Abstract: Aluminum-boron nitride nanotube composites and methods of making thereof are disclosed herein. In at least one specific embodiment, the method can include: at least partially coating boron nitride nanotubes with aluminum to make an aluminum-boron nitride nanotube layered structure, where the at least partially coating is performed by sputter deposition, and where the boron nitride nanotubes have a length of about 100 ?m to about 300 ?m; sintering the aluminum-boron nitride nanotube layered structure to make an aluminum-boron nitride nanotube pellet, where the sintering is performed by spark plasma sintering; and rolling the aluminum-boron nitride nanotube pellet to make the aluminum-boron nitride nanotube composite.

Abstract: A plug connector (100) includes: a sleeve (1) having a receiving cavity (11); and a terminal module (10) including a fixed body (7) received in the receiving cavity (11), an insulative housing (11) located in front of the fixed body (7) and extended beyond the sleeve (1), a magnetic element (6) received in the sleeve (1), a plurality of movable terminals (4), and plural elastic elements (5), the insulative housing (11) having a number of through holes (31), the other end of the elastic element (5) bearing against the fixed body (7), the movable terminals (4) in non-retracted state being located inwardly of the insulative housing (3), the insulative housing (3) being operable to move backwards urging against the elastic elements (5) and exposing the movable terminals (4) in retracted state out of the insulative housing (3); wherein the movable terminals (4) are sheathed in the elastic elements (5).

Abstract: Fluidic devices, methods, and systems are disclosed. One system may comprises a sheath, a delivery module, and a removal module. The sheath includes a working lumen, a delivery lumen, and a removal lumen. The delivery module is configured to move a fluid from a fluid reservoir and into a body cavity through the delivery lumen. The removal module is configured to move the fluid and a particulate contained therein out of the body cavity through the removal lumen, through a filtration device that removes the particulate, and back into the fluid reservoir. One method comprises placing a distal end of sheath into a body cavity, energizing the working lumen to generate a particulate in the cavity, moving the fluid into the cavity to engage the particulate, and moving the fluid and the contaminant from the body cavity, through a filter for removing the contaminant, and back into the fluid source.

Abstract: A turbine engine includes a frame assembly including an outer cavity and an inner cavity with the outer cavity including at least one opening configured and adapted to communicate cooling air to the turbine case. A baffle within the outer cavity includes a plurality of openings for directing cooling airflow into the outer cavity for preventing impingement on a radially inner wall of the outer cavity for maintaining a desired temperature of the cooling air within the outer cavity.

Abstract: A refrigeration cycle device includes at least a condenser, an expansion valve, an evaporator and a plurality of compressors, a sealed casing of each of the compressors is disposed with a rotary compression mechanism part in communication with a low-pressure path and a motor part configured to drive the compression mechanism part, the low-pressure path is in communication with the evaporator, each of the compressors is further provided with an oil storage cavity, and a gas discharge path of at least one compressor is connected with the sealed casing of another compressor.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an electrical property detection device and method for a touch electrode. The electrical property detection device includes a capacitor formation unit configured to form a capacitor structure with the touch electrode to be detected; and a capacitance detection unit configured to obtain a capacitance value of the capacitor structure. In the technical solutions of the present invention, the capacitor structure is formed by the capacitor formation unit and the touch electrode to be detected, and then the capacitance value of the capacitor structure is obtained by the capacitance detection unit, so that a detector can effectively and accurately evaluate the electrical property of the touch electrode based on the obtained capacitance value of the capacitor structure.

Abstract: An apparatus for cooling is disclosed. One apparatus includes a motor body and a shaft extending through the motor body and configured to rotate in response to operation of the motor body. The shaft includes a first through-hole extending axially between a first end of the shaft and a second end of the shaft. The first through-hole is configured to receive a fluid to cool the motor body.

Abstract: A method to display a representation of multimedia content that includes a progress bar. The method includes shortening a portion of the multimedia content having a start time and an end time from an original length to a shortened length based on a received indication and modifying the progress bar to represent the shortened portion of the multimedia content. The original length of the portion is represented by a curve adjacent to the progress bar, where a first end of the curve is adjacent to the progress bar at a location indicating the start time, and where a second end of the curve is adjacent to the progress bar at a location indicating the end time, and the shortened length of the portion is represented by a distance on the progress bar between the location indicating the start time and the location indicating the end time.

Abstract: Structures and methods for forming highly uniform and high-porosity gallium-nitride layers with sub-100-nm pore sizes are described. Electrochemical etching of heavily-doped gallium nitride at low bias voltages in concentrated nitric acid is used to form the porous gallium nitride. The porous layers may be used in reflective structures for integrated optical devices such as VCSELs and LEDs.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a test platform for high-frequency cable, comprising conductive contacts and clamps for pressing a conductor of the cable on the conductive contact, and comprising a splitter seat, which comprises a top surface and a plurality of varied sides, the conductive contacts are respectively arranged on the sides, the clamps are arranged at a peripheral of the splitter seat and is opposite to the conductive contact, the splitter seat is further provided with a splitter channel, and the splitter channel slantingly connects the top surface to the sides. The present invention adopts a splitter seat with a polyhedral structure, which may shorten the stripped length, and prevent for vertically bending the core, thereby reducing the damage to the cable structure to the greatest extent, and greatly increasing the test frequency.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a housing shroud enclosing the respective first and second connectors spaced and distinct from each other with the corresponding ports exposed outside of the housing shroud. A cable is connected to the first connector and the second connector respectively and extends out of the housing shroud opposite to the mating ports. The first connector is fixed within the housing shroud while the second connector is disposed in the housing shroud in a floating manner wherein the second connector is equipped with a rubber ring transversely confronting the housing shroud for obtaining the floating effect.

Abstract: A method and device for switching an operation mode of a five-level inverter are provided. The method includes: determining a first three-level operation mode as a three-level operation mode to be switched to from a five-level operation mode in a case that a PV input voltage is higher than a bridge line-line voltage command value; switching, after the operation mode is switched to the first three-level operation mode, the operation mode from the first three-level operation mode to a second three-level operation mode, in a case that a junction temperature of a switching device operating in the first three-level operation mode exceeds a first preset value; and switching the operation mode from the second three-level operation mode to the first three-level operation mode in a case that the junction temperature of a switching device operating in the second three-level operation mode exceeds a second preset value.

Abstract: A power factor controller is disclosed, in which error feedback is provided my means of a parallel combination of at least two error feedback channels. By providing at least two error feedback channels, the stability associated with, for instance, a continuously integrated feedback loop with relatively long time constant, may be combined with a fast transient response associated with, for instance, a sample-and-hold error feedback. A method of operating such a power factor controller is also disclosed.

Abstract: Electrically conductive, thin, smooth films are provided that comprise silver (Ag) and a conductive metal, such as aluminum (Al), titanium (Ti), nickel (Ni), chromium (Cr), gold (Au), magnesium (Mg), tantalum (Ta), germanium (Ge) or combinations thereof. In other alternative variations, electrically conductive, thin, smooth films are provided that comprise gold (Au) or copper (Cu) and a conductive metal, such as aluminum (Al), titanium (Ti), nickel (Ni), chromium (Cr), gold (Au), magnesium (Mg), tantalum (Ta), germanium (Ge) or combinations thereof. Such materials have excellent electrical conductivity, may be ultra-thin, flexible, transparent, and have low optical loss. Assemblies incorporating such films and methods of making the films are also provided. The assemblies may be used in photovoltaic and light emitting devices with high power conversion efficiencies or optical meta-materials that exhibit high transmittance and homogeneous response, among others.

Abstract: A cutter including a cutting head and an adjustable handle pivotally coupled to the cutting head. The adjustable handle includes a first adjustment assembly to change a length the adjustable handle extends from the cutting head. The adjustable handle also includes a second adjustment assembly to change the position of the adjustable handle with respect to the cutting head.

Abstract: Novel and advantageous insulator discs with embedded resonator coils are provided. By linking the insulator discs in a series using an appropriate mechanical mechanism, the insulator discs form an insulator or insulator string for a high power transmission line system. The resonator coils embedded inside the insulator discs therefore form a series of relay resonators that can be used for wireless power transfer through the principle of near-field magnetic coupling and resonance. The insulator string can provide the simultaneous functions of voltage insulation and wireless power transfer over the length of the string. Applications include, but not limited to, wireless power transfer in a high-voltage environment such as that encountered in high-voltage power transmission line systems.

Abstract: An electric compressor and a refrigeration device having the same are provided. The electric compressor includes: an electric motor having a stator and a rotor; a compressing mechanism having an eccentric shaft rotatably and slidably connected to the rotor and defining a compressing chamber therein, the compressing chamber being configured to perform a compression by the eccentric shaft; and a torque damping device configured to connect the rotor with the eccentric shaft, in which during the compression of the compressing chamber, a difference between a rotation angle of the eccentric shaft and a rotation angle of the rotor is a phase angle which is increased and decreased.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a shell covering the insulative housing, and a flange mounted to the shell. The insulative housing has a front face, a number of outer faces, and a receiving cavity extending through the front face for receiving a mating connector. The shell has a front wall and a number of outer walls covering the housing front and outer faces, respectively. The flange has a mating sleeve mounted to the shell and a mating flange portion for engaging a panel along a front-to-back direction. The mating sleeve is bent from a material band, and the mating flange portion is bent from the mating sleeve. The mating flange portion is substantially perpendicular to and resiliently flexible relative to the mating sleeve.

Abstract: Disclose is a gait recognition method, firstly, extracting an initial gait feature of a gait video of a person to be recognized; secondly obtaining a corresponding optimized gait feature according to a trained sub neural network and the initial gait feature; then determining corresponding degrees of similarity according to the optimized gait feature of the person to be recognized and the optimized gait feature of each known person in a matching library, and determining information of the person to be recognized according to information of the known person in the matching library corresponding to the optimized gait feature which has the highest degree of similarity with the optimized gait feature of the person to be recognized.

Abstract: A hand tool includes a first jaw, a first handle fixed to the first jaw, a second jaw, and a second handle pivotally coupled to the second jaw, a link member, and an adjustment member. The adjustment member is operable to axially move a first end of the link member to vary a distance between the first and second jaws. The adjustment member includes an engagement surface engageable with the first end of the link member, a shank in threaded engagement with a bore in the first handle, and a flange extending from the shank opposite the engagement portion. The flange includes a first side, a second side opposite the first side, and an elongate opening extending through the first and second sides.