Abstract: Improved battery separators, base films or membranes, batteries, cells, devices, systems, vehicles, and/or methods of making and/or using such separators, films or membranes, batteries, cells, devices, systems, vehicles, and/or methods of enhancing battery or cell charge rates, charge capacity, and/or discharge rates, and/or methods of improving batteries, systems including such batteries, vehicles including such batteries and/or systems, and/or the like; biaxially oriented porous membranes, composites including biaxially oriented porous membranes, biaxially oriented microporous membranes, biaxially oriented macroporous membranes, battery separators with improved charge capacities and the related methods and methods of manufacture, methods of use, and the like; flat sheet membranes, liquid retention media; dry process separators; biaxially stretched separators; dry process biaxially stretched separators having a thickness range between about 5 ?m and 50 ?m, preferably between about 10 ?m and 25 ?m, having imp

Abstract: A method, system, and computer program for configuring a device provides the capability for a user to easily enter complex configuration settings by scanning sheets or documents having information defining the configuration settings into the device. A method for configuring a device comprises imaging a document, extracting configuration data from the imaged document, and setting configuration parameters of the device using the extracted configuration data.

Abstract: A tire carrier includes a mounting frame which can be fixedly attached to the undersurface of a vehicle and a tire receiving frame dimensioned to receive a tire usable on the vehicle. A parallelogram suspension arrangement extends between the mounting frame and the tire receiving frame to permit the tire receiving frame to swing between a storage position in which the tire receiving frame is directly beneath the mounting frame and an extended position in which the tire receiving frame is in a position in which the tire can be extracted or inserted. A latch mechanism is provided as well as an over-center spring mechanism to assist the user in moving the tire receiving frame between positions.