Abstract: A lightning surge protector configured for use with coaxial lines is disclosed. The lightning surge protector includes an inner conductor comprising two conductive portions mechanically and capacitively coupled together, and displaced from one another, by a dielectric material which may be injection molded or snapped onto the conductive portions. Insulating material extends between the inner conductor and an outer conductor to electrically insulate the inner conductor from the outer conductor. An inductor inductively couples the inner conductor to the outer conductor and is coupled between the two using a solderless connection. The inductor has a bent end which may be inserted in a hole in the inner conductor and a straight end that may be staked in a hole in the outer conductor. The outer conductor is formed from a case and a plug which are frictionally coupled.

Abstract: A device for reducing vibration and shock in an archery bow includes a base and an integral body formed of a flexible material. The body includes a non-uniform cross-section as the body extends away from the base and terminates in a peripheral mass positioned on a distal portion of the body opposite the base. As a result of such an arrangement, including the alternative of positioning two devices in axial alignment on an archery bow limb, vibration and shock following discharge of an arrow are greatly reduced in the archery bow.

Abstract: An apparatus for mounting an arrow rest with respect to an archery bow window. In one preferred embodiment of this invention, the apparatus includes a shaft mounted with respect to a housing, and moveable between a first position and a second position. A cam is connected to or integrated with the shaft and operatively moveable with the shaft. A follower is urged in contact with the cam in the first position by a first bias element and a second bias element urges the shaft from the first position to the second position.

Abstract: A device for reducing vibration and shock in an archery bow includes a base and an integral body formed of a flexible material. The body includes a non-uniform cross-section as the body extends away from the base and terminates in a peripheral mass positioned on a distal portion of the body opposite the base. As a result of such an arrangement, including the alternative of positioning two devices in axial alignment on an archery bow limb, vibration and shock following discharge of an arrow are greatly reduced in the archery bow.

Abstract: An apparatus for mounting an arrow rest with respect to an archery bow window. The apparatus having a means for adjusting a cushion force required to deflect the arrow rest from a first or arrow loading position to a second or actuated position. Additionally, the apparatus may have a means for adjusting a cushion distance which the arrow rest travels before the arrow rest is actuated.

Abstract: A bow stabilizer for an archery bow having a hollow body with at least one opening and forming a chamber. A plug is removably mounted within at least one opening. An element, which extends from the plug, has a fixed end portion contacting the plug and a free end portion positioned at a distance from the plug. At least a portion of the element is exposed within the chamber and at least a portion of the element converges in a direction from the fixed end portion to the free end portion. The elements provide a decrease in a vibration amplitude during a recoil cycle after an archery arrow is released from the archery bow.

Abstract: A bow stabilizer for an archery bow having a hollow body with at least one opening and forming a chamber. A plug is removably mounted within at least one opening. An element, which extends from the plug, has a fixed end portion contacting the plug and a free end portion positioned at a distance from the plug. At least a portion of the element is exposed within the chamber and at least a portion of the element converges in a direction from the fixed end portion to the free end portion. The elements provide a decrease in a vibration amplitude during a recoil cycle after an archery arrow is released from the archery bow.

Abstract: A bow stabilizer having a hollow body with at least one opening and forming a chamber. A plug is removeably mounted within each opening. At least a portion of the plug is positioned between two contact surfaces of a sealing device. The sealing device further has a threaded member rotatably mounted with respect to the plug and mateably engageable with an internally threaded bore formed by a first plate of the sealing device. As the threaded member is rotated, the two plates of the sealing device move towards each other which compresses and deforms at least a portion of the plug. An outer surface of a portion of the plug is enlarged and compressed against an inner surface of the hollow body to form a tight seal that contains a fill within the chamber.

Abstract: In one aspect, a transmission line hanger is provided for securing a transmission line having a protective jacket to a supporting structure having an aperture defined by a wall. The transmission line hanger includes a transmission line retention section for retaining a transmission line. The transmission line hanger further includes an extended section extending from the retention section. The extended section includes a spring finger flexibly connected thereto, and projecting inwardly therefrom. The spring finger is configured to penetrate into the jacket once the transmission line is inserted into the hanger. The spring finger minimizes longitudinal movement of the transmission line with respect to the hanger. The extended section, in conjunction with the spring finger, allows the hanger to accommodate a large range of different transmission line diameters.

Abstract: A hydraulic pump-motor having an end shield which deadens the sound generated by the pump-motor to thereby result in a quieter unit. The present invention provides a conventional hydraulic pump-motor having an electric motor coupled to a pumping mechanism wherein the motor includes an improved sound attenuating end shield design. Through the use of acoustically deadening materials such as cast iron and polypropylene plastic in the end plates of the present invention deaden the sounds stemming from the vibration of the pump-motor. The end shield includes a ring member which may be die cast aluminum that secures the stator to the housing a central plug of such materials as cast iron or plastic that fills the central opening of the ring member.

Abstract: An archery vane having a first side with a first surface and an opposing second side with a second surface, the second surface having a roughness greater than the roughness of the first surface. A projection is attached to the first surface. The archery vanes generate rotation of the arrow shaft about its spin axis to provide increased stability of the arrow shaft and improved flight accuracy of the arrow. Arrows having such archery vanes are easily and efficiently manufactured due to the position of the archery vanes on the arrow shaft generally parallel to the spin axis.

Abstract: A hydraulic pump-motor having an end shield which deadens the sound generated by the pump-motor do thereby result in a quieter unit. The present invention provides a conventional hydraulic pump-motor having an electric motor coupled to a pumping mechanism wherein the motor includes an improved sound attenuating end shield design. Through the use of acoustically deadening materials such as cast iron and polypropylene plastic, the end plates of the present invention deaden the sounds stemming from the vibration of the pump-motor. In addition, the present invention provides an end shield design which allows the stator to be secured to the motor housing and the air gap between the rotor and the stator to be precisely measured prior to the installation of the end shield. The present invention therefore results in not only a quieter pump-motor but also a pump-motor with higher machining tolerances, improved efficiency, and lower production and maintenance costs.

Abstract: An improved arrowrest is provided having a rate of motion from a first normal position to a second actuated position is greater than the rate of return motion from the second to the first position. An arrowrest is attachable to a support shaft for the arrowrest. The support shaft is moveable between the first position and the second position. As an arrow shaft discharges over the arrowrest, the support shaft moves in one direction with less frictional resistance than in a return direction.

Abstract: An arrow rest for an archery broadhead having a support shaft extending from a bracket. A first support arm having a first arcuate end is wrapped around the support shaft and is adjustable in a vertical and/or a horizontal direction. A post having a second support arm with a second arcuate end wrapped around the post may extend at an angle from the support shaft. The arrow rest may additionally include a means for positioning the first support arm along an angular path with respect to the bracket.

Abstract: An apparatus for adjustably mounting an arrow rest with respect to a mounting bracket that attaches to an archery bow. A pivot shaft has a mounting end portion which accepts the arrow rest. The pivot shaft also has an externally threaded end portion which is opposite the mounting end portion. A bearing housing is rotatably mounted with respect to the mounting bracket. The bearing housing has a throughbore and a cavity within which the pivot shaft is rotatably mounted. A tension knob is rotatably mounted within the cavity of the bearing housing. The tension knob also has a throughbore within which the pivot shaft is mounted. A spring is mounted within the cavity of the bearing housing. One end portion of the spring is fixed with respect to the pivot shaft and the opposite end portion of the spring is fixed with respect to the tension knob. A windage knob also has a throughbore within which the pivot shaft extends. At least a portion of the throughbore of the windage knob is internally threaded.

Abstract: A connector assembly is provided for engagement with a mating connector and a coaxial device. The connector assembly includes a body member attachable to the coaxial device. The body member is also attachable to the mating connector. An outer contact spring is provided with an annular base for threadably connecting to the body member. The annular base has a plurality of spring fingers extending longitudinally away from the annular base, each one of the plurality of spring fingers includes a base end and a distal end. Each adjacent pair of the spring fingers define a longitudinal slit that is narrow enough to prevent inward flexure of the spring fingers beyond a point where the flexed spring finger contacts an adjacent spring finger.

Abstract: A method and structure of an electrical connector is provided for tuning the impedance of the connector according to a given impedance of an electrical circuit in which the connector is interconnected. The connector includes a dielectric housing having a receptacle for receiving a complementary electrical component. A plurality of terminals are mounted on the housing. The terminals include body portions located in the housing and contact portions for engaging respective contacts on the electrical component. The body portions include mechanically non-functional sections of a given area which effect a given capacitance. The mechanically non-functional sections are selectively trimmable to selectively vary the area thereof and thereby vary the capacitance of the terminals and, therefore, the impedance of the connector to match the given impedance of the electrical circuit. The connector includes a plurality of signal terminals and a plurality of ground terminals.

Abstract: An electrical connector (20) includes an elongated dielectric housing (22) having a longitudinal cavity (28) for receiving a terminal module (26). The module includes a dielectric insert (30) received in the cavity and mounting a plurality of terminals (32) having tail portions (42) projecting from the housing. An elongated tail aligning device (24) is mountable on the housing and has a plurality of apertures (68) through which the tail portions (42) of the terminals (32) project. The tail aligning device (24) includes flanges or guide rails (72) which, after full assembly, serve to hold the modules (26) in the housing cavity (28). The guide rails fit into guide channels (60) on the housing and the aligning device is held to the housing by snap-latches (62,76).

Abstract: A method and structure of an electrical connector is provided for tuning the impedance of the connector according to a given impedance of an electrical circuit in which the connector is interconnected. The connector includes a dielectric housing having a receptacle for receiving a complementary mating connector. A plurality of terminals are mounted on the housing. The terminals include body portions located in the housing and contact portions located at the receptacle for engaging appropriate terminals of the mating connector when inserted into the receptacle. The areas of the body portions of the terminals are selectively varied to vary the capacitance of the terminals and, therefore, the impedance of the connector to match the given impedance of the electrical circuit.

Abstract: An archery broadhead having a ferrule body with longitudinal grooves that accept a plurality of fixed and/or pivotal blades. At least a port ion of the ferrule body has a multiplicity of irregularities that form an irregular skin surface having a surface roughness. The irregularities enhance aerodynamic flight characteristics of the broadhead and also reduce frictional drag as the broadhead penetrates a target. The irregularities can be formed by a directional, non-directional or multi-directional set of repeating dimples, grooves, lands, stippling and/or any other suitable structure that forms a pattern, uniform or non-uniform.