Abstract: Provided are a flat cable and a manufacturing method thereof, and particularly, a flat cable including: a pod including pipe type insertion portions formed to be separated from each other by a predetermined distance at both side ends thereof and a central insertion portion of which both ends are integrally connected to the both pipe type insertion portions; a pair of left and right support members inserted into the pipe insertion portions; and multiple electric cables inserted into the central insertion portion and the central insertion portion of the pod is partitioned into multiple spaces separated from each other and multiple electric cables 30 are horizontally disposed in the separated spaces in one layer to minimize mutual entangling or friction of the electric cables.

Abstract: A gearbox includes a planetary gear assembly, a first gear assembly, and a second gear assembly. The first gear assembly is engaged to provide a first rotational input to the planetary gear assembly when an input shaft is rotating in a first direction and is disengaged when the input shaft is rotating in a second direction. The second gear assembly provides a second rotational input to the planetary gear assembly when the input shaft is rotating in the first direction and provides a third rotational input to the planetary gear assembly when the input shaft is rotating in the second direction.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for inspection of rolling elements (W) by means of ultrasound, wherein the rolling elements (W) are taken individually to an ultrasound measuring device (4), wherein the rolling elements (W) are moved in the ultrasound measuring device (4) and subjected to an ultrasound measurement and wherein depending on a result of the ultrasound measurement the individual rolling elements (W) are classified as defective or nondefective. The subject matter of the invention is also a rolling element inspection layout for performance of the method, having at least one ultrasound measuring device (4) with a holder for the individual rolling elements (W), at least one ultrasound head (10) and a drive unit for the movement of the individual rolling elements (W).

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for altering the default operation of traffic signals, e.g., static cycling of lights, based on one or more road conditions and/or operating characteristics of vehicles at or near an intersection at which the traffic signals are located. The timing of light changes in traffic signals can be altered based upon a desire to optimize fuel efficiency, prioritize passage of vehicles through the intersection, and/or exhibit favoritism to vehicles that are driven efficiently and/or by drivers contributing to a pay-to-pass system. Traffic signal controllers controlling traffic signals may, over time, learn traffic patterns based on gathered information regarding the operating characteristics of vehicles and/or road conditions.

Abstract: An apparatus for testing an electrical component, having a simulation unit for producing a simulation signal, a plurality of test units, and at least one electrical connecting device, whereby the simulation unit and the plurality of test units are connected or connectable to each other in an electrically conductive fashion via the at least one connecting device, and the at least one connecting device has at least one electrical switch device, which is situated to make or break an electrical connection between the plurality of test units.

Abstract: A coal upgrade plant includes: a dryer 1 that heats and dries coal before pyrolyzing the coal; a scrubber 32 that treats a carrier gas discharged from the dryer 1 while catching a desorbed component desorbed from the coal when the coal is dried by the dryer 1; a waste water treatment equipment 40 that treats waste water collected from the scrubber 32; and the scrubber 32 that uses recycled water treated in the waste water treatment equipment 40. Thus, water supplied to the coal upgrade plant from outside can be reduced as much as possible.

Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus and an inkjet recording method are provided that facilitate designing of units for subsequent treatment in terms of their shapes and/or positions, while suppressing variability in image quality resulting from subsequent treatment. Two or more recording heads are disposed in a staggered arrangement in X and Y directions. The paired units for subsequent treatment are disposed in parallel to each other along the X direction, and the recording heads are interposed between these units. The length of each of the units for subsequent treatment in the X direction is greater than or equal to the ink-dischargeable extent in the X direction of the recording heads in one scan. The recording heads are arranged, so that nozzle groups, from which the droplets of the same color are discharged, are disposed symmetrically with respect to an intermediary line between the paired units for subsequent treatment.

Abstract: The position of a next object is estimated efficiently according to the observed value of physical quantity related to the object in an actual environment. An image processing apparatus extracts a first object image of state prediction from a first image and identifies the type of the first object. A model appropriate to the type of the object of state prediction is merged with the first object image and a feature point of the first object image is associated with the model. A plurality of motion sequences are selected from a finite state sequence corresponding to the type of the first object according to the position of the first object and the initial observed state.

Abstract: Electronic assemblies for thermoelectric generation are disclosed. In one embodiment, an electronic assembly includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface, and a conductive plane and a plurality of thermal guide traces position on the first surface of the substrate. The conductive plane includes a plurality of arms radially extending from a central region. The plurality of thermal guide traces surrounds the conductive plane, and is shaped and positioned to guide heat flux present on or within the substrate toward the central region of the conductive plane. The electronic assembly may also include a thermoelectric generator device thermally coupled to the central region of the conductive plane, and a plurality of heat generating devices coupled to the second surface of the substrate.

Abstract: A lubricant composition includes a lubricating base oil, a controlled release friction modifier, a dispersant, a viscosity modifier and a cleanliness booster. The controlled release friction modifier is an ashless, dispersant-stabilized, borated controlled release friction modifier including an ionic tetrahedral borate compound including a cation and a tetrahedral borate anion, wherein the tetrahedral borate anion includes a boron atom having two bidentate di-oxo ligands of C18 tartrimide.

Abstract: A photodiode detector array comprises: a substrate comprising a front surface and a mounting surface; a first active region and a second active region, each of said first and second active regions being operatively configured to detect electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range, and each of said first and second active regions being formed within said substrate and disposed proximate to said front surface; and a layer formed within said substrate and disposed proximal to said mounting surface, wherein said layer exhibits an electromagnetic wave absorption coefficient greater than or equal to 3×103 cm-1 in the wavelength range from 500 nm to 800 nm.

Abstract: A magnetically engaged pump includes a pump housing with a rotatable magnetic drive assembly, a cylindrical canister and a rotatable driven magnet assembly. This magnetic coupling is associated with a pump rotor and a laterally positioned gear wheel to define a gear pump. This magnetic coupling is alternatively associated with a pump rotor with an impeller to define a centrifugal pump. Either pump includes a stationary shaft to mount the driven magnet assembly and pump rotor. A rotatable carrier with bushings and thrust bushings coaxially supports the rotatable driven magnet assembly and pump rotor.

Abstract: A CO2 recovery device includes an advanced desulfurization-cooling column that removes sulfur oxides in an exhaust gas and reduces a temperature of the exhaust gas; a CO2 absorption column that removes CO2 in the exhaust gas by bringing the CO2 into contact with a CO2 absorption liquid; and a regeneration column that recovers the CO2 by causing the CO2 absorption liquid to release the CO2 while regenerating the CO2 absorption liquid, and feeds the regenerated CO2 absorption liquid to the CO2 absorption column, where the advanced desulfurization-cooling column includes a circulating line that supplies and circulates a desulfurization-cooling circulation liquid used in order to conduct desulfurization and cooling from a lower part to an upper part of the advanced desulfurization-cooling column, a deep SOx recovery packed bed, and a first cooler that cools the circulation liquid.

Abstract: An electrophotographic printer and a printing method are provided that may achieve an improved image quality, while reducing the risk of a print target medium being deformed. The electrophotographic printer includes a first color printing means. The first color printing means includes a toner developing unit, a toner image transfer unit, and an ultraviolet irradiating-drying unit. The toner developing unit adsorbs a liquid toner containing an ultraviolet absorbent for absorption of ultraviolet light to a latent charge image so as to develop a toner image. The toner image transfer unit transfers the toner image onto a print target medium. The ultraviolet irradiating-drying unit dries the transferred toner image on the print target medium by ultraviolet irradiation to obtain a dried toner image.

Abstract: A lubricant composition includes a controlled release friction modifier (CRFM), a highly paraffinic base stock, a dispersant and a detergent. The CRFM includes an ionic tetrahedral borate compound including a cation and a tetrahedral borate anion, wherein the tetrahedral borate anion comprises a boron atom having two bidentate di-oxo ligands of C18 tartrimide. The lubricant composition can also include at least one of a Group V co-base stock, an inorganic friction modifier, a viscosity modifier, and a cleanliness booster.

Abstract: An interposer comprises a first conductive wire having a first terminal and a second terminal, a first oxide layer, and an encapsulant. The first oxide layer covers the first conductive wire and exposes the first terminal and the second terminal of the first conductive wire. The encapsulant covers the first oxide layer and exposes the first terminal and the second terminal of the first conductive wire.

Abstract: A liquid material ejection device in which a plunger is efficiently accelerated. The device includes a liquid chamber communicating with an ejection port and being supplied with a liquid material, a plunger including a tip portion having a smaller diameter than the liquid chamber and is moved in the liquid chamber, an elastic member urging the plunger upward, an arm disposed in a state extending in a substantially horizontal direction, an arm driver serving as a driving source to operate the arm, and a base member on which the arm driver is disposed. The device further includes a rocking mechanism unit connected to the arm driver and rockingly supporting the arm, the arm driver includes a plurality of actuators, the arm includes a pressing portion pressing the plunger downward, the plunger is pressed by the pressing portion, and the plunger is linearly reciprocated with rocking motion of the arm.

Abstract: Provided are a method of manufacturing a three-dimensional object and an ink for manufacturing a three-dimensional object, which are capable of suppressing the scattering of powder when a three-dimensional object is manufactured by laser sintering. The method of manufacturing a three-dimensional object includes: a building material layer forming step of forming a building material layer on a working surface, and the building material layer including a building material in powdered form, which is a raw material for a three-dimensional object, and a solvent for dispersing the building material; a sintering step of sintering the building material included in a building part of the building material layer corresponding to the three-dimensional object; and a removal step of removing an unsintered building material and the solvent from the building material layer such that a sintered building material is left on the working surface.

Abstract: To dry ink using a more appropriate method in a case of performing printing using an ink-jet printer of a line system and the like. A printing device that performs printing using an ink-jet system includes: a conveyance driving unit as a conveyance module that conveys a medium; ink-jet heads; and an ultraviolet ray irradiation unit as an energy irradiation module. A length of the ink-jet heads in a width direction of the medium is larger than a width of a region to be printed. Ink ejected from the ink-jet heads is ink that contains an energy ray absorber and a solvent, the ink being fixed to the medium by evaporating the solvent. The ultraviolet ray irradiation unit irradiates the ink adhering onto the medium with ultraviolet rays to volatilize and remove at least part of the solvent contained in the ink.

Abstract: A wire-grip polarizer (“WGP”), and a panel having said WGP is provided. The WGP is mounted on an absorption layer. The absorption layer is mounted on a substrate. The substrate is brightly colored. The WGP includes a plurality of gratings formed of a metallic element. Each of the gratings is spaced apart from the other so as to form a waveguide. The WGP is configured to transmit S-Polarized light and reflect P-polarized light. The A thin film layer may be disposed on each of the metallic gratings. The thin film layer is configured to generate a resonance so as to modify the reflectivity of P-polarized light so as to reduce veiling glare and maintain the brightness of the substrate.