Abstract: Cable assemblies for providing electrical communication between hinged sections of an electronic device are described. The cable assemblies can include a cover that covers one or more cables that run through a hinge region of the electronic device. The cable and cover can be drawn over a mandrel of the hinge region. The cover and the portions of the mandrel can be visible to a user at the hinge region of the electronic device. The cover can be sufficiently rigid to guide a path of the cable and protect the cable from bending beyond a prescribed angle during rotation of the electronic device at the hinge region. The cover can also be sufficiently rigid to prevent ceasing or folding of the cover and the cable during rotation of the electronic device at the hinge region.

Abstract: A shielded sensor system and method features an airflow housing including a downward facing inlet and a downward facing outlet. At least one sensor is disposed in the housing between the inlet and the outlet. A particulate screener is located between the inlet and the sensor.

Abstract: A shielded sensor system and method features an airflow housing including a downward facing inlet and a downward facing outlet. At least one sensor is disposed in the housing between the inlet and the outlet. A particulate screener is located between the inlet and the sensor.

Abstract: A meteorological system includes a precipitation gauge and a wind shield subsystem about the precipitation gauge. The wind shield subsystem includes an elevated support member about the precipitation gauge, a plurality of wind deflectors pivotably supported on the support member, and a pivoting attachment between each deflector and the support member. The pivoting attachment is configured to limit the travel of the deflector.

Abstract: A meteorological system includes a precipitation gauge and a wind shield subsystem about the precipitation gauge. The wind shield subsystem includes an elevated support member about the precipitation gauge, a plurality of wind deflectors pivotably supported on the support member, and a pivoting attachment between each deflector and the support member. The pivoting attachment is configured to limit the travel of the deflector.

Abstract: A meteorological information system usable by aircraft pilots and others is activated by voice or tone commands from the user. A radio frequency transmitter/receiver unit configured to detect predetermined voice or tone commands transmitted by the user over a designated frequency is connected to a voice recognition system, which converts the received voice commands into computer commands that elicit pertinent stored meteorological data and location data related to an airport and/or its runways, processes the data into a form usable to the requester, and causes the result to be transmitted in synthesized voice format to the requestor.

Abstract: A meteorological information system useable by aircraft pilots and others. A receiver-calculator unit receives raw meteorological data and site-specific physical data from a ground-based weather station having a signal transmitter for broadcasting signals conveying data about weather conditions at the station. The transmitted raw data signals are received by the receiver-calculator unit in the aircraft. The receiver-calculator unit may feature an input with which the operator inputs information about the physical character, such as the heading, of the runway of interest. The receiver-calculator unit processes both received raw weather data and received site-specific physical data, and/or operator-input data, to derive additional meteorological information. The raw and derived weather conditions information is displayed by the unit to be available to the aircraft pilot during landing or take-off maneuvers.

Abstract: A neck exerciser for a user preferably lying prone and moving his head up or down includes a helmet secured to the head by a chinstrap. A selectable number of removable weights are each affixed to a band portion of the helmet. The position of each weight is selectable to produce the maximum movement of force for a given amount of weight so that the maximum training effect is achieved with a minimized amount of weight.

Abstract: Sealing rings for use with an outer curing envelope to retread a tire. Each ring includes an outwardly opening annular channel member having a base portion molded to conform to the contour of the tire bead, and an annular outer flange portion having an enlarged sealing rib for underlapping the outer curing envelope at the outer side of the tire casing near it maximum width. Two rings are required, one on each side of the tire casing, to form with the outer curing envelope a complete seal enclosure around the outside tire.

Abstract: In a system in which a CO.sub.2 injection nozzle penetrates into an inverted sealed vessel from which a beverage will be served, such as a soda bottle, the preferably needle-like nozzle projects vertically through an aperture in a cap and through a normally closed hole in a septum comprising a portion of an elastomeric gasket providing a seal between the cap and the vessel. The nozzle provides a path for communication of liquid in the vessel with a source of CO.sub.2. The nozzle is formed out of a mixture of polycarbonate resin and polytetrafluoroethylene to provide for ease of insertion through the hole in the septum and into liquid in the vessel. A low friction washer between the cap and the gasket decreases torque applied to the gasket as the cap is tightened to provide compressive force.

Abstract: An CO.sub.2 injection nozzle is incorporated in a system for carbonating a beverage in a sealed vessel from which it will be served, such as a soda bottle. The nozzle projects vertically, and is received into and through a vessel closure member on an inverted vessel. The nozzle provides a path for communication of the vessel interior with a source of CO.sub.2. A first axial portion of the nozzle is formed to provide for extension through the closure member and into liquid in the vessel. Outlet means are provided adjacent an axial extremity of the nozzle for projecting CO.sub.2 for maximum path length through the liquid as it rises. The outlet means may comprise radially opposed pairs of horizontal bores extending tangentially from a vertical internal bore in the nozzle.

Abstract: A digital electronic micrometer eliminates backlash and other error between a movable probe and a digital readout and arranges all the working components within a handle thermally insulated from the probe and the yoke. An optical scale is secured to the probe to move directly with the probe past an electro-optical reader arranged within the tool handle, and a manually operable retractor moves the probe away from the anvil against the bias of a spring. Electronic circuitry and digital display can also be arranged in the tool handle for indicating positions of the probe relative to the frame, and the circuitry includes manually actuatable hold circuitry for maintaining the display at an indication of a previous position of the probe after movement of the probe. This allows the tool to be moved to an orientation for observing a measurement previously taken when the tool was in a position obscuring the reading.

Abstract: Apparatus for measuring which is adapted for use with a remote digital readout. The measuring apparatus includes an elongated main beam and a measuring device slidably mounted on the beam. The beam includes a transparent ruled scale with markings positioned thereon corresponding to different measurements. Mounted within the device is an electro-optical decoder suspended by a unique flexure arrangement which detects marks as the device is slidably moved on the beam and produces electrical signals which are provided to the remote digital readout system which in turn produces a visual readout of measurement. The measuring device includes a second reader scale having similar markings thereon.

Abstract: A meteorological information system useable by aircraft pilots and others. A receiver-calculator unit receives raw meteorological data and site-specific physical data from a ground-based weather station having a signal transmitter for broadcasting signals conveying data about weather conditions at the station. The transmitted raw data signals are received by the receiver-calculator unit in the aircraft. The receiver-calculator unit may feature an input with which the operator inputs information about the physical character, such as the heading, of the runway of interest. The receiver-calculator unit processes both received raw weather data and received site-specific physical data, and/or operator-input data, to derive additional meteorological information. The raw and derived weather conditions information is displayed by the unit to be available to the aircraft pilot during landing or take-off maneuvers.