General Electric Company

Sabic Global Technologies B.v.

Peter James Zuber

Erich Otto Teutsch

John Raymond Krahn

Amanda Marie Flores

James Robert Wilson

Jacob Scott Labelle

Alex Robert Delaney

Benny Ezekiel David

Kenneth G Rudolph

Anthony A Gennari

Antonius H Borsboom

Daniel Caleb Brooks

James Edward Barber

Kim R Choate

Iain Montgomery

Carl Roy Stevens

John Samuel McKenzie

Keith William Klinedinst

Trevor L Jackson

Rebecca Lynn Blice

Erin M Dikeman

Thomas Adjei

Keith Klinedinst

David Smith

Dennis Lockyer

Paul Lockyer

In a particular implementation, an electric power device includes a body, a receptacle configured to receive a plug, and a source connector configured to be coupled to a power source. The electric power device further includes a casing coupled to the body and movable with respect to the body between a first position in which the casing defines an enclosed chamber and access to the receptacle is inhibited and a second position in which the casing is configurable to enable access to the receptacle for receipt of the plug. A transition from the first position to the second position is configured to cause the receptacle to be electrically decoupled from the source connector when the casing is at the second position, and a transition from the second position to the first position is configured to cause the receptacle to be electrically coupled to the source connector when the casing is at the first position.

Electric power device with integrated safety measure

Disclosed herein are polycarbonate fibers and fibrous substrates, such as papers, containing such fibers. The polycarbonate fibers are produced from a polymeric composition comprising a cross-linkable polycarbonate containing endgroups derived from a monofunctional benzophenone or containing repeating units derived from a difunctional benzophenone. The polycarbonate fibers can be combined with other fibers to form the fibrous substrate. Upon exposure to ultraviolet light, crosslinking of the polycarbonate fibers will occur, improving various properties of the fibrous substrate.

Polycarbonate fibers and substrates comprising same

A molded plastic lamp component includes, in an exemplary embodiment, a first portion formed from a first material having a first heat distortion temperature, and a second portion formed from a second material having a second heat distortion temperature. The first heat distortion temperature is higher than the second heat distortion temperature.

Heat resistant plastic lamp components and methods of forming

An molding apparatus useful for molding polymer compositions includes a substrate; a first insulating layer having an electrical resistivity of at least about 10ohm-centimeters and thermal conductivity of about 0.2 to about 5 watts/(meter-kelvin); a heating element; a second insulating layer having an electrical resistivity of at least about 10ohm-centimeters and a thermal conductivity of at least about 5 watts/(meter-kelvin); and a first molding layer having a specific heat capacity of about 100 to about 2,500 joules/(kilogram-kelvin), and optionally, a second molding layer. The apparatus provides rapid heating and cooling of the mold surface. The apparatus may be employed for rapidly molding articles having desirable surface characteristics.

Molding tool construction and molding method

A material handling container (10) of the type for packaging, shipping and inventorying goods and of the type for stacking one upon the other when not in use, made of molded thermoplastic and having a plurality of plastic reinforcement members (86) arranged in predetermined positions about the plastic planer expanses (84) of the container (10) for adding strength and stiffness. The reinforcement members (86) define a plurality of hollow channels (88) disposed adjacent to the planer expanses (84) of the container (10) and including at least one rib (90) extending upwardly from the channel (88) defined by the reinforcement member (80) for adding strength and stiffness to the planer expanse (84) of the container (10).

Reinforced material handling container

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Peter James Zuber