摘要:
A system for use in boosting the weak battery of a vehicle to permit operation of the starter of such a vehicle including at least one booster battery for providing the required energy for boosting the weak battery. The circuit for connecting the booster battery to the weak battery of the vehicle includes a relay having an electromagnetic winding connected to an energizing circuit and an armature responsive to the electromagnetic winding for operating a main set of contacts and an auxiliary set of contacts. A resistor is connected in series with the auxiliary set of contacts and the series combination of said auxiliary set of contacts and said resistor is connected in parallel with said main set of contacts. The booster battery is connected to the weak battery through said sets of main and auxiliary contacts and the armature of the relay is designed in such a way as to close said auxiliary set of contacts ahead of said main set of contacts and to open said auxiliary set of contacts after said main set of contacts so as to prevent arcing at the terminals of said main set of contacts due to the energy stored in the starter of the vehicle.
摘要:
Apparatus for pressurizing a paste for dispensing the paste includes a vessel, a follower plate and a resilient seal which is movable through the vessel with the follower plate. The resiliency of the seal provides pressure for developing a seal between the seal and the vessel, and pressurized paste provides additional pressure for developing the seal.
摘要:
An adjustable electrical load bank which comprises an upper and lower horizontal, electrically conducting plates mounted parallel to each other on a frame and both electrically insulated from this frame. The lower plate is fixedly mounted on the frame while the upper plate is movably connected thereto through four spring devices. Three vertical piles of disk-shaped carbon elements are disposed between the two horizontal plates and each have an electrical resistance between their respective upper and lower ends which varies with pressure applied thereon. An upper and lower pistons separated by an helicoidal spring are disposed in a vertical cylinder mounted on the frame. The upper piston is associated with a manually operated cam while the lower piston is fixedly connected to the upper plate. Upon operation of the cam, the helicoidal spring produces a force acting against a force generated by the four spring devices for applying pressure on the piles. An accurate adjustment within a range of light pressures on the piles is therefore enabled due to these reverse forces for thereby allowing to give to the pile resistances corresponding values. When the helicoidal spring is completely compressed, the cam can still be operated to apply relatively high pressures on the piles to vary their resistances accordingly. The load bank is particularly suitable for use in wide current range battery testers.
摘要:
A clock circuit includes an oscillator for generating a reference frequency signal, and a spread spectrum clock generator cooperating with the oscillator for generating a spread spectrum clock output signal having a fundamental frequency and reduced amplitude EMI spectral components at harmonics of the fundamental frequency. The spread spectrum clock generator preferably includes a clock pulse generator for generating a series of clock pulses, and a spread spectrum modulator for frequency modulating the clock pulse generator to broaden and flatten amplitudes of EMI spectral components which would otherwise be produced by the clock pulse generator. The spread spectrum modulator frequency modulates the clock pulses with specific profiles of frequency deviation versus the period of the profile. Electronic devices including the spread spectrum clock circuit and associated method are also disclosed.
摘要:
A clock circuit includes an oscillator for generating a reference frequency signal, and a spread spectrum clock generator cooperating with the oscillator for generating a spread spectrum clock output signal having a fundamental frequency and reduced amplitude EMI spectral components at harmonics of the fundamental frequency. The spread spectrum clock generator preferably includes a clock pulse generator for generating a series of clock pulses, and a spread spectrum modulator for frequency modulating the clock pulse generator to broaden and flatten amplitudes of EMI spectral components which would otherwise be produced by the clock pulse generator. The spread spectrum modulator frequency modulates the clock pulses with specific profiles of frequency deviation versus the period of the profile. Electronic devices including the spread spectrum clock circuit and associated method are also disclosed.
摘要:
A system and method for enabling control transfer in firmware through content addressable memory (CAM) and related circuitry. The system includes, but is not limited to, firmware having at least one target executable instruction, a CAM that can assert a match when the target executable instruction is attained, and circuitry capable of either indicating the target executable instruction to patch handler or forming an opcode by concatenating an opcode template with at least one bit of the control flow transfer address. Execution control is transferred form a firmware instruction preceding the target executable instruction either from a control transfer opcode to a patch handler and then to patch code, or through the opcode directly to patch code, if the CAM asserts a match and if an enable bit is set.
摘要:
The EKG cord management system is a cable management system. The EKG cord management system is configured for use with the leads of an EKG machine. The EKG cord management system comprises a plurality of lead structures, a probe connector, and a housing. The EKG cord management system deploys the plurality of lead structures from the housing. The EKG cord management system retracts the plurality of lead structures into the housing. Each lead structure selected from the plurality of lead structures measures electrical activity in a human body. The probe connector electrically connects each of the plurality of lead structures to a machine known as an EKG machine.
摘要:
Systems and methods of imaging with clustered photosite arrays are described. In one aspect, an image sensor includes an array of clusters of photosites and an array of optical elements. The photosites are arranged in respective groups of multiple ones of the photosites sharing at least one readout circuit component. Each of the optical elements is aligned with a corresponding one of the clusters of photosites and is arranged to intercept light directed toward the photosites of the corresponding cluster.