Abstract: An electric machine having a housing assembly and a stator assembly coupled with a rotor assembly. A plurality of MOSFET assemblies are operably coupled with the stator assembly. The MOSFET assemblies are disposed in openings defined by the housing assembly and include a carrier that is secured within the openings with a press-fit engagement. The carrier defines an interior space extending the full longitudinal length of the carrier and includes at least one planar mounting surface wherein a MOSFET is mounted on the planar mounting surface. In some embodiments, the housing assembly includes an aluminum heat exchange member that defines an opening in which a MOSFET assembly is installed. The carrier may be formed by extruding copper and include longitudinally extending ribs that engage the housing assembly in press fit engagement. A method of manufacturing an electric machine is also disclosed.

Abstract: Provided are technical solutions for preparing and using a cache of social media post data. In an example, a database of social media posts is queried for matching posts and respective metadata for each matching post. Index item data describing one or more respective attributes of each matching post is gathered. For each of the matching posts, the respective index item data is combined with the respective metadata to form combined data. The matching posts and the combined data for each matching post are stored in the cache of social media post data. The cache can be indexed. The cache index can be subsequently queried to provide, for further analysis, social media data which matches specific attributes.

Abstract: An arc fault sensor disposed on a circuit board proximate to a current carrying trace. The arc fault sensor includes a magnetic flux concentrator (MFC). The MFC includes a first flange and a second flange that are joined by a center post. Each of the first and second flanges have a cross sectional area that is larger than the center post. A sense coil winding is wound around the center post. The arc fault sensor generates an output voltage that is proportional to a rate of change of current in the current carrying conductor. For a given diameter of the sense coil winding, the output voltage is enhanced by the ratio of the cross-sectional areas of the flanges relative to the cross-sectional area of the center post. Methods of manufacturing and utilizing the aforementioned arc fault sensor are also disclosed.

Abstract: An electric machine having a housing assembly and a stator assembly coupled with a rotor assembly. A plurality of MOSFET assemblies are operably coupled with the stator assembly. The MOSFET assemblies are disposed in openings defined by the housing assembly and include a carrier that is secured within the openings with a press-fit engagement. The carrier defines an interior space extending the full longitudinal length of the carrier and includes at least one planar mounting surface wherein a MOSFET is mounted on the planar mounting surface. In some embodiments, the housing assembly includes an aluminum heat exchange member that defines an opening in which a MOSFET assembly is installed. The carrier may be formed by extruding copper and include longitudinally extending ribs that engage the housing assembly in press fit engagement. A method of manufacturing an electric machine is also disclosed.

Abstract: Provided are technical solutions for preparing and using a cache of social media post data. In an example, a database of social media posts is queried for matching posts and respective metadata for each matching post. Index item data describing one or more respective attributes of each matching post is gathered. For each of the matching posts, the respective index item data is combined with the respective metadata to form combined data. The matching posts and the combined data for each matching post are stored in the cache of social media post data. The cache can be indexed. The cache index can be subsequently queried to provide, for further analysis, social media data which matches specific attributes.

Abstract: Space- and cost-efficient antenna apparatus and methods of making and using the same. In one embodiment, the antenna is formed using a deposition process, whereby a conductive fluid or other material is deposited directly on one or more interior components of a host device (e.g., cellular phone or tablet computer). The antenna can be formed in a substantially three-dimensional “loop” shape, and obviates several costly and environmentally unfriendly processing steps and materials associated with prior art antenna manufacturing approaches.

Abstract: A body for a blow-molded waste cart and a waste cart having a blow-molded hollow body with a rear wall and a handle keyway formed in the rear wall and a handle installed in the keyway. The body may include a detent formed in the rear wall of the body that engages a projection formed on the handle assembly. The keyway may be formed of a number of spaced trapezoidal slots with undercut sections that mate with a plurality of spaced trapezoidal keys on the handle. The waste cart, as well as the handle assembly may be blow-molded.

Abstract: A body for a blow-molded waste cart and a waste cart having a blow-molded hollow body having a rear wall, a floor, the body and floor form a waste receptacle and a pair of axle straps integrally formed with the body. The axle straps each include a penetration with a strap bearing surface formed in penetration of the axle strap. The cart body may also include a longitudinal bearing surface with the strap bearing surface being aligned with the longitudinal bearing surface. The strap bearing surface is preferably cylindrical. A waste cart may be formed by adding an axle mounted to the body by the axle straps and wheels mounted to either end of the axle. A method of forming the carte body is also disclosed in which a pair of opposed pins are slid into the axle straps to form the axle strap bearing surfaces.

Abstract: A body for a blow-molded waste cart and a waste cart having a blow-molded hollow body with four upstanding side walls and corner sections therebetween, a floor, and a circumferential compression flange around the side walls and corner sections is disclosed. The waste cart may also include an axle and wheels mounted to a side wall and a handle assembly with lid also mounted to a side wall. The circumferential compression flange may have a generally consistent width and thickness at each of the side walls and corner sections and the lid rim meets the circumferential compression flange when the lid is closed. A method of forming a blow-molded waste cart body is also disclosed. The process includes melting a polymer material to form a parison, enclosing the parison in a main mold, pressurizing the parison within the mold and moving a secondary mold section onto the main mold squeezing the polymer outward to a gap between the secondary mold and main mold to form the circumferential flange.

Abstract: A body for a blow molded waste cart and a waste cart having a blow-molded hollow body having a front wall and a central channel formed in the front wall, a lift pocket formed in the central channel, and a lift pocket reinforcement insert molded into the lift pocket. The lift pocket reinforcement has a main body formed with a longitudinal axis, an upper face, a rear face including a generally planar lift contact surface and a plurality of retention keys that retain the polymer of the parison after molding. The retention keys may be undercut to improve retention of the polymer. The lift pocket reinforcement may be blow-molded and the retention keys may be in the shape of a section of a trapezoidal cone.

Abstract: An arc fault sensor disposed on a circuit board proximate to a current carrying trace. The arc fault sensor includes a magnetic flux concentrator (MFC). The MFC includes a first flange and a second flange that are joined by a center post. Each of the first and second flanges have a cross sectional area that is larger than the center post. A sense coil winding is wound around the center post. The arc fault sensor generates an output voltage that is proportional to a rate of change of current in the current carrying conductor. For a given diameter of the sense coil winding, the output voltage is enhanced by the ratio of the cross-sectional areas of the flanges relative to the cross-sectional area of the center post. Methods of manufacturing and utilizing the aforementioned arc fault sensor are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to drug fusions and conjugates that have improved serum half lives. These fusions and conjugates comprise immunoglobulin (antibody) single variable domains and insulinotropic and/or incretin and/or gut peptide molecules. The invention further relates to uses, formulations, compositions and devices comprising such drug fusions and conjugates. The invention also relates to compositions which comprise more than one insulinotropic and/or incretin and/or gut peptide molecules present as part of a fusion or conjugate and to uses and formulations thereof.

Abstract: An exemplary modular energy storage system is disclosed. The modular energy storage system may include an enclosure, a plurality of battery modules positioned within the enclosure and operatively connected to a high voltage connector accessible from an exterior of the enclosure; a battery management system positioned within the enclosure, the battery management system including at least one contactor; and an air plenum positioned within the enclosure. Air may enter at least one inlet in the enclosure, passes through the air plenum, across a plurality of heat sink fins associated with the plurality of battery modules, and exit through at least one outlet in the enclosure. The at least one contactor may positioned within the enclosure to a first side of the plurality of battery modules and above the at least one inlet. An exemplary endplate for a battery module having a plurality of battery cells is also disclosed.

Abstract: Space- and cost-efficient antenna apparatus and methods of making and using the same. In one embodiment, the antenna is formed using a deposition process, whereby a conductive fluid or other material is deposited directly on one or more interior components of a host device (e.g., cellular phone or tablet computer). The antenna can be formed in a substantially three-dimensional “loop” shape, and obviates several costly and environmentally unfriendly processing steps and materials associated with prior art antenna manufacturing approaches.

Abstract: The present invention relates to drug fusions and conjugates that have improved serum half lives. These fusions and conjugates comprise immunoglobulin (antibody) single variable domains and insulinotropic and/or incretin and/or gut peptide molecules. The invention further relates to uses, formulations, compositions and devices comprising such drug fusions and conjugates. The invention also relates to compositions which comprise more than one insulinotropic and/or incretin and/or gut peptide molecules present as part of a fusion or conjugate and to uses and formulations thereof.

Abstract: A dilatation balloon, the dilatation balloon having a multilayer structure wherein the multilayer structure comprises a thermoplastic elastomer coextruded with a non-compliant structural polymer, the thermoplastic elastomer as an outer layer and the non-compliant structural material is an inner layer.

Abstract: A method of synchronizing respective state transitions in a group of devices including at least one responding device is disclosed. The group of devices is communicatively coupled to an initiating device via a communication network. The method includes the at least one responding device receiving a trigger message from the initiating device. The trigger message includes a state transition time or a time from which a state transition time is obtainable. The method further includes the at least one responding device jointly making a respective state transition at the state transition time. A responding device, and a system including the initiating device and the responding device are also disclosed.

Abstract: A dilatation balloon and catheter for insertion into a bodily conduit. The catheter (10) includes shaft (12) and a dilatation balloon (24) at the distal end of the shaft. The balloon is inflated via a central lumen (14) in the shaft for delivery of a fluid inflation media. The balloon is fabricated from a combination of a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), preferably an engineering thermoplastic elastomer (ETE), with a non-compliant structural polymeric material. The combination may be a blend of the non-compliant structural polymer and the TPE. Alternatively, the combination may be a layered balloon having, for example, a non-compliant structural polymer inner layer and a soft, abrasion resistant, elastomeric outer layer. Methods for fabricating the balloon from the combination of a TPE and a non-compliant structural polymer are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for deciding the relationship between a physical property and a threshold, comprising measuring a physical property to obtain a measured value, calculating the distribution of actual values for the physical property, calculating the error distribution of the obtained measured value, calculating the penalty associated with an erroneous decision, and calculating a margin based on the expected loss from selecting at least one possible actual value as a function of the calculated distribution of actual values, the calculated error distribution of the measured value, and the calculated penalty associated with an erroneous decision. Embodiments including a system and apparatus are also disclosed.

Abstract: A dilatation balloon and catheter for insertion into a bodily conduit. The catheter (10) includes shaft (12) and a dilatation balloon (24) at the distal end of the shaft. The balloon is inflated via a central lumen (14) in the shaft for delivery of a fluid inflation media. The balloon is fabricated from a combination of a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), preferably an engineering thermoplastic elastomer (ETE), with a non-compliant structural polymeric material. The combination may be a blend of the non-compliant structural polymer and the TPE. Alternatively, the combination may be a layered balloon having, for example, a non-compliant structural polymer inner layer and a soft, abrasion resistant, elastomeric outer layer. Methods for fabricating the balloon from the combination of a TPE and a non-compliant structural polymer are also disclosed.