Abstract: The present application may provide an electrode capable of improving impregnability of an electrolyte, thereby improving performance in a range without impairing safety of a battery, capable of improving performance, such as a longer battery life, by adjusting a width and a depth of an intaglio shape, and capable of increasing a surface area to an intaglio shape having an appropriate width to improve impregnability of an electrolyte, and decreasing the thickness of the electrode to reduce the resistance of the electrode, and a method for manufacturing the same.

Abstract: Provided is a pouch type battery cell, in which an electrode assembly may be accommodated between a first case and a second case. The pouch type battery cell may include: a cup part provided in at least one of the first case or the second case and configured to accommodate the electrode assembly; a folding part in which an edge portion of the first case surrounds an edge portion of the second case so that a discharge passage is provided between the edge portion of the first case and the edge portion of the second case; a sealing part such that when an internal pressure of the cup part increases, the cup part and the discharge passage communicate with each other.

Abstract: An image forming system 100 includes a terminal 10, an image forming apparatus 20, and a network repeater 30. The image forming apparatus 20 includes a writer 24 that writes identification information of the network repeater 30 to a wireless communication tag 22. The terminal 10 includes a display device 12 that presents the identification information read from the wireless communication tag 22, a terminal's communication device 16 that is allowed to connect to and communicate with the image forming apparatus 20, and a transmitter 14 that transmits, to the image forming apparatus 20, the identification information selected by a user and an encryption key entered by the user. The image forming apparatus 20 configures a connection with the network repeater 30 based on the identification information and the encryption key transmitted from the terminal 10.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses are described herein for determining a drug shortage in an electronic environment. The present invention is configured to identify at least one drug identifier; identify at least one route type for the at least one drug resource identifier; determine at least one feature type associated with the at least one drug identifier, wherein each feature type comprises at least one attribute; generate a shortage score for the drug identifier; apply a post-score change to the shortage score, wherein the post-score change is based on at least one supplemental feature; and generate a drug shortage score based on the post-score change applied to the shortage score.

Abstract: A wire terminating system and method which allows for determining the quality of a wire termination. The method includes: terminating the terminal to the wire; monitoring the thermal data of the termination of the terminal to the wire with one or more thermal sensors; and comparing the monitored thermal data to stored thermal data to determine if the termination of the terminal to the wire is defective. The system includes a wire termination apparatus with a thermal sensor is positioned proximate a wire termination zone to acquire thermal data of the termination of the terminal to the wire. The thermal sensor monitors the thermal data of the termination of the terminal to the wire to determine if the termination of the terminal to the wire is defective.

Abstract: A battery pack manufacturing method includes (a) stacking battery cells to form a cell stack, (b) coupling the cell stack and a U-frame to each other, (c) measuring the volume of the space between a flat plate coupled to the U-frame and the cell stack, and (d) applying a polymer resin corresponding in amount to the volume measured in step (c).

Abstract: A device including a first layer, a MEMS component and/or an ASIC component on the first layer, and a second layer having a cavity receiving the MEMS component and/or the ASIC component. The second layer has a feedthrough for transmission of at least one of an electrical signal, an electromagnetic signal, a fluid, and a force.

Abstract: A lead-free solder alloy comprising: from 1 to 9 wt. % copper, at least one of: from greater than 0 to 1 wt. % nickel, from greater than 0 to 10 wt. % germanium, from greater than 0 to 10 wt. % manganese, from greater than 0 to 10 wt. % aluminium, from greater than 0 to 10 wt. % silicon, from greater than 0 to 9 wt. % bismuth, from greater than 0 to 5 wt. % indium, from greater than 0 to 1 wt. % titanium, from greater than 0 to 2 wt. % lanthanum, from greater than 0 to 2 wt. % neodymium, optionally one or more of: up to 1 wt. % for: chromium, gallium, cobalt, iron, phosphorous, gold, tellurium, selenium, calcium, vanadium, molybdenum, platinum, magnesium; up to 5 wt. % silver, up to 1 wt. % zinc, up to 2 wt. % rare earth metals, excluding lanthanum and neodymium, and the balance tin together with any unavoidable impurities.

Abstract: A non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, and particularly, to a non-aqueous electrolyte solution includes a lithium salt, an organic solvent, a first additive, and a second additive, wherein the first additive is a compound represented by Formula 1 and the second additive is a compound represented by Formula 2.

Abstract: A residential gateway to facilitate network access to a network, comprises at least one processor and at least one memory. The at least one memory stores instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the residential gateway to: communicate packet data for IP services being provided to an end user device and the network, the end user device having been assigned an IP address based on a first IP prefix assigned to the residential gateway; receive a second IP prefix assigned to the residential gateway; and notify the end user device that the IP address assigned to the end user device is no longer valid based on receipt of the second IP prefix.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a housing frame, an image forming unit, a registration unit, and an exposure unit. The housing frame forms a skeleton of a housing. The image forming unit has a photoconductor drum. The registration unit performs skew correction of a sheet. The exposure unit exposes the photoconductor drum. In the image forming apparatus, the registration unit and the exposure unit are adjacent within the housing frame. The registration unit is attached to the housing frame via a pair of flat plates. The registration unit is supported by a plurality of elastic pieces bent up from the pair of flat plates.

Abstract: An oven appliance may include a cabinet, a plurality of chamber walls, a cooking plate, a debris trap, and a bottom heating element. The plurality of chamber walls may be mounted within the cabinet. The plurality of chamber walls may define an oven chamber. The plurality of chamber walls may include a back wall, a top wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, and a bottom wall. The cooking plate may define a cooking surface in the oven chamber between the bottom wall and the top wall. The debris trap may be disposed against the cooking plate. The debris trap may define a recessed trough horizontally spaced apart from the cooking surface and disposed therebelow. The bottom heating element may be mounted above the bottom wall to heat the cooking surface within the oven chamber.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a slot die coating apparatus for coating an electrode active material slurry onto an electrode collector, the slot die coating apparatus including: a coating roller; at least two or more dies; a discharge opening through which the electrode active material slurry is discharged in an opposite direction on which gravity acts; and an air vent installed in the die.

Abstract: Washing machine appliances and methods of operating the same are provided. Such methods may include, and/or appliances may be configured for, receiving a command to commence an operating cycle of the washing machine appliance and filling the wash tub with wash liquid from a fluid circulation system configured for providing fluid to the wash tub via an inlet of the fluid circulation system in response to the command. Methods may further include and/or appliances may be configured for, obtaining one or more images of the inlet of the fluid circulation system during the fill step using a camera mounted within the cabinet. The camera is positioned and oriented with the inlet within a field of vision of the camera. Based on the one or more images, a determination is made whether a water pressure provided to the fluid circulation system is above a predetermined minimum water pressure.

Abstract: A cable includes a pair of insulated core wires extending parallel to each other, each of the insulated core wires having a central conductor and a core insulation layer wrapped around the central conductor, an inner insulation layer wrapped around the core insulation layers, a metal shielding layer wrapped around the inner insulation layer, an outer insulation layer wrapped around the metal shielding layer, and a single drain wire disposed between the metal shielding layer and the outer insulation layer. The core insulation layers of the pair of insulated core wires abut against each other at a pair of first sides of the core insulation layers facing toward each other. The single drain wire is located at a second side of the core insulation layer of one of the pair of insulated core wires facing away from the other of the pair of insulated core wires in a radial direction.

Abstract: This application is directed to dynamic management of memory read request in a memory system of an electronic device. The electronic device identifies a queue of memory access requests to access the memory system. The queue of memory access requests including at least one host read request and a current system read request. The electronic device monitors a workload condition of the memory system based on the queue of memory access requests, and generates at least a first system read request and a second system read request from the current system read request based on the workload condition of the memory system. The queue of memory access requests is updated by inserting the at least one host read request after the first system read request and before the second system read request.

Abstract: Compositions and methods for improving gastrointestinal function and reducing the presence of gas bubbles in a gastrointestinal tract. A composition includes an effective amount of ginger root extract for reducing gas bubbles in a gastrointestinal tract and further includes propylene glycol and sodium chloride.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrode for an all solid-state battery and a method for manufacturing the same. The electrode comprises an electrode active material layer, wherein the gaps between the electrode active material particles forming the electrode active material layer are filled with a mixture of a polymeric solid electrolyte and a conductive material. The method for manufacturing the electrode comprises a solvent annealing process, and the contact between the electrode active material particles and the conductive material is improved through the solvent annealing process, thereby improving ion conductivity of the electrode and capacity realization in the battery.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging element according to the present disclosure includes one or more photoelectric conversion layers, a penetrating electrode, and a connection pad. The one or more photoelectric conversion layers are provided on one principal surface side serving as a light incidence plane of a semiconductor substrate. The penetrating electrode is provided in a pixel area, connected at one end to the photoelectric conversion layer to penetrate through front and back surfaces of the semiconductor substrate, and transfers an electric charge photoelectrically converted by the photoelectric conversion layer, to a different principal surface side of the semiconductor substrate. The connection pad is provided on a same layer as gates (Ga, Gr, G1, and g2) of transistors (AMP, RST, TG1, and TG2) provided on the different principal surface side of the semiconductor substrate, and to which a different end of the penetrating electrode is connected.