An improved double wrap brake band for an automatic transmission and the method of making the band wherein the band is lightweight and heat set round at the released open position with the utilization of thinner strap material at higher hardness ranges. The band is formed from a preslotted and preformed strap and a stamped one-piece bracket member secured to the strap. The band subassembly is heat...

A pipelined microprogrammed data processing system is provided having a three-stage pipelined architecture implemented so as to in effect provide for the execution of a plurality of microinstructions using three separate processors operating 120 degrees out of phase with one another and sharing the same physical hardware. Synchronized microinstruction tasking and dynamic resource allocation are al...

p-Hydroxyphenylacetic acid is prepared by reduction of p-hydroxymandelic acid with HI in the presence of red phosphorus. According to a preferred embodiment, the reaction is carried out in one vessel in which the mandelic acid is prepared in situ from phenol and glyoxylic acid.

A construction kit for producing lighting-tube systems or three-dimensional frameworks, comprising tubes connected by connecting pieces, wherein the connecting pieces each have at least one tubular extension, and wherein the tubes which are divided along axis-parallel surface lines into two interlockable tube shells. The tubes have, at each of their ends, a horseshoe-shaped end flange. The end fla...

A loose probe alarm in which a temperature responsive element (14) arranged for attachment to a body is periodically heated (20, 22, 26) and the effects of self-heating of the temperature responsive element are monitored (32, 36, 38) to determine whether the temperature responsive element has been dislodged from the body. The alarm is arranged to sense the difference in the amount of heat dissipat...

A loose probe alarm in which a temperature responsive element (14) arranged for attachment to a body is periodically heated (20, 22, 26) and the effects of self-heating of the temperature responsive element are monitored (32, 36, 38) to determine whether the temperature responsive element has been dislodged from the body. The alarm is arranged to sense during the heating period of the temperature ...