Abstract: An ultrasonic joining horn disclosed herein can generate ultrasonic vibration in a predetermined vibration direction and includes a base portion, a stand portion that rises from an upper surface of the base portion, and a pressure contact portion formed of a plurality of protrusions that protrude from an upper surface of the stand portion. Each of the protrusions is formed into a pyramid shape or a truncated pyramid shape, the protrusions are arrayed, and when viewed from top, at least a portion of a peripheral edge of a portion in which the protrusions are arrayed has a zigzag shape. The zigzag portion is formed along at least one of the vibration direction and a perpendicular direction to the vibration direction. The upper surface of the base portion has an exposed surface on which the stand portion is not formed.

Abstract: A nested closed shapes detection method includes detecting contours of an object in an image and obtaining pixel coordinates and hierarchy information of the contours; grouping, based on the hierarchy information, the contours into groups of sibling contours; for each of the groups, mending adjacent ones of the sibling contours separated by a gap equal to or less than a predetermined number of pixels; fitting a closed shape to each of the mended sibling contours and extending each of the mended sibling contours to mirror the closed shape; and building a hierarchy of nested closed shapes.

Abstract: An aftertreatment system includes: a first exhaust gas path comprising a heater; a second exhaust gas path comprising a first decomposition chamber configured to receive reductant and a first selective catalytic reduction catalyst downstream of the first decomposition chamber; a combined exhaust gas path downstream of the first exhaust gas path and the second exhaust gas path, the combined exhaust gas path configured to receive exhaust gas from both the first exhaust gas path and the second exhaust gas path; a selector valve configured to divert the exhaust gas between the first exhaust gas path and the second exhaust gas path based on a temperature of the exhaust gas; and a controller programmed to control the selector valve.

Abstract: An electrode according to an embodiment includes a support and a catalyst layer including a sheet layer and a gap layer stacked alternately. Cracks or/and holes exist in the catalyst layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound capable of lowering the flammability of a non-aqueous electrolyte when included in the non-aqueous electrolyte and improving the life properties of a battery by forming an electrode-electrolyte interface which is stable at high temperatures and low in resistance, and relates to a compound represented by Formula I descried herein, a non-aqueous electrolyte solution and a lithium secondary battery both including the compound, n, m, Ak, and X are described herein.

Abstract: A water electrolysis device includes: an anode; a cathode; an electrolyte membrane between the anode and the cathode; a first circulation flow path connecting a anode supply flow path and a anode discharge flow path; a second circulation flow path connected in parallel with the first circulation flow path; an ion filter in a middle of the second circulation flow path and to remove metal ions in the anode solution; a metal supply source to supply metal ions into the anode solution; a first valve in a middle of the first circulation flow path; a second valve in a middle of the second circulation flow path; a third valve in a middle of the metal supply flow path; a sensor to measure concentration of metal ions in the anode solution; and a controller to control opening and closing of each valve, according to the measured concentration of the metal ions.

Abstract: A detection device adapted to verify or determine a welding quality includes a housing, a moving assembly, a mounting bracket, and a rotating assembly. The moving assembly is movably installed on the housing and is adapted to be moved up and down in a vertical direction. The mounting bracket is fixed to the housing. The rotating assembly includes a rotating member rotatably connected to the mounting bracket and movably connected to the moving assembly, and a contact probe fixed to the rotating member. The contact probe is adapted to make sliding contact with a second component welded on a first component and to push the moving assembly to move in the vertical direction through the rotating member.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composite resin composition for a geocell or a coral cell. A composite resin composition according to one implementation of the present disclosure has high density and excellent mechanical properties such as tensile strength and elongation, and thus a composite resin molded product obtained therefrom can be effectively used in the manufacturing of a geocell or a coral cell.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device, a shutter, a lock member and an attachment member. The fixing device is supported by an apparatus main body. The shutter is movable to a close position and to an open position. The lock member is movable to a holding position holding the shutter to the close position and an allowable position allowing the shutter to move from the close position to the open position. The lock member is moved to the holding position to hold the shutter to the close position in a state where the attachment member is detached from the apparatus main body. In the middle of attaching the attachment member to the apparatus main body, the attachment member moves the lock member from the holding position to the allowable position and then moves the shutter from the close position to the open position.

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, a non-aqueous electrolyte solution includes a lithium salt, an organic solvent, and a phosphoric acid-based additive represented by Formula 1 below, which improves the high temperature stability in a lithium secondary battery: wherein R is described herein.

Abstract: A method, a non-transitory computer readable medium, and a multifunction peripheral that includes a method for accessing the multifunction peripheral. The method includes receiving, by a processor, a Fast Identity Online-based (FIDO-based) authentication from a client device via a wireless communication, the FIDO-based authentication configured to provide a user of the client device access to the multifunction peripheral; determining, by the processor, a validity of the FIDO-based authentication from the client device of the user; and granting, by the processor, the user access to the multifunction peripheral when the validity of the FIDO-based authentication from the client device of the user has been validated.

Abstract: A support according to an embodiment includes fibers. A first arithmetic mean roughness of the fibers observed from in-plane direction of the support is 7 [?m] or more and 40 [?m] or less. A first sampling length of the first arithmetic mean roughness is one fifth of an average diameter of the fibers observed from the in-plane direction of the support.

Abstract: A miniaturized pump assembly for inflow and outflow of fluid gas and smoke during arthroscopic and laparoscopic surgery.

Abstract: A positive electrode material comprising: a first positive electrode active material in the form of single particles; and a second positive electrode active material in the form of single particles which has a lager particle diameter than that of the first positive electrode active material, wherein at least one of the first or second positive electrode active materials has a coating layer comprising boron (B) and cobalt (Co) provided on at least a portion of a surface of the single particle, and a positive electrode and a secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: Regarding a herein disclosed battery 100, a wound electrode assembly 20 includes a first bent area 20r1 arranged at one end part side, and a second bent area 20r2 arranged at the other end part side. In a case where, regarding a cross section view of the wound electrode assembly 20 cut in a direction orthogonal to a wound axis WL, a straight line extending in a direction perpendicular to a thickness direction reaching from one flat surface 20f1 to the other flat surface 20f2 through the wound axis WL is treated as a straight line A, the first bent area 20r1 includes a first area 20r1a positioned at one side more than the straight line A in the wound electrode assembly 20, a winding-end end part 22e of the positive electrode and a winding-end end part 24e of the negative electrode are positioned on the first area 20r1a, and a winding-end end part 70Ae of the first separator positioned on the outermost surface of the wound electrode assembly 20 is positioned on the second bent area 20r2.

Abstract: The present invention describes an aerial survey camera system. The system includes two or more cameras mounted on a bracket and one or mirrors that are rotated simultaneously perpendicular to the aircraft's movement by a motor. Mirrors may be driven and/or synchronized on separate shafts using a low recoil band. The motor positions the cameras in the planned angles and stops their rotation, while the controller commands the cameras to capture the images. Optionally the aircraft crosses an area of interest in parallel lines of flight at opposite directions, for example to facility covering all viewing angles with a small number of cameras. The invention further discloses methods for efficient flight management utilizing the disclosed system.

Abstract: A marine air conditioning unit, according to various embodiments, can include a base plate having one or more mounting holes. A main unit is supported on the base plate comprising an evaporator, a compressor, a compressor driver, a condenser, an electronic expansion valve, a blower, an electrical pressure sensor and a condensation pan operatively coupled together. The compressor can be a variable speed inverter brushless direct current (BLDC) compressor. The electronic expansion valve can be located in a refrigerant line connecting the condenser to the evaporator. A controller can constantly receive and, using an algorithm, analyze sensor information from multiple sensors positioned within the main unit. Based on the sensor information, the controller can transmit a control signal to various components and further adjust the electronic expansion valve to control the precise amount of refrigerant to pass to the evaporator.

Abstract: Discussed is a battery pack, the temperature of which is maintained within a certain range by a heating component or a heat dissipating component attached thereto. The battery pack includes an upper end cover provided above cylindrical cells to protect an inside of the battery pack, a first metal panel positioned below the upper end cover and jointed to the upper portion of the cylindrical cells, a second metal panel jointed to a lower portion of the cylindrical cells, a holder configured to surround and fix an outer side surface of the entire cylindrical cells and the lower portion of the second metal panel, and a lower end cover positioned below the second metal panel and the holder to form a lower end portion of the battery pack.

Abstract: A closed-loop control device includes: the closed-loop control device which is configured for: detecting a generator frequency (fG) of the generator as a controlled variable; determining a control deviation (ef) as a difference between the generator frequency (fG) which is detected and a target generator frequency (fsoll); determining a target torque (Msoll) as a manipulated variable for controlling an internal combustion engine as a function of the control deviation (ef); using a control rule for determining the target torque (Msoll); and adapting the control rule—which is used to determine the target torque (Msoll)—as a function of at least one adaptation variable, the at least one adaptation variable being selected from a group consisting of the generator frequency (fG) which is detected, a target torque variable, and a generator power.

Abstract: A circuit board assembly includes a circuit board and an electrical connector having a connector housing holding contacts in a contact array. The connector housing has a mating end configured to be mated with a mating electrical connector in a mating direction. The electrical connector has cables terminated to the contacts and extending from a cable end. A connector mount is used to locate the electrical connector relative to the circuit board. A bracket is coupled to the mounting surface of the circuit board. A biasing member is coupled to the bracket and the mounting feature and is compressible along a compression axis parallel to the mating direction to allow the electrical connector to float in the mating direction relative to the circuit board.