Abstract: The present invention provides a monodirectional pump comprising a body within which is accommodated a motor which activates a bladed rotor, the pump comprising an inlet opening for liquid and two outlet tips allowing for release of the liquid sucked by the pump through the two outlet tips simultaneously. The present invention also provides the uses of the pump, particularly in a system for washing surfaces, for example automobile windows and/or headlights.

Abstract: A water circulation pump for an aquarium includes a shaft centrally engaged to the impeller. The free end of the shaft includes a pinion securely mounted to drive a reduction device. The reduction device includes a gear set having a final output gear that has an output shaft mounted to provide an extra power source. For example, the output shaft can drive a decorative device to make the aquarium looking more vivid and vigorous.

Abstract: A turbomolecular pump including a plurality of separate one-piece stator elements, with each stator element including a respective housing part of a cylindrical housing of the pump, a stator disc, and a spacer disc that determines spacing between adjacent stator discs, and a plurality of rotor discs arranged in the pump housing and alternating with the stator disc.

Abstract: A through-flow blower assembly includes a housing that carries a motor assembly. The motor assembly has a stator, and a rotor that rotates a shaft when energized. The rotor has openings therethrough. A fan shell has an axial opening and is coupled to the housing. At least one rotating fan is carried by the shaft. The rotating fan draws working air through said axial opening and exhausts the working air through an exhaust port of the housing. The rotating fan has a diameter larger than the rotor. A cooling fan is attached to the rotor and includes a fan disc and a fan ring. The fan disc is connected to the fan ring by a plurality of blades, said fan ring having an eye that is directly adjacent the rotor openings. The cooling fan has a diameter no larger than said rotor. As the rotor rotates, the cooling fan draws a portion of the working air over the motor assembly for cooling purposes. Stationary fans may be carried by the fan shell if more than one rotating fan is provided.

Abstract: An air chamber device has an air pump having a first air discharge valve, an air chamber connected to the air pump for receiving air discharged by the first air discharge valve, and a second air discharge valve for discharging air from the air chamber. The air pump has an elastic body having an upper elastic part and a lower elastic part connected together to define an interior space. At least one through-hole is formed in the upper elastic part for introducing ambient air into the interior space.

Abstract: A compressor including a valve plate held between the body and the head with the interposition of a first and a second flat sealing gasket. The compressor further includes a thin-sheet aspiration valve associated with an aspiration hole provided on the valve plate. The entire valve is accommodated within a recessed area provided on a surface of the valve plate that is turned toward the body of the compressor.

Abstract: There is provided a fixed displacement suction and exhaust apparatus using coaxial rotary pistons, which can be used for various kinds of compressors, vacuum pumps, fluid transfer pumps or internal combustion engines. In the suction and exhaust apparatus, two rotary pistons 16a and 16b having a plurality of wing plates 17, 57, 18 and 58 radially provided in a housing 2 having a cylinder and two sealing plates, are engaged with each other to be rotated. The rotary pistons are rotatably coupled to two connecting rod elements 41a and 41b of a connecting rod 40 coupled to rotate the crank pin 15a of a crankshaft installed coaxially therewith. The suction and exhaust chambers are produced between the spaces of each of the wing plates of the respective rotary pistons as the rotary pistons rotates at different speeds, according to the teeth proportion of external gears 42a and 42b formed in the connecting rod 40 to internal gears 22a and 22b mounted on the housing.

Abstract: A progressive cavity helical device which includes a stator with an internal helical cavity. A helical rotor operates within the internal helical cavity of the stator. The rotor has a mandrel of metal, plastic or composite material and an outer covering of elastomeric or resilient material.

Abstract: A scroll type apparatus for fluid displacement is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes an adjustment mechanism capable of being adjusted after assembly of the apparatus to close an axial gap between scroll members and account for manufacturing tolerances in apparatus components. In another embodiment, the apparatus includes an orbital scroll of two portions, with a supporting portion surrounding an eccentric bearing of higher density than that of a scroll portion. The center of mass of the orbital scroll is thus moved towards the eccentric bearing to reduce torquing of the scroll as it orbits. In a further embodiment, the apparatus includes an orbital scroll having two portions, a supporting portion surrounding an eccentric bearing having a lower coefficient of thermal expansion than that of a scroll portion, to reduce thermal expansion of the supporting portion, reducing misaligmnent of the eccentric orbital scroll on the bearing.

Abstract: A scroll compressor has a non-orbiting scroll axially secured within an end cap. The compressor is of the sort wherein the back pressure chamber is defined behind the orbiting scroll. In one embodiment a spring biases the non-orbiting scroll toward the orbiting scroll. In other embodiments the non-orbiting scroll is force fit within the end cap.

Abstract: A radial compliance scroll compressor is provided where two scrolls having involute wraps are engaged with each other, the orbiting scroll of the two scrolls having a boss portion eccentrically coupled to a driving pin portion formed on the front end surface of a crank shaft undergoes an orbital motion to thus form a plurality of compression chambers whose positions are continually moved between the two wraps, and the orbiting scroll coupled to the crank shaft goes backward in a radial direction within a predetermined range to thus isolate the wraps of the two scrolls from each other and then return to the normal state, thereby forming a compression chamber, which is characterized in that: an eccentric bush is inserted between the outer circumferential surface of the driving pin portion of the crank shaft and the inner circumferential surface of the boss portion of the orbiting scroll coupled thereto to be rotatably and eccentrically coupled to the crank shaft; a stopper pin restricting the radius movement of

Abstract: A scroll compressor has a non-orbiting scroll axially secured within an end cap. The compressor is of the sort wherein the back pressure chamber is defined behind the orbiting scroll. In one embodiment a spring biases the non-orbiting scroll toward the orbiting scroll. In other embodiments the non-orbiting scroll is force fit within the end cap.

Abstract: A die head assembly for producing bicomponent meltblown fibers includes a die tip detachably mountable to a support member. The support member conveys first and second polymers separately to the die tip. The die tip has a row of channels defined therethrough that terminate at exit orifices or nozzles along the bottom edge of the die tip. These channels receive and combine the separate first and second polymers conveyed from the support member. An elongated recess is defined in the top surface of the die tip. The recess defines an upper chamber for each of the die tip channels. Stacked breaker plates are removably supported in the recess. The breaker plates have vertically aligned pairs of adjacent holes defined therethrough such that a pair of the aligned holes is disposed in each upper chamber of each channel. A filter screen is in the recess to separately filter the polymers.

Abstract: A mold exchanger system includes a transfer device for transferring a mold into, and from a vulcanizing machine. The transfer device has a height adjusting mechanism for adjusting the transferring height of the mold, and a positioning mechanism for positioning the mold relative to the vulcanizing machine. The mold exchanger system has a simplified structure and yet allows the mold to be precisely centered and positioned relative to the vulcanizing machine, and to be smoothly transferred into, and removed from the vulcanizing machine, and significantly reducing the transfer time and the removing time to thereby improve the mold exchanging efficiency.

Abstract: A mold for molding a tread, in particular of a tire, having first elements in relief and second elements in relief for cooperating in the molding configuration to form a molding element intended to mold a single cutout opening both on to the running surface of the tread and on to one of the lateral edges of said tread and to define at least one orifice intended to allow the rubber mix to pass during the molding of the tread.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for filling high aspect ratio holes in electronic substrates that can be advantageously used for filling holes having aspect ratios larger than 5:1 are disclosed. In the apparatus, a filler plate and a vacuum plate are used in conjunction with a connection means such that a gap is formed between the two plates to accommodate an electronic substrate equipped with high aspect ratio via holes. The filler plate is equipped with an injection slot while the vacuum plate is equipped with a vacuum slot such that when a substrate is sandwiched therein, via holes can be evacuated of air and injected with a liquid simultaneously from a bottom side and a top side of the substrate. The present invention novel apparatus and method allows the filling of via holes that have small diameters, i.e., as small as 10 &mgr;m, and high aspect ratios, i.e.

Abstract: A mold, a molding apparatus embodying said mold, and a method of use thereof. The mold has a moveable mold core and a multi-part mold base having at least a fixed mold base and at least one moveable or slideable mold base slideable from an adjacent to an adjoining position with regard to said fixed mold base. When the moveable mold core is in its closed position the slideable mold portions are adjoining the fixed mold portion to define a mold cavity. The mold base may be shaped so as to aid in forming a part, or to hold a sheet of material onto which molding material is to be deposited so as to encapsulate the part on one or more edges or surface regions.

Abstract: Broad parts are formed on at least one passage including a passage for forming the thinnest layer among passages for respective resin layers of a multilayer sheet at an upstream side of a confluence. In the broad parts, clearances become larger to both ends of the passage along the width thereof.

Abstract: A pressure detection apparatus of an injection molding machine composed of a drive mechanism and a movable member includes a pressure reception member disposed in the drive mechanism in such a manner as to be movable in a reciprocating direction of the movable member while being guided by a guide member. A ball screw or nut of a ball screw mechanism of the drive mechanism is fixedly attached to the pressure reception member. A load cell is disposed between the drive mechanism and the movable member in such a way as to be fixedly attached to one of a bearing ring retainer facing the movable member and the pressure reception member while abutting the other. The pressure reception member receives stress (load) directed in a rotation direction and arising from the ball screw or nut, thereby preventing imposition of the stress (load) on the load cell.

Abstract: A system for injecting a composite substance inside a forming mould comprising a supplying device and at least one measuring device and which includes at least one line formed of articulated tube sections which are double-sheathed so as to enable a heat exchanging fluid to circulate therein. The system enables limitation of head loss and control of temperature of the composite substance. A device injecting the substance inside the mould can be mounted on a movable part of the mould.

Abstract: An adjustable cam track for a mold assembly including a first mold portion, a second mold portion movable with respect to the first mold portion, a third mold portion movably interposed between the first and second portions and having at least one pair of space defining surfaces which together with the first and second mold portions defines in a closed position space for receiving plastic material to form at least one molded article. The adjustable cam track includes a guide coupled to the second mold portion, the guide defining a first portion of the adjustable cam track and a cam insert including a second portion of the adjustable cam track defining a point of release of the molded article from the space defining surfaces, the cam insert being adjustably positionable with respect to the guide to adjust the point of release.

Abstract: An injection device includes a cylinder, a plunger and a driving device. The cylinder has a port for supplying molding material into the cylinder, and the molding material supplies into the cylinder is compressed by the plunger. The plunger has a groove extending circumferentially around an outer wall of a large-diameter portion of the plunger, and the clearance between the outer wall of the large-diameter portion of the plunger and the inner wall of the cylinder is determined by a specified equation.

Abstract: Injection mold for manufacturing disc-shaped plastic objects with a central hole, which mold comprises: a first mold part; a second mold part displaceable relative to this first mold part; which two mold parts are displaceable between a closed first position, in which they together partially bound a mold cavity corresponding to the shape of an object for manufacture, and an open second position in which a formed object can be removed; a third mold part which in an active position extends through the mold cavity and in the region of this mold cavity has a shape corresponding to the shape of the central hole, which third mold part is axially displaceable relative to the first and second mold parts between said active position and a retracted rest position; which third mold part bounds with the guide sleeve a channel which is connectable to the injection nozzle of an injection molding device, which channel can be opened and closed by means of a valve consisting of a valve seat which is formed by a part of the in

Abstract: In a method of suppressing or controlling thermoacoustic vibrations which develop in a combustion system having a burner working in a combustion chamber due to the formation of coherent or vortex structures and a periodic heat release associated therewith, in which method the vibrations are detected in a closed control loop and acoustic vibrations of a certain amplitude and phase are generated as a function of the detected vibrations and induced in the combustion system, improved suppression is achieved in that, within the control loop, the amplitude of the generated acoustic vibrations is selected to be proportional to the amplitude of the detected vibrations.

Abstract: A flat-flame burner for reheat, holding, and heat-treatment furnaces for treating iron and steel products. It has at least one fuel-injection pipe lying along the axis of the body of the burner, a combustion tunnel and a combustion-air feed, the air being distributed in and by the body. The fuel is introduced via the injection pipe or pipes through at least one axial orifice lying in a plane close to the external plane of the combustion tunnel, into the combustion products. This produces a first dilution of the fuel in these combustion products, the fuel/combustion products mixture thus obtained being diluted further in the combustion air.

Abstract: An adjustable jet flame utility lighter includes a hand operative adjustable button rotatably mounted on a casing of the lighter for controlling the flow of gas through a gas emitting nozzle and a holding means mounted on the casing for holding a depressed pusher button in such a manner the lighter is kept in an ignition position. The holding means includes a guiding through channel provided at a bottom of the casing aligning with the pusher button and a holding element movably held with the guiding through channel in such a manner the holding element is arranged to mount on a ceiling of the pusher button so as to retain the lighter in the ignition position. At the same time when the lighter is in use, a user is able to adjust the size of the torching flame by rotating the hand operative adjustable button.

Abstract: A gas burner includes a tubular shaped housing having a proximal end and a distal end, the housing tapering inwardly to an outlet at the distal end to form a truncated cone. A gas supply tube is disposed longitudinally centrally within the housing and extends from the proximal end to a point adjacent the distal end in a combustion zone and terminates in a closed end wall, the supply tube and the housing defining therebetween an annular space for supply of air to the combustion zone at a pressure slightly above atmospheric. A vortex generator is disposed upstream of the distal end of the housing and includes a plurality of baffle flights extending longitudinally within the housing a radially from the gas supply tube to the inner wall of the housing, thereby supporting the gas supply tube.

Abstract: A burner, particularly for use in thermophotovoltaic (TPV) applications, is provided having a fuel distribution tube with integrated swirl vanes adjacent exit holes in the sides of the fuel distribution tube, a ceramic burner cap attached the top end of the fuel distribution tube and a liquid fuel being provided through a fuel feed tube protruding through the bottom end of the fuel distribution tube, thereby forming a burner assembly. The burner assembly fits slidably into a cylindrical burner sleeve which forces primary combustion air through a passage formed between the sleeve and the swirl vanes. The primary combustion air mixes with the fuel in the vanes and burner slot formed between the burner cap and sleeve. The fuel feed tube used to supply fuel to the burner is a heated tube having a small orifice at the burner end. The tube is heated using an internal heater that vaporizes the fuel and can also use recuperated heat from the burner combustion process.

Abstract: A gas-fired infra-red burner has a dome-shaped wire mesh burner screen bulging out of the plane of the burner opening away from a plenum. This bulge or dome effect allows the screen to undergo controlled thermal expansion without any rippling, waviness or other undesirable deformation of the screen. A metal blocking plate is secured to the center of the screen and blocks the flow of gas therethrough to create a non-radiating zone at the center of the burner, thus providing even heating over the surface of the food being cooked. A plurality of creases radiate from the approximate center of the plate in a star-shaped pattern, and the plate is bent about several of the creases to give it a concave surface which contacts the screen. When heated, the creases grow in height so that the overall horizontal dimensions of the plate do not increase as much as would a flat plate.

Abstract: Infrared emitter with luminous radiation for a supply of gas at very low pressure and of primary atmospheric air via venturi, said supply comprising at least one gas injector, an injector holder, a safety valve, a gas supply connector, especially for raised heating appliances for directional heating towards the ground and/on the sides in the agricultural, industrial, craft and service sectors, characterized in that it comprises: a geometrical structure comprising at least one first (1), second (2), third (4) and fourth (5) concentric enclosure, a substantially horizontal upper plate (6) below which the said at least first (1), second (2), third (4), fourth (5) enclosures are fixed concentrically to said plate, fitting the one inside the other, a central opening (7) leading the air-gas flow perpendicularly to said plate, into the interior space created by the first enclosure (1).

Abstract: According to the invention, in burners having a swirl generator (100), a mixing tube (220) and a combustion chamber (30), the transition from the mixing tube (220) to the combustion chamber (30) is designed with a variable radius over the circumference of the mixing tube (220). As a result, it is possible to form the flame in various shapes—from a circle to an ellipse with a ratio of width to height of 3 at most. The number of burners in a gas turbine may thus be advantageously reduced. Burners of existing gas turbines may be converted in a simple manner.

Abstract: The invention describes a tubular burner consisting of a cylindrical tubular body initially open at either end into which a distributor component can be slidingly fitted. The tubular body is provided with rows of apertures over a narrow area of the uppermost surface thereof to give the burner a flame strip. The distributor is substantially the same axial length as the tubular burner body but of smaller cross-sectional dimension than said body allowing for sliding fitment of the distributor inside the burner body. In accordance with the invention, the distributor has a first tubular portion and a second extension portion which is effectively a continuation of the upper surface of said first tubular portion, and both the tubular portion and extension portion of the distributor are provided with axially aligned flanges on either aide having a number of perforations.

Abstract: A system for the manufacture of cement clinker from cement raw meal in which the off-gases of the cement clinker production line not only undergo denitrification but also undergo desulfurization, so that even sulfur-rich raw materials and fuels can be employed without exceeding the prevailing pollutant emission limits. A substream of the oversize material (30) discharged from the mixing chamber (29) of the precalcination stage (16) as solid sorbent may be combined with the off-gas (22) and/or with a partial gas discharge (38) of the rotary kiln off-gas in order to convert the sulfur oxides contained in those off-gases to calcium sulfate (34), which is subsequently separated from the system off-gas.

Abstract: In a method for burning carbonate-containing material the latter moves as a result of gravity in counter-current to the cooling and combustion air through a shaft kiln. The fuel supply takes place by means of burning lances introduced into the granular burning material at right angles to the shaft wall. On limiting the grain size and the residence time as a result of this type of fuel supply it is possible to achieve high burning temperatures even suitable for hard burning without there being any sintering together of the granular burning material.

Abstract: A heater for heating a substrate in a supercritical fluid reactor includes a heater body having a heater chamber initially open to the interior of the reactor. The heater chamber is sized to match the substrate and includes a seal around its perimeter that seals against the perimeter of the substrate and forms a closed heater chamber with the backside of the substrate. A heating element, insulated from the heater body, preferably with pyrolytic graphite, is located in the heater chamber to heat the substrate from the backside. A clamp ring with a seal around its inner perimeter cooperates with the heater body to seal the substrate to the heater body. The heater is preferably spaced apart from the substrate, as well as the walls of the eater chamber and the insulator, to provide uniform heating by transferring heat through the supercritical fluid.

Abstract: A firing setter, which is useful for a heat treatment or firing step upon production of ceramic-based electronic device components or production of metal-based components obtained by injection molding, is provided with plural trough-holes and has an alumina content of at least 70 wt. %. Each of the through-holes is linear with substantially the same inner diameter along a length thereof and has an inner diameter of from 0.3 to 1 mm. A process for producing the firing setter is also disclosed.

Abstract: A device that applies tension to an orthodontic appliance has a tension supplying member connected between first and second elongated straps. The second elongated strap has a series of marked positions along its length differentiated by color. A first connection member connects a position along the length of the first strap to one element of the orthodontic appliance and a second connection member connects one of the indicated positions along the second elongated strap to another element of the orthodontic appliance. Each indicated position corresponds a tension being applied to the orthodontic appliance that is prescribed for a period of orthodontic adjustment. The second connection member engages the second elongated strap at a sequence of indicated positions during successive orthodontic adjustment periods to rapidly increase the prescribed tension on the orthodontic appliance according to a pre-assigned schedule of the orthodontic adjustments.

Abstract: A reflective device is provided. The reflective device includes a reflective layer and a first region which reflects light to form an image that simulates a change in tooth color of at least a portion of a viewer's tooth.

Abstract: A dental mixing pad whose mixing surface side is constituted by a color having a low reflectance of a light having a wavelength of 470 nm±80 nm, is disclosed. It is preferred that the color having a low reflectance of a light having a wavelength of 470 nm±80 nm, which constitutes the mixing surface side of the dental mixing pad, is satisfied with at least one of the following requirements: that is, in a standard illuminant D65, L* is 80 or less, and C* is less than 20; L* is 80 or less, and h is 50°±80°; and L* is 30 or less, when expressed by an L*C*h color space.

Abstract: The device (75) for holding and/or creating a dental prosthesis comprises an implant (1) with an axis (3) and with a metal main body (50) which forms at least a large part of an anchoring part (5) intended to be anchored in a bone (71) and has an axial hole (35). A ceramic body (60) or covering is also connected nonreleasably and directly to the main body (50). A metal metal [sic] bolt (80) which can be secured in the hole (35) of the main body (50) protrudes into a blind hole (91) of a ceramic body (90) which is rigidly and nonreleasably secured on the bolt (80) and covers the end of same directed away from the main body (50), and if necessary can be ground after insertion into the mouth of a patient and permits rapid and simple impression-taking.

Abstract: There is provided a tooth surface treatment method, which enables one to effectively inhibit the progress of dental caries without impairing the aesthetics. The tooth surface treatment method of the invention includes applying a solution comprising a silver compound in an affected part of a tooth and then applying a solution comprising at least one compound selected from the group of sodium chloride, sodium bromide, sodium iodide, potassium chloride, potassium bromide, potassium iodide, magnesium chloride, magnesium bromide, magnesium iodide, calcium chloride, calcium bromide, calcium iodide thereto.

Abstract: Persons engaged in physical activities, including athletic contests and attempts to reach peak physical performance in specific physical endeavors, are assisted by a coordinated database of relevant information derived from a staff of professionals who have the ability to interact with the participants in a globalized computerized network.

Abstract: The present invention covers a swing trainer arrangement for providing recognizable signals to the user/holder of a sports club or racket to indicate the optimum swing and strike locations during playing with a ball or puck. The swing trainer arrangement comprises a first stopper and a second stopper each may be adjustably arranged to be supported at a selected location of a shaft or handle of the sports club or racket. At least one movable member is arranged to be slideably disposed between the first and second stoppers to generate a signal when they hit one another of a stopper as to indicate certain preferred arcuate swing locations of the shaft or handle during such play thereof, or indicate to the user as to inaccuracies of that swing when a sound is produced before or after the club swings through an optimum location for hitting a ball, puck or the like.

Abstract: A toothbrush kit and specially designed toothbrushes and dental utensils for use by children that teach children how to clean and care for their teeth. The toothbrushes and other dental utensils each include a gripping element formed near the middle of the handle of the toothbrush and dental utensils to provide for better gripping by a child's hand. The gripping element is in the shape of a sporting implement that also serves to make the use of the toothbrush more attractive and fun for the child. In addition to including the toothbrush and other dental utensils, the toothbrush kit also includes an instructional book for teaching the child dental health practices, a toothbrush stand for holding the toothbrushes and finger puppets ached to the stand that are animal characters from the instructional book.

Abstract: A tube deformed by supply air is placed in a pulsation position of a mannequin. An air pump expanding and contracting by supply air is placed in a cardiac impulse position of the mannequin. An air bag is placed inside an abdomen or a chest of the mannequin. An air supplier is controlled by a computer.

Abstract: A methodology in which a learner-constructed response is provided in answer to a question presented by the system, the response being evaluated by comparison with pre-defined expected responses and, based upon the evaluation, the system determining whether to proceed to another question or to offer remedial feedback. Such a learner-constructed response based evaluation methodology greatly reduces the potential for “guess-work” based correct responses and improves the training process through remedial feedback and advancement upon demonstration of knowledge.

Abstract: The display device illustrates the ability to maintain a load without the support of compressed air. The display device comprises an expandable base (24) in contact with the floor, a support (32) connected to the expandable base wherein a distal end (30) of the support is substantially, vertically above the base, and a display (17) attached to the distal end of the support wherein the display comprises a plurality of tire sections (12, 14) and each tire section has compression means (16, 18) associated therewith for compressing the tire section.

Abstract: A plug socket (1) has a plug housing (2) with a baseplate (3). The baseplate (3) has a respective contact surface (9,10) on two opposite sides in order to seat it on a printed circuit board. A contact spring (6) has two support regions (7,8) which are curved in the shape of an arc in opposite directions and which together form the shape of an S lying on its side. The contact spring (6) permits conductor track contact both in the case of surface mounting and plug-in mounting for the plug socket (1).

Abstract: An interconnected circuit module and motherboard use an electrical edge connector with conductive polymer contacts. The circuit module has electrical terminals along an edge of a front surface, and the electrical terminals extend to plated cylindrical grooves that are formed in the edge surface of the circuit module. The electrical edge connector is fastened to a surface of the motherboard and receives the edge terminals of the circuit module. When the circuit module is secured in the edge connector, the conductive polymer contacts are aligned with the cylindrical grooves of the circuit module and compressed against a land grid array on the surface of the motherboard. The connector is able to transmit electrical signals between the circuit module and the motherboard without the used of electrical pin connections.

Abstract: A computer card assembly for removeable insertion into a receiving/expansion slot of a host computer is presented. The computer card assembly facilitates the removal and recombination of at least one electronic card in an electronic card interface tray that includes a shared interface. An electronic card interface tray includes an external shared interface that can facilitate larger jacks and opposing sidewalls which together form bays or slots within the computer card assembly. The electronic card is sized to be received within a bay of the card tray to facilitate insertion of the computer card assembly into the host expansion slot. The electronic card supports the standard host interface while sharing and external interface, such as a network interface, with other cards within the computer card assembly.