Abstract: A multifunctional wall clamping device of a static piling machine comprises a wall clamping platform (1), a machine body (31), and a wall pressing device. A through machine body hole (6) is vertically provided in the center of the machine body (31). The wall pressing device is disposed on the machine body (31). The wall pressing device comprises a wall pressing oil cylinder (7) and a jacking oil cylinder (27). The wall pressing oil cylinder (7) is disposed on an upper support (25). The jacking oil cylinder (27) is disposed on a lower support (26). The wall clamping platform (1) comprises two horizontal U-shaped pincer-like boxes (2) identical in geometric size. Openings of the boxes are opposite, and the two boxes are arranged on the same axis to form a combination with a rectangular section. The top surface of the wall clamping platform (1) is hinged by a piston rod (8) of the wall pressing oil cylinder (7) and vertically suspended in the machine body hole (6).

Abstract: A system includes a thermal transpiration generator having a vacuum-sealed container, a rotatable shaft within the container, bearings supporting the shaft within the container, a first set of vanes secured to the shaft, a second set of vanes secured to the shaft, a first receiving lens for focusing energy on the first set of vanes, a second receiving lens for focusing energy on the second set of vanes, and a flywheel secured to the shaft. An electric generator is located outside the container and is coupled to the rotatable shaft with a magnetic coupler to be driven by rotation of the shaft. The system further includes a light energy collector system concentrating energy on each of the first and second receiving lenses, and an outer housing located about the container and the electric generator.

Abstract: A vehicle includes an engine, a plurality of drive wheels, a vehicle transmission configured to transmit power from the engine to the plurality of drive wheels, one or more vehicle attitude sensors, and an electronic control unit communicatively coupled to the one or more vehicle attitude sensors and the vehicle transmission. The electronic control unit is configured to receive a signal from the one or more vehicle attitude sensors, determine a degree of vehicle descent based on the signal received from the one or more vehicle attitude sensors, and downshift the vehicle transmission based on the degree of vehicle descent determined based on the signal received from the one or more vehicle attitude sensors.

Abstract: An injection sleeve and apparatus for injecting fluid into a well includes a flow tube having a piston which upon fluid flow opens one or more outlet ports. The injection sleeve is adapted to include a variable orifice insert which prevents flow through the tool at a first selected pressure level until the outlet ports are in an open position, thereby protecting packing seals on either side of the outlet ports from undue wear and tear, and prolonging the life of the tool. At a second pressure level, the variable orifice insert permits flow through injection sleeve to the formation injection zones. A plurality of the sleeves may be used for sequentially injecting fluid into a plurality of injection formation zones surrounding a well. When injection fluid flow is terminated, the injection sleeves act as a dual barrier valve for preventing flow from the injection formation zones back to the well head.

Abstract: Systems and methods for route planning. The method includes acquiring, using processing circuitry, travel information. The travel information includes a user destination. Further, the method includes determining, using the processing circuitry, an emotional state of a user based on at least one of a plurality of factors, determining a route plan based on the user destination and the emotional state of the user; and control an aspect of the vehicle based on the route plan.

Abstract: A bicycle may include a front triangle and a rear suspension system that couples the front triangle to a rear wheel and is dampened by at least one shock absorber. The rear suspension system includes a six-bar linkage having two ternary links separated from each other by one or more binary links, such that the two ternary links do not share a common joint. One of the ternary links may comprise a chain stay. In some examples, the other ternary link may comprise the front triangle. In some examples, the other ternary link may comprise a rocker arm coupling a seat stay link to the shock absorber.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a power circuit that includes a first switch circuit in parallel with a second switch circuit. The first switch circuit and the second switch circuit are coupled to a first control node, a second control node, a first power node and a second power node via interconnections. The power circuit receives a control signal between the first control node and the second control node to control a current flowing from the first power node to the second power node through the first switch circuit and the second switch circuit. At least one of a first source terminal of the first switch circuit and a second source terminal of the second switch circuit is coupled to the second control node with a resistive element having a specific resistance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a stabilizer link for automobile suspensions, comprising: a tubular body (1), having at one end a pair of first flattened areas (2, 2?) configuring a leak-tight closure of a first inner cavity (9) of the tubular body (1) located between both flattened areas (2, 2?); and a first covering (4) made of polymeric material coupled, during the forming process thereof, on the end of the tubular body (1) such that it surrounds the pair of first flattened areas (2, 2?), and wherein said covering (4) comprises a first articulation (6).

Abstract: An apparatus for packaging a semiconductor device is provided. The apparatus includes a first mold, a second mold and a support element. The first mold includes a plate. The second mold includes a carrier disposed corresponding to the plate. The carrier defines a hole penetrating the carrier. The support element is engaged with the hole for supporting an object to be molded.

Abstract: A concrete saw trailing having a deck for receiving the saw and safely transporting the saw. The saw trailer additionally includes a vacuum excavation system having a vacuum tank for recovering debris from a worksite, a power washing system for cleaning operations, and a cooling water supply system for coupling to and supporting use of the concrete saw. A pair of split ramps permit access to the deck from the street side of the trailer, and two opposing saddle bag water tanks provide enough water for the use of vacuum excavation system, power washing system, and cooling water supply system.

Abstract: A shell structure for a thyristor trigger unit comprises an integrally-formed shell body with a holder and a cuboid structure, and a side plate. The cuboid structure is a cuboid with an opening in its front where an open face is formed at the front opening of the cuboid. The cuboid further includes a rear panel, a left panel, a right panel, an upper panel, and a lower panel. The holder includes a square retaining plate and two triangular stiffener plates. The square retaining plate is formed by a bottom panel extending towards a side of the left panel in a long side direction of the cuboid while the triangular stiffener plates are fixedly connected between the square retaining plate and the left panel. The side plate is mated with and detachably mounted on the open face to produce a sealed 6-face cuboid structure by sealing off said open face.

Abstract: A tipping hopper includes a hopper body, hopper rotating supports and a tipping mechanism. The tipping mechanism comprises a connecting rod and a crank. One end of the connecting rod is hinged on the hopper body, and the other end is hinged with one end of the crank; and the other end of the crank is hinged on a crank rotating support through a crank rotating shaft. By optimizing a crank starting point and a crank end point, ensure hopper's position of receiving and discharging material is arranged at or near a dead point of the tipping mechanism so that the working condition of an impact force borne by a speed reducer device is optimized when the tipping hopper is charged and discharged.

Abstract: Carbon opals, a form of colloidal crystal, are composed of ordered two-dimensional or three-dimensional arrays of Monodispersed Starburst Carbon Spheres (MSCS). Methods for producing such carbon opals include oxidizing as-synthesized MSCS, for example by heating in air, to increase surface charge. Such oxidation is believed to decrease settling rates of a colloidal suspension, enabling formation of an ordered colloidal crystal. Inverse opals, composed of any of a wide variety of materials, and based on a carbon opal template, have a reciprocal structure to a carbon opal. Inverse opals are formed by methods including: forming a carbon opal as described, impregnating a desired material into pores in the carbon opal to produce a hybrid structure, and removing the carbon portion from the hybrid structure.

Abstract: A method for determining the power consumption of a programmable logic device, in which at least one configuration parameter is determined in accordance with a predefined configuration and at least one device parameter is determined in accordance with the programmable logic device. The predefined configuration is designed such that the programmable logic device exchanges data with a computing unit through at least one interface pin and receives data from at least one signal source and/or sends it to at least one signal receiver through at least one interface pin. At least one data characteristic of the data exchanged between the computing unit and the programmable logic device as well as at least one signal characteristic of the data received from the at least one signal source and/or sent to the at least one signal receiver are determined.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an artificial branch for use in providing an aesthetic element, or for providing camouflage or another structure. The joints between the various members of the artificial branch are preferably welded in place. The artificial branch preferably includes a main stem assembly including a reinforcing plug, branch stem members, limb assemblies, limb coupling members, a longitudinal support member, and foliage members.

Abstract: A gasket for use with flanges has an annular member formed of a metallic material. The annular member has a cross-sectional profile with a body portion having an end surface, a first side, a second side, and a T-shaped portion extending from the body portion. The T-shaped portion of the body portion defines a pair of annular grooves on opposite sides of the annular member. The T-shaped portion has a central portion connected to the body portion and a head portion at an end of the central portion opposite the body portion. The central portion of the T-shaped portion has a weep hole extending therethrough. The weep hole has opposite ends opening respectively to the pair of annular grooves.

Abstract: An embodiment includes a valve with a filter in which the flow of water through the valve is stopped by lowering a filter within the valve. This movement of the filter allows a poppet valve to close, stopping the flow of water. Subsequent raising of the filter holds the poppet valve in the open position, allowing the flow of water through the filter for further use. Embodiments are found in drinking fountains and facilitate the maintenance of the drinking fountain by allowing a technician to shut off the water using a screwdriver without requiring the removal of the fountain cover.

Abstract: A power tong unit having a gear train in which one or more of the gears in the gear train have removable and replacement roller tooth elements, in lieu of conventional gear teeth. In one embodiment, the ring gear and pinion gears have roller tooth elements, and idler gears disposed between the ring gear and pinion gears, have a semi-circular tooth root profile to mesh with the roller element gear teeth. The ring gear of the power tong unit may also have a removable section. A means for removing the removable section from the ring gear, and moving it to a position in which a tubular can be inserted into a central opening in the ring gear, may include a hydraulic cylinder, a clamping mechanism, and a cam surface to generate rotation of the removable section once lifted out of engagement with the ring gear.

Abstract: A catalyst composition comprising a zeolite, an alumina binder, and a Group 12 transition metal selected from Zn and/or Cd, the zeolite having a Si/Al ratio of at least about 10 and a micropore surface area of at least about 340 m2/g, the catalyst composition comprising about 50 wt % or less of the binder, based on a total weight of the catalyst composition, and having a micropore surface area of at least about 290 m2/g, a molar ratio of Group 12 transition metal to aluminum of about 0.1 to about 1.3, and at least one of: a mesoporosity of about 20 m2/g to about 120 m2/g; a diffusivity for 2,2-dimethylbutane of greater than about 1×10?2 sec?1 when measured at a temperature of about 120° C. and a 2,2-dimethylbutane pressure of about 60 torr (8 kPa); and a combined micropore surface area and mesoporosity of at least about 380 m2/g.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a truck-mounted concrete pump comprising a concrete-distributing boom which is constituted by a plurality of folding boom arms and rotationally mounted on a slewing gear on a chassis, and a tilt sensor for detecting a tilt of the truck-mounted concrete pump. According to this disclosure, the truck-mounted concrete pump is provided with a safety device which restricts the operating range of the concrete-distributing boom subject to a tilt of the pump, said safety device being coupled to the tilt sensor. The safety device is designed to limit the slewing motion on the slewing gear and/or the swiveling motion of at least one boom arm.