Abstract: A wiring harness for a battery and inverter system includes a main cable. It further includes an inverter connector configured to plug the main cable into an inverter module. It further includes a first spur of the main cable terminating in a first-type battery device connector. It further includes a second spur of the main cable terminating in a second type battery device connector.

Abstract: The present invention relates to efficient synthetic processes useful in the preparation of antiviral nucleosides, particularly uridine 4-oxime 5?-(2-methylpropanoate) {(2R,3S,4R,5R)-3,4-dihydroxy-5-[4-(hydroxyimino)-2-oxo-3,4-dihydropyrimidin-1(2H)-yl]oxolan-2-yl}methyl 2-methylpropanoate and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, derivatives, tautomers, isomers, and prodrugs of, which may be active as antiviral agents, as well as compositions and methods thereof. The present invention also encompasses intermediates useful in the disclosed synthetic processes and the methods of their preparation.

Abstract: A process for removing turmeric stains from nylon or wool articles comprising (a) applying a solution of an oxidizing agent to the stained area, and (b) exposing the stained area to light of ultraviolet wavelength is disclosed.

Abstract: A carpet underlay comprising a fibrous non-woven substrate composed of natural or synthetic fibers having in or on it a repellent finish which makes said substrate substantially impervious to liquids.

Abstract: This invention relates to methods for making a carpet having a secondary backing which is substantially impervious to liquids. The methods involve applying a repellent finish onto the secondary backing material and drying the finish. The finish may be applied as foam to the secondary backing, against the force of gravity, by means of a press roll. This invention also includes the resultant carpets prepared from these methods.

Abstract: A data arbitration apparatus for combining data from a plurality of data paths, wherein data from the respective data paths are clocked by respective clock signals asynchronously and at different rates includes a multiplexer to which the respective data paths are coupled. The output of the multiplexer is applied to a "D"-type register having a dock input terminal coupled to one of the respective clock signals. The D-type register provides the combined data signal. A logic arrangement is coupled to the respective clock signals for providing control signals according to a hierarchy of importance of the signals occurring on the respective data paths. The control signals are coupled to condition the multiplexer to provide data samples from the respective data paths according to the established hierarchy.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improved method for ply-twisting nylon yarns at twisting speeds greater than 6000 rpm. More particularly, the invention involves coating the nylon fibers with less than about 1% by weight of finish containing an alkyl polyoxyalkylene carboxylate ester lubricant composition. The resulting ply-twisted yarn is especially suitable for use as pile in carpets.

Abstract: An aqueous fluorochemical finish composition for imparting antisoiling protection to textile fibers, e.g. nylon yarns, is composed of fluorochemical textile antisoilant, lubricant and a combination of cationic and nonionic surfactants.

Abstract: Providing plastic insulation on an electrical conductor in which the conductor, enclosed in an oversize tube, is passed through a fluid and through an annular crystal of a piezoelectric material immersed in the fluid. During passage of tube and conductor, the crystal is subjected to electric current to cause alternating expansion and contraction of the crystal. Pressure shockwaves are produced by this expansion and contraction and the shockwaves are focussed upon the pass line of the tube and conductor to cause localized inward deformations of the tube into engagement with the conductor to form spaced annular depressions in the tube. In preferred arrangements, apparatus has an extruder immediately upstream of the crystal so that the plastic tube is in a heated and softened condition during its deformation. A focussing means is required in the apparatus for focussing shockwaves on the pass line.