Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for isolating a crystal oscillator assembly from shock and/or vibration inputs. A system may include one or more vibration isolators coupled between the crystal oscillator assembly and the base structure, and each of the vibration isolators may include a spring material layer and a damping material layer. The spring material layer may provide a spring force between the crystal oscillator assembly and the base structure. The damping material layer may be adhered to at least one side of the spring material layer, and may provide a damping force between the crystal oscillator assembly and the base structure. Some vibration isolators may further include a constraint layer adhered to the damping material layer, such that the damping material layer is coupled between the constraint layer and the spring material layer.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for isolating a crystal oscillator assembly from shock and/or vibration inputs. A system may include one or more vibration isolators coupled between the crystal oscillator assembly and the base structure, and each of the vibration isolators may include a spring material layer and a damping material layer. The spring material layer may provide a spring force between the crystal oscillator assembly and the base structure. The damping material layer may be adhered to at least one side of the spring material layer, and may provide a damping force between the crystal oscillator assembly and the base structure. Some vibration isolators may further include a constraint layer adhered to the damping material layer, such that the damping material layer is coupled between the constraint layer and the spring material layer.

Abstract: A ballast bag that is durable and prevents exposure to FOD is provided. The ballast bag includes a bag body with a first end and a second end, a first side and a second side, and a front side and a rear side. A first strap is connected to the front side forming a loop defined by two parallel lines along the front side of the bag and a handle extending past each end of the bag. A second strap is connected to the rear side forming a loop defined by two parallel lines along the rear side of the bag and a handle extending past each end of the bag. The handles of the straps are the same size to form a double handle on each end of the bag. The first and second strap each have an inner and outer band of embedded non-slip material.

Abstract: A portable sandbag and aggregate bag filling machine that may be readily loaded in a shipping container or truck and shipped along the less-than-truckload (LTL) road and transport system network. The sandbag filling machine is designed to fit entirely within a shipping container without disassembly into component parts. The machine is sufficiently compact with minimized height to allow a complete and operable gravity-fed hopper and operable ascending horizontal sand feeder belt machinery suitable for optimized sand handling to be included in a working and deliverable unit sufficiently small to be placed and transported in a shipping container or truck trailer.

Abstract: A ballast bag that is durable and prevents exposure to FOD is provided. The ballast bag includes a bag body with a first end and a second end, a first side and a second side, and a front side and a rear side. A first strap is connected to the front side forming a loop defined by two parallel lines along the front side of the bag and a handle extending past each end of the bag. A second strap is connected to the rear side forming a loop defined by two parallel lines along the rear side of the bag and a handle extending past each end of the bag. The handles of the straps are the same size to form a double handle on each end of the bag. The first and second strap each have an inner and outer band of embedded non-slip material.

Abstract: Disclosed are electrochemical cells and methods of operation. In one aspect is disclosed an electrochemical cell that has a liquid-electrolyte or a gel-electrolyte, the cell comprising: an electrode, preferably a gas diffusion electrode; a busbar attached to a current collector of the electrode; and a second electrode to which the first electrode is connected in electrical series. In another aspect is disclosed a plurality of electrochemical cells, comprising: a first electrochemical cell comprising a first cathode and a first anode, wherein at least one of the first cathode and the first anode is a gas diffusion electrode; a second electrochemical cell comprising a second cathode and a second anode, wherein at least one of the second cathode and the second anode is a gas diffusion electrode; wherein, the first cathode is electrically connected in series to the second anode by an electron conduction pathway.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for isolating a crystal oscillator assembly from shock and/or vibration inputs. A system may include one or more vibration isolators coupled between the crystal oscillator assembly and the base structure, and each of the vibration isolators may include a spring material layer and a damping material layer. The spring material layer may provide a spring force between the crystal oscillator assembly and the base structure. The damping material layer may be adhered to at least one side of the spring material layer, and may provide a damping force between the crystal oscillator assembly and the base structure. Some vibration isolators may further include a constraint layer adhered to the damping material layer, such that the damping material layer is coupled between the constraint layer and the spring material layer.

Abstract: The present invention is directed an oriented, foamed article having an integral security element, and a method of making the article. The oriented foam article is particularly useful in the preparation of printed security documents such as currency, stock and bond certificates, birth and death certificates, land titles and abstracts and the like.

Abstract: The present invention is directed an oriented, foamed article having an ink-receptive surface, and a method of making the article. The invention provides a printable substrate comprising at least one high melt-strength, oriented polypropylene foam layer having an ink-receptive surface. The high melt-strength polypropylene having a melt strength of of 25 to 60 cN at 190° C. The ink-receptive surface may comprise and oxidizing treatment, such as corona or flame-treatment of the foam surface, or may comprise an ink-receptive coating, such as a primer coating, on the foam surface. The oriented foam article is particularly useful in the preparation of printed security documents such as currency, stock and bond certificates, birth and death certificates, land titles and abstracts and the like.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for producing a polypropylene foam by mixing a high melt strength polypropylene and a blowing agent to form a melt mixture, reducing the temperature of the melt mixture at the exit of the apparatus to an exit temperature that is no more than 30° C. above the melt temperature of the neat polypropylene while maintaining the melt mixture at a pressure sufficient to prevent foaming; passing the mixture through said exit shaping orifice and exposing the mixture to atmospheric pressure, whereby the blowing agent expands causing cell formation resulting in foam formation, and orienting said foam. The foam is useful as tape backings, thermal and acoustical insulation and as a diffuse reflector for use in optical applications such as computer displays.

Abstract: The present invention is directed an oriented, foamed article having an ink-receptive surface, and a method of making the article. The invention provides a printable substrate comprising at least one high melt-strength, oriented polypropylene foam layer having an ink-receptive surface. The high melt-strength polypropylene having a melt strength of of 25 to 60 cN at 190° C. The ink-receptive surface may comprise and oxidizing treatment, such as corona or flame-treatment of the foam surface, or may comprise an ink-receptive coating, such as a primer coating, on the foam surface. The oriented foam article is particularly useful in the preparation of printed security documents such as currency, stock and bond certificates, birth and death certificates, land titles and abstracts and the like.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an oriented, foamed article having an integral security element, and a method of making the article. The oriented foam article is particularly useful in the preparation of printed security documents such as currency, stock and bond certificates, birth and death certificates, land titles abstracts and the like.