Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling the illumination of at least one light source arranged at an end of at least one at least partially transparent or translucent light guide, the method being implemented by a driver device for driving the light source. According to the invention, the driver device is configured to control the illumination of the light source by means of pulse-width modulation and the method includes a first phase in which the illumination of the light source is controlled according to a first control ramp until a first level of intermediate lighting of the light source is reached and a second phase in which the illumination of the light source is controlled according to a second control ramp until a second level of lighting of the light source is reached, the slopes of the first and second control ramps being separate.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for channel state information (CSI)-reference signal (RS) triggering for multiple user equipments (UEs) using a single downlink control information (DCI). In some embodiments, a new radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) may be used to indicate triggering of CSI-RS transmission for multiple UEs. Additionally, or alternatively, a new DCI format may be used that supports CSI-RS triggering for multiple UEs. The techniques described herein may provide reduced DCI overhead compared with prior techniques. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Abstract: A power adapter includes a conductive sheet, a first electrode group, and a second electrode group. The first electrode group includes a first pin and a first elastic arm. The first elastic arm is continuously electrically connected to the first pin. The second electrode group includes a second pin and a second elastic arm. The second elastic arm is continuously electrically connected to the second pin. The first pin and at least a part of the second elastic arm are located on one side of the conductive sheet. The first elastic arm and at least a part of the second pin are located on another side of the conductive sheet. The first elastic arm and the second elastic arm are configured to deform under force to contact the conductive sheet.

Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to a dual mode power regulation system (DMPRS) having an energy storage device configured to store energy from a power supply. In an illustrative example, a DMPRS may include a passive mode switching circuit (PMSC). The PMSC, for example, may regulate a current output from the energy storage device to a passive electric load (PEL). For example, in a high power mode, the PMSC regulates the current output to be greater than a power rating of the power supply. When the energy stored in the energy storage device is dissipated, for example, the PMSC may passively and automatically transition to a steady-state mode. For example, in the steady-state mode, the output power may be maintained above a minimum operating current such that the PEL may operate normally. Various embodiments may advantageously provide an energy pulse higher than the power rating to the PEL.

Abstract: A rotary connector apparatus includes a stator, a rotator, and an adjustment structure. The stator is configured to be attached to a vehicle body. The rotator is provided rotatably about a rotation axis with respect to the stator. The stator and the rotator define a cable housing space provided to surround the rotation axis. The adjustment structure is configured to allow the rotation axis to move with respect to the vehicle body in a state where the stator is attached to the vehicle body. The adjustment structure includes a coupling structure configured to couple the stator to the vehicle body. The coupling structure supports the stator movably with respect to the vehicle body to change an angle of the rotation axis with respect to the vehicle body in a state where the coupling structure couples the stator to the vehicle body.

Abstract: A first bent portion and a second bent portion are provided in a first circuit member. The first bent potion includes a vertical portion and a lateral portion. The second bent portion is bent on a side opposite to the first bent potion. A first terminal is provided in the first bent potion. A second terminal is provided in the second bent potion. A protrusion portion is inserted into an opening. A first board side terminal is provided on a first surface of the second circuit member. A second board side terminal is provided on a second surface. The first terminal and the first board side terminal are connected to each other by a first conductive member. The second terminal and the second board side terminal are connected to each other by a second conductive member.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a superconducting coil apparatus comprising at least one superconducting coil formed of a plurality of turns under a definition that one turn is a portion of a superconducting wire annularly wound for one round, wherein: the superconducting coil has a shape along an outer peripheral surface of a tubular structure having a tubular shape; each of the plurality of turns has a coil longitudinal portion extending along an axial direction of the tubular structure; arrangement form of the coil longitudinal portion is different between a main magnetic field generation region configured to generate a main magnetic field and a magnetic field correction region configured to generate a correction magnetic field.

Abstract: An LED driving circuit can include: a linear driving circuit coupled in series with an LED load, in order to control a current flowing through the LED load; a first capacitor coupled in parallel with a serial structure having the linear driving circuit and the LED load; and a control circuit configured to decrease a difference between a voltage of the first capacitor and a load voltage of the LED load, in order to increase an efficiency of the LED driving circuit.

Abstract: Provided is a plasma reaction apparatus capable of preventing edge cracks of a magnetic core by dividing the core, the plasma reaction apparatus including a reactor body having a gas inlet at a side thereof, a plasma outlet at another side thereof, and an annular loop space therein, and a magnetic core provided in a shape surrounding at least a part of the reactor body, and having a primary coil to generate plasma by exciting a gas in the annular loop space, wherein the magnetic core includes a middle core layer, an upper core layer mounted on the middle core layer, and a lower core layer mounted under the middle core layer, wherein the upper core layer is divided into a first core layer and a second core layer to prevent edge cracks of the upper core layer by reducing an upper thermal deviation, and wherein the lower core layer is divided into a third core layer and a fourth core layer to prevent edge cracks of the lower core layer by reducing a lower thermal deviation.

Abstract: An electric contact includes a multilayered coating structure. The multilayered coating structure includes an intermediate layer and a top layer arranged on top of the intermediate layer. The intermediate layer includes Bi3Ni and the top layer includes a plurality of free bismuth grains.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, metal terminals, and a shell. The metal terminals are being disposed in the housing such that contact portions of the terminals are exposed in openings of the housing and arranged to contact conductive portions of a mating connector when the electrical connector and the mating connector are mated. The shell surrounds external surfaces of the housing and includes first and second portions having first and second widths, respectively, and a third portion positioned between the first and second portions and having a third width less that each of the first and second widths. The shell also includes multiple protrusions extending outward from an external surface of the shell. The protrusions limit an insertion distance of the mating connector relative to the electrical connector when the mating connector is misaligned with the electrical connector during a mating operation.

Abstract: A two-wire lighting control device, may include a controllably conductive device, a signal generation circuit, and a filter circuit. The controllably conductive device may apply an AC line voltage to a load, being conductive for a first duration of time and non-conductive for a second duration of time within a half-cycle of the AC line voltage. The signal generation circuit may generate a non-zero-magnitude signal. And, the filter circuit may receive a signal from the controllably conductive device during the first duration of time and the non-zero-magnitude signal from the signal generation circuit during the second duration of time. The non-zero-magnitude signal may, in effect, fill-in or complement the signal from the controllably conductive device, and any delay variation as a function of the firing angle of the controllably conductive device through the filter circuit may be mitigated by the presence of the non-zero-magnitude signal.

Abstract: A charging socket module for a motor vehicle includes a body having a charging socket and a charging socket cover. The charging socket module is arranged on the body of the motor vehicle in the region of an opening of the body. The charging socket is displaceably mounted on the body, wherein the displaceable arrangement of the charging socket is provided adjacent the opening of the body. The charging socket cover is arranged to be displaceable relative to the body in the region of the opening of the body. An electrical supply element is arranged adjacent the charging socket, wherein the charging socket includes an electrical plug connector for electrically connecting the charging socket to the supply element and/or sliding contact elements and/or jaw contact elements for electrically connecting the charging socket to the supply element.

Abstract: It is aimed to provide an electrical connection member material and an electrical connection member capable of suppressing adhesion in an Ag layer even without using a special metal layer. An electrical connection member material 1 is provided with a metal material 10 including an Ag layer 13 on a surface, a surface hardness of the Ag layer 13 being 90 HV or more, and a coating layer 2 for covering the surface of the metal material 10. The coating layer 2 is formed by bringing an organic compound having a mercapto group into contact with the surface of the metal material 10. Further, an electrical connection member includes the electrical connection member material 1.

Abstract: A shield contact element for shielding a plug connection includes a housing shell and a contact lamella. The housing shell has a cylindrical shape and extends in an axial direction for receiving a plug connector, the plug connector connecting to a plug contact element to form the plug connection. The contact lamella extends in the axial direction and creates an electrical connection between the housing shell and a shield for shielding the plug contact element. The contact lamella has a contact foot disposed in a recess formed in the housing shell to electrically contact the housing shell with the shield in the recess.

Abstract: A power strip, comprising: a main body comprising defines a supporting surface and a socket surface; at least one receiving space on the supporting surface; at least one mounting component; and at least one fixing structure corresponding to the at least one receiving space, wherein each of the at least one fixing structure is configured to rotatably mount a corresponding one of the at least one mounting component on the supporting surface, wherein the at least one mounting component is switchable between a closed state and an open state, in the close state, each of the at least one mounting component is received in a corresponding one of the at least one receiving space, and in the open state, the at least one mounting component is rotated relative to the main body and extends out of the corresponding receiving space.

Abstract: A terminal cover includes a base member, a lid member, a center-side locking mechanism, a tip-side locking mechanism, and a guide mechanism. In the tip-side locking mechanism, in a case where a tip-side hook part is displaced with respect to a tip-side claw part in an axial direction when the base member and the lid member are rotated along a rotation direction to be combined, the tip-side hook part interferes with the guide mechanism. The center-side locking mechanism has a movement space part formed in the periphery of a center-side claw part for allowing a center-side hook part to be freely movable in the rotation direction even in a case where the center-side hook part is displaced with respect to the center-side claw part in the axial direction when the base member and the lid member are rotated along the rotation direction to be combined.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to wire terminals and/or termination mechanisms arranged and configured for use with a wiring device. The wire terminals may be used in any suitable line-voltage wiring device. The wire terminals are arranged and configured to selectively receive a distal end of a wire therein.

Abstract: A method performed by a base station in a wireless communication system includes receiving, from a terminal configured with timing advance (TA), an uplink signal in an uplink period, according to a time division duplex (TDD) configuration, transmitting, through a transmission path of the base station to the terminal, an advance signal for a predetermined duration between an end point of receiving the uplink signal and a start point of a downlink period of the TDD configuration, the transmission path of the base station having a power amplifier as a transmission end, and transmitting, to the terminal, a downlink signal in the downlink period.

Abstract: A coaxial connector device includes a first ground bar having a first plate configured to be electrically connected with an outer conductor of a coaxial cable, a second ground bar having a second plate to be electrically connected with the outer conductor of the coaxial cable and facing the first plate to position the coaxial cable between the first plate and the second plate, and a ground contact member configured to be imparted with a ground potential. The ground contact member includes a contact part that is offset from the first plate and the second plate in the width direction and that is electrically connected to the first plate and to the second plate.