Abstract: Equipment for excavating and/or digging trenches in solid surfaces the equipment including a digging wheel rotationally fixed to a main frame, and an adjustment frame defining at least one substantially flat contact portion adapted to be placed in contact with a corresponding portion of the surface to be worked, where the position of the adjustment frame with respect to the main supporting frame can be adjusted so as to adjust the working depth of the digging wheel; and where the adjustment frame is rotationally disengaged from the main supporting frame so that the adjustment frame always rests on the surface to be worked irrespective of particular working conditions.

Abstract: An array of dielectric resonators is formed on a substrate. Each resonator includes an active medium having an optical transition that is operative in a process of photodetection or photoemission. The active media each include a quantum well multilayer. The dielectric resonators in the array are each dimensioned to provide a resonance that lies substantially at the frequency of the optical transition.

Abstract: An assembly for use in subsurface drilling includes a downhole probe supported in a drill string section by centralizing features of a centralizer that is slidably removable from the drill string section. The centralizer may comprise a tubular body having a bore defined through it. A bore wall of the centralizer is fluted to provide inward contact points that support the downhole probe. The downhole probe may be supported for substantially its entire length. The centralizer may optionally comprise and/or be coated with a vibration damping and/or electrically insulating material.

Abstract: A floodgate is disclosed. The floodgate comprises: a panel for installation at a doorway to form a barrier against flooding; a hinge, the panel being movable between an opened position and a closed position about an axis of the hinge, the axis extending in use in an upright direction; and a sealing element coupled to an edge of the panel to provide sealing engagement with the ground when the panel is in the closed position thereby forming the barrier against flooding; wherein the hinge is configured to corporate with the panel to, upon the panel being moved from the closed position towards the opened position, cause the panel to move away from the ground thereby releasing the sealing engagement between the sealing element and the ground.

Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to dual safety touch button systems for generating machine operation commands, according to predetermined safety guidelines, from status information received via an intercommunications link (ICL) operably connecting the dual safety touch buttons (STBs). In an illustrative example, each of a pair of STBs includes a processor configured to receive, via an intercommunications link port, status information from the other STB. In response to the received information and predetermined safety guidelines, the STBs may generate machine operation commands that operate a pair of relay switches. In some embodiments, each STB may be activated within a substantially simultaneous period (e.g., less than 0.5 seconds) to actuate corresponding relay switches for operating a potentially dangerous machine.

Abstract: A method of making a connector assembly includes attaching two stamped housing sections together to form a connector housing having a housing groove with a groove bottom and two side walls and providing the connector housings with a spring used as a mechanical connector and/or as an electrical connector for numerous applications and across numerous industries. The groove geometries can easily be altered using different stamping dies.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for obtaining a monosaccharide from a lignocellulosic material in a form suitable for use as a carbon source in a reaction. In some embodiments, the monosaccharide is in a form suitable for use in a fermentation reaction, e.g., to produce an alcohol such as ethanol.

Abstract: A method of forming a wear resistant and galling resistant coating for abrasive environments and a feed material for the method are disclosed. The feed material is for forming a wear resistant and galling resistant coating on a substrate by a welding process that heats the feed and the substrate. The feed material comprises 35 to 50 wt % titanium nitride particles and a balance of commercially pure titanium or titanium alloy particles and incidental impurities. The method involves delivering the feed material to a surface of a substrate and exposing the feed material and the substrate to sufficient energy to cause at least the commercially pure titanium or titanium alloy particles in the feed to melt and at least some of the titanium nitride particles in the feed to melt, thereby forming a melt pool. On solidification of the melt pool, at least some of the titanium nitride particles are embedded in a matrix formed from melt pool, thereby forming a wear resistant and galling resistant coating on the substrate.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided for an air box with an integrated air filter to communicate air flow from an exterior of the air filter to an air intake of an automobile engine. The air filter comprises a filter material that surrounds at least a portion of an interior cavity of the air filter. An end cap is affixed to a distal end of the filter material, and a wire support extends along at least a portion of the exterior surface of the filter material. The air box comprises a housing portion and a mount portion. The housing portion is configured to direct air drawn through the filter material into the interior cavity of the air filter and then into the air intake of the automobile engine. The mount portion is configured to support the air box and the air filter once installed within an automobile engine bay.

Abstract: Equipment (10) for excavating solid surfaces S such as for example made of asphalt or cement or similar solid material, in particular for obtaining or excavating trenches in said solid surfaces, said equipment (10) comprising working or excavating means (16) rotatably supported by a main frame (11), and a setting frame (30) which defines at least one contact portion (33) substantially flat and adapted to be put into contact with a corresponding portion of the surface S to be worked on, wherein the position of said setting frame (30) with respect to said main supporting frame (11) may be set so as to set the working depth K of said working means (16); wherein the said setting frame (30) is rotatably not constrained to said main supporting frame (11) in such a way that the setting frame, regardless of the particular working conditions, always perfectly lies on the surface to be worked on S.

Abstract: A transmission/reception unit including a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna for carrying out a wireless power transmission in cooperation with the transmitting antenna. Each of the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna includes a coil which has a shape in which a portion through which a current flows in a direction extends along another portion through which a current flows in an opposite direction.

Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to operating a vehicle while in traffic. In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to detecting that a present level of the traffic proximate to the vehicle satisfies a traffic threshold, determining a control profile according to at least the present level of traffic. The control profile indicates at least an acceleration input and a target cruising speed for the vehicle that avoids braking to decelerate the vehicle while traveling in the traffic. The method includes controlling one or more vehicle systems of the vehicle according to the control profile to cause the vehicle to substantially maintain the target cruising speed while traveling in the traffic.

Abstract: A sonic reactor for transferring kinetic energy to a process fluid medium has a resonant element horizontally oriented and mounted to the two resonance units using two or more nodal support rings located at the nodal positions of the resonant element. The nodal support rings are adjustable in position relative to the resonant element and the resonance units to permit positioning of the rings directly at the nodal positions during operation. The sonic reactor has a grinding or mixing chamber mounted at one or both of the free ends of the resonant element.

Abstract: A lithium metal electrode having an artificial interphase layer is provided. The artificial interphase layer conducts lithium ions but is nonconductive of electrons. A method to prepare the lithium metal electrode is also provided. A solid state electrochemical cell containing the lithium metal electrode is provided. A solid state lithium-sulfur electrochemical cell is provided which has a sustained discharge capacity of about 3 mAh/cm2.

Abstract: Components for a perforation gun system are provided including combinations of components including a self-centralizing charge holder system and a bottom connector that can double as a spacer. Any number of spacers can be used with any number of holders for any desired specific metric or imperial shot density, phase and length gun system.

Abstract: A plant cultivating apparatus may comprise a cultivating unit, a plurality of cultivating cups, a nutrient bucket, a motor, a temperature adjusting unit, a temperature and humidity sensor, and a control unit. The control unit, which is electrically connected to the motor, the temperature adjusting unit and the sensor, is configured to receive environmental data such as temperature and humidity from the sensor and to turn on/off the motor or/and the temperature adjusting unit according to the received data.

Abstract: A semiconductor package structure includes a first insulating layer, a first conductive layer, a multi-layered circuit structure, a protection layer, and a semiconductor chip electrically connected to the multi-layered circuit structure. The first insulating layer defines a first through hole extending through the first insulating layer. The first conductive layer includes a conductive pad disposed in the first through hole and a trace disposed on an upper surface of the first insulating layer. The multi-layered circuit structure is disposed on an upper surface of the first conductive layer. The multi-layered circuit structure includes a bonding region disposed on the conductive pad of the first conductive layer and an extending region disposed on the trace of the first conductive layer. The protection layer covers the upper surface of the first insulating layer and the extending region of the multi-layered circuit structure, and exposes the bonding region of the multi-layered circuit structure.

Abstract: Disclosed are an LED light source apparatus, a lighting device, and a lighting control method. The LED light source apparatus includes a plurality of light mixing units. Each light mixing unit comprises LED chips of at least four colors, and the at least four colors at least include red and green. The plurality of light mixing units is uniformly distributed on a bearing surface along a ring.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for automatic cooperative object tracking using gain comparison of antenna pairs facing different directions. In cooperative object tracking, the object is associated with a radiation source, or beacon, that emits radiation that is detected by the tracking system. The present invention makes use of antennas that are not highly oriented antennas but are characterized by having a steep drop in their gain profiles at a particular angle of incidence of the radiation that they detect.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for molding gas hydrate pellets that includes: a pulverizer in which dehydrated gas hydrates are pulverized; a cooler having a rotating shaft provided therein, comprising a plurality of agitation blades installed along a height direction of the rotating shaft and configured to cool the gas hydrates to a predetermined temperature; a decompressor configured to decompress the cooled gas hydrates to a predetermined pressure; and a pellet molder configured to mold the decompressed gas hydrates to pellets.