Abstract: A method for producing a deposit resistant fluid includes combining a base stock and one or more additives to form a blended fluid configured to resist forming deposits in an oxidizing environment. The base stock has a viscosity index of at least 80, and either a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of at least 320 cSt or a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of at least 14 cSt. The base stock includes greater than or equal to about 90 wt % saturates, less than or equal to about 10 wt % aromatics, and a sum of terminal/pendant propyl groups and terminal/pendant ethyl groups of at least 1.7 per 100 carbon atoms.

Abstract: Methods for tracking a container with a tracking device are provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of forming a plasma resistant oxyfluoride coating layer, including: mounting a substrate on a substrate holder provided in a chamber; causing an electron beam scanned from an electron gun to be incident on an oxide evaporation source accommodated in a first crucible, and heating, melting, and vaporizing the oxide evaporation source as the electron beam is incident on the oxide evaporation source; vaporizing a fluoride accommodated in a second crucible; and advancing an evaporation gas generated from the oxide evaporation source and a fluorine-containing gas generated from the fluoride toward the substrate, and reacting the evaporation gas generated from the oxide evaporation source and the fluorine-containing gas generated from the fluoride to deposit an oxyfluoride on the substrate.

Abstract: Described is a shaped charge warhead comprising an axially symmetric fragmentation casing designed to define a containment space and having in a base portion a casting hole for the explosive, a detonator housed in the casting hole and a conical liner of the shaped charge positioned inside the containment space. The casing and the conical or hemispherical liner, with a variable thickness, if necessary, are made in a single piece. The casing extends along a respective axis of extension in such a way as to also define a standoff of the charged warhead.

Abstract: The present invention provides an adhesive composition which is a primerless urethane-based adhesive and has high adhesive force with respect to a polyolefin-based resin. An adhesive composition according to the present invention is a two-liquid type urethane-based adhesive composition comprising: a main agent which comprises (A) a urethane prepolymer having an isocyanate group at the end thereof, (B) a polyfunctional isocyanate compound having an alkoxysilyl group which can be obtained through a reaction of a silane compound having at least two alkoxysilyl groups in one molecule and a polyisocyanate having an isocyanate group at the end thereof and (C1) a first curing catalyst; and a curing agent which comprises (D) a hydrophobic polyol and (C2) a second curing catalyst.

Abstract: A bucket crusher has a box-shaped bucket body defining a loading compartment and an unloading opening, a crusher unit configured to crush sheet material and having a cylinder with a plurality of crusher teeth connected to a cylinder wall, each crusher tooth of the plurality of crusher teeth extending between a proximal end and a distal end. The plurality of crusher teeth has at least one high crusher tooth and at least one low crusher tooth. The distance between the cylinder wall and the distal end of the at least one high crusher tooth is greater than the distance between the cylinder wall and the distal end of the at least one low crusher tooth.

Abstract: Methods and systems for measuring cathodic protection of a metallic structure using a plurality of coupons, the method including electrically coupling a first coupon to the metallic structure, the first coupon being electrically connected to a reference cell and including a first material, electrically coupling a second coupon to the metallic structure, the second coupon being electrically connected to the reference cell and including a second material, electrically coupling the first coupon to the second coupon, applying a first cathodic protection current to the metallic structure, interrupting the application of the first cathodic protection current, measuring voltage between the electrically coupled first and second coupons and the metallic structure while the application of the first cathodic protection current is interrupted, and determining whether a degree of cathodic protection applied to the metallic structure is sufficient based on the measured voltage.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pipeline potential safety hazard intelligent identification system and method integrating power frequencies, pressures and temperatures and belongs to the technical field of intelligent monitoring. A monitoring system includes temperature sensors, pressure sensors, an Internet of Things (IoT) electricity meter, a PLC, an IoT DTU and a remote server. The present invention has the advantages of reading and analyzing pipeline operating state parameters in real time via digital sensors, and realizing remote real-time monitoring by uploading data via the IoT DTU; acquiring a leakage transient temperature by performing energy analysis on fluid at a leakage location of a pipeline, deducing a variation of pressure gradients from a variation of temperature gradients, performing two-parameter linkage leakage analysis, and positioning a leakage point with higher accuracy; and realizing the control logic through the PLC, and being easy to operate and high in applicability.

Abstract: A kinetic seat cushion assembly that rotates based on a force applied on an occupant seated therein is provided. The kinetic seat cushion assembly includes a primary seat cushion frame, a secondary seat cushion frame, a seat cushion tilt mechanism coupling the secondary seat cushion frame to the primary seat cushion frame such that the secondary seat cushion frame is movable with respect to the primary seat cushion frame, and a front pivot mechanism that pivotally couples a front portion of the primary seat cushion frame to a front portion of the secondary seat cushion frame.

Abstract: A hydraulic fitting (10) for a hydraulic transmitter system (100) having a housing (12) in which a fluid reservoir (16), a pressure chamber (20) which is fluidically connected to the fluid reservoir (16) and a venting bore (22, 22?) which connects the pressure chamber (20) to a housing surroundings are configured, wherein the venting bore (22, 22?) can be closed in a closed position (III) during operation and can be opened to produce a venting position (V), also having an additional fluid connection between the fluid reservoir (16) and the pressure chamber (20) which is interrupted during operation but which can be temporarily opened to permit rapid venting in a rapid venting position (IV) while the venting bore (22) remains closed.

Abstract: Provided herein are hydrocarbon compositions suitable for use as a lubricant comprising sulfur between about 30 ppm to about 220 ppm, and aromatics between about 0.2 wt. % to about 3 wt. %. The present hydrocarbon compositions comprise a blend of one or more base stocks and a high-sulfur containing material and can demonstrate an improved oxidation performance as a lubricant in weighted piston deposit merits and/or by viscosity increase.

Abstract: A vehicle, a vehicle brake cooling system, a computer program product, and a method of controlling a vehicle in a manner to achieve enhanced aerodynamic performance of the vehicle and active cooling to the wheel brakes during operation of the vehicle. The vehicle includes one or more a vehicle air vents moveable between a first position and a second position, and one or more processors of a computing system. The one or more processors are configured to dynamically conduct, in response to a detection as sensor data one or more of a current position of the vehicle air vents, a current temperature of vehicle wheel brakes, and a current speed of the vehicle, a vehicle brake analysis of the sensor data.

Abstract: An apparatus for removable mounting of a corrugated hose into an air-conditioning duct, a building structure including the same, and a method of terminating an air-conditioning duct. The apparatus comprises a unitary body defining a tube that is sealingly engageable with the duct and a flange at an end of the hose for abutting a wall around the duct, a plug sealingly engageable in the tube, and a cap. The tube is configured to selectively threadably receive the plug or the hose. The cap is pivotably attached to the flange to allow the cap to be rotated towards the flange to cover the tube.

Abstract: A package structure and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The package structure includes an electronic device, a heat spreader, an intermediate layer and an encapsulant. The electronic device includes a plurality of electrical contacts. The intermediate layer is interposed between the electronic device and the heat spreader. The intermediate layer includes a sintered material. The encapsulant encapsulates the electronic device. A surface of the encapsulant is substantially coplanar with a plurality of surfaces of the electrical contacts.

Abstract: A system for purifying helium gas, a method, and an application. The system includes a first gas-liquid separation device, a primary helium extraction tower, a second gas-liquid separation device, a secondary helium extraction tower, and a nitrogen removal tower, which are in sequential communication. The first gas-liquid separation device performs first treatment to convert helium-containing natural gas into a first gas and first liquid phases; the primary helium extraction tower performs first distillation on the first gas and first liquid phases to obtain a second gas and second liquid phases; the second gas-liquid separation device performs second treatment to convert the second gas phase to a third gas and third liquid phase; the secondary helium extraction tower performs second distillation on the third gas and third liquid phases to obtain crude helium and a fourth liquid phase form which nitrogen is removed by the nitrogen removal tower.

Abstract: A wavefront sensor for measuring a wavefront that includes an aperture mask configured to receive incident light, the aperture mask comprising a plurality of apertures irregularly spaced and arranged in a plurality of sub-windows that respectively transmit sub-beams of the incident light. A diffuser can receive the sub-beams transmitted by the plurality of apertures. A controller of the sensor is configured to identify measured sub-beams by convolving the sub-beams imaged on the diffuser with a map of the plurality of apertures; and measure the wavefront of the incident light based on changes in position of the sub-beams in a digital image of the diffuser relative to both reference positions and neighboring sub-beams.

Abstract: The system may include a platform, a first horizontal member, a second horizontal member, a first vertical member, a second vertical member, a first front bracket, a second front bracket, a first rear bracket, a second rear bracket, a first clamping bracket, and a second clamping bracket. The first front bracket may secure to the first vertical member. The second front bracket may secure to the second vertical member. The first rear bracket may secure to the first clamping bracket about the first horizontal member. The second rear bracket may secure to the second clamping bracket about the second horizontal member. The first front bracket, second front bracket, first rear bracket, and second rear bracket may be configured to contact an electronic component and secure it in a fixed position relative to the platform.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to influencing control of a vehicle to improve hitchless towing. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting a current condition associated with a lead vehicle and a following vehicle. The method includes, responsive to determining that the current condition satisfies an adjustment threshold for modifying a behavior of at least one of the lead vehicle and the following vehicle, determining a vehicle action associated with the current condition. The method includes providing an output according to the vehicle action.