Abstract: Disclosed is an energy storage and steam generation system, including an electrode steam boiler. One side of the electrode steam boiler is connected with a boiler deaerator through a pipeline. A pipeline A is arranged at the top of the electrode steam boiler. The pipeline A is connected with a steam superheater, and an outlet of the steam superheater is provided with an external steam supply outlet pipeline. A molten salt steam generation bypass pipeline and a pipeline B are arranged on the steam superheater. One end of the molten salt steam generation bypass pipeline is connected to the steam superheater. A low-temperature molten salt storage tank is connected to the pipeline B, and a high-temperature molten salt storage tank is connected to the low-temperature molten salt storage tank through a pipeline. The other end of the molten salt steam generation bypass pipeline is connected to the high-temperature molten salt storage tank. Meanwhile, a generation method is further disclosed.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for a power hood system. The power hood system includes a powered hood rotatable between a closed position and an open position, at least one hood latch (e.g., a primary hood latch and/or a secondary hood latch) configured to secure the powered hood in the closed position (or a half latch position). The power hood system further includes an electronic control unit electrically coupled to the power hood. The electronic control unit is configured to automatically control the powered hood to move to the closed position in response to (1) receiving a drive mode signal indicating that the vehicle has been shifted into drive and (2) receiving a latch position signal indicating that a hood latch (e.g., the secondary hood latch) is not in the latched state.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic device. The electronic device includes a flexible element having a channel, a first cover at least covering the channel, and a transducing element connected with the flexible element. The transducing element is configured to convert energy from one form to another to deform and affect the flexible element to adjust a dimension of the first cover.

Abstract: An ink ejection mechanism, a printing device, and a method for fixing an inkjet head are provided for easy attachment of the inkjet head to a carriage. An ink ejection mechanism includes: a carriage that moves along a print surface of a recording medium; a head assembly that is detachably disposed on the carriage and ejects ink onto the recording medium; and a fixing unit that fixes the head assembly to the carriage by pressing the head assembly from above.

Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a first electronic component and a first interposer. The first electronic component is disposed under the interposer and includes a logic circuit and a power delivery circuit disposed between the interposer and the logic circuit. The interposer and the power delivery circuit are collectively configured to function as a power delivery structure which is electrically connected to the logic circuit.

Abstract: The invention relates to an illumination system (80) comprising at least one conductor-bar-free assembly profile rail (60) for accommodating at least one lighting unit (70) that is insertable into the assembly profile rail (60), and at least one supply connector (50) that is insertable into the assembly profile rail (60). In this case, the assembly profile rail (60) is in the form of an extruded plastics or aluminum profile and the lighting unit (70) is in the form of a long rigid strip which has at least one semiconductor light source (71) on its front surface and at least two exposed, continuous contacting conductor tracks (74) on its back surface. The lighting unit (70) further comprises a housing element (73) which is designed to be mechanically couplable to the assembly profile rail (60) and which is used to hold the lighting unit (70) in the assembly profile rail (60).

Abstract: A capacitive wireless power transfer coupler, includes: a coupler transmitting side, including two electrode plates arranged in a same plane, a shielding plate parallel to the electrode plates, and a filling dielectric between each of the electrode plates and the shielding plate; a coupler receiving side, having a same structure as the coupler transmitting side. A side provided with the electrode plates of the coupler transmitting side faces a side provided with the electrode plates of the coupler receiving side, and power transfer is achieved between the two sides through a transfer dielectric, where a relative dielectric constant of the filling dielectric is less than a relative dielectric constant of the transfer dielectric. The issues of increased coupler volume, limited improvement in the capacitive coupling coefficient, and low efficiency of power transfer of the existing capacitive coupler, can be solved.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a protection plate that is releasably mounted to an underside of the vehicle. The protection plate has a slot having a first opening portion and a second opening portion. A bolt extends through the second opening portion and connects to a cross member that extends between longitudinally extending side members of a frame of the vehicle. The second opening portion is sized and configured to allow the bolt to slide out of the second opening portion and toward the first opening portion upon application of a longitudinal force of a preselected amount to release the protection plate from the bolt and at least partially from the underside of the vehicle.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic device. The electronic device includes a flexible element and a deformable element configured to convert energy from one form to make the flexible element compliant with a user's skin.

Abstract: A stability monitoring system for detecting an instability condition in a moving vehicle-trailer system includes a processor and a memory communicably coupled to the processor. The memory may store a stability evaluation module configured to determine if a measured value of at least one stability evaluation parameter satisfies an associated predetermined condition. The stability evaluation module may be configured to, if the measured value of the stability evaluation parameter satisfies the associated predetermined condition, determine a total amount of time within a predetermined time period that the measured value of the stability evaluation parameter satisfied the associated predetermined condition.

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for determining a load coil value for a load coil connected to an antenna. The system may include at least one adjustable inductive coil. The at least one adjustable inductive coil may have a plurality of turns. The at least one adjustable inductive coil may be connected to the antenna. The system may include an actuator. The actuator may be connected to the at least one adjustable inductive coil and may be configured to adjust at least one characteristic of the at least one adjustable inductive coil. The system may further include a user interface connected to the actuator and configured to control the actuator to adjust the at least one characteristic of the at least one adjustable inductive coil.

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods include a vehicle center console including a first surface configured to receive a mobile device thereon and a second surface facing the first surface and having a removable mobile device retaining apparatus mounted to the second surface. The mobile device is configured to be received between the first surface and the mobile device retaining apparatus. The mobile device retaining apparatus includes a body having a wall and a flexible contacting surface extending from the wall toward the first surface, a first retaining feature extending from the wall through a first aperture in the second surface, and a second retaining feature extending from the wall through a second aperture in the second surface. The flexible contacting surface can press the mobile device against the first surface to passively secure the mobile device in place, while also allowing ease of installation and removal of the mobile device.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for a vehicle aerodynamic system include an air dam adapted to be mounted adjacent a front bumper of a vehicle. The air dam can be moveable between a stowed position (e.g., when the vehicle is operating at higher speeds) and a deployed position (e.g., when the vehicle is operating at lower speeds). The air dam includes an air dam panel moveable between the stowed position and a step position. In the step position, the air dam panel is configured as a step for a user to access a front vehicle compartment. The aerodynamic system can include an actuator configured to move the air dam panel relative to the front bumper. The aerodynamic system can further include a controller in electronic communication with a front hood position sensor that is configured to automatically deploy the step based upon a position of the front hood.

Abstract: A carrier configured to support multiple panels includes a housing having a pair of opposing sidewalls extending in a first direction and a plurality of trays stacked between the pair of opposing sidewalls in the first direction. A lid is slidably coupled to the pair of opposing sidewalls and configured to be slid on the housing between an open configuration and a closed configuration. The plurality of trays are supported in the housing such that, in the closed configuration of the lid, two trays of the plurality of trays are blocked from moving relative to one another in the first direction, and in the open configuration of the lid, the two trays are configured to be moved relative to one another in the first direction.

Abstract: A corrosion monitoring system includes a processor, and a memory in communication with the processor and having a control module, a potentiostat, coupled to a clamp with a first plate and a second plate. The control module includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to control the potentiostat to apply a voltage to the first plate and the second plate during an EIS test of a coating on a metal substrate disposed between the first plate and the second plate. The corrosion monitoring system also monitors or detects a change in at least one of a phase angle and an impedance of the applied voltage, and identifies a change in corrosion activation at the substrate for any coating system based, at least in part, on the change in the at least one of the phase angle and the impedance.

Abstract: An actuator includes a twisted and coiled polymer fishing line and an untwisted resistance heating wire (TCPFLRHW) actuator and a coating on the TCPFLHRW actuator. The coating includes a mixture of carbon nanotubes, metal nanoparticles, and mesoporous carbon nanoparticles, and in some variations, the coating includes a polymer matrix with the carbon nanotubes, metal nanoparticles, and mesoporous carbon nanoparticles disposed in the polymer matrix. And the actuator exhibits enhanced actuator parameters such as actuator efficiency, hydrophobicity, power consumption, actuation frequency, dynamic actuation and cooling rate.

Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes an interposer, a voltage regulator, a first circuit structure, and an electronic component. The voltage regulator is attached to the interposer. The first circuit structure is supported by the interposer. The electronic component is disposed adjacent to the interposer and electrically connected to the voltage regulator through the first circuit structure and the interposer.

Abstract: A reflective illumination structure is provided. It includes a heat dissipation base, a lighting unit disposed at a top of the heat dissipation base, and a reflective lampshade enclosing the lighting unit. An inner wall of the reflective lampshade is provided with a specular reflection arc surface disposed at a bottom end of the inner wall of the reflective lampshade and a diffuse reflection arc surface disposed at a top end of the inner wall of the reflective lampshade. A part of light emitted from the lighting unit is directly emitted to the diffuse reflection arc surface, and another part of the light is reflected by the specular reflection arc surface and then is emitted to the diffuse reflection arc surface. The light reflected by the diffuse reflection arc surface is emitted through a bottom of the reflective lampshade and forms a uniform rectangular light spot.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a swing arm dolly. A swing arm dolly can comprise a swing arm mounted on a frame. A lever and locking mechanism can lock the swing arm to the frame. One or more wheels can extend downward from the swing arm. The swing arm dolly can also comprise a spring-loaded plunger secured to the frame, wherein upon disengaging the locking mechanism, the one or more wheels roll onto the spring-loaded plunger, pushing the spring-loaded plunger downward to lock the swing arm dolly.

Abstract: Technology disclosed herein provides a cannula TCP actuator comprising an annealed microtube assembly including a polymer microtube having inserted therein a resistive heating wire such that the resistive heating wire extends through the length of the polymer microtube, wherein the microtube assembly is arranged in a twisted and coiled tube. The cannula TCP actuator is fabricated by inserting a resistive heating wire into the polymer microtube, forming a microtube assembly by applying a longitudinal force to a first end of the polymer microtube in a direction parallel to a center axis of the polymer microtube and in an opposite direction relative to a second end of the polymer microtube, and applying a rotational force to the second end of the polymer microtube during application of the longitudinal force to cause the polymer microtube to twist and coil about the center axis, and annealing the microtube assembly.