Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an energy storage system including a power source and a power converter coupled to the power source. The power converter is configured to output power suitable for consumption in a utility grid. The energy storage system also includes an energy storage device configured to receive the power output from the power converter and a charge discharge converter coupled between the power converter and the energy storage device. The charge discharge converter is configured to control at least one of charging or discharging the energy storage device. Furthermore, the energy storage device includes a transformer coupled between the charge discharge converter and the power converter.

Abstract: A finFET device that includes a substrate and at least one semiconductor fin extending from the substrate. The fin may include a plurality of wide portions comprising a first semiconductor material and one or more narrow portions. The one or more narrow portions have a second width less than the first width of the wide portions. Each of the one or more narrow portions separates two of the plurality of wide portions from one another such that the plurality of wide portions and the one or more narrow portions are arranged alternatingly in a substantially vertical direction that is substantially perpendicular with a surface of the substrate. The fin may also include a channel layer covering sidewalls of the plurality of wide portions and a sidewall of the one or more narrow portions.

Abstract: A system manufactures a tire assembly. The system includes a core having a cylindrical hub and radially protruding extensions projecting radially outward from the hub, a plurality of internal arcuate members for positioning a reinforcing layer of the tire assembly about the core, the internal arcuate members being disposed in spaces between the extensions of the core, a first side plate for securing the internal arcuate members in place relative to the core, and a second side plate for securing the core and internal arcuate members to each other.

Abstract: A purge system for fuel evaporation gas may include an ejector, having a nozzle configured to allow driving fluid to pass therethrough, a driving inlet through which the driving fluid is supplied into the ejector, a suction inlet through which purge gas including a fuel component is drawn as suction fluid from a canister into the ejector, a diffuser outlet through which a mixture of the driving fluid that has passed through the nozzle and the drawn purge gas is discharged out of the ejector, and a suction passage extending from the suction inlet toward a downstream side of the nozzle based on a flow direction of the driving fluid, and a bypass passage coupled from the suction inlet to the driving inlet.

Abstract: A filtered cigarette possesses at least one breakable capsule in its filter element. The filter element can possess a central cavity extending from the cigarette tobacco rod towards the middle of the filter element. The central cavity may be defined by an inner filter portion. The inner filter portion can be surrounded by an outer filter portion comprised of filter tow material that is generally permeable to the smoke generated by the cigarette. At least one breakable capsule is disposed in the central cavity of the filter element. The breakable capsules are spherical in shape, and are composed of a gelatin outer shell that encloses a payload of triglycerides and flavoring agents. The breakable capsules are adapted to rupture in response to pressure applied by the smoker to the outside region of the filter element.

Abstract: Harmonization of failure domains in a distributed system is provided herein. A data storage system as described herein can include a memory that stores computer executable components and a processor that executes computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can include a node assignment component that assigns computing nodes in the data storage system to respective failure domains of a set of data failure domains, a hashing component that generates hashing information associated with respective computing nodes of the computing nodes assigned to a selected failure domain of the set of failure domains, and a group update component that designates at least one computing node of the computing nodes in the selected data failure domain to perform an operation associated with the hashing information.

Abstract: A shaving aid for razor cartridges comprising water soluble filaments having nano-sized diameters and exhibiting lubricating properties and with improved visual and tactile aesthetics.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a host device that includes a multi-path input-output (MPIO) driver configured to control delivery of input-output (IO) operations from the host device to first and second storage systems over selected paths through a network. The MPIO driver is further configured to obtain a copy command associated with at least one of the IO operations, to identify a plurality of paths shared between source and destination logical storage devices of the copy command, to select a particular path from the identified paths, and to send the copy command to one of the first and second storage systems over the selected path. The first and second storage systems in some embodiments are arranged in an active-active configuration relative to one another. A given one of the source and destination logical storage devices may comprise a paired logical device established in accordance with the active-active configuration of the first and second storage systems.

Abstract: In a first aspect, a multilayer film includes a first outer layer including a first thermoplastic polyimide, a core layer including a polyimide, and a second outer layer including a second thermoplastic polyimide. The polyimide of the core layer includes a first aromatic dianhydride including 3,3?,4,4?-biphenyl tetracarboxylic dianhydride and a first aromatic diamine including p-phenylenediamine. The multilayer film has a total thickness in a range of from 5 to 150 ?m. A thickness of the core layer is in a range of from 35 to 73% of the total thickness of the multilayer film. A minimum peel strength for at least one of the first and second outer layers, when adhered to copper foil and tested following ASTM method IPC-TM-650, method No. 2.4.9B, is greater than 0.9 kgf/cm (0.88 N/mm). In a second aspect, a metal-clad laminate includes the multilayer film of the first aspect and a first metal layer adhered to an outer surface of the first outer layer of the multilayer film.

Abstract: A hybrid mapped redundant array of independent nodes (mapped RAIN) for data storage is disclosed. A hybrid mapped RAIN cluster can be allocated on top of one or more real data clusters comprising storage devices of different storage device types. Mapping of data storage locations in a hybrid mapped RAIN cluster can facilitate use of a real cluster at a different granularity than conventionally administered in a real cluster of storage locations, can enable selectable use of the different storage device types based on attributes attributed to the storage device types, how data will be stored, customer agreements, etc. Data storage schema associated with the storage device types can result in constraints on allocating storage devices of the different storage device types in a hybrid mapped RAIN cluster to forestall possible data loss events. A hybrid mapped RAIN cluster based on storage device types can enable tiered mapped storage.

Abstract: An energy optimization system for a building includes a processing circuit configured to generate a user interface including an indication of one or more economic load demand response (ELDR) operation parameters, one or more first participation hours, and a first load reduction amount for each of the one or more first participation hours. The processing circuit is configured to receive one or more overrides of the one or more first participation hours from the user interface, generate one or more second participation hours, a second load reduction amount for each of the one or more second participation hours, and one or more second equipment loads for the one or more pieces of building equipment based on the received one or more overrides, and operate the one or more pieces of building equipment to affect an environmental condition of the building based on the one or more second equipment loads.

Abstract: An exhaust gas heat recovery system includes a housing assembly, a valve assembly and a heat exchanger. The valve assembly is disposed within the housing assembly and includes a shaft and a plate. The plate is rotatable between a first position whereat exhaust gas flow through a first fluid passageway is allowed and exhaust gas flow through a second exhaust gas passageway is prevented, and a second position whereat exhaust gas flow through the second fluid passageway is allowed and exhaust gas flow through the first gas passageway is prevented. The heat exchanger assembly includes a heater core having a working fluid circulating therein. The working fluid is in thermal communication with fluid in the heater core. The housing assembly includes first and second shells attached to each other at a joint. An axis of the shaft being at the joint of the first and second shells.

Abstract: A rich-quench-lean combustor assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a liner extending between a forward end and an aft end. The liner includes a plurality of quench air jets positioned between the forward end and the aft end. The combustor assembly additionally includes a dome attached to or formed integrally with the liner, the dome and the liner together defining at least in part a combustion chamber. A fuel nozzle is attached to the dome, the fuel nozzle configured as a premix fuel nozzle for providing a substantially homogenous mixture of fuel and air to the combustion chamber, the mixture of fuel and air having an equivalence ratio of at least 1.5.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method of assembly of a rotor blade for a wind turbine. The method includes placing a first rotor blade section onto a first set location of an assembly fixture, wherein the first rotor blade includes a first locating datum such that the assembly fixture at the first set location constrains movement of the first rotor blade section at the first locating datum along a first direction; placing the first rotor blade section onto a second set location of the assembly fixture, wherein the first rotor blade includes a second locating datum such that the assembly fixture at the second set location constrains movement of the first rotor blade section at the second locating datum along a second direction; and positioning a second rotor blade section onto the first rotor blade section within the assembly fixture.

Abstract: A seal assembly for a propulsion system couples a plurality of manifolds of a manifold assembly of the propulsion system generally in fluid communication. Each of the manifolds defines a first end and a second end. The seal assembly includes a coupling member attaching the first end and the second end of the manifold assembly together in fluid communication; one or more seals disposed between the coupling member and at least one of the first end and the second end of the manifold; and a retainer adjacent to the coupling member and the seal. The retainer defines a radial wall and an axial wall, in which the radial wall is extended generally from one or more of the first end and the second end of the manifold alongside the coupling member and the seal, and the axial wall is extended generally from the radial wall alongside the coupling member and the seal.

Abstract: A method of controlling an additive manufacturing process in which a directed energy source is used to selectively melt material to form a workpiece, forming a melt pool in the process of melting, the method comprising: using an imaging apparatus to generate an image of the melt pool comprising an array of individual image elements, the image including a measurement of at least one physical property for each of the individual image elements; from the measurements, mapping a melt pool boundary of the melt pool; computing a fractal dimension of the melt pool; and controlling at least one aspect of the additive manufacturing process with reference to the fractal dimension.