Abstract: Drive unit for an electrical vehicle, which drive unit comprises an electric motor including a winding, comprising a winding terminal. The drive unit further comprises an inverter having an inverter housing, and an inverter circuit provided within the inverter housing. The inverter circuit comprising an inverter terminal, wherein the winding terminal and the inverter terminal are directly connected to each other.

Abstract: Disclosed are an electrostatic precipitator system and method. The disclosed electrostatic precipitator system includes: an electrostatic precipitator; a main hopper which is disposed below the electrostatic precipitator so as to be in fluid communication with the electrostatic precipitator; a plurality of sub-hoppers disposed below the main hopper so as to be in fluid communication with the main hopper; a vertical duct disposed below each sub-hopper so as to be in fluid communication with each sub-hopper; and a water tank disposed below the vertical duct so as to be in fluid communication with the vertical duct.

Abstract: An electric vehicle charging plug includes a housing for connecting to an electric vehicle, a main housing, a sensor comprising at least one conductive path embedded in a wall or arranged on the surface of the housing and/or main housing, and a control unit wherein the sensor is configured to detect the crack of the housing and/or the main housing.

Abstract: The disclosure provides systems and methods for treating obstructive sleep apnea using an acoustic sensor configured to detect acoustic sounds generated by the heart and lungs. Sensory data from the acoustic sensor is used by an implanted stimulation system to determine when to deliver electrical stimulation to a nerve which innervates an upper airway muscle, such as the hypoglossal nerve, to treat sleep apnea.

Abstract: A holder for a charging gun includes a housing configured for receiving an end portion of a charging gun such that connector pins located at the end portion of the charging gun are completely covered by the housing of the holder, a protecting means configured for holding the charging gun in a designated position, and a connecting means that is configured for attaching the housing to a cable.

Abstract: A system for obtaining feedback regarding food served to passengers is disclosed. The system includes a detection device and a controller. The controller is configured to capture a plurality of images of food of a food plate from the detection device, classify the food on the food plate, responsive to the food plate being removed from view of the detection device, determine, using a prior received image, whether the food is mostly consumed, partially consumed, or mostly unconsumed, responsive to determining that the food was either mostly consumed, partially consumed, or mostly unconsumed, store, in a memory, information pertaining to the food along with a record of the food being either mostly consumed, partially consumed, or mostly unconsumed as per the determination, and transmit the information to at least one other computer in order for modifications to be made to menus and food quality as per the information.

Abstract: A system for the remote actuation of articulated mechanisms comprising at least one actuated group comprising a mechanical joint having at least one degree of freedom and at least one receiving hydraulic cylinder connected to the mechanical joint. The system also comprises a hydraulic transmission comprising, for each actuated group, a first hydraulic line and a second hydraulic line arranged to actuate each receiving hydraulic cylinder in order to generate a mechanical action on the mechanical joint proportional to a pressure difference ?P=P1?P2, where P1 is the fluid pressure in the first hydraulic line and P2 is the fluid pressure in the second hydraulic line.

Abstract: A water heater for use in an aircraft, including a pipe having a length of at least 1 metre and being configured to provide a conduit for water between a source and an outlet. The water heater includes an electric heater. The electric heater extends around an outer surface of the pipe. The electric heater is configured to heat the water in the pipe. The water heater further includes a planar support structure. The pipe is attached to a surface of the planar support structure such that the pipe follows a non-linear path across the surface of the planar support structure. The planar support structure comprises a structure for attaching the water heater to a surface in a vanity unit of an aircraft.

Abstract: A tap processing method for an aluminum composite material (ACM) panel includes an inner burring operation of burring the inner skin of the ACM panel so that an inner burr formed in the inner skin extends toward the outer skin while compressing the core layer, an outer burring operation of burring the outer skin of the ACM panel so that the outer burr formed in the outer skin extends toward the inner skin while compressing the core layer and the inner burr and the outer burr are also continuously connected to each other, and a tapping operation of forming a continuous screw thread in the inner burr and the outer burr continuously connected to each other. Burring work in the inner burring operation and the outer burring operation is performed by a scrapless burring punch (SBP).

Abstract: A toolholder for a tool having a flat surface that can be rotated about an axis of rotation, in particular, a Weldon toolholder for a milling tool or a core drill. A clamping jaw has a contact surface spaced from the flat surface side of the flat surface and touches the flat surface when the clamping jaw is pressed against the flat surface in a second arrangement of the clamping jaw or in the assembly position of the tool. A stationary machine tool comprising this toolholder and a tool and a method for manufacturing thereof are also provided.

Abstract: An aircraft galley insert, such as an oven or beverage maker, comprises a sensor for determining a tilt angle (A) of the aircraft galley insert with respect to a horizontal plane, and a controller operatively connected to the tilt sensor, wherein the controller is configured to receive a signal from the tilt sensor indicating the tilt angle (A) of the aircraft galley insert, and control operation of the aircraft galley insert based on the tilt angle.

Abstract: An aircraft galley is disclosed herein. The aircraft galley includes an air duct including an air inlet and an air outlet, the air outlet extending into the aircraft galley, an ion emitter coupled to the air outlet, and a control unit electronically coupled to the ion emitter, the control unit configured to control an ion output of the ion emitter.

Abstract: A drain valve assembly comprising: an assembly housing; a drain valve having a valve housing through which a flow channel is defined from an inlet port and an outlet port, and a moveable valve part moveable relative to the valve housing between a closed position between the inlet port and the outlet port and an open position displaced from between the inlet port and the outlet port; an override cable having a first end attached to the moveable valve part and a second end remote from the drain valve, the cable positioned to move in a substantially vertical direction when a pulling force is applied, to move the moveable valve part to the open position, and being biased to return the moveable part to the closed position when the pulling force is removed from the cable.

Abstract: A levelling device for tiles of the type used on a surface to level at least two adjacent tiles and comprising a base (1) designed to be arranged between at least two adjacent tiles (2) to act through contact with part of the lower surfaces of the said mutually adjacent tiles; from the base (1) there originates an elongated body (3), extending orthogonally therefrom, which is sized so as to protrude with respect to the upper surfaces of the tiles (2), is endowed with an external threaded section (31) whose task is to allow the said body to be gripped from the outside, and comprises a pressure and levelling body (4) which acts through contact with at least one of the upper surfaces of the at least two adjacent tiles (2); a handling unit (5), whose task is to allow the threaded section (31) to be gripped from the outside.

Abstract: A well system includes a local controller communicably coupled to a hydraulic diverter configured to control a well shut-in assembly at a well site operable to shut in a wellbore based on a command from the local controller or to shut in or open the wellbore based on a command from a control panel at or in a vicinity of the well site. The well system includes a remote controller located at a location remote from the local controller and the well site and configured to communicate a wireless signal to the local controller to initiate the command from the local controller. The well system includes the hydraulic diverter fluidly coupled to the well shut-in assembly. The hydraulic diverter is configured to, based on the command from the local controller, control the well shut-in assembly to shut in the wellbore and render the command from the control panel irrelevant.