Abstract: A novel hybrid corn plant, designated A8367 is disclosed. The technology relates to the seeds of hybrid corn A8367, to the plants and plant parts of hybrid corn A8367, and to methods for producing a corn plant by crossing the hybrid corn A8367 with itself or another corn plant. The technology further relates to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other hybrid corn plants derived from the hybrid corn plant A8367. Starch from corn seed obtained from A8367 is high amylose corn starch having high total dietary fiber content.

Abstract: A method for generating a 3D virtual body model of a person combined with a 3D garment image, and displaying the 3D virtual body model of the person combined with the 3D garment image on a screen of a computing device, the computing device including a sensor system, the method including the steps of; (a) generating the 3D virtual body model; (b) generating the 3D garment image for superimposing on the 3D virtual body model; (c ) superimposing the 3D garment image on the 3D virtual body model; (d) showing on the screen the 3D garment image superimposed on the 3D virtual body model; (e) detecting a position change using the sensor system, and (f) showing on the screen the 3D garment image superimposed on the 3D virtual body model modified in response to the position change detected using the sensor system.

Abstract: A computer-implemented garment size recommendation and fit analysis system in which a memory stores a virtual profile or model of an end-user and a processor is programmed to receive an end-user's selection of a garment and to then determine, using a garment fit algorithm, how well that garment will fit the end-user's profile or model, and in which the algorithm is trained on actual sales data.

Abstract: A seat anchoring system that anchors seats in a seating arrangement in a vehicle is provided. The seat anchoring system includes a base and multiple fastening devices, where the fastening devices are attached to the base and extend away from an upper face of the base. The base has a shape similar to an inside configuration of a mounting rail such that the base is inserted into the mounting rail and positioned to any desirable location along the mounting rail. Further, the fastening devices extend through the mounting rail and attach the seat to the mounting rail.

Abstract: A seat anchoring system that anchors seats in a seating arrangement in a vehicle is provided. The seat anchoring system includes a base and multiple fastening devices, where the fastening devices are attached to the base and extend away from an upper face of the base. The base has a shape similar to an inside configuration of a mounting rail such that the base is inserted into the mounting rail and positioned to any desirable location along the mounting rail. Further, the fastening devices extend through the mounting rail and attach the seat to the mounting rail.

Abstract: A method for realizing a digital filter in an electronic system. The method includes first determining the specific number of coefficients to be calculated for a design filter and calculating the value of some of the coefficients for the design filter, typically all but one. Next, a reference filter is selected having the same number of coefficients as the design filter and each coefficient of the reference filter is calculated. With the reference filter's coefficients, the method concludes by determining the value of the remaining coefficients of the design filter that were previously not calculated. The determination is based upon an arithmetic comparison to the coefficients of the reference filter. The system and method improve second-order filter response for certain filters implemented with a direct-form topology.

Abstract: A method for realizing a digital filter in an electronic system. The method comprises first determining the specific number of coefficients to be calculated for a design filter and calculating the value of some of the coefficients for the design filter, typically all but one. Next, a reference filter is selected having the same number of coefficients as the design filter and each coefficient of the reference filter is calculated. With the reference filter's coefficients, the method concludes by determining the value of the remaining coefficients of the design filter that were previously not calculated. The determination is based upon an arithmetic comparison to the coefficients of the reference filter. The invention improves second-order, IIR filter response for certain filters implemented with a direct-form topology.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a side-by-side or eccentric sheath-core bicomponent fiber wherein each component comprises a different poly(trimethylene terephthalate) composition.

Abstract: Electrical apparatuses and a method for their production, the apparatuses containing electrical insulation fluids comprising polytrimethylene homo- or copolyether glycol having a dielectric breakdown voltage greater than about 30 kV, wherein from about 50 to 100 mole percent of the repeating units of the polytrimethylene homo- or copolyether glycol are trimethylene ether units. An electrical insulation fluid comprising (a) polytrimethylene homo- or copolyether glycol having trimethylene ether units at about 50 to 100 mole percent of the repeating units and (b) a blending component selected from the group consisting of vegetable oils, mineral oil, poly alpha olefins, synthetic esters, and silicone fluids, and mixtures thereof, wherein the electrical insulation fluid has a dielectric breakdown voltage of greater than about 30 kV.

Abstract: A golf ball having a polytrimethylene ether glycol-based polymer in one or more layers of the ball is disclosed. The polytrimethylene ether glycol polymer is disclosed as being derived from polyether ester elastomers comprising a polytrimethylene ether soft segment; polyether-ester-amide elastomers comprising a polytrimethylene ether soft segment; and polyurethanes and polyurethane-ureas prepared by reaction of (a) polytrimethylene ether glycol, (b) diisocyanate, and (c) diol or diamine chain extender.

Abstract: An instrumentality for preventing jackknifing of a vehicle commonly referred to as a tractor trailer and a steering control system therefor including a plate disposed on a bottom face of the trailer adjacent the fifth wheel, a housing disposed on a leading edge of the fifth wheel through an anchor plate, the housing including an upwardly extending locking pin adapted to be placed within the opening on the trailer connecting plate, a system for putting the locking pin into and out of engagement with the opening, first and second sensors deployed with the locking pin indicative of the motion of travel within the opening by the locking pin, a control console disposed within the cab of the tractor indicating the status of the locking pin and coupled with an engine speed sensor for denoting slow moving conditions with the locking pin in effect, and an actuator to cause the locking pin to move from a first to a second position as desired within the ready grasp of the driver.

Abstract: An anti-jackknifing control device for a tractor-trailer which includes a fifth wheel having a pair of oppositely disposed pneumatically operated cylinder-piston assemblies, the pistons of which are insertable into arcuate slots in a bottom plate on the trailer so as to limit the turning movement of the tractor relative to the trailer to a predetermined angle in either direction from a centerline corresponding to a longitudinally aligned position of the tractor-trailer together with an alarm in the driver's cab actuted by a limit switch in each of the slots which is closed by the bottom plate at a turning angle in either directon intermediate the centerline and predetermined angle.