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A fiber optic adapter module and tray. The fiber optic adapter module supports fiber optic adapters for fiber optic connections. The fiber optic adapter module may be included on an extendible tray portion of a fiber optic equipment tray and selectively configured to be tilted when extended for providing enhanced access to the fiber optic adapter module. In one embodiment, an adapter module panel of the fiber optic adapter module that supports fiber optic adapters contains at least two forward facing panel surfaces angled to one another to provide more surface area for supporting a higher density of fiber optic adapters and/or for neat routing and organizing of fiber optic connections. One or more fourth flared panel surfaces may also be included on an end(s) of the adapter module panel to provide sufficient interior space for fiber optic connections adjacent or proximate to sides of the fiber optic equipment tray.

A collapsible container includes a plurality of collapsible walls, each pair of adjacent walls connected by a latch. Each latch can be selectively actuated from contact with the latch both from inside and the outside of the container, and further by inwardly directed forced to the outside of the wall first to collapse. Preferably, the latch includes a recess into which the adjacent wall is disposed when the latch is in the latched position. Preferably, the latch is unlatched by flexing the latch away from the adjacent wall by application of force on an inner release surface, inward of the recess or by actuation of an outer release surface, outward of the recess, or by the application of an inwardly directed forced to the walls that are first to collapse.

A control system to control an operating room lamp to generate light to illuminate a surgical site includes an image signal input to receive an image signal from a video camera to capture an image of a surgical site and a control signal output to emit to the operating room lamp a control signal to control at least either a direction or an intensity or a spectral characteristic of the light or a size or shape of the area illuminated by the light. The control system is configured to recognize a hand area of medical personnel and to generate the control signal depending on the image signal and to emit it to the control signal output.

A process for the preparation of toner by, for example, mixing a colorant, a latex, optionally a wax and a water solubilized silica with an alumina coating or an aluminized silica as a coagulant.

A heat sink adapted for cooling a heat generating component, operative with an air moving means to generate airflow and remove the generated heat. The heat sink comprises a heat conducting element in thermal contact with the heat generating component, which is also in thermal contact with a plurality of fins having through fin-perforations defining free airflow passages and heat paths so as to spread the generated heat through the perforated fins. The structural configuration and relative spatial disposition of the perforated fins form airflow directing elements for the generated airflow, which flows via an air inlet and through inflow and outflow air passages which are in fluid communication via the fin-perforations, such that the airflow directing elements at least partially block the generated airflow, thus substantially directing all of it to flow via each of the fin-perforations, thereby developing cross-flow only once through the fin-perforations so as to exit via the air outlet.

A compact and substantially achromatic optical lens system (100, 200) comprising an electrowetting lens (104, 204) is provided. The optical lens system is using an electrowetting lens in which at least one of the entrance window surface (117, 217) or exit window surfaces (219), being in contact with one of the fluids (112, 212, 113, 213), has a curvature. When the sign of the curvature of that surface has the same sign as the curvature of the meniscus when no voltage is applied, a low building height is achieved. The optical element (104, 204) not only acts as a focussing or zooming device, but that it also acts as an aberration reduction element for the other elements in the optical lens system (100, 200).

An electrostatic pressure-gradient microphone capsule to be mounted essentially flush in or behind especially flat mounting surfaces includes a capsule housing with two sound inlet openings which may be divided, a diaphragm tightly mounted on a diaphragm ring, an electrode and possibly an acoustic friction. The two sound entry openings are arranged on one side of the capsule housing, i.e., the front side, and one sound entry opening is connected acoustically conductively with the front side of the diaphragm and the other sound entry opening is connected acoustically conductively with the rear side of the diaphragm, and the diaphragm is arranged essentially parallel to the front side.

A reading lamp for an aircraft cabin, particularly installed above a passenger seat, has a light source emitting a light beam with an optical axis extending substantially horizontally so that a light beam can be deflected by an optical deflector such as a mirror, to a passenger seat. This orientation of the light source provides a compact construction of the reading lamp. Preferably the deflector position is adjustable relative to the optical axis.

A vehicle wheel alignment system has a plurality of cameras, each camera for viewing a respective target disposed at a respective wheel of the vehicle and capturing image data of the target as the wheel and target are continuously rotated a number of degrees of rotation without a pause. The image data is used to calculate a minimum number of poses of the target of at least one pose for every five degrees of rotation as the wheel and target are continuously rotated the number of degrees of rotation without a pause. At least one of the cameras comprises a data processor for performing the steps of preprocessing the image data, and calculating an alignment parameter for the vehicle based on the preprocessed image data.

The present invention is directed to a device for connecting a longitudinal carrier, for example, a longitudinal spinal rod, to a bone fixation means, for example, a pedicle screw. The device includes a connection element having an upper end, a lower end, and a cavity extending from the upper end to the lower end, the cavity having a reduced diameter portion at the lower end thereof thereby forming a shoulder for engaging the head of the bone fixation means. The connection element further including a transverse channel for receiving the longitudinal carrier. The device further includes a sealing cap incorporating tensioning means for securing the longitudinal carrier within the transverse channel. The sealing cap being secured to the connection element by way of arresting means, wherein the arresting means preferably includes a plurality of bulges, i.e., projections, formed on the outer surface of the connection element and the sealing cap includes a plurality of complementary depressions, i.e., recesses. The device may further incorporate securing means in order to prevent the bone fixation means from passing through the upper end of the cavity once the bone fixation means has been introduced into the connection element.

An apparatus for determining the unbalance of a rotational body includes a central mounting plate with a mounting fixture on which the rotational body is received, an outer frame, and a plurality of supporting webs that connect the mounting plate to the frame. The webs are configured and arranged so that the mounting plate can pivotally vibrate about a pivot axis, and translationally vibrate in the plane of the mounting plate. A first vibration transducer measures the pivoting vibration and a second vibration transducer measures the translational vibration. The pivot axis remains in the central plane of the mounting plate which coincides with the effective plane of the translational vibration measuring transducer. In this manner, the translational vibration induced by a static unbalance, and the pivoting vibration induced by the moment unbalance are separated and then separately measured, which enables the accurate measurement of both the static unbalance component and the moment unbalance component of a dynamic unbalance. In a method using such an apparatus, all of the forces and moments originating from the rotational body are transmitted directly into and through the dynamometer element itself, without requiring any additional supporting elements.

A lighting and communication system with a horn enclosure for recessed ceiling panel or wall mounting, including a speaker with a horn expansion area to direct sound waves from the speaker to a horn enclosure front, at least one light enclosure located within the horn enclosure, the light enclosure defining a light cavity which is separated from said horn expansion area, with a light source inside the light cavity. The light source can be an LED array, which is capable of displaying text, colors or patterns in response to a control system signal.

A monitor on-board an aircraft which uses radio altitude measurements as the basic observable altitude during runway approach. The basic concept utilizes the aircraft's navigation system, which includes means to store and retrieve radio altitude thresholds as a function of the distance along the desired path from the runway thresholds. These threshold functions are determined in advance based on a radio altitude reference which is defined as the expected radio altimeter measurement that would be made if the airplane were exactly on the desired reference path. Vertical containment monitoring is achieved by comparing the radio altitude measurement to computed thresholds for both too high and too low. During the approach, an annunciation message can be generated if the radio altitude measurement is above or below the threshold limits. Using this monitor ensures that the total system error for the aircraft is contained within a bound called the Vertical Containment Level of the desired reference path in space with a probability that is specified.