Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for generating learning data for an artificial intelligence model, which generate learning data for learning of an artificial intelligence model that detects anomalies of a plant facility, and the apparatus and method collect at least one among structured data and unstructured data, and generate a learning data set for learning of an artificial intelligence model that predicts and diagnoses anomalies of a plant facility using at least one among the structured data and the unstructured data.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to vehicle headlight calibration. In one embodiment, a headlight adjustment system includes a headlight positioned in a vehicle with a measuring assembly attached to the headlight. An adjust system is connected to the moving assembly and a moving mechanism. In response to an optical beam of the measuring assembly extending past an articulating reference member of the measuring assembly to an optical receptor of the measuring assembly, the moving mechanism physically alters a configuration of the headlight.

Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a fence post stay for supporting a first post in a wire fence having a plurality of wires. The stay may comprise: a first connector and a second connector; and an elongate first member connected to and extending between the first and second connectors. The first connector is engageable with the first post and the second connector is engageable with an adjacent second post, such that a tension force exerted by the plurality of wires on the first post is at least partially directed through the stay to the second post.

Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to using a printed conductor and a rectifier in the same enclosure for transferring power. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a conductor, printed on a substrate housed in an enclosure, that generates alternating current caused by a magnetic field emitted by a transmitter, wherein the conductor is a trace spanning layers. The apparatus also includes a rectifier, on a device housed in the enclosure, that receives the alternating current through a terminal connected with the conductor and converts the alternating current to a direct current for powering a load, wherein an insulator between the conductor and the rectifier isolates the magnetic field.

Abstract: A level indicating device for a tank includes: a differential pressure type level gauge configured to measure a level of a fluid in a tank on the basis of a pressure according to the level of the fluid in the tank; and a level indicator configured to indicate the level of the fluid by moving in a vertical direction according to a differential pressure signal measured by the differential pressure type level gauge.

Abstract: A measuring adapter for a measuring instrument for use in connection with hip prosthesis surgery comprises a measuring head and a connector. The measuring head comprises a front end, a rear end and convex upper surface and is divided into at least two separate sections. The measuring head comprises an axially extending central through-going bore adapted to receive an actuating rod. The measuring head is expandable from a relaxed state to an expanded state by axially displacing the actuating rod in the central through-going bore. The connector is hollow and divided at one end in axial direction of the measuring head into a number of legs corresponding to the number of separate sections of the measuring head; each leg being connected to one of the sections of the measuring head. At least a part of the upper surface of the measuring head is adapted, when in the expanded state, to adopt the shape of a spherical cap or a convex shape comprising at least a spherical segment.

Abstract: Disclosed is a coated rubber particle, preparation thereof and its application as a plugging material in drilling fluids. The coated rubber particle comprises a rubber core and a coating layer, wherein the core has a fluorine content (at %) of 0-15%, the coating layer has a fluorine content (at %) of 30-80%, and the coated rubber particle has a 24-hour oil absorption rate of 4% or less. The coated rubber particle has good oil resistance, and is particularly suitable for use as a plugging material in drilling fluids, particularly oil-based drilling fluids.

Abstract: An improved water union may include a fixed portion and a rotating portion. The fixed portion of the water union may be physically coupled to a stationary portion of a machine or other stationary object and the rotating portion may be physically coupled to a rotating portion of a machine or other rotating object. For example, a rotating table may include a stationary base to which the fixed portion of the water union may be physically attached, while the rotating portion of the water union may be physically attached to a rotating surface. In doing so, the rotating portion of the water union may be capable of freely rotating with the rotating surface, while maintaining a constant physical orientation to objects on the rotating surface within a rotating frame of reference.

Abstract: An adjustable air mattress includes a plurality of air chambers having a sleeping surface, an electronic control unit, and an air pump communicatively coupled to the electronic control unit and fluidly coupled to the plurality of air chambers. A plurality of air valves are communicatively coupled to the electronic control unit and are configured to permit or inhibit a release of air within each respective air chambers. A plurality of level sensors are communicatively coupled to the electronic control unit, determine an angle of the sleeping surface, and determine whether the angle of the sleeping surface is within a predetermined level range. When the angle of the sleeping surface is not within the predetermined level range, the electronic control unit controls at least one of the air pump and the plurality of air valves to adjust an amount of air in at least one of the plurality of air chambers.

Abstract: A method for mitigating lane-change disturbance based on cooperative maneuvering includes obtaining traffic data from a target lane, determining whether a traffic in the target lane becomes string unstable in response to an ego vehicle moving to the target lane based on learned car-following models and the traffic data, identifying a connected vehicle in the target lane in response to determining that the traffic in the target lane becomes string unstable in response to an ego vehicle moving to the target lane, and requesting that the identified connected vehicle change lanes from the target lane to another lane to obtain an empty space between a vehicle in front of the identified connected vehicle and a vehicle behind the identified connected vehicle or follow a suggested speed profile to obtain an empty space between the identified connected vehicle and a vehicle in front of the identified connected vehicle.

Abstract: An underarm gang operated vacuum break switch (underarm switch) has an electrically live portion under a mounting arm, which provides advantages over the standard vacuum break switch, which have the electrically live portion above the mounting arm. Because the non-electrified mounting arm is above the electrified portion, the underarm switch is safer for perching birds and other wildlife. The nature of the underarm switch also provides other benefits including a disconnect blade that when opened creates a visual gap to ensure electrical discontinuity along with a safety locking arm tied to deactivating the underarm switch. Adding to the safety measures is a visual indicator that shows an electrician when the switch is live and safe to open the disconnect blade. Other safety measures include a shock absorber assembly and inertia slowing mass protecting electrical contacts within the vacuum break switch from failing.

Abstract: A skiver for precise removal of outside material from an elongated device, such as a medical catheter or the like, includes a longitudinal recess in a surface and a transverse replaceable blade therein. A removable cover holds the blade in place. In some embodiments, the skiver has a handle extending from the skiver. In other embodiments, an automated mechanism is used to move the elongated device through the skiver.

Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to safely ceasing fuel cell (FC) operation and idling components of a generator. In one embodiment, a method includes ceasing power generation by reducing fuel to an FC within a generator while maintaining energy to sensitive components by a battery. The method also includes idling a direct current (DC) converter and a load inverter associated with the power generation before idling the battery. The method also includes, upon successfully completing tests and powering down non-critical components of the generator, entering the generator into a standby status.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a copper-phosphorus-zinc-tin brazing sheet and a preparation method and use thereof. The copper-phosphorus-zinc-tin brazing sheet includes a copper core layer, CuP alloy layers respectively arranged on two sides of the copper core layer, and at least two SnZn alloy layers respectively arranged on the other sides of the two CuP alloy layers away from the copper core layer.

Abstract: Provided are: composite particles having excellent oxidation resistance; and a method for producing composite particles. The composite particles are obtained by forming a composite of TiC and at least one of Zr and Si. In the method for producing composite particles, a titanium oxide powder and at least one of a zirconium oxide powder and a silicon oxide powder are used as raw material powders, and composite particles are produced using a gas phase method.

Abstract: A magnetorheological braking device with a fixed holder and a first and second braking component. One of the braking components is connected to the holder and does not rotate relative thereto. The two braking components are continuously rotatable relative to one another. The first braking component extends axially, and the second braking component has a hollow shell part extending around the first braking component. A peripheral gap, filled with a magnetorheological medium, is formed between the first and second braking component. The first braking component has an electric coil and a magnetically conductive core extending axially. Magnetic field concentrators, on the core and/or the shell part, protrude into the gap, creating variable gap height. The electric coil is wound around a section of the core. A magnetic field of the electric coil runs through the core, magnetic field concentrators, and the gap into a wall of the shell part.

Abstract: A fastener assembly for releasable interconnecting two objects includes a retainer having a top end for attaching the retainer to a first object and an end wall at the bottom end having an aperture. A post affixed to a second object at its bottom end is captured within a central cavity of the retainer by resilient snap fit wherein either the post or the retainer is radially deflectable. A locking element slidably connected to the retainer is axially moveable between locked and unlocked positions operative to restrict the relative radial movement of the post and the retainer to prevent the removal of the post. The locking element maybe a pin moved by a magnet and extendable into a bore of the post by a spring. Alternatively, the locking element may be a sleeve closely fitted around the outside of the retainer.

Abstract: A low-friction long-life ultra-lattice composite coating as well as a preparation method and use thereof are provided. The ultra-lattice composite coating includes a titanium transition layer, a TiNx bearing layer, a TiNx/MoS2 gradient transition layer, a MoS2/Me gradient transition layer and a MoS2/Me ultra-lattice layer which are successively formed on the surface of a matrix; wherein, in a direction gradually far away from the matrix, the content of MoS2 in the TiNx/MoS2 gradient transition layer is increasing, and the content of MoS2 in the MoS2/Me gradient transition layer is decreasing. The ultra-lattice composite coating has excellent mechanical property and tribological performance, with a vacuum friction coefficient being below 0.02 and a friction life exceeding 4×106 revolutions, which can meet the requirements on ultra-low friction and ultra-long service life for aerospace vehicles.

Abstract: A check valve may include: a check seat defining a flow path; a clapper assembly hingedly connected to the check seat and configured to obstruct the flow path, including: a clapper and a seal retainer detachably mounted to the clapper; a first extension extending from the clapper assembly in an upstream direction and having a roller; a cam arm rotatable relative to the clapper assembly and configured to engage with the roller; and a torsion spring operatively connected to the cam arm so as to apply a biasing force to the cam arm in the upstream direction. The biasing force may be imparted to the clapper assembly via the cam arm and roller, so that the clapper assembly obstructs the flow path.