Abstract: A vehicle, electric machine, and method of manufacturing an electric machine include a stator having teeth extending from a yoke portion toward a rotor and defining slots between adjacent teeth with windings positioned within the slots, wherein the slots are coated with an electrically insulating material having an arcuate surface exiting the slots and extending at least partially over the teeth on at least one end face of the stator to form a winding guide for bending/positioning the windings. The winding guide may be formed by a molded epoxy that replaces insulating paper slot liners while providing a template for forming the hairpin bends of end windings.

Abstract: A system for attaching layers of material together comprised of a self-piercing rivet, a layer having a clearance hole through which the self-piercing rivet passes on assembly, and a layer free of a clearance hole and into which the self-piercing rivet is at least partially inserted. The system may include a third layer free of a clearance hole. The system may also include three layers wherein the clearance hole is formed in the middle layer. If the clearance hole is formed in the middle layer, the width of the hole may be greater than the diameter of the self-piercing rivet to avoid contact between the rivet and the middle layer. The layer having the clearance hole may be a hard material such as steel. One or more of the layers may be material that is difficult to pierce or can be damaged if pierced.

Abstract: When multiple display screens share data from different control units, the screens may flicker or have other anomalies when the control units are not synced. A system and method for detecting flickering or other anomalies includes receiving a video feed of a display screen to be tested, recording, from the video feed, a video file of a predetermined length that includes a plurality of frames, selecting a region of interest in a frame of the video file to define a template image; and performing a pattern matching between the template image and a pattern image of respective frames in the video file to detect anomalies.

Abstract: A method of additive manufacturing an object by applying metal layerwise on a base with an application device successively aligned with different processing zones in relation to the base includes locally applying liquid metal in a processing zone. The liquid metal solidifies in the processing zone and precise adjustment of local material properties of the object are controlled by influencing or controlling temperature development as a function of time of the solidified metal with at least one thermal influencing device aligned with the processing zone and fixed relative to the application device. The thermal influencing device is at least one of a heating device and a cooling device.

Abstract: Responsive to a user request, a controller operates an engine of a vehicle while parked to charge a traction battery to a target state of charge that exceeds a maximum state of charge limit, used during drive of the vehicle by an electric machine, in advance of a predefined period of time.

Abstract: A concrete-forming composition for producing a concrete article including: (a) at least one internal curing agent including a water-insoluble crosslinked cellulose ether wherein the water-insoluble crosslinked cellulose ether has a higher water adsorption capacity compared to typically used superabsorbent polymers and wherein the water-insoluble crosslinked cellulose ether can be successfully and efficiently used as a water-insoluble crosslinked cellulose either internal curing agent in concrete-forming compositions; and (b) a cementitious material; a process for making the above concrete-forming composition; and a concrete article made from the above concrete-forming composition with the objective of reducing autogenous shrinkage and crack formation in the resulting concrete article made from the above concrete-forming composition.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a composition. The composition includes (A) an ethylene-based polymer and (B) from 5 wt % to 15 wt % of a metal hydroxide component, based on the total weight of the composition. The metal hydroxide component includes a metal hydroxide having an aspect ratio greater than, or equal to, 10. The composition has a thermal conductivity greater than 0.52 W m?1 K?1 and a density less than, or equal to 1.02 g/cc. The present disclosure also provides a coated conductor including a non-metal conductor and a coating on the conductor, the coating containing the composition.

Abstract: A table assembly for a vehicle includes a first mounting bracket attachable on a first fixed vehicle component and a table body. The table body has a plurality of rigid segments joined together by a corresponding plurality of flexible joints. A first one of the flexible joints extends in a first direction and at least another of the flexible joints extends in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The table body is configured to be removably coupled with the first mounting bracket such that the first mounting bracket supports the table body in a generally horizontal position with the table body in a first configuration folded along the first flexible joint such that the at least another of the flexible joints is positioned to extend along one of the plurality of rigid segments.

Abstract: Electrified vehicles are coupled together by a towing device for in-flight energy transfer. A remote-controlled parking system collects images from vehicle-mounted cameras to produce a 360° overhead live streaming image that is displayed on a smartphone linked to a vehicle controller. A user interface (UI) on the smartphone accepts a first touch from the user on the streaming image showing the vehicles at a starting position in order to specify a maneuver endpoint. The controller calculates a sequence of steering actions to create a path to the endpoint. The UI displays the calculate path as an overlay on the live image. The UI generates an activation signal in response to a second touch input on the touchscreen, and forwards the activation signal to the vehicle controller during the second touch input to move the vehicles according to the actuator commands only while the user maintains the second touch input.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards hybrid foam formulations that include: an isocyanate-reactive composition, and a high-functionality crosslinker; an azo type radical initiator; and an isocyanate.

Abstract: A computer that includes a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions executable by the processor to determine a first feature map and a first confidence map from a ground view image with a first neural network. First feature points can be determined based on the first feature map and the confidence map. First three-dimensional (3D) feature locations of the first features can be determined based on the first features and the first confidence map. A second feature map and a second confidence map can be determined from an aerial-view image with a second neural network. Second 3D feature locations can be based on the first 3D features, the second feature map and the second confidence map. A three degree-of-freedom (DoF) pose of a ground view camera in global coordinates can be determined by iteratively determining geometric correspondence between the first and second 3D feature locations.

Abstract: A system includes a fuel cell stack (FCS) and a controller. The controller is configured to, in response to a stack current request corresponding to a stack current of the FCS which would cause a membrane hydration level of the FCS to be outside of a desired hydration range, adjust the stack current request to correspond to an adjusted stack current of the FCS which causes the membrane hydration level to be maintained within the desired hydration range.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure am directed to multilayer thermoset composites which comprise a first fabric reinforcement layer, a nonwoven fabric, and a second fabric reinforcement layer. The nonwoven fabric may be positioned between the first fabric reinforcement layer and the second fabric reinforcement layer. A thermoset resin may at least partially permeate the first fabric reinforcement layer, the nonwoven fabric, and the second fabric reinforcement layer. The thermoset resin may be an epoxy, unsaturated polyester, or polyurethane. The first and second fabric reinforcement layer may each comprise one or more of glass fiber, carbon fiber, polyaramid fiber, polyethylene fiber, or basalt fiber. The nonwoven fabric may be formed from bicomponent fibers having a sheath/core configuration. The sheath may be formed from ethylene-carboxylic acid copolymers, or ionomers of ethylene-carboxylic acid copolymers. Further embodiments include methods of making the multilayer thermoset composite.

Abstract: A climate management system for a compartment of a vehicle includes a divider selectively disposed in the compartment to divide the compartment into two zones in response to connection with a wall of the compartment. The system further includes a sensor monitoring the compartment and configured to detect the divider in the compartment. The system further includes at least one fluid connection in the compartment. The system further includes at least one actuator configured to control fluid flow through the at least one fluid connection. The system further includes control circuitry in communication with the sensor and the at least one actuator and is configured to communicate a signal to adjust the at least one actuator based on the detection of the divider.

Abstract: A computer that includes a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions executable by the processor to execute a multi-task learning (MTL) neural network that includes multi-task layers and single-task layers, and that is configured to receive an image as input to a first one of the multi-task layers and to output respective predictions for each of a plurality of tasks from respective ones of the single-task layers. Activation tensors can be output from the multi-task layers and can be provided as input to the single-task layers.

Abstract: An assembly for a vehicle includes an airbag inflator. The assembly includes a curtain airbag including a main lobe and an inflatable flap. The main lobe and the inflatable flap are each inflatable by the airbag inflator to an inflated position. The main lobe includes an inboard panel and an outboard panel. The inflatable flap is at the inboard panel in the inflated position. The inflatable flap, in the inflated position, is at the inboard panel and abutting the airbag inflator.

Abstract: In an example, a first computer includes a processor coupled to a memory, the memory including first instructions executable by the processor to transmit a message, responsive to receipt of an indicator from the first sensor of a first system, to an input of a digital model of the first system. The message can include data describing the indicator and data describing an operational and/or a physical environment of the first system. The first instructions can additionally include instructions to receive, responsive to the digital model executing programming of the first system, in which the second instructions are to modify an operation of the first system based on the described operational and/or physical environments.

Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory, and the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to receive a command for a host vehicle to perform a maneuver, detect a target vehicle, minimize a cost function, determine a host control input for the host vehicle based on the minimization of the cost function, and actuate the host vehicle to perform the maneuver according to the host control input. The cost function includes a host cost and a target cost. The host cost is a cost associated with a host kinematic state of the host vehicle, and the target cost is a cost associated with a target kinematic state of the target vehicle.

Abstract: An assembly includes an inflatable harness having a first loop of webbing, a second loop of webbing, and a panel connecting the first loop of webbing to the second loop of webbing. The assembly includes an inflatable tether extending from the first loop of webbing, the inflatable tether in fluid communication with the inflatable harness. The assembly includes a latch plate fixed to the inflatable tether, the latch plate defining a fluid passage in fluid communication with the inflatable tether to provide inflation medium to the inflatable harness.