Abstract: A panel system provides a prefabricated exterior building façade. Various wall claddings and clips for hanging wall claddings are discussed. Panel connector parts are disclosed for hanging wall cladding panels against a building wall. Panel connector parts are disclosed for hanging dual layers of insulating material against a building wall with a drainage cavity or gap defined between the dual layers. A wall cladding system includes: a building wall; a plurality of wall cladding panels each comprising insulating material and defining an external face, a rear face, and side edges, with adjacent of the wall cladding panels abutting one another along respective side edges; panel connector parts mounted on the building wall and mounting the plurality of wall cladding panels as a continuous thermal break layer against the building wall.

Abstract: A panel system provides a prefabricated exterior building façade. Various wall claddings and clips for hanging wall claddings are discussed. A wall cladding system includes: a building wall; a plurality of wall cladding planks; a plurality of fasteners extending through respective apertures in the plurality of wall cladding planks to secure the plurality of wall cladding planks to the building wall, in which each fastener has a head and a shaft, and the shaft mounts a spacer behind a rear face of the respective wall cladding plank to define a drainage gap between the wall cladding planks and the building wall. A wall cladding plank clip includes a fastener with a head and a shaft; a drainage gap spacer mounted on the shaft; and a front washer plate mounted on the shaft between the head and the drainage gap spacer.

Abstract: A system may have a power adapter with multiple ports for supplying power to electronic devices. The electronic devices may include devices such as cellular telephones, wristwatch devices, laptop computers, and tablet computers. The power adapter may supply power using wired links and wireless links. An online user account that is maintained on computing equipment in the system can communicate with the electronic devices or power adapter over a communications network. The power adapter and other components of the system may gather information such as user device charging priority settings, battery charge state information, device type information, usage history information, calendar information, and other information. This gathered information may be used in identifying an optimum power transfer strategy for the power adapter to use in transmitting different amounts of power to each of the electronic devices.

Abstract: An antenna comprising a layer of conductor having a plurality of non-conductive slits disposed therein, each slit comprising a longitudinal dimension greater than a transverse direction, a feed line disposed beneath the layer of conductor to couple signal energy between the feed line and the slits, wherein the feed line crosses each slit in the transverse direction at least once, and a dielectric layer separating the layer of conductor from the feed line.

Abstract: A vehicle having an engine that drives a transmission includes a pump that provides fluid to the transmission and a temperature sensor that monitors a temperature of the fluid. The temperature sensor generates a temperature signal. A control module receives the temperature signal and operates the pump to provide the fluid at a first pressure when the temperature signal is below an upper temperature limit. The control module operates the pump to provide the fluid at a second pressure when the temperature signal is above the upper temperature limit.

Abstract: A method and a system are provided. A request is received from a first device through a network. Local content is selected from a group of different local content to send to the first device via the network, where the selecting of the local content is based on an indicator included with the request. Audio data may be sent with the selected local content to the first device via the network.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a device that aids in the placement of eye drops from an ophthalmic medication containing bottle. The device of the present invention is designed to be attached to the bottle at all times, including while in use. Furthermore, the present invention is specifically designed to aid in the easy removal and replacement of ophthalmic solution containing bottle caps. The present invention, in its most basic form, comprises an eye ring, a bottle attaching portion, wherein the eye ring and flexible extension may be moved off of the bottle axis to permit easy removal and replacement of the bottle cap.

Abstract: Described is a combination writing instrument and dental floss dispenser. The dental floss dispenser includes a floss wrapped spool and floss dispensing cap.

Abstract: A data exporter is advantageously equipped to detect presence of an application of interest, identify exportable data of the application, including the function/service affiliation of the exportable data, and export the data in a function/service based manner. In one embodiment, the application is provided with a descriptor describing at least its presence criteria, and data published by the application, including the data's function/service affiliations, through reference to data items/types of a cross application function/service based data classification model. In one embodiment, the data exporter is incorporated as part of a processor based computing device.

Abstract: A data importer/distributor is advantageously equipped to detect presence of applications, identify importable data of the applications, including the function/service affiliation of the importable data, and automatically import or distribute the data to the applications in a function/service based manner, subject to optional user overrides. In one embodiment, the applications are provided with descriptors describing at least their presence criteria, and data subscribed by the application, including the data's function/service affiliations, through reference to data items/types of a cross application function/service based data classification model. In one embodiment, the data importer/distributor is incorporated as part of a processor based computing device.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a device that aids in the placement of eye drops from an ophthalmic medication containing bottle. The device of the present invention is designed to be attached to the bottle at all times, including while in use. Furthermore, the present invention is specifically designed to aid in the easy removal and replacement of ophthalmic solution containing bottle caps. The present invention, in its most basic form, comprises an eye ring, a bottle attaching portion, wherein the eye ring and flexible extension may be moved off of the bottle axis to permit easy removal and replacement of the bottle cap.