Abstract: Methods include direct and indirect communication of a lifting force to the middle slide of each drawer slide that counteracts the effects of gravity and maintains the maximum elevated position of the middle slide, where said methods cooperating with over-length drawer slides enable further improvement in rigidity.

Abstract: Constant force springs are implemented to counterbalance adjustable height work surfaces cooperating with a substructure that further cooperates with open linear extension mechanisms and position retention mechanisms further cooperating with one or more bases. The methods include direct connecting the springs, and connecting the springs to one or more chains looping over one or more sprockets, the chains then connected to the substructure where methods to control the spring ends, and to address imbalances in the spring forces are included.

Abstract: A structural configuration of a under frame cooperating with linear extension mechanisms supports an adjustable height work surface with diagonal structural elements oriented and located to extend stability from the base objects to the WS directly, or proximate to an under frame location cooperating with the WS and further comprising under frame lateral structural elements that communicates a substantial fraction of both downward loads and horizontal torsional forces to the lower extents of the vertical structural elements resulting in improved stability of the vertically extended work surface.

Abstract: A chamber device that collects, contains, and transfers undersea leaking hydrocarbon fluids from various possible leak sources, comprises a remote controller cooperating with valves and sensors to automatically modulate the transfer flow rates of one or more fluids from the device to cooperating industry equipment. The device remote controller further comprises procedural data with simulation derived process control data, and cooperates with other sensors, valves, and external data inputs to enable updated interactive procedural data, with updated process control data to reduce the probability of error while enabling automated control functions during deployment, descent, and operation. Sea surface methods of loading ballast and low density fluids combine to deliver the very large negative buoyant force to the leak site where a method to release the ballast enables device recovery.

Abstract: The invention relates the use of a containment chamber means for capturing the undersea leaking hydrocarbon fluids typically contaminated with seawater. A device operably suspended within a containment chamber is comprised of an extendable tubular component with a selectable attached bottom apparatus, and a top apparatus that is operably attached. One or more methods are described to further manipulate the positions of the bottom component apparatus and the top component apparatus that enable: purging the seawater from within device; preventing the continued emulsion of the fluids in seawater: preventing continued degradation of the coalescing oil; and accelerating the buoyant separation of the lower density fluid components from the oil component. These methods in cooperation with different bottom apparatus, cooperate with different leak source circumstances.

Abstract: An EMI/RFI shield, using very thin conductive film (250) for attachment to a plastic part (12), prepared by a process comprising the steps of creating a two dimensional representation of a surface of the plastic part (12) which is to be shielded, creating at least one pattern (254, 256) corresponding to a portion of the representation of the surface to be shielded, incising the patterns (254, 256) into conductive foil material (250) to create foil pattern parts (14, 16), detaching the foil pattern parts (14, 16) from surrounding foil material (60), shaping the foil pattern parts (14, 16) into shaped foil parts (270, 272) and attaching the shaped foil parts (270, 272) to the plastic part (12) by use of an expandable fabricating device (100), which during expansion acts to press the shaped foil part (270, 272) to the plastic part (12).

Abstract: An apparatus (10) for aligning device interconnections, which includes a structure (20) having at least one reference plane (38, 39). The structure (20) further includes a number of device bays (22). The apparatus (10) also includes at least one interconnect assembly (40), and at least one clamp (71) for locking the interconnect assembly (40) in fixed spatial relation to the reference plane (38). A clamp release (72) is provided for releasing the clamp (71) so that the interconnect assembly (40) is free to move with respect to the reference plane (40). A positioning guide (98) is provided for positioning the interconnect assembly (40) at an appropriate location with respect to the at least one reference plane (38, 39) for proper alignment while the clamp (71) is released, before again being clamped in a fixed position with respect to the reference plane (38). A method for aligning device interconnections is also disclosed.

Abstract: A frame component for a notebook computer wherein the frame component has tapered (e.g., conical) depressions that receive protrusions from printed circuit boards mounted adjacent the frame component. The tapered depressions are formed during plastic injection molding of the frame component by a tapered (e.g., conical) protrusion in the interior cavity of the mold. The tapered protrusion in the mold facilitates flow of molten plastic through a region between the apex of the protrusion and an inner surface of the mold which allows for smaller tolerances between the apex of the tapered depression and the bottom surface of the frame component. This results in an overall reduction in the thickness of the frame component from on the order of 3-4 mm to on the order of 1.5 mm. The tolerance between the bottom of the depression configured to receive the protrusion from the printed circuit board is on the order of 0.3-0.4 mm.

Abstract: A suspend (sleep) switch for a portable electronic device, such as a notebook computer, is mounted on a printed circuit board. The suspend switch includes a first contact which is positioned in juxtaposed relationship with a second contact. The contacts are formed from an electrically conductive metal or other electrically conductive material which is sufficiently resilient to support an actuator and to hold the two contacts apart in normal operation. In addition, the resiliency of the two contacts allows the two contacts to adjust to different distances between the printed circuit boards on which the contacts are mounted and the cover of the electronic device which constrains the actuator. When the cover of the electronic device is closed, the actuator pushes the two contacts into electrical contact, preferably with a wiping motion, to provide an electrical connection which can be sensed by circuitry on the printed circuit board.

Abstract: A rotatable and slidable heat pipe apparatus for transferring heat away from a microprocessor chip more rapidly than by heat sink surface area dissipation to the surrounding air alone, comprising a heat sink with an integral cylindrical passageway adapted to receive a first end of a heat pipe shaped like a crankshaft, and a heat spreader formed from a metal plate with a first end rolled up to define a cylindrical opening adapted to receive a second end of the heat pipe. The heat spreader is attached to an underside of a keyboard. Since the heat pipe is able to rotate within the cylindrical passageway and the cylindrical opening, the keyboard can be raised to an open position and lowered to a closed position quickly and simply without the risk of breaking or bending the heat pipe, and manufacturing position tolerances between the heat pipe apparatus components are increased resulting in a simplified manufacturing process.