Abstract: An active suspension system is configured in a strut arrangement. The active suspension system comprises a hydraulic actuator and a hydraulic pump/electric motor assembly, wherein the actuator movement is preferably in lockstep with the hydraulic motor-pump and electric motor-generator combination. Torque in the electric motor is instantaneously controlled by a controller to create an immediate force change on the hydraulic actuator. The hydraulic actuator is configured so that it can be used as a strut whereby the actuator has sufficient structural rigidity to carry the applied suspension loads while capable of supplying damper forces in at least three quadrants of the force velocity graph of the suspension actuator operation. Embodiments disclosed include low cost active suspension systems for a MacPherson strut application.

Abstract: A roof mount system supports a solar panel above a roof and includes a base positioned on the roof and a first fastener connected to the base and extending away from the roof and moveable along the base in a direction generally parallel to the roof. A first clamp supports a bottom surface of a solar panel frame and adjusts the height of the solar panel above the roof by moving the first clamp along a first fastener in a direction perpendicular to the roof. A second clamp is connected to a second fastener and moves with respect to the first clamp perpendicular to the roof. The solar panel is clamped between the first clamp and the second clamp portion. A protrusion extends from the first or second clamp to form an electrical bond between the solar panel frame and the respective first or second clamp.

Abstract: The invention relates to methods for the detailed analysis of ion mixtures from complex mixtures of organic substances in time-of-flight mass spectrometers which are equipped with a trapped ion mobility spectrometer, a quadrupole mass selector and a fragmentation cell. The invention proposes to analyze ion signals of a first mass mobility map, fragment ion spectra and the identifications of the associated substances as to whether ion mixtures not resolved according to mass and mobility, for example from isomers or isobars, are possibly present, and to subsequently measure the ion signals of interest with method parameters which allow the ion species to be measured separately by means of high mobility resolution.

Abstract: A dialysis machine that includes a valve member having a deformable area configured to deform outwardly away when pressurized fluid is introduced into the valve member. The valve member is configured so that, when a dialysis fluid cassette is disposed in a cassette compartment of the dialysis machine and pressurized fluid is introduced into the valve member, the deformable area obstructs a fluid channel of the dialysis fluid cassette to control dialysis fluid flow therethrough.

Abstract: A system includes an isobaric pressure exchanger (IPX) configured to couple to a manifold. The IPX is also configured to exchange pressure within the IPX between a first fluid at a first pressure and a second fluid at a second pressure. The IPX also includes a housing and at least one manifold connector disposed within the housing that is configured to couple the IPX to the manifold.

Abstract: An optoelectronic component and a method for producing an optoelectronic component are disclosed.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for delivering biological samples to an ICP source of a mass cytometer are disclosed. Biological material is disposed on a plurality of discrete sites on a carrier. The plurality of discrete sites are configured to retain biological material and to release the biological material upon application of energy. The carrier is positioned in proximity to a gas conduit and upon release from the discrete sites, the biological material becomes entrained in a gas flow, which delivers discrete portions of biological material through the conduit to the ICP source for analysis by mass cytometry. The apparatus and methods can provide a continuous stream of discrete portions of biological material to a mass cytometer or mass spectrometer.

Abstract: An occupant protection system for a vehicle may include an expandable curtain and/or an expandable bladder configured to be expanded from a stowed state to a deployed state. In the deployed state, the expandable curtain may include first and second sides configured to extend along respective portions of first and second interior sides of the vehicle. The expandable curtain may also include a transverse portion extending between the first and second sides, and the first and second sides, and the transverse portion of the expandable curtain may form a contiguous barrier. The expandable bladder when deployed may be supported by the expandable curtain during contact by an occupant. The occupant protection system may also include a deployment control system configured to cause the expandable curtain and/or the expandable bladder to expand to the deployed state. The occupant protection system may be used in vehicles having a carriage-style seating arrangement.

Abstract: A lighting unit for a passenger motor vehicle is disclosed. The lighting unit includes a housing having a lens fastened to the housing and having a sealing element supported on the housing which has a receiver to support a bumper of the passenger motor vehicle. The sealing element is fastened to the housing by a support element fastened to the housing.

Abstract: A device includes a memory and a controller coupled to the memory. The controller is configured to associate a first value of a memory access parameter with a first group indicator. The controller is configured to perform an update operation to determine a second value of the memory access parameter based on first data read from the memory and to generate a first updated value of the memory access parameter. The first updated parameter is associated with the first group indicator and is based on the first value and the second value.

Abstract: A daylight portable lamp for inspecting painted surfaces, in particular in the course of paint repair work on motor vehicles, includes at least a head part with a light-exit opening, through which the light that can be produced by the daylight portable lamp can leave, and a sleeve, which surrounds the light-exit opening and is produced from an elastic, preferably rubber-elastic, material, arranged at the light-exit opening.

Abstract: Methods and systems for designing an integrated circuit device are described. The method includes receiving RTL descriptions of the whole device and generating lower level component descriptions. The method further includes grouping the component descriptions into blocks, analyzing the component descriptions, and identifying block internal removable components based on the analysis. The method further includes removing the removable components. Reduced design is converted into gate-level descriptions. Finally, the method includes executing high quality and high efficiency device TOP level physical implementation and generation of physical and timing constrains for block level design.

Abstract: A document stream filtering system includes computing hardware which is operable to execute one or more software products recorded on machine-readable data storage media. The computing hardware is operable to receive and store one or more documents of a document stream in a search index, receive one or more reference documents, calculate global document frequencies for the one or more documents of the document stream, generate a set of relevant terms and corresponding weights, generate a query by classifying the relevant terms into first and second categories, retrieve one or more documents from the search index based on the query, and filter the one or more retrieved documents based on a cut-off score.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods for improving the DRX operation of a UE by introducing an additional DRX wake-up cycle, which runs in parallel to the short and/or long DRX cycle. The DRX wake-up cycle defines time intervals after which the UE starts monitoring the PDCCH for a wake-up duration of time; the UE does not perform any other operation during the wake-up duration apart from monitoring the PDCCH. The time intervals of the wake-up cycle between the wake-up durations are preferably shorter than the one of the DRX long cycle, and may have the same or a shorter length than the ones of the DRX short cycle. The wake-up duration may be as long as the on-duration of the DRX short/long cycle, or may be preferably much shorter, such as only one or a few subframes.

Abstract: A method of characterizing a deformation of a plurality of substrates is described. The method includes: measuring, for a plurality of n different alignment measurement parameters ? and for a plurality of substrates, a position of the alignment marks; determining a positional deviation as the difference between the n alignment mark position measurements and a nominal alignment mark position; grouping the positional deviations into data sets; determining an average data set; subtracting the average data set from the data sets to obtain a plurality of variable data sets; performing a blind source separation method on the variable data sets, thereby decomposing the variable data sets into a set of eigenwafers representing principal components of the variable data sets; and subdividing the set of eigenwafers into a set of mark deformation eigenwafers and a set of substrate deformation eigenwafers.

Abstract: Systems and methods for automated telephone host system interaction. A system can include one or more client applications executable by respective communication devices and a server in communication with the respective communication devices. The system can store user information for a user and receive, from the user, requests associated with a service provider. Responsive to the requests, the system can cause initiation of a call center call to a call center associated with the service provider, automatically navigate a call handling system of the call center, monitor a held call center call, and detect when a live agent answers the call. Responsive to detecting the live agent, the system can initiate a call to the user device and bridge the calls such that the user can speak to the live agent.

Abstract: Technologies are provided for creating and using template constraint expressions in constraint-based systems. Template constraint expressions can be created that can be used to define multiple usages of a same constraint rule in a configuration model. Using the template constraint expression, the constraint rule can be translated once and used multiple times as different instances of the rule are activated. Updates to the rule can be made to the template constraint expression and applied to all of the related instances. Constraint expressions can be created based on the template constraint expression. Configuration rule definitions in a configuration model definition can be parsed to create graphical representations of the configuration model definition. One or more of the graphical representations can be used to create a template constraint expression. Multiple object instances in the configuration model can be identified that satisfy matching criteria of the template constraint expression.