Abstract: Systems and methods of electrically connecting electrical energy storage or photovoltaic equipment with electrical destination equipment without performing any hard-wiring or installing any terminations in the field. A utility-scale electrical energy storage system and/or photovoltaic inverter is provided with a receptacle at its electrical output with a frame shaped and sized to secure to a first plug on a first cable to form an electrical connection between the first source equipment, first cable and the destination equipment.

Abstract: Described herein are variations of an analyte monitoring system, including an analyte monitoring device. For example, an analyte monitoring device may include an implantable microneedle array for use in measuring one or more analytes (e.g., glucose), such as in a continuous manner. The microneedle array may include, for example, at least one microneedle including a tapered distal portion having an insulated distal apex, and an electrode on a surface of the tapered distal portion located proximal to the insulated distal apex. At least some of the microneedles may be electrically isolated such that one or more electrodes is individually addressable.

Abstract: Disclosed is a measuring sensor of a measuring device for detecting a mass flow rate. The measuring sensor comprises a measuring tube, a vibration exciter, and at least two vibration sensors. The vibration exciter and the vibration sensors each have a coil apparatus having at least one coil and at least one magnetic apparatus. The coil apparatus comprises a printed circuit board having at least one printed circuit board layer, wherein the coil is formed by means of an electrically conductive conductor track, wherein the coil is arranged on the first side and/or second side of a printed circuit board layer, wherein the printed circuit board comprises at least two contact-making elements for connecting the coil to an electronic measuring and/or operating circuit of the measuring device by means of connection elements, and is characterized in that at least one contact-making element has a hole.

Abstract: A method of additively manufacturing an object includes successively forming a plurality of powder layers by depositing powder over a build platform using a powder-deposition apparatus. The method also includes successively forming a binder shell by bonding select regions of each one of the plurality of powder layers before forming each successive one of the plurality of powder layers using a binder-delivery apparatus. The binder shell encloses a portion of the powder. The method further includes densifying the portion of the powder bound by the binder shell using a consolidation apparatus.

Abstract: A substrate that is stretchable and that at least has a wiring region; wiring at least positioned in the wiring region on a first surface side of the substrate, the wiring having a meandering shape section that includes peaks and valleys aligned along a first direction that is one of planar directions of the first surface of the substrate; and a stretching control mechanism that controls extension and contraction of the substrate. The stretching control mechanism at least includes stretching control parts that are positioned in the wiring region of the substrate and that are aligned along the first direction.

Abstract: An apparatus (100) for additive manufacturing of a part of an article from a first material comprising particles having a first composition is provided. The apparatus (100) comprises a layer providing means (110) for providing a first support layer from a second material comprising particles having a second composition, wherein the first composition and the second composition are different. The apparatus (100) comprises a concavity defining means (120) for defining a first concavity in an exposed surface of the first support layer. The apparatus (100) comprises a depositing means (130) for depositing a part of the first material in the first concavity defined in the first support layer. The apparatus (100) comprises a levelling means (140) for selectively levelling the deposited first material in the first concavity.

Abstract: A drive carrier for a cold plug device of an information handling system includes a handle, a first latch, and a second latch. The handle rotates between a locked position and an unlocked position. The first latch includes first and second ends, and slides between first and second positions. The handle is held in the locked position when the first latch is in the first position. The second latch includes first and second ends. The first end of the second latch is pivotally attached to the second end of the first latch and the second end of the second latch snap fits over a first end of the handle. The second latch prevents the first latch from sliding from the first position to the second position when the second end of the second latch is snap fitted over the first end of the handle.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a connector device suitable for making an inter or intra static electrical energy converter connection. The device includes at least two flat conductors and at least one insulating material. The said method includes: preparing each flat conductor individually; applying at least one coat of enamel varnish to each conductor, which is thinner than a desired final thickness; carrying out cross-linking of the enamel coating; and repeating the depositing of a layer of enameling resin and the cross-linking until the chosen thickness is reached. The varnish coated conductors of the connector device are assembled by using a template and connecting elements.

Abstract: An onboard power supply device includes capacitors, a holder holding the capacitors, a mounting board having the capacitors mounted thereon and having the holder fixed thereto, and a heat-generating component mounted on the mounting board. Each of the capacitors includes a capacitor body and a lead terminal extending from the capacitor body. The holder includes a base part, first holding parts bundled by the base part and holding the capacitors, second holding parts each connected to a corresponding one of the first holding parts, and a fixing part extending from an outer edge of the base part toward the mounting board and fixed to the mounting board. The capacitor body of each of the capacitors is held by a corresponding one of the first holding parts. The lead terminal of each of the capacitors is held by a corresponding one of the second holding parts. The mounting board has a through-hole therein through which the lead terminal passes. The through-hole is connected to the lead terminal.

Abstract: A busbar connector (60) for making one or more electrical connections within or to a battery module (M) of a battery pack, the battery module (M) comprising one or more battery cells, wherein the busbar connector (60) comprises: a base portion (160) for forming an electrical connection to one or more of the battery cells within the module; and at least one connector portion (180, 190) for forming an electrical connection from the base portion (160) to one or more other components of the module or the battery pack; wherein at least one or more of the following (i) to (iv) is satisfied: (i) the at least one connector portion (180, 190) has a non-uniform transverse cross-sectional area passing therealong, or (ii) the at least one connector portion (180, 190) has a lateral width which varies passing therealong, or (iii) the base portion (160) has a longitudinal length, the base portion (160) and the at least one connector portion (180, 190) are united or joined via an attachment portion, and the attachment portio

Abstract: A coupling sleeve for connecting cable ends of high-voltage DC cables by means of a connection body including control inserts for controlling the electric field, wherein the connection body is made of an elastomer, particularly a silicone elastomer. A cable system, particularly for high-voltage DC applications, including two cables and a coupling sleeve, as well as to a method for producing a coupling sleeve, and to a method for connecting two cable ends of two DC cables by means of a coupling sleeve.

Abstract: A wall pack light fixture including a front cover having a front surface, a top wall, and two side walls, the top and side walls extending rearward from the front surface and defining a recess with an inner contact surface, a light element in the front cover, a rear enclosure having a forward-facing front edge, and a hinge having a first portion connected to the front cover and a second portion pivotably coupled to the first portion, the second portion connected to the rear enclosure, wherein the front cover is rotatable about the hinge between a closed configuration, in which the forward-facing front edge is within the recess and against the inner contact surface, and an open configuration, wherein the top wall of the front cover is a continuous surface which, in the closed configuration, extends over a top portion of the forward-facing front edge of the rear enclosure.

Abstract: The Flush Wallplate Electrical Box Assembly deploys and constrains an electrical wallplate such that the wallplate finished face is essentially co-planar to the surrounding wall assembly finish material finished surface. The assembly is comprised of flush wallplate electrical box possessing an integral housing intended to receive the electrical wallplate, an interface flange serving to interface between the electrical box and wall assembly finish materials, an interface placement guide to control the positioning of the interface flange and an element to protect wiring inside the electrical box during wall assembly construction. The form of the electrical box provides for a building and electrical code compliant installation and simplifies box positioning providing minimum variability. The interface flange provides for a consistent termination of wall assembly materials at the periphery of the electrical box.

Abstract: There is provided a hermetic terminal for a large amount of power so as to secure wettability of a lead member to glass and improve hermetic reliability of a glass sealing portion. A hermetic terminal includes: a metal base provided with at least one through hole; a lead inserted in the through hole of the metal base; and an insulating member that seals the lead in the metal base. The lead includes: a core member; a binding member that at least coats an outer diameter portion of the core member; an intermediate member that coats a surface of the binding member and that is composed of a low-electric-resistance material; and an outer coating member that coats the intermediate member and that has a stable glass binding characteristic at a sealing temperature.

Abstract: A wire with terminal WT1 is provided with a wire 2 including a core 2B and an insulation coating 2C covering around the core 2B, and a terminal 1 including a coating crimping portion 50 crimped to the insulation coating 2C. The wire 2 is pulled out rearward from the terminal 1. A water cut-off member 60 for suppressing liquid intrusion into the core 2B is disposed between an inner peripheral surface 20A of the coating crimping portion 50 and an outer peripheral surface 2A of the insulation coating 2C. The coating crimping portion 50 is provided with an oblique extending portion 70 for reducing the outflow of the water cut-off member 60 to outside due to crimping.

Abstract: A dual interface smart card having a smart card body, a contact-based interface for contact-based communications, a first security chip which is arranged in the smart card body and is electrically conductively coupled to the contact-based interface, a fingerprint sensor arranged in the smart card body, a second security chip, which is coupled to the fingerprint sensor and is configured to carry out a fingerprint verification by means of fingerprint signals detected by the fingerprint sensor, and an antenna coupled to the second security chip.

Abstract: Presented are segmented hairpin bar conductors for electric machines, methods for making/using such segmented bar conductors, electromagnetic motors using such segmented bar conductors, and vehicles equipped with an induction motor generator unit using segmented hairpin bar conductors. An electric machine includes a stator that defines multiple circumferentially spaced, radially elongated stator slots. A rotor is located adjacent and movable with respect to the stator. One or more permanent magnets are mounted to the rotor, and one or more U-shaped hairpin windings are mounted to the stator in juxtaposed spaced relation to the magnet(s). Each hairpin winding is formed from an array of collimated, electrically conductive wires that are bundled together into a unitary bar conductor. The segmented hairpin winding has a pair of hairpin legs, each of which adjoins and projects from a respective end of a hairpin crown. Each hairpin leg inserts into a respective one the stator slots.

Abstract: Methods and systems form shaped wire lengths of flexible wire materials by use of dispensing heads and movement of same in a direction along an axis different from the axis of movement followed by a web of material with which the thus formed shaped wire lengths are combined or to which the thus formed shaped wired are secured or adhered by adhesives applied onto the web prior to or during dispensing. Items are prepared that are suitable for use as antenna components of RFID devices. Also, RFID elements can be positioned on the web and the shaped wire length applied to the RFID element to provide a combination RFID device having both antenna and RFID element. Shaping of the flexible wires is achieved in manufacturing times substantially shorter than other methods and systems.

Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to 3D printing kits and methods of making 3D printed articles. In one example, a 3D printing kit can include a powder bed material, a fusible fluid, and an activator fluid. The powder bed material can include polymer particles. The fusible fluid can include a radiation absorber. The fusible fluid can be to selectively apply to the powder bed material. The activator fluid can include a non-conductive electroless metal plating activator. The activator fluid can also be to selectively apply to the powder bed material.

Abstract: A sheet includes a carrier made of an electrically non-conductive material and at least one sensor wire associated with said carrier, wherein the wire reacts electrically to an exterior stress.

Abstract: A conductor includes a connection conductor that is directly connected to at least one of a plurality of electrode terminals of an electrode terminal group of a plurality of battery cells arranged in a same direction; a linear conductor that is connected to a battery monitoring unit configured to monitor a battery state of the battery cells; a fuse element that is indirectly connected between the connection conductor and the linear conductor, and that melts when overcurrent flows between the connection conductor and the linear conductor; and a resin mold member that has an insulation property and that includes the fuse element, a part of the connection conductor, and a part of a relay terminal.

Abstract: A method of forming at least one Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) includes forming a beam structure and an electrode on an insulator layer, remote from the beam structure. The method further includes forming at least one sacrificial layer over the beam structure, and remote from the electrode. The method further includes forming a lid structure over the at least one sacrificial layer and the electrode. The method further includes providing simultaneously a vent hole through the lid structure to expose the sacrificial layer and to form a partial via over the electrode. The method further includes venting the sacrificial layer to form a cavity. The method further includes sealing the vent hole with material. The method further includes forming a final via in the lid structure to the electrode, through the partial via.

Abstract: A method and system of producing a three-dimensional object with an anti-counterfeiting measure uses a processor to access a data file including a plurality of parameters for producing a three-dimensional object, wherein the parameters comprise a plurality of structural parameters. The processor may also cause a three dimensional printing device to form the three dimensional object that exhibits the structural parameters by identifying a build material, identifying at least one anti-counterfeiting measure that when included in the 3D object will prevent creation of a digital model of the three-dimensional object by causing the 3D object to obstruct a possible 3D scanning method, and causing the three dimensional printing device to form the three-dimensional object with the anti-counterfeiting measure using the build material.

Abstract: A terminal crimping device crimps a terminal metal fitting positioned at a crimping position to an electric wire. The device includes an anvil which is positioned under the crimping position, a crimper which is positioned above the crimping position, a pressing mechanism which presses down the crimper to crimp the terminal metal fitting to the electric wire with the anvil and the crimper, a terminal supply mechanism to supply the terminal metal fitting to the crimping position, a position adjusting mechanism which is provided in the terminal supply mechanism to adjust a position of the terminal metal fitting for the crimping position, and a photographing device to photograph the terminal metal fitting fed to the crimping position.

Abstract: Systems and methods for integrating tags with items. The methods comprise: dynamically determining a length of each metal thread to be incorporated into or trace to be disposed on a item to optimize tag performance in view of dielectric and tuning properties of the item. In the metal thread scenarios, the methods also involve: creating a metal thread having the length that was dynamically determined; and sewing the metal thread into the item being produced to form an antenna for a first tag. In the trace scenarios, the methods also involve forming the trace on the item being produced to form an antenna for a first tag. Next, at least a communications enabled device is attached to the item so as to form an electrical coupling or connection between the communications enabled device and the at least one antenna.

Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to material sets for 3-dimensional printing. The material set can include a thermoplastic polymer powder having an average particle size from 20 ?m to 100 ?m, a conductive fusing ink comprising a transition metal, and second fusing ink. The second fusing ink can include a fusing agent capable of absorbing electromagnetic radiation to produce heat. The second fusing ink can provide a lower conductivity than the conductive fusing ink when printed on the thermoplastic polymer powder.

Abstract: A semiconductor device has a first substrate and a second substrate. An opening is formed through the second substrate. A first semiconductor component and second semiconductor component are disposed between the first substrate and second substrate. The second substrate is electrically coupled to the first substrate through the first semiconductor component. A first terminal of the first semiconductor component is electrically coupled to the first substrate. A second terminal of the first semiconductor component is electrically coupled to the second substrate. The second semiconductor component extends into the opening. An encapsulant is deposited over the first substrate and second substrate.

Abstract: A jaw member for an electrosurgical instrument is manufactured by providing a jaw housing (18) having a longitudinal jaw section (19), and an electrically conductive plate (1). The electrically conductive plate is placed into a mould, and a first flowable insulating material (15) is injected into the mould such that the flowable material (15) forms one or more stop members (16) that project a predetermined distance from the electrically conductive plate. The jaw housing (18) and the electrically conductive plate (1) are then placed into a second mould, and a second flowable material (25) is injected into the mould to secure the electrically conductive plate (1) to the jaw housing (18).

Abstract: An electronic module is provided, including an electronic element and a strengthening layer formed on a side surface of the electronic element but not formed on an active surface of the electronic element so as to strengthen the structure of the electronic module. Therefore, the electronic element is prevented from being damaged when the electronic module is picked and placed.

Abstract: A method for making electrical connection to a mirror reflective element for a vehicular rearview mirror assembly includes providing a mirror reflective element having a front substrate and a rear substrate with an electro-optic medium disposed therebetween and in contact with a transparent conductive coating and a third surface reflector. A metallic electrical connector is provided that includes an attachment portion and a wire receiving portion. An electrical wire is inserted in the wire receiving portion such that at least one tang of the wire receiving portion engages the electrical wire to secure the electrical wire in the wire receiving portion and to make electrically-conductive connection with the electrical wire. The attachment portion is attached at the front or rear substrate to attach the electrical connector at the mirror reflective element such that the attachment portion electrically conductively connects to the transparent conductive coating or the third surface reflector.

Abstract: In an imaging device, an electric connection is achieved in which a pressing force of a terminal of a substrate-side connector does not act on a substrate stored in a housing. Harness connection terminals have inner-surface contact pieces each shaped like a flat plate and extending along an inner peripheral surface of a cylindrical peripheral wall of a rear housing. Terminals of a connector have press contact portions in press contact with the inner-surface contact pieces in a radial direction of the cylindrical peripheral wall. The pressing force of the press contact portions acts in the radial direction of the cylindrical peripheral wall, but does not act in the plate thickness direction of the substrate. This avoids warpage of the substrate.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a film capacitor, including: a capacitor core; a positive electrode busbar; a negative electrode busbar, superposed with and insulated from the positive electrode busbar; a first electrode terminal, connected to the positive electrode busbar; a second electrode terminal, connected to the negative electrode busbar; a first connection sheet connected to the positive electrode busbar and provided with a first connection terminal connected to the capacitor core; and a second connection sheet, opposed to the first connection sheet, connected to the negative electrode busbar and provided with a second connection terminal connected to the capacitor core, wherein the capacitor core is disposed between the first connection sheet and the second connection sheet; the first connection sheet, the first connection terminal and the positive electrode busbar are integrally formed; and the second connection sheet, the second connection terminal and the negative electrode busbar are integrally

Abstract: It is aimed to provide a connector capable of stably holding a holder in a housing and improving quality. A connector includes a capacitor (70) serving as an electrical component, terminals (50A, 50B) to be connected to the capacitor (70), a holder (30) for holding the terminals (50A, 50B) and the capacitor (70), and a housing (10) into which the holder (30) holding the terminals (50A, 50B) and the capacitor (70) is to be inserted. The terminal (50A) includes correcting portions (56) for correcting the inclination of the holder (30) in the housing (10) by coming into contact with the housing (10) from inside.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a jaw member of a surgical forceps includes forming a jaw frame having a distal jaw support. The method also includes forming an electrically-conductive defining an aperture having a first diameter, forming a stop member including a body having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter and a shoulder having a third diameter greater than the first diameter. The method also includes inserting the stop member into the aperture such that the body extends through the aperture and the shoulder abuts a portion of the electrically-conductive plate surrounding the aperture, and overmolding an outer housing about at least a portion of the jaw frame, electrically-conductive plate, and stop member to secure the jaw frame, electrically-conductive plate, and stop member to one another.

Abstract: A method of forming at least one Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) includes forming a beam structure and an electrode on an insulator layer, remote from the beam structure. The method further includes forming at least one sacrificial layer over the beam structure, and remote from the electrode. The method further includes forming a lid structure over the at least one sacrificial layer and the electrode. The method further includes providing simultaneously a vent hole through the lid structure to expose the sacrificial layer and to form a partial via over the electrode. The method further includes venting the sacrificial layer to form a cavity. The method further includes sealing the vent hole with material. The method further includes forming a final via in the lid structure to the electrode, through the partial via.

Abstract: In a wafer bonding process, one or both of two wafer substrates are scored prior to bonding. By creating slots in the substrate, the wafer's characteristics during bonding are similar to that of a thinner wafer, thereby reducing potential warpage due to differences in CTE characteristics associated with each of the wafers. Preferably, the slots are created consistent with the singulation/dicing pattern, so that the slots will not be present in the singulated packages, thereby retaining the structural characteristics of the full-thickness substrates.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a connector (1), a medical instrument and a method for manufacturing a medical instrument (2) according to the present invention. The connector comprises an alignment element (4) for receiving an end portion of at least one of the arms (3) of the instrument (2), thereby to align the arm (3) or arms (3) relative to the alignment element (4); and a housing element (7), in particular a bushing element, for receiving and holding the alignment element (4), wherein the alignment element (4) is insertable into the housing element (7). The medical instrument (2) comprises a connector (1) according to the present invention.

Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board installed on a substrate in a display device is provided.

Abstract: Embodiments hereof relate to methods and systems for determining a pressure gradient across a lesion of a vessel without requiring the use of a pharmacological hyperemic agent. A measurement system includes at least an injection catheter and a pressure-sensing instrument or guidewire slidingly disposed through the catheter, the pressure-sensing guidewire including at least one pressure sensor configured to obtain a pressure measurement for use in determining the pressure gradient across the lesion. The catheter is configured to deliver or inject a non-pharmacological fluid, such as saline or blood, across the lesion in order to increase a flow rate there-through, thereby simulating hyperemia without the use of a pharmacological hyperemic agent. Once an increased flow rate that simulates hyperemia is achieved, the pressure sensor of the pressure-sensing guidewire may be utilized to measure the pressure gradient across the lesion in order to assess the severity of the lesion.

Abstract: An implantable electrode paddle is adapted to receive an electrical signal from a medical device and generate an electrical field to stimulate selected body tissue. The paddle includes a housing including walls that define an interior space and a plurality of windows formed through at least a first one of the walls for transmitting the electrical field to the body tissue, an electrode array including a plurality of electrode groups, each electrode group including at least two electrodes individually secured in a respective window and spaced between about 0.1 mm and about 10 mm apart, and a plurality of wires, each of the wires being coupled to a respective electrode and routed within the interior space to receive the electrical signal. A lead assembly and an implantable medical device can include the paddle.

Abstract: A pressure sensor includes a sensor chip that detects a pressure of a pressure medium; and a case that accommodates the sensor chip and has an inlet port connected with the outside, the case having a pressure inlet portion surrounding the inlet port. The pressure inlet portion is configured from: a front wall placed forward of the case with a clearance; a top wall and a pair of side walls, each which is connected to the front wall; and an opening introducing the pressure medium into the inlet port from a lower position with respect to the inlet port. The top wall is connected to the side walls and angled in entirety toward an upper position with respect to the inlet port. The front wall has an opening end configuring the opening, the opening end being recessed toward the top wall in an arc shape.

Abstract: A flat panel display apparatus for reducing a bezel size and a method for manufacturing the same. The flat panel display apparatus includes a lower substrate having a display area and a peripheral area surrounding the display area, an upper substrate corresponding to the lower substrate, a sealing member disposed along the peripheral area of the lower substrate and bonding the lower substrate and the upper substrate, a first flexible layer disposed on a surface of the lower substrate in a direction facing the upper substrate, in the peripheral area of the lower substrate, the first flexible layer extending to an outside of the lower substrate, and a first wiring disposed between the lower substrate and the sealing member and extending to the outside of the lower substrate and along the first flexible layer.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a blind mating and floating RF connector assembly with low intermodulation, comprising a first connecting device and a second connecting device, wherein the first connecting device comprises a first guide portion and the second connecting device comprises a second guide portion adapted for mating with the first guide portion, wherein the first connecting device has a slotted configuration and is provided, at an end, with a boss projecting radially outwards and the second connecting device is provided with a corresponding inner engaging groove being capable of radially abutting the boss, wherein the second connecting device comprises a fixed mount unit and a floating unit, the floating unit being capable of moving radially and axially relative to the fixed mount unit, in such a way that a plurality of pairs of the first connecting device and the second connecting device can be quickly connected simultaneously via a quick blind mating operation when the first connecting device an

Abstract: Medical devices include stimulation and/or sensing circuitry that is interconnected to electrical components by a flexible circuit body having exposed portions of circuit traces that are attached to electrical contacts of the electrical components. Each circuit trace may span a separate window formed in an insulative body of the flexible circuit body, or a plurality of circuit traces may span a single window or may be freely extending from the insulative body. The exposed portion of the circuit trace may be plated with a conductive metal and then attached to the electrical contact of the electrical component. The flexible circuit body may be an extension from a flexible electrical circuit board containing the circuit. The circuit may be present on a circuit board that includes electrical contacts and where the flexible circuit body has exposed portions of circuit traces attached to the electrical contacts of the circuit board.

Abstract: A biosensor and a method for recognizing a liquid sample are provided, which can recognize whether a sample is introduced by recognizing an inside of a sample introduction channel through measurement of capacitance. The biosensor includes an upper plate and a lower plate facing each other, a middle plate interposed between the upper plate and the lower plate to form a sample introduction channel through a recess portion, a working electrode and an auxiliary electrode formed in the sample introduction channel, a sample recognition electrode formed on an outside of the sample introduction channel in a position that corresponds to the sample introduction channel, and a capacitance measurement portion electrically connected to any one of the working electrode and the auxiliary electrode and the sample recognition electrode.

Abstract: A process of producing electrically conductive pathways within additively manufactured parts and similar parts made by plastic extrusion nozzles. The process allows for a three-dimensional part having both conductive and non-conductive portions and allows for such parts to be manufactured in a single production step.

Abstract: An interior panel, for use in a vehicle that includes a plurality of electrical devices and a vehicle component frame, includes printed electrical connection means for connecting the electrical devices in the vehicle and a substrate layer that has an inner surface directed towards the vehicle component frame. The electrical connection means are printed on the inner surface of the substrate layer using an electrically conductive ink.

Abstract: Items may be packaged for shipping or storage using additive manufacturing techniques, also known as three dimensional (3-D) printing. Packages made by such processes may be referred to as 3-D printed packages and may include packing material printed at least partially around the item(s) and/or an outer cover printed about at least a portion of an exterior of the packing material and/or the item(s). A packaging system may include a 3-D printer and a computing device communicatively coupled to the 3-D printer. The computing device may obtain a packaging model describing a package for one or more items. A print module of the computing device may include instructions to print the package at least partially about the item(s) according to the packaging model.

Abstract: A system comprises an article comprising one or more fabric layers, a plurality of electronic devices, each being incorporated into or onto one of the one or more fabric layers, and one or more communication links between two or more of the plurality of electronic devices. Each of the plurality of electronic devices can comprise a flexible substrate coupled to the fabric layer, one or more metallization layers deposited on the flexible substrate, and one or more electronic components electrically coupled to the one or more metallization layers.

Abstract: A flexible electrical circuit assembly for a motor vehicle includes a first flexible substrate having a first surface and an opposing second surface. The flexible electrical circuit assembly also includes a second flexible substrate having a first surface and an opposing second surface. The first surface of the second flexible substrate abuttingly joins with the second surface of the first flexible substrate. A flexible circuit member is arranged between the first and second flexible substrates. The flexible circuit member includes an input end and an output end. A first connector is electrically connected to the input end of the flexible circuit member. The first connector is configured and disposed to electrically connect with a source of electrical energy. A second connector is electrically connected to the output end of the flexible circuit member. The second connector is configured to electrically connect with an electrical component in the motor vehicle.