Abstract: A method includes identifying a first user device associated with local status information indicating a need for medical attention and establishing a biological threat event for the first user device. The method further includes establishing event timeline information of the biological threat event to include time information of historical geographic location coordinate information of the first user device. The method further includes identifying a second user device potentially associated with the biological threat event based on time information of historical geographic location coordinate information of the second user device. The method further includes identifying a third user device potentially associated with the biological threat event based on the time information of the historical geographic location coordinate information of the second user device and time information of historical geographic location coordinate information of the third user device.

Abstract: A power supply control system (1) for use in a vehicle, the system including: a first power control arrangement (2) incorporating at least two inputs (3, 4) and at least two outputs (5, 6); and a second power control arrangement (7) incorporating at least two inputs (8, 9) and at least two outputs (10, 11), each power control arrangement (2, 7) being configured to operate in an active mode or an isolated mode. In the active mode, the inputs and outputs of the power control arrangement (2, 7) are connected electrically to one another. In the isolated mode, the inputs and outputs of the power control arrangement (2, 7) are electrically isolated from one another. A selector arrangement (37) is configured to select the operating mode of the power control arrangements (2, 7) so that, at any one time, only one power control arrangement (2, 7) operates in the active mode while the other power control arrangement (2, 7) operates in the isolated mode.

Abstract: A gun safety lock uses a turnbuckle mechanism and a locking mechanism to lock a breach end of the turnbuckle mechanism in the breach of a gun and lock a barrel end of the turnbuckle mechanism in a barrel of the gun. The gun safety lock is removed from the gun by unlocking the locking mechanism to allow the turnbuckle mechanism to be rotated so that its breach and barrel ends can be removed from the gun.

Abstract: A phantom for calibration and quality assurance of an MR tomograph that comprises a phantom body with measuring aids and an intermediate bottom in at least four planes. The first plane contains only measuring fluid. The second plane contains wedge-shaped elements. The third plane contains marks of known distance. The fourth plane contains comb-shaped elements. The measuring aids of the second plane are arranged on one side of the intermediate bottom and those of the fourth plane on the other side. The marks of the third plane are arranged in the intermediate bottom. This arrangement enables reliable calibration of the MR tomograph in a few steps with only this phantom.

Abstract: A seat belt pretensioner for a seat belt device in a vehicle, the pretensioner including a frame, a ball housing attached to the frame and a drive wheel located within the ball housing. A spool is connected to the drive wheel and is fixed to one end of a seat belt webbing so that the webbing may be wound around the spool. The pretensioner further includes a pipe connected to the ball housing and a gas generator connected to the pipe. At least one power transmission element is carried in the pipe and is driven by gas provided from the gas generator to contact the drive wheel and rotate the spool to retract the seat belt. A seal member is located between the at least one power transmission element and the gas generator. The seal member is sized to plug the pipe at an inlet to the ball housing.

Abstract: Protective eyewear lens assemblies include one or more metal-detectable components and a lens body. The lens body is formed from a polymeric material and the one or more metal-detectable component are permanently encapsulated on, along or within the lens body. Protective eyewear including such lens assemblies and methods of manufacture are also included.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosed technology provide anti-theft shelving units particularly designed to deter/detect sweeping theft. For example, an anti-theft shelving unit of the disclosed technology may comprise a combination of the following anti-sweeping theft design features: (1) flip-stopper(s) swingably-mounted to shelves of the anti-theft shelving unit; (2) flip-door(s) swingably-mounted to the anti-theft shelving unit; (3) processing circuitry that, in response to an anti-theft-related signal, locks the flip-stopper(s) and flip-door(s) in fixed positions that restrict access to items on the shelves; and (4) shelf-mounted sensors and processing circuitry that determine occurrence of sweeping theft in response to detecting removal of over a threshold number of items from a shelf in a pre-determined time interval.

Abstract: A knee airbag includes a cushion portion, which includes overlying panels interconnected along a perimeter connection to define an inflatable volume of the knee airbag. The panels are interconnected within the perimeter connection along one or more interior connections that define inflatable chambers within the inflatable volume. The knee airbag also includes a tether connected to an exterior surface of the cushion portion at spaced locations. The tether has a length that is shorter than the distance between the locations on the cushion portion to which the tether is connected. The tether is configured to become tensioned in response to inflation of the cushion portion and causing a bend to form in the cushion portion.

Abstract: A method for operating a brake system of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The brake system comprises a drive arrangement for applying and/or boosting a brake force, wherein the drive arrangement has an electric drive. The method comprises the step: short-circuiting the electric drive as soon as the electric drive has been disconnected from a supply source and/or a voltage drop and/or current drop has taken place. A computer program, control circuit and a control unit or system having multiple control units is also disclosed.

Abstract: A brake system for selectively actuating at least one of a pair of front wheel brakes and a pair of rear wheel brakes includes a reservoir and a master cylinder. A power transmission unit is configured for selectively providing pressurized hydraulic fluid. A pair of rear brake motors selectively electrically actuate rear parking brakes. An electronic control unit controls at least one of the power transmission unit and the pair of rear brake motors. A normally-closed DAP valve is located hydraulically between the power transmission unit and at least one of a two-position three-way valve and at least the selected one of the pairs of wheel brakes. An isolation valve and a dump valve are associated with each wheel brake.

Abstract: A hoist for transferred materials in an underground auxiliary transportation system and a method thereof. The hoist includes a hoist body, guiding plates mounted at two ends of the hoist body through bolts, twist locks mounted at four ends of the hoist body, a driving unit configured to drive twist locks to rotate, transmission assemblies configured to connect the twist locks with the driving unit, ejector pins configured to prevent the twist locks from rotating mistakenly, and a sensor configured to control the hoist to operate and provide protection safety.

Abstract: A side airbag that is to be inflated and deployed to a side of an occupant, includes: a first chamber that is positioned in an upper portion and is to be inflated to a side of a shoulder part of the occupant; and a second chamber that is on a lower side of the first chamber, and a thickness regulating member for reducing an inflation thickness is provided at an upper portion of a front portion of the second chamber.

Abstract: A hydraulic motor vehicle braking system includes a first functional unit, a second functional unit and a switching device. The first functional unit comprises at least one first valve arrangement designed to optionally connect or disconnect at least one first wheel brake associated with a first axle to or from an existing hydraulic pressure, and at least one second valve arrangement designed to optionally connect or disconnect at least one second wheel brake associated with a second axle to or from an existing hydraulic pressure. The second functional unit comprises at least one second electrical brake pressure generator, by means of which a brake pressure can be generated on at least the at least one second wheel brake, and a second control system which is designed to control the at least one second electrical brake pressure generator for a brake pressure regulation on at least the at least one second wheel brake in the event of a failure of the first functional unit.

Abstract: A storage container may include a hollow main body, a lid, and an attachment mechanism for removably attaching a shackle holder. The hollow main body has a plurality of sidewalls, a first end, and a second end, opposite the first end. The lid may be disposed on the first end of the main body and the attachment mechanism may be disposed on the second end of the hollow main body. The shackle holder may be configured to retain a shackle. The shackle holder is capable of being disposed on storage containers with main bodies that vary in size.

Abstract: Disclosed is a high anticoagulation extracorporeal circulation tube, which include the following preparation methods: S1, firstly, aminating the surface of the tube by extrusion molding; S2, activating heparin groups by a direct coupling method; S3, heparinizing PVC or PC tubes; S4, then, using albumin, functionalized PEG which can react with amino groups, and phosphate to further surface modify the inner wall of heparinized PVC or PC tube to block the sites not modified by heparinization, so as to shield the adsorption of platelets and protein in blood on the inner wall. The application can produce a novel high anticoagulation extracorporeal circulation tube with low price and high biocompatibility, which expands the application in clinic.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and tools for customizing shower panels to accommodate a variety of shapes and sizes of shower bases, where such methods and tools reduce installation steps. One exemplary method includes steps of using tools to trim a back shower panel, a first side shower panel, and a second side shower panel to conform to the contours of the top edges of a shower base. An exemplary assembly of tools used to perform described methods includes a plurality of contour gauge tools and a drain center groove. Each contour gauge tool includes a contoured edge, a slot formed through the contour gauge tool, and indicia formed on a surface of the contour gauge tool. The drain center tool includes a first groove, second groove intersecting the first groove and perpendicular to the first groove, and a tab extending upward of the top surface of the drain center tool.

Abstract: Disclosed is a high anticoagulation ECMO and extracorporeal circulation consumable, which include the following preparation methods: S1, aminating the surface of ECMO blood circulation device and extracorporeal circulation consumables; S2, activating heparin groups; S3, heparinizing the ECMO blood circulation device and extracorporeal circulation consumables; S4, modification of enhancer. The application can produce a novel high anticoagulation extracorporeal circulation tube with low price and high biocompatibility, which expands the application in clinic.

Abstract: A sanitary valve including a body including at least two body openings; a plug disposed within the body, rotatable around a vertical axis, moveable along the vertical axis within the body, and including a plug top surface, a lateral plug surface, and at least two plug openings; a stem including a first stem end attached to the top plug surface and a second stem end; and an actuator attached to the second stem end and operable to rotate the stem and the plug around the vertical axis and to move the stem and the plug along the vertical axis.

Abstract: Methods and systems for assigning and providing training based on assessing the behavior data of an operator and electronic training content. The methods and systems may utilize algorithms to process and evaluate the driver behavior data and electronic training content and to assign electronic training content to the operator. The methods and systems for assigning and providing training may be modified based on changing behavior data of the operator and the effectiveness of previously assigned electronic training content.

Abstract: A brake system with a wheel brake has a fluid reservoir and a valve assembly in fluid communication with the reservoir via a first conduit. The valve assembly is in fluid communication with the wheel brake via a second conduit. The valve assembly includes a bypass valve which only permits fluid flow from the first conduit to the second conduit when the fluid pressure within the first conduit is above a predetermined pressure level above atmospheric pressure. The valve assembly further includes a check valve in a parallel path arrangement relative to the bypass valve such that the check valve permits fluid flow from the second conduit to the first conduit, and prevents fluid flow from the first conduit to the second conduit. The brake system further includes a first source of pressurized fluid providing fluid pressure for actuating the wheel brake, wherein the first source of pressurized fluid is selectively in fluid communication with the second conduit.