Abstract: A method is for recycling a roll of artificial turf. The method includes the steps of processing the roll of artificial turf to yield a mixture of a quantity of infill and a quantity of synthetic fibers, the quantity of infill having rubber, sand, and debris, passing the mixture through one or more screens to extract a percentage of the quantity of synthetic fibers from the mixture and yield a first remaining mixture, and substantially separating the first remaining mixture into pieces of rubber of a first volume, pieces of rubber of a second volume greater than the first volume, sand, debris, and the remaining percentage of the quantity of synthetic fibers.

Abstract: Described herein is a fluid circuit device. The device incorporates at least one pressure balancing valve located between at least two fluid volumes that can be in a pressure differential arrangement wherein the at least one pressure balancing valve acts to address a pressure differential by opening a fluid volume or volumes to a third pressure equalising volume. In use, the fluid circuit device may in one embodiment be used in an energy absorbtion apparatus.

Abstract: A battery cell storage case according to the present invention may comprise: a case in which battery cells are stored; and a discharge unit which is electrically connected to the case, is disposed outside the case, and discharges the battery cells, wherein the case comprises: an upper case which has a hollow structure and is open on one side thereof; and a lower case which has a hollow structure and is open on the side facing the open portion of the upper case.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for sounding reference signal (SRS) switching are provided. In certain embodiments, transmit path resources of user equipment (UE) are used to reduce or eliminate the impairment of SRS upon transport capacity. Furthermore, the transmit path resources can be used for other purposes, and thus SRS switching time can be reduced by re-using transmit path resources that may be included for other purposes. The teachings herein can be used to achieve SRS switching of 0 ?s, thereby eliminating the impact of switching timing constraints for SRS symbols on transport capacity.

Abstract: An appliance or light assembly may include a bulb bracket within which a light bulb is receivable and a wall panel. The bulb bracket may include a cylindrical base defining a base radius and a plurality of resilient tabs. The plurality of resilient tabs may be selectively deflectable inward. The wall panel may define an assembly aperture. The assembly aperture may include a plurality of arc segments and a plurality of expanded notches. The plurality of arc segments may be spaced apart from an aperture axis. The plurality of expanded notches may be circumferentially spaced apart by the plurality of arc segments. The plurality of expanded notches may extend outward from the plurality of arc segments. Each expanded notch may define an angular distance. Each expanded notch may include a curved segment and a blunt segment.

Abstract: A method of operating multiple home appliances within a smart home set up, including monitoring physical interactions with at least one appliance and measuring an amount of time since the interaction. The smart home network can activate a vacation mode including altering one or more operating modes of the appliance or alert a user via a mobile device to initiate a vacation mode.

Abstract: A developing device is detachably supported by an image forming apparatus. The developing device includes a housing that can store developer inside the housing, at least one rotating member rotatably provided for the housing, a first support shaft composed of a conductive member and disposed at an axial end of the rotating member, and a support member including a first bearing portion that supports the first support shaft and constituting a side face of the housing in an axial direction of the rotating member. The first bearing portion includes a first guide portion. The first guide portion protrudes outward from an outer surface of the support member and configured to be guided to an installation position of the developing device during installation of the developing device in the image forming apparatus.

Abstract: A transmitter transmits ultrasonic wave of a predetermined volume. A reflected ultrasonic wave receiver receives reflected ultrasonic wave, transmitted from the transmitter and reflected by a sheet. A permeated ultrasonic wave receiver receives permeated ultrasonic wave, transmitted by the transmitter and permeated through the sheet. A volume detector detects reflected volume of the reflected ultrasonic wave, and permeated volume of the permeated ultrasonic wave. The decider identifies a thickness of the sheet being transported by a transport device, and decides whether multifeed of the sheets is occurring, on a basis of a comparison result between the detected reflected volume and a reference reflected volume, and a comparison result between the detected permeated volume and a reference permeated volume.

Abstract: Systems and methods of restoring a lake including dredging, island creation, water treatment, real estate development, computer modeling of environmental conditions, wave height reduction, sediment removal and encapsulation, bathymetry contouring, littoral zone restoration, plant restoration, and/or fish restoration.

Abstract: A window sealing system and method for use in sealing insulating glass units (IGUs) is disclosed herein. The system includes an articulating arm having a plurality of members and arms to allow movement about multiple axes defined by the articulating arm, and a sealant dispensing apparatus releasably couplable to the articulating arm. The sealant dispensing apparatus comprises a pivotable dispensing apparatus for dispensing sealant onto an IGU. The system further including a vision system, coupled to the sealant dispensing apparatus, for monitoring physical properties of the sealant during sealant application.

Abstract: An apparatus has an illumination layer having an array of a plurality of illuminators, and a circuit layer having one or more drivers for controlling the plurality of illuminators. The laser layer and the circuit layer overlap at least partially, and each driver of the one or more drivers controls at least one illuminator of the plurality of illuminators.

Abstract: A system, as well as associated methods, for increasing the efficiency of a gas turbine including an inlet assembly and a compressor may include a housing configured to channel airstream towards the inlet assembly, an air treatment module positioned at a proximal end the housing, and at least one air conditioning module mounted downstream of the air treatment module for adjusting the temperature of the airstream entering the compressor. The air treatment module may include a plurality of inlet air filters and at least one blower configured to pressurize the air entering the air treatment module.

Abstract: A washing machine appliance may include a tub, a basket, an impeller base, and an extended post. The basket may be rotatably positioned within the tub. The impeller base may include a mounting face including a threaded bracket defining a mounting thread extending about a rotation axis. The extended post may be removably attached to the impeller base to rotate therewith. The extended post may include a base body extending along the rotation axis between a bottom end proximal to the impeller base and a top end distal to the impeller base. The extended post may also include auger fin extending radially from the base body between the bottom end and the top end. The mating face may be disposed on the bottom end. The mating face may define a mating thread matched to the mounting thread to rotatably enmesh therewith.

Abstract: A multi-section optical modulator and related method are disclosed wherein two waveguide arms traverse a plurality of successive modulating sections. A differential drive signal is applied separately to each waveguide arm of each modulating sections in synchronism with the transmission of light along the waveguide arms, effecting a dual differential driving of each section. By suitably selecting the number of modulating sections and the section length, a high modulation bandwidth and a high modulation efficiency may be achieved simultaneously for a given peak-to-peak voltage swing of the drive signal.

Abstract: A navigational apparatus and method for augmenting a GNSS signal to the GPS simulator with alternative position, navigation, or timing (PNT) data, wherein the GPS simulator encodes an RF-simulated GPS signal based on the alternative PNT data when the GNSS signal is not available or is denied. The alternative PNT data may be provided by one or more of an Inertial Measurement Unit, Inertial Navigation System (IMU/INS) module and oscillator coupled to the GPS simulator.

Abstract: A system providing self-service access to locked merchandise comprising: (a) providing a fixture that restricts access to the locked merchandise, wherein the fixture can automatically lock or unlock, allowing or restricting access to the locked merchandise; (b) providing a means of uniquely identifying an individual attempting to access the merchandise; (c) measuring a set of behaviors of the individual during any time the fixture is an open mode; (d) assessing whether the set of behaviors of the individual are suspicious or not relative to a set of suspicious event thresholds; (e) storing the individual and their set of behaviors as accessible records in at least one database; and (f) providing an algorithm which determines future access privileges of the individual to the enclosure based on a set of variables.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a development device, a toner storage part, a drive unit, a control unit, and an image carrying member. The development device includes a development casing, a developer carrying member, a first stirring transport member, a second stirring transport member, a discharge impeller, and a reverse transport impeller. The development casing includes a first partition wall, a communication part, a developer replenishment port, and a developer discharge part. The first stirring transport member includes a first rotation shaft and a first transport impeller. The second stirring transport member includes a second rotation shaft and a second transport impeller. The control unit can perform a developer discharge mode, in which the first rotation shaft and the second rotation shaft are rotated reversely during a non image formation period, so that the developer around the reverse transport impeller is discharged through the developer discharge part.

Abstract: A fluoro sulfonated poly(phenylene) was rationally designed with an external hydrophobic shell and internal hydrophilic core in order to improve the durability and ion selectivity of a hydrocarbon membrane for vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs). The polymer was designed to prevent hydrophilic polymer chain aggregation by attaching acid moieties onto the polymer backbone, while functionalizing the external polymer shell with hydrophobic side chains to prevent excessive vanadium crossover associated with cation exchange membranes. As an example, the hydrophobic shell can be provided by pentafluorobenzoyl group functionalization of the pendent aryl groups on a Diels Alder poly(phenylene) backbone, while the internal polymer chain can contain sulfonic acid moieties to impart hydrophilic character.

Abstract: A spin orbit torque memory device having a vertical transistor structure. The spin orbit torque memory device includes a magnetic memory element such as a magnetic tunnel junction formed on a spin orbit torque layer. The vertical transistor structure selectively provides an electrical current to the spin orbit torque layer to switch a memory state of the magnetic memory element. The vertical transistor structure accommodates the relatively high electrical current needed to provide spin orbit torque switching while also consuming a small amount of wafer real estate. The vertical transistor structure can include a semiconductor pillar structure surrounded by a gate dielectric layer and a gate structure such that the gate dielectric layer separates the gate structure from the semiconductor pillar.