A delay management method and device in which, when a data read request is made relating to data which has not yet reached a memory section, that read request is delayed and sent to a delay management section. The read request data is sent to a free address in the delay management section selected from a store of free addresses in the memory section. The delay management section stores the read request data at the free address. The delay management section communicates free addresses to the memo...

An improved method for dynamically and centrally managing a network which is being partitioned into Focal Point (FP) nodes and non-FP (NFP) or serviced nodes. Each FP node provides management services to an assigned group of non-FP nodes. The names of the non-FP nodes are maintained in a table called a "sphere of control" (SOC) table at the FP node that services those NFP nodes. As NFP nodes in the SOC table become active, the FP establishes a session with the NFP node and sends it a "Request to...

An oil management system (80) for a case (12) containing at least one rotating element which requires a supply of pressurized oil during rotation in accordance with the invention includes an oil sump (16) within the case for collecting oil after lubrication of the at least one rotating element; a tank (82) within the case for containing oil during lubrication of the at least one rotating element; a first pump (32) having an inlet (90) for supplying pressurized oil to the at least one rotating el...

The invention is for a vaginal dispenser comprising a wall surrounding an internal lumen and having a pair of ends with one end placed inside the other end to form a closed dispenser. A vaginally administrable beneficial agent is housed in the lumen for release by the dispenser over time.

An automation and energy management system includes an automation panel box which may be positioned adjacent to a circuit breaker panel box. The automation panel box includes one or more circuit breaker control modules, one or more device control modules and a power module for providing power to the control modules. The circuit breaker control module provides signals to operate motorized circuit breakers, so as to turn on or off the power to a device being managed and the device control module p...

Microprocessor architecture for an address translation unit which provides two levels of cache memory management is described. Segmentation registers and an associated segmentation table in main memory provide a first level of memory management which includes attribute bits used for protection, priority, etc. A second page cache memory and an associated page directory and page table in main memory provide a second level of management with independent protection on a page level. eyboard

A method of and apparatus for starting and accelerating a vehicle through a range of vehicle speeds during which the vehicle's internal combustion engine is operated in a plurality of different operating modes is disclosed. The engine may first be cranked in a compressionless mode preparatory to starting and then run in a second mode at a relatively low speed for a warm-up interval as a six-stroke cycle engine where each engine cylinder cycle includes an essentially adiabatic compression and exp...

A device for herd management, particularly herds of cows, which records the offspring producing cycle, comprising a board and a transparent disc mounted at its center for rotation over one face of the board, the board having markings thereon representing observations and steps to be taken with an animal, these markings being arranged coordinate with markings on the disc representing days and months of the year; and marker members for attachment to the disc representing an animal.

This invention is a number of digital computer programs and a method of recording and indexing data for use with a centrally located computer and remote terminal equipment. Methods according to this invention enable a user of remote terminals, either teletype, computer or video, to have access to all computing and data handling functions of a central computer system via a connecting telephone line. ##SPC1##

The detonation of a large size nuclear device in a geological formation is used to prevent or minimize flooding of working areas such as conventional mines or nuclearly created chimneys of broken rock from which valuable minerals are to be recovered. For instance, the preliminary detonation of a large size nuclear device underneath a subterranean aquifer upstream from a mineral zone which is to be mined in a conventional manner or processed after shattering by nuclear detonation will create an u...