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Mark D Summers

Edoardo Campini

William Handley

Javier Leija

Steven Denies

Lawson Guthrie

Albert L Nagele

Karl H Mauritz

Cory W Worth

Donald Charles Cohlman

Ronald Newell Hamilton

Craig Bayman McIntosh

James Donald Crowe

Daniel Dragoon

David R Hillyard

Kuang C Liu

Richard D Spring

Brian Mitchel Cover

Richard K Johnson

Amber S Bedi

Carol Miller

Bill N Gallas

Magne H Nerheim

Leonid Soren

Andrew C McNeil

Edward Butler

John Groff

Daniel J Koch

Thomas G Ruttan

William Donald Golden

Curtis Lee Cornils

Oleg Nemtyshkin

Gary J O'Brien

Michael Roberts

Keith G Kamekona

Chandrashekhar Ramaswamy

John Paul Sharrit

Daniel Neil Kuczyk

Kenneth G Goldman

Christopher J Banyai

Steven David Willis

Robert Henry Granau

Frederick Conrad Ehorn

Gabe Foltz

Francisco Vidal Duarte

Robert W Christoph, Jr

David P Bigelow

Vicki Leigh Louck

Leonio Soren

Regan T Morrison

Dubravko Zekanovic

Jav&iacute;er Leija

A cartridge for a conducted electrical weapon may comprise a body having a first end opposite a second end and an outer surface opposite an inner surface. A cartridge inner assembly may be removably disposed within the body. The cartridge inner assembly may comprise a propulsion module, a plug, a piston, and/or a retaining clip. The cartridge inner assembly may be configured to cause deployment of an electrode. The electrode may be mechanically and electrically coupled to the piston.

Piston for deploying a projectile of a conducted electrical weapon

A waler assembly for floating docks and walkways includes an elongate metal extrusion for engaging the side of a series of adjoining float components. The extrusion includes a compartment for conformably receiving an elongate wedge. Connector rods join the extrusion and wedge to the float components. The extrusion carries an elongate strengthening plate that extends across the compartment of the extrusion. Each of the extrusion, wedge and strengthening plate includes a plurality of discrete segments that are aligned end to end. The joints between adjoining segments of the waler assembly are offset to provide improved structural integrity of the waler assembly and the floating dock or walkway.

Waler assembly

Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards techniques and configurations to control movement and position of surface mounted electrical devices. In one embodiment, an electrical contact includes a leg portion configured to extend in a first direction, a foot portion coupled with the leg portion, the foot portion having a surface that extends in a second direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction, the surface being configured to directly couple with solderable material to form a solder joint, a heel portion adjoining the leg portion and the foot portion, the heel portion having a profile shape, and a toe portion extending from the foot portion and disposed opposite to the heel portion, the toe portion having a profile shape that is symmetric with the profile shape of the heel portion. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Techniques and configurations to control movement and position of surface mounted electrical devices

A telecommunications chassis includes an array of mezzanine card interfaces and a carrier module coupled to the mezzanine card interfaces to control and manage mezzanine cards connected to the mezzanine card interfaces.

Telecommunications chassis having mezzanine card interfaces

Embodiments are generally directed to a method and apparatus to couple a module to a management controller on an interconnect. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting that a module has coupled to an interconnect, the interconnect coupled to a modular platform backplane. The method further includes logically coupling the module to one of a plurality of management controllers resident on the interconnect, each management controller logically appears as a management controller for different interconnects coupled to the modular platform backplane.

Telecommunications chassis having mezzanine card slots

Method and apparatus to couple a module to a management controller on an interconnect

In one embodiment, the present invention includes a circuit board having integrated contacts to mate with corresponding pads of a semiconductor device. At least some of the integrated contacts are of varying sizes to enable different contact resistances between the corresponding integrated contacts and pads, enabling reduced loading forces to adapt the semiconductor device to the circuit board. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Providing variable sized contacts for coupling with a semiconductor device

A shock absorbing system may be mounted on a circuit board, such as a carrier card, to reinforce the circuit board and/or to absorb shock forces from a neighboring circuit board, such as a mezzanine card coupled to the carrier card. The shock absorbing system may include one or more support members extending across at least a portion of the carrier card. One or more rollers may be supported on the support member(s) in a manner that allows rotation to facilitate insertion and/or extraction of mezzanine cards from the carrier card. Of course, many alternatives, variations, and modifications are possible without departing from this embodiment.

Shock absorbing system for circuit boards

Rotating latching mechanism for securing Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture (ATCA) mezzanine card (AdvancedMC) modules within mezzanine slots on an ATCA carrier board. The rotating latching mechanism includes a rotating latching member having a handle coupled to a shaft to which a latching paddle and position detector actuator paddle are also coupled. The rotating latching member is pivotally coupled relative to a faceplate of a module proximate to the handle, and the shaft at the opposite end is supported by a rear bearing support member coupled to the modules circuit card. As the handle is rotated, the latching paddle is rotated to engage a cutout formed in a strut coupled to the ATCA carrier board, thus latching the module in place. The position detector actuator paddle is also rotated to cause a position detector to be actuated.

Rotating latching mechanism for ATCA mezzanine card modules

A folding latching mechanism and related structure. An embodiment of the folding latching mechanism includes a latch member having a claw-shaped clasp disposed proximate to a pivot member that enables a pivotal coupling about a first pivot axis. A lever arm is pivotally-coupled to the latch member about a second pivot (fold) axis that is perpendicular to the first pivot axis of the latch member. During use, the latch member is rotated about its first pivot axis via the lever arm in an extended position, whereby the latching member is securely coupled to a frame member via its clasp. The lever arm is then rotated about its fold axis and secured in place. The folding latching mechanism may be employed on an Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture (ATCA) board hosting one or more Advanced Mezzanine Card (AdvancedMC) modules, wherein the mechanism does not interfere with the I/O port interfaces for the modules.

Folding latching mechanism

A method and apparatus to couple a rear transition module to a carrier board includes detecting a rear transition module (RTM) coupled to an interface resident on a carrier board, the carrier board coupled to a backplane. The method further includes logically coupling the RTM to a management controller resident on the carrier board and managing the RTM in a same manner as a front accessible module coupled to another interface resident on the carrier board.

Method and apparatus to couple a rear transition module to a carrier board

A two-dimensional adjustable edge connector adaptor to support high bandwidth signal paths. The edge connector adapter includes a housing having a cavity formed in one side and an edge connector extending outward from an opposing side. The edge connector includes contact members that are configured to function as conventional edge connector contacts on one end, while the opposing end includes a leg that is in contact with first side of an elastomer connector disposed in the cavity. The elastomer connector facilitates electrical coupling between each contact member and a corresponding board contact on a board having a connector edge that is inserted into the cavity, wherein each board contact includes a leg that is in contact with a second side of the elastomer connector. The adjustable edge connector adaptor enables the board to be positioned in both the horizontal and vertical directions relative to the edge connector.

Two-dimensional adjustable edge connector adaptor

A method according to one embodiment may include providing a heat generating component disposed on a first side of a first circuit board, and transferring heat from the heat generating component through the first circuit board to a second side of the first circuit board. The method according to this embodiment may further include slidingly thermally coupling the second side of the first circuit board to a thermal solution disposed on a second circuit board. Of course, many alternatives, variations, and modifications are possible without departing from this embodiment.

Thermal management for hot-swappable module

A thermal management apparatus is provided, wherein heat generated by an electronic component coupled to a backside of a carrier substrate may be transferred to an opposite front side of the carrier substrate through a thermal conductor sized to pass through an opening in the carrier substrate.

Backside cooling apparatus for modular platforms

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Phoenix, AZ, United States of America

Mark D Summers