Abstract: Calculating, detecting, observing, and validating operating characteristics, conditions, and metrics, especially quality of service metrics, of a system. The quality of service metrics are reported and utilized to manage the service. The various elements of the system for generating the quality of service metrics are integrated, with the same or substantially the same schema and metadata in the databases management systems of the externalized metric configuration data database, and the raw transaction data database. There is extensive code reuse, with the various engines, as the standard requirements methodology engine and thee standardized extensible calculation engine utilizing the same classes or objects, and as appropriate, the same function calls, interfaces, api's, and the like.

Abstract: Calculating, detecting, observing, and validating operating characteristics, conditions, and metrics, especially quality of service metrics, of a system. The quality of service metrics are reported and utilized to manage the service. The various elements of the system for generating the quality of service metrics are integrated, with the same or substantially the same schema and metadata in the databases management systems of the externalized metric configuration data database, and the raw transaction data database. There is extensive code reuse, with the various engines, as the standard requirements methodology engine and thee standardized extensible calculation engine utilizing the same classes or objects, and as appropriate, the same function calls, interfaces, api's, and the like.

Abstract: The rewinder has a tubular housing defining an interior chamber which is open at the top and bottom ends and has an inboard annular shoulder and an aperture through the housing wall. A winder with a handle and an annular shoulder is received in the chamber with the handle extending out the bottom. The winder annular shoulder and the chamber form an annular rewinding compartment. The inboard end of the spring is held to the winder while the spring passes through the aperture in the chamber wall and the rewound spring is retained in the compartment by a cover. The rewinder also has an element that adjusts the effective diameter of the compartment.

Abstract: An improved spring rewinder for compressively rewinding a ribbon-type spring of concentric coils is disclosed.

Abstract: An adjustable seat bracket particularly useful in connection with vehicular seats, and a set assembly including a seat affixed to the adjustable seat bracket are disclosed. The bracket has first and second support means joined by a hinge at their respective rear portions. The bracket is provided with latch means for releasably maintaining the support members in a fixed angular relationship with each other. In a preferred embodiment, the latch means comprises a slotted catch bar projecting from one support member, and a bolt means movably attached to the other support member and adapted to engage the slotted catch bar.A seat may readily be affixed to the present bracket which is in turn easily attached to a seat support surface.

Abstract: A dynamometer and method for determining the power of a prime mover includes drive means mounted for rotation by a prime mover, and oscillatory means adapted to move in a linear reciprocal manner. Translation means are provided whereby the rotary motion of the drive means is transformed to linear reciprocal movement of the oscillatory means, the force imposed on the oscillatory means by the translation means being directly proportional to the angular force imposed by the drive means on the translation means. Means are further provided for applying a variable resistive force to the oscillatory means in opposition to movement thereof in one direction without generating significant amounts of friction heat, movement in the one direction being caused by the translation of motion from the drive means. The amount of resistive force imposed on the oscillatory means is correlated with the rotary speed of the drive means to determine the torque of the drive means and the power of the prime mover.