Abstract:
Apparatus and methods for training a person in route management are based on a personal computer. The apparatus may be used for example to train a bus driver to follow a new or changed route. A data store stores data streams corresponding to different kinds of information of the route, including video of the route, audio data, sound data, GPS and time data, and vehicle engine management data. A VDU and loudspeaker are used as output devices to present the plurality of data streams to a user such that they are co-related to the route to be followed. Data streams corresponding to different route information are not combined in the data store, but comprise cross-referable data. The computer is programmed to present the first data stream and the further data stream in a co-related manner via the output devices and in dependence upon the cross-referable data.
Abstract:
A connector assembly includes first and second hoses, a tubular connector, and a clamp. The tubular connector includes first and second radial projections that are spaced apart along an axial direction of the tubular connector. The tubular connector extends into the first hose, and the first radial projection of the tubular connector engages with the inner surface of the first hose. The tubular connector also extends into the second hose, and the second radial projection of the tubular connector engages with the inner surface of the second hose. The first hose extends into the second hose so that the first and second hoses axially overlap in an area between the first and second radial projections of the tubular connector. The clamp engages the outer surface of the second hose in the axially overlapping area of the first and second hoses to clamp the first and second hoses to the tubular connector.
Abstract:
An air cleaner located in the air intake tract of an internal combustion engine includes a filter housing, a filter element, and a sealing ring. The sealing ring comprises a support rim and a lip seal. The sealing ring is adapted to form a seal between an internal annular sealing surface of the filter housing and an interior annular sealing surface of a sealing band that is attached to one axial end of the filter element.
Abstract:
A seal arrangement for a secondary air charging system includes a seal sealing a gap between an intake opening of the secondary air charging system and a downstream surface of an air intake filter.
Abstract:
A sheath shaped and dimensioned for reducing trauma and easing insertion thereof includes an inner sheath member, the inner sheath member including an inner sheath tip having a primary bevel and a circumferential conical surface. The sheath also includes an outer sheath member shaped and dimensioned to fit around the inner sheath member in a manner permitting relative movement. The outer sheath member includes an outer sheath tip having a primary bevel and a circumferential conical surface.
Abstract:
There is disclosed a method for simulating the appearance of an article having surface texture comprising the step of applying a textured skin having a surface texture to a prototype to produce a textured prototype, thereby to simulate the appearance of the article having surface texture.
Abstract:
A spindle nut and a locking device are disclosed for securing the nut on a spindle in a non-rotative position relative to the spindle. The assembly comprises the spindle nut, an antirotation spring and a spring backup plate mounted on the spindle. The antirotation spring and spring backup plate may be formed as a single unit.
Abstract:
Apparatus for desorbing gas from a liquid comprises a deflector for imparting a helical movement to the liquid, a nozzle forming the outlet of the deflector, a stepped desorption tube extending upwardly from the nozzle and a receptacle enclosing the outlet end of the desorption tube. A vacuum pump is connected to the receptacle to reduce pressure within the receptacle and feed and extraction pumps are respectively connected to the deflector and the receptacle to pass the liquid through the desorption tube and to remove de-gassed liquid from the receptacle. The desorption tube has an inlet end with a larger cross-sectional area than the outlet of the nozzle and a cross-section which increases stepwise along the length of the desorption tube. Liquid issues from the nozzle in the form of a divergent jet which extends radially outwards into contact with successive sections of the desorption tube which are bounded by a stepwise change in cross-sectional area to thereby seal totally enclosed spaces between the jet and said sections of the desorption tube.
Abstract:
A composite focus tube for a cutting head of an abrasive waterjet cutting machine includes a chemical vapor deposition diamond (CVDD) tube retained within a holder. The CVDD tube is held within a passage extending through the holder by filling the volume between walls of the CVDD tube and walls of the passage with a polymer, ideally an adhesive, or with a low-melting point metal or alloy, which support and hold the CVDD tube in position without exerting significant stress on it. A longitudinal axis of a through bore of the CVDD tube coincides with a centerline of the holder to allow precise location and alignment of an abrasive waterjet emitted from the CVDD tube. The CVDD tube has a rough, faceted outer surface and may have a variable wall thickness. The holder may comprise the body of the cutting head.
Abstract:
Techniques for detecting stress urinary incontinence use a pressure sensing catheter the electrical indications of which are applied to a processing unit for detecting pressure levels generated during involuntary coughs. The involuntary coughs are induced preferentially by using a nebulized composition of L-tartrate in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The area under the curve generated from pressure samples is calculated and used in conjunction with the detection of urine leakage to determine the existence of stress urinary incontinence.