Abstract: In one aspect, a tire monitoring apparatus having a circuit board, battery, and valve body intermediate the circuit board and the battery. The valve body has an attachment end portion for connecting to a valve stem of a tire, a filling end portion, and an internal passageway to permit air to travel from the filling end portion to the attachment end portion. The circuit board has a sensor configured to detect a variable of air traveling in the internal passageway of the valve body and communication circuitry of the circuit board operable to wirelessly communicate data associated with the variable of the air. The tire monitoring apparatus further includes a support permanently encapsulating the circuit board and battery about the valve body. The support includes a structural member molded onto the valve body and an embedding member securing the circuit board and the battery to the structural member.

Abstract: A dampener for an exit device may be disposed between a portion of an exit device actuator and an exit device chassis so that the dampener dampens vibrations to reduce noise of the exit device and/or inhibit unintentional movement of the actuator to an actuated position. The dampener may be composed at least partially of a viscoelastic material.

Abstract: A pull handle may include a chassis, a latch disposed at least partially in the chassis, a thumb turn, and a dogging fastener movably disposed on the thumb turn. The thumb turn may be rotatable between a locking position and an unlocking position, where the thumb turn is coupled to the latch such that when the thumb turn is in the locking position the latch is in an extended position and when the thumb turn is in the unlocking position the latch is in a retracted position. The dogging fastener may be configured to move between a dogging position and an undogging position, where in the dogging position the dogging fastener engages the chassis to inhibit rotation of the thumb turn.

Abstract: A door pull may be arranged to be operated with a foot or a tool close to the floor. The door pull may include a central portion allowing a user to actuate a door by bringing the foot or the tool in contact with the door pull. The door pull may further include a central portion which includes a serrated top edge, configured to make ergonomic and comfortable contact with a sole of a shoe, and a smooth lower edge, configured to make ergonomic and comfortable contact with a toe box of a shoe.

Abstract: A retrofit latch adapter is configured to replace a pre-existing roller head latch assembly of a pre-existing exit device. The retrofit latch adapter may include a flat latch head that may provide additional security for a door compared with the pre-existing roller head pre-existing latch assembly.

Abstract: A balloon catheter (1) including a device (3) adjacent the distal end (12) of a catheter (10) for guiding a boring tool (5) or other instrument into an occlusion (6) in a vessel (8), includes a guide element (30) adjacent the distal end (12). A penetrating element (33) having a first guide bore (38) terminating in a distal cutting edge (40) is rotatable in a second guide bore (45) extending through the guide element. External threads on the penetrating element (33) are engageable with internal threads in the second guide bore (45), so that by rotating the penetrating element (33) the distal cutting edge (40) is urged outwardly to penetrate the occlusion (6). With the penetrating element (33) securely engaged in the occlusion (6), a boring tool (5) and other instruments can then be sequentially guided through the catheter (10) and the first guide bore (38) directly into the occlusion.

Abstract: A dampener for an exit device may be disposed between a portion of an exit device actuator and an exit device chassis so that the dampener dampens vibrations to reduce noise of the exit device and/or inhibit unintentional movement of the actuator to an actuated position. The dampener may be composed at least partially of a viscoelastic material.

Abstract: An exit device comprises an inner door handle adapted to be mounted to a door for movement relative to the door from a first position to a second position. A pair of brackets are adapted to be operatively connected between the respective ends of a horizontal portion and a vertical portion of the door handle. Each bracket comprises a first bracket member secured to the door handle, a second bracket member adapted to be secured to the door, and a pin for joining the first bracket member and the second bracket member for rotation about an axis through the pin. The first bracket member and the second bracket member pivot relative to one another when the door handle moves between the first position and the second position.

Abstract: A retrofit latch adapter is configured to replace a pre-existing roller head latch assembly of a pre-existing exit device. The retrofit latch adapter may include a flat latch head that may provide additional security for a door compared with the pre-existing roller head pre-existing latch assembly.

Abstract: A mounting system configured to engage with a support member and a bracket adapter for a mobile device. The mounting system primarily comprises a base which engages with a support member, and a rectangular upper section which engages with a mobile device. The mounting system has a locking mechanism, which prevents the mobile device from being removed when the locking mechanism is engaged.

Abstract: A balloon catheter (1) comprising a device (3) located adjacent the distal end (12) of a catheter (10) of the balloon catheter (1) for guiding a boring tool (6) or other instrument into an occlusion (6) in a vessel (8) comprises a guide element (30) located adjacent a distal end (12) of the catheter (10). A penetrating element (33) defining a first guide bore (38) extending therethrough and terminating in a distal cutting edge (40) is rotatable in a second guide bore (45) extending through the guide element (30) located adjacent the distal end (12) of the catheter (10). External threads (49) on the penetrating element (33) are engageable with internal threads (50) located in the second guide bore (45) of the guide element (30), so that by rotating the penetrating element (33) with an operating member (52) the distal cutting edge (40) of the penetrating element (33) is urged outwardly of the second guide bore (45) and into cutting engagement with the occlusion (6) in order to penetrate the occlusion (6).

Abstract: A method for deploying a cloud infrastructure includes obtaining a specification of one or more network resources in a new region of a service provider. A virtual private cloud (VPC) within an existing region of the service provider may be configured based on the specification, with a plurality of core configuration services. A connection is established between the VPC and the new region. The one or more network resources in the new region are established as a network infrastructure, and are configured over the established connection to run compute services, using at least one of the core configuration services. The plurality of core configuration services are transferred to the one or more network resources in the new region, and the new region is disconnected from the VPC.

Abstract: A door entry system for operating a door using a wireless transmitter device containing identification credentials of a user. The system includes a door operable by an uncoupling or releasing securing mechanism, a door controller capable of operating the uncoupling or releasing securing mechanism and a door handle for grasping by the user to operate the door, the handle having a cavity, the handle being secured to the door and spaced away from a surface thereof. The system includes a wireless device reader disposed in the handle cavity and a power source connected to the card reader. The wireless transmitter may be presented in the vicinity of the reader in the door handle and, upon verification of the credentials transmitted from the wireless transmitter device, the reader sends a signal to the door controller to uncouple or release the securing mechanism and permit the door to open.