A circuit pack self-testing system adapted to carry out tests on circuit pack electronic devices is disclosed. The self-testing system executes various test programs in a test suite, and keeps an historical record of test results from previous test suites in non-volatile memory. The historical record is updated only when the most recent results are different than the last-recorded results, and are...

Gears, particularly spur gears, are produced by powder metal techniques with minimal lead line error and eccentricity, which gears are preformed from powder metal, sintered, hardened and thereafter have their involute surfaces regenerated by a hard hob with a negative rake on the hob teeth to provide gears having aligned involute surfaces between adjacent gear teeth and, between each gear tooth an...

Most online services are not geared to support disconnected mode of operation of a mobile device. This invention describes a method to make online services available to mobile users in disconnected mode by exchanging structured electronic messages. Such as a system can be used to build a custom service by combining service offerings from different service providers, and transmit the same to a pers...

The invention relates to adjuvants that contain a lecithin, an oil and an amphiphilic surfactant and that are capable of forming a stable oil-in-water emulsion vaccine so as to minimize local reactions to the vaccine in the injected animal.

The invention relates to adjuvants that contain a lecithin, an oil and an amphiphilic surfactant and that are capable of forming a stable oil-in-water emulsion vaccine so as to minimize local reactions to the vaccine in the injected animal.

One object of the present invention-is an agent for the reduction of the degree of shrinkage in hydraulic binders, whereby said agent comprises an alkanolamine of formula R-NH-(AOH) wherein R is hydrogen or a linear or branched aliphatic or cyclic C1-C6-alkyl group, and A is a C2H4-group or C3H6-group, alone or in combination with hydroxy compounds and/or ethers. Furthermore a method for the reduc...

Scheme and apparatus for distinguishing services offered by a serviceproviding device in adjacency of the apparatus from services offered by a service-providing device not being in the apparatus' adjacency. All devices - including the apparatus - are part of a wireless local network. The apparatus maintains a record with information about services and associated identifiers as well as a list of id...

The present invention is an apparatus and method for calculating the transmit power of a mobile station by including an interference correction term in every access probe of the mobile station to more correctly estimate the path loss. The interference correction term accounts for the presence of base station pilot signals when calculating the transmit power. Importantly, the present invention is i...

Instruments and a method are provided for reducing the gap between an implant head and the underlying resected bone surface to produce a more anatomic joint reconstruction. This is accomplished by providing a reamer for counter boring the resected surface to receive the collar so that a portion of the collar is recessed into the resected surface. The present invention permits the flexibility and s...

A method and apparatus for storing and utilizing set prediction information regarding which set of a set-associative memory will be accessed for enhancing performance of the set-associative memory and reducing power consumption. The set prediction information is stored in various locations including a branch target buffer, instruction cache and operand history table to decrease latency for accesse...

An amplifier arrangement includes a class-G amplifier, biased by a first and a second pair of bias voltages, a drive control circuit and a second amplifier (C) biased by the second pair of supply voltages, the drive control circuit (DCD) thereby being adapted to turn on said second amplifier (C) at a higher input signal amplitude than the input signal amplitude at which the current in the class-G ...

An appliance packaging assembly and method therefor, including a reinforced tray disposed under the appliance, a plurality of rigid posts disposed between the tray and alongside the appliance, a transparent film disposed about the posts and the appliance, a reinforced cover having a lifting flange member on a side portion thereof, the cover disposed over the plurality of wrapped posts and applianc...

A suspension for supporting an implement on a vehicle includes a transversely extending pivot shaft secured to a frame of the vehicle and a support link swingably mounted on the pivot shaft at one end portion. A second end portion of the support link extends therefrom in a fore-and-aft direction. Two spaced-apart, fore-and-aft extending support arms are also swingably secured to the pivot shaft at...

This invention relates to a scale inhibiting composition for aqueous systems comprising (a) polyaspartic acid, and (b) a water soluble phosphonated oligomer. The compositions are effective scale and/or corrosion inhibitors, but are also advantageous from an environmental standpoint because they are non-toxic, contain no heavy metals, and have little or no phosphorus. They also have sufficient calc...

This invention relates to a scale inhibiting composition for aqueous systems comprising (a) polyaspartic acid, and (b) a water soluble phosphonated oligomer. The compositions are effective scale and/or corrosion inhibitors, but are also advantageous from an environmental standpoint because they are non-toxic, contain no heavy metals, and have little or no phosphorus. They also have sufficient calc...

This invention relates to a scale inhibiting composition for aqueous systems comprising (a) polyaspartic acid, and (b) a water soluble phosphonated oligomer. The compositions are effective scale and/or corrosion inhibitors, but are also advantageous from an environmental standpoint because they are non-toxic, contain no heavy metals, and have little or no phosphorus. They also have sufficient calc...

The invention is a receiver and a method of receiving data having a preferred application in a satellite receiver in accordance with the invention includes a memory (114) including an addressable storage array which stores a sequence of data samples contained in a time division multiplexed signal from a plurality channels (X, Y and Z) and outputs the stored data samples in a sequence of data group...

An apparatus for sealing films together along a path includes a sealing shoe and a counter shoe defining a clearance through which the films pass. The sealing shoe includes an elongated optical energy source having a length dimension oriented generally parallel to the sealing path; a reflector for focussing light emitted by the energy source; a window transparent to the light and having an outer s...

A multipurpose folding tool (16), for use by picnickers and travellers, including a corkscrew (40), a crown cap remover (78), and a can opener (80), as well as a small fork (36) and a small butter knife (32). Both the corkscrew (40) and a brace (42) for use together with it fit close to the handles (20,22) of the tool when the tool is in a compact, folded configuration. A spring (100) in one handl...

A multipurpose folding tool, for use by picnickers and travelers, including a corkscrew, a crown cap remover, and a can opener, as well as a small fork and a small butter knife. Both the corkscrew and a brace for use together with it fit close to the handles of the tool when the tool is in a compact, folded configuration. A spring in one handle keeps the corkscrew safely folded when not in use, an...