Abstract: A bathing wall system including a back wall, an end wall, and a coupler connecting the back wall and the end wall. The coupler includes a U-shaped receiving slot supported by the back wall, and a male connector supported by the end wall and received within the U-shaped receiving slot.

Abstract: A method of obtaining a parameter of a synchronous motor is disclosed and includes: setting an operating current of the motor; providing a positive fixed voltage to the motor and monitoring a feedback current from the motor; recording a triggering time for the feedback current to reach the operating current; providing a negative fixed voltage to the motor for the triggering time; obtaining a square-wave voltage with a fixed frequency based on the positive fixed voltage and the negative fixed voltage being provided; providing the square-wave voltage with the fixed frequency to one axis of the motor; transforming three-phase current from the motor into an axial current; computing an inductance value of this axis based on the fixed frequency, the square-wave voltage and the axial current; and, creating an inductance-current parameter table based on a plurality of the inductance values and the axial currents correspondingly.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for liquid control are provided. A liquid control apparatus may be for selectively treating and/or substituting a liquid flow from at least one of a plurality of supply lines. The ultimate liquid flow is for dispensing to a user by way of a liquid supply fixture such as a tap. The apparatus comprises a liquid conditioning module for connection in-line with at least one of the plurality of supply lines. The liquid conditioning module receives a diverted liquid flow of the at least one supply line from an upstream portion of the supply line. It then outputs a selectively treated and/or substituted liquid flow for returning to a downstream portion of the supply line for dispensing to the user. The apparatus has at least one flow sensor, each flow sensor associated with one of the plurality of supply lines. It has a controller, the controller configured to receive information indicative of the liquid flow of at least one of the plurality of supply lines from the at least one flow sensor.

Abstract: A barricade includes a foundation frame, a finger wedge barrier, a hinge hingedly coupling the finger wedge barrier to the foundation frame, and an actuator mechanism coupled to the foundation frame and the finger wedge barrier. The finger wedge barrier is configured to rotate about the hinge between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration, and the actuator mechanism is configured to rotate the finger wedge barrier between the stowed configuration and the deployed configuration. The actuator mechanism includes an actuator comprising a housing and a rod configured to reciprocally move in the housing, a first linkage having a first end rotatably coupled to the rod and a second end rotatably coupled to the finger wedge barrier, and a second linkage having a first end rotatably coupled to the rod and a second end rotatably coupled to the foundation frame.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for controlling a resonant circuit and a resonant circuit. The resonant circuit to which the method is applicable includes: a primary switching circuit, configured to receive an input voltage; a resonant branch, including a capacitor and an inductor connected in series; a transformer, including a primary winding and a secondary winding, and the resonant branch is connected between the primary switching circuit and the primary winding; and a secondary switching circuit, connected to the secondary winding and configured to provide an output voltage to a load, and the secondary switching circuit includes a synchronous rectifier switch, and the synchronous rectifier switch includes a body diode; the method includes: adjusting, in different working periods, a conduction time of the body diode to cause a switching frequency of the resonant circuit to change.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a compressing structure for compressing a component, a power module and a method for compressing a component inside a chamber, the compressing structure is provided for compressing a component onto a fixed plate and comprises a plate-shaped structure, the component is secured to a first side of the plate-shaped structure, the outside of the plate-shaped structure is provided with a base; at least a steering compressing member is provided between a second side of the plate-shaped structure and the base, and mounted on the second side of the plate-shaped structure or the base, the steering compressing member is provided for transforming an rotational motion into a translational motion; and at least a positioning device mounted on the side of the plate-shaped structure and the base. The compressing structure provided by the disclosure compresses the component onto the fixed plate.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a high voltage device built from modular low voltage cells. Each low voltage cell includes a plurality of low voltage semiconductor devices and one or more low voltage passive components. Each cell can be a current-bidirectional two-quadrant switch or a four-quadrant switch. All the cells may be identical and controlled with a delay time in between. Therefore, the total on and off time of the high voltage device can be controlled to reduce the output equivalent dv/dt. The cell's voltage balancing can be achieved through a control algorithm disclosed herein.

Abstract: A three-dimensional measuring device includes a ball-shaped structure, an X-axis measuring module, a Y-axis measuring module and a Z-axis measuring module. The ball-shaped structure is moved and/or rotated in response to a movement of a movable object. The X-axis measuring module includes a first measuring structure and a first position sensor. The first measuring structure is movable along an X-axis direction and contacted with the ball-shaped structure. The Y-axis measuring module includes a second measuring structure and a second position sensor. The second measuring structure is movable along a Y-axis direction and contacted with the ball-shaped structure. The Z-axis measuring module includes a third measuring structure and a third position sensor. The third measuring structure is movable along a Z-axis direction and contacted with the ball-shaped structure.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparing a bimetallic perovskite loaded grapheme-like carbon nitride photocatalyst, comprising: 11) dissolving SbCl3 and AgCl in HCl solution under heating and constant stirring; then adding CsCl in the heated solution to form sediment on the bottom of the beaker; collecting the sediment and wash it with ethanol, and finally drying in an oven to obtain Cs2AgSbCl6 powder; 12) adding melamine into an aluminum oxide crucible and placing it into a muffle furnace for calcination and finally cooling to room temperature naturally to obtain g-C3N4 samples; 13) adding the Cs2AgSbCl6 bimetallic perovskite and the g-C3N4 into a solvent, and stirring after subjecting to ultrasound, and drying after centrifuging to obtain the photocatalyst. Provided is a new idea for the combination of bimetallic halide perovskite and photocatalytic material, and the preparation method has mild conditions, simple operation, and is favorable for large-scale production.

Abstract: A dual mode charge control method includes steps of: detecting an input voltage of the resonance tank, a resonance current of the resonance tank, an output current of the load, and an output voltage of the load; performing a single-band charge control when determining a light-load condition or a no-load condition of the load according to the output current; compensating the output voltage to generate an upper threshold voltage in the single-band charge control, and acquiring a resonance voltage by calculating the resonance current by a resettable integrator; comparing the resonance voltage and the upper threshold voltage to generate a first control signal; generating a second control signal complementary to the first control signal by a pulse-width modulation duplicator; providing the first control signal and the second control signal to respectively control a first power switch and a second power switch of the resonance circuit.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for controlling a power adapter and a power adapter, and relates to the field of power technologies. The method includes: obtaining a real-time value of a bus voltage of the power adapter; matching the real-time value of the bus voltage with N control voltage intervals V1 to VN to obtain a real-time control voltage interval that matches the real-time value of the bus voltage, wherein N?2, the N control voltage intervals are continuous and incremental from V1 to VN, and the N control voltage intervals V1 to VN correspond to N different output power control values P1 to PN; and adjusting, according to the real-time control voltage interval, an output power command value of the power adapter to an output power control value corresponding to the real-time control voltage interval.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a three-level rectification DC/DC converter including primary and secondary circuits and a resonant tank circuit. A voltage between two primary terminals is a first voltage. The secondary circuit includes a flying capacitor, a switch bridge arm, and a capacitor bridge arm. The switch bridge arm includes four switches serially connected. Two terminals of the flying capacitor are respectively connected between the first and second switches and connected between the third and fourth switches. Two secondary terminals are respectively connected between the second and third switches and connected between two output capacitors of the capacitor bridge arm. In two consecutive periods of the first voltage, the first and second switches are in an on state for a preset time length after two falling edges respectively, and the third and fourth switches are in the on state for the preset time length after two rising edges respectively.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a power supply apparatus. The power supply apparatus includes at least one power unit and a magnetic unit. The magnetic unit is stacked with and electrically connected to the at least one power unit. The magnetic unit comprises a plurality of pins and a magnetic core. The at least part of the plurality of pins extends out of a projection of the magnetic core in a connection plane of the at least one power unit and the magnetic unit to connect to the at least one power unit.

Abstract: A faucet including a faucet head, a body and a magnetic coupling releasably coupling the faucet head to the faucet body.