Abstract: An electronic device having at least one connector for at least one wired sensor. The device has a sensor break detection unit, wherein the sensor break detection unit comprises a pulse generator outputting pulses of different polarity being adapted to output at least one electrical signal to the wired sensor and detector means for detecting a response signal from the wired sensor.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic device having at least one connector for at least one wired sensor, said device having further a sensor break detection unit, wherein the sensor break detection unit comprises a pulse generator being adapted.

Abstract: A circuit breaker includes a housing and a line strap at least partially disposed within the housing. The line strap has a top surface and an opposing bottom surface, a first side surface and an opposing second side surface. A line strap insulator is positioned within the housing and has a first sidewall and a second sidewall. Each of the first sidewall and the second sidewall extend from a point above the line strap top surface to a point below the line strap bottom surface. The line strap insulator is fabricated from an electrically insulative material.

Abstract: A molded case circuit breaker is provided. The molded case circuit breaker includes a molded base defining at least one cavity and a tie bar coupled to the molded base and extending across the cavity. The tie bar is configured to reduce fracture and separation of the molded base during a high pressure event.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a molded case circuit breaker is provided. The molded case circuit breaker includes a molded base defining at least one cavity and a tie bar coupled to the molded base and extending across the cavity. The tie bar is configured to reduce fracture and separation of the molded base during a high pressure event.

Abstract: A circuit breaker includes a housing and a line strap at least partially disposed within the housing. The line strap has a top surface and an opposing bottom surface, a first side surface and an opposing second side surface. A line strap insulator is positioned within the housing and has a first sidewall and a second sidewall. Each of the first sidewall and said second sidewall extend from a point above said line strap top surface to a point below said line strap bottom surface. The line strap insulator is fabricated from an electrically insulative material.

Abstract: Audio visual or other equipment modules in a common enclosure are controlled through an SNMP control agent by interrogating module locations for the presence of an equipment module; determining an equipment type; determining a list of available control objects associated with that equipment type; associating values identified by equipment type and by control parameter with the control objects of equipment modules to be controlled; and communicating said values across a network.

Abstract: Audio visual or other equipment modules in a common enclosure are controlled through an SNMP control agent by interrogating module locations for the presence of an equipment module; determining an equipment type; determining a list of available control objects associated with that equipment type; associating values identified by equipment type and by control parameter with the control objects of equipment modules to be controlled; and communicating said values across a network.

Abstract: A facing material for a power transmission-absorption assembly is shown and described. In one embodiment, the facing material includes a plurality of first channels having a first, deep depth and a plurality of second channels having a second, shallow depth. One or more of the plurality of second channels may be superimposed or in fluid communication with the first channels to enable fluid to flow across the surface 12c and through the first channel to achieve the desired fluid flow characteristics. The second channels may be defined by a connector that has varying shapes to further facilitate the desired fluid flow characteristics. The material may be used in a power transmission-absorption environment such as on a blocker synchronizer ring, clutch plate or the like.

Abstract: A device for testing a data carrying service operating over a telecommunications line. The device comprises a plurality of test circuits, each test circuit arranged to determine and test one or more characteristics of a data carrying service and providing means to emulate a termination of said telecommunication line, processing means operable to control the operation of each of said plurality of test circuits, and connection means arranged to connect said telecommunication line to one or more of said plurality of test circuits. The said data carrying service remains connected to said connection means during all of the testing operations provided by said one or more of the test circuits. This enables the device to automatically determine the identity of the data carrying service.

Abstract: An HVAC duct is mounted within a pillar providing a frame element of a framing structure defining a passenger compartment of a vehicle such as a van, an SUV or a station wagon. The HVAC duct is stabilized within the pillar by a layer of structural foam or other cellular structure which is adhered to the interior surface of a wall of the pillar, for example, by heat expanded epoxy adhesive. In a method of assembling the HVAC duct and pillar, the duct is mounted on an interior wall portion of the pillar prior to enclosing the duct in the pillar by welding an exterior wall portion of the pillar to the interior wall portion of the pillar. Upon heating the pillar to bake the frame assembly after painting the frame assembly, the heat expandable epoxy expands and adheres to interior surfaces of the pillar walls. The resulting structure reduces structural intrusion into the passenger compartment by the duct and pillar assemblage, while increasing the cross-sectional area of the pillar.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for synthesizing para-diisopropylbenzene utilizing only cumene and propylene as raw materials. This synthesis technique offers the advantage of eliminating benzene as a raw material used in the process. The elimination of benzene is beneficial because it simplifies the process and eliminates the need to purchase and store benzene for use in the synthesis. The elimination of benzene from the synthesis is of particular value since the use of benzene in industrial applications has been under attack on the basis of environmental, safety, and health concerns.

Abstract: A facing material for a power transmission-absorption assembly is shown and described. In one embodiment, the facing material includes a plurality of first channels having a first, deep depth and a plurality of second channels having a second, shallow depth. One or more of the plurality of second channels may be superimposed or in fluid communication with the first channels to enable fluid to flow across the surface 12c and through the first channel to achieve the desired fluid flow characteristics. The second channels may be defined by a connector that has varying shapes to further facilitate the desired fluid flow characteristics. The material may be used in a power transmission-absorption environment such as on a blocker synchronizer ring, clutch plate or the like.

Abstract: A facing material for a power transmission-absorption assembly is shown and described. In one embodiment, the facing material includes a plurality of first channels having a first, deep depth and a plurality of second channels having a second, shallow depth. One or more of the plurality of second channels may be superimposed or in fluid communication with the first channels to enable fluid to flow across the surface 12c and through the first channel to achieve the desired fluid flow characteristics. The second channels may be defined by a connector that has varying shapes to further facilitate the desired fluid flow characteristics. The material may be used in a power transmission-absorption environment such as on a blocker synchronizer ring, clutch plate or the like.