Abstract: A bodiless bone fusion method, apparatus and device for insertion between bones that are to be fused together and/or in place of one or more of the bones, such as, for example, the vertebrae of a spinal column. The bodiless bone fusion device comprises one or more extendable plates, one or more extending blocks in communication with the extendable plates, one or more positioning elements for adjusting the extendable plates by manipulating the extending blocks, and one or more support panels for holding the positioning elements and guiding the extendable plates. The plates are able to be advantageously positioned in the confined space between the vertebrae to help brace the device until the bone has fused.

Abstract: A probe assembly adapted to test an integrated circuit (IC) device whose contact pads are deployed in a predetermined pattern in a common plane. The assembly includes a film membrane having a planar dielectric contactor zone and an array of suspension wings radiating from this zone. The wings are clamped at their ends by a mounting ring surrounding a port in a printed circuit board which exposes the contactor zone suspended below the board to the IC device to be tested, the ring being secured to the board. Deployed in a matching pattern on the exposed face of the contactor zone and cantilevered therefrom to assume an angle with respect thereto are spring contact fingers that are extensions of traces running along the wings of the membrane to leads on the printed circuit board. These leads extend to respective test terminals on the board which are connectable to electronic instrumentation for conducting tests on the IC device.

Abstract: This invention relates to sequencing valves for distributing fluid from an inlet selectively to one of a plurality of outlets in response to variation in the pressure of the source fluid. The improvement provides a visual indication of which particular outlet is connected to the inlet at any particular time. The invention may be practiced as a retrofit kit for installation on conventional valves or a new valve may be provided with the position indicating features of the invention.

Abstract: A bus farebox that conducts transit fare transactions accepts magnetically-encoded farecards, currency bills or tickets, or coins or tokens tendered for fare. Fare processing is conducted on the basis of a selected one of a set of fare tables electrically stored in the farebox. The farebox has provision for accumulating audit information based upon a plurality of fare transactions. The accumulated audit data and a cashbox are released from the farebox in response to commands received by the farebox from a communication system located at a bus terminal station.

Abstract: A test probe assembly for testing an integrated circuit (IC) device having contact pads deployed in a predetermined pattern in a common plane. The assembly includes a contactor formed by a flexible film of dielectric material having a rectangular planar central zone from whose corners extend radial slots to define suspension quadrants. Probe contacts formed on the undersurface of the central zone in a matching pattern are connected to probe terminals on the margins of the quadrants. The quadrants are marginally supported on corresponding branches of a mounting frame whereby the central zone sags below the frame which surrounds a central port in a printed circuit board, the port exposing the central zone to the IC device to be tested.

Abstract: A fare box has two separate chambers connected together by a connecting opening, with a fare receiving module in one of the chambers for receiving deposited fares and transporting them to the connecting opening, and a cashbox in the other chamber for receiving fares deposited in the connecting opening. A locking device is associated with the fare receiving module for releasably retaining it in the first chamber, and a security shutter in the housing is moveable between a first position blocking the connecting opening and a second position in which the opening is unblocked. The security shutter and locking device are linked together so that the connecting opening is blocked whenever the fare receiving module is released.

Abstract: This invention relates to a sequencing valve for distributing fluid from an inlet selectively to one or more of a plurality of outlets in response to pressure variation in the source fluid. The improvement provides a manual means for advancing the valve mechanism without water pressure to select a particular outlet. The improvement further provides means to inactivate the sequencing mechanism so that the inlet source will remain connected to the selected outlet irrespective of pressure changes in the source fluid.

Abstract: This invention relates to a fuel distribution valve for a turbine type power plane capable of supplying fuel to a set of primary nozzles and proportioning the flow to a set or sets of secondary nozzles upon initiation of a command signal which may be manifested by the fuel control.