Abstract: A method and vehicle for brushing top dressing material into a golf green, fairway or other supporting surface. The method and vehicle employs at least four brushes to contact each blade of grass located beneath the brush pattern of the vehicle. The brushes are arranged to contact and push the grass blades back and forth with the brushes arranged at various angles to achieve the back and forth motion to work the top dressing material down between grass blades.

Abstract: A method and vehicle for brushing top dressing material into a golf green, fairway or other supporting surface. The method and vehicle employs at least four brushes to contact each blade of grass located beneath the brush pattern of the vehicle. The brushes are arranged to contact and push the grass blades back and forth with the brushes arranged at various angles to achieve the back and forth motion to work the top dressing material down between grass blades.

Abstract: An icing detection subsystem for an aircraft turbine engine is presented. The icing detection subsystem includes a plurality of air pressure sampling ports formed within structure that surrounds a rotating component of the aircraft turbine engine. The subsystem also includes a pressure sensor arrangement coupled to the plurality of air pressure sampling ports to obtain air pressure measurements for the plurality of air pressure sampling ports. A processing module is coupled to the pressure sensor arrangement to analyze the air pressure measurements over time during operation of the aircraft turbine engine, and to generate an alert when at least one characteristic of the air pressure measurements over time is indicative of the presence of ice in the aircraft turbine engine.

Abstract: Novel configurations for a miniature vibrating beam mechanical resonator provide low energy transfer to a supporting structure and low sensitivity to mounting misalignment. A symmetric suspended portion includes two vibrating beams that vibrate normal to a quiescent plane of the resonator, 180 degrees out of phase relative to one another. The vibrating beams are attached, at least at one end, to a torsional coupling element that is joined to a mounting pad along a non-translating suspension boundary. Counterbalances are attached to the vibrating beams, and the resonator is configured such that dynamic forces and moments coupled to each torsional coupling element from the vibrating beams are balanced along each nominal non-translating suspension boundary proximate to the symmetry axis and along the symmetry axis proximate to each nominal non-translating suspension boundary. Each non-translating suspension boundary is a torsional axis for a twisting deformation of the first torsional coupling element.

Abstract: A valve assembly for controlling water flow to a water delivery device. The valve assembly includes a valve body and a valve cartridge sealingly received within the valve body.

Abstract: Novel configurations for a miniature vibrating beam mechanical resonator provide low energy transfer to a supporting structure and low sensitivity to mounting misalignment. A symmetric suspended portion includes two vibrating beams that vibrate normal to a quiescent plane of the resonator, 180 degrees out of phase relative to one another. The vibrating beams are attached, at least at one end, to a torsional coupling element that is joined to a mounting pad along a non-translating suspension boundary. Counterbalances are attached to the vibrating beams, and the resonator is configured such that dynamic forces and moments coupled to each torsional coupling element from the vibrating beams are balanced along each nominal non-translating suspension boundary proximate to the symmetry axis and along the symmetry axis proximate to each nominal non-translating suspension boundary. Each non-translating suspension boundary is a torsional axis for a twisting deformation of the first torsional coupling element.

Abstract: Methods of identifying skeletal muscle activators are provided. Methods of activating skeletal muscle using skeletal muscle activators are also provided.

Abstract: A valve assembly for controlling water flow to a water delivery device. The valve assembly includes a valve body and a valve cartridge sealingly received within the valve body.

Abstract: A thermostatic faucet including a holder configured to be coupled to a mounting deck and a thermostatic valve assembly supported by the holder and configured to be removed from above the deck.

Abstract: Techniques for selective secure database communications are presented. Communications directed to a database are inspected to determine the originators and the origins for those communications. Policy is evaluated in response to the originators and the origins of the communications. When dictated by the policy, the communications are redirected to an encryption service to be encrypted before being forwarded to the database for subsequent processing.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for marine asset security and tracking (MAST). A method includes transmitting identification data, location data and environmental state sensor data from a radio frequency tag. An apparatus includes a radio frequency tag that transmits identification data, location data and environmental state sensor data. Another method includes transmitting identification data and location data from a radio frequency tag using hybrid spread-spectrum modulation. Another apparatus includes a radio frequency tag that transmits both identification data and location data using hybrid spread-spectrum modulation.

Abstract: A document construction and management system is described. In one embodiment, documents are assembled by combining one or more modules. In one embodiment, the modules are combined according to one or more construction rules. The modules can be provided to a number of subscribers, each subscriber having one or more users. Access to each of the modules can be controlled on a subscriber basis and/or on a user basis based on different users or user classes. When new modules or new versions of an existing module are added to the database of available modules, access to the new module or version can be restricted until the new modules or versions have been reviewed and accepted. During the review period, the previous version of the module is made available to users for construction of documents. In one embodiment, one or more access rules are used to control which modules are available to which users. In one embodiment, search rules are provided to facilitate searching for a desired module.

Abstract: Force sensing transducers which employ inline sensing and an integral crossarm support for a sensing component. These transducers have a metal frame with at least one ring; a beamlike crossarm which lies within, spans, and is integral with a ring of the transducer frame; and at least one strain sensor mounted, preferably under preload, in an aperture in the innermost (or single) ring.

Abstract: A test mechanism for testing device driver hardening includes an intercept mechanism for intercepting device driver access calls from a device driver under test and an interface for configuring the intercept mechanism to inject faults according to a determined test pattern. This mechanism enables the arbitrary introduction of typical faults. These faults may be introduced totally asynchronously and so emulate real life. A test harness module can be linked in to a test build of the driver. The test harness can intercept all of the device access calls. It mimics the normal function of these calls accessing the offset address and propagating the appropriate data. A test application is able to interpret a test script and to compare device driver responses to injected faults.

Abstract: A computer system, for example a network server, comprises a service processor for providing system management functions for the system, and at least one peripheral component that communicates with, and/or is controlled by, the service processor via a communication or control line. The system includes a timer that is initialised by the service processor at a predetermined rate. If the timer is not initialised within a certain time period, it will reset the peripheral device to a different state, e.g. a quiescent state or one that is independent of the service processor. The timer is separate from the service processor and the service processor sends initialisation signals to the timer along the communication or control line.

Abstract: Force sensing transducers which employ inline sensing and an integral crossarm support for a sensing component. These transducers have a metal frame with at least one ring; a beamlike crossarm which lies within, spans, and is integral with a ring of the transducer frame; and at least one strain sensor mounted, preferably under preload, in an aperture in the innermost (or single) ring.

Abstract: A method for forming a metallic contact and manufacturing a product having an electronic component 101 and a printed circuit board 100 (PCB) includes dispensing a slurry solder paste mixture 104 including a metallic powder 105 and an acidic fluid 106, placing electronic component 101 over solder paste dispensed over a surface area of PCB 100, and applying pressure on at least a section of electronic component 101 such that at least a portion of slurry solder paste mixture 104 dispensed on the surface area and in contact with the section of electronic component 101 consolidates into at least one of an inter-metallic compound of hardened solder and a hardened alloy of solder forming the metallic contact between electronic component 101 and said PCB 100.

Abstract: A method for making high power electrochemical capacitors provides for depositing an electrically conducting polymer (20) (22) onto a non-noble metal substrate (10) which has been prepared by coating with an adhesion enhancing material (16) (18). Using the method, high power, high energy devices may be fabricated by arranging a plurality of individual capacitor cells into a stacked, bipolar device.