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Slip ring (993 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

device. Some other names used for slip ring are collector ring, rotary electrical contact and electrical slip ring. Some people also use the term commutator;

Wetting current (1,127 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Zhai, C.; Hanaor, D.; Proust, G.; Gan, Y. (2015). "Stress-Dependent Electrical Contact Resistance at Fractal Rough Surfaces" (PDF). Journal of Engineering

Barlow's wheel (630 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the wheel, through the wheel into the mercury and out through an electrical contact dipping into the mercury. The Lorentz force of the magnetic field

Crocodile (train protection system) (337 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

signalling system and the in-cab equipment is made by the crocodile, an electrical contact placed between the rails and a metallic brush mounted beneath the

D battery (499 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

standardized size of a dry cell. A D cell is cylindrical with an electrical contact at each end; the positive end has a nub or bump. D cells are typically

Scanning voltage microscopy (457 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the sample or the probe if the pressure required to maintain good electrical contact is too high. If the input impedance of the voltmeter is sufficiently

Galvanic corrosion (2,860 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

process in which one metal corrodes preferentially when it is in electrical contact with another, different metal, when both in the presence of an electrolyte

Soldering gun (606 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

using tin-based solder to achieve a strong mechanical bond with good electrical contact. The tool has a trigger-style switch so it can be easily operated

Bushing (electrical) (1,442 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

such as the case of a transformer or circuit breaker without making electrical contact with it. Bushings are typically made from porcelain, though other

Motorola connector (182 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

one or more longitudinal spring surfaces, which provide reliable electrical contact by wiping against the mating female socket.[citation needed] RCA connector

Punch-down block (566 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

punched down. These blades hold the wire in position and make the electrical contact with the wire as well. A tool called a punch down tool is used to

Trolley pole (2,065 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

wheel bearing on the underside of the overhead wire provided minimal electrical contact and tended to arc excessively, increasing overhead wire wear. The

Alternating current field measurement (579 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

all metals, ferrous or non-ferrous. Since it doesn't require direct electrical contact with the surface it can work through thin coatings such as paint.

Telephone hook (382 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

spring-loaded hook; its weight would cause the hook to swing down and open an electrical contact, disconnecting something, but not the telephone from the line or the

Contact protection (1,097 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Monsters; Sparks Are Not". AST Academic Poster #4 of 16. Stress-Dependent Electrical Contact Resistance at Fractal Rough Surfaces Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Battery holder (1,084 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

chambers for holding a battery. For dry cells, the holder must also make electrical contact with the battery terminals. For wet cells, cables are often connected

Bow collector (1,227 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

heavier collectors with less complicated frames. To maintain good electrical contact, the bow collector must exert quite strong pressure on the wire above

Inductive amplifier (91 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

inductive amplifier is a type of test instrument that does not require DC electrical contact to detect an AC wire under voltage. The conventional use of the inductive

William Atcheson Traill (224 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

patented a conduit system of burying the live rail in a pipe with electrical contact. The expected goods trade never took off, and the line remained as

Capillary electrophoresis–mass spectrometry (3,085 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

terminus was used instead of terminus electrode in typical CE setup. An electrical contact of stainless steel capillary with background electrolyte flowing out

Electrostatic induction (2,034 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

from the electroscope the leaves will come together again. But if an electrical contact is now briefly made between the electroscope terminal and ground,

Inductive charging (6,311 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

or inductive pad without needing to be precisely aligned or make electrical contact with a dock or plug. Inductive charging is named so because it transfers

Ryongchon disaster (920 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

confirmed the Xinhua report by stating the incident was "due to the electrical contact caused by carelessness during the shunting of wagons loaded with ammonium-nitrate

Electro sinter forging (151 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

automatic procedure applies a pre-pressure onto the powders to ensure electrical contact; hence, it superimposes an intense electromagnetic pulse with a mechanical

Buckling spring (304 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

forward by the spring and strikes an electrical contact which registers the key press. In a Model M, the electrical contact is a membrane sheet similar to that

Capacitive power supply (740 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

be double insulated in all places where a person could come into electrical contact with it. In addition, failure of a single component can result in

Surface roughness (2,132 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

certain interfacial phenomena including contact mechanics, friction and electrical contact resistance, can be better interpreted with respect to surface structure

Thermal trauma (199 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

thermal trauma, including fire, radiant heat, radiation, chemical, or electrical contact, that can affect a person in many ways based on factors from anatomical

Group 8 element (909 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

are a major use of ruthenium. The ruthenium plate is applied to the electrical contact and electrode base metal by electroplating or sputtering. Osmium is

Aluminium alloy (5,233 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

galvanic corrosion can occur when an aluminium alloy is placed in electrical contact with other metals with more positive corrosion potentials than aluminium

Potentiometer (3,845 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

sliding contact (wiper) that moves along the element, making good electrical contact with one part of it, electrical terminals at each end of the element

Sandbox (locomotive) (656 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

mentions near misses when the use of brake sand interfered with the electrical contact between wheel and rail, thereby overriding train control systems.

Corrosion (6,395 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Galvanic corrosion occurs when two different metals have physical or electrical contact with each other and are immersed in a common electrolyte, or when

Timer (1,382 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

heating of the metals, one side expands less than the other, and an electrical contact on the end of the finger moves away from or towards an electrical

Pogo stick (852 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

oscillation produced by rocket engines Pogo pin, a spring loaded electrical contact Powerbocking Space hopper, another kind of bouncing toy "pogo stick"

Homopolar generator (2,328 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

consists of a conducting flywheel rotating in a magnetic field with one electrical contact near the axis and the other near the periphery. It has been used for

Pre-excitation syndrome (276 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Normally, the atria and the ventricles are electrically isolated, and electrical contact between them exists only at the "atrioventricular node". In all pre-excitation

Soyuz 4 (1,439 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

may have been due to ice formation on a pad umbilical inhibiting electrical contact. However, just to be safe it was decided to replace the entire gyroscope

Single-atom transistor (557 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in and out of a tiny junction, in this way closing and opening an electrical contact. Therefore, the single-atom transistor works as an atomic switch or

Failure mode and effects analysis (6,447 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

failure modes (such as fully fractured axle or deformed axle, or electrical contact stuck open, stuck short, or intermittent). A functional FMEA will

Dielectric heating (2,780 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

dielectric in what is effectively a very large capacitor. However, actual electrical contact is not necessary for heating a dielectric inside a capacitor, as the

Electrical resistance survey (946 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

They may also be used on hard or very dry surfaces that preclude electrical contact necessary for probe resistance systems. While these show promise for

Track circuit (3,783 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

track circuits. Equipment which is not heavy enough to make good electrical contact (shunt failure) or whose wheels must be electrically insulated. A

Molecular-scale electronics (3,832 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

properties. The main problem with the molecular wires is to obtain good electrical contact with the electrodes so that electrons can move freely in and out of

Moveable bridge (1,159 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

each end of the span caused a track misalignment, while still making electrical contact with the landward rails; thus signals were clear, derails closed,

Linear variable differential transformer (1,122 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(for distance) information. The LVDT operation does not require an electrical contact between the moving part (probe or core assembly) and the coil assembly

Pantograph (1,947 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

laser and rotary engraving taking favor. The device which maintains electrical contact with the contact wire and transfers power from the wire to the traction

Isoelectric focusing (1,187 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

established inside the capillary. The buffer solution in each vessel has an electrical contact with a voltage divider connected to a high-voltage power supply, which

Stainless steel (9,618 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

significantly lower electrical conductivities than copper. In particular, the electrical contact resistance (ECR) of stainless steel arises as a result of the dense

Tunnel junction (260 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

connections between consecutive p-n junctions. They function as an ohmic electrical contact in the middle of a semiconductor device. In magnetic tunnel junctions

Fractal dimension (4,740 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

understand phenomena in areas of contact mechanics, frictional behavior, electrical contact resistance and transparent conducting oxides. The concept of fractal

Membrane keyboard (565 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

feedback is felt when using such a keyboard. Membrane keyboards work by electrical contact between the keyboard surface and the underlying circuits when keytop

BM-14 (1,798 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

nozzle assembly had 10 jet nozzles ordered evenly in a circle with an electrical contact plate in the middle. The bottom ring of the rocket engine had the

Rotor (electric) (1,839 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

slip rings with brushes running along the rings. The brushes make electrical contact with the rotating slip rings. DC current is also supplied through

Balıkesir (1,263 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the firecrackers of child guns by rats and this fire spread to the electrical contact. 498 shops completely burned. It is the second biggest disaster to

Interfacial thermal resistance (2,912 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

resistance differs from contact resistance (not to be confused with electrical contact resistance) because it exists even at atomically perfect interfaces

Ballistic conduction (2,318 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

including nanowires and nanotubes. The widely encountered phenomenon of electrical contact resistance or ECR, arises as an electric current flowing through a

Air compressor (1,679 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

a fluid or gas Pressure switch – Form of switch that operates an electrical contact Hose coupling – Connector on the end of a hose Air line – Tube or

Coherer (3,140 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

radio. The operation of the coherer is based on the phenomenon of electrical contact resistance. Specifically as metal particles cohere (cling together)

Incandescent light bulb (11,931 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

with one or more contacts on the base. The shell may serve as an electrical contact or only as a mechanical support. Bayonet base lamps are frequently

Bonding jumper (455 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

conduits join an enclosure through fittings that do not assure good electrical contact. Some codes require a bonding jumper to be pulled into non-metallic

Contact pad (206 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Surface region for an electrical contact

Molecular electronics (1,749 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

problems with measuring on single molecules is to establish reproducible electrical contact with only one molecule and doing so without shortcutting the electrodes

Single coil guitar pickup (1,766 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

is an AC power tool with a brush motor. The brush makes and breaks electrical contact with the commutator segment several thousand times a second at variable

Volta potential (592 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

However, when two different neutral metal surfaces are brought into electrical contact (even indirectly, say, through a long electro-conductive wire), electrons

Electromagnetic induction (2,920 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

voltage. Unlike conventional instruments the clamp does not make electrical contact with the conductor or require it to be disconnected during attachment

Contact mechanics (12,052 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

technical systems and for the study of tribology, contact stiffness, electrical contact resistance and indentation hardness. Principles of contacts mechanics

Instrumentation (2,967 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

switch is rotated by the strip, the mercury makes physical (and thus electrical) contact between electrodes. Another example of an instrumentation system

Cavallo's multiplier (599 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was transferred by means of an insulating rod to be brought into electrical contact with the third metal plate C which was insulated. Since both B and

Wafer testing (727 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

an array of microscopic needles or probes called a probe card into electrical contact with the wafer (vacuum-mounted on a wafer chuck). WPT and WFT use

Cirque Corporation (933 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

techniques. Because of the capacitive technique, it does not require electrical contact with the finger, nor does it require the finger to exert pressure

In-circuit testing (951 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

with and pressed down onto the bed-of-nails tester, the pins make electrical contact with locations on the circuit board, allowing them to be used as test

Thermocouple (7,002 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

other everywhere, except at the sensing junction. Any additional electrical contact between the wires, or contact of a wire to other conductive objects

Tabulating machine (2,261 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

punched holes allowed wires to dip into the mercury pools, making an electrical contact that could be used for counting, sorting, and setting off a bell to

Billy Gibbons (3,871 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Guitars. The guitars are attached to the belt buckles with a rotary electrical contact and strap mount, allowing them to spin. Gibbons credited the spinning

Nickel–iron battery (2,123 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

a supporting and conducting frame or grid. The support is in good electrical contact with the tubes. The grid is a light skeleton frame, stamped from thin

Touchscreen (9,208 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

special-application glove with an embroidered patch of conductive thread allowing electrical contact with the user's fingertip. A low-quality switching-mode power supply

Crystal detector (8,906 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to vibrate and produce sound. The crystal detector consisted of an electrical contact between the surface of a semiconducting crystalline mineral and either

Bimetallic strip (1,767 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

electrical power source, while the other (moving) end carries an electrical contact. In adjustable thermostats another contact is positioned with a regulating

Electrical resistivity tomography (1,389 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

electrode holes as the electrodes are driven into the ground to improve electrical contact. ERT is used to create images of various subsurface conditions and

Messerschmitt Me 210 (2,214 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

rearward-facing direction. The guns were electrically fired, and an electrical contact breaker acted as a form of "interrupter" as used on many forms of

Expansion card (2,754 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

connector or pin header) that fit into the slot. They establish the electrical contact between the electronics on the card and on the motherboard. Peripheral

Brushless DC electric motor (3,630 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

conductor such as graphite, press against the commutator, making sliding electrical contact with successive segments as the rotor turns. The brushes selectively

Carbon microphone (1,773 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

issued Dec 1879 E. Berliner, U.S. patent 0,222,652 Improvement in Electrical Contact Telephones (carbon diaphragm with carbon contact pin), filed August

Dielectric (4,781 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

plates, on which the charges are stored, from coming into direct electrical contact. More significantly, however, a high permittivity allows a greater

Rim Blow (339 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

horn ring, a center horn pad, or switches on the spokes, to make the electrical contact, the inside of the rim could be pressed anywhere on its circumference

Rotterdam Metro (1,529 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

grime (such as from fallen autumn leaves) reducing or preventing electrical contact. Three lines do however have sections that use overhead wires. These

Endicott, New York (3,446 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

systematic pattern, called punched cards, could be "read" by machines via electrical contact. The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changed its name to International

James Marsh (chemist) (822 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

extending into a shallow mercury filled trough which served as a second electrical contact. The lower end of the wire was also positioned between the poles of

Genesis (spacecraft) (3,007 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

according to the incorrect design. The intended design was to make an electrical contact inside the sensor at 3 g (29 m/s2), maintaining it through the maximum

Twisted pair (2,953 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

integrally incorporated grounding wire called a drain wire which makes electrical contact with the shield. The purpose of the drain wire is for easy connection

Ohmic contact (1,470 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Type of electrical contact to semiconductors

Contact area (326 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Zhai, C.; Hanaor, D.; Proust, G.; Gan, Y. (2015). "Stress-Dependent Electrical Contact Resistance at Fractal Rough Surfaces". Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Banana connector (1,890 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the springs press against the sides of the socket, improving the electrical contact and preventing the pin from falling out. The other end of the plug

Athearn (802 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and freight car models. Improvements included all-wheel drive and electrical contact. One innovation was the "Hi-F" drive mechanism, employing small rubber

Circuit Check (478 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

circuit boards by the hundreds or thousands of test probes used to make electrical contact therewith. This is useful because each test probe (a.k.a. "pogo pin")

Salicide (402 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

only CoSi2 has a sufficiently low resistance to form an effective electrical contact. For some compounds, the desired high-resistance phase is not thermodynamically

Electromagnetic interference (4,422 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the coupling path between the source and victim is formed by direct electrical contact with a conducting body, for example a transmission line, wire, cable

John Peter Gassiot (728 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

insulated Grove cells to show that a spark could be drawn before an electrical contact was made. Gassiot extended Groves's work on striae in electrical discharges

Transit Elevated Bus (2,080 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

bus will be electrically powered using overhead lines or other roof electrical contact systems designed for it, supplemented with photovoltaic panels, batteries

Ruthenium (5,643 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

are a major use of ruthenium. The ruthenium plate is applied to the electrical contact and electrode base metal by electroplating or sputtering. Ruthenium

Electromagnetic compatibility (3,294 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the coupling path between the source and victim is formed by direct electrical contact with a conducting body. Capacitive coupling occurs when a varying

Ground-level power supply (3,270 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

with a narrow opening that allowed a "plow" to be inserted and make electrical contact with wires held by insulators at either side of the conduit. The system

Schottky barrier (2,095 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Schottky barrier can be formed, leading to a rectifying behavior of the electrical contact. This happens both when the semiconductor is n-type and its work function

Southall rail crash (2,015 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

that the reset switch of the warning system had contamination on its electrical contact surfaces which rendered its performance intermittent, hence its disabling

Faraday's law of induction (4,950 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

copper disk in the presence of a stationary magnet, using a sliding electrical contact. Faraday explained these phenomena using the concept of lines of force

1973 in spaceflight (206 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Weitz Replaced exposed film cassettes with fresh film and repaired an electrical contact. 6 August 17:30 6 hours 31 minutes 7 August 00:01 Skylab SLM-2 Owen

Édouard Branly (1,899 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

electrical signal. The operation of the coherer is based upon the large electrical contact resistance offered to the passage of electric current by loose metal

Overhead line (6,107 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

frosty weather, ice may coat overhead lines. This can result in poor electrical contact between the collector and the overhead line, resulting in electrical

Typex (2,402 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

"reflector" at the end of the rotor stack. On a Typex rotor, each electrical contact was doubled to improve reliability. Of the five rotors, typically

Flexible flat cable (591 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

will have face-down contacts). Exposure length The length of the electrical contact that has been exposed at the termination of the cable. Stiffener Most

Electric-field screening (2,284 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

corresponds, in a real experiment, to keeping the metal/fluid in electrical contact with a fixed potential difference with ground. The chemical potential

Ensemble (mathematical physics) (4,065 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

reservoir (thermal contact, chemical contact, radiative contact, electrical contact, etc.). The ensemble remains in statistical equilibrium if the system

Computer keyboard (8,507 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

between, so that when pressure is applied to the area above, a direct electrical contact is made. The membrane layers can be printed by very-high volume, low-cost

Flat no-leads package (1,875 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

package uses perimeter lands on the bottom of the package to provide electrical contact to the printed circuit board. The die attach paddle is exposed on

Organic electrochemical transistor (2,318 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and drain electrodes establish electrical contact to the channel, while a gate electrode establishes electrical contact to the electrolyte. The electrolyte

Card reader (2,468 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1920s, IBM developed card readers that used metal brushes to make electrical contact with a roller wherever a hole passed between them. By 1965, punched

Thermal contact conductance (1,317 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

thermal conductivity at interfaces is analogous to the concept of electrical contact resistance, also known as ECR, involving contact patch restricted

Maritime mobile amateur radio (1,865 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

foot or two and an inch thick, the actual surface area of metal in electrical contact with the water is very many times that.[non sequitur] Once a good

Görlitz–Dresden railway (1,472 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Dresden–Görlitz line has only been served by regional trains. In 2002 electrical contact wire was installed on the short section between Dresden-Neustadt and

Defibrillation (5,724 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

minimize the risk of the operator coming into physical (and thus electrical) contact with the patient as the shock is delivered by allowing the operator

Electrical burn (2,510 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

common, while limb amputation rates for victims who experience direct electrical contact can be as high as 75%. Burn treatment for severe wounds may require

Automation (11,463 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

thermostat used on household appliances which either open or close an electrical contact. (Thermostats were originally developed as true feedback-control mechanisms

Vandal-resistant switch (1,592 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

2008-05-13. Retrieved 2008-04-22. "General Electric Contact Materials". Electrical Contact Catalog (Material Catalog). Tanaka Precious Metals. 2005. Archived

Lehmer sieve (476 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the film instead of rods. Brushes against the rollers would make electrical contact when the hole reached the top. Again, a full sequence of holes created

Ultramatic (2,830 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

car out of Park on a steep hill, and would pop the circuit breaker; electrical contact problems, wiring problems and other issues were prevalent even when

Ultramatic (2,830 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

car out of Park on a steep hill, and would pop the circuit breaker; electrical contact problems, wiring problems and other issues were prevalent even when

Telegraph key (3,177 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and television shows. It is a simple bar with a knob on top and an electrical contact underneath. When the bar is pressed down against spring tension, it

Stage lighting instrument (5,434 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

also have a base. The base screws into a socket and serves as an electrical contact point for the socket and the filament inside. For the most part, higher

Live-line working (1,780 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Bare-hand, or potential working involves placing the worker in direct electrical contact with an energized overhead line. The worker might work alongside the

Gas metal arc welding (6,229 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

sized, since it must allow the electrode to pass while maintaining electrical contact. On the way to the contact tip, the wire is protected and guided by

General Motors EV1 (7,061 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

headlights. The wireless inductive charging system required no direct electrical contact, though there were isolated reports of fires originating at the charge

Printed circuit board (6,048 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

reduces the chances of solder shorts between traces or undesired electrical contact with stray bare wires. For its function in helping to prevent solder

Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit (3,594 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

toward whichever side is powered to ensure that they stay in firm electrical contact with the rails.[citation needed] Each car has four-wheel steering

Tram (13,174 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

that has been heavily sanded by a previous tram, and the tram loses electrical contact with the rails. In this event, the underframe of the tram, by virtue

Frog galvanoscope (1,499 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

According to Matteucci, the instrument is most accurate if direct electrical contact with muscle is avoided. That is, connections are made only to the

Vagusstoff (767 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

developed the concept of bioelectricity. This led to the idea that direct electrical contact between nerves and muscles mediated transmission of excitation. However

Keypunch (4,558 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Electric Keypunch, a similar looking device where each key closed an electrical contact that activated a solenoid which punched the hole. The 80 column punched

Energy Efficient Homes Package (2,810 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

December 2009. Electrocution was due to a metal staple creating an electrical contact between the metal foil insulation being installed and live 240-volt

Powerlock (760 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

spring-loaded plastic cap to prevent dirt ingress and casual contact with the electrical contact; however with sufficient pressure this can be displaced with a finger

Teletouch (1,580 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

car out of Park on a steep hill, and would pop the circuit breaker; electrical contact problems, wiring problems and other issues were prevalent even when

Frequency meter (1,255 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

systems; when the reed vibrated with enough amplitude it would cause an electrical contact to close and actuate the controls. More advanced systems were of the

Foxhole radio (1,083 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

detector to recover rectify the signal. Detectors consisted of an electrical contact between two different conductors with a semiconducting film of corrosion

Pentax ME F (3,104 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

with today's ubiquitous zoom lens. The Pentax K-F mount added five electrical contact pins protruding through the lens mount flange at the 5 o'clock position

Speaker wire (2,924 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

so) and offers multi circuits in some versions. The type of actual electrical contact (ie, termination) is determined by the connectors on the equipment

Helen Tran (462 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Meric; Pinshane Huang; et al. (November 1, 2013). "One-dimensional electrical contact to a two-dimensional material". Science. 342 (6158): 614–617. doi:10

Jára Cimrman (3,266 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

assisted Prof. Burian with his first plastic surgery, he reworked the electrical contact on Thomas Edison's first light bulb, and he found a sublet for Gustave

Clariion (2,001 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

paperwork included optional hot swapping, guide rails for proper electrical contact, and a method to lock the drives in place once they were secured in

Furka Summit Tunnel (920 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the years commencing with electrification of the line in 1942, the electrical contact wire had to be dismantled over a nearly 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) long

Railway coupling (9,164 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

rubber elements. On either side of the mechanical connection are electrical contact blocks consisting of a series of butt contacts. When disconnected

Lithium-ion battery (23,831 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

material in a process known as intercalation. Energy losses arising from electrical contact resistance at interfaces between electrode layers and at contacts

Artillery fuze (5,030 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

electronic setters to transfer data electronically. Early ones required an electrical contact between the fuze and the setter. These have been superseded by induction

Swede Patch 2000 (574 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

mode the electronics would generate a signal when a string formed an electrical contact with a fret. If simultaneous contacts were detected, the electronics

Line 3 Scarborough (7,329 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

This micro-lifting prevented the truck wheels from making a solid electrical contact with the track. Instead of using the conventional method, in which

Microelectrode array (5,225 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Marani, E. (2003). "Geometry-based finite element modeling of the electrical contact between a cultured neuron and a microelectrode". IEEE Trans Biomed

Leon Warnerke (1,414 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

be replaced in this model with a tiny alarm bell triggered by an electrical contact being made through the perforations, which sounded after each frame

Probe card (1,252 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

as lead-tin, tin-silver and others. The probe card must make good electrical contact to these pads or bumps during the testing of the device. When the

Solar cell (16,592 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and not practical. Hence researchers try to make a cell with two electrical contact points and one junction, which does not need a GaAs substrate. This

Electrosurgery (3,688 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

surgical uses during anesthesia the monopolar modality relies on a good electrical contact between a large area of the body (Typically at least the entire back

Third rail (model rail) (1,509 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

electric power and the two outer rails for common or ground made electrical contact much more reliable and less prone to short circuits. Three rail contact

Korosten railway station (806 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

generation. Insulators of the ISM-1M series are used to divide the electrical contact network into separate operating sections with reliable isolation between

Quantum-cascade laser (4,505 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

ridge, then the entire ridge is typically coated with gold to provide electrical contact and to help remove heat from the ridge when it is producing light

Junkers Ju 87 (18,952 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

a light on the contact altimeter (an altimeter equipped with an electrical contact which triggers at a preset altitude) came on to indicate the bomb-release

Pulvermacher's chain (2,791 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

zinc wires to be placed very close to each other without coming into electrical contact. Insulated wires could not be used as this would interfere with the

Laser safety (6,725 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

indicate laser light emission, a beam stop or attenuator, and an electrical contact that the user can connect to an emergency stop or interlock. Below

Willis R. Whitney (5,522 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

match. Hydrogen was present. Basically, Whitney found that the proper electrical contact between the cathode and anodic region as well as the presence of hydrogen

Heavy Gear (6,064 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the engine will line up and act as intake and exhaust ports, and electrical contact connections trigger the spark plugs. The rotation of the cylinder

Aluminum electrolytic capacitor (13,030 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The second aluminum foil, called the "cathode foil", serves to make electrical contact with the electrolyte. A paper spacer mechanically separates the foils

Lithium-ion capacitor (2,949 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

mainly comes from their porous structure. A separator prevents direct electrical contact between the anode and the cathode. It must be chemically inert in

Lithium-ion capacitor (2,949 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

mainly comes from their porous structure. A separator prevents direct electrical contact between the anode and the cathode. It must be chemically inert in

Post-transition metal (15,303 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

renders it susceptible to galvanic corrosion when in physical or electrical contact with other metals such as copper or steel, especially when exposed

Escapement (10,102 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

attached directly to the pendulum. Once the arm has fallen, it makes an electrical contact that energises an electromagnet to reset the gravity arm and acts

Resistive pulse sensing (1,141 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

dissolved minerals to conduct sufficiently for this application as well. Electrical contact is made with the fluid using metal electrodes, in the best case using

Failure of electronic components (4,839 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

ISBN 978-1-61503-091-0. Zhai, C.; et al. (2015). "Stress-Dependent Electrical Contact Resistance at Fractal Rough Surfaces". Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Fredrik Rosing Bull (1,523 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

holes of the punched cards, causing the information to be recorded by electrical contact. He obtained the ideas for this machine by stealing the notes of Henrik

4.3-10 connector (853 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

could be overcome by a significantly different design, decoupling the electrical contact from the mechanical fastening interface. While 7/16 uses an axial

Georg Matthias Bose (1,630 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

relatively quickly and the need to insulate charged objects from electrical contact with the earth was not well appreciated. Later experiments by other

Kursk submarine disaster (15,795 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and reclose the door in order to clean the connection and make good electrical contact. Kursk's crew had not fired a torpedo in three years, and that torpedo

List of topics characterized as pseudoscience (39,590 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

people are missing due to insulating shoes and ground cover. Being in electrical contact with Earth is claimed to provide the body with those excess electrons

Tube socket (4,258 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the base shell was made of aluminium, and the center hole had an electrical contact that also mechanically locked (hence "loctal") the tube in place.

Pinshane Huang (1,252 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

PMID 21209615. S2CID 205223553. Huang, Pinshane (2013). "One-dimensional electrical contact to a two-dimensional material". Science. 342 (6158): 614–617. Bibcode:2013Sci

Stray voltage (4,103 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the case. In any situation where energized equipment is in intimate electrical contact with a person or animal (such as swimming pools, surgery, electric

Pentax K-mount (8,606 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

both a motor and batteries inside the lens. It also adds a seventh electrical contact, this one carrying digital information from the lens to the camera

Corrosion engineering (6,402 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

one metal (more active one) corrodes preferentially when it is in electrical contact with another dissimilar metal, in the presence of an electrolyte.

Gray code (15,900 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(tracks). Each track has a stationary metal spring contact that provides electrical contact to the conductive code pattern. Together, these contacts produce output

Faraday paradox (5,685 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

just next to each other on the same axle and let them have sliding electrical contact at the center and at the circumference. The current will be proportional

History of trams (6,850 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

particularly heavily sanded by a previous tram, and the tram loses electrical contact with the rails. In this event, the underframe of the tram, by virtue

Dive computer (19,204 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

can fail due to magnet corrosion. Buttons which work by external electrical contact can malfunction due to salt deposits. This is most likely to occur

Timeline of United States inventions (before 1890) (23,299 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

refer to a signaling telegram, as an operator makes and breaks an electrical contact with a telegraph key, resulting in an audible signal at the other

Rollei 35 (3,260 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

position and aperture control settings were transferred, without any electrical contact wear and tear, using a differential gear turning a variable density

Dislocation avalanches (1,737 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the system. In addition to regular compression experiments, in-situ electrical contact resistance measurements (ECR) were performed. During these in-situ

UNIVAC Solid State (1,528 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

mechanical "dog" clutch to initiate a punch cycle. Since many gears, electrical contact cams were affixed to the main shaft with taper pins, the P 67 with

Morris Tanenbaum (2,843 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

form thin multiple layers. Tanenbaum needed to establish a reliable electrical contact with the middle layer. After weeks of experimenting, Tanenbaum wrote

Flexity Outlook (Toronto) (10,207 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Avenue. The trolley pole shoe contains a carbon insert to provide electrical contact with the overhead wire and to lower the shoe to clear overhead wire

List of Italian inventions and discoveries (26,457 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

earthquake shakes the ground, the motion of the mercury produces an electrical contact that stops a clock and at the same time starts a recording drum registering

Polymer-based battery (2,964 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

structure of the submicron polypyrrole anode allowed for increased electrical contact between the particles, and the electrolyte was able to further penetrate

Fribourg–Farvagny trolleybus system (1,610 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Glâne railway crossing had to be dismantled. From then onwards, the electrical contact troller had to be exchanged, in a cumbersome procedure, every time

Pear switch (475 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

plastic, which is connected to a mechanism that has a spring with an electrical contact. It is an automatic mechanism with a spring, similar to a push button

Productivity-improving technologies (13,951 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

cards through tabulating machines, the holes in the cards allowing electrical contact to increment electronic counters. Tabulating machines were in a category

Polymer capacitor (11,305 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the separator (spacer) and achieves with its ion conductivity the electrical contact between the two polymer layers covering the dielectric and on the

Copper in architecture (11,050 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

metal corrodes preferentially to another when both metals are in electrical contact with each other in the presence of an electrolyte, such as moisture

Kenneth L Shepard (1,847 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Hone, J; Shepard, KL; Dean, CR (November 2013). "One-dimensional electrical contact to a two-dimensional material". Science. 342 (6158): 614–7. Bibcode:2013Sci

List of NATO Supply Classification Groups (3,769 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Insulating Materials 5975: Electrical Hardware and Supplies 5977: Electrical Contact Brushes and Electrodes 5980: Optoelectronic Devices and Associated

List of Cowon products (4,215 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

customary in high-end audio equipment, to reduce noise and improve electrical contact with the audio source. On April 1, 2013, Cowon Systems Inc. released

History of photographic lens design (16,025 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

top-mounted box; the first dedicated autofocus lens mount was the five electrical contact pin Pentax K-F mount on the Asahi Optical Pentax ME F (1981, Japan)

History of the single-lens reflex camera (31,746 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

USA] 35 mm rangefinder) had a Leica-type accessory shoe with added electrical contact (the present day ISO hot shoe). Although the Nikon F (see above) had

Eltra Bydgoszcz (4,022 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1950s, Eltra has had a dominant position on the Polish market of electrical contact elements such as switches, connectors and lamp sockets. In the 1960s

Heterojunction solar cell (14,271 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Alternatively, an electroless process may be used, which does not require electrical contact to the solar cell that complicates manufacturing. However, electroless