Coaxial cable/fiber optic bus network
What is claimed is: 1. A network system for distributing digital information comprising: a coaxial line for bussing a main data signal at relatively high frequencies and bussing power at relatively lo... Read More
Inventors: Bowen, Terry P.; Lawrence, George J.; Wiley, Lawrence G.;, Assignee: AMP Incorporated (Harrisburg, PA) |
Surgical aspiration device
The above mentioned problems have now unexpectedly become capable of solution by the present invention, whereby the liquid column mentioned may be broken and suction adheration is counteracted. The in... Read More
Inventors: Buchel, Udo P.;, Assignee: Astra Meditec Aktiebocag (Molndal, SE) |
Lossless non-interferometric electro-optic III-V index-guided-wave switches and switching arrays
OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION To understand the operation of our active switches, it is important to know the current-controlled spectra of gain and loss, both in bulk heterostructure mat... Read More
Inventors: Soref, Richard A.;, Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air (Washington, DC) |
Preterminated optical cable
The fiber optic cable according to the present invention is "preterminated"; that is, a drop cable is placed on the cable in the factory, and the combination of original cable and drop cable is coiled... Read More
Inventors: Midkiff, John A.; Yancey, Cyril A.; Pollock, Robert W.;, Assignee: Siecor Corporation (Hickory, NC) |
Grommet assembly for furniture articles
We claim: 1. A grommet assembly providing a wiring access in a furniture article top having an upper surface, lower surface and outer edge, said top including a cut-out communicating with said outer e... Read More
Inventors: Ogilvie, LeRoy F.; Hartig, Henry F.;, Assignee: GF Business Equipment, Inc. (Youngstown, OH) |
Regioselective synthesis of mono-alkyl citric acid esters
What is claimed is: 1. A method for the preparation of pure 1-mono esters of citric acid characterized by the formula: ##STR3## where (CH.sub.2).sub.n is an alkyl group of 7 to 19 carbon atoms, which ... Read More
Inventors: Kotick, Michael P.;, Assignee: Haarmanns' Reimer Corp (Springfield, NJ) |
Electrical box mounting bracket
It is the object of the present invention to provide a mounting bracket for mounting electrical boxes and electrical devices in which the mounting bracket is universal with respect to a plurality of d... Read More
Inventors: Coffey, Donald T.; Oltz, Charles H.; Roth, Donald D.; Baran, Richard J.;, Assignee: G.B. Electrical Inc. (Matthews, NC) |
Computer plug connector fastening mechanism
The present invention has been accomplished to eliminate the aforesaid disadvantages. According to one aspect of the present invention, a computer plug connector fastening mechanism is generally compr... Read More
Inventors: Chen, John;, Assignee: Advanced-Connectek Inc. (Taipei Hsien, TW) |
Fixed value fiber optic attenuator
What is claimed is: 1. A fixed value fiber optic attenuator for use in an optical fiber transmission system having a predetermined index of refraction, the attenuator comprising an optical fiber pathw... Read More
Inventors: Tamulevich, Thomas W.; Smith, Keith R.; Paquette, Stanley V.;, Assignee: M/A-COM Light Control Systems, Inc. (Hudson, NH) |
Character/vector controller for stroke written CRT displays
We claim: 1. A system for drawing characters on the face of a cathode ray tube by developing respective X and Y deflection signals which collectively define a vector of selected length and polar angle... Read More
Inventors: Morey, William A.; Tonneson, Ronald J.;, Assignee: Rockwell International Corporation (El Segundo, CA) |
Polymeric optical modulator and waveguiding media
For purposes of exemplification and not by way of limitation, the present invention is described hereinafter in connection with several embodiments turning first to the synthesis of polymers useful a... Read More
Inventors: Yoon, Hyun N.; Teng, Chia C.;, Assignee: Hoechst Celanese Corp (Somerville, NJ) |
Optical eraser and node switch for an optical network
FIG. 1 is a cross sectional view of an optical energy eraser 10 suitable for use in an optical network in accordance with one aspect of this invention. The eraser comprises a sleeve 11 having an inte... Read More
Inventors: Levinson, Frank H.;, Assignee: AMP Incorporated (Harrisburg, PA) |
Optical fiber patch panel
OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Referring firstly to FIG. 2, a preferred patch panel assembly is shown which comprises a substantially rectangular section frame having a back wall 1, side walls 2 and front ... Read More
Inventors: Wettengel, Paul F.; Bishop, Kevin M.;, Assignee: British Telecommunications public limited company (GB3) |
Splice tray with slack take-up
According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a splice cabinet is provided comprising a chassis having a plurality of drawers slidably mounted within the chassis. The drawers are slida... Read More
Inventors: Wheeler, Todd; Johnson, Wayne A.;, Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN) |
Optical multilayer structures for harmonic laser emission
Briefly stated, a broad bandwidth optical multilayer structure for harmonic laser emission according to the present invention includes an optical waveguide for propagating light in one dimension under... Read More
Inventors: Normandin, Richard J. F.; Letourneau, Sylvie; Chatenoud, Francoise; Williams, Robin L.;, Assignee: National Research Council of Canada (Ottawa, CA) |
Athletic brassiere
Referring to the drawings in detail wherein like numerals designate like parts, an athletic bra embodying the present invention comprises an elastic comparatively wide chest encircling band 10 which,... Read More
Inventors: McDavid, Robert F.;, Assignee: |
Attachment device for tracheal aspirator
The primary purpose of the invention is to produce a collecting device which, when attached to the suction tip of known tracheal aspirators, makes it possible to collect secretion containing large, so... Read More
Inventors: Grane, Christian; Kohnke, Ole B.;, Assignee: Hesse; Ruth Lea (Rungsted Kyst, DK) |
Liquid dispenser with liquid level indicator
Referring now to FIGS. 1 and 2, the dispenser of the invention is designated generally as 10 and comprises an elongated body 12 of light-transmitting material such as a clear plastic. At its lower en... Read More
Inventors: Ludlow, Thomas B.;, Assignee: |
Tire inflation
What is claimed: 1. An apparatus for relatively safely inflating pneumatic tires on vehicular wheel rims, the apparatus comprising a box that receives a tire-carrying truck wheel rim, the walls being ... Read More
Inventors: Blevins, Daniel; Adelman, Robert W.;, Assignee: The Crowell Corporation (Newport, DE) |
Cervical sampling apparatus
Referring now to the drawing, and more particularly to FIG. 1 thereof, there is shown a cervical sampling apparatus 22 comprising the preferred embodiment of the invention. The cervical sampling appa... Read More
Inventors: Schack, Colin B.; Purdy, Clarence E.;, Assignee: Research Industries Corporation (Salt Lake City, UT) |
High speed bottle transfer machine
According to the present invention, the bottles after being unloaded from the carton onto the feed conveyor, are fed into channel guides so as to be oriented in side-by-side rows as has been previousl... Read More
Inventors: Rogers, James H.;, Assignee: Mac Manufacturing Company, Inc. (Lebanon Junction, KY) |
Method and apparatus for holding and conveying a batch of envelopes to facilitate the opening of the envelopes
According to the preferred form of the present invention, an agent for degrading the edges of envelopes that functions more effectively when heated is applied to the edges of envelopes. The agent is o... Read More
Inventors: Ellis, James B.; Sims, Raymond E.; Lisiecki, Mieczyslaw J.;, Assignee: AES Technology Systems, Inc. (Elk Grove Village, IL) |
Defect detection system
What is claimed is: 1. In a system for optically detecting microscopic defects in a certain specularly reflecting surface of a given object, said system comprising first means for scanning said surfac... Read More
Inventors: Steigmeier, Edgar F.; Knop, Karl;, Assignee: RCA Corporation (New York, NY) |
Printed area measuring apparatus
A primary object of the invention is therefore to provide a printing area measuring apparatus that does not need any calibration mark formed on a printing plate. Another definite object is to provide ... Read More
Inventors: Masuda, Tatsunosuke; Hohki, Tetsuo; Kurusu, Yasuo;, Assignee: Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (Kyoto, JP) |
Shift register driven video measurement system for microcomputer
OF THE INVENTION Referring now to FIG. 1, circuitry contemplated by the subject invention includes a transition detector 1 that can be generally understood to operate so as to quantize a video image ... Read More
Inventors: Eby, John E.; Kingston, Charles M.;, Assignee: GTE Products Corporation (Stamford, CT) |
Apparatus for determining the filling pressure of a plurality of microballoons
Accordingly, it is the principal object of this invention to provide an apparatus for the handling of a plurality of microballoons during gas filling and pressure measurement procedures. Additional ob... Read More
Inventors: Jorgensen, Betty S.;, Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States (Washington, DC) |
Thermal control method
The present invention provides a method for controlling the temperature of a body exposed to light in which a liquid-crystal assembly containing a liquid crystal based material, capable of having a ch... Read More
Inventors: Wilkinson, Calvin L.; Shaw, Christopher G.;, Assignee: The Boeing Company (Seattle, WA) |
Catheter delivery system and method
According to principles of this invention, an enlarged hollow cannula delivery housing is combined with a proximal flushing hub, or a cannula-control fitting. The cannula delivery housing has a relati... Read More
Inventors: Pevsner, Paul H.;, Assignee: |
Synchronous, asynchronous, and data rate transparent fiber optic communications link
It is an object of the present invention to provide a fiber optic communications system capable of both synchronous and asynchronous operation over a wide range of data rates. It is a further object o... Read More
Inventors: Porter, David R.; Bowen, James H.; Holland, John M.;, Assignee: ITT Electro Optical Products, a Division of ITT Corporation (Roanoke, VI) |
Apparatus for tomography
We claim: 1. An apparatus for tomography, comprising an X-ray or gamma-ray source, one detector body, and an image reconstruction apparatus, wherein said detector body is a two-dimensional, continuous... Read More
Inventors: Duinker, Simon; Mulder, Hendrik;, Assignee: N.V. Optische Industrie "De Oude Delft" (NL) |
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