Abstract: Maximizing the safety of funds paid by a defendant for the benefit of a claimant as specified in a structured settlement agreement in settlement of a personal liability or worker's compensation claim, and minimizing income taxes due from the claimant as a result of the receipt of payments arising from the settlement. A trust is established as owner of trust property, which is provided by the defendant; substantially all of the trust property is invested in uniquely identified United States Treasury obligations; and periodic payments to the claimant are made in accordance with the payment schedule using proceeds derived from the trust property. The claimant is provided with a security interest in the United States Treasury obligations that will be automatically perfected in the event of the bankruptcy of the safekeeper.

Abstract: A distributor is described for a multi-cylinder laser ignited internal combustion engine. The distributor includes a shaft rotatable by the engine and a plurality of flat reflective surfaces on the shaft. The surfaces lie in planes normal to the axis of rotation of the shaft and are axially staggered from one another along the length of the shaft. An optical transmitter directs light from a laser source to impinge at an angle sequentially on the reflective surfaces as the shaft rotates, and a plurality of optical receivers spaced from one another each receive the light reflected from a respective one of the mirror surfaces and direct the reflected light to a respective one of the engine cylinders.

Abstract: A distributor is described for a multi-cylinder laser ignited internal combustion engine. The distributor includes a shaft rotatable by the engine and a plurality of flat reflective surfaces on the shaft. The surfaces lie in planes normal to the axis of rotation of the shaft and are axially staggered from one another along the length of the shaft. An optical transmitter directs light from a laser source to impinge at an angle sequentially on the reflective surfaces as the shaft rotates, and a plurality of optical receivers spaced from one another each receive the light reflected from a respective one of the mirror surfaces and direct the reflected light to a respective one of the engine cylinders.