Abstract: A permanent magnet (PM) motor is provided to facilitate air movement through heat rejection equipment. The PM motor has a body, an upper bearing housing positioned on and extending upwardly from a top surface of the body, a shaft connected to and extending from the upper bearing housing and in communication with a fan, and a lower bearing housing positioned on and extending downwardly from a bottom surface of the body opposite the top surface. The PM motor further includes a mounting assembly having at least three discrete legs disposed on a lower end of the body and extending outwardly from the body.

Abstract: A vertically varying nautical mooring device for automatically adjusting the vertical positioning of a floating vessel relative to a rise or fall in the local water level. The devices provide a vertically adjusting mooring device for a floating vessel comprising a pair of horizontally extending attachment brackets for supporting at least one elongated vertical support shaft at some distance from a support structure (such as a piling) wherein the support shaft is suspended in a vertical orientation between the attachment brackets and wherein a generally toroidally and symmetrically shaped slide which fits about the elongated vertical support shaft such that the slide is able to rotate about and move vertically along the elongated vertical support shaft.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a faucet stand for positioning a faucet in operative relationship to a free-standing bowl mounted on a table or counter top. The faucet stand includes a base with a curved front surface for receiving the bowl, first and second sides extending from the base, and at least one through hole extending through the base for receiving the faucet. The faucet stand allows the use of conventional faucets with free-standing bowls thereby eliminating the need for either specially sized faucets or faucets extending from the wall.

Abstract: A window antenna is provided for receiving electromagnetic radio waves from a motor vehicle. The vehicle has a metallic structure that forms an aperture with a window glass disposed within. The window glass has an upper region and a substantially horizontal top edge that interfaces with the metallic structure. The antenna is formed from an electrically conducting material affixed to the window glass. The antenna includes a horizontally elongate principal element that is substantially parallel to and spaced from the upper edge portion of the window. The principal element electrically connects to a connecting element which extends downwardly therefrom. The connecting element electrically connects to an auxiliary element that is spaced below the principal element by an amount sufficient that no significant coupling is formed therewith.

Abstract: A capacitive grounding system for VHF and UHF antennas (50). An outer shield (70) of a coaxial feed cable (52) is capacitively coupled to a vehicle body panel (60) proximate an edge (74) of the body panel (60) adjacent a vehicle window opening. The feed cable (52) is attached to the body panel (60) by tape (66) or glue. The resulting capacitance between the outer shield (70) and the vehicle body panel (60) provides a very low impedance path for RF signals.

Abstract: A vehicle window antenna is a transparent, electrically conducting film disposed between the inner and outer glass sheets of a composite window glass. The antenna has a principal element spaced from the upper edge portion of the window aperture and an impedance matching element extending downward from the principal element to essentially cover the visible area of the window and form a slot transmission line with the remaining edge portion of the window aperture parasitically coupled to the principal element. The large area of the antenna provides a large capacitance producing high gain in a commercial AM band. An essentially transparent planar capacitive coupling member made of an electrically conducting material is affixed on an outer surface of the inner window glass.

Abstract: A vehicle has a window opening with a window comprising inner and outer glass layers and an interposed layer. The peripheral edge of the inner glass layer is indented in a notch which exposes an area of the outer glass layer, the space vacated by the notch being filled by an insulating member. A sealing strip, which may be electrically conducting, is disposed within the vehicle across the surface of the inner glass layer and the insulating member. An antenna is disposed between the inner and outer glass layers and has a connecting portion extending onto the exposed area of the outer glass layer. A connecting member has a connecting patch affixed to the connecting portion of the antenna within the exposed area and a feed portion extending therefrom between the insulating member and the notch of the peripheral edge of the inner glass layer to the interior of the vehicle without contacting the sealing strip.

Abstract: A hypothyroid control serum for use in assay of thyroid function of serum with a reagent antiserum, said control comprising (a) serum from which triodothyronine and thyroxine have been stripped and (b) low-affinity antibody against triiodothyronine.