Abstract: A wheelchair including a transparent frame including a first side panel, a second side panel, a back section between the first and second side panels, and a seat section between the first and second side panels, a plurality of wheels rotatably coupled to the frame, and at least one handle coupled to the frame, wherein the wheelchair is entirely nonmetallic.

Abstract: A vehicle on-board electrical system having an AC voltage charging connection, a rechargeable traction battery, which is designed as a high-voltage rechargeable battery, and a power factor correction filter. The power factor correction filter connects the AC voltage charging connection directly to the rechargeable traction battery. The operating voltage range of the rechargeable traction battery is within the output voltage range of the power factor correction filter.

Abstract: A rehabilitation exercise device is provided for upper and lower limbs. The rehabilitation exercise device includes: a first support supporting a user's hand or foot; a second support supporting a user's forearm or calf; a pair of first hinges rotatably connecting the first support and the second support to each other; a third support supporting a user's upper arm or thigh; a pair of second hinges rotatably connecting the second support and the third support to each other; and a drive module selectively mounted on any one of the pair of first hinges and the pair of second hinges, and configured to pivot the first support or the second support.

Abstract: A dispenser system for a pressurized canister including an actuator including components such as an external housing, a valve having a top stem connector for attachment to an output hose, support pins, and a one way ball check valve having a stem fitting with an extended valve stem for engaging the pressurized canister, a pivoting actuator control or trigger, having a trigger return spring, to bias the trigger out of engagement with the valve, unless a stop pin is removed and the trigger is pivoted into operating engagement under compression of the trigger and trigger return spring by a user. The sensor may communicate with a mobile device to indicate when to stop dispensing contents from the canister.

Abstract: There are provided a laser irradiation apparatus, a laser irradiation method, and a semiconductor device manufacturing method that reduce irradiation unevenness of a laser beam. A laser irradiation apparatus includes a waveform shaping device (20). The waveform shaping device (20) includes a laser beam source (11), a first waveform shaping unit (30) that shapes the pulse waveform of a pulse laser beam by applying a delay according to an optical path length difference between two light beams (L11 and L12) branched by a first beam splitter (31), a wave plate that changes the polarization state of the pulse laser beam from the first waveform shaping unit (30), and a second waveform shaping unit (40) that shapes the pulse waveform of the pulse laser beam by applying a delay according to an optical path length difference between two light beams (L15 and L16) branched by a second beam splitter (41).

Abstract: A retractable tool lanyard comprises a housing, a drum rotatably connected to the housing, a biasing member interconnecting the housing and the drum, a cord operatively connected to the drum and adapted to be wound about and paid out from the drum, and an engaging mechanism. The engaging mechanism comprises a locking plate connected to the drum, at least one lock pawl connected to the locking plate, and a ratchet plate. When the drum rotates at a predetermined speed, the at least one lock pawl pivots from an unlocked position to a locked position to engage the ratchet plate thereby rotating the ratchet plate with the drum. At least one of a braking mechanism and a clicker pawl are used to create friction to assist in reducing a rate of rotation of the drum.

Abstract: In a the vacuum forming machine having a pre-blowing lower chamber, a lower space located at the lower side of a raw material which is thermally expanded in a heating process for vacuum forming is sealed and the preset amount of air is introduced into the lower space of the raw material by a blowing device installed to communicate with the sealed lower space of the raw material such that the sagging of the raw material is prevented, whereby the vacuum forming of the raw material whose entire portion is uniformly heated is performed, thereby securing even thickness of the raw material.

Abstract: A configurable interior fixture for a vehicle includes a base assembly, a table assembly and a stowable cushion. The foldable cushion includes first and second pad portions pivotally connected along a medial edge with a hinge assembly and a collapsible sleeve forming an interior cavity configured to receive the table assembly when the foldable cushion is in a use state. The collapsible sleeve is disposed in a gap formed between the first and second pad section when the foldable cushion is in a folded state. The interior fixture may be configured as an ottoman by lowering the base assembly, folding the table assembly and attaching the foldable cushion to the table assembly. The interior fixture may be configured as a table by raising the base assembly, detaching the foldable cushion from the table assembly, then folding and stowing the foldable cushion.

Abstract: An ejection system may comprise an ejection seat and a smart deployment system configured to initiate a deployment of the ejection seat. The smart deployment system may comprise a pilot health monitoring system including a plurality of sensors configured to detect a plurality of physiological conditions, and a controller configured to make ejection system decisions based on a pilot health signal received from the pilot health monitoring system and an aircraft health signal output from an aircraft health monitoring system.

Abstract: The polyamide-based resin expanded beads are expanded beads including a polyamide-based resin as a base resin, in which the average value of bead weight of the expanded beads is 0.5 mg or more and 8 mg or less, the coefficient of variation of the bead weight of the expanded beads is 10% or less, and the average value of the ratio of a long diameter to a short diameter (a long diameter/a short diameter) of the expanded beads measured with a projection image photographing type bead size distribution analyzer is 1 or more and 1.5 or less, the coefficient of variation of the ratio (a long diameter/a short diameter) is 12% or less, the average value of the a short diameter is 1 mm or more and 4 mm or less, and the coefficient of variation of the a short diameter is 10% or less.

Abstract: A fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft has a tail boom that contains a fuel tank. The fuel tank is configured to contain pressurized hydrogen. The pressurized hydrogen fuels a fuel cell stack to generate electricity to rotate one or more rotors or propellers. The fuel tank may define the structure of the tail boom and may support the empennage, tail rotor, propeller, convertible thruster, ducted fan or vectored thruster and associated drive systems with respect to the fuselage. The aircraft has adequate control authority for sustained coordinated flight when the fuel tank is filled with pressurized hydrogen and when the fuel tank is drained of pressurized hydrogen. The same aircraft may not have adequate control authority for coordinated flight if fuel tank was filled with a conventional liquid fuel.

Abstract: The present application relates to polyurethane polymers produced by polymerizing a reactant mixture comprising triglycerides of Physaria fendleri, one or more polyisocyanates, and one or more polyols, wherein the triglycerides of Physaria fendleri have a hydroxyl value ranging from 90 milligrams of potassium hydroxide per gram of the triglycerides of Physaria fendleri to 250 milligrams of potassium hydroxide per gram of the triglycerides of Physaria fendleri. The present application also relates to polyester polymers produced by polymerizing a reactant mixture comprising triglycerides of Euphorbia Lagascae, and one or more dicarboxylic acids. Also disclosed are the methods of formation of the polyurethane and polyester polymers, and their use as adhesives.

Abstract: A refuse vehicle includes a chassis supporting a plurality of wheels, a battery configured to provide electrical energy to drive at least one of the plurality of wheels, a vehicle body supported by the chassis and defining a receptacle for storing refuse therein, and an electric power take-off module removabley coupled to the vehicle body, wherein the electric power take-off module includes an electric power take-off system including a motor configured to receive electrical energy from the battery and provide power to a hydraulic system in response to receiving the electrical energy from the battery.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for generating pacemaker cells from non-pacemaker cardiomyocytes. For example, the method includes the step of culturing the non-pacemaker cardiomyocytes with silk fibroin so that the silk fibroin induces the transformation of at least a portion thereof into pacemaker cells.

Abstract: A lifting device for building a steel structure hoistway and a method for building a steel structure hoistway. The lifting device includes a lifting mechanism and a crane mechanism. The lifting mechanism includes a bottom platform, a middle platform and a top platform. The crane mechanism is arranged on the top platform of the lifting mechanism, and includes a base and a crane on the base. The base is arranged on the top platform and is rotatable relative to the top platform along a vertical axis, and the hanger frame of the crane is movable between a vertical orientation and an inclined orientation. The lifting mechanism is configured to ascend and descend in the constructed steel structure hoistway, and the crane mechanism is configured to lift building materials, such as steel beams, steel columns, etc., for use in building the steel structure hoistway to their designed installation locations.

Abstract: A vehicle cleaner system that includes a single pump and a plurality of cleaners which are connected to the single pump and clean different cleaning target objects with a cleaning medium is disclosed. The cleaning target objects include a sensor which detects information on outside of a vehicle and a cleaner control unit which operates the plurality of cleaners in accordance with input of a signal. The cleaner control unit is capable of operating the plurality of cleaners such that cleaning methods of the plurality of cleaners are different from each other.

Abstract: A materials handling vehicle including a power unit supported on wheels, and a mast assembly supported on the power unit. The mast assembly includes four or more telescoping sections defined by pairs of laterally spaced rails. An operator compartment is supported on the mast assembly for vertical movement relative to the mast assembly and includes a front wall defining a side of the operator compartment adjacent to the mast assembly. The laterally spaced rails have a height that is generally equal to the height of the front wall. A dash is located adjacent to the operator compartment.

Abstract: An oxidation step for sulfide and transition ores prior to CN leaching to recover 60 to 90 percent of metals from those ores. Use of tona, soda ash or carbonate source in treating sulfide and transition ores for CN leaching recovery of metals, including gold and silver. The oxidation of sulfide and transition ores in the presence of carbonate. Low moisture content in the heap, to enhance available oxygen, during the oxidation of sulfide and transition ores in the presence of carbonate.

Abstract: A hermetically sealed package includes: a base substrate and a cover substrate which define at least part of the package, the base substrate and the cover substrate being hermetically sealed to one another by at least one laser bonding line, the at least one laser bonding line having a height perpendicular to its bonding plane, at least the cover substrate including a toughened layer at its surface, at least on a side opposite the at least one laser bonding line; and at least one functional area enclosed in the package.

Abstract: Disclosed is a connector for hingedly mounting a buttstock to a receiver of a rifle having a swinging hinge portion, a buttstock side of the swinging hinge portion, an interface side of the swinging hinge portion, a threaded portion of the swinging hinge portion, a buffer hole extending from the interface side, through the swinging hinge portion, and through the threaded portion, a recess on the interface side of the swinging hinge portion, a bolt, and a base of the bolt rotationally constrained in the recess.