Abstract: A power machine can include a control device and a hydraulic circuit that can include a hydraulic pump in communication with a hydraulic motor that is configured to operate with infinitely variable displacement. The control device can be configured to determine a control value based on a commanded travel speed for the power machine and a pressure in the hydraulic circuit, and control a run-time displacement of the hydraulic motor based upon the determined control value.

Abstract: A method of operating an access control system connectable to a power supply, including the steps of comparing the supplied power voltage to a threshold power supply voltage, determining a power-good condition when the supplied power voltage exceeds the threshold power supply voltage, determining a power-fail condition when the supplied power voltage does not exceed the threshold power supply voltage, and in response to the power-good condition: charging a capacitor to a capacitor charge not less than a threshold charge, and thereafter powering an electromechanical actuator, transitioning the access control system to a first state selected from locked and unlocked states wherein the capacitor charge is not less than the threshold charge upon completion of the transitioning, and in response to the power-fail condition: powering with the capacitor the electromechanical actuator and transitioning the access control system to the another of the locked and unlocked states.

Abstract: An illustrative access control system includes a locking assembly operable in locked and unlocked states, and a drive assembly operable to actuate the locking assembly. The drive assembly includes an electromechanical actuator, and energy storage device, and a control system. The electromechanical actuator is operable, upon receiving power, to transition the locking assembly between the locked state and the unlocked state. The energy storage device is electrically coupled to the electromechanical actuator, and configured to store electrical power from the power supply when the drive assembly is coupled to the power supply. The control system is configured to couple the drive assembly to the power supply in response to a first condition, and to thereafter transmit energy only from the energy storage device to power the electromechanical actuator, based at least in part upon a level of energy stored in the energy storage device.

Abstract: A wafer level package is produced by forming a photo definable polymer into a frame structure around a device located on a device wafer while maintaining the polymer in a partially cured state. Additional polymer material is used form a cap structure on a carrier wafer. The cap structure is attached to the frame structure so as to place the device within a cavity, wherein sufficient pressure is applied to the cap structure to hold the frame structure via a bonding of the partially cured photo definable polymers. The bonding is characterized by adhesion strength greater than the adhesion strength securing the cap structure to the carrier wafer. The carrier wafer is separated from the device wafer with a force sufficient for separating the carrier wafer from the cap structure while the cap structure remains attached to the frame structure.

Abstract: Embodiments include but are not limited to apparatuses and systems including a package having stud bumps for die alignment. A package may include a package substrate, and a plurality of stud bumps coupled to the package substrate. The stud bumps may define a die region of the package substrate in which movement of a die disposed within the die region is restricted prior to attachment of the die to the package substrate, wherein the plurality of stud bumps comprise a profile that is less than a profile of the die when attached to the package substrate. Other embodiments may be described.

Abstract: A wafer level package filter includes a device wafer having an acoustic wave device disposed on its surface, the acoustic wave device including at least an acoustic wave resonator associated with a piezoelectric substrate and a connecting pad. A capped substrate includes circuitry having inductors and capacitors. The capped substrate has a coefficient of thermal expansion significantly unequal to a coefficient of thermal expansion for the piezoelectric substrate. An adhesive bond connects the capped substrate to the device wafer for encapsulating the acoustic wave device within a cavity. A dielectric overcoat is deposited over a portion of the capped substrate, and a metallization layer extends over a portion of the dielectric layer connecting the capped substrate circuitry to a connecting pad of the acoustic wave device. Optionally, a bond connecting the capped substrate to the device wafer may provide an interlocking connection.

Abstract: Improved methods are provided for the treatment of foods to inhibit microbial growth therein, by the applying to or incorporating into the food a quantity of an alkali or alkaline earth metal salt of levulinic acid. The salts may be topically applied by spraying or dipping, or can be incorporated into the foods such as comminuted meat products. Preferred antimicrobial agents are the sodium and potassium salts of levulinic acid, applied or incorporated at a level of from about 0.5-4% by weight. A variety of foods may be treated in accordance with the invention, such as human foods (e.g., meats and cheeses) or animal foods (pet foods).

Abstract: The present invention provides devices and methods for determining the presence or absence of pathogens in a biological sample and for the concurrent determination of the antimicrobial susceptibility of pathogens present. The devices and methods of the present invention are able to make the determinations without pre-selection of target bacteria. Instead, all organisms from the sample are applied to the device. In wells where one or more antimicrobial agents are present only pathogens resistant to the antimicrobial agent grow. This allows the user to determine the presence of target pathogens and concurrently determine the resistance patterns of the organisms without the need to subculture the organisms. The present invention also provides methods of performing a business service of performing the determinations described above, and kits containing the devices and descriptions of the methods.

Abstract: A refiner plate defines an axis of rotation that further defines variations in azimuth. The refiner plate includes an annular body portion and a plurality of azimuthally spaced-apart elongate bars projecting from the body portion. The bars have top surfaces having elevations that vary as functions of azimuth. A disc refiner further defines a direction of rotation of the refiner plate. Preferably, each top surface slopes downwardly in the direction opposite the direction of rotation, to provide for relief. Preferably in addition, each bar has a side intersecting the respective top surface that leans forwardly in the direction of rotation, to provide for attack.

Abstract: A method and a kit for determining the presence or amount of analytes in samples over a broad potential concentration range for the analyte. The method and kit incorporate chemiluminescent and fluorescent labels conjugated to a specific binding partner for the analyte for sandwich assays, or to the analyte or an analog of the analyte for competitive assays. The conjugates are mixed with the sample and the labels are detected simultaneously or sequentially.

Abstract: A SAW filter is fabricated at a wafer level for providing desirable temperature characteristics. The filter includes a piezoelectric substrate bonded to a carrier substrate, wherein the coefficient of thermal expansion of the carrier substrate is less than the coefficient of thermal expansion of the piezoelectric substrate. Interdigital transducers are formed on the piezoelectric substrate so as to form a SAW composite die structure. A cap substrate having a coefficient of thermal expansion similar to that of the carrier substrate is bonded to the SAW composite die structure for enclosing the interdigital transducers. Plated vias form signal pad interconnects to input and output pads of the interdigital transducer and a sealing pad formed on the surface of the piezoelectric substrate bonds the SAW composite die structure to the cap substrate.

Abstract: A complex including magnetic particle bound to a metal colloid. The complex may be part of a reagent for use in a method for determining analytes. The reagent may include a binding partner specific for an analyte. The reagent may further include a first label that is distinguishable from a second label that is used to detect the analyte. The reagent is used in kits and methods for detecting analytes in samples. The methods include immunoassay methods, including method where the first label is used to calibrate the assay.

Abstract: A complex including magnetic particle bound to a metal colloid. The complex may be part of a reagent for use in a method for determining analytes. The reagent may include a binding partner specific for an analyte. The reagent may further include a first label that is distinguishable from a second label that is used to detect the analyte. The reagent is used in kits and methods for detecting analytes in samples. The methods include immunoassay methods, including method where the first label is used to calibrate the assay.

Abstract: Microcellular polyurethane flexible foams having densities no greater than 0.3 g/cc which are suitable for use as lightweight shoe sole components are produced with carbon dioxide in an amount such that the polyurethane-forming mixture has a free rise density of from about 0.03 to about 0.3 g/cc. At least a portion of that carbon dioxide is dissolved as a gas into one or both of the reaction components. The amount of dissolved carbon dioxide must be such that the froth density of the isocyanate and/or isocyanate-reactive component(s) in which the carbon dioxide is dissolved will be from about 0.1 to about 0.8 g/cc. Additional carbon dioxide may be formed by the reaction of water and isocyanate during the polyurethane-forming reaction but the total amount of CO2 present should be controlled to ensure that the polyurethane-forming mixture has a free rise density of from about 0.03 to 0.3g/cc.

Abstract: Improved methods are provided for the treatment of foods to inhibit microbial growth therein, by the applying to or incorporating into the food a quantity of an alkali or alkaline earth metal salt of levulinic acid. The salts may be topically applied by spraying or dipping, or can be incorporated into the foods such as comminuted meat products. Preferred antimicrobial agents are the sodium and potassium salts of levulinic acid, applied or incorporated at a level of from about 0.5-4% by weight. A variety of foods may be treated in accordance with the invention, such as human foods (e.g., meats and cheeses) or animal foods (pet foods).

Abstract: An assembly and method for array processing of hermetically sealed Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) Devices employs a non-conductive material having an array of spaced cavities extending into the material for receiving a SAW die face down, in a flip-chip arrangement. Each cavity has a peripheral recess dimensioned to receive a lid for hermetically sealing the die within the cavity. Conductive paths are provided from the interior of the cavity to the surface of the array for providing an electrical contact with the SAW die. Individual SAW devices are then provided by cutting along separation lines between adjacent cavities after a plurality of die have been hermetically sealed within its cavity.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and a device that utilizes capillarity-mediated, chromatographic transport, for the qualitative or semi-quantitative analysis of selected analytes in liquid samples. The device utilizes an applicator/collection device for collecting and administering the sample to the flow path such that reagent(s) flow through the applicator/collection device, washing the sample into the reaction pathway. The device further utilizes an air gap between the initial location of the reagent and the reaction pathway to funnel the reagent efficiently through the sample so as to collect all or substantially all of the sample and make it available for the reaction(s).

Abstract: The present invention provides devices and methods for determining the presence or absence of pathogens in a biological sample and for the concurrent determination of the antimicrobial susceptibility of pathogens present. The devices and methods of the present invention are able to make the determinations without pre-selection of target bacteria. Instead, all organisms from the sample are applied to the device. In wells where one or more antimicrobial agents are present only pathogens resistant to the antimicrobial agent grow. This allows the user to determine the presence of target pathogens and concurrently determine the resistance patterns of the organisms without the need to subculture the organisms. The present invention also provides methods of performing a business service of performing the determinations described above, and kits containing the devices and descriptions of the methods.

Abstract: A self-contained signal generating device and methods for using and making the same are provided. The device and methods may detect the presence of a number of different substances, such as proteins, and utilizes a target material binding dye, which may precipitate a target material as well as stain it, and/or undergo a detectable change, e.g., an absorption or emission frequency shift, on binding of the substance to be detected.

Abstract: A disposable, dry chemistry analytical system is disclosed which is broadly useful for the detection of a variety of analytes present in biological fluids such as whole blood, serum, plasma, urine and cerebral spinal fluid. The invention discloses the use of the reaction interface that forms between two liquids converging from opposite directions within a bibulous material. The discovery comprises a significant improvement over prior art disposable, analytical reagent systems in that the detectable reactant zone is distinct and separate from the unreacted reagents allowing for the use of reaction indicators exhibiting only minor changes as well as extremely high concentrations of reactants. In addition, staged, multiple reagents can be incorporated. Whole blood can be used as a sample without the need for separate cell separating materials.