Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for a tow hook system for a vehicle. The tow hook system includes a sensor configured to detect a collision of the vehicle and an electronic control unit coupled to the sensor. The electronic control unit is configured obtain, from the sensor, the collision detection, and activate a tow hook assembly based on the collision detection.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for a tow hook assembly for a vehicle. The tow hook assembly includes a tow hook having a distal end and a proximal end opposite the distal end, a translating member configured to be coupled to the tow hook, a hinge disposed between the tow hook and the translating member, a housing configured to house at least a portion of the translating member, and a biasing member disposed within the housing and configured to be coupled to the translating member such that the biasing member is configured to deploy the tow hook. A horizontal axis extending between the proximal end and the distal end. The translating member is configured to translate the tow hook along the horizontal axis, and the hinge is configured to rotate the tow hook about the hinge and radially away from the horizonal axis.

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of obtaining sensor data captured by one or more sensors of a vehicle when the vehicle is traveling along a road behind a lead vehicle, determining a size of the lead vehicle, predicting, via execution of a machine learning model, a recommended gap distance of the vehicle between the vehicle and the lead vehicle based on the obtained sensor data and the determined size, and notifying the vehicle of the recommended gap distance.

Abstract: The invention introduces a hydrodynamic free-surface Lattice Boltzmann (LB) simulation method and system, along with a storage medium. Initial parameters for a designated water body are obtained and fed into a pre-established three-dimensional hydrodynamic free-surface LB model for simulation calculations. The outcome includes precise data on the free water surface, flow velocity, and pressure of the target water body over time and space, generating a detailed three-dimensional spatial distribution map. The method enhances the second-order accuracy of the force term within the single-phase free-surface LB model. By integrating the single-phase free-surface LB model with surface tension and the SGS large eddy model, it achieves an efficient and accurate three-dimensional simulation of the target water body's free water surface, flow field, and pressure.

Abstract: An example operation includes determining a discrepancy between a provided range of an electric vehicle (EV) and an actual range of the EV being greater than a threshold; and including the EV with a connected group of other vehicles that are instructed to maintain a controlled rate of speed until the discrepancy is at or below the threshold.

Abstract: Workpiece storage device having at least one sensor; a control device; and pick-up device with receptacles individually adapted to shapes of workpieces to be received in the receptacles. The at least one sensor is configured to acquire sensor data to determine the presence and/or location of workpieces in the receptacles, and to transmit the sensor data to the control device. The control device is configured to receive the sensor data of the sensor and to feed the received sensor data as input values to at least one machine learning model, and the machine learning model is trained to calculate at least one binary output value from the input values. The at least one binary output value is indicative of whether a statement about a loading state of the pick-up device is applicable, and the control device is configured to generate a signal including the at least one binary output value.

Abstract: A method for machining a sample of amorphous metal alloy using a femtosecond laser, including at least one step of irradiating the sample with a laser beam along a reference trajectory to ablate material from the sample, so as to obtain a sample machined and maintained in the amorphous state, in which, the laser beam is pulsed, and the duration of each pulse is less than 1000 femtoseconds, preferably less than 600 femtoseconds, and in which the amorphous metal alloy has a critical diameter less than 5 millimeters, and/or a difference between the crystallization temperature and the glass transition temperature less than 60° C., and/or a quotient of the difference between the crystallization temperature and the glass transition temperature and of the difference between the liquidus temperature and the temperature glass transition is less than 0.12.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided for a crankcase breather vent assembly to direct blow-by gases out of an engine crankcase. A vent base comprising a generally cylindrical vessel communicates received blow-by gases into an interior cavity of a breather vent that comprises a filter medium. Baffles disposed within an interior cavity of the vent base capture oil carried along with the blow-by gases. The captured oil is directed to an oil sump of the engine by way of a suitable hose. A bonnet fastenably receives the breather vent and is configured to reduce a buildup of oil residue on nearby engine components. An outer profile of the breather vent is tapered along a longitudinal dimension of the filter medium to facilitate unrestricted air flow through the filter medium when the bonnet is installed onto the breather vent.

Abstract: A method for forming a copper coated particles includes combining a precipitating agent with a solution comprising copper nitrate and particles to forming coated particles. The particles are cobalt oxide (Co3O4) or carbon black. The coated particles are washed to obtain washed coated particles, the washed coated particles are filtered to obtain filtered coated particles, the filtered coated particles are dried to obtain dried coated particles, and the dried coated particles are calcined to obtain the copper coated particles. The copper coated particles have a reflectivity of electromagnetic radiation in a visible spectrum that is less than or equal to 5%, and a reflectivity of electromagnetic radiation in a near-IR and LiDAR spectrum that is greater than or equal to 5%.

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for delivering a part to another system. An apparatus includes a platform. The platform includes a plurality of holding stations configured to hold a plurality of parts to be delivered to another system. The plurality of holding stations include at least a first holding station and a second holding station. The apparatus further includes a first gate member and a second gate member. The first gate member is coupled to the first holding station and a first engaging member and is configured to move to an open position when the first engaging member is engaged with a first guide member coupled to another apparatus. The second gate member is coupled to the second holding station and a second engaging member and is configured to move to an open position when the second engaging member is engaged with a second guide member coupled to another apparatus.

Abstract: A current transformer (CT) isolation clamp is mounted to a phase conductor and includes a step-down CT transformer and a passive isolation transformer. A three-phase power-harvesting sensor system includes a plurality of CT isolation clamps mounted to phase conductors in a three-phase power system. An electronics module is connected to the CT isolation clamps. The electronics module may include a sensing circuit to determine power characteristics of the three-phase power system based on the outputs of the CT isolation clamps. The electronics module may include a communication subsystem to transmit the determined power characteristics to local or remote devices. Additionally, the electronics module may include a power harvesting circuit to harvest power to operate the sensing circuit and the communication subsystem.

Abstract: A large and highly diverse nanobody library was constructed and screened against multiple variants of SARS-COV-2 to find nanobodies with high sensitivity and specificity for the variants. Four rounds of positive selection against a panel of six diverse SARS-COV-2 variant RBDs was performed with our high-diversity. At least 59 of these nanobodies were found to work well against Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Kappa, Lambda and Mu with some overlap efficacy against other variants. These nanobodies have efficacy as stand-alone nanobodies and as a construct comprising nanobodies linked to the human IgG1 constant fragment (Fc) (nanobody-hFc constructions or nb-hFcs) to make enhanced humanized sdAbs with all the attributes of nanobodies with improved half-life and optimized effector functions. Several promising nanobodies that neutralize the original SARS-COV-2 and several of its variants have been identified, including Delta, with high efficacy. In particular, a subset of these nanobodies bind to the Omicron RBD.

Abstract: A low noise amplifier (LNA) offering one or more of the following benefits: increased gain, reduced power consumption, and/or reduced area, while achieving a similar noise figure, is disclosed. The LNA achieves these benefits by employing an inductorless chip design, current reuse among the transistors, bias sharing, limited AC coupling capacitors, common gate input device feedback, and careful sizing of the transistors.

Abstract: Systems and processes for collecting and transporting a fluid sample. In one embodiment, the system can include at least one apparatus that can include a rotatable shaft, one or more other moving parts, and at least one fluid path containing a lubricating fluid. The system can also include at least one sample container and at least one unmanned aerial vehicle configured to transport the at least one sample container. The system can also include at least one valve that can be configured to open and discharge a sample of the lubricating fluid from the at least one fluid path into the at least one sample container. At least one unmanned aerial vehicle station can be configured to receive the at least one unmanned aerial vehicle. At least one retention and loading mechanism can be configured to move the at least one sample container.

Abstract: The present techniques are directed to a multiphase separation system. The system includes a liquid-liquid separator configured to receive a separated liquid that is further separated into a separated oil and a separated water within the liquid-liquid separator. An oil pump and a water pump, both with adjustable speeds, are configured to pump the separated oil and the separated water, respectively, from the liquid-liquid separator. An interface level in the liquid-liquid separator is regulated by adjusting the speed of the oil pump and the speed of the water pump.

Abstract: Provided are a device for photovoltaic power generation and a method therefor.

Abstract: Electric circuit breaker device that can be downsized by reducing the distance the moving body moves, including a housing; a cut part placed inside the housing; and a power source placed on the housing, further including a moving body having a first arc-extinguishing space into which the cut part is inserted and housed, and which is filled with an arc-extinguishing material, and a moving body housing part that allows the moving body to move between the first end part and a second end part opposite to the first end part, which is configured to cut the cut part while moving toward the power source P, and the housing includes an expanded arc-extinguishing space positioned so as to face an end part of a separable piece of the cut part when the moving body has moved and stopped, and the expanded arc-extinguishing space being filled with an arc-extinguishing material.

Abstract: Described are systems and methods to provide agnostic sensor data obtained from a sensor and transmitted to a central database by a transmitter device. In one aspect, a value sensed by a sensor component is converted at the transmitter device to an agnostic value defined by a dimensionless universal scale and offset. The agnostic value is then sent to a data acquisition database where it is converted back to the original value. This is accomplished by first providing the data acquisition database with a sensor definition of a scale and offset used to convert the sensor values in addition to any sensor indicia and other parameters to display the data acquired at the data acquisition database. The wireless sensors database and user interface are also automatically updated when a new sensor type is attached to the network utilizing configuration data that resides in the new sensor that is sent to the database on its first connection.

Abstract: A magnetic micro-device and process to manufacture the same is disclosed. The magnetic micro-device has a near-zero conductivity magnetic nanocomposite film layer with a plurality of apertures through which a corresponding plurality of electrical conductors (vias) pass. Due to the near-zero conductivity of the magnetic nanocomposite film layer, the vias are self-insulating. The presence of the magnetic nanocomposite film layer results in greater inductance than that possible with an air core (or core-less) magnetic micro-device. Potential magnetic micro-devices include toroid micro-inductors, solenoid micro-inductors, toroid micro-transformers, and solenoid micro-transformers. Additional potential magnetic micro-devices include generators, motors, electromagnetic switches, and voice coils (for speakers or microphones). The process used to manufacture the magnetic micro-device can be scaled to cost-effectively produce large numbers of the magnetic micro-device.