Harris Corporation

Brian Edward Simpson

Mark Alan Trautman

Timothy Eugene Dimmick

Kenneth P Beghini

Brent Eric Raiber

Howard M Sheehan

Gregory George Ornt

Eric Karl Johnson

A latch assembly includes a housing having a cavity between first and second end walls. The housing includes first and second journal members and first and second swing arm apertures at the second end wall. A swing arm member having a joining end is positioned within the cavity having first and second swing arms connected to the joining end having portions extending freely through the first and second swing arm apertures. A keeper/catch member is rotatably connected to the first and second journal members. Keeper/catch member rotation from an orientation rotated away from a longitudinal axis defined by a portion of the first and second swing arms extending through the swing arm apertures to an orientation approximately parallel with the longitudinal axis creates an over-center locking condition for the housing and a pushing force acting through the keeper/catch member to push a first component into contact with a second component.

Latch assembly, over-center reverse draw

A heating device for an optical fiber may include a crucible body having an optical fiber receiving slotted passageway therein for receiving the optical fiber therein, and a heating element receiving passageway therein adjacent the optical fiber receiving slotted passageway and spaced apart therefrom. The heating device may include a respective electrically powered resistance heating element enclosed within the heating element receiving passageway for heating the optical fiber within the optical fiber receiving slotted passageway.

Filament heating device for an optical fiber and related methods

An RF switch () that is activated by the insertion of a connector. The RF switch () can comprise one or more antenna adapters that can be formed by a number of predetermined RF connector types. The RF switch can include a switch housing (). A first, second, and third coaxial RF connectors () can be mounted to the switch housing (). The first, second, and third coaxial RF connectors () can individually have both an inner and outer conductor (---, respectively). An actuator () can be movable from a first position to a second position responsive to a mechanical force applied to the third coaxial connector (). A switch element () can be responsive to the actuator (). When in the first position, the switch element () can exclusively form a conductive path between the first and second coaxial RF connectors (). When the actuator () is in the second position, the switch element () can exclusively form a conductive path between the first and third coaxial RF connectors ().

Connector activated RF switch

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Rochester, NY, United States of America

Brian Edward Simpson