Abstract: An electrical receptacle connector includes a metallic shell, an insulated housing, a plurality of first receptacle terminals, a plurality of second receptacle terminals, and a rear cover plate. The insulated housing is received in the receiving cavity. The first receptacle terminals and the second receptacle terminals are respectively disposed at an upper portion and a lower portion of the insulated housing. The rear cover plate includes a baffle plate and a connecting portion formed at one of two sides of the baffle plate and connected to the rear of the metallic shell. The rear cover plate is closeable and openable, so that the soldering condition between the first receptacle terminals and contacts of a circuit board can be checked when the rear cover plate is opened.

Abstract: A rod stiffener may include a rod molded by a glass fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin, and brackets connected to both ends of the rod, in which properties of a core part forming a center of the rod and an outer part surrounding the core part are formed to be different from each other, and the properties of the core part and the outer part are differentiated by a mixing amount of glass fiber and polypropylene resin including the glass fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin.

Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for capturing an accuracy of an instruction executing on a processor. An instruction may be executed on the processor, and the accuracy of the instruction may be captured using a hardware counter circuit. The accuracy of the instruction may be captured by analyzing bits of at least one value of the instruction to determine a minimum or maximum precision datatype for representing the field, and determining whether to adjust a value of the hardware counter circuit accordingly. The representation may be output to a debugger or logfile for use by a developer, or may be output to a runtime or virtual machine to automatically adjust instruction precision or gating of portions of the processor datapath.

Abstract: A parallel charging and power supply system for a battery electric vehicle comprises a battery unit, a battery management system, a vehicle control unit, a motor controller and a motor, wherein a corresponding signal output end and a signal input end of the battery management system are respectively connected with a corresponding signal input end and a signal output end of the battery unit; the motor controller is respectively connected with a power output end of the battery unit, a power input end of the motor and a signal output end of the motor; a signal input end of the vehicle control unit is respectively connected with the corresponding signal output ends of the battery management system and the motor controller.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide silanol compounds that can be used as raw materials of siloxane compounds and the like, and a composition of the silanol compounds, as well as to provide a production method that makes it possible to produce silanol compounds at excellent yield. A composition comprising 5 mass % to 100 mass % of a silanol compound represented by Formulas (A) to (C) can be prepared by devising to produce silanol compounds under water-free conditions, to produce silanol compounds in a solvent having the effect of suppressing the condensation of silanol compounds, and to perform other such processes, the composition being able to be used as a raw material or the like of siloxane compounds because the silanol compounds can be stably present in the resulting composition.

Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for data driven scheduling of a plurality of computing cores of a processor. A plurality of threads may be executed on the plurality of computing cores, according to a default schedule. The plurality of threads may be analyzed, based on the execution, to determine correlations among the plurality of threads. A data driven schedule may be generated based on the correlations. The plurality of threads may be executed on the plurality of computing cores according to the data driven schedule.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a vehicle pressure accumulator, in which a thermoplastic parison is used to form an enclosure around a chamber by applying at least one portion, at least partially molten, of the parison onto at least one portion of the chamber, to attach the parison to the chamber.

Abstract: A production method of a carbon particle by a detonation method includes a step of disposing an explosive substance in a periphery of a raw material substance, and a step of subjecting the explosive substance to a detonation. The explosive substance is a liquid at normal temperature and normal pressure. The raw material substance contains an aromatic compound having 3 or more nitro groups.

Abstract: A system and method provides a piezoelectric stack arrangement for reduced driving voltage while maintaining a driving level for active piezoelectric materials. A stack arrangement of d36 shear mode <011>single crystals of both air X-cut and Y-cut ±1:45° (±20°) arrangement are bonded with discrete conductive pillars to form a shear crystal stack. The bonding area between the neighboring crystal parts is minimized. The bonding pillars are positioned at less than a total surface are of the single crystal forming the stack. The stack fabrication is facilitated with a precision assembly system, where crystal parts are placed to desired locations on an assembly fixture for alignment following the preset operation steps. With the reduced clamping effect from bonding due to lower surface coverage of the discrete conductive pillars, such a piezoelectric d36 shear crystal stack exhibits a reduced driving voltage while maintaining a driving level and substantial and surprisingly improved performance.

Abstract: An exemplary sound processor may include a stimulation management facility that 1) receives an audio signal presented to the patient during a normal operation of the cochlear implant system, and 2) directs a cochlear implant of the cochlear implant system to generate and apply an electrical stimulation pulse representative of the audio signal by way of an electrode included in a plurality of electrodes coupled to the cochlear implant. The sound processor may further include an impedance management facility that determines an impedance of the electrode by directing the cochlear implant to measure a voltage level associated with the electrode while the electrical stimulation pulse is being applied by way of the electrode. Corresponding systems and methods are also described.

Abstract: A delivery vehicle for bioactive agents and live probiotic microbes to aquatic animals protects the bioactive compounds and microbes from digestion and destruction in the animal stomach. It provides for controlled release of bioactive agents and live probiotic microbes to aquatic animals in the form of dry or wet beadlets with essential nutrients and attractants bound with soluble starch and cross-linked alginate. The bioactive agents and live probiotic microbes can be bound with emulsified high-amylose starch and embedded in the beadlets in the form of microparticles.

Abstract: A composite material that increases in temperature upon exposure to electromagnetic radiation includes single crystal silicon carbide whiskers and fibrils in a matrix material. Also disclosed are heat-generating objects that include the composite material, and a method of generating heat.

Abstract: An exemplary system may include an intracochlear electrode array configured to be inserted into a cochlea of a patient, an intraneural probe comprising an intraneural electrode contact and configured to be inserted into an auditory nerve of the patient, and a computing system. The computing system may be configured to identify an optimal insertion path for an intraneural electrode array into the auditory nerve of the patient by 1) repeatedly stimulating the intraneural electrode contact of the intraneural probe while the intraneural probe is advanced into the auditory nerve along a probe insertion path, 2) using the intracochlear electrode array to record a plurality of evoked responses that occur in response to the repeated stimulation of the intraneural electrode contact, and 3) determining, based on the plurality of evoked responses, whether the probe insertion path is the optimal insertion path for the intraneural electrode array.

Abstract: A mixing system and mixing arrangement are provided. The mixing system includes a rigid container including an integral support plate; a mixing assembly supported on the integral support plate, the mixing assembly including a pliable enclosure containing a fluid and a mixing device, a portion of the mixing device extending from the pliable enclosure and adapted to be detachably coupled to a drive mechanism; and a first plate detachably secured to the rigid container. The pliable enclosure is in compression between the first plate and the integral support plate. The mixing arrangement includes a docking station including a drive cradle and a drive mechanism, a rigid container removably positioned within the drive cradle, a mixing assembly positioned within the rigid container, and a first plate configured to be detachably secured to the rigid container.

Abstract: A touch panel system includes micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) groups. Each group includes an emitter producing a beam, and a MEMS mirror located about a corner of a touch panel screen. The MEMS mirror reflects the beam to create a beam sweep across a touch panel surface. An array of photo sensors is located parallel to an edge of the touch panel screen to detect reflected beams from an object about the touch panel surface. Based on when the reflected beams are detected, the angular positions of the MEMS mirrors can be determined and correlated to the object's position.

Abstract: A small and light-weight flowmeter realizes the compensation of a zero point drift. A mass flowmeter includes: a centrifugal force/centripetal force detection strain gauge adhered to a part acted upon by a centrifugal force or a centripetal force of fluid in a pipe line in which the fluid flows and a flow rate zero point drift compensation strain gauge adhered to a position different from that of the centrifugal force/centripetal force detection strain gauge. A pulse wave propagation time between the two points is used to compensate a zero point drift of a flow rate.

Abstract: An electrical receptacle connector is disclosed. The electrical receptacle connector includes a plurality of upper-row receptacle terminals and lower-row receptacle terminals. The plurality of upper-row receptacle terminals and lower-row receptacle terminals have 180 degree symmetrical, dual or double orientation design which enable the electrical plug connector to be inserted into the electrical receptacle connector in either of two intuitive orientations. Each of the receptacle terminals includes a flat contact portion, a soldering portion and a connecting portion. The flat contact portion is extended from one end of the connecting portion, and the soldering portion is extended from the other end of the connecting portion. The width of the connecting portion is different from the width of the flat contact portion.

Abstract: A phase locked loop (PLL) system includes a PLL and a calibration circuit. The PLL has a reference clock input, a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) clock output, and a feedback clock output. The calibration circuit provides a reference clock signal to the reference clock input of the PLL, induces first and second phase disturbances between the reference clock signal and a feedback clock signal, measures respective first and second zero crossing times of a phase error between the reference clock signal and the feedback clock signal, and estimates a bandwidth of the PLL in response to an average of the first and second zero crossing times.

Abstract: We offer a method of adjusting a camera top-down angle for a mobile terminal. The method involves automatically detecting whether a mobile terminal camera is set to top-down shooting mode based on the z-axis of the mobile terminal acceleration sensor, automatically adjusting a camera orientation by means of a mobile terminal gyroscope sensor when the camera is set to top-down shooting mode, and displaying the camera orientation at the mobile terminal so that a user recognizes the camera orientation and manually adjusts it when it does not correspond to the shooting orientation.

Abstract: Method for audio volume control, the method comprising the steps of: receiving (301) a volume change request; changing (304) the volume according to a volume change step; the method being characterized in that the volume change step determination (302) is executed by applying one or more rules wherein each rule provides a definition of at least two ranges, with respect to a monitored condition, wherein the volume change step, associated with each such range, is different; storing a new volume change step in a volume step register (120).