Abstract:
A shallow draft boat having a boat hull that allows for stability, maneuverability, and speed while needing only inches of draft. The hull generally includes a ski, a bottom shell, a left and right chine and a bow wrapper.
Abstract:
An oscillating signal in an oscillator is caused to phase shift toward the phase of an input signal coupled to the oscillating signal. The resonant frequency of the oscillator is about equal to an integer multiple of the frequency of the input signal. The input signal may be generated in a pulse generator to have an input pulse duration less than or equal to that of the oscillating signal. The oscillator circuit may be used as a filter to filter pulse width variations or to filter jitter from a reference clock. The oscillator circuit may also serve as a buffer by amplifying the input signal. Phase interpolation can be obtained by coupling at least one input signal with at least one oscillating signal.
Abstract:
A processor-controlled clock-data recovery (CDR) system. Phase error signals having either a first state or a second state are generated within the CDR system according to whether a first clock signal leads or lags transitions of a data signal. A difference value is generated based on the phase error signals, the difference value indicating a difference between the number of the phase error signals having the first state and a number of the phase error signals having the second state. The difference value is transferred to a processor which is programmed to determine whether the difference value exceeds a first threshold and, if so, to adjust the phase of the first clock signal.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for providing a user product information via scanning of a machine readable symbology on a product. A symbology, for example a bar code, is scanned and the data therein passed into a URL which is used to present related product information to a user via the internet. The URL may directly link to the information or be a look up database for further redirection.
Abstract:
Coating compositions can be applied to substrates to produce a novelty finish by the use of a coating applicator having a mat of sized glass fibers and/or strands in contact with the coating. The novelty finish achieved with the glass fiber strand coating applicator has continuity of pattern, which is achieved in a fascile and efficient manner. The coating applicator has a core with an inner and outer surface and mat of sized glass fiber attached to the outer surface. The glass fibers have a residue of a sizing composition having a carrier, a film forming polymer, and compatible coupling agent. The one or more glass fibers may be selected from bulked, texturized, hollow, hollow with etching and solid continuous and staple glass fibers and mixtures thereof. The thickness of the mat on the core to comprise the applicator is in the range of about 0.125 to about 2 inches (3 to 50 mm.).
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method to inhibit the formation of a paint-product skin on the interior surface of the lid of a closed upright vessel housing a paint composition wherein a portion of said composition is volatile. The method comprises delivering said paint composition to an upright, open vessel closeable at its top with a lid; delivering a sufficient quantity of a barrier material to the open vessel to provide a covering layer of the barrier material for the top of the paint composition; and closing the open vessel at its top with a lid. The barrier material is characterized as (1) less dense than the paint composition; (2) containing a volatile portion whose volatility is at least substantially equivalent to the volatility of the volatile portion of the paint composition; and (3) sufficiently compatible with the paint composition to become a mixed non-detrimental component thereof upon adequate mixing therewith.
Abstract:
A wide-range multi-phase clock generator having a first clock generating circuit, a frequency divider circuit, and a plurality of multiplexers. The first clock generating circuit generates a plurality of first clock signals, each having a first frequency and a respective one of a plurality of different phase angles. The frequency divider circuit receives the plurality of first clock signals from the first clock generating circuit, and generates a plurality of second clock signals, each having a second frequency and a respective one of the plurality of different phase angles. The multiplexers each have a first input coupled to receive a respective one of the first clock signals and a second input coupled to receive a respective one of the second clock signals having substantially the same phase angle as the one of the first clock signals.
Abstract:
A wide-range multi-phase clock generator having a first clock generating circuit, a frequency divider circuit, and a plurality of multiplexers. The first clock generating circuit generates a plurality of first clock signals, each having a first frequency and a respective one of a plurality of different phase angles. The frequency divider circuit receives the plurality of first clock signals from the first clock generating circuit, and generates a plurality of second clock signals, each having a second frequency and a respective one of the plurality of different phase angles. The multiplexers each have a first input coupled to receive a respective one of the first clock signals and a second input coupled to receive a respective one of the second clock signals having substantially the same phase angle as the one of the first clock signals.
Abstract:
A pleisiochronous repeater system and components thereof are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, a pleisiochronous repeater system component may be realized as a receiver circuit comprising a clock multiplier that multiplies a reference clock signal by an integer multiple to generate a data clock signal. The receiver circuit may also comprise a divider circuit that generates a timing reference signal having a frequency that is not an integer divisor of a frequency of the reference clock signal.
Abstract:
The novel dump body enables a dump truck to carry large, packaged loads and large, loose loads. The dump body includes a containment base having a bottom and a plurality of sides. The dump body further includes a dumping mechanism formed in one of the plurality of sides for releasing loose materials when the containment base is tipped. Finally, the dump body includes at least one side door pivotably attached to the containment base and covering a first opening formed in at least a portion of one of the plurality of sides. The side door permits packaged loads to be loaded onto the dump truck, wherein the sides on the dump truck normally prohibit the carrying of this type of load.