Abstract: In one embodiment, a contactor (200) is provided. The contactor (200) comprises a device side (210), a test circuit board side (155), and a thickness (110). The device side (210) is in communication with at least three electrical contact points (140, 141, 142) of the device (170). The test circuit board side (155) includes a fourth electrical contact point (193) in electrical communication with the circuit board (150). The contactor (200) also includes a first electrical pathway (220) between the first electrical contact point (140) and the second electrical contact point (142). The first electrical pathway (220) bypasses the circuit board (150). The contactor (200) further includes a second electrical pathway (270) between the third electrical contact point (142) and the fourth electrical contact point (193).

Abstract: A refractive intraocular lens and method of locating the lens within the eye and attaching the lens to the iris. The refractive intraocular lens may be attached via staples, a fastener or by the tip of the haptics.

Abstract: A system and method for transferring digital computer software and data from one digital computer to one or more digital computers through a network of electrical connections between the two or more digital computers. An installation agent is established at each target machine and software to be transferred is placed within a software package, wherein the software package includes the software and installation commands for installing the software. The software package is transferred to each target machine and installed by alerting the installation agent that a software package has arrived and executing commands within the installation agent to send an install message to the software package, wherein the install message causes the software package to execute the installation commands.

Abstract: A variable assist power steering system (10) uses vehicle speed and steering wheel rate to vary the steering assist provided. A control module (30) receives vehicle speed and steering wheel rate data from sensors (24, 25) and produces a control signal for a flow control valve actuator (32) that bypasses fluid flow from the pump (22) to a reservoir (36), rather than to the steering valve (20) thereby affecting steering valve pressure which controls the rack piston (16) which changes the angle of the front vehicle wheels used for steering. The control module (30) employs first and second calibration tables (38, 40) to determine base and evasive desired actuator current values and then selects a final desired actuator current value using these values in combination with the steering wheel rate data.

Abstract: A reflector lamp (10) has a forward parabolic section (58) and a rear concave section (60), which may be parabolic, ellipsoidal, or spherical. A light source (24), such as the filament of a halogen lamp, is axially aligned with the axis of the reflector (LA) and is centered at the focal point of the forward and rear sections. The parabolic forward section is fluted to spread the light reflected therefrom smoothly in a beam of light, minimizing the center hot spot. The rear section, which is not fluted, directs the light reflected therefrom within the desired beam angle, resulting in little wasted light being emitted outside the desired beam angle.

Abstract: A variable assist power steering system (10) uses vehicle speed, steering wheel rate and steering valve inlet pressure to vary the steering assist provided. A control module (30) receives vehicle speed, steering wheel rate and pressure data from sensors (24, 25, 26) and produces a control signal for a flow control valve actuator (32) that bypasses fluid flow from the pump (22) to a reservoir (36), rather than to the steering valve (20) thereby affecting steering valve pressure which controls the rack piston (16) which changes the angle of the front vehicle wheels used for steering. The control module (30) employs first and second calibration tables (38, 40) to determine the control signal that ensures adequate flow while consuming the least amount of energy.

Abstract: A syringe-like disposable cutaneous biopsy instrument equipped with a tubular blade at its lower end, and designed so that a vacuum is created during use, said vacuum serving to retain undeformed a plug of tissue cut from a patient's skin.

Abstract: A system and method for transferring digital computer software and data from one digital computer to one or more digital computers through a network of electrical connections between the two or more digital computers. An installation agent is established at each target machine and software to be transferred is placed within a software package, wherein the software package includes the software and installation commands for installing the software. The software package package is transferred to each target machine and installed by alerting the installation agent that a software package has arrived and executing commands within the installation agent to send an install message to the software package, wherein the install message causes the software package to execute the installation commands.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process of treating damaged hair and a system of formulations for carrying out the process. Treatment according to the invention incorporates protein into the structure of damaged hair by the use of an aqueous solution including an acid and a positively charged electrolyte.

Abstract: A process of distributing software and data in a digital computer network by combining the software and data, together with programs and data known as methods, into single entities referred to as Packages, and then by using specific techniques to transmit Packages from one computer to another. The methods are operable on a Target digital computer to unpack and perform useful functions such as installing and backing out software on the Target digital computer, collecting data from the Target digital computer and forwarding it to another digital computer, or completing a system administration function on the Target digital computer. The techniques used in transmitting Packages between digital computers includes use of Agent software to transfer and activate Packages at appropriate times. The techniques also include forwarding multiple copies of Packages received on a slow network connection to one or more digital computers connected on faster network connections.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process of treating damaged hair and a system of formulations for carrying out the process. Treatment according to the invention incorporates protein into the structure of damaged hair by the use of an aqueous solution including an acid and a positively charged electrolyte.

Abstract: Downwardly depending contact members are secured to the undercarriage of railroad cars and positioned inboard from the wheels of the cars and also positioned above the level at which the wheels contact the underlying tracks. These contact members are upwardly displaceable when the train derails upon contact with a rail or ground debris to release fluid pressure in the train brake system and thereby activate the brakes of all of the cars.

Abstract: A multi-purpose kitchen appliance for performing the functions of food mixing, blending, and the grinding or chopping of food. A power unit includes a low speed and a high speed power delivery shaft at the upper end thereon which are connectable alternatively to a blender vessel or a transversely extending head including gearing to drive a pair of food mixing elements. The head for driving the mixing elements is provided with means for detachably supporting and driving other attachments such as a food grinder. The power unit rests on a base having a laterally extending portion which has a turntable supporting a bowl into which the food mixing elements extend when the transversely extending head is positioned for food mixing. The transverse head is mountable on the power unit in alternate positions so that by connecting the food grinder to the gear train in the head, the chopped food or meat may be delivered to the bowl position on the turntable.

Abstract: A stunning tongs for stunning animals prior to slaughter comprising a frame having a handle portion and a pair of stunning arms mounted thereon to permit relative movement between the arms, stunning electrode heads on the arms, a prime mover operable to effect rapid relative movement between the arms to impart a stunning blow on opposite sides of the animal's head, and an electronic stunning circuit operable in timed relation to the prime mover to pass an impulse of predetermined waveform frequency and voltage current for a predetermined time period between the stunning heads through the animal's head coterminous with the stunning blow. A manually actuable control switch is provided to supply actuating energy from an energy source simultaneously to the prime mover and the stunning circuit.

Abstract: In an adiabatic pressure swing process for air separation by selective adsorption in at least two zeolitic molecular sieve beds in which air is introduced at below 90.degree.F, the coldest gas temperature in the inlet end is 35.degree.F and the .DELTA.T at least 15.degree.F, the inlet end is heated to maintain the gas at maximum of at least 20.degree.F warmer than without heating, but below 175.degree.F.

Abstract: A multi-purpose kitchen appliance for performing the functions of food mixing, blending, and the grinding or chopping of food. A power unit includes a low speed and a high speed power delivery shaft at the upper end thereon which are connectable alternatively to a blender vessel or a transversely extending head including gearing to drive a pair of food mixing elements. The head for driving the mixing elements is provided with means for detachably supporting and driving other attachments such as a food grinder. The power unit rests on a base having a laterally extending portion which has a turntable supporting a bowl into which the food mixing elements extend when the transversely extending head is positioned for food mixing. The transverse head is mountable on the power unit in alternate positions so that by connecting the food grinder to the gear train in the head, the chopped food or meat may be delivered to the bowl position on the turntable.