Abstract:
Highly effective carbon fibre-reinforced ceramic automotive brake and clutch discs are manufactured by siliconising incompletely densified carbon-carbon fibre preforms produced by a single stage and relatively short duration (e.g. 7-14 day) chemical vapour infiltration process.
Abstract:
A contaminant detection machine (1) including a conveyor (3) which causes an object under inspection (79) to pass through a plane (48) of emitted x-ray radiation. The plane is generated by an x-ray tube (55) that emits a lateral beam, thereby permitting the distance (88) between the x-ray tube and the object under inspection to be reduced. A photo diode arch mounting assembly (104) is placed above the object under inspection and is mated to a collimator assembly (125) that also serves as the mounting bracket for the x-ray generation assembly (38), thereby preserving optical alignment between the photo diode detector array (28) and the emitted x-ray plane (48). The detector array (28) scans the object under inspection (79) so as to produce a continuous series of discrete lines, each line being analyzed by an image processing unit (116) to determine the presence or absence of a contaminant. The conveyor (3) passes over a pair of slider bed surfaces (155, 156) which are mounted in a hinged manner such that the leading edge (168) of one surface (156) is parallel to and spaced apart from the trailing edge (172) of the other surface (155), thereby creating a gap that is coplanar with the collimation slot (129) and the emitted x-ray plane (48). Each bed surface (155, 156) is rigidly constrained within open ended mounting brackets (159, 160, 161 and 162) yet can be removed by hand without the use of tools. Similarly, the conveyor (3) is supported by a roller assembly (182) that includes a tracking block (142) and pivot pin (143) which permits the roller assembly to be mounted to and removed from flip up mounts (151, 152) by hand and without the need of tools. Graphical user interfaces (249, 260, 261, 266, 275, 282 and 288) permit a user to operate the machine (1) by means of a liquid crystal display touch screen (20).
Abstract:
The invention allows the well-known class of crankcase oil windage control devices known as “crank scrapers” to achieve greater efficiency. The efficiency of a scraper is inversely related to the clearance present with moving parts sweeping past it. Typically constructed of metal, scrapers have had recommended running clearances of 0.035″ to 0.060″ for many decades. By using a material in the scraper than can safely contact the moving parts this clearance can be reduced to zero. Many versions of this new class of device built by the inventor have been tested and are in successful use worldwide in passenger car and racing engines.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to the storage and recharging of peripheral devices within a computer. In one exemplary embodiment the invention relates to an expandable computer mouse that may be stored and recharged in a port, such as a PCMCIA slot, of a portable computing device.
Abstract:
A metal chelate compound of the Formula (1) and salts thereof: wherein: one of A and B is OH and the other is an azotriazole group; and M is a metal or boron; and n is 0 to 4; compositions and inks containing a compound of Formula (1), a process for ink jet printing using the inks and an ink jet printer cartridge containing the ink.
Abstract:
A metal chelate compound of the Formula (1) and salts thereof: wherein: one of A and B is OH and the other is an azotriazole group; and M is a metal or boron; and n is 0 to 4; compositions and inks containing a compound of Formula (1), a process for ink jet printing using the inks and to an ink jet printer cartridge containing the ink.
Abstract:
A method or apparatus steers a directional antenna for a station to communicate with an Access Point (AP) in an 802.11 protocol system. The method or apparatus may include setting the directional antenna in an omni-directional pattern during a Beacon scan. After authentication with a selected AP, the method or apparatus conducts an antenna beam selection process to determine a “best” direction for communicating with the selected AP based on a metric, such as Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR), of the Beacon frames received on each of the directional antenna scan angles. The method or apparatus may be integrated into or associated with a Medium Access Control (MAC) layer and receive signal quality metrics from the Physical (PHY) layer.