Abstract: A gateway device configured to receive, from an integrated development environment (IDE), a system configuration for a target device including application code for execution on the target device, the configuration being received via an encrypted network connection. The gateway device provisions the target device with the application code, receives, from the IDE, instructions via the encrypted network connection to execute the application code on the remote device and instructs the application code to execute on the remote device.

Abstract: An apparatus for preserving biological products comprising an inner housing arranged within an outer insulated housing, wherein walls of the inner housing define a compartment for receiving biological products, said walls comprising an inlet wall for inflow of a heat exchange fluid into the compartment, an opposed outlet wall for outflow of a heat exchange fluid out of the compartment, side walls and a base, the side walls and base adjoining the inlet wall to the outlet wall, wherein the inlet wall and outlet wall each include a series of apertures to accommodate a continuous heat exchange fluid flow through the apparatus such that, in operation, biological products received in the compartment of the inner housing are immersed in the heat exchange fluid to exchange heat with the heat exchange fluid.

Abstract: A vehicle cleaning system includes a vehicle having a substantially flat cabin floor from which a plurality of seats of the vehicle extend, and a robotic cleaning device. The robotic cleaning device includes wheels configured to propel the cleaning device along the cabin floor and selectively clean the cabin floor.

Abstract: A vehicle cleaning system includes a vehicle having a substantially flat cabin floor from which a plurality of seats of the vehicle extend, and a robotic cleaning device. The robotic cleaning device includes wheels configured to propel the cleaning device along the cabin floor and selectively clean the cabin floor.

Abstract: A deep cryogenic tempering process for brake components such as rotors and drums is provided, wherein the unique processing profile is dependent on properties of the specific brake components. The process comprises the steps of placing a brake component at a temperature within a cryogenic processing chamber, cooling the brake component at a descent rate until the brake component temperature is approximately ?300° F., maintaining the brake component temperature at ?300° F. for a stay time, raising the temperature of the brake component to approximately ?300° F. at an ascent rate, maintaining the temperature of the brake component at 300° F. for a post temper time, and lowering the temperature of the brake component to room temperature at a cool down rate.

Abstract: The present flying ski is designed to be towed behind a conventional powered watercraft by a standard ski tow rope or similar device having a handle that can be held by a human rider. In use, the rider is seated on the seat of the flying ski and towed by the watercraft. The improved flying ski comprises an elongate board and a seat that extends generally perpendicular to and upward from the board to support the seated rider's buttocks. The seat preferably includes a flexible C-shaped member for absorbing impacts during use. The rider's legs extend toward the front of the board and are secured by a pair of foot holders that attach to the board. An elongate strut extends downward from the board and couples the seat to a planing blade. The elongate strut is preferably formed with a V-shape wherein the length from the front edge to the back edge of the strut is greater along an upper portion for enhanced structural integrity.

Abstract: The present flying ski is designed to be towed behind a conventional powered watercraft by a standard ski tow rope or similar device having a handle that can be held by a human rider. In use, the rider is seated on the seat of the flying ski and towed by the watercraft. The improved flying ski comprises an elongate board and a seat that extends generally perpendicular to and upward from the board to support the seated rider's buttocks. The seat preferably includes a flexible C-shaped member for absorbing impacts during use. The rider's legs extend toward the front of the board and are secured by a pair of foot holders that attach to the board. An elongate strut extends downward from the board and couples the seat to a planing blade. The elongate strut is preferably formed with a V-shape wherein the length from the front edge to the back edge of the strut is greater along an upper portion for enhanced structural integrity.

Abstract: The present flying ski is designed to be towed behind a conventional powered watercraft utilizing a standard ski tow rope or similar device having a handle that can be held by a human rider. In use, the rider is seated on the seat of the flying ski and towed by the watercraft. The improved flying ski comprises an elongate board and a seat that extends generally perpendicular to and upward from the board to support the seated rider's buttocks. The seat preferably includes a flexible C-shaped for absorbing impacts during use. The rider's legs extend toward the front of the board and are secured by a pair of foot holders that attach to the board. An elongate strut extends downward from the board and couples the seat to a planing blade. The elongate strut is preferably formed with a V-shape wherein the length from the front edge to the back edge of the strut is greater along a top end portion for enhanced structural integrity.

Abstract: A deep cryogenic tempering process for brake components such as rotors and drums is provided, wherein the unique processing profile is dependent on properties of the specific brake components. The dependent properties include material, mass, and geometrical cross-section, among others, and as a result, application of the deep cryogenic tempering process to brake components results in significant improvements in performance and service life. In another preferred form, the present invention provides a brake component having an improved molecular structure as a result of undergoing deep cryogenic tempering, which results in improved structural properties such as improved warpage resistance and heat resistance, and reduced heat checking, fading, and cracking.

Abstract: A financial transaction card 2, such as a check guarantee and/or credit card includes a tagging element 4 of a high permeability, low coercivity magnetic material, such as Ni Fe. The tagging element 4 is arranged in magnetic communication with a magnetic stripe 10 of relatively hard magnetic material or in a region of the card 2 used to record identifying data, such as user details, so as to be deactivated when the user details are recorded on the card 2. The provision of the element 4 enables card blanks to be monitored by an electronic article surveillance system during manufacture or prior to issue.

Abstract: Coating apparatus for a thin plastics web comprises a coating deposition station for applying a coating to the web by vapor deposition and a support for supporting the web at the coating deposition station. The apparatus includes a device for urging gas into the region where the thin plastics web converges with the support to improve the thermal coupling between the web and the support and also to reduce the coefficient of friction between the web and support. The gas enables the coating to be applied by vapor deposition at coating speeds of up to 90 meters per minute without deformation of the thin plastics web.

Abstract: An electromagnetic article, such as a responder tag for detection by an electronic article surveillance (EAS) system, is fabricated by forming a deposit of a relatively low coercivity high permeability magnetic material on a substrate 22 under the influence of an applied magnetic field so as to provide the deposit with easy and hard axes of magnetization. During deposition the substrate is subjected to a mechanical tension 32 so as to provide the deposit with an inherent benign strain substantially aligned with one of the axes of magnetization. The inherent benign strain is arranged to dominate any detrimental strain to which the responder tag may be subjected during use, enabling detection by the EAS system to be maintained.

Abstract: A tag for use with an electromagnetic identification system includes a magnetic control component 1, having alternating regions 10, 20 of, respectively, high and medium coercivity material, and an element 30 of magnetically soft material. The element 30 may be polarized so as to deactivate the tag by, for example, selectively demagnetizing the regions 20 of medium coercivity, such as by exposing the tag to an alternating magnetic field having an initial field strength which is intermediate between the coercivity of the regions 10, 20, which may be formed as a striped coating or from a number of discrete magnetic components.

Abstract: A diesel exhaust hood system is disclosed in which a narrow smoke entry slot and large capacity allow bursts of exhaust gases from locomotive engines to be contained inside the hood. The likelihood of spillover from exhaust exceeding the fan capacity is reduced by the use of the inverted V-shape design of the smoke entry slot. A plurality of damping baffles positioned along the length of the hood can be adjusted independently to retain a constant slot velocity throughout the length of the hood.

Abstract: Transverse bowing of a plastics web coated with a magnetic thin metal film is substantially eliminated by laterally stretching the coated web such that the lateral stress applied to the metal film exceeds the tensile strength of the film and the lateral stress applied to the plastics web lies within the yield point of the plastics material. The coated web is stretched by passage over a curved roll adjusted to provide a lateral strain of at least 1% and typically 1.8% in the web, and such stretching may cause a pattern of interlaced micro-cracks to occur in the metal film. Recording tapes slit from such stretched webs exhibit negligible cupping, and the pressure of micro-cracks has no adverse effect on recording performance or wear.