Abstract: Methods and apparatus utilizing time division access of multiple radar transceivers in living object detection for wireless power transfer applications are provided. In one aspect, an apparatus for detecting an object in a detection area of a wireless power transfer system is provided. The apparatus comprises a plurality of radar transceivers. The apparatus comprises a processor configured to group the plurality of radar transceivers into pairs of radar transceivers. The processor is configured to instruct each of the pairs of radar transceivers to transmit radar signals during a corresponding time slot of a plurality of time slots. The processor is configured to instruct each of the pairs of radar transceivers to receive the radar signals during the corresponding time slot of the plurality of time slots. The processor is configured to detect the object in the detection area based on at least some of the radar signals received by each of the pairs of radar transceivers.

Abstract: A firefighting apparatus is adapted for use in a host aircraft comprising a fuselage defining an interior and an exterior. The firefighting apparatus includes a pressurizeable retardant tank disposed in the interior of the host aircraft, the retardant tank being capable of roll-on and roll-off installation, an ejection tube in fluid communication with the retardant tank, and a door plug for mounting within a fuselage orifice in the host aircraft. The door plug provides for fluid communication of retardant from the retardant tank through the ejection tube to the exterior of the host aircraft. At least one sensor is operably connected to the firefighting apparatus to effect user-discernable data for effecting retardant delivery.

Abstract: Body jewelry, and more particularly, to body jewelry designed for painless and convenient use with respect to a particular area of a wearer's body, e.g. the navel. Generally, the body piercing jewelry of the present invention comprises a display member, which includes an attachment piece operably adjoined to one or more prongs, and a base member that is releasably securable to the display member. The base member is configured to be easily and painlessly inserted and removed from the pierced areas of the wearer's body.

Abstract: The present invention relates to body jewelry, and more particularly, to body jewelry designed for painless and convenient use with respect to a particular area of a wearer's body, e.g. the navel. Generally, the body piercing jewelry of the present invention comprises a display member, which includes an attachment piece operably adjoined to one or more prongs, and a base member that is releasably securable to the display member. The base member is configured to be easily and painlessly inserted and removed from the pierced areas of the wearer's body.