Abstract: There is provided an air treatment apparatus comprising an air flow generator that is arranged to generate an air flow through the air treatment apparatus, a moisture source that is arranged to introduce water vapour into the air flow, a body that is use surrounds both air flow generator and the moisture source, and a water supply system that is arranged to provide water to the moisture source. The water supply system comprises a water tank assembly that is separable from the body, and the water tank assembly comprises a water tank and a water pump for pumping water from the water tank to the moisture source. The water tank comprises a tank opening and the water tank assembly further comprises a removable tank cap that is arranged to fit over and thereby occlude the tank opening, and wherein the water pump is provided on the removable tank cap.

Abstract: A cleaner head for a vacuum cleaning appliance includes a housing, a front agitator and a rear agitator. A suction chamber is located between the front agitator and the rear agitator. A baffle is located within the suction chamber between the agitators. During use of the cleaner head, debris becomes entrained within air drawn towards the suction chamber. Guide members mounted on the housing guide the entrained debris towards the suction chamber, whereas the baffle guides the air upwardly towards a central suction port of the suction chamber.

Abstract: A button cell includes an electrode assembly, a first housing, and a second housing, where the first housing and the second housing are connected and mated to form an accommodating space. The electrode assembly is disposed in the accommodating space. The first housing includes a first bottom wall and a first side wall connected to the first bottom wall. The first bottom wall is provided with a groove. A size of the first bottom wall in a first direction is T ?m, and a size of the groove in the first direction is H ?m, where 0.1T?H?0.7T and the first direction is perpendicular to the first bottom wall.

Abstract: The invention provides a detailing process with waterproofing membrane parts and prefabricated accessories which includes below steps: place the first layer membrane on the base template while the edge of the first layer membrane beveled; place the edge of the second layer membrane partially overlapped with the edge of the first layer membrane and then fix the position, and place the membrane edge with bevel to the surface of the second layer membrane fittingly; the edge of the second layer is beveled; and the second bevel is directed towards the direction of the first layer membrane. Press together and make the second chamfered surface fixedly connected to the surface of the first layer. The waterproofing parts connection based on this process has high structural strength, a more complete and unified appearance, improves the waterproofing performance of the parts and accessories, and significantly enhances the service life of the membrane.

Abstract: Provided is a composition comprising: (a) a principal phase that is provided by a layered mixed metal oxide having a rocksalt structure belonging to the R-3m space group; the layered mixed metal oxide comprising the following component elements: 45 to 55 atomic % lithium; 20 to 55 atomic % of one or more transition metals selected from the group consisting of chromium, manganese, iron, nickel, cobalt, and combinations thereof; and 0 to 25 atomic % of one or more additional dopant elements selected from the group consisting of: magnesium, calcium, strontium, titanium, zirconium, vanadium, copper, ruthenium, zinc, molybdenum, boron, aluminium, gallium, tin, lead, bismuth, lanthanum, cerium, gadolinium and europium; wherein said atomic % is expressed as a % of total atoms of said layered oxide, excluding oxygen; (b) a minor phase that is provided by a metal oxide that does not have the crystal structure of the layered mixed metal oxide, the minor phase comprising one or more of the transition metals contai

Abstract: A battery cell includes an electrode assembly and a packaging bag, where the electrode assembly includes a tab, the packaging bag is configured to accommodate the electrode assembly, a sealing zone is formed on a periphery of the packaging bag, one end of the tab is electrically connected to a body of the electrode assembly, and an other end of the tab protrudes out of the sealing zone; the sealing zone is provided with a weak zone, and in a predetermined temperature range, a packaging tension of the weak zone in the packaging bag reduces to release gas inside the battery cell to the outside of the battery cell.

Abstract: A negative active material in the negative active material layer includes hard carbon. An H/C value of the hard carbon is 0.05 to 0.18. A CB value of the electrochemical device is 0.95 to 1.05. This application uses hard carbon as a negative active material. By adjusting the H/C value of the hard carbon and the CB value of the electrochemical device, this application can increase the energy density without lithium precipitation, that is, alleviate lithium precipitation and increase the energy density concurrently.

Abstract: A circuit, for a touch panel, comprises a plurality of touch signal processing circuits, coupled to a plurality of sensors of the touch panel to receive a plurality of touch signals, wherein when a first sensor within the plurality of sensors is touched, the first sensor generates a first touch signal of the plurality of touch signals; and a controller, coupled to the plurality of touch signal processing circuits, configured to adjust the first touch signal according to the plurality of touch signals except the first touch signal.

Abstract: An electrochemical apparatus includes an electrolyte, a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, and a separator, where the separator is disposed between the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate; a width W of the electrochemical apparatus and a thickness T of the electrochemical apparatus satisfy: 80 mm?W?120 mm, and 2.3?W/T?4; and an adhesion force F between the separator and the positive electrode plate is 5 N/m to 15 N/m. With the adhesion force of the separator being regulated within the foregoing ranges, the separator has high adhesive performance. The application of the separator to a wide and thin electrochemical apparatus with a width and W/T value within the foregoing ranges can mitigate the deformation problem of the wide and thin electrochemical apparatus during cycling while taking the rate performance of the wide and thin electrochemical apparatus into account.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and systems for transmitting and receiving data packets between a first network node and a second network node through a bonded connection. At the first network node, a data packet, a session identification of the data packet and a time value of the data packet are encapsulated in an encapsulating packet. The first network node sends the encapsulating packet from the first network node to the second network node through the bonded connection. The second network node then stores the encapsulating packet after receiving it and determines an expiration time of the encapsulating packet. When the expiration time of the encapsulating packet expired, the second network node dequeues the encapsulating packet and forwards the data packet according to destination of the data packet.

Abstract: An electrochemical apparatus, including a positive electrode sheet, where the positive electrode sheet includes a positive electrode current collector, a first safety layer, and a first positive electrode active material layer. The positive electrode sheet includes a first region provided with the first positive electrode active material layer. The first safety layer includes a first part located in the first region. The first part is disposed between the positive electrode current collector and the first positive electrode active material layer. When the electrochemical apparatus is in a fully charged state at 25° C., a variation coefficient ?1 of a resistance R in the first region of the positive electrode sheet is ?15%. The electrochemical apparatus can have good low-temperature performance while the safety performance of the electrochemical apparatus is met.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of position calibration, and in particular to a method and a device for calibrating a position sensor applied to a motor. The method comprises acquiring absolute position information of a motor based on feedback of a PWM signal; giving an orthogonal signal to the motor; giving an electrical angle in a first direction to the motor, and recording first relative angles fed back by the orthogonal signal; acquiring a first calibration mapping table for mapping the first relative angles to the electrical angle based on a mapping relation between the first relative angles and the electrical angle; and setting the first calibration mapping table as a mapping table after position sensor calibration to perform calibration; utilizing an absolute lag angle based on feedback of a PWM signal to calibrate relative angle with relatively better real-time performance, in order to avoid step loss.

Abstract: An actuator component for a droplet ejection head; wherein said actuator component comprises a substrate and one or more strips of piezoelectric material fixedly attached to said substrate; wherein said one or more strips of piezoelectric material comprise one or more layers of piezoelectric material, and an array of fluid chambers defined within said one or more strips of piezoelectric material and extending in an array direction; wherein said actuator component further comprises one or more cover parts; wherein the or each cover part extends in said array direction and is fixedly attached to at least one of a side face of one of said strips of piezoelectric material and/or at least a portion of said substrate; and wherein said one or more cover parts comprise a plurality of openings so as to enable fluid to be supplied to selected ones of said fluid chambers through said openings. Associated methods of manufacturing an actuator component for a droplet ejection head are also provided.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material, where a surface region of the positive electrode active material includes a specific content of element aluminum. The positive electrode material of this application helps to improve the impedance, cycling performance, and high-temperature storage performance of electrochemical apparatuses under high-voltage operating conditions.

Abstract: A lithium-ion battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte. The positive electrode includes a positive current collector and a positive electrode active material layer containing lithium cobalt oxide formed on the positive current collector. The positive electrode active material layer is provided with a first recess accommodating a positive lead coupled with the positive current collector and disposed on a surface of the positive current collector facing a center of the battery. The negative electrode includes a negative current collector and a negative electrode active material layer containing graphite or silicon formed on the negative current collector.

Abstract: A circuit for estimating a time difference between a first signal and a second signal includes a first signal line for receiving the first signal; a delay unit configured to receive the second signal and delay the second signal so as to provide a plurality of delayed versions of the second signal, each delayed version being delayed by a different amount of delay to the other delayed versions; a comparison unit configured to compare each of the delayed versions of the second signal with the first signal so as to identify which of the delayed versions of the second signal is the closest temporally matching signal to the first signal; and a difference estimator configured to estimate the time difference between the first and second signals in dependence on the identified delayed version.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a top cover assembly for a battery, a battery and a device using a battery as a power source. The top cover assembly includes: a cover plate body having a liquid injection hole; a mounting part configured to be connected with the cover plate body and arranged around the liquid injection hole; a sealing element configured to be connected with the mounting part, wherein the sealing element includes a first top wall and a first side wall connected to the periphery of the first top wall, the first top wall is configured to cover the liquid injection hole, and the first side wall is configured to be in press fit with the mounting part to achieve sealing of the liquid injection hole; and a fixing element configured to be connected with the cover plate body and to fix the sealing element to the mounting part.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for training an action selection neural network used to select actions to be performed by an agent interacting with an environment. One of the systems includes (i) a plurality of actor computing units, in which each of the actor computing units is configured to maintain a respective replica of the action selection neural network and to perform a plurality of actor operations, and (ii) one or more learner computing units, in which each of the one or more learner computing units is configured to perform a plurality of learner operations.

Abstract: A vehicle cabin filter assembly comprising a housing and a plurality of filter modules mounted to the housing. The filter modules comprise a first filter module, a second filter module positioned downstream of the first filter module, and a third filter module positioned downstream of the second filter module. Each filter module comprises a particulate filter element, and at least one of the filter modules comprises a gas filter element. The second filter module has a separation efficiency higher than the first filter module, and the third filter module has a separation efficiency higher than the second filter module.