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Mitchell International, Inc.

Westinghouse Electric Corporation

John D Strong

Abhijeet Gulati

Jerry Gastineau

Scott Baierl

Penny Genovese

Vicki Gurner

Sarika Gupta

Thomas C Matty

Systems and methods are provided for automating the process of mapping repair documents, published by Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), to repair information provided in a repair estimate record. A baseline set of repair estimate records specifying one or more parts of a baseline vehicle and an associated set of repair documents specifying instructions for repairing the one or more parts of the baseline vehicle may be saved using a data categorization model in a mapping dataset. The repair documents associated with baseline set of repair estimate records which have been saved in the mapping dataset may then be used to automatically determine associations between another set of repair estimate records and corresponding repair documents.

Systems and methods for automating mapping of repair procedures to repair information

A combined square leveling for combing multiple construction tools into a single device includes a framer's square for measuring angles during construction. A tape measure is retractably positioned within the framer's square and the tape measure is urgeable outwardly from the framer's square for measuring distance. The tape measure is biased to retract into the framer's square. A bubble level is coupled to the framer's square to determine if a surface is level. A laser level is slidably coupled to the framer's square to emit a beam of light to establish a reference point on a distal object.

Combined square leveling

A baseball swing trainer. The baseball swing trainer includes a housing having a base, a rear wall, and a top portion defining an open center area. A plurality of resistance blades extend downward from the top portion such that they are positioned within the open center area. A fastener is disposed on the rear wall for securing the swing trainer to a vertical structure such as a pole or tree. When a user swings a bat through the open center area, the resistance blades resist the motion of the bat. This enables the user to develop the muscles that are activated during the swing, which helps to increase swing speed and strength. A resistance band removably affixed to the vertical structure can be connected to the end of a bat to accelerate the bat through the natural swing plane, which enhances the neurological firing rate related to swing musculature.

Baseball swing trainer

In the control of adhesion between a vehicle and a track, an adaptive control is provided for reapplying the tractive effort between the vehicle and the track in accordance with the known tractive effort level at which a loss of adhesion was sensed.

Vehicle propulsion control apparatus and method

A solar energy utilization system employing a glazed, insulated, collector box that houses a plurality of swingably mounted, conduit type, energy absorber assemblies; together with associated, arcuately shaped booster mirrors for collecting solar rays and reflecting them toward the absorber assemblies; and in which each absorber assembly includes an absorber tube provided with surrounding, overlapping, cylindrical baffles that may be said to function like iris diaphragms to control an aperture which receives the reflected rays.

Collection and utilization of solar energy

In the soil pasteurizing apparatus disclosed herein, soil to be treated is placed within elongate canisters which are then inserted in an enclosure in the form of a shallow box having a transparent window constituting one of the broad faces thereof. The canisters are spaced from each other and from the walls of the enclosure. Reflective means are provided for directing, onto the canisters, solar radiation which impinges in regions of the enclosure not actually occupied by the canisters. Thermally-induced circulation around the canisters further facilitates overall heating. The elongate configuration of the canisters permits even the interior portion of a usable volume of soil to be heated to pasteurizing temperatures using only the solar energy available in a convenient time interval, e.g. 3 hours.

Soil pasteurizing apparatus

A solar energy collector comprises a heat conducting sheet having a front surface exposed to the sun and a system of liquid-receiving open-top troughs projecting from the back surface into an air space, with liquid supply means delivering liquid to the troughs and drain means receiving any liquid overflowing the troughs. Inlet and outlet air conduits communicate with the air space, and a blower causes a flow of air from the inlet conduit, through the air space, and to the outlet conduit; whereby the heat of vaporization of any liquid vaporized is transferred from the sheet to the outlet air conduit in addition to the heat transferred by the sensible temperature rise of the air and the vapor. Also disclosed are a heat storage unit, for use with such an energy collector, in which the heat storage medium may be stones, water, or it may be formed from Glauber's Salt, and a complete solar energy utilization system comprising such a collector, such a heat storage unit, and a heat exchanger (e.g., a radiator or convector in a living space) with controls and valves for (1) delivering heat from the sheet to the storage unit, (2) delivering heat from the sheet to the heat exchanger, or (3) delivering heat from the storage unit to the heat exchanger.

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Amherst, MA, United States of America

John D Strong