Abstract: A connector to be used with a strap for wrapping an object. The strap is detached from the connector and has first and second extremities. The connector has a first passage adapted to insert and to lock the first extremity of the strap therein and a second passage having an entrance adapted to insert the second extremity of the strap therein and to prevent the strap from travelling toward the entrance upon insertion. It has a body having a first section with the first passage and a second section with the second passage, wherein the first section has a vertical wall and the second section has a vertical wall distinct from and facing the vertical wall of the first section, and a bridge joining the first and second sections of the body by extending between the vertical wall of the first section and the vertical wall of the second section.

Abstract: A connector to be used with a strap for wrapping an object. The strap is detached from the connector and has first and second extremities. The connector comprises: a first passage adapted to insert and to lock the first extremity of the strap therein; a second passage having an entrance adapted to insert the second extremity of the strap therein and to prevent the strap from travelling toward the entrance upon insertion; a body having a first section with the first passage and a second section with the second passage, wherein the first section comprises a vertical wall and the second section comprises a vertical wall distinct from and facing the vertical wall of the first section; and a bridge joining the first and second sections of the body by extending between the vertical wall of the first section and the vertical wall of the second section.

Abstract: A connector to be used with straps of variable lengths comprises a body and two locking blades. The connector comprises a first passage and a second passage distant from the first passage that extends throughout the body along a direction perpendicular to the first passage. The passages house the locking blades. The passages comprise an entrance and an abutment wall. The second passage also comprises an exit. The entrances are for the insertion of an extremity of a strap, with the sloped locking blades preventing exit of the extremities of the strap through the entrances by blocking a portion of the strap between themselves and an abutment wall. An extremity of the strap can exit out of the connector through the exit of the second passage to be pulled to tighten the strap. Kits comprising the herein connectors are also described.

Abstract: A connector to be used with straps of variable lengths comprising a body and two locking blades. The connector comprises a first passage and a second passage distant from the first passage that extends throughout the body along a direction perpendicular to the first passage. The passages house the locking blades. The passages comprise an entrance and an abutment wall. The second passage also comprises an exit. The entrances are for the insertion of an extremity of a strap, with the sloped locking blades preventing exit of the extremities of the strap through the entrances by blocking a portion of the strap between themselves and an abutment wall. An extremity of the strap can exit out of the connector through the exit of the second passage to be pulled to tighten the strap. Kits comprising the herein connectors are also described.

Abstract: A mobile stabilization device consists of at least one linear gear forming a track adapted to be securely attached to a vehicle. A movable counterweight member including at least one gear that is adapted to cooperate with at least one linear gear and thereby move linearly along the track, and a servo-motor attached between the counterweight member and at least one gear for actuating and rotating at least one gear thereon and hence along the track. An inclination detector adapted to determine the inclination of the vehicle and send signals to at least one servo-motor and at least one of the counterweight's gears to thereby move the counterweight along the track to a position that would increase the stability of the vehicle.

Abstract: A mobile stabilization device consists of at least one linear gear forming a track adapted to be securely attached to a vehicle. A movable counterweight member including at least one gear that is adapted to cooperate with at least one linear gear and thereby move linearly along the track, and a servo-motor attached between the counterweight member and at least one gear for actuating and rotating at least one gear thereon and hence along the track. An inclination detector adapted to determine the inclination of the vehicle and send signals to at least one servo-motor and at least one of the counterweight's gears to thereby move the counter weight along the track to a position that would increase the stability of the vehicle.

Abstract: A wireless GNSS receiver, for example a Bluetooth® receiver, including a bidirectional link to the host, and an update client, for downloading extended ephemeris data from the host, by the Bluetooth® link. The invention reuses the protocol used for NMEA data transfer, in order to send the extended ephemeris data up to the receiver. Hence, the extended ephemeris data can be sent without having to instantiate any other type of connection to the receiver. The invention reduces the cost and complexity of BT-GPS receivers that want to make use of extended ephemeris technology in order to reduce the time to first fix of GPS receivers left off for more than four hours.

Abstract: A system for remotely updating software on at least one electronic device connected to a network. The electronic devices have a non-volatile rewritable storage unit divided into at least two partitions, one of which will contain core firmware and the other of which will contain auxiliary software. When an update is received at the device, the updated core firmware is written to overwrite the partition in the rewritable storage unit that contained the auxiliary software. When this is completed and verified, the previous version of the core firmware stored in the storage unit is disabled from execution by the device. Next, the updated auxiliary software is written to overwrite the old version of the core firmware. When this write is complete, the device determines a suitable time for it to be rebooted to execute the updated software. In another embodiment, the present core firmware in the device is copied from the partition it is in to the other partition, overwriting the auxiliary software stored there.