Abstract: An electronic package and a method of manufacturing an electronic package are provided. The electronic package includes a carrier, an antenna substrate, and an electronic component. The carrier has a first surface and a second surface. The antenna substrate includes a resonant cavity and is disposed over the first surface. The antenna substrate is closer to the first surface than the second surface of the carrier. The electronic component is disposed between the antenna substrate and the second surface of the carrier.

Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a carrier including a first portion, a second portion over the first portion, and a third portion connecting the first portion and the second portion. The electronic device also includes a first electronic component disposed between the first portion and the second portion. An active surface of the first electronic component faces the second portion. The electronic device also includes a second electronic component disposed over the second portion. The first portion is configured to transmit a first power signal to a backside surface of the first electronic component opposite to the active surface.

Abstract: A method of forming integrated power electronics packages by 3D-printing the PCB on and around power devices includes bonding a power device to a first surface of a cold plate and printing, using a 3D-printer, a circuit board on and around the power devices such that the circuit board includes one or more insulating portions and one or more conductive portions.

Abstract: A carbon dioxide capture facility is disclosed comprising packing formed as a slab, and at least one liquid source. The slab has opposed dominant faces, the opposed dominant faces being at least partially wind penetrable to allow wind to flow through the packing. The at least one liquid source is oriented to direct carbon dioxide absorbent liquid into the packing to flow through the slab. The slab is disposed in a wind flow that has a non-zero incident angle with one of the opposed dominant faces. A method of carbon dioxide capture is also disclosed. Carbon dioxide absorbing liquid is applied into packing in a series of pulses. A gas containing carbon dioxide is flowed through the packing to at least partially absorb the carbon dioxide from the gas into the carbon dioxide absorbing liquid.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle body comprising a pillar having a pillar channel extending therethrough. A pillar channel seal includes a seal body located in the pillar channel. The seal body has a pass-through opening sized to receive a drain hose. A moveable plug is movably attached to the seal body that is configured to cover the pass-through opening in a closed configuration. An expandable foam is carried by the moveable plug.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to processes for producing hydrocarbon fuels from lignocellulosic biomass. A process may include introducing biomass to a pretreatment system forming a pretreatment effluent and introducing the pretreatment effluent to a hydrolysis system forming a hydrolysate. The hydrolysate may be introduced to a lignin separation system to form a sugar-rich stream and a lignin-rich stream. The sugar-rich stream may be introduced to a purification system comprising at least one toxin converting microorganism or subcellular material to form a purified sugar-rich stream, and the purified sugar-rich stream and one or more sugar converting microorganisms are introduced to a bioreactor configured to produce hydrocarbon fuels. Additionally, the present disclosure also related to systems for production of hydrocarbon fuels including, a pretreatment system, a hydrolysis system, a lignin separation system, a purification system, and at least one bioreactor.

Abstract: A tap hole filling device for an electric arc furnace (1) includes a pivot arm (30) pivotable between a parking position and an operating position, a pivot arm actuator (40), an actuator link mechanism (50), and a refractory filling material dispenser (60) attached to an end portion (31) of the pivot arm to dispense refractory filling material (S) from a dispensing opening thereof while the pivot arm is in the operating position. The actuator link mechanism includes a connector (51) that is moveable between a connecting position, where the connector connects the pivot arm and the pivot arm actuator such that the pivot arm actuator (40) can pivot the pivot arm between the parking position and the operating position in an automatic operation mode, and a disconnected position, where the connector does not connect the pivot arm and the pivot arm actuator, to enable a manual operation mode.

Abstract: An actuator can include one or more shape memory material members and an electrostatic clutch. When an activation input is provided to the one or more shape memory material members, the one or more shape memory material members contract, which causes the actuator to morph into an activated configuration. A height of the actuator increases in the activated configuration. The electrostatic clutch can be configured to maintain the actuator in the activated configuration when the activation input to the one or more shape memory material members is discontinued. One or more processors can be operatively connected to selectively and independently activate the one or more shape memory material members and the electrostatic clutch.

Abstract: A printing apparatus that performs printing through an inkjet method includes an inkjet head and an ink supply system, where the ink supply system includes a pressure damper that is a pressure adjustment mechanism, a flow path that is a container-side flow path, and a connecting member in which a flow path that is a head-side flow path for flowing ink from the pressure damper to the inkjet head is formed, the pressure damper supplies ink adjusted to a pressure in a predetermined range lower than atmospheric pressure from an output port that is a pressure adjustment mechanism outlet to the flow path, and a flow path cross-sectional area of at least one part of the flow path in the connecting member is larger than a flow path cross-sectional area of the output port.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing and controlling solar panel arrays are provided. The solar panel array may include one or more articulating joints that may provide variability in the arrangement of solar panels, which may allow the solar panel array to be distributed over varying types of underlying surfaces. The articulating joints may allow orientations of solar panels to be different relative to one another. The articulating joints may convey rotational force across the joints, so that a rotational force used to drive a first solar panel may also be conveyed across the joint and used to drive a second solar panel. The controls system may include row-specific semi-autonomous, or autonomous, controllers as well as controllers to interface with multiple rows. The controllers may include sensors to measure system power generation and basic operations aspects of the solar field to directly measure, or infer, module shading within the solar field.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a peptide that interacts with a lipid bilayer, and a lipid-bilayer-penetrating peptide obtained through the method. Provided is a lipid-bilayer-penetrating peptide constructed from 10 to 100 amino acids, the peptide having an amino acid sequence that penetrates the lipid bilayer at the C-terminal, and having an amino acid sequence with at least six contiguous arginine at the N-terminal. Also provided is a construct for producing a lipid-bilayer-penetrating peptide, the construct including, from the 5? end toward the 3? end, a tag region 1, a region 1 for incorporating a fluorescent protein gene sequence, a fluorescent protein gene region, a region 2 for incorporating a fluorescent protein gene sequence, a random region, and a stop codon region, and the construct being such that the random region has the aforementioned sequences.

Abstract: A semiconductor device package includes a first circuit layer, a first emitting device and a second emitting device. The first circuit layer has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first emitting device is disposed on the second surface of the first circuit layer. The first emitting device has a first surface facing the first circuit layer and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first emitting device has a first conductive pattern disposed on the first surface of the first emitting device. The second emitting device is disposed on the second surface of the first emitting device. The second emitting device has a first surface facing the second surface of the first emitting device and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The second emitting device has a second conductive pattern disposed on the second surface of the emitting device.

Abstract: A vibratory grouting drilling rig includes: a drilling rig bracket, a moving bracket, and a driving mechanism mounted on the drilling rig bracket for driving the moving bracket to move; wherein a working bracket is slidingly mounted on the moving bracket, and a sliding direction of the working bracket is identical to a moving direction of the moving bracket; a vibratory grouting rod and a drilling rod are mounted on the working bracket; multiple flexible connectors are connected between the working bracket and the drilling rig bracket, and are arranged along the moving direction of the moving bracket; the flexible connectors go around an end of the moving bracket and are connected to the drilling rig bracket. When the moving bracket moves, the flexible connectors pull the working bracket to move relative to the moving bracket, thus providing extra drilling force.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a ?-transaminase mutant obtained through DNA synthetic shuffling combined mutation. The ?-transaminase mutant is obtained through point mutation of a wild type ?-transaminase from Aspergillus terrus. The amino acid sequence of the wild type ?-transaminase is shown in SEQ ID NO: 1. The mutation site of the ?-transaminase mutant is any one of: (1) F115L-H210N-M150C-M280C; (2) F115L-H210N; (3) F115L-H210N-E253A-I295V; (4) I77L-F115L-E133A-H210N-N245D; (5) I77L-Q97E-F115L-L118T-E253A-G292D; (6) I77L-E133A-N245D-G292D; and (7) H210N-N245D-E253A-G292D. According to the present invention, forward mutations obtained in the previous stage are randomly combined through a DNA synthetic shuffling combined mutation method.

Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to a lens alignment system having opposing end effectors configured to control a position of a rigid lens body with respect to a plane. In an illustrative example, each of the opposing end effectors may engage a corresponding receptacle on respective opposite faces of the lens body. Each of the end effectors may, for example, frictionally contacts each of the corresponding receptacles within a respective portion of each of at least two contact regions. During the engagement, each of the contact regions may, for example, lie on opposite sides of an axis of rotation that extends between the end effectors. In response to at least a predetermined minimum net moment applied to the lens body, the lens body may, for example, be rotatable about the axis of rotation. Various embodiments may advantageously enable precise and/or rapid positioning of the lens body in the plane.

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: Disclosed herein are systems for determining a broken conductor condition in a multiple-phase electric power delivery system. It has been observed that broken conductors pose a safety concern when occurring in the presence of people or vulnerable environmental conditions. Broken conductor conditions disclosed herein may be used to detect and trip the phase with the broken conductor, thus reducing or even eliminating the safety risk. Broken conductors may be determined using detected phase series arcing differences in one phase without commensurate differences in other phases. In various embodiments the phase series arcing attributes may be phase current monitored for decrement and/or phase resistance monitored for increase.

Abstract: A mounting device and a mounting method is provided with which, after lowering a mounting head holding a chip component in a direction perpendicular to a substrate to bring the chip component into close contact with the substrate subsequent to positioning the chip component and the substrate, a control unit causes a recognition mechanism to start a parallel recognition operation of a chip recognition mark and a substrate recognition mark and recognize the chip recognition mark and the substrate recognition mark through the mounting head in a mounted state in which the chip component is in close contact with the substrate, and calculates mounting position accuracy of the chip component and the substrate.

Abstract: Provided is a coated cutting tool in which a surface of a substrate is coated with a hard coating film. The hard coating film includes: a layer (A) disposed on the surface of the substrate, and having a face-centered cubic lattice structure, in which the total content ratio of W and Ti is at least 85 atomic %, and which contains W as the most abundant element and Ti as the next most abundant element among metal (including metalloid) elements; and a layer (B) disposed on the layer (A) and having a face-centered cubic lattice structure, which is composed of nitrides or carbonitrides containing Al, Cr, and Si, and in which, among metal (including metalloid) elements, the Al content ratio is at least 50 atomic %, the total content ratio of Al and Cr is at least 85 atomic %, and the Si content ratio is 4 to 15 atomic %.