Abstract: A transfer case assembly is provided. The transfer case assembly is for transferring torque from a transmission assembly of a motor vehicle to first and second sets of driven wheels of the motor vehicle. The transfer case assembly comprises: a housing, including an integrated transmission and transfer case housing part, the integrated housing part configured to at least partially house a transmission main shaft and a transmission output shaft of the transmission assembly; an input gear for coupling to transmission output shaft; an output flange component for coupling to the output shaft of the transmission assembly, wherein the output flange component is for coupling to the first set of driven wheels of the vehicle; and an output gear drivingly connected to the input gear, wherein the output gear is for coupling to the second set of driven wheels of the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle drive train comprising a transmission 11 having a differential 3 mounted in a transmission case 7, the differential 3 having a differential carrier 3a and a power transfer ring gear 2, the power transfer ring gear 2 being mounted on or integrally formed with the differential carrier 3a, the vehicle drive train further comprising a power transfer unit 8 having a pinion gear 4 which is rotatably mounted in the transmission case 7 and meshes directly with the power transfer ring gear 2. The present invention provides a more compact vehicle drive train assembly including a configuration that minimises the space occupied by the existing components and in particular provides a power transfer unit 8 which allows for a more compact arrangement.

Abstract: The present invention is a system which includes an interposer. The interposer may include a mounting plate for mounting the interposer to a fuselage of an aircraft. The interposer may interface with the fuselage to form a seal for maintaining pressure within the aircraft. The system may further include an antenna module. The antenna module may include a ground plane, an aircraft antenna, and a radome. The ground plane may be connected to the aircraft antenna and may be configured for allowing the antenna module to be mounted to the interposer. The radome may be connected to the ground plane to form an enclosure for housing the antenna. The antenna module may be removably connected to the interposer. The system may further include an interconnect for electrically connecting the antenna module to electronics located within the aircraft. The antenna module may be disconnected from the interposer without breaking the seal formed between the interposer and the fuselage.

Abstract: A lug tender includes a conveyor belt-type feed bed having flexible conveyor belts for transporting lugs from a first, feed end, between side guard rails to a hopper or dumping end. At the hopper end, the side rails are omitted so that a grasping mechanism can address the side walls of the lug, grasping same and rotating the lug, inverting the lug over a feed hopper. Fruit carried by the lug is thus deposited in the feed hopper. A guard placed over the feed hopper prevents the lug from entering the feed hopper. A pusher bar displaces the lug across the guard to free up the hopper for the subsequent lug. The emptied lug can then be removed either manually or mechanically for recycling.

Abstract: In the preparation of alkane sulphonates for use as a detergent active it is well known to react an olefin with the bisulphite ion in an aqueous medium. This invention proposes the use of specific amounts of starting materials and specific reaction parameters to give a high rate of reaction and a high yield of the desired alkane sulphonate.

Abstract: Mixtures of C.sub.6 -C.sub.20 alkane and olefin sulphonates having better colour than mixtures of the individually produced detergent actives are prepared by subjecting an alpha-olefin feedstock to sequential sulphonation and sulphitation.