Abstract: This relates to a front trunk including a moveable platform. In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a motor vehicle, including: a front trunk including a platform configured to move between a retracted position and a deployed position, wherein, when the platform is in the retracted position, a panel on a top of the platform provides a floor of the front trunk, and wherein, when the platform is in the deployed position, the panel provides a work surface.

Abstract: A switching and/or distributing device has at least one receiving housing and a housing cover. Arranged in at least one housing rail region are one or a plurality of power distribution rails which extend substantially in a main plane and are connected to sub-distribution rails. In at least a first plane, said sub-distribution rails extend substantially in parallel to the main plane and are electrically insulated from one another and extend in the direction of at least one housing component region, wherein in the housing component region, in particular modular components, which contain electrical/electronic operating means, are in electrical contact with one sub-distribution rail each. As a result, a switching and/or distributing device is improved in such a way that the arrangement of corresponding components is possible easily without much additional effort even in potentially explosive atmospheres and a plurality of components of different ty pes and of different sizes can be arranged at the same time.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a motor vehicle including a lift assembly. In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a motor vehicle, including a panel and an actuator assembly configured to raise and lower the panel between a highest position and a lowest position. When the panel is in the lowest position, an underside of the panel is spaced-apart above a ground surface.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a support structure. The vehicle also includes a side door operable to move relative to the support structure between an open position and a closed position. In the open position of the side door, access to a vehicle interior of the vehicle is provided. In the closed position of the side door, the side door extends across a longitudinal centerline of the vehicle. The vehicle further includes a plurality of pivot members, each pivotably coupled to the support structure at a first end and pivotably coupled to the side door at a second end. The side door is movable between the open and closed positions via pivotal movement of each of the plurality of pivot members relative to the support structure and pivotal movement of the side door relative to each of the plurality of pivot members.

Abstract: A vehicle electrical distribution system includes an electrical box having at least one power outlet. The electrical box is configured to be moved between a stowed position where the electrical box is housed within a compartment of a vehicle, and an deployed position where the electrical box is outside the compartment.

Abstract: There is described a modular welding device having a welding torch assembly defining a welding axis and having a welding torch rotatable about the welding axis. The welding device further includes a drive assembly releasably attachable to the welding torch assembly and operable to linearly translate the welding torch assembly along an axis of translation. When the drive assembly is attached to the welding torch assembly in a first orientation relative to the welding torch assembly, the drive assembly is detachable from the welding torch assembly and re-attachable to the welding torch assembly so as to be disposed in a second orientation relative to the welding torch assembly.

Abstract: A natural binder-based infill for artificial turf, comprising biodegradable granules, wherein the granules comprise a natural binder that has been physically but not chemically modified by the addition of a quantity of filler material, wherein the granules have a mean size of between 0.2 and 5 mm.

Abstract: A natural rubber based infill for artificial turf, comprising biodegradable granules, wherein the granules comprise natural rubber that has been physically but not chemically modified by the addition of a quantity of filler material, wherein the granules have a mean size of between 0.2 and 5 mm.

Abstract: Techniques for training and evaluating machine-learning models for providing student guidance are described herein. In some embodiments, a network service generates a set of clusters that group a plurality of students by similarity. The network service trains a machine-learning model based on variances in outcomes and actions leading to the outcomes for students that belong to a same cluster in the set of clusters. The network service evaluates the machine-learning model for a student that has been mapped to the same cluster to identify at least one action that the student has not performed that is predictive of an optimal outcome for other students that belong to the same cluster. Responsive to evaluating the machine-learning model, the network service presents, through an interface, a recommendation that the student perform the at least one action.

Abstract: A switching and/or distributing device has at least one receiving housing and a housing cover. Arranged in at least one housing rail region are one or a plurality of power distribution rails which extend substantially in a main plane and arc connected to sub-distribution rails. In at least a first plane, said sub-distribution rails extend substantially in parallel to the main plane and arc electrically insulated from one another and extend in the direction of at least one housing component region, wherein in the housing component region, in particular modular components, which contain electrical/electronic operating means, arc in electrical contact with one sub-distribution rail each. As a result, a switching and/or distributing device is improved in such a way that the arrangement of corresponding components is possible easily without much additional effort even in potentially explosive atmospheres and a plurality of components of different ty pes and of different sizes can be arranged at the same time.

Abstract: A method of determining how to repair a damaged composite component includes generating a three-dimensional model of the damaged component, determining a configuration of a repair structure to be applied to the damaged component using the generated three-dimensional model and general design data for the component prior to being damaged, determining an operational feasibility of the determined repair structure using application specific information related to the damaged component and generating a repair procedure for forming the repair structure when the determined operational feasibility indicates that the damaged component can be successfully repaired.

Abstract: Techniques for training and evaluating machine-learning models for providing student guidance are described herein. In some embodiments, a network service generates a set of clusters that group a plurality of students by similarity. The network service trains a machine-learning model based on variances in outcomes and actions leading to the outcomes for students that belong to a same cluster in the set of clusters. The network service evaluates the machine-learning model for a student that has been mapped to the same cluster to identify at least one action that the student has not performed that is predictive of an optimal outcome for other students that belong to the same cluster. Responsive to evaluating the machine-learning model, the network service presents, through an interface, a recommendation that the student perform the at least one action.

Abstract: In some examples a silicon photonic (SiPh) solder reflowable assembly may comprise a silicon interposer bonded to an organic substrate, the silicon interposer having an optical grating disposed on the interposer to couple an optical signal, a lens array chip, the lens array comprising one or more lenses on a wafer, the lens array chip flip chip reflowed to the silicon interposer by a bonding agent and the one or more lenses having a predetermined shape that expands, collimates, and tilts a beam of the optical signal exiting the grating. The wafer has a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) that matches silicon and the one or more lenses and the grating are aligned in such a way the optical signal enters the grating at a desired angle.

Abstract: A method of determining how to repair a damaged composite component includes generating a three-dimensional model of the damaged component, determining a configuration of a repair structure to be applied to the damaged component using the generated three-dimensional model and general design data for the component prior to being damaged, determining an operational feasibility of the determined repair structure using application specific information related to the damaged component and generating a repair procedure for forming the repair structure when the determined operational feasibility indicates that the damaged component can be successfully repaired.

Abstract: A precipitation sensor including: an outer housing having a top portion and forming the first cavity, and inside of the first cavity including a variable-permittivity medium that is exposed at a top of the first cavity; first and second conductive plates extending along at least part of a vertical dimension of the first cavity, the first conductive plate and the second conductive plate disposed so that the variable-permittivity medium separates opposing surfaces of the first conductive plate and the second conductive plate; the outer housing having a bottom portion forming a second cavity, the second cavity including means for measuring an electromagnetic characteristic of a capacitor formed by the first conductive plate, the second conductive plate, and the variable-permittivity medium.

Abstract: This system for implementing certified functions, of the type including multiple configurable resources for implementing operational applications, is characterized in that it includes means for supervising its operation, including means forming a directory for keeping available resources of the platform up to date, means (10) for detecting resources required by the operational applications to be implemented, and means for configuring/reconfiguring resources of the system and assigning them to the applications, to adapt them and their operation to the implemented operational applications.

Abstract: A system includes a chassis and a slot in the chassis. The slot has a depth dimension along which a removable module may be moved to insert the module in the slot and remove the module from the slot. The system includes waveguides, which have couplers that are arranged at different depths of the slot to couple the waveguides to the module in response to the module being inserted into the slot.

Abstract: Method for determining the intrinsic gel strength of a water-absorbing hydrogel-forming polymeric material, comprising the step of: obtaining a hydrogel of said water-absorbing polymeric material, submitting said hydrogel to a controlled strain application step and measuring the stress; or submitting said hydrogel to a controlled stress application step and measuring the strain, and determining from said measured stress or strain of step c) the modulus of said hydrogel.