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A computer controlled power saving automatic zoned dryer for a printing press has a dryer head facing the substrate travel path, having a multiplicity of IR lamps connected individually or in groups to form a plurality of heating zones running longitudinally and each extending laterally side by side across the substrate travel path. The radiant heat output of each heating zone is controlled separately by means of a control unit connected to a power supply. The control unit individually regulates output of the heating zones. Unneeded zones are turned off to reduce cost of power and conserve energy. A plurality of heat sensors spaced laterally across the substrate path measure the surface temperature of substrate heated areas corresponding to the heating zones being operated and maintain an automatic set point temperature. The temperature of each individual heated area can be regulated automatically by adjusting the output of its heating zone whereby printed substrates having a more even temperature profile are delivered. In an alternate manual mode any zone can be set independently to operate at any percentage of full available power from zero to 100%. Separate high velocity air scrubbers and additional air extraction are used to enhance the total drying effect of the zoned dryer assembly.

To avoid interference with the reverse link of a base station within an underlay area, a described method determines when to redirect and handover a mobile terminal that is still communicating on an adjacent carrier with a border base station within an overlay area but is within the coverage area of the base station in the underlay area. The method determines that redirection and handover to the base station in the underlay area should occur when together: (1) the power being received on the downlink from the base station in the underlay area exceeds the power being received on the downlink from the border base station within the overlay area by a first predetermined threshold that indicates that the mobile terminal is at the border of the overlay area; and (2) the sum of the power being received on the downlink from the underlay base station plus the power of the signal being transmitted by the mobile terminal to the base station within the overlay area is greater than a second predetermined threshold that indicates that the power being received by the base station in the underlay area from the transmitting mobile terminal can interfere with the operation of that base station.

The disclosed invention relates to a bi-directional optical transceiver module and method of improving the efficiency and reliability of the same, where interference from optical crosstalk and electromagnetic waves are minimized and a wavelength division multiplexing filter can be easily mounted at a predetermined inclination angle, thereby improving the efficiency and reliability of the bi-directional optical transceiver module.

A firearm includes a noise suppressor comprising ports in the barrel opening into an annulus provided between a barrel and a sleeve extending from adjacent the muzzle to adjacent the receiver. In the annulus are a series of baffles. The most upstream port opens upstream of the most upstream baffle and downstream ports open between adjacent baffles. In some embodiments, the upstream ports are considerably larger than the downstream ports. Propulsion gases escape from the barrel into the annulus before the projectile clears the muzzle. Sabot rounds or shotgun rounds can be safely fired in the weapon because the sabot carrier or shot cup don't begin to expand until it is past the muzzle end so it cannot damage the noise suppressor.

A method, apparatus, and system for preventing each of a plurality of operating system within a logically partitioned data processing system from interfering with the operation of the other operating systems is provided. In one embodiment, a logically partitioned data processing system includes a plurality of logical partitions; a plurality of operating systems, a plurality of assignable resources, at least one non-assignable resource, and a hypervisor. Each of the plurality of operating systems is assigned to a separate one of the plurality of logical partitions and each of the plurality of assignable resources is assigned to one of the plurality of logical partitions. The hypervisor provides a set of services to each of the plurality of logical partitions, wherein these services safely perform modifications to non-assignable processing system resources in response to operating system requests without allowing direct access to the non-assignable resources by the operating system image. Thus, each operating system is prevented from modifying the non-assignable resource in such a way that interferes with the operation of other ones of the plurality of operating systems.

A device and method for operating automotive battery system relays and related switches. By aligning a magnetic field with a direction of current flow in a contact plate disposed between magnets that are producing the field, a generated Lorentz force can be used to promote arc extinguishing during a relay opening sequence, while simultaneously reducing the tendency of the Lorentz forces to interfere with the operation of a solenoid or other switch-activating mechanisms. By using a rotary-based mechanism to establish contact between a contact plate and current-carrying terminals, the likelihood of inadvertent opening of the relay is reduced. Such devices and methods may be used in conjunction with hybrid-powered and electric-powered vehicles.

A method, apparatus, computer medium, and other embodiments for synchronizing control of one or more devices at predetermined times are described. A host scheduler loads a to-do list of predetermined events and corresponding time-tags into memory and broadcasts scheduled events to the devices to cause activation of the events on intended devices.

In a catheter device and a method for in vivo activation of a photosensitizing drug in a vessel, endovascular tissue, and/or intraluminal tissue, a catheter carrying both an optical coherence tomography (OCT) lens, from which OCT imaging light is emitted, and a photodynamic therapy (PDT) lens from which photosensitizing drug-activating light is emitted, is inserted into a vessel containing a lesion to be treated. A photosensitizing drug is caused to be placed in the vessel as well, such as in the form of a coating on a stent or a coating on an exterior of a balloon carried by the catheter. Light is emitted from the PDT lens to activate the photosensitizing drug while light is simultaneously emitted from the OCT lens to obtain an OCT image to monitor the drug activation.

A modem shelf is described in which internal dividers separate the interior of the shelf into individually isolated Faraday cages that effectively suppress EMI generated by circuit cards mounted within the shelf and isolate the circuit cards from EMI originating outside the shelf and from cards mounted within the shelf. The shelf enables high-speed data communications over a twisted pair network of about 10 Mbps or more. The top and bottom of the shelf are made of relatively thin sheet material, which maximizes the vertical dimension of the circuit cards mounted in the shelf and thus the area on which circuitry can be placed.

A selectively releasable ground securing device that includes a ground member, a clamp body, and a lock assembly that selectively cooperates with the ground member to secure the clamp body relative thereto. The ground member includes a drivable body that is constructed to be driven into a ground surface such that the ground member is generally flush with the upper layer of the ground surface. The lock assembly selectively cooperates with the ground member to secure the clamp body and structure engaged therewith relative to the ground member. In a preferred embodiment, the clamp body cooperates with a rail of a goal assembly to prevent tipping or movement of the goal assembly when the lock assembly is engaged with the ground member.

Brake apparatus includes a transmission unit for operatively connecting a brake pedal to a master cylinder, and the transmission unit is a mechanism capable of varying a ratio between an output amount of a push rod connected to a master cylinder and an operation amount of the brake pedal. Further, the transmission unit is constructed in such a manner that, in an initial operation region of the brake pedal, a ratio of the operation amount of the brake pedal to the output amount of the push rod is set to be greater than in another operation region immediately following the initial operation region.

A digital camera, including a common power supply for supplying power; a plurality of motors sharing the power supply and driven by the power supplied from the power supply; and a current detector for detecting load current supplied to the plurality of motors, wherein, when either one of the plurality of motors is operated, other motor is driven not to overlap with a maximum value of the load current detected by the current detector.

A grounding member support forms an interference or friction fit with an opening defined by a circuit board. A compliant, electrically conductive grounding member couples to the grounding member support. The grounding member electrically couples a grounding layer of the circuit board with a support mount coupled to the circuit board. During assembly, insertion of the grounding member support within the opening defined by the circuit board creates an expansive or lateral force on the opening. Furthermore, during assembly, the support mount compresses the compliant, electrically conductive grounding member against the circuit board. The interference fit between the grounding member support and the opening along with compression of the grounding member between the circuit board and the support mount limits the amount of stress received by a surface of the circuit board. Such limitation of stress, in turn, limits potential damage to components mounted to the circuit board or to conductive layers within the circuit board.

A vehicle has an occupant protective arrangement, which a bracket. The bracket has aholding part that holds an airbag on a pillar panel and a mounting part that is mounted on the pillar panel. The mounting part is located below the lower end of a side roof panel, and the airbag is positioned above the bracket mounting part. With this arrangement, it is possible to inflate the airbag in a reliable manner while preventing the pillar trim and the airbag from interfering with each other.

An elongate flexible clamp mechanism defines first and second ends and is capable of assume a substantially flat configuration and is capable of being positioned in encircling relation about a cylindrical object such as a pipe. A pair of elongate flexible members such as wire cables, chains or pivotally interconnected rigid members support a plurality of substantially rigid clamping members in spaced relation along the lengths of said elongate flexible members. The clamping members are each provided with jack screws for force applying engagement with the pipe to enable alignment of adjacent pipe sections and to correct minor irregularities in pipe roundness so that adjacent pipe sections can be efficiently welded. The elongate flexible clamp mechanism is provided with first and second latch connector elements which are interconnected when the clamp mechanism is located in encircling relation about the pipe. The latch mechanism is of the cam or toggle type, enabling the clamp mechanism to be tightened about the pipe. Jack screws are also provided on each of the clamping elements to permit jacking force to be applied to the pipe for optimum pipe alignment and for correction of minor irregularities in pipe roundness.