Abstract: Systems and methods for soldering a workpiece using a solder application system. A nozzle includes a plurality of walls and a floor that together define a nozzle reservoir for containing liquid solder. The plurality of walls also define a soldering region that is external to the nozzle reservoir. The plurality of walls in the soldering region define holes that are configured to dispense the liquid solder from the nozzle reservoir.

Abstract: A semiconductor device package includes a substrate, a first encapsulant and a second encapsulant. The substrate has an optical region and a surface-mount technology (SMT) device region. The first encapsulant includes a first portion disposed on the optical region and covers the optical region and a second portion disposed on the SMT device region and covers the SMT device region. The second encapsulant is disposed on the substrate and covers at least a portion of the second portion of the first encapsulant and a portion of the first portion of the first encapsulant.

Abstract: A system and method for detecting dynamic strain of a housing. The system includes an optical fiber linearly affixed along a surface of a length of the housing and an interrogator comprising a laser source and a photodetector. The optical fiber comprises at least one pair of fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) tuned to reflect substantially identical wavelengths with a segment of the optical fiber extending between the FBGs. The segment of the optical fiber is linearly affixed along the surface of the housing. The interrogator is configured to perform interferometry by shining laser light along the optical fiber and detecting light reflected by the FBGs. The interrogator outputs dynamic strain measurements based on interferometry performed on the reflected light.

Abstract: At least some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a semiconductor device package. The semiconductor device package includes a substrate, an interposer disposed on the substrate, a conductive pillar disposed on the substrate, a first semiconductor device disposed on the interposer and electrically connected to the conductive pillar, a second semiconductor device disposed on the interposer, and an encapsulant surrounding the conductive pillar. The first semiconductor device includes a first conductive pad electrically connected to the interposer. The second semiconductor device includes a second conductive pad electrically connected to the interposer.

Abstract: An electrochemical gas sensor has a planar ceramic housing having a recess, a MEA, first and second electrically conductive gas diffusion membranes, and a metal lid fixed on the housing so as to cover the recess. The MEA is provided with an ionic conductive membrane, a first electrode on a surface of the membrane, and a second electrode on the opposite surface of the membrane. The first electrically conductive gas diffusion membrane is electrically connected to the first electrical connection. The second electrically conductive gas diffusion membrane is electrically connected to the second electrical connection. The lid presses the second electrically conductive gas diffusion membrane toward the MEA, and in the lid or in the bottom of the housing, a gas inlet is provided. The electrochemical gas sensor is easily made compact, small in the variations in the performances, and easily installed on a print circuit board.

Abstract: A system for monitoring an electric power delivery system by obtaining high-frequency electric power system measurements and displaying event information is disclosed herein. The system may use the high-frequency electric power system information to detect traveling waves. The system may generate a display showing fault location on the electric power system, and timing of traveling waves received at locations on the electric power system. The display may include time on one axis and location on another axis. The display may include a waterfall display.

Abstract: An adjustable depth magnetic device comprises a switchable magnet, switchable magnet carrier, or switchable magnet integrated into a carrier, constrained by and locked into position by a receiver that is separate from or integrated into an object or fixture. The adjustable depth magnetic device may be affixed to or integrated into an object for the purpose of constraining said object to a ferrous target; or the adjustable depth magnetic device may be affixed to or integrated into a fixture to facilitate manufacturing, production, and/or assembly operations.

Abstract: An evaporator of the present invention includes an agitation vessel having a volatile component outlet and a concentrate outlet and configured to receive a raw material liquid, a heat source provided inside the agitation vessel, a liquid distributing portion provided within the agitation vessel and configured to cause the raw material liquid to flow down the heat source, and a first condenser provided on an outer circumference of the agitation vessel and configured to cool an inner wall of the agitation vessel. The evaporator of the present invention is useful in, for example, the concentration of various liquid chemicals and chemical products and the removal of volatile impurities from these chemicals and chemical products.

Abstract: A device for rendering safe a detonator firing circuit by short circuiting multiple conductors in the circuit includes a base portion and cable piercing members. The base portion has a cylindrical block and apertures for retentively receiving the cable piercing members. The cable piercing member has a first end to impinge on and penetrate a cable insulation when forcibly attached to an external surface of the cable. The cable piercing member has a low electrical resistance and impedance to generate a short circuit between conductors of the cable. Also, a method for rendering safe a detonator firing circuit of by short circuiting multiple conductor cables or a pigtail connector of a detonator system.

Abstract: Methods of compensating for undesired influences in a pressure transmitter wherein the pressure transmitter comprises a body for housing a low-pressure sensor and a high-pressure sensor each of which is in fluid communication with a port and in further fluid communication with each other through a connector tube containing a fill fluid. Various embodiments of the compensation process use one of the high-pressure and the low-pressure sensor as a common reference, compensating for changes in calibration, such as changes in the effective areas or spring rates of the non-reference sensor.

Abstract: A system for controlling a vehicle lift that operates to linearly displace a vehicle with respect to a floor. The system includes a supplemental support configured to be positioned between the vehicle and the floor when the vehicle is in a raised position, a support receiver configured to receive the supplemental support, a sensor configured to detect a presence or absence of the support within the support receiver, and an electronic control unit including a processor and a memory unit that is coupled to the processor. The electronic control unit configured to determine whether the supplemental support is positioned within the support receiver based on an output of the sensor, and in response to determining that the supplemental support is not positioned within the support receiver, prevent the vehicle lift from operating to linearly displace the vehicle with respect to the floor.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a rocker support that extends in a vehicle longitudinal direction. A side roof rail structure extends in a vehicle longitudinal direction along a vehicle roof assembly. A front pillar assembly is coupled to and extends upward from the rocker support to the side roof rail structure. The front pillar assembly includes a first panel that extends along a height of the front pillar assembly at a front side of the front pillar assembly. A second panel extends along the height of the front pillar assembly that is connected to the first panel at least partially defining an enclosed cavity that extends along the height of the front pillar assembly. The first panel is formed of a material having a lower minimum tensile strength than a material forming the second panel thereby forming a zone of reduced minimum tensile strength along the front side of the front pillar assembly.

Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to systems and methods for utilizing network access gateways to control access to devices or sub-networks. More particularly, but not exclusively, the present disclosure describes network access gateways configured to enable or disable communications circuits in a communication path or alter a network topology. In one embodiment, a network access gateway may include a first communication port, a second communication port, and a control port. Control logic may be in communication with the first communication port, the second communication port, and the control port. Further, the control logic may be configured to interrupt electrical communication between the first communication port and the second communication port based on input received from the control port in a first state, and to enable electrical communication between the first communication port and the second communication port based on input received from the control port in a second state.

Abstract: Arrangements relating to personal storage with shared vehicles are described. A shared vehicle, a user device, a storage compartment, a storage computing system, and/or a storage depot can be communicatively linked. The storage compartment can be configured to store one or more physical items as well as electronic data. The storage compartment can be configured to be selectively loaded within and unloaded from a shared vehicle during a use by a user. The storage compartment can be configured to be communicatively linked to the shared vehicle when in a loaded condition such that a component of the shared vehicle may access the electronic data during the use of the shared vehicle. Systems and methods described herein can be implemented with shared autonomous vehicles.

Abstract: An apparatus for filling capsules comprises a conveyor wheel, on the circumference of which a plurality of capsule holders is provided a conveyor wheel drive that alternately passes through stopping times and movement times, so that the capsule holders move along the conveying path in cycles, and a plurality of process stations disposed along the conveying path. The process stations comprise at least one supply station for supplying capsules to be filled to the conveyor wheel, at least one opening station for opening the capsules by separating the upper and lower capsule parts, at least one filling station for filling the lower capsule parts, at least one closing station for closing the filled capsules by connecting the upper and lower capsule parts, and at least one discharge station for discharging the filled capsules. A method for filling capsules is also described.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for designing and producing a cooling fluid for use in a cooling system. The process uses molecular dynamics to calculate the thermal properties of one or more fluid-nanoparticle solutions, and thereby aids in the study, selection and/or production of desired cooling fluids based on first principle simulations.

Abstract: The various technologies presented herein relate to detecting one or more vehicle tracks in radar imagery. A CCD image can be generated from a first SAR image and a second SAR image captured for a common scene, wherein the second SAR image may include a vehicle track that is not present in the first SAR image. A Radon transform (RT) process can be applied to each pixel in the CCD image, and further, a radial derivative (RDRT) can be determined for each pixel from RT values derived for each pixel. Each pixel can be labelled as being related to a track, or not, based upon a unary cost obtained from the RDRT value of that pixel, combined with a probability of the pixel label based upon labels applied to neighboring pixels. A labelled representation of the CCD image can be generated based upon the determination of “track” or “not track”.

Abstract: A tonneau for use with a pick-up truck bed includes a frame for attachment over the truck bed and a cover configured on top of the frame to protect the contents of the bed. The tonneau further includes a slidable cargo basket configured at the rear of the pick-up truck bed for enabling easy cargo access. The cargo management basket includes a plurality of slidable panels that are foldable allowing users to easily access the truck bed.

Abstract: A novel reactive power overexcitation regulation technology for synchronous generator, comprises measuring a stator voltage, a stator current, an active power and a reactive power of the synchronous generator; calculating the allowable upper limit value of the reactive power of the generator according to the allowable stator current of stator heating, and calculating the allowable value of the reactive power of the minimum stator current of the generator according to the contact reactance between the generator and the grid; comparing the stator current with its allowable value, calculate the excess calorific value of the stator of the generator if the calculated actual stator current is larger than its allowable value, enter reactive power overexcitation limiting regulation mode if the excess calorific value of the generator reaches the upper limit of the allowable heating margin of the generator; and using the larger value between the allowable upper limit value of the reactive power and the allowable value

Abstract: The present invention provides for a method of converting a depolymerized lignin aromatic compound into a bioproduct, comprising: (a) providing a composition comprising a depolymerized lignin aromatic compound, optionally a depolymerized cellulose, and optionally a depolymerized hemicellulose, and (b) introducing a genetically modified microorganism to the composition, wherein the genetically modified microorganism is capable of converting the depolymerized lignin aromatic compound into a bioproduct; such that the depolymerized lignin aromatic compound is converted into a bioproduct.