Abstract: A printed circuit board assembly is for a ground fault indication system of a power pedestal. The power pedestal includes a housing. The ground fault indication system has a number of ground fault input devices each structured to be coupled to the housing. The printed circuit board assembly includes an enclosure, a number of terminals each coupled to the enclosure, at least one of the number of terminals being structured to be electrically connected with one of the number of ground fault input devices, and a printed circuit board enclosed by the enclosure and electrically connected to the number of terminals. The printed circuit board has an indication apparatus structured to provide an indication of circuit status.

Abstract: A connection system for coupling an implement to a work vehicle includes a receiver assembly of the implement configured to couple the implement to a connector assembly of an arm of the work vehicle. The connection system also includes a frame of the implement including a first end having a mounting portion and a second end coupled to a mounting assembly of the implement. The mounting portion of the frame of the implement is configured to couple the implement directly to a frame of the work vehicle. Additionally, the receiver assembly is directly coupled to the frame of the implement between the first end of the frame of the implement and the second end of the frame of the implement.

Abstract: A rope arrest-and-release device comprising a cam block assembly and a housing with front vertical rollers situated on either side of the housing, rear vertical rollers situated directly behind the front vertical rollers, and a pair of horizontal rollers situated to the interior of the front and rear vertical rollers on either side of the housing. The cam block assembly includes a cam block and a cam that rotates upward and downward via a spring. Each front vertical roller is configured to rotate forward to allow a rope to be inserted between the cam and the inside ceiling of the housing. The cam block assembly fits into an internal recess in the housing and is removable and reversible. The invention include a means for securing the device to a utility pole and for locking the cam in a downward (open) position.

Abstract: A printed circuit board assembly is for a ground fault indication system of a power pedestal. The power pedestal includes a housing. The ground fault indication system has a number of ground fault input devices each structured to be coupled to the housing. The printed circuit board assembly includes an enclosure, a number of terminals each coupled to the enclosure, at least one of the number of terminals being structured to be electrically connected with one of the number of ground fault input devices, and a printed circuit board enclosed by the enclosure and electrically connected to the number of terminals. The printed circuit board has an indication apparatus structured to provide an indication of circuit status.

Abstract: An interlock system for a work vehicle includes a controller configured to output instructions to an actuator assembly to control an implement positioned rearward of a chassis of the work vehicle relative to a forward direction of travel. The controller is configured to instruct the actuator assembly to block movement of the implement while an access door positioned on a rear portion of the chassis relative to the forward direction of travel is in an open state.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for automatically adjusting, by an audio device, the SPL of its audio output. As described herein, the SPL is adjusted based on detected ambient noise. According to aspects, audio device iteratively adjusts the SPL based on the ambient noise. According to aspects, the SPL is adjusted to be greater than the ambient noise by a threshold SPL amount. According to aspects, the audio device outputs sound in substantially a first direction and the microphone detects sound substantially outside of the first direction. The adjusted sounds are output by the audio device.

Abstract: An interlock system for a work vehicle includes a controller configured to output instructions to a first actuator assembly to control a first implement positioned rearward of a chassis of the work vehicle. The controller is configured to instruct the first actuator assembly to block movement of the first implement while an access door of the chassis is in an open state, in which the access door is positioned on a rear portion of the chassis, longitudinally opposite a cab ingress/egress door positioned proximate to a forward portion of the chassis, and the controller is configured to output instructions to a second actuator assembly to control a second implement positioned forward of the chassis.

Abstract: An open audio device with a housing that is configured to be worn on the torso and an acoustic transducer carried by the housing, the acoustic transducer configured to either radiate sound outwardly of the housing or convert received sound into an electrical signal. A structure is coupled to the housing. The structure is proximate to the acoustic transducer. The structure is constructed and arranged to inhibit radiated sound or received sound from being interrupted by a flexible sheet material, such as clothing, located over the housing.

Abstract: Power pedestals configured with a skeleton tower assembly that has a skeleton tower frame that supports electronic components and a first wall panel with a plurality of external power receptacles and an outer sleeve coupled to the skeleton tower frame to avoid the use of doors and provide an efficient assembly process.

Abstract: An open audio device with a housing that is configured to be worn on the torso and an acoustic transducer carried by the housing, the acoustic transducer configured to either radiate sound outwardly of the housing or convert received sound into an electrical signal. A structure is coupled to the housing. The structure is proximate to the acoustic transducer. The structure is constructed and arranged to inhibit radiated sound or received sound from being interrupted by a flexible sheet material, such as clothing, located over the housing.

Abstract: Levering-in systems, particularly suitable for electrical apparatus such as switchgears, have a motor that can drive a drive shaft during a powered operation and include a mechanical coupling assembly that can physically disconnect or decouple the drive shaft from a drivetrain coupled to the motor to allow manual levering-in with a reduced user crank force and/or to inhibit damage to components of the motorized drive system.

Abstract: Levering-in systems, particularly suitable for electrical apparatus such as switchgears, have a motor that can drive a drive shaft during a powered operation and include a mechanical coupling assembly that can physically disconnect or decouple the drive shaft from a drivetrain coupled to the motor to allow manual levering-in with a reduced user crank force and/or to inhibit damage to components of the motorized drive system.

Abstract: Methods and systems for producing a change in a medium. A first method and system (1) place in a vicinity of the medium at least one upconverter including a gas for plasma ignition, with the upconverter being configured, upon exposure to initiation energy, to generate light for emission into the medium, and (2) apply the initiation energy from an energy source including the first wavelength ?1 to the medium, wherein the emitted light directly or indirectly produces the change in the medium. A second method and system (1) place in a vicinity of the medium an agent receptive to microwave radiation or radiofrequency radiation, and (2) apply as an initiation energy the microwave radiation or radiofrequency radiation by which the agent directly or indirectly generates emitted light in the infrared, visible, or ultraviolet range to produce at least one of physical and biological changes in the medium.

Abstract: Methods and systems for producing a change in a medium. A first method and system (1) place in a vicinity of the medium at least one upconverter including a gas for plasma ignition, with the upconverter being configured, upon exposure to initiation energy, to generate light for emission into the medium, and (2) apply the initiation energy from an energy source including the first wavelength ?1 to the medium, wherein the emitted light directly or indirectly produces the change in the medium. A second method and system (1) place in a vicinity of the medium an agent receptive to microwave radiation or radiofrequency radiation, and (2) apply as an initiation energy the microwave radiation or radiofrequency radiation by which the agent directly or indirectly generates emitted light in the infrared, visible, or ultraviolet range to produce at least one of physical and biological changes in the medium.

Abstract: A connection system for coupling an implement to a work vehicle includes a receiver assembly of the implement configured to couple the implement to a connector assembly of an arm of the work vehicle. The connection system also includes a frame of the implement including a first end having a mounting portion and a second end coupled to a mounting assembly of the implement. The mounting portion of the frame of the implement is configured to couple the implement directly to a frame of the work vehicle. Additionally, the receiver assembly is directly coupled to the frame of the implement between the first end of the frame of the implement and the second end of the frame of the implement.

Abstract: A rope arrest-and-release device comprising a cam block assembly and a housing with front vertical rollers situated on either side of the housing, rear vertical rollers situated directly behind the front vertical rollers, and a pair of horizontal rollers situated to the interior of the front and rear vertical rollers on either side of the housing. The cam block assembly includes a cam block and a cam that rotates upward and downward via a spring. Each front vertical roller is configured to rotate forward to allow a rope to be inserted between the cam and the inside ceiling of the housing. The cam block assembly fits into an internal recess in the housing and is removable and reversible. The invention include a means for securing the device to a utility pole and for locking the cam in a downward (open) position.

Abstract: An interlock system for a work vehicle includes a controller configured to output instructions to an actuator assembly to control an implement positioned rearward of a chassis of the work vehicle relative to a forward direction of travel. The controller is configured to instruct the actuator assembly to block movement of the implement while an access door positioned on a rear portion of the chassis relative to the forward direction of travel is in an open state.

Abstract: An acoustic device with a housing with a central portion and first and second leg portions that depend from the central portion, a first acoustic driver carried by the first leg portion, a second acoustic driver carried by the second leg portion, and an audio signal control system that directs audio signals to each of the first and second drivers, where the drivers transduce the audio signals to output sounds. The audio signal control system is arranged to apply first and second equalization modes to the audio signals in a first and second listening mode, respectively. The second equalization de-emphasizes frequencies below a first threshold frequency and boosts frequencies above the first threshold frequency.

Abstract: An absorbent product is useable as an absorbent material for cleaning spills or as a plant growth medium for improved moisture retention. A method includes processing a raw coir feedstock to pieces of a predetermined size and compressing the pieces at a predetermined temperature and pressure. The resulting pieces are cooled for a predetermined time to an ambient temperature and broken to a predetermined size. The resulting pieces are mixed with coir fines from the crumbling process at a predetermined ratio to form a final absorbent product.

Abstract: A circuit breaker installation including a frame assembly and a circuit breaker assembly is provided. The frame assembly includes a conductor assembly and the frame assembly defines an enclosed space. The frame assembly conductor assembly includes a primary contact assembly and a movable secondary contact assembly. The circuit breaker assembly is movably disposed in the frame assembly enclosed space. The contact assemblies are configurable electrical components. The configurable electrical components move between a connect configuration, a test configuration, and, a disconnect configuration.