Abstract: A cassette system for disks to be manufactured into hard disks for computer memory storage includes a pair of end portions and a pair of side wall portions spanning between the end portions, defining a disk receiving region. The side wall portions together define a plurality of axially aligned slots for holding the disks. At least one of the end portions includes a test disk receiver, which may be a slot or pocket.

Abstract: A carrier tape for holding a plurality of disks includes a thin, elongate strip of polymer material presenting a longitudinal axis and having a plurality of pockets defined therein. Each pocket is adapted to receive a separate one of the disks. The pockets are spaced apart and arranged along the longitudinal axis of the strip, and each pocket has at least one operable disk restraining structure for retaining the disk when the disk is received in the pocket.

Abstract: An outgassing shield (40) for a lamp socket (22) comprises a cup-shaped unit that fits over the end of the socket that penetrates a lamp reflector (12), reducing the temperature upon the socket body and substantially eliminating outgassing. The elimination of the outgassing prevents deleterious buildup of outgassed materials on the reflector surface and the interior of the lens, thereby enhancing light output.

Abstract: An electrical contact (10) for receiving an incandescent bulb (12) having a glass body (14) enclosing a filament (16), a necked-down portion (18) and a glass base (20) having two lead-ins (22, 24) projecting from an end (26) thereof, each of the lead-ins (22, 24) having a looped, electrically conducting wire that is formed at a 180° angle to lay against the glass base (20), one of the lead-ins laying on one side of the glass base and the other of the lead-ins laying on the other side of the base. The contact (10) has oppositely disposed, spaced apart arms (30, 32) formed to receive and hold the bulb. One of the arms also makes electrical contact with one of the lead-ins. A lead-in straightener (33) is formed on the arm formed to make electrical contact with the lead-in, whereby misaligned lead-ins are straightened when the bulb is inserted into a socket (40).

Abstract: An electrical connector that comprises an electrically insulating housing having a front end and a back end displaced along a longitudinal axis. An electrical contact receiving aperture is formed in the housing and is arrayed parallel to the longitudinal axis. The back end of the connector housing further includes a contact receiving entrance that has a given cross-sectional, one-way footprint and has a given length “L” along the longitudinal axis. An electrical contact is positioned in the contact-receiving aperture, and has the same cross-sectional, one-way footprint as the entrance. At least a portion of the longitudinal length of the contact, designated “L1” is sufficient to retain engagement with the contact receiving entrance until the contact enters the electrical contact-receiving aperture in the insulating housing.

Abstract: A semiconductor component includes a semiconductor chip (341, 502, 601, 701, 1101, 1410, 1501) having first and second surfaces opposite each other, a semiconductor device (301) in the semiconductor chip (341, 502, 601, 701, 1101, 1410, 1501), and a flexible substrate (120, 401, 510, 610, 710, 1000, 1050, 1300, 1401, 1510, 1520) packaging the semiconductor chip (341, 502, 601, 701, 1101, 1410, 1501).

Abstract: An angled lamp socket includes a body and a housing. The body contains therein opposing lamp retaining clips and a plurality of IDC contacts. The housing contains a plurality of holes to receive wire leads. The housing also contains a housing disc. The bottom portion of the IDC contacts are connected electrically to the wire leads and the top portion of the IDC contacts are connected to the lamp. When a lamp is inserted into the socket body, the horizontal axis of the lamp will extend at an angle in relation to the wire leads. In a preferred embodiment, such an angle is 90° thereby providing a right angle lamp socket.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor component includes applying an encapsulant (211) to a wafer (210, 430), degassing the encapsulant (211), and separating the wafer (210, 430) into a plurality of semiconductor components. Manufactured in this manner, the encapsulant (211) of the semiconductor component is substantially devoid of air bubbles and voids.

Abstract: A connector assembly which includes inner and outer connector housings and a locking spacer attached to the inner housing. The connector assembly may be obtained by the user with the locking spacer in a pre-installed position relative to the inner housing. Such pre-installed assembly includes a gasket contained within the connector assembly and held in place by the locking spacer. Latching members are provided which permit the locking spacer to be moved from the pre-installed position to a final installed position wherein the locking spacer will serve to maintain the gasket, and contacts within the inner housing, in place during use of the connector assembly.

Abstract: A lamp socket is provided that includes slidably engaging body and housing components. Resilient retention members are attached within the body component to grasp the base of a wedge base lamp to attach the lamp to the body component. Contacts extend into the body component to engage lead wires of the lamp. Such contacts extend out of the body component and through respective apertures in the housing component for electrical and mechanical attachment to a mating connector. The contacts are held in place relative to the body component by being inserted into body openings within the body component structured and arranged to hold the contacts in place.

Abstract: 050128487A lamp assembly is provided which includes a lamp, a lamp base attached to the lamp, and a lamp heater. One or more abutment regions of the lamp and the lamp base mate with one another to provide axial and rotational orientation of the lamp relative to the lamp base. The lamp heater conforms to the surface of the lamp and may be bonded thereto by an adhesive. The lamp heater may include a heater element and thermistor adjacent to a surface of the lamp. The lamp, lamp heater and thermistor are connected to a connector. A thermal breaker is connected to the heater. The thermal breaker provides a safety device to control maximum lamp temperature. The thermistor controls the operating temperature of the lamp. The lamp assembly may include a display device wherein the lamp is secured to the display device.

Abstract: A surgical smoke evacuator comprising a housing, an airflow channel through the housing, at least one filter placed in an operative position along the air flow channel, filter alignment means between the filter and housing for guiding the filter relative to the housing along a predetermined circuitous path extending between the inlet of the housing and the filter cavity within the housing during loading and unloading of the filter in the smoke evacuator, said circuitous path including at least one axial portion wherein the filter is movable axially relative to the the housing and at least one angular portion wherein the filter is movable angularly about the longitudinal axis of the filter relative to the housing.

Abstract: A waveguide (12) having a core region (16) and a cladding region (20) is formed. A portion of the cladding region (20) forms a first surface (21) and portions of both the core region (16) and the cladding region (20) forms an end surface (15). An insulative flexible substrate (14) having an electrically conductive tracing (32) with a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion of the insulative flexible substrate (14) is mounted on the end surface of the waveguide (12).

Abstract: A surgical gown is adapted to be operatively disposed to substantially cover a surgeon wearing a ventilator having a waist-mounted power unit, a head-mounted manifold structure, and at least one tube extending therebetween. The gown includes a head section, a waist section, and a shoulder section appropriately configured to cover analogous portions of the surgeon's body. A ventilator section, disposed between the head section and the waist section when the gown is operatively disposed on the surgeon, defines tube channel to receive the tube of the ventilator. This ventilator section forms an enlargement which facilitates movement of the head of the surgeon without substantial restriction by the head section of the gown. An interior tie gathers a front section of the gown around the neck of the surgeon to isolate movement between the head section and shoulder section.

Abstract: A surgical smoke evacuator includes a housing and means defining an air flow channel through the housing. At least one filter having a longitudinal axis is disposed in the air flow channel with portions of the housing defining an inlet for receiving the filter and a filter cavity for receiving the filter in the air flow channel. Tabs on the filter and associated guide slots on the housing, guide the filter along a circuitous path between the inlet and filter cavity during loading and unloading of the filter. This path includes axial portions which facilitate axial filter movement and angular portions which facilitate angular filter movement relative to the housing.

Abstract: A lamp socket comprising: a body disposed about a longitudinal axis and having a cavity therein for receiving a plurality of electrical contacts; a bottom to said cavity; a plurality of apertures in said bottom; a plurality of electrical contacts in said cavity, each of said contacts having a lamp receiving portion within said cavity and an elongated terminal portion extending through said apertures and being bent at substantially 90 degrees to said longitudinal axis, said elongated terminal portions extending beyond the periphery of said body; latching tabs formed on said body adjacent said bottom; and a housing having a body receiving compartment and an elongated terminal portion receiving shroud joined to said housing, said body receiving compartment including latching slots for cooperative engagement with said latching tabs, said body being mounted in said body receiving compartment with said latching tabs being engaged with said latching slots.

Abstract: A suction delivery system for removing surgical smoke from an operative site includes a hose having the configuration of a first tube and adapted to extend generally between a suction source and the operative site. A wand coupled to the distal end of the hose has the configuration of a second tube with first portions of the wand define a major suction inlet while second portions of the wand define a lateral opening which relieves suction pressure when the major inlet is blocked by tissue. A tip section of the wand includes a vane extending at least partially across the major opening and a strut extending to support the vane outwardly of the major opening. The tip section also includes means providing a laterally visible indication of the degree of contamination of the system.

Abstract: The present invention features an electrical and electronic connector module having six degrees of freedom. The connector module is particularly useful in advanced electrical and electronic wiring systems, such as multiplexed wiring systems, wherein many electrical functions or signals share common wire pathways. The connector module comprises a male header containing a plurality of male connector elements. A plurality of female connector elements disposed in a receptacle assembly is designed to align and mate with respective ones of the male connector elements disposed in the male header. The header and receptacle align by means of a pair of header shoulder bolts that seat within apertures disposed on distal ends of the receptacle. The mating of the male-female connectors is assured by reason that the receptacle is allowed to float within a housing, which forms part of the receptacle assembly.

Abstract: An article such, as an electrical connector, for mounting upon a substrate, such as a printed circuit board. The article includes a mounting plane having locating and centering means thereon. The locating and centering means comprises first and second spaced apart, depending lugs, each of which tapers from a first diameter proximal the mounting plane to a second diameter, narrower than the first diameter, distal said mounting plane. The first lug has a longitudinal slot extending its length in a given direction and the second lug has a longitudinal slot extending its length in a direction orthogonal to the given direction. The slots extending in different directions provide a centering and holding response which fixes the connector in position so that subsequent operations may be performed.

Abstract: An article such, as an electrical connector, for mounting upon a substrate, such as a printed circuit board. The article includes a mounting plane having locating and centering means thereon. The locating and centering means comprises first and second spaced apart, depending lugs, each of which tapers from a first diameter proximal the mounting plane to a second diameter, narrower than the first diameter, distal said mounting plane. The first lug has a longitudinal slot extending its length in a given direction and the second lug has a longitudinal slot extending its length in a direction orthogonal to the given direction. The slots extending in different directions provide a centering and holding response which fixes the connector in position so that subsequent operations may be performed.