Abstract: A panel system may include a core body having opposite sides and switching devices mounted to at least one of the opposite sides of the core body, a housing in which the core body and the switching devices are disposed, gate drivers coupled to a first side of the housing and to the switching devices, and connectors coupled to one or more other sides of the housing and to the switching devices. The connectors may receive and conduct a voltage to collector terminals of the switching devices. The gate drivers may conduct a gate voltage to gate terminals of the switching devices. The switching devices may control conduction of the voltage out of the housing via the connectors as an alternating current.

Abstract: A computer implemented method for automated generation and verification of a technology specific logic model and a technology independent logic model of a memory array, the method at least comprising: having a first set of parameters; having a set of constraints, creating a second set of parameters; generating the technology independent model of the memory array wherein the second set of parameters and the set of constraints are used; generating the technology specific model of the memory array wherein the first set of parameters and the set of constraints are used; verifying the technology independent model and the technology specific model for equivalence on a sequential logic basis.

Abstract: Medical device kits for use in placing, maintaining, altering, and/or removing medical devices in, on, and/or from the body of a patient are disclosed. Such medical device kits can include one or more wrap assemblies for use in the placement/maintenance procedure. In accordance with present embodiments, the one or more wrap assemblies of the medical device kit can include various features to assist the clinician performing the particular procedure. In one embodiment, a medical wrap assembly is disclosed, comprising a foldable wrap body that includes a front surface, wherein the front surface is configured to define a sterile field. A plurality of pockets is included on the front surface of the wrap body. The pockets are configured to contain therein a plurality of medical components. The medical components are arranged in the pockets in a predetermined order of use for the medical procedure.

Abstract: A method of pumping an oilfield fluid from a well surface to a wellbore is provided that includes providing a clean stream; operating one or more clean pumps to pump the clean stream from the well surface to the wellbore; providing a dirty stream including a solid material disposed in a fluid carrier; and operating one or more dirty pumps to pump the dirty stream from the well surface to the wellbore, wherein the clean stream and the dirty stream together form said oilfield fluid.

Abstract: A drilling system configured to install a tap assembly into a ship skin is disclosed. The drilling system comprises a remotely-operated underwater vehicle and a drilling assembly configured to be operated by the remotely-operated underwater vehicle. The drilling assembly comprises a frame comprising an attachment element configured to hold the drilling assembly to a surface of the ship skin. The drilling assembly further comprises a drill actuation system comprising a linear actuator attached to the frame and a rotary actuator, wherein an actuation of the linear actuator is configured to move the rotary actuator relative to the frame to install the tap assembly into the ship skin by driving the tap assembly with the rotary actuator and the linear actuator.

Abstract: The new type of database structure developed for the LifeStory Connection™ application was built using PHP (PHP Hypertext Preprocessor), Linux, the open-source operating system and MySQL, the relational database management system. Several processes contribute to this design making this application a new offer to the senior living industry, including dementia care, and can be applied to several other industries including special needs, mental health, etc. The build includes both physical and logical models of designs. The unique and efficient processes that the LifeStory Connection™ application combines to provide include the capturing of data remotely/virtually, the organization of the data, specific to dementia care, the storing and analyzing of the data, and the conveying of both the metrics (to facilities/communities) and resident data to staff/care partners in dementia care.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a first electrical contact device and a second electrical contact device. The first electrical contact device includes a plurality of conductors. The second electrical contact device includes a first portion, a second portion movable in a rotational and translational manner relative to the first portion, and an actuator movable between a first position and a second position. The first portion includes first electrical contacts, and the second portion includes electrical sockets. Each socket receives an associated conductor and includes a second electrical contact aligned with an associated first electrical contact. The second portion is biased away from the first portion. When the actuator is in the first position, the actuator inhibits translational movement of the second portion toward the first portion.

Abstract: Sealing ring for a wheel of an aircraft turbomachine turbine, the ring having an annular body extending around an axis of revolution and including an outer surface and an inner surface which is coated with an annular layer of an abradable material, the ring further including an annular wall extending around the annular body and at a radial distance from the body, the annular wall including openings through which cooling air flows by impact on the outer surface, wherein the body and the wall are integrally formed.

Abstract: This invention relates to compositions and methods for modifying an endogenous nucleic acid encoding a Phytochrome A (PHYA) polypeptide for suppression of the shade avoidance response in plants. The invention further relates to plants produced using the methods and compositions of the invention.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a first electrical contact device and a second electrical contact device. The first electrical contact device includes a plurality of conductors. The second electrical contact device includes a first portion, a second portion movable in a rotational and translational manner relative to the first portion, and an actuator movable between a first position and a second position. The first portion includes first electrical contacts, and the second portion includes electrical sockets. Each socket receives an associated conductor and includes a second electrical contact aligned with an associated first electrical contact. The second portion is biased away from the first portion. When the actuator is in the first position, the actuator inhibits translational movement of the second portion toward the first portion.

Abstract: Architecture for collecting and transmitting an aircraft flight data report including at least one data acquisition unit installed on board the aircraft, means for transmitting the flight data report installed on board the aircraft and a station for collecting the data report on the ground, including means for calculating and taking into account a cost index for optimizing a choice of a best means for transmitting the flight data report and its content with respect to the cost index.

Abstract: A breakaway electrical connector is provided that includes a line side and a load side. The line side that is connectable to a line conductor, while the load side is connectable to a load conductor. The line side has a first magnet and a first plurality of contacts. The load side has a second magnet and a second plurality of contacts. The first and second magnets provide a magnetic connection force to maintain the line and load sides connected to one another with the first and second plurality of contacts electrically coupled to one another.

Abstract: An electronic power connector including a contact configured to electrically connect a power supply to a load. The electronic power connector further including a contact core configured to receive the contact, the contact core including a transformer winding wrapped around the contact core, the transformer winding configured to sense a current.

Abstract: A method for monitoring a starting sequence of a turbomachine including a compressor provided with a rotor, a starter capable of rotating the rotor and a combustion chamber, the method including determining a bracketing of a time zone during which the ignition instant takes place, the bracketing being defined by, on the one hand, a lower limit corresponding to an event necessarily taking place before the ignition instant and an upper limit corresponding to an event necessarily taking place after the ignition instant; and determining between the lower limit and the upper limit, a break point in the variation with time of the measurement signal, this break point corresponding to an ignition instant of the air-fuel mixture in the combustion chamber.

Abstract: A system includes a tool to dispose in a wellbore lined with pipe. The tool includes first and second receiver coils having a non-uniform winding along a longitudinal axis, a third receiver coil having a non-uniform winding coaxial with at least one of the first and second receiver coils, and a transmitter. The system includes a processor to execute instructions to perform operations including causing the transmitter to emit an induced magnetic field, measuring the induced magnetic field using the first receiver coil to create a first measurement and using the first and second receiver coils to create a second measurement. The operations include determining a static magnetic field, selecting the first or second measurement based on a magnitude of the static magnetic field to determine a selected measurement, and determining at least one property of the pipe using the selected measurement.

Abstract: A module for an aircraft turbine engine including at least one annular casing of an annular combustion chamber, at least one sealing ring for a turbine wheel, and at least one annular bearing support, wherein this module is made in one piece.

Abstract: Sealing ring (36, 38) for a wheel (26) of an aircraft turbomachine turbine, said ring comprising an annular body (51) extending around an axis of revolution (A) and comprising an outer surface (51a) and an inner surface (51b) which is coated with an annular layer (53) of an abradable material, the ring further comprising an annular wall (52) extending around the annular body and at a radial distance from said body, said annular wall comprising openings (54) through which cooling air flows by impact on the outer surface, characterised in that the body and the wall are integrally formed.

Abstract: Disclosed is an auxiliary contact assembly for an industrial connector, such as an electrical plug and electrical receptacle. The receptacle has a line side contact assembly formed by a cavity elongated in a proximal direction with an open distal end, and a plurality of inner side surfaces. A plurality of line side contacts are arranged on the inner side surfaces of the cavity. At least two of the line side contacts are on separate non-adjacent inner side surfaces at a first distance from the distal end of the cavity and at least one of the plurality of line side contacts is on an intervening inner side surface between the separate non-adjacent inner side surfaces and at a second distance from the distal end so that the contacts are staggered along the length of the cavity. The plug includes a load side contact assembly formed by a support body having a plurality of outer side surfaces that is elongated in the proximal direction.

Abstract: A system for reduced noise during remote field testing (RFT). The system, while moving an RFT probe through a structure: generates, RFT probe, a magnetic field. The system detects, at a detector solenoid on the RFT probe, a measured magnetic field which is the magnetic field modified by the presence of nearby pipe, and wherein the detector solenoid has a non-uniform solenoid response (i.e. a non-uniform turn density and/or cross sectional winding area) along a longitudinal axis extending from a one end of the detector solenoid to the opposite end of the detector solenoid. The system then identifies and measures pipe properties from an analysis of the measured magnetic field, via signal processing in conjunction with modeling.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a first electrical contact device and a second electrical contact device. The first electrical contact device includes a plurality of conductors. The second electrical contact device includes a first portion, a second portion movable in a rotational and translational manner relative to the first portion, and an actuator movable between a first position and a second position. The first portion includes first electrical contacts, and the second portion includes electrical sockets. Each socket receives an associated conductor and includes a second electrical contact aligned with an associated first electrical contact. The second portion is biased away from the first portion. When the actuator is in the first position, the actuator inhibits translational movement of the second portion toward the first portion.