Abstract: An I/O connector assembly configured for making a cabled connection to an interior portion of a printed circuit board for signals passing through the connector. The assembly may include a receptacle connector, a cage and cables, terminated to conductive elements of the terminal subassemblies, extending through the cage to the midboard. The terminal subassemblies may have first type conductive elements configured for mounting to the printed circuit board and second type conductive elements configured for terminating cables. Features may be included for precise positioning of the receptacle connector formed with the terminal subassemblies relative to the cage such that connector to connector variation in the positioning of the contact portions of the conductive elements in the terminal subassembly is provided. A mating plug may be designed with low wipe, which improves high frequency performance of the mated connector system.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include ball valves with an asymmetric seal and seat, to minimize seal wear. In embodiments, a seal is disposed upon a ball with a first and second section, where the first section of the seal is disposed at a different angle from the second section. A seat has a first and second section at different angles that correspond to angles of the first and second section of the seal, respectively, such that the seal fully contacts the seat when the ball is in a closed position. When the ball is rotated to an open position, the different angles of the first and second sections allow the second section of the seal to clear the first section of the seat without contact.

Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to a vertically stacked lidar assembly of an autonomous vehicle. The vertically stacked lidar assembly includes a first lidar sensor system configured to spin about an axis and a second lidar sensor system configured to spin about the axis. The first lidar sensor system is vertically stacked above the second lidar sensor system in the vertically stacked lidar assembly. Moreover, the first lidar sensor system and the second lidar sensor system are coaxially aligned. Redundancy is provided by the vertically stacked lidar assembly including the first lidar sensor system and the second lidar sensor system.

Abstract: A plumbing system for generating electrical power, including a hydroelectric generator assembly configured to generate power, a power source arranged in parallel with the hydroelectric generator assembly, and an interconnecting power harness in communication with the hydroelectric generator assembly and the power source. The plumbing system additionally includes a plumbing fixture in communication with the interconnecting power harness. The plumbing fixture includes a valve and a sensor configured to detect the presence of a user. The hydroelectric generator assembly is configured to provide power to the valve.

Abstract: A shipping management system includes one or more computer systems coupled to a network and a data storage device. The shipping management system uses one or more ingest modules to collect shipping information from the computer systems of multiple carriers. The shipping management system uses one or more normalization modules to normalize carrier specific data. The shipping management system uses one or more prediction modules to analyze the normalized shipping information using a set of prediction rules. The shipping management system identifies carrier exceptions and generates predicted exceptions based on the normalized shipping information. The shipping management system can selectively generate notifications, take actions, and/or resolve identified and generated exceptions.

Abstract: A computing system can have a data storage device connected to a host as part of a distributed computing system with an initial reputation score assigned to the data storage device with a decentralize module. The data storage device is positioned in a hierarchical device organization based on the reputation score with the hierarchical device organization maintained by the decentralize module. A decentralized secret sharing scheme generated by the decentralize module can authenticate the host with multiple different secrets sourced from different components logically positioned in different levels of the hierarchical device organization.

Abstract: A method for authenticating payload delivery devices. The payload delivery devices can include autonomous robotic delivery vehicles or other devices. The disclosed method causes delivery devices to authenticate each other during the delivery cycle via the cloud by determining, via a processor, payload delivery mission metadata that can include a mission identification (ID), payload information, and a mission type associated with payload delivery. The method further includes generating, based on the payload delivery mission metadata, a multi-modal authentication message that, when received by a first delivery device, configures the first delivery device to authenticate a second delivery device using a token generated onboard the delivery device or received from the cloud server, receive and authenticate delivery payload associated with the payload delivery mission, and complete a delivery operation through cloud server-coordinated or independent device authentication.

Abstract: A system for notifying an occupant of a vehicle of unauthorized interaction with his or her possessions includes one or more cameras that collect image data of a surrounding environment of the occupant. The surrounding environment of the occupant is an interior cabin of the vehicle. The system also includes one or more controllers in electronic communication with the one or more cameras, the one or more controllers execute instructions to monitor, by the one or more cameras, the image data of the surrounding environment of the occupant. In response to detecting the unauthorized interaction with the one or more possessions associated with the occupant, the one or more controllers generate a notification informing the occupant of the unauthorized interaction.

Abstract: There is disclosed the integration of a Schottky diode with a MOSFET, more in detail there is a free-wheeling Schottky diode and a power MOSFET on top of a buried grid material structure. Advantages of the specific design allow the whole surface area to be used for MOSFET and Schottky diode structures, the shared drift layer is not limited by Schottky diode or MOSFET design rules and therefore, one can decrease the thickness and increase the doping concentration of the drift layer closer to a punch through design compared to the state of the art. This results in higher conductivity and lower on-resistance of the device with no influence on the voltage blocking performance. The integrated device can operate at higher frequency. The risk for bipolar degradation is avoided.

Abstract: The disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods for assigning alternative energy vehicles to travel routes based on vehicle wear-and-tear ratings. Wear-and-tear ratings may be influenced by factors such as, for example, road grade, travel speed, electric motor use, and battery use, on various travel routes. An example method for determining a wear-and-tear rating of an alternative energy vehicle may involve determining an amount of stress imposed upon an electric motor of an alternative energy vehicle due to a grade of a road on a travel route, and an amount of energy consumed from a battery of the alternative energy vehicle due to a speed of travel on the travel route. The wear-and-tear rating of the alternative energy vehicle may then be determined based on the amount of stress imposed upon the electric motor and/or the amount of energy consumed from the battery on the travel route.

Abstract: A method of treating or cleaning a wound bed is disclosed. The method includes obtaining a wound-care device. The wound-care device includes a handle and a head monolithically formed with a first end of the handle and extending away from the first end of the handle. The head includes a base and a plurality of projections monolithically formed with the base and extending away from the base. During use of the wound-care device, a user may manually disturb a wound bed of a patient by placing one or more projections of the plurality of projections in contact with the wound bed and manually moving, while the one or more projections are in contact with the wound bed, the wound-care device with respect to the wound bed.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a turbocharger. In one example, a method includes adjusting one or more of a wastegate position and a position of vanes with operation of a turbocharger to reach a desired turbocharger speed via a controller. The method further includes adjusting engine operating parameters to reach the desired turbocharger speed.

Abstract: A flossing apparatus includes a handle assembly and a filament. The handle assembly includes first and second composite cores and first and second arms. The first composite core has at least one paper layer and at least one biodegradable plastic layer, and the second composite core has at least one paper layer and at least one biodegradable plastic layer. The filament is mounted to the first and second arms and captured between the first composite core and the second composite core.

Abstract: A bonnet and stuffing box assembly includes a bonnet defining a bonnet bore; a stuffing box connected to the bonnet, the stuffing box defining a stuffing box bore, the stuffing box bore and bonnet bore defining an assembly bore; a bushing assembly received in the assembly bore and comprising a stuffing box bushing and a bonnet bushing, the stuffing box bushing defining a narrow portion disposed in the stuffing box bore and a wide portion at least partially disposed in the bonnet bore, the bonnet bushing disposed in the bonnet bore and confronting the wide portion of the stuffing box bushing, the bushing assembly defining a bushing bore extending through the stuffing box bushing and the bonnet bushing; and a stem extending through the bushing bore.

Abstract: A wireless load control system for controlling one or more electrical loads comprises a wireless control device (e.g., a gateway device) able to obtain a present time from a server via a network (e.g., the Internet), control the electrical loads according to a timeclock schedule, and disable the timeclock schedule if the present time is not able to be obtained from the server via the network. The wireless control device may also be able to obtain the present time from a digital message received from an external device (e.g., a smart phone or a tablet device) via the network. The wireless control device may be configured to receive a control signal indicating a power outage (e.g., from a battery backup device), and to operate in a low-power mode in response to receiving the control signal indicating the power outage.

Abstract: Techniques described herein relate to a method for resource allocation using fingerprint representations of telemetry data. The method may include receiving, at a resource allocation device, a request to execute a workload; obtaining, by the resource allocation device, telemetry data associated with the workload; identifying, by the resource allocation device, a breakpoint based on the telemetry data; identifying, by the resource allocation device, a workload segment using the breakpoint; generating, by the resource allocation device, a fingerprint representation using the workload segment; performing, by the resource allocation device, a search in a fingerprint catalog using the fingerprint representation to identify a similar fingerprint; obtaining, by the resource allocation device, a resource allocation policy associated with the similar fingerprint; and performing, by the resource allocation device, a resource policy application action based on the resource allocation policy.