate for an ion beam source assembly of an ion implantation apparatus is disclosed. The filament plate is comprised of tungsten and includes two spaced apart spiral slits through a width of the plate. A gap width of the slits in not substantially greater than ten times a plasma Debye length of ions generated by electrons emitted into an arc chamber. The plate filament is disposed in an arc chamber into which ionizable source materials are injected. The plate includes two conductive posts press fit into openings of the plate for heating the plate to the thermionic emission temperature. The conductive posts extend through insulated openings in a side wall of the arc chamber.

Abstract: The present invention contemplates a gyratory compaction apparatus for creating compression and shear forces in a sample material, the apparatus using a single roller to accomplish the gyration comprising a hollow cylinder mold including first and second end plates in slidable engagement with the mold at respective first and second open ends, with a chamber inside the mold for receiving the sample material, a support frame having an interior suitable for receiving the mold therein, a compression mechanism for compressing the sample material, and a gyratory assembly comprising a rotational drive motor having a drive shaft aligned along the longitudinal axis of the support frame interior, a cam mounted at the end of the drive shaft, a gyratory plate having an inner housing for encompassing and operably engaging the cam including a spring biased plunger operably engaging the cam and a first outer angular contact bearing for operably engaging the mold inner surface and a driven plate operably mounted to the suppo

Abstract: A screen for a beam index tube includes a fluorescent surface having a pattern of color stripes respectively producing red, green, and blue light in unit areas within the stripes in response to an incident electron beam and index unit areas regularly arranged in the pattern, the color stripes being arranged side-by-side and along a vertical direction with color unit areas of vertical stripes being in registration along a horizontal direction, each color unit area being spaced in the horizontal and vertical directions from the nearest color unit area by one unit area, and the index unit areas being disposed among the color unit areas and spaced from the nearest index unit area by three unit areas in the horizontal direction and one unit area in the vertical direction. A beam index tube may include the screen in combination with a tube assembly and an electron gun.

Abstract: An apparatus for testing a test wheel, provided with a tire and a rim, by passing the wheel over an obstacle. The apparatus including a road-wheel, a steering knuckle capable of rotatably supporting a hub and the test wheel, and two suspension arms supporting the steering knuckle. The apparatus also comprises a first, second, third and fourth leaf spring connected to the suspension arms and to a supporting frame, a fifth leaf spring connected to the steering knuckle and to the supporting frame, and a pneumatic spring in engagement with the steering knuckle and with the supporting frame. First and second acceleration transducers associated with the hub provide measurements of natural frequencies and dampenings of the tire in a radial and in a longitudinal direction. The apparatus can be used both in a movable-hub mode and in a fixed-hub mode.

Abstract: A positioning system for locating objects in places where standard Global Position System signals do not penetrate. A first embodiment uses a GPS receiver and a clock recovery unit. A computer receives the positional information and accurate time information. The computer calculates new orbital data for at least four pseudosatellites. The pseudosatellites are antennas positioned in an interior or shielded space and function to send pseudosatellite data to a receiver. In a second embodiment, the positions of the pseudosatallites are provided to the computer without the use of a GPS receiver. An accurate clock signal is also provided. The computer calculates orbital data for each pseudosatellite and transmits the time signal and ephemeris data for each pseudosatellite. The time signal is delayed for each pseudosatellite to account for propagation delays due to different connecting cable lengths.

Abstract: A tire pressure detector of an automobile, comprises a magnet having N and S poles and rotated in accordance with a pneumatic pressure in a tire, the N and S poles being rotatable in reverse, detecting means, arranged opposite to the magnet, for detecting magnetism and outputting a voltage signal changed to different magnetism level in accordance with rotation of the magnet, and determining means for comparing the voltage signal with a positive or negative threshold value and determining whether the pneumatic pressure in the tire is within a suitable range, based on a polarity of the voltage signal represented by a comparison result.

Abstract: A first substrate has anodes and cathodes, and an organic luminous material layer is formed between the anodes and cathodes. A second substrate has first conductive patterns formed on one of sides thereof, and second conductive patterns formed on the other side. The second conductive patterns are electrically connected to the first conductive patterns by throughholes formed in the second substrate, and the first conductive patterns are electrically connected to cathodes. Other second conductive patterns are electrically connected to the anodes. The space between the first and second substrates is hermetically sealed at peripheral portions thereof.