Abstract: A sublimation device with an actuator body to enable modulated vapor production and including a heating bowl and a heating tip with complementary shapes.

Abstract: A sublimation device with an actuator body to enable modulated vapor production and including a heating bowl and a heating tip with complementary shapes.

Abstract: The present invention includes a system for carrying an electronic device with a Faraday material configured to protect a user from undesirable wave radiation while allowing said electronic device to transmit and receive signals.

Abstract: A cyclist's desired position on a bicycle seat is maintained by a bicycle seat attachment, a replacement seat for either a new or used bicycle, or a bicycle seat system comprising a seat configured to cooperate in a variety of ways with a lower garment worn by the cyclist. The cyclist may be inhibited from moving forward or backward, left or right, or even up and down by a plurality of cooperative grooves, ridges, fins and catches in the seat or in conjunction with the seat and the lower garment.

Abstract: A system and method of displaying a sequence of media clips using a application program operating on a user's computer that natively displays web content such that each media clip is automatically displayed after the previous clip is completed, where the sequence is controlled and determined at a remote location from the user's computer and the display of the sequence on the user's computer occurs without any ongoing interaction with the application.

Abstract: A system and method of displaying a sequence of media clips on a webpage rendered by a browser operating on a user's computer such that each media clip is automatically displayed after the previous clip is completed, where the sequence is controlled and determined at a remote location from the user's computer and the display of the sequence on the user's computer occurs without any ongoing interaction with the browser by the user.

Abstract: A suspended metal ceiling system having a grid of support members suspended from a structural ceiling and a plurality of ceiling panels positioned on the grid of the support members having a locking mechanism for connecting the ceiling panels to the grid actuatable from a side wall of the ceiling panels.

Abstract: A suspended metal ceiling system having a grid of support members suspended from a structural ceiling and a plurality of ceiling panels positioned on the grid of the support members having a locking mechanism for connecting the ceiling panels to the grid actuatable from a side wall of the ceiling panels.

Abstract: A sensor operable at temperatures in excess of 400° C. is described. The sensor of the present invention operates without fluid fill, is non-porous, non-contaminating, and has no exterior exposed metallic components. The sensor includes a non-porous, impermeable sensing diaphragm that may be positioned in direct contact with fluids in an ultra-pure environment. The non-porous surface may be comprised of a layer of single crystal sapphire that is glassed to a backing plate. The sensor of the present invention is suitable for use in a chemically inert pressure transducer module for sensing pressures and/or temperatures in process fluids and may be molded directly into the high temperature plastic housing of the pressure transducer module.

Abstract: A fluid control module that may be connected in-line within a chemically corrosive or ultra pure fluid flow circuit that delivers fluids in either a liquid or gaseous state. The fluid control module of the present invention may be utilized to control the flow, pressure or volume of fluid flowing through the fluid flow circuit and is capable of automatically adjusting or “calibrating” the module to compensate for changes in atmospheric pressure or drift in the pressure sensors of the fluid control module. The fluid control module also includes a rapid or macro adjustment of the control valve to reach the desired flow rate at a quicker pace.

Abstract: A fluid control module that may be connected in-line within a chemically corrosive or ultra pure fluid flow circuit that delivers fluids in either a liquid or gaseous state. The fluid control module of the present invention may be utilized to control the flow, pressure or volume of fluid flowing through the fluid flow circuit and is capable of automatically adjusting or “calibrating” the module to compensate for changes in atmospheric pressure or drift in the pressure sensors of the fluid control module. The fluid control module also includes a rapid or macro adjustment of the control valve to reach the desired flow rate at a quicker pace.

Abstract: A urethane wheel including a hard urethane hub formed with a rim facing radially outward, and including stand-off ribs spaced equidistant thereabout. The stand-off ribs having centering notches opening radially outward. A thin wall polyurethane annular bladder with an interior annular stand-off skirt facing radially inward, contacting the centering notches of the stand-off ribs, and cooperating to position the bladder both radially and axially about the rim. The tire body is formed of soft polyurethane which surrounds the rim, encapsulates the bladder creating and integral cavity, and forms a contoured surface. A method of manufacturing the wheel which includes selecting a pressurized annular bladder, locating the bladder both axially and radially about the rim, forming a concentric bridge space having axial communication channels between the rim and bladder, and then pouring liquid urethane in a mold to form the tire.

Abstract: The present invention is a pre-pressurized in-line skate wheel which is capable of being pressurized at low levels and which further includes an integral bladder device having an annular tube and three bladder rods which are in fluid communication with respect to each other. The wheel is configured with a rigid polyurethane hub formed with a drop center and further having a pair of radially extending flanges with three pairs of axial openings. The hub is further formed with three radially projecting spokes. The tire body surrounds the bladder device and is constructed of a generally more resilient polyurethane which bonds to the hub, flanges and bladder. The method of manufacture utilizes blow molding techniques for the bladder device which includes a post vulcanization chlorine bath. The tire body is formed using liquid thermoset polyurethane poured into an open cast mold.

Abstract: An in-line skate wheel having a shaped foam core which cooperates with load bearing side walls to dictate degrees of flexure of such walls in response to loading thereof from different directions. The wheel structure includes a polyurethane tire body which encapsulates a foam mandrel and a hub.

Abstract: A skate wheel including a hard urethane hub formed with a drop center between radially projecting guide flanges, and including stand-off ribs disposed in equidistant spaced relation thereabout. Pairs of centering fins are spaced axially along a number of stand-off ribs thereby forming a central groove along the drop center. An annular bladder with an interior annular stand-off skirt is nested within the centering fins and concentric with the drop center. The wheel body is formed of a soft polyurethane and surrounds the drop center and encapsulates the annular tube, thereby forming a contoured surface. A method of manufacturing the wheel that includes selecting a welded seam annular tube, pre-pressurize it and then further pressurize it through the exothermic reaction by pouring liquid urethane in a mold to form the tire.

Abstract: A pre-pressurized in-line skate wheel including a hard polyurethane hub having a drop center formed between radially projecting guide flanges formed with axially projecting windows as spaced equidistant thereabout in an annular array. A bladder device includes a plurality of pressurized hollow cross rods nested at their opposite ends in such windows and surmounting on their radially outward sides a pressurized annular tube arranged concentric with the drop center. A soft polyurethane wheel body is formed in such drop center and projects radially outwardly to encapsulate the annular tube and form an elliptical annular tread surface. The method of manufacturing the tire includes blow molding the cross rods and the annular tube and pressurizing them to the desired individual pressures so that the resultant tire will exhibit the combined benefits of polyurethane cushioning and shock absorption associated with compressible gases.

Abstract: A pneumatic in-line skating wheel having a tire body and central hub chemically bonded during a polyurethane casting process and further including an annularly encapsulated air bladder centrally spaced within the tire body to provide shock absorption. The bladder in one embodiment is in communication with a valve for inflation and deflation thereof such that the overall tire resiliency may be adjusted, enabling adjustable performance characteristics of the wheel. One embodiment of the valve incorporates a resilient core within a rigid barrel and stretchable to allow an inflation needle to stretch the core and drive a poppet off a seat at the interior end of the barrel.

Abstract: A pneumatic in-line skating wheel having a tire body and central hub chemically bonded during a polyurethane casting process and further including an annularly encapsulated air bladder centrally spaced within the tire body to provide shock absorption and inflation/deflation means such that the overall tire resiliency may be adjusted, enabling adjustable performance characteristics of the wheel.

Abstract: A skate wheel hub assembly incorporating confronting hub rims cooperating to form at their radial outer extremities a V-shaped tire seat. The tire seat supports an elastomeric tire having a rigid mounting ring projecting radially inwardly. The mounting ring is locked between the confronting rims to eliminate relative movement between the tire and the wheel hub. In one form, the bearing assemblies may be offset in staggered relation on alternating opposite sides of a longitudinal skate center line.