Abstract: This disclosure provides low viscosity, low volatility alkylated siloxane compounds and alkylated alkoxy silane compounds. This disclosure also provides processes for producing the alkylated siloxane compounds and alkylated alkoxy silane compounds, and lubricating oil basestocks and lubricating oils containing one or more of the alkylated siloxane compounds or one or more of the alkylated alkoxy silane compounds. This disclosure further provides a method for improving one or more of solubility and dispersancy of polar additives and/or sludge in a lubricating oil by using as the lubricating oil a formulated oil containing one or more of the alkylated siloxane compounds or one or more of the alkylated alkoxy silane compounds.

Abstract: The invention relates to method and apparatus for lining the cathode of the electrolytic cell. The method comprises filling the cell's shell with powder material, leveling it with a rack, covering the fill material with a dust-proof film, and compaction. Compaction is performed in two stages: preliminary static and final dynamic treatment by consequent movement of static and dynamic work tools of compaction along the longitudinal axis of the cathode of the electrolytic cell through a cushion, which is made of at least 2 layers: a lower layer, which prevents pushing powder material forward in the direction of travel, and an upper layer, which provides for a coupling between the cushion and the static work tool. Static treatment unit of the apparatus, designed in the form of a roller with a drive, is connected to a dynamic treatment unit with a vibratory exciter by means of elastic elements.

Abstract: An air driven reciprocating piston hydraulic pump having a main changeover valve with a main valve body having an annular valve body portion which includes first and second annular valve faces that approach closely or contact first and second annular valve seats on valve cases which are formed on the upper and the lower ends of the annular valve body portion. An air intake chamber is defined by a piston reception hole and a drive piston portion, and an auxiliary changeover valve changes over the main changeover valve between its air supply position and its air discharge position by supplying compressed air to the air intake chamber or discharging air therefrom via a first and second valve members and a small diameter portion of a valve rod. A center side portion of the main valve body is made as a separate auxiliary valve body for facilitating up and down motion thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and to an assembly for recycling plastic materials, comprising the following processing steps: a) reprocessing the raw material, wherein the material, if necessary, is comminuted and brought into a fluid-like form and heated and permanently mixed, while preserving the lumpiness and pourability thereof, and optionally the viscosity thereof is increased and/or it is degassed, softened, dried and/or crystallized; b) melting the reprocessed material, at least so much that filtration is possible; c) filtering the melt in order to remove impurities; d) homogenizing the filtered melt; e) degassing the homogenized melt; and f) discharging and/or subsequently processing the melt, such as by granulation, blown film processing, with said processing steps being carried out consecutively in the order listed (FIG. 2).

Abstract: A cable (10) includes a cable body (11) that is formed from a plurality of wires (14) that are integrally bundled; and a pair of sockets (12) to which both end portions of the cable body (11) is separately affixed; at least one of the plurality of wires (14) being a fiber-containing wire (16), which is formed by an optical fiber (17) that extends in a cable length direction (D) and that is protected by a protective tube (18); wherein the optical fiber (17) protrudes from the protective tube (18), in the cable length direction, further outside than the socket (12); and each of the pair of sockets (12) is provided with a spool (30) that removably holds the optical fiber (17) and imparts an initial tensile strain to the optical fiber (17).

Abstract: A semiconductor package comprises a substrate, a pad, a first isolation layer, an interconnection layer, and a conductive post. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The pad has a first portion and a second portion on the first surface of the substrate. The first isolation layer is disposed on the first surface and covers the first portion of the pad, and the first isolation layer has a top surface. The interconnection layer is disposed on the second portion of the pad and has a top surface. The conductive post is disposed on the top surface of the first isolation layer and on the top surface of the interconnection layer. The top surface of the first isolation layer and the top surface of the interconnection layer are substantially coplanar.

Abstract: A conductor-mounted device (CMD) used to signal an intelligent electronic device (IED) of the existence of a fault on a portion of the electric power delivery system is described herein. The CMD may provide a heartbeat signal to the IED. The CMD may provide a fault signal to the IED. The CMD may be powered via a parasitic current draw on the conductor to which it is mounted. An IED may use a fault signal and/or LOC signal from a CMD to coordinate a high-impedance fault detection and/or downed line events.

Abstract: A liquid immersion exposure apparatus exposes a substrate with an exposure beam via a liquid immersion area formed on a portion of a surface of the substrate. The apparatus includes: a projection system; a first nozzle member having an aperture through which the exposure beam is projected, the first nozzle member having a liquid supply inlet and a liquid recovery outlet; a second nozzle member having a gas supply inlet via which a gas is supplied, the gas being supplied via the gas supply inlet to a space surrounding the liquid immersion area during the exposure; and a stage system having a holder by which the substrate is held. The substrate held by the holder is moved below and relative to the projection system, the first nozzle member and the second nozzle member.

Abstract: Methods and systems for vacuum forming to form a final plastic product defining a notch, including providing a plastic material; providing a mold for a preform plastic product from which to form the final plastic product having a sacrificial forming feature associated with forming an inline trimmable part defining a notch area from which to form the notch, the sacrificial forming feature positioned on the mold within the notch area to be trimmed via an inline trimming operation to form the notch and shaped to selectively reduce a material thickness at a selective remaining location of the preform plastic product; disposing the plastic material on the mold to form an assembly; applying vacuum forming to the assembly to form the preform plastic product; and reducing the material thickness at the selective remaining location of the preform plastic product during vacuum forming to affect a corresponding localized stiffness reduction.

Abstract: The invention comprises an activated sludge treatment system and process that aerates wastewater undergoing treatment using venturis.

Abstract: Heat transfer apparatuses and methods for directing heat transfer are disclosed. A heat transfer apparatus includes a vapor chamber having a first surface and a second surface where the first surface and the second surface define a chamber space and at least one of the first surface and the second surface includes a hydrophilic coating. The heat transfer apparatus also includes one or more first ultrasonic oscillators coupled to the first surface, one or more second ultrasonic oscillators coupled to the second surface, and a controller having a non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium storing programming instructions for selectively activating the one or more first ultrasonic oscillators or the one or more second ultrasonic oscillators based on an intended direction of heat flux.

Abstract: Methods to use a tool for dimensional verification of a vehicle frame suspension system bracket pocket having first and second cam slots, the tool including a first sub-assembly configured for insertion through and registration of the first cam slot; a second sub-assembly configured for insertion through and registration of the second cam slot; and an intermediate sub-assembly disposed between and attachable to the first and second sub-assemblies via a shaft, the intermediate sub-assembly including an extension rod receiving feature defining at least one extension rod receiving aperture; wherein the sub-assemblies lock against the bracket walls to define a horizontal center axis and are adjustable to determine and register a center point along an intersecting vertical center axis between the first and second cam slots that is alignable with the at least one extension rod receiving aperture.

Abstract: An inner lock of a door of a container is provided, in which the door of the container includes: a plurality of locking rods installed on an outer side of the door; a handle formed on the locking rods; a retainer which is coupled to the door and on which the handle is seated; and a handle hatch which is rotatably coupled to an upper side of the retainer and binds or releases the handle, and the inner lock includes a rotation shaft passed through the door and extended to an inner side and an outer side of the container; a plate coupled to the rotation shaft extended to the inner side; a lifting member rotatably coupled to the plate; and a locking bar coupled to a lower side of the lifting member to lock or unlock the door by being fixed to or separated from a lower frame, in which the handle hatch is coupled to the rotation shaft extended to the outer side such that the locking bar is manipulated by rotating the rotation shaft from the outer side of the door.

Abstract: The present invention is a novel bubble generator that can be used in many different industrial applications. The design of the bubble generator of the invention allows its user to selectively generate gas bubbles in a liquid having a wide range of diameters in the range from microns to millimeters simply by changing the ratio of the flow rate of the gas to that of the liquid. The bubbles are generated at low liquid and gas supply pressure values. The bubble generator of the invention is able to create an unstable liquid flow regime having large amplitudes and frequencies for liquid containing bubbles without the use of moving mechanical parts and drives.

Abstract: A system for providing wearable inflatable impact protection, the system having a wearable airbag garment, a first airbag chamber connected to the wearable airbag garment, an airbag igniter connected to the first airbag chamber, a controller connected to the airbag igniter, a sensor array connected to the controller, and a power source connected to the controller. The sensor array detects at least one of use, movement, location, and acceleration of the wearable airbag garment. The controller triggers the airbag igniter to inflate the first airbag chamber in a case where the controller determines at least one of a set of performance criteria has been exceeded.

Abstract: Provided are polymers having a repeating unit including at least one astaxanthin moiety. Also provided are processes for preparing the polymers and various uses thereof.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a package substrate. The package substrate includes a patterned conductive layer and conductive pillars. Each of the conductive pillars includes a first portion and a second portion, where the first portion contacts the patterned conductive layer at one end of the first portion, and the second portion is adjacent to another end of the first portion. A thickness of the first portion is greater than a thickness of the second portion. Side surfaces of the first portion are substantially coplanar to side surfaces of the second portion.

Abstract: In one or more embodiments, a substrate includes a patterned conductive layer and a reference layer. The patterned conductive layer includes a pair of first conductive traces, a pair of second conductive traces and a reference trace between the pair of first conductive traces and the pair of second conductive traces. The reference layer is above the patterned conductive layer and defines an opening.

Abstract: Embodiments for a heat pipe heat flux rectifier are provided. One embodiment includes a first curved diode heat pipe that includes an adiabatic section that includes a curved portion, an evaporator section that is coupled to the adiabatic section, and a condenser section that is coupled to the adiabatic section. In some embodiments, the first curved diode heat pipe includes a non-condensable gas reservoir that is coupled to the condenser section for storing non-condensable gas, where the first curved diode heat pipe stores a fluid and a wicking material. In some embodiments, the first curved diode heat pipe operates as a thermal conductor when heat is applied to the evaporator section and as a thermal insulator when heat is applied to the condenser section.

Abstract: A method for creating an FPGA netlist generated from an FPGA source code and at least one shadow register. The FPGA source code defines at least one function and at least one signal. The shadow register is assigned to the at least one signal, and is arranged and provided to store the value of the assigned signal at runtime. An option for reading out the stored signal value at runtime is provided. The function defined in the FPGA source code is not changed by the shadow register. The function described by the FPGA source code is executed by the FPGA, and a functional decoupling of the shadow register from the function described in the FPGA source code is provided. Via the decoupling, the shadow register maintains the signal value stored at the time of the decoupling while the function described in the FPGA source code is being executed.