Abstract: A ramp forms from three telescoping sections stored in a box secured to a tailgate of a pickup truck. The sections have an inverted U shape with the branches of the U extending downwards from the cargo bed. The sections extend telescopically with the upper section having the largest width and the lower section being the narrowest width. Each section has a stop the prevents detachment from the preceding section. In use, an all terrain vehicle climbs a pair of the ramps from the ground to the cargo bed, upon the sections, and over a storage box connected to each ramp. In the collapsed ramp, the sections are stored nested in a box clamped upon a tailgate. The ramps are approximately six feet long and collapse into a box approximately three feet high.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for an electrically conductive structure on a printed circuit board for connecting an element on the printed circuit board with other elements. The electrically conductive structure may include a contact pad on a first side of the printed circuit board and two or more connection pads on the first side of the printed circuit board. The two or more connection pads are in close physical proximity to the contact pad and electrically connected to the contact pad. The element on the printed circuit board is directly connected to one the two or more connection pads electrically. The structure permits various engineering changes to the electrical connections of elements on the printed circuit board by desoldering electrical connections to the two or more connection pad, by severing traces to the connection pads, or by severing the electrical connection between the connection pads and the contact pad.

Abstract: An electrically conductive structure and method for making circuit changes on a printed circuit board involves the use of electrically conductive tape to connect two previously unconnected points on the board. One or more sections of the tape may be used to form a low-profile contiguous path between two previously unconnected points on the board.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for an electrically conductive structure on a printed circuit board for connecting an element on the printed circuit board with other elements. The electrically conductive structure may include a contact pad on a first side of the printed circuit board and two or more connection pads on the first side of the printed circuit board. The two or more connection pads are in close physical proximity to the contact pad and electrically connected to the contact pad. The element on the printed circuit board is directly connected to one the two or more connection pads electrically. The structure permits various engineering changes to the electrical connections of elements on the printed circuit board by desoldering electrical connections to the two or more connection pad, by severing traces to the connection pads, or by severing the electrical connection between the connection pads and the contact pad.

Abstract: A test fixture adapter for a printed circuit assembly tester is presented. The test fixture adapter implements the universal portions of the tester-to-fixture interface and allows mounting of a customized fixture interface printed circuit board thereon. The fixture interface printed circuit board and the fixture itself are completely separate. The adapter may be reused from one board design to the next, requiring only that a customized fixture interface printed circuit board and a customized fixture be redesigned and manufactured.

Abstract: An electrically conductive structure and method for making circuit changes on a printed circuit board involves the use of electrically conductive tape to connect two previously unconnected points on the board. One or more sections of the tape may be used to form a low-profile contiguous path between two previously unconnected points on the board.

Abstract: A test fixture adapter for a printed circuit assembly tester is presented. The test fixture adapter implements the universal portions of the tester-to-fixture interface and allows mounting of a customized fixture interface printed circuit board thereon. The fixture interface printed circuit board and the fixture itself are completely separate. The adapter may be reused from one board design to the next, requiring only that a customized fixture interface printed circuit board and a customized fixture be redesigned and manufactured.

Abstract: An exhaust filter system for filtering a creosote component from exhaust gases of a combustion chamber burning wood, primarily for use with airtight wood burning stoves, comprises an airtight filter apparatus arranged between a combustion chamber outlet for the exhaust gases and a flue for removing the filter exhaust gases. The filter includes a gas distributing chamber in communication with the combustion chamber outlet and receiving hot exhaust gases therefrom and a gas collecting chamber in communication with the flue and delivering filtered exhaust gases thereto. A heat exchange unit airtightly connects the gas distributing and collecting chambers. The unit defines a vertical flow path for the exhaust gases and is capable of cooling the gases to a temperature range wherein the creosote component present in the hot exhaust gases in vaporized form is condensed to a liquid. A sump is mounted to receive the condensed liquid by gravity from the heat exchange unit.