Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for inserting a previously compressed resilient stopper into a bottle and includes a plunger unit having a protrusion; a compressor having a first and second portion with the first portion having a first cavity that has a first aperture and a second aperture and with the second portion having a centering guide. The protrusion has a protrusion length sufficient to push the stopper along the first cavity so as to partially insert the stopper into a mouth of the bottle when the mouth is held against the centering guide. The first cavity has a dimension that compresses the stopper so that it fits into the mouth of the bottle when the stopper is pushed along the first cavity, while permitting the extraction of the compressor away from the stopper and the bottle without extracting the stopper from the mouth.

Abstract: A wedge bonding tool having a shank and a tapered work end including a narrow bonding tip for holding a wire against a surface to which it is to be bonded, a shank secured to said tapered work end for guiding wire to the rear of the tapered work end, and a wire guiding channel or passage for guiding wire from the shank to the narrow bonding tip.

Abstract: A thermally compliant structural interconnection of a support structure and working material components provided by surfaces of the working material components being engaged by surfaces of the support structure. Dissimilar materials or components that are at different temperatures may be interconnected by support structure projections engaging recesses in the components. By providing the recesses in at least two axially displaced rows, the projections expansion or contraction relative to the recesses is compensated for thereby maintaining the projections in engagement with the surfaces of the recesses. Accordingly, relative displacements of the members axes are minimized and distortions circumvented.

Abstract: A bearing mount in which the bearing seat has uniform structure without slots or cutouts. A bearing is snapped into the seat by distorting an unsupported end of the seat. The seat may be distorted beyond its elastic limit, and after aligning the bearing axis of rotation and the seat axis, the distorted end of the seat may grip the bearing in two point contact to prevent rotation of the bearing in the seat.

Abstract: A mount for a spherical bearing in which the bearing is supported from a flange plate by an integral bearing receiving flange which has a spherical bearing receiving surface to support the bearing and allow it to align with an associated shaft.

Abstract: The present invention involves the use of an adaptive power injection apparatus with an existing antenna having a radiation pattern characterized by a relatively narrow main beam and a plurality of low level sidelobes for the purpose of enhancing the performance of the main antenna in a jamming evironment. The said apparatus consists of an adaptive subarray constrained to maintain a null in the direction of the main beam of the existing antenna. More specifically, the said adaptive array is composed of several individual antennae having relatively wide-beam patterns and combined with the existing antenna through individual IF stages all identical to the IF stage of the existing antenna, individual phase shifters which provide phases necessary for maximum reception from the direction of the main beam of the existing antenna and individual adjustable weights.

Abstract: A protected bearing mount assembly in which the bearing mount comprises a bearing mounting flange extending from one face of a plate and in which the outer portions of the plate are bent in the same direction as the bearing mounting flange to surround, support and protect the flange together with a cover on the open end of the bearing mount to protect the mounted bearing against the environment to which the bearing mount is exposed.

Abstract: Self-aligning bearing and rod end assembly including a formed race serving to accommodate the internal alignable load bearing.

Abstract: A pillow block for mounting bearings formed from one piece of metal.

Abstract: A one-piece formed metal flange mount for bearings.

Abstract: A bearing member positioned between an inner race surface and an outer race surface and urged into constant positive contact with said race surfaces by internal bearing spring forces. Predetermined contact areas are formed on the outer surface of said bearing member for contact with the outer race, and on the inner surface of said bearing for contact with the inner race. The bearing member is flexed between the inner and outer races within the range of elastic deformation of the bearing member material and is configured to cooperate with the inner and outer races to provide either radial or thrust load capability or a combination of both.

Abstract: A device for metering the flow of a fluid, such as a lubricating medium, at a controlled rate. The fluid is stored within a reservoir having a resiliently expandable wall which maintains the fluid under pressure. A transparent cover is provided for visual observation of the wall to indicate the volume of fluid in the reservoir. The pressurized fluid is directed from the reservoir through an elongate flow passage having a cross-sectional area which is sized in relation to the passage length to establish a predetermined rate of fluid flow. In one embodiment the device is automatically energized upon threading engagement with the opening of a structure to be lubricated, and can then be disengaged and stored in a partially full condition. In another embodiment the flow rate can be readily varied by changing the length of a circular flow passage, or the device can be energized or de-energized, by rotating the transparent cover.

Abstract: A bonding wedge for joining or bonding wire leads to contact areas or elements in the semiconductor and electronic industry including a rectangular wire guiding hole extending therethrough cooperating with a positioning groove formed on the bonding tip.

Abstract: A bearing mount which can be mounted in selected orientations to selectively position a bearing with its normal rotational axis either perpendicular or parallel to a mounting surface.

Abstract: An anti-friction bearing assembly is disclosed which incorporates split race rings secured together by means of a length of adhesive tape. In one embodiment a thin section, double row ball bearing assembly is provided in which the adhesive tape is employed for maintaining the split rings in a preferred circumferential orientation. The tape can flex to accommodate radial excursion of the split rings without inducing distortion forces, while at the same time the tape has sufficient strength to resist axial and torsional forces. The split rings are formed, in different embodiments, in either of the inner or outer race rings. A roller bearing embodiment of the invention employs a race ring comprised of a central segment and opposite end plates which cooperate to define a raceway for the rollers. A pair of adhesive strips secure the end plates to the central segment for handling and installation of the assembly prior to final clamping within a housing or on a shaft.