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Alcatel N.v.

Robert Lang

Travis Donald Downing

Chad Skelton

Albrecht Mozer

Jed L Firebaugh

The present invention is a retractable sunshade assembly that can be connected to an open-top of a vehicle that has roll bars. The sunshade assembly includes one or more clamps, a pair of parallel support beams, and a sunshade panel. The one or more clamps fasten to roll bars on a driver side and on a passenger side, The pair of parallel support beams connect onto the clamps, such that the supports panels are horizontally aligned to the respective roll bars and parallel to each other. The sunshade panel is configured to connect to and span between the pair of support beams which serve as a guide for the sunshade panel to retract and extend within. A latch mechanism connected to a handle can be actuated to hold the sunshade panel in a desired location along the pair of support beams, enabling customized levels of sun shading.

Retractable sunshade for a vehicle

Putter head

Putter head striking face

Trailer apparatus

A switchable DFB (distributed feedback) laser which includes a waveguide layer having an impressed diffraction grating composed of two or more superposed subgratings having different respective grating constants. The diffraction grating is either frequency modulated (FIG. 3a) or amplitude modulated (FIG. 3b) or is a mixed form of these two types of modulation. Each subgrating can be employed to generate an emission wavelength that is a function of the grating period. By changing the temperature or changing the injection current, the effective index of refraction of the laser is changed, thus enabling the setting of an emission wavelength which is a function of the modulated diffraction grating. The switchable DFB laser according to the present invention may be employed for optical data transmission and particularly in narrowband wavelength multiplex operation.

Semiconductor laser

There is disclosed a cargo restraint for palletized cargo which is detachably secured to rails or frame members such as a conventional seat rail in an aircraft cargo hold. The restraint includes a frame and a folding assembly of a pawl plate member with fore and aft folding support links therefor whereby the pawl plate member can be folded into a retracted position, within the confines of the frame and elevated therefrom into an elevated, cargo pallet engaging position. The pawl plate member extends fore and aft of the support links to restrain the edges of adjacent cargo pallets. The frame is provided with a transverse web immediately forward of the support links to serve as an abutment stop therefor, restraining the links in the extended position and accommodating high acceleration forces in a forward direction. The assembly is provided with a resilient springs to urge it into the retracted position and a locking member secures the assembly in the extended position against the bias of the resilient springs.

Aircraft cargo pallet restraint

A roller assembly useful as a self-aligning caster for recessed mounting in a support plate or tray such as those used in aircraft cargo loading systems. The assembly includes a sub-assembly of a cup housing having an upper, outer-annular flange with a roller support mounted therein on an annular bearing. The sub-assembly is secured by a single screw fastener that extends through a central aperture in the bottom wall of the housing and engages a ring retainer. The roller support has massive, upright standards which are spaced apart by the width of the roller and which have opposed slots in their upper faces to receive the support shaft of the roller. The roller and support shaft are received in the support base and are retained therein by a cover plate that has a radial slot to surround the roller and that overlies the roller shaft notches of the upright standards. The cover plate is secured to the roller support by screw fasteners and the like thereby providing a very simple assembly in which a roller is supported with a sufficiently massive structure to permit the application of high loads while, nevertheless, being rotationally self-aligning to permit complete direction of freedom of movement of cargo across the roller assembly.

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Carlsbad, CA, United States of America

Robert Lang