Abstract: An operation platform (1), comprising: a platform base (20); a movement mechanism (26) connectable to said platform base and, when so connected, configured for displacement of the platform base; at least one operation tool zone (30) on said platform base configured for accommodating thereat at least one operation tool (50); and at least one boom assembly (10) having a first end fixable to said platform base (20), and a second free end (14), the boom assembly being controllable for displacing said second free end towards at least said one operation tool zone (30), coupling the second free end (14) to at least said one operation tool (50) accommodated within the operation tool zone (30), and maneuvering said second free end (14) with at least said one operation tool coupled thereto.

Abstract: Vehicle structures and methods of assembling the same are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a unibody structure of a vehicle includes an inboard A-pillar member, an outboard A-pillar member positioned outboard of the inboard A-pillar member and coupled to the inboard A-pillar member, and a reinforcement member positioned between the inboard A-pillar member and the outboard A-pillar member. The reinforcement member is coupled to the outboard A-pillar member and has a plurality of reduced thickness regions that are positioned in a vehicle vertical direction along the reinforcement member.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a calculation method and calculation device for an average sublimation interface temperature, bottom part temperature, and sublimation rate of the whole to-be-dried material introduced into a drying chamber of a freeze-drying device without contaminating or collapsing the to-be-dried material. [Solution] The present invention is applied to a freeze-drying device that includes a drying chamber DC, a cold trap CT, vacuum adjustment means for adjusting the degree of the vacuum in the drying chamber DC, and a control device CR for automatically controlling the operations of the above elements.

Abstract: According to the embodiments described herein, a smart notification system can include a vehicle, a mobile communication device, and a wearable processing device. A wearable processor or the wearable processing device, a mobile processor of the mobile communication device, a vehicular processor of the vehicle, or a combination thereof can execute machine readable instructions to monitor ambient conditions of the vehicle with a sensor. A notification can be provided upon a wearable display of the wearable processing device. The notification can be indicative of the ambient conditions of the vehicle. A command can be detected with physical input of the wearable processing device. A command signal can be received with vehicle communication hardware of the vehicle. The command signal can be indicative of the command detected by the physical input of the wearable processing device.

Abstract: A method to determine the model-of-composition of a vacuum resid in which the resid is separated into fractions including the DAO fraction which is then separated into chemical classes including saturates, aromatics, sulfides and polars by a combination of soft ionization methods. The results of the ionization analysis are reconciled with other analysis such as bulk analysis, then consolidated to generate the modeol-of composition.

Abstract: Provided are high viscosity high quality Group II lube base stocks with improved properties produced by an integrated hydrocracking and dewaxing process. In one form, the Group II lube base stock includes greater than or equal to 90 wt. % saturates, and less than 10 wt. % aromatics, and has an aromatic performance ratio between 1.0 and 5.0. Also provided are lubricant formulations including the high viscosity high quality Group II lube base stock.

Abstract: An integrated circuit for processing transmitted and received signals is positioned on a first printed circuit board. A second printed circuit board is provided which has a plurality of antenna elements and at least one transmission line. The first printed circuit board is bonded to a first side of a metal housing and the second printed circuit board is bonded to a second side of the metal housing, so that the integrated circuit is sealed from environmental exposure between the first printed circuit board and the metal housing. A waveguide chamber is provided and is located between the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board. A signal is allowed to propagate from the integrated circuit to the metal trace to the square metal section to the waveguide chamber to the at leas one transmission line to the plurality of antenna elements.

Abstract: A heater system for an electric vehicle that is void of engine coolant. The heater system can include an air duct having an opening into a passenger compartment of the vehicle and a heater unit attached to the air duct. The heater unit can have a self-contained quantity of oil within an oil reservoir and an oil channel in fluid communication with the oil reservoir. The oil channel can be located between a front wall and a back wall of the heater unit and the unit can also have an electric heating element at least partially within the oil reservoir. The electric heater unit can be operable to heat oil in the oil reservoir and thereby result in the oil flowing through the oil channel and heating the front wall and the back wall of the unit.

Abstract: Arrangements related to the protection of personal information associated with a navigation system are described. The navigation system can be operatively connected to a data store of personal information. The data store of personal information is locked so that access to and/or use of data stored in the data store of personal information is prevented. Responsive to a receiving a request to access the data store of personal information, a user is prompted to provide authentication to unlock the data store of personal information. Responsive to receiving authentication, it is determined whether the received authentication is correct or incorrect. The data store of personal information is unlocked if the authentication is correct. The data store of personal information remains locked wherein if the received authentication is incorrect. One or more types of authentication can be required.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for remediating contaminated soil through separation and process of highly contaminated coarse soil, the system including: a screen adapted to separate the contaminated soil introduced into soil having given particle sizes; multiple hydrocyclones adapted to re-separate the soil having particle sizes of more than the given values by particle size from the soil having the given particle sizes separated through the screen; a remediating unit adapted to wash the soil separated through the multiple hydrocyclones by particle size; and a filtering unit adapted to separate water from the soil washed through the remediating unit.

Abstract: An assembly for use in subsurface drilling includes a downhole probe supported by a centralizer. The centralizer comprises a tubular member that extends around the downhole probe. A wall of the centralizer is fluted to provide inward contact points that support the downhole probe and outward contact points that bear against a bore wall of a section of drill string. The downhole probe may be supported for substantially its entire length.

Abstract: A switching process includes an SRAM/CAM storing registration data including a forwarding database used for packet-forwarding and a DRAM storing packet data. The registration data including the forwarding database of the SRAM/CAM for packet-forwarding is stored into the DRAM as a copy of the registration data, and the registration data of the DRAM is used to refresh the registration data of the SRAM/CAM for a predetermined time interval. A data error in the SRAM/CAM caused by a soft-error is rewritten to normal data by periodical refreshing so that data is guaranteed with relatively low cost and the reliability of the network apparatus is improved.

Abstract: A power supply system offshore plant comprises: a generator; an AC/DC converter converting, AC generated from the generator into DC to supply the direct current to a DC bus; a power load connected to the DC bus to generate regenerative power; a first power storage unit for storing power when a voltage of the DC bus is maintained at a level of a first threshold value or higher for a first time period, and supplying the stored power to the DC bus when the voltage of the DC bus is maintained at a level of a second threshold value or lower for a second time period; and a first resistance unit for consuming power when the voltage of the DC bus is maintained at the level of the first threshold value or higher for a third time period. The third time period is longer than the first time period.

Abstract: An underground steel-concrete structure pipeline with a spiral composite reinforcement ring on an inner wall and a manufacturing method thereof. The pipeline includes a pipe body, multiple rows of concrete overflow holes spirally arranged on a pipe wall of the pipe body, a reinforcement ring capable of wrapping the concrete overflow holes, and concrete is filled in a hollow cavity between the reinforcement ring and the pipe wall to form a spiral concrete flow passage. The advantages are that the overall annular strength of the pipeline is reinforced by the reinforcement ring; the concrete filled between the reinforcement ring and the inner wall of the pipe body improves the compressive strength of the pipe body; the concrete overflowing from the overflow holes on the pipe wall combines the pipe body with a pit; and the pipeline solves the difficulty of using large-size steel structure products in underground common pipeline projects.

Abstract: Disclosed is a resonant type transmission power supply device including a transmission power state detecting circuit 11 to detect a transmission power state of a transmission antenna 2, a foreign object detecting circuit 124 to detect the presence or absence of a foreign object in an electromagnetic field generated from the transmission antenna 2 on the basis of a detection result acquired by the transmission power state detecting circuit 11, and a power control circuit 125 to reduce lit or stop the supply of electric power to the transmission antenna 2 when foreign object is detected by the foreign object detecting circuit 124.

Abstract: There is provided a cogeneration plant unit comprising a base storey housing power generation source; a second storey vertically arranged above the base storey housing absorption chiller, the absorption chiller operable to be in fluid communication with the power generation source; a third storey vertically arranged above the second storey, the third storey houses cooling tower; and a chimney arranged in fluid communication with the power generation source and absorption chiller to dissipate the exhaust of the power generation source and the absorption chiller. The cogeneration plant unit may be further extended to incorporate more elements or form a cogeneration plant suitable for providing electricity, heat and cooling energy to a data centre.

Abstract: According to the invention, a constant flow valve along with a three way control valve are arranged so as to provide an enhanced shut-off function. During closure of the flow valve, the pressure of the supply fluid is employed in a manner bolstering the valve's spring closure force, thereby resisting any tendency of the valve to open in response to fluid supply pressure surges above the valve's threshold opening level.

Abstract: An automatically generating program and device are provided which can easily and accurately create an operation program with no need of providing an image data input device. The program, causes a work head to move relative to a work object and to carry out desired work, includes the steps of displaying a reference data input window which allows input of shape data of the work object or a work region (STEP 201), taking in image data of the work object or the work region (STEP 202), compensating for distortion in the taken-in image data (STEP 203), displaying a movement path input window which allows designation of a movement path with the compensated image data displayed as a background (STEP 204), and automatically generating the operation program based on the movement path that is designated on the movement path input window (STEP 205).

Abstract: A robotic arm includes a first link and a first joint. The first link has internal link cables extending from one end to an opposed end thereof. The first joint is operably connected to the first link at one end thereof. The first joint has a hollow drive shaft, an off axis drive 121 and a first joint motor and first joint internal cables extending through the hollow drive shaft. The link cables and the first joint cables are operably connected. The robotic arm may further include a second joint operably connected to the first link. The second joint module has an active side, a passive side with electronic connectors, second joint internal cables, and a second joint motor and the active side is mechanically connected to the link and the electronic connectors of the passive side are operably connected to the link cables.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for supplying virgin sealer and reclaim sealer to a sealer applicator. A closed loop path including a first fluid flow path is coupled between a source of virgin sealer and the applicator and includes a recirculation path from the applicator back to the source of virgin material. A reclaim sealer supply is coupled to the first fluid flow path. Valves open and close the virgin sealer supply and the reclaim sealer supply to alternately supply virgin sealer or reclaim sealer to the applicator. Whenever the first fluid flow path contains reclaim sealer, a valve blocks flow to the recirculation path to prevent reclaim sealer from being recirculated into the source of virgin sealer.