A method for combining within memory a limit, a plurality of bitmap streams from bitmaps of indefinite size and number. The bitmap streams are merged into a resulting bitmap which can be used in subsequent logical operations. In order to perform a merge within a memory limit, the method relies on the data compression. When compression by itself may be ineffective, the method produces a resulting bitmap for a reduced range. The ensures the production of a resulting bitmap. When the range is reduc...

A method used during the formation of a semiconductor device comprises the steps of providing a semiconductor substrate assembly having at least one recess therein then forming a first dielectric layer within the recess. The first dielectric layer is formed with a thickness that will prevent the first dielectric layer from impinging on itself in the recess, for example with a thickness less than half a width of the trench. The dielectric layer is then annealed in a manner that will increase the ...

A first mobile station is correlated with a second mobile station as a permitted home zone party. The second mobile station is in speech connection with another telecommunications party. In the event that the first mobile station wishes to join in on the conversation, the first mobile station simply transmits a selected service code A to the serving mobile switching center (MSC). The serving MSC retrieves the data correlating the first mobile station with the second mobile station, determines th...

A system for vehicle climate control comprises a number of sensors probing the speed of the vehicle, the position of climate temperature unit and mode doors, the speed of the fan, ambient and interior temperature, and airflow setting. In a body controller, the probed data are correlated to look-up table values to keep the airflow volume constant and to decrease voltage applied to a fan motor when the speed of the vehicle increases. A method of practicing the climate control implemented in the sy...

A method for distributing fuel within a gas turbine engine is provided. An augmentor is provided which includes a plurality of vanes. Each vane includes a pair of side walls, an aft wall, and a plurality of fuel apertures and pressurized gas apertures extending through the side walls. At least one of the pressurized gas apertures is positioned adjacent and forward of all fuel apertures at a particular position. At least one fuel distributor is provided in each vane. Fuel admitted into the fuel d...

Provided is a self-contained water supply system for over-the-road trucks. More specifically, the present invention includes a sink assembly stowable within a cabinet assembly which is capable of providing a self contained supply of water from a supply tank located within the interior of the vehicle. The sink assembly further includes a basin for collecting water and draining the waste water into a drain tank also contained within the vehicle. The sink assembly including the basin and the faucet...

An ON-OFF switch assembly which is lockable for preventing unauthorized use is disclosed. The ON-OFF switch assembly includes an ON-OFF electrical switch mounted within a housing. The ON-OFF electrical switch has an actuator which is shiftable between an ON position and an OFF position. A cover is pivotally attached over the housing between an opened position allowing access to the actuator, a closed position denying access to the actuator, and a run position where the cover is slightly open. Th...

A self-contained seat and restraint system including a semirigid seat shell having a channel about the rear and sides thereof, a fixed, beltless buckle in one side of the channel, and a retractable lap belt guided through and by the other side of the channel. A shoulder belt system is also carried by the shell. The shell is trimmed both front and back to fully enclose both the shell and the restraint system mounted thereon.

An extension handle adapted for use with paint rollers and the like in the form of a rigid metal tube having a flexible tube assembled therein for combined rigidity and lightness. A method is provided for assembling the tube which is plastic in the rigid tube by way of stretching an end part of the flexible tube out of the rigid tube, clamping it, securing a rigid fitting to the end of the flexible tube, allowing the tube to retract to draw the fitting into the rigid tube, and then securing the ...

Improved mobility control in waterflooding is obtained by following an aqueous solution containing a mobility reducing agent with water containing a minimum total hardness and thereafter increasing the total hardness of the drive water, preferably to a total hardness characteristic of water conveniently located to be used for the majority of the drive water. The total hardness of the water can be reduced by methods known in the art. Also, the total hardness can be increased, if necessary, by add...