Abstract: One embodiment involves an article of manufacture that includes: a copper substrate plug with a front surface and a back surface; a catalyst on top of a single surface of the copper substrate plug; and a thermal interface material on top of the single surface of the copper substrate plug. The thermal interface material comprises: a layer of carbon nanotubes that contacts the catalyst, and a filler material located between the carbon nanotubes. The carbon nanotubes are oriented substantially perpendicular to the single surface of the copper substrate plug. The copper substrate plug is configured to be incorporated in a peripheral structure of a heat spreader or a heat sink. In another embodiment, the thermal interface material is on top of both the top and bottom surfaces of the copper substrate plug.

Abstract: One embodiment includes: a copper substrate; a catalyst on top of a single surface of the copper substrate; and a thermal interface material on top of the single surface of the copper substrate. The thermal interface material comprises: a layer of carbon nanotubes that contacts the catalyst, and a filler material located between the carbon nanotubes. The carbon nanotubes are oriented substantially perpendicular to the single surface of the copper substrate. The thermal interface material has: a bulk thermal resistance, a contact resistance between the thermal interface material and the copper substrate, and a contact resistance between the thermal interface material and a solid-state device. The summation of the bulk thermal resistance, the contact resistance between the thermal interface material and the copper substrate, and the contact resistance between the thermal interface material and the solid-state device has a value of 0.06 cm2K/W or less.

Abstract: Carbon nanotube-based structures and methods for removing heat from solid-state devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, a copper substrate has thermal interface materials on top of front and back surfaces of the copper substrate. Each thermal interface material (TIM) comprises a layer of carbon nanotubes and a filler material located between the carbon nanotubes. The summation of the thermal resistance of the copper substrate, the bulk thermal resistance of each TIM, the contact resistance between each TIM and the copper substrate, the contact resistance between one TIM and a solid-state device, and the contact resistance between the other TIM and a heat conducting surface has a value of 0.06 cm2K/W or less.

Abstract: An optional surface fastening system for an electronics housing facilitates its attachment to pre-manufactured fixed panel systems, enclosures and the like. The electronics housing has primary holes or slot features that interface standard screw hardware in order to fasten to varied surfaces or accepts specially designed connector pieces to mechanically attach to the aforementioned fixed enclosures. Connector pieces, designed to interface with any panel system, may be replaced interchangeably and are temporarily fixed by a snap detail located on the primary slots. Method of attaching the electronics housing to a fixed panel system requires integrated pin features on the connector pieces, employed to locate to corresponding holes on the fixed panel, in conjunction with operatives rotation of a specialized pin feature to temporarily lock the electronics housing to the panel system.

Abstract: A substrate carrier for a parallel wafer processing reactor supports a plurality of substrates. The substrate carrier includes a plurality of susceptors, which may be thermal plates or annular rings that are arranged horizontally in a vertical stack. The substrates are mounted between pairs of susceptors on two or more supports provided around the outer periphery of the susceptors. The number of substrates mounted between each pair of susceptors may the same or different but is two or more between at least one pair of susceptors.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for operating a workstation of a cheese-producing textile machine, having a pivotably seated creel for rotatably maintaining a cheese, a bobbin drive arranged on the creel, a support roller, which during the winding operation is driven by the cheese by frictional contact, a separate yarn traversing arrangement, as well as a device for raising the creel in case of a yarn break or a defined cleaning cut. In accordance with the present invention it is provided that following a yarn break or a defined cleaning cut, the cheese, which is maintained in the creel and rotated in the unwinding direction by the bobbin drive, and the support roller are sufficiently spaced apart long enough for a suction nozzle to pick up a top yarn required for a subsequent yarn splicing process.

Abstract: A dual collimation deposition apparatus and method are disclosed in which the dual collimation apparatus includes at least a long-throw collimator in combination with one or more physical collimators. A new physical collimator and shield design are also disclosed for improved process uniformity and increased equipment productivity.

Abstract: A dual collimation deposition apparatus and method are disclosed in which the dual collimation apparatus includes at least a long-throw collimator in combination with one or more physical collimators. A new physical collimator and shield design are also disclosed for improved process uniformity and increased equipment productivity.

Abstract: A winding device (24) for a textile machine (1) producing cheeses has a creel (18) for holding a cheese (11) between tube receiving plates (38, 38′), a yarn traversing device (28) comprising a separate drive (31), and a speed-regulatable drive device (27) integrated in the creel (18) to move in a bearing housing (23) of the creel (18) and connected to one of the tube receiving plates (38, 38′). The drive device (27) can be loaded with a braking current which produces a moment opposite the direction of rotation (SR) of the cheese (11), for braking the cheese (11). The drive device (27) is arranged in a sliding sleeve (35) that can be loaded pneumatically against the displacement force of spring elements (43) to move one of the tube receiving plates (38) outwardly as needed in a creel opening direction.

Abstract: A dual stage fastener for securing a vehicle interior trim component to a vehicle body component to cover an air curtain during storage. The fastener includes a pin tethered to a grommet. During deployment of the air curtain, the pin disengages from the grommet and the tether restrains the pin and the associated trim component to reduce the length of travel of the trim component within the passenger compartment of the vehicle.

Abstract: A winding device (24) for a textile machine (1) producing cheeses has a creel (18) for holding a cheese (11) between tube receiving plates (38, 38′), a yarn traversing device (28) comprising a separate drive (31), and a speed-regulatable drive device (27) integrated in the creel (18) to move in a bearing housing (23) of the creel (18) and connected to one of the tube receiving plates (38, 38′). The drive device (27) can be loaded with a braking current which produces a moment opposite the direction of rotation (SR) of the cheese (11), for braking the cheese (11). The drive device (27) is arranged in a sliding sleeve (35) that can be loaded pneumatically against the displacement force of spring elements (43) to move one of the tube receiving plates (38) outwardly as needed in a creel opening direction.

Abstract: In a heat exchanger used especially as an exhaust heat exchanger, provision is made for tube sheets, the tubes of a tube bundle, and a housing to be shaped from stainless steel sheets. The tube sheets are formed as deep-drawn and stamped parts, each of which has a circumferential wall that projects outward beyond the ends of the tubes in the tube bundle. The walls are welded to the housing, and each of the walls is abutted by a diffuser.

Abstract: A computer system is provided for automatically calculating broker-dealer disclosure data requirements for a publicly traded security that the broker-dealer holds. The computer system includes a MODEM in electrical/electronic communication with a source of encoded publicly traded security market data and a digital computer comprising a first I/O port for electronic communication with broker-dealer data processing apparatus, a second I/O port for electronic connection to the MODEM for processing the encoded data, and a memory device within which is stored a set of computer instructions defining computer system operation. The digital computer communicates with the broker-dealer apparatus to identify a broker-dealer position in the publicly traded security and processes MODEM-received data relating thereto to calculate a haircut coefficient for adjusting the position to comply with Rule 15-c 3-1 of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended.

Abstract: A method for operating a cheese-producing textile machine (1), having a plurality of aligned work stations (2), a transport device (21) extending over the length of the machine for removing finished cheeses (11), and a cheese changer (23) displaceable above the work stations with an ultrasound sensor device (30) connected to the control device (38) of the cheese changer (23) for monitoring the loading state of the transport device (21). The sensor device (30, 38) is initially set to the climatic conditions of the respective place of employment by processing appropriate reference sound signals, i.e. a correction factor is determined. During operation, scanning values (TW) are then determined by means of the traveling time of the measuring sound signals of the ultrasound sensor (30) which, taking into consideration the respectively prevailing climatic conditions, permit conclusions regarding the loading state of the transport device (21) in the deposit areas of the respective work station (2).

Abstract: The invention presents the use of non-woven fiber barriers applied to agricultural products or the plants to protect agriculturally or aesthetically valuable plants from damage inflicted by pests of agricultural or ornamental plants. Experiments with these fiber barriers have shown a significant deterrent to both the oviposition and feeding of a varied group of agricultural pests. This pest management strategy will be of significant economic value in the more pest sensitive phases of plant growth. Another positive benefit of the use of this system of pest control is that it may allow the elimination or moderation in the use of pesticides in commercial agricultural operations, home gardens, or the urban environment. In this way alleviating public concerns about the large number of pesticide treatments that agricultural products typically receive.

Abstract: A cheese-producing textile machine 1 with a central control unit 37 and a plurality of winding stations 2 which are serviced by an autonomously operating service unit 23. The central control unit 37 of the textile machine 1 is connected via a machine bus 40 with individual winding station computers 39 as well as with a control device 38 of the service unit 23. Control programs A, B, C, D, etc. are stored in the control device 38 of the service unit 23, and are specially adapted to various respective structural configurations of the service unit 23. It is possible in a simple manner to activate the control programs A, B, C, D, etc. in correspondence to the particular prevailing structural configuration of the service unit 23 by means of appropriate software encoding via an input element 41 on the central control unit 23.