Abstract: An apparatus for reheating and conditioning an elongate preform for forming a blow molded container, said apparatus comprising: a receiver including an elongate annular non-cylindrical inner surface portion, wherein the surface portion defines a cavity and is adapted to engage with an elongate outer surface of an elongate preform to transfer heat thereto by conduction from said surface portion, wherein the surface portion includes a three-dimensional relief to provide substantially non-uniform contact between the receiver and the elongate preform; and means for heating said receiver.

Abstract: To more appropriately carry out printing at high precision even when a gap distance is large. A printing apparatus includes an inkjet head, a main scan driver, and a controller, where the controller sets a moving speed of the inkjet head according to a gap distance, and sets the moving speed in a main scanning operation so that an entering angle at a time of landing of the ink droplet on a medium becomes smaller than or equal to 45 degrees with respect to at least a position where the gap distance becomes the largest in a region of the medium to become a target of the main scanning operation.

Abstract: An apparatus for treating adipose tissue located beneath a patient's skin includes a main body portion that houses an ultrasound transducer that outputs transverse ultrasound waves to be applied to a patient's skin. The apparatus also includes a semisphere portion provided at a distal end of the apparatus and that is configured to contact the patient's skin when the patient is being treated with the apparatus. The apparatus further includes an intermediate portion provided between the main body portion and the semisphere portion, in which a connector that provides the ultrasound waves from the ultrasound transducer to the semisphere portion is housed. The intermediate portion is disposed substantially perpendicular to the main body portion. An embodiment composed by two apparatus connected back to back in order to eliminate vibrations and emission of longitudinal waves in direction perpendicular to the skin.

Abstract: Disclosed is a continuous measurement method for a wheel/rail vertical force.

Abstract: An apparatus for treating fatty deposits located inside a patient's penis includes a main body portion that houses an ultrasound transducer that outputs transverse ultrasound waves to be applied to a patient's skin and at the same time very low or null longitudinal ultrasound waves. The apparatus also includes a semisphere portion provided at a distal end of the apparatus and that is configured to contact the patient's skin when the patient is being treated with the apparatus. The apparatus further includes an intermediate portion provided between the main body portion and the semisphere portion, in which a connector that provides the ultrasound waves from the ultrasound transducer to the semisphere portion is housed. The intermediate portion is disposed substantially perpendicular to the main body portion. An improved apparatus having circular symmetry designed in order to be adapted at the shape of the human penis.

Abstract: Systems and methods for degassing and charging phase-change thermal devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes a flask, a first shut-off valve fluidly coupled to an outlet of the flask, and a first valve fluidly coupled to the first shut-off valve by a fluid line. The system further includes a second valve fluidly coupled to the first valve, wherein the second valve is operable to be fluidly coupled to the phase-change thermal device, a second shut-off valve fluidly coupled to the second valve, a third valve fluidly coupled to the first valve, a vacuum pump fluidly coupled to the third valve, and a fluid injection device fluidly coupled to the fluid line between the first valve and the first shut-off valve. The fluid injection device draws the working fluid from the flask and injects a desired amount into the phase-change thermal device.

Abstract: A smaller recording apparatus is provided, and includes a transport device that transports a print target medium using an endless transport belt placed around a plurality of rollers, an inkjet head that performs a recording on a medium on the endless transport belt, and a cleaning unit that cleans the endless transport belt. The cleaning unit includes a cleaner, making contact with the endless transport belt in a width direction thereof, so as to clean the endless transport belt with a cleaning liquid; a cleaning liquid tank, storing the cleaning liquid and includes at least a part of the cleaner; and a moving mechanism, supporting the cleaner and the cleaning liquid tank, and moving the cleaner in a horizontal direction between a contact position where the cleaner makes contact with the endless transport belt and a separated position where the cleaner is separated from the endless transport belt.

Abstract: A wave power station for conversion and storage of energy from waves in an ocean or a sea includes a wave energy absorbing unit including a first floating body connected to a vertically hanging counterweight via a drive line and a drive wheel, a power generating unit including at least one power generation unit for conversion of wave energy, connected to a drive shaft, and a power accumulating unit including at least one power accumulator for storage of generated wave power. The power generating unit and the power accumulating unit are arranged in a second floating body firmly anchored under the first floating body to the ocean bed or sea bed. The drive line is connected to the at least one power generation unit via the drive wheel, and a coupling and transmission unit arranged on the drive shaft for driving of the at least one power generation unit via the up and down movements of the drive line in time with the wave movements.

Abstract: Systems and methods for qualitative and/or quantitative indentation detection are provided. A method includes receiving imaging data comprising a plurality of indentations within a region on a surface. The method further includes obtaining a size measurement for each indentation. The method further includes calculating a number of indentations within the region are equal to or above a minimum size.

Abstract: Provided is an installation structure for installing control rod drive mechanisms and cable sealing units in a nuclear reactor pressure vessel. The installation structure includes: a sealing flange having a ring shape and being hermetically coupled to an upper pressure vessel and a lower pressure vessel of the nuclear reactor pressure vessel; a cylindrical tube extending downward vertically from an internal edge of the sealing flange; and a support plate provided horizontally to block a lower end portion of the cylindrical tube. A plurality of mounting holes that penetrate through the sealing flange horizontally are arranged in the sealing flange with a predetermined interval therebetween along a circumferential direction, the cable sealing units are inserted and mounted in the plurality of mounting holes, and the control rod drive mechanisms are installed on the support plate to be supported.

Abstract: There is provided a battery system comprising a control system (102, 131, 41) and a plurality of sub-batteries (130) that have different battery chemistries to one another, resulting in different discharge characteristics to one another. The plurality of sub-batteries (130) are connected in parallel to one another for delivering power to an output (107), wherein each sub-battery comprises a plurality of cell modules (140) for connecting in series with one another to form a series circuit. The control system is configured to switch ones of the cell modules (140) in and out of the series circuits to control how many cell modules are connected in each series circuit, thereby controlling which ones of the sub batteries contribute most power to the output (107). A method for managing the battery system is also provided.

Abstract: A system includes energy modules that output power to an energy management bus based on load demands. An energy module includes energy cells enclosed within a module housing that provide power to the energy management bus and rotation assemblies attached on opposite ends of the module housing that provide rotational movement for the energy module. The energy module includes a local controller that controls power output from the energy cells to the energy management bus, engages a self-driving mode in response to receiving a disconnection signal from a central controller, and controls movement of the energy module in the self-driving mode to a predetermined location via the first rotation assembly and the second rotation assembly. The central controller receives a current module status from the energy modules and controls a configuration of the energy modules providing power to the energy management bus based on the current module status.

Abstract: A method for configuring a real or virtual electronic control unit, wherein a control unit software is executed on the control unit, and the control unit software comprises a basic software layer, the basic software layer is configured by a module configuration file by setting values of parameters, the scope of the configurable parameters being defined in a first module definition file which contains the identifiers of the configurable parameters. The first module definition file is replaced by a second module definition file, and a conversion of the first module configuration file into a second module configuration file takes place.

Abstract: A firefighting aircraft adapted for use in an unmanned aircraft system includes a storage tank for firefighting fluid, having a plurality of filling ports spaced from one another. A probe carries a conduit that is in fluid communication with the storage tank. The conduit receives water from a body of water overflown by the aircraft. A filling system for controls the flow of water to and from the storage tank, and includes a remotely and automatically operable valve respectively associated with each filling port. A control system is in communication with each valve, and is operative to command the position of each valve to regulate the flow of fluid through each filling port. A baffle may be further provided internal to the storage tank at least partially defining a first chamber within the tank.

Abstract: To provide a printing device such as an inkjet device capable of transporting a recording medium at satisfactory precision with a simple configuration. The inkjet device includes a feed amount correcting section that corrects a feed amount of a recording medium, and a control section that controls the feed amount correcting section. The feed amount correcting unit includes a moving section that moves with a movement of the recording medium in a transporting direction and a displacement sensor section that detects a displacement amount of the moving section, and the control section controls the feed amount of the recording medium based on a difference between a feed amount acquired at a time of printing and a set feed amount set in advance.

Abstract: A drive arrangement for a drive train of a vehicle is disclosed. In one aspect, the drive arrangement includes at least one transmission element configured to transmit a force and/or a torque and at least one joint. The transmission element and the joint are configured to be connected reversibly in a force transmitting manner and/or in a torque-transmitting manner.

Abstract: A data acquisition system for determining the state of a tubular while the tubular rotates about its cylindrical axis. The tubular remains otherwise substantially stationary. Sensors travel up and down the length of the rotating tubular, interrogating the inside and outside of the tubular for data regarding the tubular's state. Sensors may take samples which may be associated with rotational reference information tying the sample to its absolute position on the internal or external surface of the tubular. A data processor processes the samples and other sensor data to produce a wide array of output, including data signatures of the tubular, maps of contour data regarding the internal or external surface of the tubular, and dimensional data regarding the tubular. Data acquisition is advantageously done in real time, and may further be done concurrently with internal or external cleaning operations.

Abstract: A second resonant type transmission power supply device 1b includes a transmission power state detecting circuit 11b that detects a transmission power state of a second transmission antenna 2b, a foreign object detecting circuit 124b that detects the presence or absence of a foreign object in an overlapping range of electromagnetic fields on the basis of a detection result acquired by the transmission power state detecting circuit 11b, and a power control circuit 125b that, when a foreign object is detected by the foreign object detecting circuit 124b, controls a first resonant type transmission power supply device 1a in such a way as to reduce or stop the supply of electric power to a first transmission antenna 2a.

Abstract: A quadrilateral distance module may be used to detect faults in an electrical power system. A resistive coverage of the quadrilateral distance module may be defined by an adaptive resistance blinder. Tilt of the adaptive reactance element and resistance blinders may be limited. When an angle between the sequence-component based, current polarizing quantity and the element loop current does not exceed a predetermined angle threshold, the sequence-component based polarizing quantity may be used. Otherwise, the element loop current may be used to limit the tilt. Fault detection may comprise comparing both the adaptive resistance blinders for forward and reverse load flow conditions to power system stimulus and detecting a fault when the stimulus satisfy either blinder.

Abstract: Detection of a locked rotor condition of an electric motor during startup herein uses a virtual speed switch. The methods and systems herein determine whether the motor is in a starting state, and the monitor the motor current to determine if it is greater than a predetermined threshold, and that the motor current decrease exceeds a predetermined threshold after a predetermined amount of time. If the decrease in motor current is not less than a predetermined threshold, then a speed switch bit is set, indicating that the rotor is turning. The methods and systems herein further determine whether a physical speed switch is faulty, and determine a locked rotor condition using the virtual speed switch signal, a physical speed switch signal, and whether the physical speed switch is faulty.