Abstract: A hand grip system for a skiing, hiking or trekking pole. The pole grip system includes a primary grip with a conical shape designed to fit the natural anatomical shape of a human hand grasping the grip. An optional secondary ascent grip, also conical in shape and located just below the primary grip, may be used for climbing steep terrain without adjusting pole length. The conical shape of the primary grip and the ascent grip provides a mechanism for axial force to be transferred from the user's hand to the pole without requiring a tight grasp. A grip top located above the primary grip prevents the user's hand from sliding upward, and serves as a gripping surface for alternate grasps such as a palm grip. A break-away wrist strap attached at the lower end of the primary grip is usable with either the primary grip or the ascent grip.

Abstract: A longitudinal adjuster for a motor vehicle seat may have a first rail, a second rail, a spindle, and a gear. The gear may be fastened to the second rail by a substantially U-shaped gear holder, and the gear holder may have at least two limbs arranged opposite one another in the longitudinal direction. The gear holder may have at least one recess in a base connecting the two limbs, and a gear housing surrounding the gear projects at least in sections into the at least one recess. A motor vehicle seat may have the longitudinal adjuster for adjusting a seat longitudinal position.

Abstract: This disclosure describes a wiring clip for vehicle electronics. An example wiring clip may include a base. The example wiring clip may also include a first upright extending from the base. The example wiring clip may also include an adjustable cover including a first end configured to be affixed to the first upright. The example wiring clip may also include a second upright extending from the base, wherein the wiring clip is configured to be removably affixed to a vehicle, wherein the wiring clip is configured to secure wiring of the vehicle within an area internal to the base, the first upright, the second upright, and the adjustable cover, and wherein the second upright includes a first hole and a second hole, wherein the wiring clip is configured to receive a second end of the adjustable cover through the first hole or the second hole.

Abstract: A recording device comprising a base, a top cover, at least one computer with a wi-fi dongle coupled to the base that is configured to automatically upload a .zip file of the audio files to a cloud network when the device is turned on and in range of a preferred wifi network, a hook switch coupled to the base, and electrically coupled to the computer, at least one rechargeable battery electrically coupled to the computer, an LED that indicates battery charge electrically coupled to the computer, at least one USB-A connector electrically coupled to the computer for charging the power source, a rotary dial coupled to the base and configured to extend through an opening in the top cover, a power button electrically coupled to the computer, and a handset removably supported by the top cover and electrically coupled to the computer.

Abstract: An apparatus to prevent curling of a rug corner including a rigid and planar body having a planar top and planar bottom. The rigid and planar body being a laminate structure and including an adhesive layer having a top surface configured to adhere the body to an underside of the rug corner, an elastomer layer that includes a bottom surface configured to contact the floor surface and prevent slippage between the body and the floor surface, and a rigid layer between the adhesive layer and the elastomer layer configured to maintain the body in rigid form. Upon removal of a protective cover provided over a top surface of the adhesive layer, said body is adherable to the underside of the rug corner by said adhesive whereby said body maintains the rug corner in a flat condition.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to coated articles. A substrate is coated with an underlayer having at a first underlayer film made of a first high refractive index material. A transparent conductive oxide layer over at least a portion of the underlayer. An embedded film is embedded within the transparent conductive oxide layer wherein the embedded film comprises a second high refractive index material.

Abstract: An implant may include a body having a first blade having a first retracted position in the body and a first extended position where the first blade extends outwardly from the body, a second extendable blade, and a blade actuating member configured to translate through the body in directions parallel to the lateral axis. When the blade actuating member is moved in a first direction along the lateral axis, the first blade moves towards the first extended position; and in the first extended position, the first blade extends from the superior surface at a first non-zero angle with respect to the superior-inferior axis; and the second blade moves towards a second extended position in which the second blade extends from the inferior surface at a second non-zero angle with respect to the superior-inferior axis.

Abstract: A foil system is used with a towed marine cable array to provide downward, upward or lateral lift to the array. The foil system can be coupled with the cable and configured to bias the submerged payload toward a target position. The foil system can include a group of foil sections each having a leading edge collectively defining an angle of attack, and a group of through-cables supporting the group of foil sections within the foil system. A subset of through-cables of the group of through-cables are arranged through front halves of the group of foil sections. This subset of through-cables can be selectively tensionable, and manipulatable to define a tensioned one of the subset of through-cables as being offset from a chord that is defined between the leading edge and a trailing edge of any of the foil sections. The foil system can thus induce one or more angles of attack for the group of foil sections, based on a rotational constraint defined by the tensioned one of the through-cables.

Abstract: A method for fabricating, and curing, nanocomposite adhesives including introducing nanoheater elements into a heat-curing adhesive to fabricate a nanocomposite adhesive, and providing a radio-frequency (RF) electromagnetic wave to the nanocomposite adhesive to heat, and cure the nanocomposite adhesive. The nanocomposite adhesive is physically applied to first and second materials to bond the first and second materials upon curing of the nanocomposite adhesive, and the RF electromagnetic wave has a frequency in the radio-frequency range, having energy that is transferred to the nanoheater elements by electromagnetic wave interactions with permanent and induced dipoles, intrinsic photon-phonon interaction, or interactions with nanoheater defects and grain structures.

Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for an Intelligent Road Infrastructure System (IRIS), which facilitates vehicle operations and control for connected automated vehicle highway (CAVH) systems. IRIS systems and methods provide vehicles with individually customized information and real-time control instructions for vehicle to fulfill the driving tasks such as car following, lane changing, and route guidance. IRIS systems and methods also manage transportation operations and management services for both freeways and urban arterials. In some embodiments, the IRIS comprises or consists of one of more of the following physical subsystems: (1) Roadside unit (RSU) network, (2) Traffic Control Unit (TCU) and Traffic Control Center (TCC) network, (3) vehicle onboard unit (OBU), (4) traffic operations centers (TOCs), and (5) cloud information and computing services.

Abstract: An angle valve wrench configured for use in rotating an angle valve, the angle valve wrench having a body with a first end and a second end, defining a length L1. The body also has an outside surface and a central axis that is parallel to the length L1 and that passes through the first and second ends. A notch is formed at the first end that corresponds to an angle valve handle. A gripping element is formed on the outside surface of the wrench near the second end. A user places the notch of the wrench over a conventional angle valve from a standing position and rotates the wrench about the central axis, causing the angle valve handle to rotate.

Abstract: A vehicle includes an all-wheel-drive powertrain having an electric machine configured to power wheels. A controller is programmed to output a first calculated vehicle speed derived from integrating a measured longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle and output a second calculated vehicle speed based on the measured longitudinal acceleration and a speed of one of the wheels. The controller is further programmed to, responsive to a flag being present, command a speed to the electric machine that is based on the first vehicle speed to reduce wheel slip, and responsive to a flag not being present, command a speed to the electric machine that is based on the second vehicle speed to reduce wheel slip.

Abstract: An inspection apparatus includes a portable housing and at least one handle structure integrally formed with the portable housing. The inspection apparatus further includes a vision data system, a lighting system, a user interface system, a wireless communication system, and a controller. The vision data system includes one or more cameras provided on the first face of the portable housing. The vision data system is operable to capture component data. The lighting system is arranged with the vision data system at the first face. The lighting system includes diffused light emitting diode (LED) ring arranged around at least one of the one or more cameras. The manufacturing inspection apparatus is a stand-alone and all-in-one computing device. The manufacturing inspection apparatus processes and stores inspection data locally.

Abstract: A textile fabric with a three-dimensional contour that blocks fluid penetration at the surface is created by attaching a solid liquid-blocking polymeric layer conforming to the contours of the surface to a fabric layer. The surface includes elevated areas, depressed areas, a plurality of surface fibers and gaps among the plurality the plurality of surface fibers. The liquid-blocking polymeric layer is forced to follow the contours of the surface fibers and gaps using vacuum, heat and forced air. The resulting textile fabric maintains a textile appearance.

Abstract: The disclosed technology is generally directed to web authentication. In one example of the technology, authentication of a broker is obtained with an identity provider. Obtaining the authentication includes at least communication between the broker and a top-level frame and communication between the broker and the identity provider. The broker is executing in a descendant frame of the top-level frame. The top-level frame and the broker are hosted on different domains. At the broker, from an embedded application that is executing on another descendant frame of the top-level frame, a token request is received. Via the broker, a token is requested from the identity provider. The token is associated with an authorization of secure delegated remote access of at least one resource by the embedded application. At the broker, from the identity provider, the token is received. Via the broker, the token is provided to the embedded application.

Abstract: A personal hygienic system is configured to be portable and to be placed under a patient on a bed or reclined surface. The personal hygienic system comprises an inflatable shower comprising an outer wall that defines an inner space and surrounds a patient. At least one washing fluid can be applied to the patient in the inner space. The outer wall comprises folds discretizing stacked wall segments. The inner space defines a slope declining from an upper end toward a bottom end and a drain portion arranged at the bottom end. The drain portion defines a recess, an aperture located in the recess, a raised bottom lip bounding the recess proximate the bottom end, and at least one drain channel arranged on a side of the drain portion and configured to collect spent washing fluid from one or more side segments and corresponding folds of the inner space.

Abstract: A method of decoding an encoded video. The method includes obtaining the encoded video bitstream and determining whether a chroma array type of a video sequence included in the encoded video bitstream is a first chroma array type indicating that the video sequence includes multiple color planes and that the multiple color planes are jointly. In addition, based on determining that the chroma array type is not the first chroma array type, the method further includes setting a value of at least one syntax element to zero without parsing the at least one syntax element from the encoded video bitstream, and based on the value of the at least one syntax element being zero, decoding the video sequence without applying at least one tool corresponding to the at least one syntax element.