Abstract: An electrical system for a motor vehicle is provided. The electrical system includes one or more vehicle batteries configured to provide electric power to one or more vehicle systems. The electrical system also includes a terminal configured to allow a third-party loads and/or a third-party batteries to be electrically coupled to the electrical system at the terminal. The electrical system further includes a relay configured to selectively couple the terminal to the vehicle batteries. A controller is configured to control the operation of the relay. A method of controlling operation of an electrical system for a motor vehicle is also provided.

Abstract: An electrical system for a motor vehicle is provided. The electrical system includes one or more vehicle batteries configured to provide electric power to one or more vehicle systems. The electrical system also includes a terminal configured to allow a third-party loads and/or a third-party batteries to be electrically coupled to the electrical system at the terminal. The electrical system further includes a relay configured to selectively couple the terminal to the vehicle batteries. A controller is configured to control the operation of the relay. A method of controlling operation of an electrical system for a motor vehicle is also provided.

Abstract: The invention provides a photographic element, comprising a support, a photographic emulsion layer and, an anti-halation underlayer and/or a pelloid layer, the antihalation underlayer and/or pelloid layer being present in an amount of 1 g/m2 or less and comprises a vehicle and a solid particle dye.

Abstract: A steel member (10) having wear and corrosion resistance through a combination of coatings is disclosed, the steel member (10) being a hardened and tempered steel member having a high tensile strength, at least one selected portion (18) of the steel member (10) coated by thermal spraying with a tungsten carbide-cobalt composition (22) to provide wear and corrosion resistance, the tungsten carbide-cobalt composition (22) being approximately 78-90% tungsten carbide and approximately 10-19% cobalt, and a sacrificial ceramic-metallic coating (24) on the steel member (10) to provide corrosion resistance for the steel member (10). A method of coating a steel member (10) is also disclosed.

Abstract: A processor having multiple functional units. The processor is capable of executing multiple instructions concurrently. An instruction issuing unit is connected to a mechanism for handling an interrupt of the processor. The interrupt handler has an instruction window (IW), which includes a vector element number (VEN) field that indicates the uncompleted elements to be executed. Upon termination of the interrupt, normal processing of the instruction issuing unit continues.