Abstract: A cup holder assembly for use in an automotive vehicle is provided. The cup holder assembly includes a panel and cup holder. The panel includes a top surface. The top surface includes at least one beverage container opening configured to receive a cup holder. A pocket is formed on the top surface of the panel and a cushion is disposed within the pocket. The panel may be covered with a skin such as a synthetic leather so as to cover the panel.

Abstract: The present invention provides a movable breakwater that can do with a small amount of compressed air supplied to raise the buoyant steel pipe. The buoyant steel pipe 6 includes a buoyancy tank 6d in which gas is filled, an air chamber 6e provided above the buoyancy tank 6d, a penetration pipe 19 that penetrates through the buoyancy tank 6d and feeds compressed air supplied from a pressure accumulator tank 13 to the air chamber 6e, and an open chamber 6f, whose top side is open, provided above the air chamber 6e and in the buoyant steel pipe 6 at the upper end portion thereof.

Abstract: A hand-held tool protection device includes a handle sized and configured to be grasped by an operator. A neck portion extends outwardly from the handle in a direction of a elongated axis of the handle. A swivel assembly is connected to the neck portion. The swivel assembly includes a body having a top, a bottom and a sidewall. The body is connected to the neck portion at the sidewall of the body. An opening extends through the body and intersects the top and the bottom of the body. A pivotable rod member is slidably and pivotably received in the opening extending through the body to provide a pivot axis. A tool element holding assembly is connected to the pivotable rod member such that the tool element holding assembly pivots therewith about the pivot axis. The tool element holding assembly includes a support assembly configured for receiving a tool such that the tool may be rotated about a tool rotation axis.

Abstract: Systems and methods for indicating the presence of a mobile device within a passenger cabin are provided. A method for indicating the presence of a mobile device within a passenger cabin of a vehicle includes linking a vehicle computing device with the mobile device, determining whether a vehicle ignition is off and whether a vehicle lock has been actuated. The method further includes generating an audible mobile device search signal that is played through a cabin and waiting to receive a response from the mobile device as to whether the mobile device detected the audible mobile device search signal. The method further includes determining whether the mobile device is within the passenger cabin based on whether a response was received from the mobile device and generating a first audible indication when the mobile device is within the passenger cabin.

Abstract: A printing apparatus, including: an ink jet head for ejecting ink droplets of an ultraviolet curing type ink toward a medium; a temporary curing ultraviolet light source; an irradiation setting storage section which stores ultraviolet irradiation settings of ultraviolet rays from the temporary curing ultraviolet light source to the medium; and a curing completion ultraviolet light source being for completing curing of the dots of the ink, is provided. The ink jet head performs a printing by a multi-pass method. The ultraviolet irradiation settings are set so that, regarding temperature of the region where the ink jet head ejects ink droplets in each main scanning operation in the multi-pass method, an increasing range of temperature compared with temperature at a timing of the last main scanning operation is suppressed within a temperature rising range which dot gains of the dots of the ink are substantially the same as each other.

Abstract: A method of determining the length distribution in the population of glass or plastic fibers in, for example, a fiber reinforced polymeric article wherein the fibers recovered from a representative article are immersed in a non-polar liquid and the combination of the liquid and fibers is passed through a sieve stack while an applied high electric field produces a relatively uniform alignment of the fibers as they pass through the sieves thereby improving the accuracy of the filtering process.

Abstract: An ethylene cracking furnace comprising a high pressure steam drum (1), a convection section (2), a radiant section (3), multiple groups of radiant coils (4) arranged vertically in the firebox of radiant section, burners (5) and transfer line exchangers (6), each radiant coil comprising a first-pass tube (7), a second-pass tube (8) and a connection member (9); feedstocks being introduced into an inlet end of the first-pass tube and outflow from an outlet end of the second-pass tube, said first-pass tube (7) and said second-pass tube (8) are non-split coils, and the centerlines of the respective radiant tubes (7, 8) are within a common plane; said connection member (9) is a tridimensional structural member comprising an inlet bending tube (10), a return bending tube (11) and an outlet bending tube (12); said inlet bending tubes (10) and said outlet bending tubes (12) are arranged at two sides of the plane containing the centerlines of said first-pass tubes (7) and said second-pass tubes (8), respectively; the

Abstract: A method of synthesizing a crystalline molecular sieve having an MSE framework type comprises crystallizing a reaction mixture comprising a source of water, a source of an oxide of a tetravalent element, Y, selected from at least one of silicon, tin, titanium, vanadium, and germanium, optionally a source of a trivalent element, X, a source of an alkali or alkaline earth metal, M, and a source of organic dications, Q, such as 3-hydroxy-1-(4-(1-methylpiperidin-1-ium-1-yl)butyl)quinuclidin-1-ium, 3-hydroxy-1-(5-(1-methylpiperidin-1-ium-1-yl)pentyl)quinuclidin-1-ium, 1,1?-(butane-1,4-diyl)bis(1-methylpiperidin-1-ium), 1,1?-(pentane-1,5-diyl)bis(1-methylpiperidin-1-ium), 1,1?-(hexane-1,6-diyl)bis(1-methylpiperidin-1-ium), and 1,1?-((3as,6as)-octahydropentalene-2,5-diyl)bis(1-methylpiperidin-1-ium).

Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided a vibration isolation section for use in a seismic streamer system, the section including: a resilient sheath arranged to be connected end-to-end in a seismic streamer system and receive axial loads transmitted through the system, wherein the resilient sheath is configured to stretch upon receiving an axial load and substantially convert the axial load into a radial stress; and a support structure housed within the resilient sheath, the support structure including one or more members having substantially constant diameter under load which provides a reaction to the radial stress, thereby providing attenuation to the received axial load.

Abstract: Acoustic volume indicators for determining liquid or gas volume within a container comprise a contactor to vibrate a container wall, a detector to receive vibration data from the container wall, a processor to convert vibration data to frequency information and compare the frequency information to characteristic container frequency vs. volume data to obtain the measured volume, and an indicator for displaying the measured volume. The processor may comprise a microprocessor disposed within a housing having lights that each represent a particular volume. The microprocessor is calibrated to provide an output signal to a light that indicates the container volume. The processor may comprise a computer and computer program that converts the data to frequency information, analyzes the frequency information to identify a peak frequency, compares the peak frequency to the characteristic frequency vs. volume data to determine the measured volume, and displays the measured volume on a video monitor.

Abstract: The present concept is a method of cladding and fusion welding of superalloys and includes the steps of firstly application of a composite filler powder that consists of 5-50% by weight brazing powder which includes melting point depressants, and 50-95% by weight high temperature welding powder, to a superalloy base material. Secondly there is simultaneous heating of the base material and the composite filler powder by a welding heat source that is movable relative to the base material. There is heating to a temperature that will fully melt the brazing powder and at least partially melt the high temperature welding powder and also melt a surface layer of the base material, thereby forming a weld pool. Thirdly upon solidification and cooling of the weld pool, there is coalescence between the weld bead and the base material.

Abstract: A cooling tower including a hot-water basin comprising a first cooling cell and a second cooling cell; and at least one means for controlling fluid communication between the first and second cooling cells is provided. A method of maintaining the efficiency of a cooling tower and a method of servicing a cooling tower are also provided.

Abstract: A tire-building drum having a hollow main shaft and a swing arm rotatably positioned about the main shaft for moving the circumferential surface-defining segments of the drum between collapsed positions and fully-expanded positions as the swing arm is rotatably moved about the swing arm from a first angular position thereabout to a second angular position thereabout includes a mechanical assembly for acting between the swing arm and the main shaft so that upon rotation of the swing arm about the main shaft to its second position thereabout, the mechanical assembly biases the swing arm about the main shaft to continually urge the circumferential segments into the fully-expanded positions.

Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) amplifier is disclosed. The RF power amplifier includes a bias circuit, an output-stage circuit and a RF compensation circuit. When a first system voltage is larger than a first voltage threshold value, the bias circuit generates a first current rising slightly. When first system voltage is larger than second voltage threshold value, the RF compensation circuit receives a second circuit rising slightly transmitted from the bias circuit. When the first system voltage is in an operation voltage range, the first current is larger than the second circuit so as to a quiescent operating current of the RF power amplifier is independent of change of the first system voltage. When the first system voltage is larger than a third voltage threshold value, the first current is equal to the second current so as to have the bias current being a zero current to protect the RF power amplifier from over-voltage.

Abstract: Another aspect of the present disclosure relates to a device including a substrate, having a top surface and a bottom surface; an array of nanowires having a base and a top surface, the base contacting the top surface of the substrate; a contacting structure including the same material as the substrate having a non-nanostructured surface of a dimension suitable for forming an electrical contact, located on the same side of the substrate as the array of silicon nanowires; wherein the contacting structure is doped with a greater impurity concentration than the nanowire array, thereby forming a selective emitter.

Abstract: The present invention includes an improved rear bumper assembly which is designed to help prevent exhaust gases from entering a vehicle. The bumper assembly can have a blocking structure sealed to the bumper cover and the rear of the vehicle. This blocking structure helps push the exhaust gases down and away from the rear of the vehicle which can help carry the exhaust gases away from the vehicle as it travels forward.

Abstract: Provided is a brake disc capable of suppressing wear of a brake pad, improving braking performance, and preventing occurrence of heat shrinkage between weight reduction holes. In a brake disc 1 for a two-wheeled motor vehicle, the brake disc 1 including a plurality of weight reduction holes 12 for weight reduction formed in a slide section 11 making sliding contact with a brake pad 2, a plurality of grooves 13 is formed at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction so as to pass through a plurality of adjacent ones of the weight reduction holes 12, the grooves being formed on at least one of slide surfaces 11a of the slide section 11. Each of the grooves 13 is formed into a linear or curved shape from an inner circumference through an outer circumference of the slide section 11.

Abstract: Used tires are cut or shredded. Boxes are built. Vapor barriers are mounted in the boxes. Beams are fastened inside the boxes. Cut or shredded tires are added to the box. Force on a lid compresses the tires before the lid is fastened. Faces are offset to form linking tongues and grooves. Exposed portions are connected with fasteners to build walls and barriers. A tornado resistant structure based on the foregoing structural materials is formed to provide superior performance for resisting high winds over traditional framing methods or brick construction.

Abstract: An automobile which includes a radiator fan control for heat pump HVAC which can selectively reverse fan direction based on ambient temperature and moisture to reduce ice buildup on a liquid-gas converter. The automobile may include a liquid-gas converter located within an engine bay, a radiator located adjacent the liquid-gas converter, a first fan located adjacent the radiator, a fuel cell and motor with the inverter located adjacent the first fan, the fuel cell supplying electricity to the motor with the inverter to drive the vehicle. The automobile can also include a temperature sensor located on an exterior surface of the automobile to sense an ambient temperature, a heater core connected to the liquid-gas converter and located between the engine bay and the passenger area, and a control unit connected to the first fan, the temperature sensor, and the heater core.

Abstract: A printing method includes applying a curable resin-containing ink onto an inked surface of a transfer sheet, heating the ink applied on the inked surface of the transfer sheet to increase viscosity of the ink, transferring the heated ink on the inked surface of transfer sheet to a printing object directly or indirectly, and curing the ink transferred to the printing object.