Abstract: An anti-theft device for securing an article of merchandise against unauthorized removal from a display counter. The anti-theft device has a pedestal with a quick-release interface. The pedestal has an appendage positioned within a slot of the display counter. An actuation module is positioned underneath the display counter and couples to the appendage of the pedestal. A securing bracket attaches to merchandise and has a latch plate configured to couple to the quick-release interface of the pedestal. A latch disposed within the pedestal engages the latch plate to lock the securing bracket relative to the quick-release interface. An electromechanical actuator is housed within an actuation module and is operatively connected to the latch. Upon actuation, the electromechanical actuator disengages the latch from the latch plate, thereby releasing the securing bracket from the pedestal.

Abstract: A method of pressure forming a brown part from metal and/or ceramic particle feedstocks includes: introducing into a mold cavity or extruder a first feedstock and one or more additional feedstocks or a green or brown state insert made from a feedstock, wherein the different feedstocks correspond to the different portions of the part; pressurizing the mold cavity or extruder to produce a preform having a plurality of portions corresponding to the first and one or more additional feedstocks, and debinding the preform. Micro voids and interstitial paths from the interior of the preform part to the exterior allow the escape of decomposing or subliming backbone component substantially without creating macro voids due to internal pressure. The large brown preform may then be sintered and subsequently thermomechanically processed to produce a net wrought microstructure and properties that are substantially free the interstitial spaces.

Abstract: A method of pressure forming a brown part from metal and/or ceramic particle feedstocks includes: introducing into a mold cavity or extruder a first feedstock and one or more additional feedstocks or a green or brown state insert made from a feedstock, wherein the different feedstocks correspond to the different portions of the part; pressurizing the mold cavity or extruder to produce a preform having a plurality of portions corresponding to the first and one or more additional feedstocks, and debinding the preform. Micro voids and interstitial paths from the interior of the preform part to the exterior allow the escape of decomposing or subliming backbone component substantially without creating macro voids due to internal pressure. The large brown preform may then be sintered and subsequently thermomechanically processed to produce a net wrought microstructure and properties that are substantially free the interstitial spaces.

Abstract: Material processing systems are disclosed. Some systems include methods of eliminating or reducing defects in elongate workpieces that can undergo large deformations during processing. Some systems include apparatus configured to facilitate such large deformations while maintaining internal stresses (e.g., tensile stresses) below a threshold stress. Some disclosed systems pertain to powder extrusion techniques. Continuous and batch processing systems are disclosed.

Abstract: Material processing systems are disclosed. Some systems include methods of eliminating or reducing defects in elongate workpieces that can undergo large deformations during processing. Some systems include apparatus configured to facilitate such large deformations while maintaining internal stresses (e.g., tensile stresses) below a threshold stress. Some disclosed systems pertain to powder extrusion techniques. Continuous and batch processing systems are disclosed.

Abstract: A method of pressure forming a brown part from metal and/or ceramic particle feedstocks includes: introducing into a mold cavity or extruder a first feedstock and one or more additional feedstocks or a green or brown state insert made from a feedstock, wherein the different feedstocks correspond to the different portions of the part; pressurizing the mold cavity or extruder to produce a preform having a plurality of portions corresponding to the first and one or more additional feedstocks, and debinding the preform. Micro voids and interstitial paths from the interior of the preform part to the exterior allow the escape of decomposing or subliming backbone component substantially without creating macro voids due to internal pressure. The large brown preform may then be sintered and subsequently thermomechanically processed to produce a net wrought microstructure and properties that are substantially free the interstitial spaces.

Abstract: Material processing systems are disclosed. Some systems include methods of eliminating or reducing defects in elongate workpieces that can undergo large deformations during processing. Some systems include apparatus configured to facilitate such large deformations while maintaining internal stresses (e.g., tensile stresses) below a threshold stress. Some disclosed systems pertain to powder extrusion techniques. Continuous and batch processing systems are disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a continuous powder extrusion method for making an article having a profile including an outer shape and optionally including one or more inner hollows. One or more bulk material powders and one or more binders are provided, and the bulk material powders and the binders are mixed to form a mixture. A die is provided, the die optionally including a mandrel having one or more shapes. The mixture is extruded through the die and the optional mandrel to produce a green form. The green form is debound to produce a brown form and the brown form is sintered to produce a densified form. The densified form is optionally processed using thermal, mechanical, and/or thermomechanical processing to produce a wrought form. The densified or wrought form is optionally cut to a length and/or finished using traditional metal finishing processes.

Abstract: The present invention is a method for measuring and calculating tensile elongation of ductile metals on small diameter specimens. The method includes marking a tensile specimen with a pattern of gage markings at predetermined intervals. The tensile specimen is pulled to failure and then fitted together at the fracture. Distances between corresponding markings straddling the fracture are measured extending progressively outward from the fracture. From the measurements, elongation as a function of gage length is determined. End point elongation values (i.e., elongation at zero or near zero and infinite or very long gage lengths) are also determined. Determined elongations are scaled to reflect the values that would have been generated on a standard 0.5 inch diameter specimen. Based on the scaled elongation as a function of gage length and the end point elongation values, a value of elongation can be determined that represents a material property for FEA modeling the plastic strain behavior of a device.

Abstract: The present invention includes a method of making a metal injection molded article and the metal injection molded article. The method includes mixing metal powders and a binder to form a mixture. The metal powders include a bulk material and at least one radiopaque material. The mixture is injected into a mold and processed into a green part. The green part is debound to form a brown part. The brown part is sintered to create a completed article. The completed article includes a metal alloy that includes the bulk material and a dispersion of the at least one radiopaque material substantially independent of the metal alloy.

Abstract: The present invention is a method for measuring and calculating tensile elongation of ductile metals on small diameter specimens. The method includes marking a tensile specimen with a pattern of gage markings at predetermined intervals. The tensile specimen is pulled to failure and then fitted together at the fracture. Distances between corresponding markings straddling the fracture are measured extending progressively outward from the fracture. From the measurements, elongation as a function of gage length is determined. End point elongation values (i.e., elongation at zero or near zero and infinite or very long gage lengths) are also determined. Determined elongations are scaled to reflect the values that would have been generated on a standard 0.5 inch diameter specimen. Based on the scaled elongation as a function of gage length and the end point elongation values, a value of elongation can be determined that represents a material property for FEA modeling the plastic strain behavior of a device.

Abstract: A method of exchanging documents among multiple businesses relating to common customers, including publishing documents relating to a first customer of a first business in a secure medium, determining whether the first customer is the same person as a second customer of a second business, and if the first customer is the same person as the second customer, granting access to the second business to the published documents.

Abstract: A method of delivering documents electronically, including prompting a first user at a first business to send a reference to a document to a second user at a second business over a secure network, verifying that the second business has rights to the document, and granting all users at the second business access to the document if the second business has rights to the document. In another aspect, a method of creating notes, including verifying that a user is a practitioner, prompting the practitioner to enter text, prompting the practitioner to submit the text as a portion of a permanent record, and if the practitioner submits the text, saving the text as a portion of a permanent record. In another aspect, a method of segregating data within a file into distinct patient documents, including identifying the beginning of each document by searching for one or more predetermined phrases, and storing each document.

Abstract: Source light of unknown polarization is input into a polarization controller. The polarization controller transforms the polarization of the source light to a plurality of different polarizations. The transformed source light output by the polarization controller is input to a fixed polarizer, which passes a maximal transmitted intensity of the transformed source light at a given transformation perpendicular to an axis of propagation of the source light. The polarizer passes a minimal transmitted intensity of the transformed source light at a transformation orthogonal to the transformation at which the maximal transmitted intensity is passed. The discriminated transformed source light output by the fixed polarizer is input to a light-wave power meter, which measures the intensity thereof. The maximal and minimal measured transmitted intensities of the discriminated transformed source light can be used to determine the DOP of the source light.

Abstract: Source light of unknown polarization is input into a polarization controller. The polarization controller transforms the polarization of the source light to a plurality of different polarizations. The transformed source light output by the polarization controller is input to a fixed polarizer, which passes a maximal transmitted intensity of the transformed source light at a given transformation perpendicular to an axis of propagation of the source light. The polarizer passes a minimal transmitted intensity of the transformed source light at a transformation orthogonal to the transformation at which the maximal transmitted intensity is passed. The discriminated transformed source light output by the fixed polarizer is input to a light-wave power meter, which measures the intensity thereof. The maximal and minimal measured transmitted intensities of the discriminated transformed source light can be used to determine the DOP of the source light.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the degradation of a hydrocarbon, preferably jet fuel solutions, having anti-misting properties in which the hydrocarbon solution contains a copolymer of an alpha-olefin and vinyl alkylenecarboxylic acid.

Abstract: An antimisting hydrocarbon solution comprising a hydrocarbon mixed with a copolymer of an alphaolefin and a vinyl alkylenecarboxylic acid, wherein the concentration of said copolymer in said hydrocarbon is about 0.05 to about 2 grams per 100 ml of said solution, wherein said copolymer has the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is an alkyl group having about 1 to about 25 carbon atoms, R.sub.2 is an alkylene group having about 3 to 17 carbon atoms, x is about 95.0 to about 99.99 mole % and y is about 0.01 to about 5 mole %.

Abstract: An antimisting hydrocarbon solution comprising a hydrocarbon mixed with a copolymer of an alpha-olefin and a vinyl alkylenecarboxylic acid, wherein the concentration of said copolymer in said hydrocarbon is about 0.05 to about 2 grams per 100 ml of said solution, wherein such copolymer has the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is an alkyl group having about 1 to about 25 carbon atoms, R.sub.2 is an alkylene group having about 3 to 17 carbon atoms, Z is a mixture of hydrogen and an alkyl group having about 1 to 25 carbon atoms, x is about 95.0 to about 99.99 mole % and y is about 0.01 to about 5 mole %, wherein hydrogen comprises about 1 to about 45 mole % of Z.