A neutral hydraulic clutching valve incorporated within the valve disc of a hydromechanical transmission. An actuating stem on the valve poppet extends outwardly of the valve disc to be actuated by a cam surface on the transmission control sleeve upon movement of the control sleeve to the neutral position. A neutral valve intercepts each valve slot of the closed loop and relieves pressure therein when actuated.

The present application describes embodiments of a neutral density color wheel filter. According to one embodiment, a neutral density color wheel (100) includes an opaque coating (135) over one or more color segments (120, 130, 140, 150, 160, 170) with randomly placed transmissive regions (131). The transmissive regions (131) can be configured to substantially transmit incident light and the opaque coating (135) can be configured to substantially block or absorb the incident light. Alternatively...

A process for implementing a market neutral relative value strategy to provide up-to-the-minute equity trading recommendations includes selecting pairtrades, each having both high correlation coefficient and high de-trended correlation coefficient. The de-trended coefficient is determined for a time interval selected such that a starting price of one of the stocks of a pairtrade is substantially equal its ending price. The process further includes calculating an optimal financial hedge ratio by ...

A neutral bronze sheet glass has a dominant wavelength in the vicinity of 575 nm, and a monochromatic transmittance which in the range from about 400 nm to about 550 nm is on the average from about 5 to about 50% lower than in the range from about 550 nm to about 750 nm, and possesses in thicknesses suitable for glazing a luminous transmittance above 70%.

A plasma gun is described which is capable of creating and directing a plasma towards a neutralizing plate. The plate is comprised of a material which is chemically inert, metallic, and whose atoms are substantially heavier than the atoms of the plasma gas. The plasma, upon impacting the neutralizing plate, picks up sufficient electrons to cause the ions to revert to their neutral state. The particles, upon hitting the neutralizing plate, are redirected towards a substrate whose surface is to be...

A substantially neutral aqueous protein dispersion is provided having many of the characteristics of cow's milk, such as, stability, good taste and low viscosity, and also possessing superior properties in respect of protein concentration. The dispersion is formed from a protein micellar mass from various source proteins. The protein micellar mass preferably is provided in a dry buffered powder form containing one or more buffering agents sufficient to impart the required substantially neutral p...

A source of fast neutral molecules comprises a gas discharge chamber (1) with an anode (5), a cathode (7) and a gas discharge power supply (8), a charge transfer chamber (2) with additional electrodes (16), an accelerating grid (3) composed of grid elements (18) isolated electrically from each other and an accelerating voltage power supply (4). The width of the accelerating grid (3) exceeds within the ion-producing gas pressure range the ion charge transfer length L=1/n.sigma., n being gas molec...

An apparatus (12) includes an elongated pressure vessel (30) containing a source of inflation fluid for a vehicle occupant protection device (14). The apparatus (12) further includes an inflation fluid outlet manifold (32) at one end (34) of the pressure vessel (30). The manifold (32) has outlet openings (60, 62) defining first and second outlet flow areas. The manifold (32) is configured to direct inflation fluid flowing through the first outlet flow area to flow at least partially in a first d...

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a neutral control method and a neutral controller for an automatic transmission which improves fuel efficiency and driving characteristics. According to the present invention, the neutral control method for the automatic transmission includes initiating the neutral control after every predetermined delay time, which begins with the neutral initiation conditions being satisfied, and continuing the neutral control as long as the neutral control in...

A commercial power supply is connected to a rectifier DB through a low-pass filter LPF. A smoothing capacitor Cs, a series circuit consisting of voltage-dividing capacitors C1 and C2, and a series circuit consisting of switching elements Q1 and Q2 are connected in parallel to the output of the rectifier DB. Diodes D1 and D2 are connected in reverse parallel to the switching elements Q1 and Q2, respectively. A drive circuit DR is connected to the switching elements Q1 and Q2. Between a connecting...