Abstract: A removal tool is provided. The removal tool includes a tool body extending in a longitudinal direction having an engagement portion at one end and defining an opening at the other end. The engagement portion includes two prongs and defines a notch portion formed between the prongs at a distal end portion. The notch portion extends in the longitudinal direction and rounded at a proximal end portion, each prong has a cut out portion at the distal end portion horizontally tapered toward the notch portion. The distal end portion has a tapered portion vertically tapered away from the distal end portion.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for vehicular knowledge networking, including an improved knowledge cycle process. Vehicular knowledge networking employs vehicular networking capabilities, such as vehicle-to-vehicle (V2) communication, to create and distribute contextual knowledge of risky zones. The knowledge is received by a vehicle as early guidance, allowing the driver to be preemptively prepared before entering the risky zone and safely maneuver once driving inside of the zone. The improved knowledge cycle process involves creating associated metadata in each stage of the knowledge cycle. The metadata can be analyzed and ultimately used to derive at least one path within the knowledge cycle that is known to have a high performance. Consequently, any degradation of subsequent iterations of the knowledge cycle, are improved by employing only the “beneficial” stages of the knowledge cycle, based on the metadata, in a manner that enhances the usefulness of the knowledge cycle.

Abstract: Method and systems for determining a battery electric vehicle (BEV) protection plate has been damaged. A BEV protection plate includes a circuit. The circuit includes a plurality of conductive tabs. The BEV protection is separated from a battery housing by an opening. The conductive tabs extend from the circuit disposed on the BEV protection plate into the opening. A diagnostic device measures a voltage of the battery housing. A controller is in communication with the diagnostic device, determines a short circuit based on the measured voltage of the battery housing; and outputs to a display a notification that the BEV protection plate is compromised.

Abstract: A power electronics assembly including a circuit board assembly including a plurality of electrically conductive logic layers, a plurality of electrically conductive power layers, and a laminate panel provided between the plurality of electrically conductive logic layers and the plurality of electrically conductive logic layers. The laminate panel includes a power electronics device assembly including a substrate and a power electronics device. The substrate includes a graphite layer and a metal layer encasing the graphite layer. A recess is formed in an outer surface of the metal layer. The power electronics device is bonded within the recess of the outer surface of the substrate. Each electrically conductive logic layer is provided at a first surface of the laminate panel, and each electrically conductive power layer is provided at a second surface of the laminate panel opposite the first surface of the laminate panel.

Abstract: A set cement mechanical property parameter measurement method and apparatus based on image recognition technology. The method includes: acquiring a first image of a set cement specimen; extracting at least one feature point in the first image; acquiring a second image of the set cement specimen, the second image being an image of the set cement specimen subjected to a compressive load during a compressive test; determining a deformation gradient of the feature point by positions of the same feature point in the first image and the second image; determining a strain tensor by the deformation gradient; and determining a Young's modulus parameter and a Poisson's ratio parameter by the strain tensor. The method can reduce the measurement period of the Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio of the set cement specimens, simplify the corresponding operation process, and reduce the corresponding measurement error.

Abstract: A sound-absorbing device includes a resonator. The resonator includes a flexible, tube-shaped resonator body having a first end, a second end, and a channel fluidically connecting the first end and the second end. The resonator body is wrapped completely around a hub of a vehicle wheel at least one time and is configured to absorb sound produced within a cavity of a tire of the vehicle wheel.

Abstract: A foil transfer device having a reduced size is provided. The foil transfer device includes an adhesive application mechanism that applies an adhesive to a medium, and a transfer roller pair that presses a foil transfer sheet against the medium to which the adhesive is applied to transfer the foil to the medium. The adhesive application mechanism includes a head that ejects an adhesive onto the medium, and a platen that is disposed on the lower side of the head and on which the medium is mounted. In the foil transfer device, the transfer roller pair is disposed on the lower side of the platen.

Abstract: Disclosed is a monitoring system for monitoring performance of a contained system for processing pharmaceutical components, the contained system comprising one or more inlets for receiving one or more pharmaceutical components and one or more outlets, the monitoring system comprising a first sensor and a processing unit operationally connectable to the first sensor. Also disclosed is a method for monitoring performance of a contained system for processing pharmaceutical components and a room comprising a contained system and the monitoring system.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle body having a cabin area and a cargo area including a truck bed assembly. A tailgate assembly is pivotally connected to the truck bed assembly. The tailgate assembly is moveable between a raised configuration and a lowered configuration. A control unit includes logic that, when executed by a non-transitory processor, causes the processor to compare a first accelerometer signal from a first accelerometer mounted to the tailgate and another accelerometer signal from a second accelerometer located outside the tailgate to determine if the tailgate is in the raised configuration or the lowered configuration.

Abstract: In the head unit 15, an opening 14a for exposing the nozzle surface of an inkjet head 3 and an opening 14b for exposing the nozzle surface of an inkjet head 4 are formed in a base member 14, and the width of the opening 14a in the sub scanning direction is set to a width at which the inkjet head 3 can be arranged at a first position 3A where the inkjet head 3 and the inkjet head 4 are arranged at the same position in the sub scanning direction and a second position where the inkjet head 3 and the inkjet head 4 are arranged at positions shifted in the sub scanning direction.

Abstract: A package structure and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The package structure includes an electronic component and a first connection element. The electronic component includes a conductive wire and a magnetic layer encapsulating the conductive wire. The first connection element is electrically connected to the conductive wire. The first connection element is disposed outside the magnetic layer.

Abstract: A reduced-scale model experimental device of coupling responses in deep-water J-lay operation is used for studying a coupling response characteristic of a pipeline and a pipe-laying ship in the deep-water J-lay operation under a wave load, a pipe-laying ship model is connected to a center of an adjustable horizontal mooring mechanism, a deep-water pipeline model mainly comprises a polypropylene pipe and stainless steel powder filled in an interior of the polypropylene pipe, two ends of the deep-water pipeline model are respectively connected with the pipe-laying ship model and a seabed simulation mechanism through a pipeline departure angle control mechanism and an anchor end connection mechanism, the device fully ensures a mechanical similarity between the pipeline model and a real pipeline.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first optical transceiver, a second optical transceiver and a component. The component is configured to provide a magnetic field to change a light emitting direction from the first optical transceiver to the second optical transceiver or from the second optical transceiver to the first optical transceiver.

Abstract: A storage system for a vehicle is provided. The storage system includes a cover including a section operable to move between a folded position and an unfolded position, a crossmember disposed on an underside of the section, and a rail system disposed on the underside of the cover and configured to slidably support a bin. The crossmember obstructs sliding movement of the bin when the section is in the unfolded position, and the crossmember allows sliding movement of the bin when the section is in the folded position.

Abstract: A passive thermal control valve comprising a thermal actuator coupled to a valve body having first and second ports. The thermal actuator including an actuator body having an inner bore. An adjustment stop engages the actuator body. A cylinder is received within the actuator body inner bore and the cylinder has a cylinder bore open at one end. An actuator spring within the actuator body biases the cylinder towards the adjustment stop. An actuator rod is at least partially received within the cylinder and has first and second ends. At least a portion of the actuator rod is allowed to extend through the open cylinder bore. A sealing element forms a seal between the actuator rod and the cylinder and defines a sealed chamber within the cylinder. A thermal fluid is contained within the cylinder. A lever mechanism is connected to the valve body and includes a lever having a first end connected to the valve body. A valve spool is connected to a lever second end.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a foodstuff extrusion portioning device and more specifically a cutter head assembly on such an extruder having a servo motor, a cutter shuttle coupled to a cutting element, a controller and being programmed via a product variable to provide a velocity profile. The cutter in the velocity profile has a first velocity and it reduces speed to a second velocity and goes more slowly through the last portion of the foodstuff. The at least two velocities being fully programmable and the controller can provide for instantaneous and additional programmed velocities throughout the cutting profile. The cutter further providing tilt control so it can drop the portion at the moment the portion detaches from the extruded foodstuff stream. It cuts and/or breaks off portions in a far more uniform and controllable manner to more accurately portion and better place the cut portions.

Abstract: A light-activated acoustic resonator and associated methods are described herein. One embodiment measures the level of ambient light in the environment of the light-activated acoustic resonator; causes a moveable member of an electromagnet disposed within a Helmholtz resonator of the light-activated acoustic resonator to be in an extended position that places the Helmholtz resonator in a first acoustic state, when the level of ambient light is less than a predetermined amount; and causes the moveable member to be in a retracted position that places the Helmholtz resonator in a second acoustic state different from the first acoustic state, when the level of ambient light is at least the predetermined amount.

Abstract: A method for determining position of an electrode lead inside a body tissue, including: receiving electrical signals recorded from at least one macro electrode contact of an electrode lead positioned inside a body tissue; extracting spiking (SPK) signals from the received electrical signals; providing stored measurements or indications thereof; determining a position of the lead and/or the at least one macro electrode contact inside said body tissue based on the extracted SPK signals and the provided stored measurements or indications thereof.

Abstract: A semiconductor device package and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device package are provided. The semiconductor device package includes a substrate, a clip, and a support structure. The clip is disposed on the substrate. The clip includes a first portion and a second portion separated from each other by a slit. The support structure is above the substrate and supports the clip. The support structure has a first surface and a second surface facing the first surface, and the first surface and the second surface define a gap.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for measuring gas leakage in a graduated cylinder where water is displaced by the gas in a graduated cylinder in combination with a balance scale, allowing for both a visual indication of the gas detected and a change in weight measurement on the scale, correlating to a certain volume of gas detected.