Abstract: A comb adjustment assembly for a beard trimmer includes a guide collar, a first adjusting connector, and an adjustor handle threadably coupled to the first adjusting connector. The first adjusting connector includes an extension arm, a connector coupled to the extension arm and configured to connect with an external structure. A guide collar aperture is formed in the guide collar, and the extension arm penetrates through the guide collar aperture. When the guide collar is in a fixed state, the adjustor handle is rotated, and the extension arm moves through the guide collar aperture. After the comb adjustment assembly is coupled to the beard trimmer in the present disclosure, the height of the comb unit may be regulated, and a user can adjust the hair cutting length by accurately regulating the extending length of the comb unit.

Abstract: An electric valve/door, and a control apparatus and method thereof are provided. The electric valve/door includes a control apparatus. The control apparatus includes an alternating current (AC) asynchronous motor, a transmission device, and a valve driver. The valve driver is connected to the AC asynchronous motor. The AC asynchronous motor is connected to the valve/door through the transmission device. The valve driver is configured to collect information of a real-time torque of the AC asynchronous motor or the valve/door during operation, and take a set torque of the valve driver as an input and the real-time torque as a feedback to immediately correct an output torque of the valve driver or a limit value of the output torque by using a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control algorithm, to meet requirements for response speed and control precision of each stage in opening and closing processes of the valve/door.

Abstract: An electric valve/door, and a control apparatus and method thereof are provided. The electric valve/door includes a control apparatus. The control apparatus includes an alternating current (AC) asynchronous motor, a transmission device, and a valve driver. The valve driver is connected to the AC asynchronous motor. The AC asynchronous motor is connected to the valve/door through the transmission device. The valve driver is configured to collect information of a real-time torque of the AC asynchronous motor or the valve/door during operation, and take a set torque of the valve driver as an input and the real-time torque as a feedback to immediately correct an output torque of the valve driver or a limit value of the output torque by using a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control algorithm, to meet requirements for response speed and control precision of each stage in opening and closing processes of the valve/door.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a combination bracket for mounting multiple components of a fluid spray system, such a fluid spray system for a vehicle comprising. A spray nozzle is coupleable with the combination bracket and adapted to spray fluid onto a sensor mounted to the combination bracket. A check valve is coupleable with the combination bracket and adapted to deliver fluid to the spray nozzle. Modular assembles, systems, and vehicles incorporating a combination bracket are also provided.

Abstract: A fluid connector comprises a body, an assembly interface arranged on and in the body, a pressure sensor, a cover, and a resilient element positioned between the cover and one face of the pressure sensor. The body has two fluid connection end pieces and an internal duct. The assembly interface comprises an orifice placing the internal duct in communication with the outside of the body, a first receiving area extending around the orifice, a second receiving area extending around the first receiving area, and attachment regions. The pressure sensor is in contact with the first receiving area via a first gasket. The cover is positioned on the pressure sensor and is in contact with the second receiving area via a second gasket to isolate the pressure sensor from the outside environment. The cover comprises side wings configured to cooperate with the attachment regions.

Abstract: A solar panel system comprising a plurality of joists, and a set of rectangular solar panels, each solar panel supported along opposing sides by two supporting joists. Each joist is formed with a plurality of wedge-shaped recesses, each recess having an end surface and a flat, sloping supporting surface meeting with a bottom edge of the end surface, the plurality of recesses together forming a saw-tooth contour. Each solar panel is received in the recesses of its supporting joists, resting on the supporting surfaces of the recesses with an upper edge of the solar panel meeting the end surfaces of the recesses, such that an upper solar panel has a lower edge which protrudes over an upper edge of a lower solar panel. With this design, the recesses provide guiding and fixation during the mounting, which saves time and ensures a reliable mounting process.

Abstract: A new Clematis plant with a compact growth habit, profuse, white flowers, and continuous summer flowering. The variety successfully propagates from softwood cuttings and is suitable for cultivation in commercial nursery culture. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation from vegetative cuttings.

Abstract: Disclosed is a hair cutter that comprises a cutter head assembly and a main body. The cutter head assembly has a cutting type and is configured to be removably coupled to the main body. The cutter head assembly includes an identification part associated with the cutting type of the cutter head assembly. The main body comprises a detection assembly, a drive assembly and a control board. The detection assembly is configured to transmit a signal indicative of the cutting type based on the identification part. The drive assembly is disposed inside the main body and includes an output shaft configured to be detachable from the cutter head assembly. The control board is disposed inside the main body and is in communication with the drive assembly and the detection assembly. The control board is configured to drive the cutter head assembly based on the cutting type of the cutter head assembly.

Abstract: A back pad assembly for a material handling vehicle is provided that includes a back pad, a framework, and a mounting frame. The back pad includes a center portion, a first side portion, and a second side portion. The first side portion defines a first curved profile, and the second side portion defines a second curved profile. The first curved profile and the second curved profile are arranged on laterally-opposing sides of the center portion. The framework includes a first mounting bar and a second mounting bar. The framework is coupled to the back pad. The first and second mounting bars are adjustably supported by the mounting frame to enable the back pad to be selectively mounted at varying heights along the mounting frame.

Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of hydrocarbon leak detection cables that utilize time domain reflectometry to indicate the location of changes in impedance in a hydrocarbon leak detection cable. In addition, an embodiment of a hydrocarbon leak detection optical fiber is disclosed.

Abstract: A lock for holding a first part to a second part comprises a holding body with a receptacle for receiving a protruding part of the second part. The holding body has a wall that borders the receptacle and a locking element, the locking element having a protrusion, whereby the locking element has a first position, whereby in the first position the protrusion is in a locking position, whereby in the locking position the protrusion protrudes from the wall into the receptacle by a first amount and the locking element has a second position, whereby in the second position the protrusion is in a release position, whereby in the release position the protrusion either protrudes from the wall into the receptacle by a second amount, whereby the second amount is smaller than the first amount, or the protrusion does not protrude from the wall.

Abstract: A material handling vehicle may include a clamp assembly, the clamp assembly including a housing, a grip assembly, and a power source. The grip assembly may be pivotally engaged with the housing. The power source may be in electrical communication with the grip assembly. The grip assembly includes a lobe pivotally engaged with the housing and a contact supported by the lobe, the contact being electrically conductive.

Abstract: A quick connector includes: a connector body for an plug-in member to be inserted therein, the connector body including an indication part; a locking member including a locking leg for locking the plug-in member to the connector body, a movement of the locking leg from an unlocking position to a locking position including an axial movement along insertion direction of the plug-in member and a transverse movement toward the locking position along a transverse direction of the connector body; and a shielding sleeve sleeved outside the connector body. The shielding sleeve is actuated by the locking leg and moved relative to the connector body during the axial and transverse movements. The shielding sleeve is in an initial position when the locking leg is in the unlocking position and in an indication position when the locking leg is in the locking position.

Abstract: A female connector includes: a housing defining a first axial direction and having an opening at a first end of the housing for insertion of a male connector, a first limiting member being provided on an outer periphery of the housing; a valve assembly arranged in the housing; a base defining a receiving passage extending along the first axial direction; a bushing sleeved outside the housing and arranged in the receiving passage to retain the housing in the receiving passage, the bushing being elastically deformable; and a mounting member fixed to an axial end of the base. The first limiting member is confined between the axial end and the mounting member, and a movement space for the first limiting member to move therein is defined between the axial end and the mounting member. A connector assembly includes the female connector.

Abstract: Systems and methods provide a travel control system to augment a supplemental object detection system of a material handling vehicle. Speed limits can be calculated for material handling vehicles based on properties of the vehicle, and a field of view of the object detection systems of the material handling vehicle. For given steer angles or ranges of steer angles, the speed of the material handling vehicle can be limited to ensure that the vehicle could stop before contact with a newly-detected object that was previously outside the field of view of the object detection system.

Abstract: A verification pull tab clip includes a pull tab. A generally planar body extends from the pull tab and has first and second opposite sides, proximal and distal ends, and top and bottom ends. The body is elongated in a longitudinal direction that extends between the proximal and distal ends. An indication surface is disposed on the first side of the body. A cantilevered arm extends from the pull tab in the longitudinal direction and is spaced apart from the body. The arm terminates at a free end and has first and second sides. A latch is disposed at the free end of the arm. An abutment projects outwardly from the second side of the arm. The arm is deflectable away from the bottom end for securing the latch, and is deflectable away from the bottom end for releasing the latch in response to a deflection of the abutment.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a flow control valve for controlling the flow of a cleaning media, such as controlling the flow of cleaning media to a nozzle positioned to distribute the cleaning media to a vehicle surface. The nozzle is integrated with the flow control valve. Vehicles and systems incorporating a flow control valve are also provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a flow control valve for controlling the flow of a cleaning media, such as controlling the flow of cleaning media to a nozzle positioned to distribute the cleaning media to a vehicle surface. The flow control valve includes a plunger and a flexible diaphragm which operate to open and close the a fluid passage through the valve. Vehicles and systems incorporating a flow control valve are also provided.

Abstract: A connector for connecting a component to a bolt has a base part and at least one holding part arranged displaceably on the base part. The base part has a connecting section for connecting to the component, a receptacle for receiving the bolt, and a clamping element which partially delimits the receptacle. The clamping element, in a delivery state of the connector, in which the bolt has not yet been inserted into the receptacle, assumes a first position and can be moved outward into a second position. The holding part has a first holding lug, which in the delivery state is arranged in a first latching recess of the base part or in the delivery state is arranged at a distance from the first latching recess of the base part.

Abstract: A delivery tray for medical items includes a plurality of receiving spaces each intended to receive a single medical item. The lower face of the tray has a plurality of caps, the caps being arranged and sized such that when the tray is stacked on a second identical tray, the caps of the tray are able to close the receiving spaces of the second tray. A packaging system comprises a vessel having an opening, a bottom and a peripheral wall. The system also includes a stack formed by a plurality of trays, and a porous lid that is sealed on the upper edge of the peripheral wall of the vessel (10) to close it. The disclosure also relates to a packaging method, in particular, comprising a vacuumization step.