Abstract: A turbine engine monitoring system is provided which disposes a data storage device in permanent association with an engine being monitored. The data storage device comprises an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory which is contained in an enclosure and permanently attached to the engine. A connection link is provided to connect the memory device in signal communication with an external device, such as an engine control unit. The engine control unit is connected in signal communication with a plurality of transducers that enable the engine control unit to monitor the operational status of a plurality of parameters relating to the turbine engine. By permanently attaching the data storage device to the turbine engine, a lifetime information of the turbine engine can be maintained in permanent association with the turbine engine regardless of replacement of the turbine engine or its related engine control unit.

Abstract: A sectioned Venetian blind slat and mechanism for joining the sections thereof to permit a broken slat to be replaced without the necessity of taking the entire blind to a repair shop. Fabrication of slats through the use of the joint mechanisms of the invention results in simplification of manufacturing techniques and the realization of economies through being able to use shorter pieces of wood such as were formerly treated as scrap in the manufacture of full length slats. Contrasting shades of wood sections may be employed to develop a contrasting pattern in a blind.