Abstract: Spray cooled side wall and tap hole cover for an eccentric bottom tap (EBT) electric furnace which is unitary, i.e. one-piece, and has an inter-connected coolant supply and inter-connected spent coolant drain.

Abstract: A principle of surface interlocking wherein the imperfections of two parallel surfaces deform and interlock under pressure. The surface interlocking enables the combination of a bridging element and a bonding tip of a diffusion bonding apparatus to pick up, transport, position at a unique location, and bond the bridging element in place to the conductors or pads. In the invention a single point bonding tip as part of a bonding apparatus is used to pick up the, to be, bridging metal object transport it to the bonding site and perform the entire bridging bonding operation all in one sequence of steps.

Abstract: Thin film diffusion bonding of lead assemblies under severly limited spacing, thermal and pressure conditions is achieved through application of precisely controlled energy at the bond interface. The precisely controlled energy is a laser thermosonic energy pulse, delivered through a cleaved optical fiber end and closed end tip, that produces a heat increment in excess of the steady state manufacturing design temperature for the assembly and which is applied directly at the bond interface.

Abstract: A high efficiency thermal interposer comprising a first hollow disk and second hollow disk, held together by thermally isolating fasteners. The fasteners keep the disks from touching one another. In an illustrative embodiment of the invention, the first disk is the low temperature disk portion and the second disk is the high temperature disk portion of the heat shield. Furthermore, according to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the space between the disks is filled with small thermally conductive particles (e.g., stainless steel spheres) which are in thermal contact with the high temperature disk; but which are not in contact with the low temperature disk. The thermal interposer/heat shield includes means for introducing cold jets of air into the cavity containing the particles, means for circulating the air therebetween, and means through which the air can exit from the cavity to carry away the heat picked up from the particles inside the cavity.

Abstract: The invention provides lightweight packaging of portable electronic apparatus by using the combined structural properties of an enclosure, that houses the interwired heat producing electronic signal devices of the apparatus, to provide coolant movement and direction, locally selectable physical protection and shock resistance and electrical shielding.

Abstract: A device (20) for coupling first and second electrical connectors (40,70) comprises a dielectric member having a plurality of openings (32) extending therethrough, a first portion (34) of the openings (32) being adapted to grip corresponding exposed body portions (68) of terminals (60) secured in a first connector (40), and a second portion (36) of the openings (32) being adapted to grip corresponding exposed body portions (98) of terminals (90) secured in a second connector (70). Upon placing the first and second connectors (40, 70) adjacent each other and positioning the openings (32) in gripping relationship with respective body portions (68, 98) of the terminals (60,90) of the first and second connectors (40,60), the device (20) mechanically secures together the first and second connectors (40, 70) adjacent each other.

Abstract: Process for shaping conductors critically spaced on a carrier that are bonded to contact locations on a substrate surface. The conductors are cantilevered with each adjacent conductor bonded to a contact location that is a different distance from the carrier. Each conductor remains in the plane of the support of the carrier to the vicinity of its respective contact location where it is shaped to extend nearly vertically toward the substrate then horizontally across the contact location exerting pressure on the contact location.

Abstract: An electronic packaging interface between conductors critically spaced on a carrier that are bonded to contact locations on a substrate surface. The conductors are cantilevered with each adjacent conductor bonded to a contact location that is a different distance from the carrier. Each conductor remains in the plane of the support of the carrier to the vicinity of its respective contact location where it is shaped to extend nearly vertically toward the substrate then horizontally across the contact location exerting pressure on the contact location.

Abstract: A wide angle rear view mirror assembly for a motor vehicle has a supplemental optically flat wide angle mirror element mounted in a frame which in turn is mounted on the main rear view mirror assembly of a motor vehicle in juxtaposition with the main frame of the main rear view mirror assembly. The wide angle rear view mirror assembly is an after market device in one embodiment and is adapted to be mounted directly on the main mirror element of the main rear view mirror assembly, but can also be integrally built into the housing of the main rear view mirror assembly so as to constitute a feature of the automobile as manufactured. Either way, the wide angle rear view mirror assembly substantially increases the driver's rear view angle of vision utilizing an optically flat mirror, and also has provision for changing the vertical position of the angle of reflection of the wide angle mirror to accommodate different driving circumstances which affect what the driver sees in the wide angle mirror.

Abstract: In a bonding station, a tooling principle is provided wherein first and second tool parts respectively hold first and second apparatus parts, each apparatus part having fine conductor periodicity edge bonding regions, in superpositioned registration with the tool parts providing space and accessability for optical alignment and for bonding heat and pressure. The tool members retain a first, position registered, apparatus part, with "X" - "Y" registration capability, in position with an edge bearing a fine conductor periodicity accessable by a tapered edge of the tool which permits optical fine alignment adjustment and bonding heat and pressure application.

Abstract: The invention is directed to Dead Sea mud for restoration of hair growth and retardation of hair loss for those suffering from alopecia and a hair therapy method of topically applying to the scalp of a human or other mammal scalp an effective amount of the Dead Sea mud. Dramatic results in overall hair therapy have been obtained by those individuals that have practiced the present method for a relatively short period of time.

Abstract: Apparatus for shaping conductors critically spaced on a carrier that are bonded to contact locations on a substrate surface. The conductors are cantilevered with each adjacent conductor bonded to a contact location that is a different distance from the carrier. Each conductor remains in the plane of the support of the carrier to the vicinity of its respective contact location where it is shaped to extend nearly vertically toward the substrate then horizontally across the contact location exerting pressure on the contact location.

Abstract: An SCSI cable assembly (30) with a termination circuit included within one of the connector housings (44) is disclosed. The termination circuit is on a circuit board (52) that is retained within a cavity (68) between two solder nest halves (50). The solder nest halves (50) have a plurality of openings (70) that are in alignment with contact pads (54) on a surface of the circuit board (52). Solder segments (100) are arranged within the openings (70), and conductors (48) of a cable (32) are individually inserted into the openings in thermal engagement with the solder segments to form a solder nest assembly (40). An electrical connector having a plurality of contact leads (58) spaced similarly to the spacing of the openings (70) is assembled to the solder nest assembly so that each lead (58) is in thermal engagement with a respective conductor (48) in a respective opening (70). Each lead (58) is attached to a common carrier strip (104) which is a self regulating temperature heater.

Abstract: A high efficiency thermal interposer comprising a first hollow disk and second hollow disk, held together by thermally isolating fasteners. The fasteners keep the disks from touching one another. In an illustrative embodiment of the invention, the first disk is the low temperature disk portion and the second disk is the high temperature disk portion of the heat shield. Furthermore, according to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the space between the disks is filled with small thermally conductive particles (e.g., stainless steel spheres) which are in thermal contact with the high temperature disk; but which are not in contact with the low temperature disk. The thermal interposer/heat shield includes means for introducing cold jets of air into the cavity containing the particles, means for circulating the air therebetween, and means through which the air can exit from the cavity to carry away the heat picked up from the particles inside the cavity.

Abstract: In a bonding station the parts of the apparatus to be bonded are retained at a thermal bias temperature at a permitted level and a thermal check valve interface is provided between the bonding location and the part of the station that would serve as a conduction heat sink, thereby thermally insulating other uninvolved parts of the structure and and confining the bonding heat to the bonding region. Such confinement reduces the dwell time that the bond must remain at the bonding temperature. The bonding station has a number of features: the parts to be bonded are maintained on a support member that is provided with a heat biasing capability that can establish the assembly at a specified temperature; a retention capability, such as the use of vacuum, is provided to maintain registration and thermal contact of the part with the support; and a thermal check valve capability is provided to control the rate of heat flow through the support member so that locallized heat is controlled in dissipation.

Abstract: A machine provides automated counting of integrated circuit (IC) parts packed in a shipping tube which may be, for example, an opaque shipping rail for translation of the rail along the track. An elongate support or track receives and holds a shipping rail. A first rail sensor positioned adjacent to the track senses the presence of a rail on the support track and generates a start count signal. A second rail sensor positioned along the track generates a stop count signal after the scanning of the rail by the sensors is completed. An IC parts sensor provided by an inductive proximity sensor is positioned adjacent to the track between the first and second rail sensors and senses the presence of IC parts contained in the shipping rail. A roller drive translates the shipping rail and the sensors relative to each other for scanning of the rail by the sensors. The parts sensor generates parts counting signals from the start count signal to the stop count signal.

Abstract: A mechanically raked bar screen, particularly for use in screening sewage, which comprises an array of screen bars in side-by-side, spaced-apart relationship, each bar being removably mounted on bar mountings and preferably so mounted that each bar can move towards or away from adjacent bars.

Abstract: In a domestic two door side by side refrigerator, means for adjusting the curvature of the mullion cover so as to provide thereon a good sealing surface of the doors. The means comprises a spring which biases the mullion cover in a first direction, and a screw element acting upon the mullion cover in opposition to the spring bias.

Abstract: In a side by side refrigerator-freezer appliance, thermal leakage between the compartments is reduced by forming the liners separately for each compartment, but without the partition wall. Adjacent edges of the liners are spaced apart and desirably out-turned to form a truncated V groove. A partition wall is separately formed and foam insulated; edges of the partition are upset to form a tongue slidable along the groove whereby the partition is retained in position.

Abstract: An electrochemical gage for measuring partial pressures of oxygen. The gage is preferably in miniaturised form and uses an internal reference or standard of palladium: palladium oxide. The internal reference is disposed in a compartment defined by walls of solid electrolyte.