Abstract: A semiconductor substrate includes an interconnection structure and a dielectric layer. The dielectric layer surrounds the interconnection structure and defines a first cavity. The first cavity is defined by a first sidewall, a second sidewall, and a first surface of the dielectric layer. The first sidewall is laterally displaced from the second sidewall.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor package includes: (a) providing a carrier; (b) disposing a dielectric layer and a conductive pad on the carrier; (c) disposing a redistribution layer on the dielectric layer to electrically connect to the conductive pad; (d) connecting a die to the redistribution layer; (e) removing at least a portion of the carrier to expose the conductive pad; and (f) disposing an electrical contact to electrically connect to the conductive pad.

Abstract: Vehicle seat adjustment systems that move more than one seat in a linked manner are disclosed. A vehicle seat adjustment system for a vehicle includes a front seat of the vehicle, one or more passenger seats behind the front seat, an input device configured to receive an input for adjusting positions of the front seat, a first actuator configured to adjust positions of the front seat, a second actuator configured to adjust positions of the one or more passenger seats, and a controller communicatively coupled to the input device and the first and second actuators. The controller instructs the first actuator to move the front seat in a longitudinal direction for a first distance in response to the received input, and instructs the second actuator to move the one or more passenger seats in the longitudinal direction for a second distance in response to the received input.

Abstract: An electrode active material comprising an amorphous or crystalline composite of phosphorous sulfide having the general formula MxPysz, wherein M is a metal and x, y, and z are positive whole numbers. Electrochemical cells and a reversible battery having a cathode containing one of the electrode active materials are also provided. In specific embodiments, the battery is a magnesium battery. In addition, methods of forming the composites and electrodes via ball milling and in situ electrochemical reactions are provided.

Abstract: A bearing isolator apparatus is for use in a piece of equipment which includes a rotatable shaft and a housing through which the shaft extends. The apparatus includes a static component for securing to the housing and a rotational component for securing to the shaft. A tortuous fluid path extends between the static component and the rotational component and a plurality of electrically conductive filaments extends between the static component and the rotational component, such that an electrical current can pass between the components. One or more conductive members electrically connect the rotor to the shaft.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for processing a metal strip (200) after said metal strip has exited a coating tank (300) having liquid coating material (310). Above the coating tank, the device has a blow-off apparatus (110) having an air outlet slot (112) for blowing liquid parts of the coating off of the metal strip. Arranged above the blow-off apparatus (110) is an electromagnetic stabilization apparatus (140) for stabilizing the metal strip by means of electromagnetic forces after the exiting of the coating tank and the blow-off apparatus.

Abstract: A cathode active composite containing a nanoparticle composite of an amorphous matrix containing vanadium, oxygen and sulfur and crystalline regions of vanadium and oxygen embedded in the matrix is provided. Electrochemical cells and a reversible battery having a cathode containing the cathode active composite is also provided. In specific embodiments the battery is a magnesium battery.

Abstract: A semiconductor device package includes: (1) a carrier; (2) an electronic component disposed over a top surface of the carrier; (3) a package body disposed over the top surface of the carrier and covering the electronic component; and (4) a shield layer, including a first magnetically permeable layer disposed over the package body, a first electrically conductive layer disposed over the first magnetically permeable layer, and a second magnetically permeable layer disposed over the first electrically conductive layer. The first electrically conductive layer is interposed between the first magnetically permeable layer and the second magnetically permeable layer. A permeability of the first electrically conductive layer is different from a permeability of the first magnetically permeable layer and a permeability of the second magnetically permeable layer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a maintenance apparatus for a clean room or for systems in the clean room comprising a system component which can be moved horizontally and vertically. The system component is suspended on magnetic rails.

Abstract: A method of producing novel bacteriophages with expanded host-range and bacteriophages with expanded host ranges are disclosed. The method produces mutant phage strains which are infectious to a second host and can be more infectious to their natural host than in their natural state. The method includes repeatedly passaging a selected phage strain into bacterial cultures that contain varied ratios of its natural host bacterial strain with a bacterial strain that the phage of interest is unable to infect; the target-host. After each passage the resulting phage are purified and screened for activity against the target-host via double-overlay assays. When mutant phages that are shown to infect the target-host are discovered, they are further propagated in culture that contains only the target-host to produce a stock of the resulting mutant phage.

Abstract: An air valve connecting device or attachment includes a mouth engaged in a housing and having a compartment for engaging with either a US or French inflation valve, a barrel engaged into the housing and engaged onto the mouth, an actuator slidably engaged in the housing and engageable with the barrel, and a cam member is engageable with the actuator for selectively forcing the actuator and the barrel to compress the mouth to grasp either of the inflation valves to the housing, a tube is slidably engaged in the actuator and extendible into the mouth, and a catch is slidably engaged in the actuator and engageable into the actuator for selectively engaging with and for retaining the tube to the actuator.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods related to pipeline freespan support are described. For example, some embodiments may contain an upper structure, which contains at least four legs connected to one another by a number of bracing members, and a number of attachment points through which the upper structure can be lifted, and a lower structure, which contains at least four posts that can be connected to, and disconnected from as needed, the four legs of the upper structure, two spaced mud mats on which the posts stand, and at least two horizontal arms that can be attached to the posts, rotate about the posts, connect to and be locked with the posts on the other mud mat, and be lifted to an appropriate height to provide suitable support at the pipeline freespan location.

Abstract: The Invention discloses a self-supplied hydrogen fuel cell system and a working method thereof, the system comprising a diesel tank, a gas separator, a fuel cell, a low-temperature separation reactor, a high-temperature separation reactor, an auto-thermal reformer, a water tank and a catalytic burner; With the high-temperature separation reactor, the low-temperature separation reactor and the auto-thermal reformer, diesel is cracked into H2 and CO; as the fuel for the fuel cell, H2 may react with O2 in the air and generate electric energy; the unreacted H2 and CO enter into the catalytic burner for combustion, ensuring that the water is heated; thus, it not only provides H2 to the fuel cell, but also provides high-temperature water to the auto-thermal converter to produce H2; electric energy can be generated without burning diesel; since no NOx or particulate matters but CO2 is generated, the goal of ultra-low emission is achieved.

Abstract: A semiconductor device package includes a first conductive base, a first semiconductor die, a dielectric layer, a first patterned conductive layer, and a second patterned conductive layer. The first conductive base defines a first cavity. The first semiconductor die is on a bottom surface of the first cavity. The dielectric layer covers the first semiconductor die, the first surface and the second surface of the first conductive base and fills the first cavity. The first patterned conductive layer is on a first surface of the dielectric layer. The second patterned conductive layer is on a second surface of the dielectric layer.

Abstract: Continuous, three-dimensional control of the vorticity vector is possible by progressively transitioning the field symmetry by applying or removing a dc bias along one of the principal axes of mutually orthogonal alternating fields. By exploiting this transition, the vorticity vector can be oriented in a wide range of directions that comprise all three spatial dimensions. Detuning one or more field components to create phase modulation causes the vorticity vector to trace out complex orbits of a wide variety, creating very robust multiaxial stirring. This multiaxial, non-contact stirring is particularly attractive for applications where the fluid volume has complex boundaries, or is congested.

Abstract: Medical instruments, particularly structurally-adjustable speculums and retractors for obstetrical and gynecological operations, procedures, and examinations, including a minimally obstructive compact speculum or retractor. The compact speculum may comprise a first wing and a second wing; and a hinge comprising at least one hinge component. The compact speculum may further comprise a ratchet that releasably holds the wings in an open position. The hinge component may comprise the ratchet, an illumination source, a fluid handler, a light guide, a lubrication source, or a combination thereof. The compact speculum may be a vaginal speculum.

Abstract: An ink supply unit is provided and includes an ink container, and a cap fittable to the ink container and having an opening, a valve body, and an elastic body, an ink tank that holds the ink container fitted with the cap at a cap-side part of the container, a pivotable lever disposed on the ink tank pivotably around a pivot axis that is a pivoting center; an anti-rotation mechanism configured to restrict relative rotations of the ink container and of the cap to the ink tank, a conversion mechanism configured to convert the pivoting motion of the pivotable lever into linear motions of the ink container and of the cap in a direction along the pivot axis, and a valve-opening projection that presses the valve body toward an opening position when the cap is drawn nearer to the ink tank by the linear motion of the cap.

Abstract: An electromagnetic telemetry signal generating assembly comprises a first section of drill string, a second section of drill string, a gap sub configured to insulate the first section from the second section, and a power source configured to provide a first voltage to a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to drive a second voltage between the sections of drill string. The gap sub provides a gap of at least 12 inches (30 cm). The second voltage may be different than the first voltage.

Abstract: The disclosure provides an inkjet printer capable of reducing yellowing of a coating attributable to clear ink with respect to printing on a print medium with color ink. An inkjet printer (10) having LED lamps (26) for hardening color ink and an ultraviolet lamp (27) for hardening clear ink ejects ultraviolet curing type color ink toward a print medium (90) by inkjet heads (24) for color ink, and radiates ultraviolet light with a wavelength equal to or longer than 365 nm toward the color ink having adhered to the print medium (90) by the LED lamps (26), and ejects ultraviolet curing type clear ink toward the hardened color ink by inkjet heads (25) for clear ink, and radiates ultraviolet light with a wavelength equal to or shorter than 365 nm toward the clear ink having adhered to the color ink by the ultraviolet lamp (27).