Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an apparatus configured for providing a plurality of exit routes to a single type of cable. The apparatus includes a board configured to have a notch. The notch is dimensioned to have a first predetermined distance from a lowest edge of the notch to a pin A1 location on the board and a second predetermined distance from an edge of the board to the pin A1 location. The apparatus also includes a plurality of connectors configured for receiving a cable of the plurality of the single type of cable. Each cable is inserted into a respective connector, and each cable exits the board through the notch. The cable may exit the board through a plurality of routes without requiring changes to the dimension of the board or placement of the connectors.

Abstract: Thermal control through a channel structure is disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes devices operable at an undesired temperature relative to a desired operating temperature, a vented cover of each of devices, and a channel structure formed along a side face of each of the devices, the channel structure having any number of ridges to transfer a gas between the vented cover and an external location to the apparatus. The gas may modify an operating state of the devices from the undesired temperature to the desired operating temperature. A heat structure coupled to the vented cover and the side face may absorb a portion of an energy dissipated by at least one of the devices. A printed circuit board may be formed along an opposite face relative to the vented cover to enable the gas to escape to the external location through a cavity of the apparatus.

Abstract: Thermal control through a channel structure is disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes devices operable at an undesired temperature relative to a desired operating temperature, a vented cover of each of devices, and a channel structure formed along a side face of each of the devices, the channel structure having any number of ridges to transfer a gas between the vented cover and an external location to the apparatus. The gas may modify an operating state of the devices from the undesired temperature to the desired operating temperature. A heat structure coupled to the vented cover and the side face may absorb a portion of an energy dissipated by at least one of the devices. A printed circuit board may be formed along an opposite face relative to the vented cover to enable the gas to escape to the external location through a cavity of the apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to an off-line collection system for use with supercritical fluid extraction. The system is comprised of apparatus for collecting analyte associated with the supercritical fluid extraction. The system is additionally comprised of an orifice for controlling flow of analyte to the collecting apparatus. The orifice converts analyte at a high pressure to a lower pressure. The orifice has a high pressure side which receives said high pressure analyte, and a lower pressure side in fluidic communication with the high pressure side which receives said high pressure analyte after it has been converted to a lower pressure. The high pressure side is capable of transporting analyte thereacross without essentially any loss thereof to the low pressure side which is in fluidic communication with the collecting apparatus. The analyte experiences essentially constant pressure as it is transported across the high pressure side.

Abstract: An orifice which includes a housing having a low pressure side with a first bore hole and a second bore hole. The low pressure side has a first channel and a second channel in fluidic communication with the first bore hole and the second bore hole, respectively. The housing also has a high pressure side with a third bore hole. The orifice also includes an adapter which has a tip, a fourth bore hole and a third channel in fluidic communication therewith. The third channel has a constant diameter for maintaining an essentially constant pressure thereacross when pressure is applied thereto such that fluid flowing through the third channel does not solidify. The adapter is sealingly received by the third bore hole such that the third channel and the first channel align. Additionally, the housing includes an interface plate disposed in the housing between the third channel and the first channel.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to an off-line collection system for use with supercritical fluid extraction. The system is comprised of mechanism for collecting analyte associated with the supercritical fluid extraction. The system is additionally comprised of an orifice for controlling flow of analyte to the collecting mechanism. The orifice converts analyte at a high pressure to a lower pressure. The orifice has a high pressure side which receives said high pressure analyte, and a lower pressure side in fluidic communication with the high pressure side which receives said high pressure analyte after it has been converted to a lower pressure. The high pressure side is capable of transporting analyte thereacross without essentially any loss thereof to the low pressure side which is in fluidic communication with the collecting mechanism. The analyte experiences essentially constant pressure as it is transported across the high pressure side.