Abstract: A vehicle lift assembly includes a vehicle frame, and a lift bracket mounted to the vehicle frame. The lift bracket includes an outboard facing surface defining a lift arm-receiving opening. The vehicle lift assembly further includes a stopper positioned inboard of the lift arm-receiving opening.

Abstract: Systems and methods for maintaining a service session in an automotive edge computing environment are disclosed herein. One embodiment computes a first estimation result pertaining to computation resources of a current edge server with which a vehicle is in communication; computes a second estimation result pertaining to link quality; computes a third estimation result pertaining to service quality; compares the first, second, and third estimation results with first, second, and third predetermined thresholds, respectively; selects a new edge server with which to maintain the service session and initiates a service migration request, when the first predetermined threshold is triggered; initiates a wireless access handover request, when only the second predetermined threshold is triggered; and selects a new edge server with which to maintain the service session and initiates a service migration request, when only the third predetermined threshold is triggered and one of two predetermined conditions is met.

Abstract: A check valve for low pressure operating conditions includes: a valve cover, a valve body, and an upper diaphragm between the body and the cover. A first pressure cavity is provided on a lower surface of the valve cover and used for accommodating a backward direction medium, a second pressure cavity is machined on an upper surface of the valve body, within which an inflow passage and an outflow passage are provided, an inflow hole is machined from an inner wall of the inflow passage to a bottom face of the second pressure cavity, and a medium enters into the second pressure cavity from the inflow passage via the inflow hole, and applies upward pressure on the upper diaphragm. A backflow channel in communication with the first pressure cavity is machined on a side wall of the outflow passage.

Abstract: A technique for varying buoyancy of an apparatus includes providing a substrate configured to produce gas on demand when exposed to a liquid, exposing the substrate to such liquid, and capturing the gas produced by the substrate to increase the buoyancy of the apparatus within a fluid. In some examples, the liquid and the fluid contain the same material, such that gas may be produced using fluid already in the environment.

Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for securely transferring a locked container from a primary vault to a secondary vault. In one implementation, a triggering event corresponding to a transfer of a first locked container from the primary vault to the secondary vault is detected. The first locked container is detected in the primary vault, and a second locked container is detected in the secondary vault. A transfer time for the transfer is determined based on when the second locked container is detected in the secondary vault. The transfer is validated as a compliant transfer when the second locked container is identified as the first locked container and the transfer time is within a time tolerance band.

Abstract: A throttle-controlled intake system is disclosed that provides a driver of a vehicle with greater control over engine functions and vehicle performance. The throttle-controlled intake system includes a control module that is coupled with an aircharger air intake. The control module processes input signals from a throttle pedal of the vehicle and sends modified throttle position signals to a throttle body of the vehicle so as to increase throttle responsiveness of the vehicle. The throttle-controlled intake system further includes a wiring harness and a signal adjuster. The wiring harness electrically couples the control module with the throttle pedal and the throttle body. The control module sends signals directly to the throttle body of the engine, bypassing an electronic control unit of the vehicle. The signal adjuster includes a rheostat that enables manual adjustment of the throttle responsiveness of the vehicle.

Abstract: An operating system with an operating device and an interface device. The operating device has a receiving part and an operating element movably mounted on the receiving part relative to the receiving part for performing an input. A movement resistance for the movability of the operating element is set based on a relative position of the operating element by a controllable braking device and considers a stored assignment between relative positions and movement resistances. The assignment is adjustable via interface device. The interface device displays a coordinate system with default points for a setting range that can be positioned by an input means. The interface device creates a curve, which runs in accordance with the default points, and the interface device displays the curve on the user interface and determines the assignment based on the shape of the curve.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a grid system, including a grid body and supports, where the grid body includes a water intake module, a filtering module, a residue scraping module, a residue pressing module, and a water discharge module; the filtering module is disposed at a middle-upper part of the grid body, the water intake module and the residue pressing module are organically coupled at a lower part of the filtering module, and the water intake module includes a water inlet and a water distribution area; the filtering module includes a water retaining platform, an inflow water guide plate, screen plate areas, and a central water retaining weir; the residue scraping module includes scrapers, a driving motor, a support frame, a residue inlet, and a guide rail; the residue pressing module includes a squeezing cylinder, a motor, and a residue outlet.

Abstract: Systems and devices are disclosed herein for absorbing unwanted target sounds. In one example, an acoustic scatterer for absorbing a target sound includes a housing defining a plurality of channels having an open end and a terminal end. The terminal ends of the plurality of channels are separate from each other and extend along a length of the housing. The acoustic scatterer also includes one or more spacers subdividing the plurality of channels along the length of the housing. In another example, a system for absorbing a target sound includes a plurality of acoustic scatterers, each having a housing that defines a plurality of channels having an open end and a terminal end. The terminal ends of the plurality of channels are separate from each other and extend along a length of the housing. The plurality of acoustic scatterers are stacked on top of each other in a lengthwise direction.

Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a carrier, a computing element disposed over the carrier, and a first data storage element disposed over the carrier and electrically connected with the computing element through the carrier. The computing element is configured to receive a first power provided from the first data storage element.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a low-profile barrier including a plurality of segments continuously arranged in the longitudinal direction and a connecting member installed in a connection portion, the connection portion between the segments configured to bend in the horizontal direction in order to effectively absorb impacts in the event of a vehicle collision, thereby ensuring safety of vehicles and vehicle occupants, and a method for constructing the same.

Abstract: A relay and metering test instrument includes an application processor circuitry to control functional operation of the relay and metering test instrument. The application processor circuitry may receive a user selected source code state program, and operational parameters input by the user. The application processor circuitry may compile the source code state program and the operational parameters into a test routine for storage in a memory circuitry with other test routines. The relay and metering instrument may also include a real time processor circuitry and an input/output processor circuitry. The real time processor circuitry may selectively and independently execute the test routine or one of the other test routines to perform one or more respective testing stages. The input/output processor circuitry may cooperatively operate with the real time processor circuitry to output test signals and monitor for receipt of input test signals according to execution of the test routine.

Abstract: A multilayer thin film that reflects an omnidirectional structural color includes a multilayer stack comprising having: a reflector layer; a first dielectric layer extending over the reflector layer; an absorbing layer extending over the first dielectric layer; and a second dielectric layer extending over the absorbing layer. The multilayer thin film reflects a single narrow band of visible light when exposed to broadband electromagnetic radiation, and the single narrow band of visible light has: a visible full width at half maximum (FWHM) width of less than 200 nm; a color shift of the reflected single narrow band of visible light is less than 50 nm when the multilayer stack is exposed to broadband electromagnetic radiation and viewed from angles between 0 and 45 degrees relative to a direction normal to an outer surface of the multilayer thin film.

Abstract: Various examples of systems and methods are described herein in which multiple intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) are connected in a network. A software-defined network (SDN) controller may include a rule subsystem, a test mode subsystem, a packet inspection subsystem, and a validation subsystem. The rule subsystem may define a plurality of flow rules. A test mode subsystem may operate the SDN in a testing mode. A packet insertion subsystem may insert test packets within the SDN while the SDN is in the testing mode. The validation subsystem may validate or fail each flow rule depending on how the various test packets are handled.

Abstract: A method for circuit modification for fault mitigation including: obtaining a netlist defining a circuit; inserting at least one saboteur circuit into a first net of the netlist; configuring an FPGA to implement the first net and the at least one saboteur circuit; activating a first of the at least one saboteur circuits; determining whether the first net experiences a fault; and upon determining that the first net experiences a fault, modifying the first net by inserting at least one redundant circuit into the first net.

Abstract: An AI system and a method of preventing capture of an AI module in the AI system is disclosed. The AI system includes an input interface, a signature verification module, an AI module configured to execute multiple AI models, a hash module, and a key generation module. A signature module and the key generation module provide an output to the user in response to a received input from the user. The AI module further includes an output interface configured to transmit an output response from the signature module to the user.

Abstract: A transient liquid phase (TLP) composition includes a plurality of first high melting temperature (HMT) particles, a plurality of second HMT particles, and a plurality of low melting temperature (LMT) particles. Each of the plurality of first HMT particles have a core-shell structure with a core formed from a first high HMT material and a shell formed from a second HMT material that is different than the first HMT material. The plurality of second HMT particles are formed from a third HMT material that is different than the second HMT material and the plurality of LMT particles are formed from a LMT material. The LMT particles have a melting temperature less than a TLP sintering temperature of the TLP composition and the first, second, and third HMT materials have a melting point greater than the TLP sintering temperature.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device package including a first device, a second device, and a spacer. The first device includes a substrate having a first dielectric constant. The second device includes a dielectric element, an antenna, and a reinforcing element. The dielectric element has a second dielectric constant less than the first dielectric constant. The antenna is at least partially within the dielectric element. The reinforcing element is disposed on the dielectric element, and the reinforcing element has a third dielectric constant greater than the first dielectric constant. The spacer is disposed between the first device and the second device and configured to define a distance between the first device and the second device.

Abstract: The disclosure more appropriately creates a product of printing closer to the target state. A printing system (10) that creates a product of printing includes a printer (16) that is a printing apparatus that executes a printing step, a steaming machine (18) that is a device for a predetermined step that is a device that executes a predetermined step, and a control device (12); where the control device (12) acquires printed matter information that is information indicating a state of a printed matter obtained by performing the printing step by the printer (16), and adjusts a condition of a step to be executed in the steaming machine (18) based on information indicating a state of the target product and the printed matter information such that a product in a state closer to a state indicated by target product information is obtained.

Abstract: There is provided a button for varying output based on force applied. The button comprises: a contact pad with at least two contacts, the contacts being arranged in a complementary pattern of interdigitated fingers with a separation therebetween; and an actuator and a conductive layer, the conductive layer being located between a base of the actuator and the contact pad and being independent of the actuator and contact pad, the base of the actuator being shaped to increase the surface area of the conductive layer in contact with the contacts as the actuator is pushed towards the contact pad. This increases current flow between the contacts in use as the force applied to the actuator increases.