Abstract: A universal pinch weld protective adapter is used with automotive floor jacks and inground hydraulic lifts to safely raise unibody vehicles. The invention protects a unibody vehicle's pinch weld from damage when lifted using the invention. The invention is formed by welding pieces of steel square tubing to create a single embodiment. A protective layer of PVC covers the top of the embodiment and the beveled slot. A layer of nonskid rubber protects the surface of the lifting device that the invention is placed on and the bottom of the invention. The invention's beveled slot design makes it self-centering. The use of steel square tubing creates an invention specifically designed for heavy-duty use with lifting devices used to lift unibody vehicles.

Abstract: A vehicle brake booster includes a brake input member configured to receive a braking input force and a booster housing divided into a first chamber adjacent the brake input member and a second chamber remote from the brake input member. A poppet valve includes a poppet valve body and a poppet seal, the poppet valve operable to maintain separation between pressure and vacuum during assisted braking and further being operable to enable evacuation of the air from the first chamber through one or more side ports of the poppet valve body upon release of the braking input force and completion of the assisted braking A restrictor element provides a predetermined release speed for the booster. The one or more side ports define a total flow resistance of the poppet valve body which is less than an effective total flow resistance of the poppet valve body set by the restrictor element.

Abstract: A vehicle brake booster includes a brake input member configured to receive a braking input force and a booster housing divided into a first chamber adjacent the brake input member and a second chamber remote from the brake input member. A poppet valve includes a poppet valve body and a poppet seal, the poppet valve operable to maintain separation between pressure and vacuum during assisted braking and further being operable to enable evacuation of the air from the first chamber through one or more side ports of the poppet valve body upon release of the braking input force and completion of the assisted braking A restrictor element provides a predetermined release speed for the booster. The one or more side ports define a total flow resistance of the poppet valve body which is less than an effective total flow resistance of the poppet valve body set by the restrictor element.

Abstract: A rotating seal for a gas turbine engine includes: (a) an annular seal body; (b) a sealing component carried by the seal body which is adapted to form one-half of a rotating seal interface; and (c) an impeller carried by the seal body which comprises a plurality of radially-inwardly-extending impeller blades.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for providing health care information to health care providers and for obtaining information pertaining to the practice of a health care provider by providing incentives for provision of such information.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for providing health care information to health care providers and for obtaining information pertaining to the practice of a health care provider by providing incentives for provision of such information.

Abstract: An exemplary fiber metal laminate includes at least two metallic layers and at least one fiber layer bonded between the two metallic layers. The fiber layer includes a resin matrix and organic polymeric fibers with a modulus of elasticity greater than 270 GPa. The polymeric fibers may include poly diimidazo pyridinylene fibers. The metallic layers may include pre-treated aluminum alloy layers.

Abstract: An interface mechanism (10) between two processors, such as a host processor (70) and a processor (31) in an intelligent controller (30) for mass storage devices (40), and utilizing a set of data structures employing a dedicated communications region (80A) in host memory (80). Interprocessor commands and responses are communicated as packets over an I/O bus (60) of the host (70), to and from the communication region (80A), through a pair of ring-type queues (80D) and (80E). The entry of each ring location (e.g., 132, 134, 136, 138) points to another location in the communications region where a command or response is placed. The filling and emptying of ring entries (132-138) is controlled through the use of an `ownership` byte or bit (278) associated with each entry. The ownership bit (278) is placed in a first state when the message source (70 or 31) has filled the entry and in a second state when the entry has been emptied.