Abstract: Methods, apparatus or equipment and systems for lining conduits, e.g., preferably subterranean pipelines and passageways, such as sewers, with a liner impregnated with a curable resin in order to secure the conduit against ingress or egress of liquids.

Abstract: The sensor rod assembly includes a rod and a plurality of sensor arrays disposed on the rod. Each sensor array includes a plurality of sensor units, where each sensor unit includes a plurality of sensor devices. The sensor rod assembly includes detection circuitry coupled to the plurality of sensor devices. The detection circuitry is disposed on the rod. The detection circuitry includes a plurality of detection circuits. A particular detection circuit receives an output of a particular sensor device. The sensor rod assembly includes a user interface and a controller. The controller includes one or more processors configured to receive one or more detection signals from the detection circuitry, and determine a position of a laser beam incident on the plurality of sensor arrays based on the received one or more detection signals from the detection circuitry.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating a computer chip floorplan. One of the methods includes obtaining netlist data for a computer chip; and generating a computer chip floorplan, comprising placing a respective node at each time step in a sequence comprising a plurality of time steps, the placing comprising, for each time step: generating an input representation for the time step; processing the input representation using a node placement neural network having a plurality of network parameters, wherein the node placement neural network is configured to process the input representation in accordance with current values of the network parameters to generate a score distribution over a plurality of positions on the surface of the computer chip; and assigning the node to be placed at the time step to a position from the plurality of positions using the score distribution.

Abstract: A securing apparatus configured to assist in securing objects to a pallet during packaging and shipping includes a main body having first and second wall portions spaced from one another to define a channel, and a hook extending from the main body via a neck portion. At least one of the first and second wall portions includes an anchor for engaging and being embedded in a pallet. A fastener may be received through an aperture of the main body to releasably attach the securing apparatus to a pallet, and the anchor may be at least partially embedded in the pallet. So configured, a filament may be looped about the hook to assist in securing objects to the pallet in a first securing configuration, and another filament may be received in the channel to assist in securing objects to the pallet in a second securing configuration.

Abstract: An electric machine includes a stator formed from a plurality of stacked laminations and defining a center bore and a rotor disposed within the center bore. The rotor is configured to output a rotational torque in response to an input current delivered to the stator. At least one of the stacked laminations of the stator includes a pattern of perforations disposed at a yoke portion of the stator to attenuate structure-bore transmission of vibration during operation of the electric machine.

Abstract: One example method includes creating a manifest that specifies one or more requirements concerning execution of an application that resides at an end device in an N-tier configuration, identifying a workload that is associated with the application and executable at one or more edge stations of the N-tier configuration, gathering and evaluating network telemetry, orchestrating the workload based on the network telemetry and the manifest, scheduling performance of the workload at the one or more edge stations, and performing the workload at the one or more edge stations in accordance with the scheduling.

Abstract: According to one configuration, a system includes user equipment in communication with a wireless base station. The user equipment receives resource allocation information facilitating communication of wireless communications in a network environment. The user equipment is operable to: produce a first configured grant communication to include: i) first information specifying attributes (such as a first selected identifier value) of the first configured grant communication, and ii) second information specifying attributes (such as a second selected identifier value) of a second (buffered) configured grant communication to be communicated from the user equipment to the wireless base station after communication of the first configured grant communication to the wireless base station. The user equipment communicates the first configured grant communication to the wireless base station and then follows up with communication of the second configured grant communication to the wireless base station.

Abstract: Methods and systems for an electric motor system are provided. In one example, a motor system is provided which comprises a first electric machine rotationally coupled to a second electric machine by a planetary gear set that has three components: a ring gear, a sun gear, and a carrier with a plurality of planet gears. In the system, the first electric machine varies in size from the second electric machine and one of the planetary assembly components is permanently grounded.

Abstract: Described herein are embodiments of a deep residual network dedicated to color filter array mosaic patterns. A mosaic stride convolution layer is introduced to match the mosaic pattern of a multispectral filter arrays (MSFA) or a color filter array raw image. Embodiments of a data augmentation using MSFA shifting and dynamic noise are applied to make the model robust to different noise levels. Embodiments of network optimization criteria may be created by using the noise standard deviation to normalize the L1 loss function. Comprehensive experiments demonstrate that embodiments of the disclosed deep residual network outperform the state-of-the-art denoising algorithms in MSFA field.

Abstract: A circuit for controlling a switching power supply includes a disable signal generator generating a disable signal in response to an input clock signal, a timer circuit generating a timeout signal in response to the disable signal, a comparison signal generator generating a comparison signal in response to an output signal of the power supply, a first threshold signal generator generating a first threshold signal in response to the comparison signal, the first threshold signal having a value greater than that of the comparison signal, and a first comparator comparing the first threshold signal and a sense signal to de-assert the modulation signal when the sense signal is equal to or greater than the first threshold signal and the timeout signal has a first logic value.

Abstract: One example method includes receiving an input that indicates selection of a cloud storage provider, receiving one or more product selection inputs, each of the product selection inputs indicating selection of a respective data protection product, receiving an input indicating an instance size, assembling the inputs together to define a data protection configuration, and automatically generating a script which, when executed by one or more hardware processors, deploys the data protection configuration in a cloud storage environment of the selected cloud storage provider.

Abstract: A control allocation system for a vehicle includes an electric power steering (EPS) system, one or more redundant actuation systems for controlling a plurality of wheels of the vehicle, and one or more controllers in electronic communication with the EPS system and the one or more redundant actuation systems. The one or more controllers execute instructions to determine tracking errors and vehicle dynamics states based on a plurality of local path planning references and receive a fault signal indicating the EPS system is non-functional. In response to receiving the fault signal, the one or more controllers determine a plurality of corrective constraints in real-time. The one or more controllers solve a real-time constrained optimization problem for each sampling interval of the control allocation system to determine a plurality of control actions based on the plurality of corrective constraints and the tracking errors.

Abstract: A wireline conveyed, gas driven setting tool configured to set downhole tools including, without limitation, frac plugs, bridge plugs, cement retainers and packers. The setting tool is functioned by selectively igniting a power charge inside of a firing head. As the power charge burns, it generates gas that acts upon a piston area to stroke the setting tool. A dampening media, as well an optimized flow area at or near the distal end of the setting tool, act to slow the setting stroke.

Abstract: A piston cooling jet is provided that may include a housing having an interior chamber that receives a fluid from an external source, and a conduit coupled with the housing and fluidly coupled with the interior chamber, the conduit having a bent shape to direct the fluid from the interior chamber of the housing toward an underside of an engine piston head. The piston cooling jet may also include a flow straightening nozzle coupled with the conduit and positioned to straighten flow of the fluid exiting from the conduit via the nozzle toward the underside of the engine piston head, the flow straightening nozzle having internal intersecting walls that intersect along a direction of the flow of the fluid in the conduit and out of the flow straightening nozzle.

Abstract: In one implementation, a circuit can include a reference pin and an operational amplifier that can include an output pin, an inverting input pin and a non-inverting input pin. The inverting input pin can be electrically coupled to the output pin via a first impedance and to the reference pin via a second impedance. The non-inverting input pin can be electrically coupled to the reference pin via a third impedance and can be configured to receive a detection signal. The reference pin can be configured to receive a detection reference signal associated with the detection signal.

Abstract: A method includes, based on comparing a velocity, lane selection and path selection of a target vehicle with respect to a host vehicle, determining a following risk assessment for the target vehicle relative to the host vehicle, determining the target vehicle is following the host vehicle based on the following risk assessment being above a threshold, and then transmitting data identifying the target vehicle to a remote computer and actuating vehicle components to operate the host vehicle to a location specified by the remote computer.

Abstract: An accelerated drain system for a walk-in bathtub with a water outlet in a side wall communicates water to a diverter valve biased to circulate the water in the bathtub and movable selectively to communicate water through a reverse check valve to a drain, the reverse check valve biased closed to prevent water flow and movable selectively to allow water flow to the drain, with a controller configured for moving the diverter valve selectively from the second position to the closed position for subsequent use of the walk-in bathtub. A method of rapid draining of a walk-in bathtub is disclosed.

Abstract: An adjustable stroke mechanism has a housing with a central axis and a wall enclosing a cavity. At least one counterweight is movably disposed within the cavity. A mounting assembly is disposed within the cavity. The mounting assembly has a workpiece attachment mechanism. A stroke adjustor couples the at least one counterweight with the mounting assembly. The stroke adjustor enables the counterweight and mounting assembly to move with respect to one another such that a distance between the counterweight and the mounting assembly is variably adjusted which, in turn, variably adjusts a stroke radius of the workpiece attachment mechanism with respect to the central axis of the housing.

Abstract: Embodiments of a system and method for generating integrated circuit layouts are described herein. A computer implemented method for generating integrated circuit layouts includes receiving a first layout for an integrated circuit, segmenting the first layout into a plurality of different patches, each patch of the plurality of patches describing a discrete portion of the first layout, identifying a non-compliant patch of the plurality of patches, the non-compliant patch violating a design rule governing the manufacture of the integrated circuit, generating a transformation of the non-compliant patch using a machine learning model, and generating a second layout using the transformation and the first layout, where the second layout is compliant with the design rule.

Abstract: A base for a chair is described. The example base for the chair includes a central support coupled to a seat pan of the chair, a first pair of legs extending radially from the central support, and a second pair of legs extending radially from the central support. The first pair of legs extend in a direction opposite the second pair of legs. A first angle between the first pair of legs is larger than a second angle between the second pair of legs.