Abstract: An adapter block assembly includes an adapter block, a circuit board arrangement, and a cover attached to the adapter block so that the circuit board arrangement is held to the adapter block by the cover. Contact assemblies can be disposed between the adapter block and the circuit board arrangement. The cover can be latched, heat staked, or otherwise secured to the adapter block. Each component of the adapter block assembly can include one or more parts (e.g., multiple adapter blocks, multiple circuit boards, and/or multiple cover pieces).

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and device that can easily configure an entertainment system automatically or semi-automatically. The reconfiguration of the entertainment system can be achieved by cycling through the possible configurations of the entertainment system (i.e. different combinations of operational states of the components that make up the entertainment system) by changing various operational states of certain components until an operable configuration is found. The invention may be implemented in any component of the entertainment system including a set-top-box, satellite receiver or a remote control.

Abstract: A device for sensing the respiratory air of a patient. The device includes a venturi tube through which the patient inspires and expires, the tube having a constricted midportion. The tube also has an inspiration orifice, an expiration orifice, and a central orifice therebetween. An air mass flow sensor is positioned in the tube. A flow direction housing is attached to the tube and has a channel with an inspiration portion, an expiration portion, and a central portion therebetween. The housing also has an inspiration opening providing communication between the tube inspiration orifice and an end portion of the inspiration channel away from the central channel portion, an expiration opening providing communication between the tube expiration orifice and an end portion of the expiration channel portions away from the central channel portion, and a central opening providing communication between the tube central orifice and the central channel portion.

Abstract: A circuit for electrically controlled intermittent motion having a time-delay relay and an all-purpose double-pole-double-throw relay for use in conjunction with a gear-head motor having an output shaft, which, upon application to the circuit of a triggering signal either momentary or prolonged for several minutes, rotates approximately 360.degree. and stops.