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A microactuator assembly for a hard disk drive head suspension has an expandable base of stainless steel sheet material defining a negative lead affixed to the negative electrode on the bottom surface of a piezoelectric element, and a piece of stainless steel sheet material defining a positive lead attached to the positive electrode on the top surface of the piezoelectric element. The leads may be affixed directly to the piezoelectric element via conductive adhesive. The microactuator assembly can be assembled separately, and then laser welded into place on a suspension. A bond pad made of stainless steel sheet material extends from the flexible circuit, is electrically connected to the microactuator driving voltage conductor within the flexible circuit through a via, and is electrically isolated from the suspension substrate by an insulating film. The microactuator unit positive lead is mechanically and electrically connected to the bond pad via laser welding.

A method and apparatus for providing metal or non-metal vessels, including straight and curved pipes and various pipe connections, such as T's, elbows, swages, etc., and pressure containing vessels such as tanks, with an external composite lining of a webbing of biaxial or triaxial weave preferably composed of fiberglass which is pre-impregnated with a high temperature heat curable polymer composition capable of being heat cured at a temperature range of from about 275° F. to about 375° F. The vessel is prepared for bonding by abrasive cleaning and by solvent cleaning. Metal imperfections are then filled with an epoxy. A small amount a quick setting epoxy is employed to attach one end of the web to the external surface of the vessel in oriented position for wrapping of the web in intimate surface-to-surface contact with the vessel. During wrapping only enough tension is applied to the pre-impregnated webbing to eliminate any wrinkles. The number of layers of the impregnated webbing will be determined by the safe pressure containing capability of the pipe or vessel and its composite lining. An external heating element is then placed about the wrapping of pre-impregnated webbing material so as to be in substantially intimate relation therewith and is energized to apply sufficient heat for a sufficient period of time to completely cure the epoxy surface filler and to cure the polymer resin components of the pre-impregnated woven wrappings of webbing.

A catheter/IV cover including a covering portion, having at least one loop extending from one side of the cover, a strap of flexible material extending from the opposite side of the covering material, with the strap and loops capable of engagement, through any type of fastener, Velcro®, or buckle, when securing the catheter/IV cover in place about the arm, the wrist, or the hand. There may be provided an aperture through the covering portion, which allows for viewing of the underlying and emplaced catheter, and its tubing, or there may be a mesh material, or other material of softness and transparency, to allow for viewing of the catheter when in place, and which allows flexibility when covered by this cover, which also allows for freedom of bending of the hand, or the arm at the elbow, while the cover is affixed.

A selection valve (10) for use with a multi-chambered fluid container having outlet openings in communication with the fluid container chambers. The selection valve (10) utilizes an outer housing (12) having a bore (14) for receiving a fluid from the multi-chambered container. An upper gasket (20) engages an inner surface (16) of the outer housing (12) and an inner housing (28) having intake ports (34) that interface with the upper gasket, permitting communication between the outer housing (12) and the fluid container. A spring detent (46) is disposed upon the inner housing with protruding pins (48) that ride upon a rotating detent ring (50). When the housing (12) and the detent ring (50) rotate, the pins (48) enter radial grooves (54) and (55) causing the housing to remain at a desired location. A closure assembly is snapped onto the inner housing to permit a fluid path to be formed between a specific compartment in the container and the bore (14) in the outer housing.

An electrical connector includes a housing having a plurality of contacts defining a mating interface for a mating connector. A latch extends from the housing and is configured to securely couple the housing to the mating connector. The latch is depressible to an unlatched position. A tether is mated with the latch. The tether is movable between a released position and an actuated position, wherein the tether depresses the latch to the unlatched position when the tether is moved to the actuated position.

A portable, collapsible structure having a frame element disposed within a sleeve, defining a perimeter of at least one wall is disclosed. A roof is connected to the at least one wall at a seam, wherein a portion of the sleeve is connected to the seam, and wherein the roof and the at least one wall define an interior of the structure. The portion of the sleeve connected to the seam is disposed within the interior of the structure. The roof and at least one wall may further comprise a flexible material such as nylon, canvas, or polyethylene. Further, the frame element may additionally comprise a continuous band of resilient material. Such a band of resilient material may have sufficient flexibility to be coiled without breaking and sufficient resiliency to substantially return to and maintain its original shape. Steel may be such a suitable resilient material.

A device for holding and protecting a person's hair comprises a body of semi-rigid material that uses a shaped body having at least one prong for receiving sands of bundled hair The body has a number of cutouts of various designs arranged in said body and the prong or prongs may be formed of various colors to have the aesthetic appearance of the device. The body may be a one piece cover or divided into halves with structure to open or close the halves.

The invention provides a sheet material dispenser and more particularly a dispenser for storing and dispensing a compact stack of folded tissue products. The compact stack of folded tissues may be secured by the tension of a pair of opposed side panels having a generally elliptical shape. The elliptically shaped side panels result in a rigid, resilient frame-work such that the dispenser has sufficient resiliency to maintain its shape even after a portion of the folded tissue products have been dispensed.

Methods and devices for manufacturing a conduit for placing a target vessel in fluid communication with a source of blood, such as a heart chamber containing blood. The conduit includes first and second portion adapted to be placed in fluid communication with a heart chamber and a target vessel. The conduit lies on the exterior of the myocardium between the blood source and the target vessel and delivers blood in multiple directions within the lumen of the target vessel. The conduit, which may be formed of any suitable synthetic vascular graft material, is generally T-shaped with the leg having two free ends disposed in the target vessel, preferably being secured thereto via a suture-free attachment. The conduit comprises vascular graft material and may be manufactured various ways, such as molding a conduit from any suitable biocompatible material or fabricating a conduit from one or more pieces of vascular graft material.

The inventive concept is directed to an insect protective garment that is manufacture of synthetic fibers to produce a non-woven fabric to result in a predetermined thickness that will not allow the stinger of an insect to reach the skin of a wearer. The resulting non-woven fabric exhibits a multitude of convoluted interstices that allow a ventilation of the skin of wearer to be ventilated in certain climates. The non-woven fabric cannon collapse on itself to reduce its thickness. The garment may consist of an upper torso covering jacket including a hood and lower torso covering pair of pants. The protective garment may include an insect repellent substance that may be instrumental in keeping insects away from the garment from the beginning in certain climates.

The present invention is directed to an elongated food container and method of use of same for maintaining the freshness and palatability of an elongated food product. The elongated food container includes a first segment with a base portion having an exterior surface for contacting a substantially flat support surface. The base portion has a length that is at least about 1.15 times longer than the base is wide with a first pair of sidewalls extending upwardly from the base portion, and with a first end wall joining the first pair of sidewalls of the first segment to the first base portion at a closed end of the first segment of the elongated container. The terminal portions of the first planar base portion and second pair of sidewalls of the first segment define a first opening at the open end of the first segment. The open end of the first segment has a predetermined exterior dimension. The elongated food container also includes a second segment having a second base portion for contacting a substantially flat support surface. The second base portion has a length that is at least about 1.15 times longer than the base is wide and a second pair of sidewalls extending upwardly from the second planar base portion. A second end wall joins the second pair of walls of the second segment to the second end wall at the closed end of the second segment of the elongated container. By pushing or pulling apart the first and second segments when telescopically mated, the user can lengthen or shorten the elongated food container to match the length of the food product contained therein as it is consumed over time.

An array of solder structures comprising a plurality of radially-curved exterior surfaces, each one enclosing a predetermined-sized cavity that can be used for flexibly joining together at predetermined conductive contact points two planar elements having dissimilar properties. By assembling the two planar elements in a tiered arrangement, one planar element having an array of annular conductive pads and the other planar element having either a corresponding array of annular or circular conductive pads, separated by an array of spherical solder balls comprised of solder and a fluxing agent, a hollow solder structure can be created during a melting and subsequent cooling of the solder compound. The plasticity/resiliency characteristics of the resulting hollow solder structure absorbs lateral movement of the two planar elements relative to each other without degradation of the solder joint.