Abstract: A rechargeable battery according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an electrode assembly, a case containing the electrode assembly, and a cap assembly. The electrode assembly includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator between the first and second electrodes. The cap assembly is coupled to the case. The cap assembly includes a tab that is electrically connected to the first electrode and a deformable plate that is electrically connected to the second electrode. The deformable plate also includes a notch that is opened due to an increase of pressure. The deformable plate deforms as a result of increased pressure and electrically contacts the first tab, short circuiting the rechargeable battery.

Abstract: Systems and methods for remote, long standoff biometric identification using microwave cardiac signals are provided. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a method for remote biometric identification using microwave cardiac signals, the method including generating and directing first microwave energy in a direction of a person, receiving microwave energy reflected from the person, the reflected microwave energy indicative of cardiac characteristics of the person, segmenting a signal indicative of the reflected microwave energy into a waveform including a plurality of heart beats, identifying patterns in the microwave heart beats waveform, and identifying the person based on the identified patterns and a stored microwave heart beats waveform.

Abstract: A rechargeable battery 100 includes a plurality of electrode assemblies 10; a case 34 housing the electrode assemblies 10; at least one electrode terminal 21, 22, electrically connected to the electrode assemblies 10 by a lead tab 40, 50, the lead tab 50 including a terminal junction part 51; and a prong portion extending from the terminal junction plate, the prong portion comprising a plurality of prongs 53, 54, each of the prongs having a main body 53a electrically connected to one of the electrode assemblies 10 and an angled body 53b bent at one angle from the main body 53a.

Abstract: A spring contact assembly having a first plunger with a tail portion having a flat contact surface and a second plunger having a tail portion with a flat contact surface wherein the flat contact surfaces are overlapping and are surrounded by an external compression spring such that the sliding engagement of the flat surfaces increases during compression of the spring.

Abstract: One embodiment of the disclosure relates to a detection system including a chemical taggant and a detector. The chemical taggant may be a chemical not substantially present in an untagged target exhaust plume and able to be disposed in the exhaust system of a target and to enter the exhaust plume of the exhaust system in detectable quantities. The chemical taggant may have one or more distinct energy signatures, such as optical energy signatures, that allow its detection. The detector may be able to detect at least one of these one or more energy signatures of the chemical taggant in the exhaust plume. Another embodiment relates to a method of detecting a target by disposing a chemical taggant in the exhaust system of the target and then detecting the chemical taggant.

Abstract: A shuttle machine for transporting work pieces for a sealing press or other machine tool is disclosed. It has two conveyers for transporting work pieces. The two conveyers are supported by a frame to move back and forth in opposite directions. When the two conveyers are in a first position, a second section of the first conveyer and a first section of the second conveyer are located near the tool, while the first second of the first conveyer and the second section of the section conveyer are accessible to first and second operators, respectively. Both operators can unload and reload work pieces simultaneously while the tool operates on the already loaded work pieces. When the conveyers are moved to a second position, the sections previously operated on are accessible for unloading and reloading, and the sections just loaded are operated on. A related operating method is also disclosed.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) image processing includes receiving an ISAR image from an inverse synthetic aperture radar. A standard deviation profile is generated from the ISAR image, where the standard deviation profile represents a standard deviation of the ISAR image. The standard deviation profile is normalized to form a normalized standard deviation profile. A mean value profile is generated from the ISAR image, where the mean value profile represents a mean value deviation of the ISAR image. The mean value profile is normalized to form a normalized mean value profile. The normalized standard deviation profile and the normalized mean value profile are combined to form a sum normalized range profile. The sum normalized range profile may be processed to classify a target in the ISAR image.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an antenna array includes a plurality of first antenna elements having a first polarity and a plurality of second antenna elements having a second polarity. A feed circuit couples the plurality of first antenna elements and the plurality of second antenna elements to an antenna drive circuit. The feed circuit is configured on a plurality of columns extending in a direction that is oblique to the plurality of first antenna elements and the plurality of second antenna elements.

Abstract: A carrier adapted to receive and align multiple electronic components, the carrier having receptacles each being adapted to receive an assigned one of the multiple electronic components, a first plate comprising a plurality of first abutting sections, the first abutting sections form one of boundaries of the respective assigned receptacles, a second plate comprising a plurality of second abutting sections, the second abutting sections form another of the boundaries of the respective assigned receptacles, and the first plate and the second plate are arranged slidably relative to each other.

Abstract: A fuel cell stack including an electricity generating unit for generating electrical energy by electrochemically reacting a fuel and an oxidizing agent, the electricity generating unit including: a first separator; a second separator; a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) between the first separator and the second separator, each of the first and second separators including a channel on a surface facing the MEA and a manifold in the surface facing the MEA, the manifold communicating with the channel; and a gasket, positioned at an outer circumference portion of an area where the MEA is positioned, for sealing a space between the first and second separators and for covering an open area of a channel extension area of at least one of the first and second separators where the manifold communicates with the channel.

Abstract: A new spatially variant apodization (SVA) algorithm that uses a 3/4 filled aperture prior to two dimensional discrete Fourier transform (2-D DFT) to form the image. The algorithm can be used, for example, to improve contrast and resolution on synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery, with a lower degree of oversampling (and thus, fewer pixels) than other algorithms require. This can translate into more efficient use of radar displays and processor memory. Additional efficiencies of memory and computing power may be realized when Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) algorithms operate on this imagery. Embodiments of this invention use convolution kernels at two different spacings, which are better tuned to the local phase relationships of mainlobe and sidelobes with a 3/4 filled aperture. As such, these embodiments suppress sidelobes without sacrificing resolution, at an aperture-filling ratio of 3/4, rather than 1/2, as is usually used.

Abstract: A polymer battery pack includes a core pack having a protective circuit module attached to a bare cell, a case having the core pack coupled thereto, the protective circuit module having a portion exposed to an exterior of the case, and a resin enclosing at least a portion of the protective circuit module that is exposed to the exterior of the case. A method of manufacturing a polymer battery pack includes forming a bare cell, forming a core pack having a protective circuit module, coupling the core pack to an interior of the case such that the protective circuit module is exposed to an exterior of the case, and molding the protective circuit module with a resin such that a terminal on the protective circuit module is exposed to an exterior of the resin.

Abstract: A polymer membrane for a fuel cell includes a porous polymer substrate, and a crosslinked polymer layer having a proton-conductive functional group coated on at least one side of the porous polymer substrate. A method of preparing the polymer membrane includes: (1) providing a coating composition that includes a monomer or a prepolymer having the proton-conductive functional group and a crosslinking catalyst; (2) coating the coating composition on the at least one side of the porous polymer substrate; and (3) crosslinking the monomer or the prepolymer coated on the porous polymer substrate.

Abstract: A method of purifying cooling water which requires the lowest maintenance and management cost without the need for a cumbersome cleaning operation for removing scale in an electrolytic purifying vessel by taking out the electrodes from the electrolytic purifying vessel, and an apparatus therefor are provided. In the method of purifying circulating cooling water by applying a DC voltage across opposing electrodes while flowing water to be treated therebetween, so that ions in the water are electrolytically precipitated on the surfaces of electrodes on the negative pole side, thereby purifying the water to be treated, the electrodes comprise titanium and have an oxide film preformed by heating having a thickness of 5 nm to 130 nm thereon, and electric current is flown between the electrodes in an amount large enough to apply a voltage capable of dielectrically breaking down the oxide film on the surfaces of electrodes on the positive pole side.

Abstract: A white phosphor including: 40 to 50 parts by weight of a blue phosphor selected from the group consisting of ZnS:(Ag,Cl), ZnS:(Ag,Al), ZnS:(Ag,Al,Cl), and a combination thereof; 20 to 30 parts by weight of a green phosphor (Sr1-xCax)Ga2S4:Eu (0?x<0.2); and 20 to 30 parts by weight of a red phosphor selected from the group consisting of Y2O3:Eu, Y2O3:(Eu,Tb), Y2O2S:Eu, Y2O2S:(Eu,Tb), and combinations thereof. The white phosphor can be included in a light emission device. The light emission device can be included in a liquid crystal display.

Abstract: An organic light emitting display device (OLED) including: a substrate including a plurality of pixel units; first electrodes disposed in the pixel units; first subsidiary electrodes completely covering the top surfaces of corresponding ones of the first electrodes; first electrode protection units disposed on edges of the first electrodes on which the first subsidiary electrodes are not disposed; a pixel defining layer disposed on the substrate, having holes to expose the first electrodes; a light emission layer; and a second electrode disposed on the light emission layer. The light emission layer includes organic emission layers (EMLs) disposed on the first electrodes. The light emission layer may include subsidiary hole injection layers disposed on selected ones of the first electrodes, to vary a distance between the first electrodes and portions of the second electrode.