Abstract: A system is provided for use with an insulated boom section of a bucket truck. The system includes a source of high volume and pressure, dry air; one or more interior air diffusers connected to the source of high volume and pressure, dry air to direct the air into an interior of the insulated boom section. One or more exterior air diffusers connected to the source of high volume and pressure, dry air direct the air to along an exterior surface of the insulated boom section. A method is also provided for cleaning or drying both the interior and exterior surfaces simultaneously of an insulated boom section of the boom of a bucket truck. The boom of a bucket truck is further provided in another aspect that includes at least one insulated boom section, a source of high volume and pressure, dry air, one or more interior air diffusers and one or more exterior air diffusers. A pre-heating air heater may be removably mounted into the boom.

Abstract: A method of controlling an electronic parking brake includes: an initiation determination process of determining whether to initiate an electronic parking brake (EPB) release operation based on whether a release signal is input; a calculation process of calculating a no-load release time and a minimum EPB release time when the EPB release operation is initiated; a no-load release time adjustment process of measuring a time of a no-load section based on a current flowing through a motor and adjusting the time of the no-load section by supplying the current to the motor until the time of the no-load section is equal to the calculated no-load release time; and a release process of determining whether a summed time of a time of a load section and the adjusted time of the no-load section satisfies the minimum EPB release time, and continuously supplying the current to the motor to supply the current to the motor until the summed time becomes equal to the EPB release time when the summed time is less than the minim

Abstract: A fraudulent diagnostic machine detection apparatus capable of preventing the occurrence of fraudulent processing due to a fraudulent diagnostic machine being connected in parallel with a legitimate diagnostic machine is a fraudulent diagnostic machine detection apparatus comprising node ECUs of a diagnosis target connected to a communication line and a gateway connected between the communication line and a diagnostic machine connection coupler, wherein the gateway detects an electrical circuit change caused by a pin connection of the diagnostic machine connection coupler being branched and the plurality of diagnostic machines being connected in parallel.

Abstract: A system includes an in-cabin sensor, a seatbelt routing zone module, and a seatbelt routing classification module. The in-cabin sensor is operable to generate an image of an occupant in a vehicle seat. The seatbelt routing zone module is configured to generate a seatbelt routing zone based on at least one of a size of the occupant in the image and a shape of the occupant. The seatbelt routing classification module is configured to determine whether a seatbelt is routed properly around the occupant based on whether the seatbelt is at least partially within the seatbelt routing zone.

Abstract: The ventilation device (4) for a vehicle liquid tank, comprises: a membrane (20) impermeable to a predetermined liquid and permeable to a vapor likely to be produced by this liquid, and at least one pipe (52) suitable for discharging liquid found on the membrane from the device. The or each pipe has an end contiguous with the membrane, the rest of the or each pipe extending at an altitude lower than this end when a main axis of the device is vertical.

Abstract: A diagnostic apparatus for diagnosing at least one nautical electronic device on a vessel, from a remote diagnostic center, is provided. The diagnostic apparatus is configured to: receive at least one message from the at least one nautical one nautical electronic device, including identification data for identifying the at least one nautical electronic device and alarm state data indicating a current alarm state of the at least one nautical electronic device; compare the current alarm state of the at least one nautical electronic device with a previous alarm state of the at least one nautical electronic device to detect a failure of the at least one nautical electronic device; and transmit failure detection information to a remote diagnostic center, the failure detection information comprising information associated with the failure of the at least one nautical electronic device and the identification data of the at least one nautical electronic device.

Abstract: A ceiling fan or similar air-moving device can include a motor for rotating one or more blades to drive a volume of air about a space. A connector can be used to connect the blade to a blade iron to mount the blade to the motor. The connector can include a set of receptacles configured to insert into openings on the blade, with the set of receptacles connected by a set of arms. A set of mount posts on the blade iron can seat within the receptacles to mount the blade to the blade iron.

Abstract: Devices and methods, in particular computer-implemented methods, for the communication of participants in a traffic infrastructure. A state channel, associated with a distributed ledger technology system, to a second participant is set up at a first participant, and a channel, associated with the state channel, to a third participant is set up at the first participant. A first instruction is sent to the third participant via the channel, such that if a second instruction of the third participant is received via the channel, and if the second instruction fulfills a condition that is a function of the first instruction, the first participant and/or the third participant are controlled as a function of the first instruction or as a function of the second instruction.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to increase the pressure of fuel while reducing an increase in the maximum lift amount of a cam and deterioration of a fuel injection ability. This cam for use in a fuel injection pump that increases the pressure of fuel supplied into a fuel supply chamber by an axial movement of a plunger. The cam includes a first cam surface that causes an increase rate of an axial speed of the plunger when the cam rotates at a constant speed, in a pre-stroke period until the plunger increases the pressure of the fuel in the fuel supply chamber, to be a first increase rate, and a second cam surface that causes the increase rate of the axial speed of the plunger when the cam rotates at the constant speed, in a pressure increasing period that is a period from a start of increasing the pressure of the fuel in the fuel supply chamber by the plunger, to be a second increase rate, wherein the first increase rate is set higher than the second increase rate.

Abstract: A control unit is configured to execute vibration suppression control, in which the control force generation device is controlled based on a target vibration suppression control force when a wheel passes through a predicted wheel passage position, and roll control, in which the control force generation device is controlled based on a target roll control force for reducing roll of the sprung portion based on a roll index value. When the vibration suppression control and the roll control are executed concurrently, the control force generation device is controlled based on the target vibration suppression control force and the target roll control force obtained after at least one of a reduction correction for the target vibration suppression control force and an increase correction for the target roll control force is performed.

Abstract: A ceiling fan blade moves air about a space, driven by the ceiling fan. The ceiling fan blade can include an upper surface and a lower surface spanning a root and a tip, and a leading edge and a trailing edge. The blade can include a first curved portion along the leading edge and a second curved portion along the trailing edge. The first and second curved portions can include convex upper surfaces and concave lower surfaces, with a flat portion spacing the first and second curved portions.

Abstract: An ignition device for an internal combustion engine includes: an ignition plug; a primary coil; a secondary coil magnetically linked to the primary coil and connected to the ignition plug; a main ignition circuit causing a spark discharge to occur in the ignition plug; an energy supply circuit that supplies and stops electrical energy to the predetermined winding of the primary coil to accordingly cause the spark discharge to continue; a recirculation circuit that permits and prohibits current recirculation through a recirculation path including the predetermined winding; and a controller configured to: control the main ignition circuit, and determine a start time of a permission of the current recirculation by the recirculation circuit using, as a trigger, the interruption signal which causes the main ignition circuit to interrupt the current through the primary coil, and end the permission after a predetermined time period has elapsed since the start time.

Abstract: A fuel pump module for a vehicle, which is formed in a low-floor type fuel pump module capable of being easily installed in a fuel tank with a reduced vertical height. The fuel pump module includes a head plate to be mounted in an opening of a fuel tank, a reservoir cup to which the head plate is pivotably coupled through a pair of connecting bars and which is to be installed in the fuel tank in a state of being coupled to the head plate, a fuel pump disposed in the reservoir cup in a state of being laid and to deliver fuel in the reservoir cup to an outside of the fuel tank, and a jet pump installed in the reservoir cup and to suction fuel outside the reservoir cup and discharge the fuel into the reservoir cup.

Abstract: A diagnostic apparatus for diagnosing at least one nautical electronic device on a vessel, from a remote diagnostic center, is provided. The diagnostic apparatus is configured to: receive at least one message from the at least one nautical one nautical electronic device, including identification data for identifying the at least one nautical electronic device and alarm state data indicating a current alarm state of the at least one nautical electronic device; compare the current alarm state of the at least one nautical electronic device with a previous alarm state of the at least one nautical electronic device to detect a failure of the at least one nautical electronic device; and transmit failure detection information to a remote diagnostic center, the failure detection information comprising information associated with the failure of the at least one nautical electronic device and the identification data of the at least one nautical electronic device.

Abstract: According to one or more examples, a system includes an observer vehicle, and a vehicle in a predetermined vicinity of the observer vehicle. The observer vehicle detects an operating condition of the vehicle using one or more perception devices. The observer vehicle determines that the operating condition does not satisfy a predetermined norm. The observer vehicle generates a message indicating the operating condition of the vehicle. The observer vehicle identifies a communication identifier of the vehicle. The observer vehicle sends the message to be received by the vehicle using the communication identifier via a vehicle to everything (V2X) communication module.

Abstract: Full take over (FTO) of a vehicle permits a vehicle operator to remote start the vehicle, open one or more doors, enter the vehicle, and operate the vehicle without any engine shutdown. FTO may be achieved by a system for: detecting a remote start request, activating a key fob to allow for reading a security code, emulating an electrical brake pedal press, emulating an activation of the vehicle's start switch, and determining whether the vehicle is started. The vehicle driver may thereby unlock the vehicle, open the vehicle door, and drive the vehicle without the vehicle shutting down.

Abstract: Systems and method are provided for an internal combustion engine with boosted operation. In an example, this includes operating the engine with boosted intake pressure via a supercharger and with supercharger flow regulated by a vacuum actuated bypass valve, and in response to a supercharger outlet temperature greater than a first threshold, increasing a blow through air passing from the engine intake to engine exhaust without combustion in a cylinder of the engine due to engine intake and exhaust valves having positive valve overlap; and then in response to the supercharger outlet temperature greater than a second, higher, threshold, limiting engine airflow.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards free-piston combustion engines. As described herein, a driver section may be provided in a free-piston combustion engine for storing energy during an expansion stroke. The driver section may be configured to store sufficient energy to perform the subsequent stroke. In some embodiments, the driver section may be configured to store sufficient energy so as to enable the engine to operate continuously across engine cycles without electrical energy input. A linear electromagnetic machine may be provided in a free-piston combustion engine for converting the kinetic energy of a piston assembly into electrical energy.

Abstract: The stud-oriented valve (50) includes a valve main body (8) which is housed in a lamination duct (7) and which exhibits a closure axial face (10) which can rest on a duct closure seat (11) for isolating a lamination cavity (4) from a combustion chamber (5), said body (8) also having a centering peripheral surface (12), an opening axial face (13) which may rest on a chamber-side valve stop (14), and at least one orientation stud (15) which protrudes from the opening axial face (13), said stud (15) being capable to slide through a guide axial orifice (17) that is fixed to the lamination duct (7).

Abstract: An ignition coil control system includes: a first ignition coil; a second ignition coil; a spark plug generating spark discharge by a discharge current generated in the first ignition coil and the second ignition coil; and an ignition controller that controls spark discharge of the electrode by adjusting an amount and duration of the discharge current of the first ignition coil and the second ignition coil based on a step pulse signal including different voltages transmitted from an engine control unit (ECU).