Abstract: A combined car jack and lug wrench assembly is provided that includes a driving lever configured to be used both to engage a driving head for operating a hydraulic system of the car jack and to be used as a spanner of a lug wrench assembly. The assembly can include a car jack body, a socket storage assembly disposed on the body for housing wrench sockets, and a lever storage assembly disposed on a sidewall of the body configured to secure the driving lever along a sidewall of the body, when not in use.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to an Organic Flash Cycle (OFC). In one aspect, a modified OFC system includes a pump, a heat exchanger, a flash evaporator, a high pressure turbine, a throttling valve, a mixer, a low pressure turbine, and a condenser. The heat exchanger is coupled to an outlet of the pump. The flash evaporator is coupled to an outlet of the heat exchanger. The high pressure turbine is coupled to a vapor outlet of the flash evaporator. The throttling valve is coupled to a liquid outlet of the flash evaporator. The mixer is coupled to an outlet of the throttling valve and to an outlet of the high pressure turbine. The low pressure turbine is coupled to an outlet of the mixer. The condenser is coupled to an outlet of the low pressure turbine and to an inlet of the pump.

Abstract: A trash can assembly is provided having an outer shell and a lid pivotally coupled to the shell for movement between an open position and a closed position. A foot pedal is operatively coupled to the lid such that pressing down on the pedal caused the lid to open. A fluid damper is mounted to dampen the downward movement of a lid. The damper engages a support surface operatively coupled to the lid such that the support surface moves in conjunction with movement of the lid as the lid moves between the open position and the closed position, and yet the fluid damper is unsecured to the support surface.

Abstract: A combined car jack and lug wrench assembly is provided that includes a driving lever configured to be used both to engage a driving head for operating a hydraulic system of the car jack and to be used as a spanner of a lug wrench assembly. The assembly can include a car jack body, a socket storage assembly disposed on the body for housing wrench sockets, and a lever storage assembly disposed on a sidewall of the body configured to secure the driving lever along a sidewall of the body, when not in use.

Abstract: A trash can assembly is provided having an outer shell and a lid pivotally coupled to the shell for movement between an open position and a closed position. A foot pedal is operatively coupled to the lid such that pressing down on the pedal caused the lid to open. A fluid damper is mounted to dampen the downward movement of a lid. The damper engages a support surface operatively coupled to the lid such that the support surface moves in conjunction with movement of the lid as the lid moves between the open position and the closed position, and yet the fluid damper is unsecured to the support surface.

Abstract: An electrostatic discharge protection circuit has a substrate; a first P-well installed on the substrate and having a first P+-doped region and a first N+-doped region, both of which are connected to ground; a second P-well installed on the substrate and having a second P+-doped region and a second N+-doped region, both of which are connected to a power supply voltage; and a third P-well installed on the substrate and having a third N+-doped region, a third P+-doped region, and a fourth N+-doped region, all of which are for input/output signals.

Abstract: An ergonomic wrench is provided that has an adjustable wrench head and an elongated handle extending from the wrench head. The handle includes a distal portion oriented transverse to the wrench head that defines a plurality of wrench apertures of different sizes. Each wrench aperture defining an axis of rotation for operable use oriented substantially transverse to the first axis of rotation. The wrench head can further include grip texture on an outer surface thereof to facilitate use of the wrench apertures defined by the wrench handle.

Abstract: In a power management method of a computer system, the CPU asserts a clock-suspending grant cycle in response to a clock-suspending signal issued by the south bridge chip, and the south bridge chip issues the clock-suspending signal in response to a data write cycle asserted by the CPU. The clock-suspending grant cycle is to be transmitted to the south bridge chip via the north bridge chip when the CPU is ready to enter a power-saving mode. The north bridge chip performs a first power management operation of the peripheral device in response to the clock-suspending grant cycle. The south bridge chip performs a second power management operation of the computer system in response to the clock-suspending grant cycle.

Abstract: According to the invention, a changer with a tray loading mechanism, wherein a tray holding a recording medium is transported from a storage position to a playback position and vice versa with a transport hook, which engages a recess of the tray, has a transport hook which is provided with a torsion spring for rotating the transport hook from a tray grabbing position into a tray transport position, wherein the transport hook can be rotated into the tray grabbing position in mid-travel.

Abstract: An interruption control system includes an interruption message generator, a stop clock control module and an interruption status indicating path. The interruption message generator is used for decoding and identifying a message signaled interrupt (MSI) issued by a first peripheral device or a second peripheral device when interruption is to be conducted, and generates an interruption status indicating message in response to the message signaled interrupt (MSI). The stop clock control module is coupled to the interruption message generator and the CPU and de-asserts a stop clock signal that is previously asserted to have the CPU enter a power-saving state to have the CPU deactivate the power-saving state in response to the interruption status indicating message. The interruption status indicating path is used for transmitting the interruption status indicating message.

Abstract: An electrostatic discharge protection circuit has a substrate; a first P-well installed on the substrate and having a first P+-doped region and a first N+-doped region, both of which are connected to ground; a second P-well installed on the substrate and having a second P+-doped region and a second N+-doped region, both of which are connected to a power supply voltage; and a third P-well installed on the substrate and having a third N+-doped region, a third P+-doped region, and a fourth N+-doped region, all of which are for input/output signals.

Abstract: An interruption control system includes a PIC, an APIC and a power management unit disposed in a south bridge chip of a computer system. In response to the triggering of an interrupt status indicating signal received through an interrupt status indicating pin of a north bridge module or by the triggering of a peripheral device coupled to the south bridge chip, the PIC sends an interrupt signal to the CPU via an interrupt request signal pin when the computer system is in a PIC mode. The APIC is disabled when the computer system is in the PIC mode, and enabled when the computer system is in an APIC mode to generate a memory write cycle message to the CPU in response to the triggering of the peripheral device. The power management unit is optionally triggered with the interrupt signal or the interrupt status indicating signal to awake the CPU.

Abstract: Substantially homogenous cells populations which co-express CD49c, CD90 and telomerase are made. In one embodiment, humans suffering from a degenerative, traumatic, acute injury, cardiac or neurological condition are treated with the substantially homogenous cells populations which co-express CD49c, CD90 and telomerase. In another embodiment, committed progenitor cells are made are made by selecting from a cultured source of a cell population which co-express CD49c and CD90 and modifying the cell population. The committed progenitor cells can be employed to treat a human suffering from a degenerative, traumatic, acute injury, cardiac or neurological condition and formulate pharmaceutical compositions.

Abstract: Substantially homogenous cells populations which co-express CD49c, CD90 and telomerase are made. In one embodiment, humans suffering from a degenerative, traumatic, acute injury, cardiac or neurological condition are treated with the substantially homogenous cells populations which co-express CD49c, CD90 and telomerase. In another embodiment, committed progenitor cells are made are made by selecting from a cultured source of a cell population which co-express CD49c and CD90 and modifying the cell population. The committed progenitor cells can be employed to treat a human suffering from a degenerative, traumatic, acute injury, cardiac or neurological condition and formulate pharmaceutical compositions.

Abstract: Substantially homogenous cells populations which co-express CD49c, CD90 and telomerase are made. In one embodiment, humans suffering from a degenerative, traumatic, acute injury, cardiac or neurological condition are treated with the substantially homogenous cells populations which co-express CD49c, CD90 and telomerase. In another embodiment, committed progenitor cells are made are made by selecting from a cultured source of a cell population which co-express CD49c and CD90 and modifying the cell population. The committed progenitor cells can be employed to treat a human suffering from a degenerative, traumatic, acute injury cardiac or neurological condition and formulate pharmaceutical compositions.

Abstract: Substantially homogenous cells populations which co-express CD49c, CD90 and telomerase are made. In one embodiment, humans suffering from a degenerative, traumatic, acute injury, cardiac or neurological condition are treated with the substantially homogenous cells populations which co-express CD49c, CD90 and telomerase. In another embodiment, committed progenitor cells are made are made by selecting from a cultured source of a cell population which co-express CD49c and CD90 and modifying the cell population. The committed progenitor cells can be employed to treat a human suffering from a degenerative, traumatic, acute injury, cardiac or neurological condition and to formulate pharmaceutical compositions. In a further embodiment, a substantially homogenous population of cells which co-express CD49c, CD90 and at least one cardiac-related transcription factor is made and can be used to treat a human suffering from a cardiac condition.

Abstract: An interruption control system includes a PIC, an APIC and a power management unit disposed in a south bridge chip of a computer system. In response to the triggering of an interrupt status indicating signal received through an interrupt status indicating pin of a north bridge module or by the triggering of a peripheral device coupled to the south bridge chip, the PIC sends an interrupt signal to the CPU via an interrupt request signal pin when the computer system is in a PIC mode. The APIC is disabled when the computer system is in the PIC mode, and enabled when the computer system is in an APIC mode to generate a memory write cycle message to the CPU in response to the triggering of the peripheral device. The power management unit is optionally triggered with the interrupt signal or the interrupt status indicating signal to awake the CPU.

Abstract: An interruption control system includes a first input/output interruption controller, a second input/output interruption controller, and an interruption control device bus. The first input/output interruption controller is coupled to a first peripheral device and a south bridge chip, and asserts a wake-up signal to the south bridge chip in response to a first interrupt signal issued by the first peripheral device so as to deactivate a power-saving state of the computer system. The second input/output interruption controller is coupled to a second peripheral device and a north bridge chip, and asserts a third interrupt signal in response to a second interrupt signal issued by the second peripheral device.