Abstract: Battery arrays are provided for traction battery packs. An exemplary battery array may include a multi-layered busbar assembly having at least a first busbar layer and a second busbar layer. Battery cell tab terminals may be trapped between the first busbar layer and the second busbar layer of the busbar assembly. The battery cell tab terminals, the first busbar layer, and the second busbar layer may then be fused together, such as by one or more welds, to electrically connect a grouping of battery cells of the array.

Abstract: An aircraft includes a flight deck including a flight deck door configured to be moved between an open position and a closed position, a first monument, second monument, and a secondary barrier door moveably secured between the first monument and the second monument. The secondary barrier door is configured to fold into a stowed position in which a path to the flight deck is open, and unfold into a deployed position in which the path to the flight deck is closed.

Abstract: An autonomous advertising cart with display panels and speakers integrated into its navigation, movement and location tracking system. The cart displays advertising containing text, picture and video images, and speakers play sounds, music or other recordings. The cart selectively provides advertising communications depending on the items on the cart, where the cart is in the building, the time of day, the presence of people, etc., as the autonomous cart travels through its work environment. The advertisements are stored on-board the cart or received real-time via wireless communication. The cart preferably has microphones and customer observation cameras to collect real-time information about the working environment and customers to enhance the advertising experience and provide feedback about the advertising experience.

Abstract: Candidate material for polymerization can be received. One or more desired features in the candidate material can be identified. A machine learning model can be trained to generate a new material having one or more of the desired features. Permissively, the candidate material can be determined from running a machine learning classification model that ranks a plurality of material as candidates. Permissively, the generated new material can be input to the machine learning classification model, for the machine learning classification model to include in ranking the plurality of material as candidates.

Abstract: Portable, hand held, battery operated, hydraulic tools are provided with a tool frame and one or more interchangeable working heads. When the working head is connected with the tool frame, a piston actuated by a hydraulic system within the tool frame applies force to the working head to perform a task. The tool includes a sensor for detecting the type of head connected with the tool and a mechanism for adjusting the amount of force applied to the head by the hydraulic system based on the detected head type.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a non-pneumatic tire comprising a radially outer circumferential band portion, a radially inner hub portion, and a supporting structure comprising a plurality of spokes extending from the hub portion to the band portion. A radially outer foot portion of at least one of the spokes is mechanically interlocked with the band portion and/or removably mounted to the band portion. In another aspect, an attachment surface of a spoke is at least partially formed by a material harder than a polymer composition of the spoke. Furthermore, a portion of the band portion and the hub portion, which is adjacent and in contact with the attachment surface, is at least partially formed by one or more of the material and another material harder than the polymer composition.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a method of manufacturing a cord-reinforced elastomer composition band, comprising steps of providing multiple parallel cords; extruding an elastomer composition onto the cords in a first zone to form a first end portion of the band; further extruding the elastomer composition onto the cords in the first zone while moving the first end portion of the band away from the first zone; and holding the cords at a constant distance relative to one another in a second zone adjacent, downstream and moving with the first end portion of the band away from the first zone. Moreover, the invention is directed to a method of manufacturing a tire comprising these steps and a machine for manufacturing a cord-reinforced elastomer composition band.

Abstract: A crash cushion that may be used as a traffic barrier end treatment is constructed to prevent an impacting vehicle from lifting off the ground and to minimize fragmentation and that is compatible with BTMs without compromise to impact mitigation performance. The crash cushion includes a nose assembly and a number of energy-absorbing modules connected to the nose assembly and to one another in an end-to-end fashion. The energy-absorbing elements are not all identical, but instead are constructed with different features and positioned or sequenced in particular ways to achieve specific performance objectives.

Abstract: A cleaning tool configured to be inserted into a lithography apparatus in a first configuration, configured to be engaged by a handler of the lithography apparatus, and used for cleaning a portion of the lithography apparatus. The cleaning tool is configured to move from the first configuration to a second, expanded configuration, after engagement by the handler such that the cleaning tool is in the second configuration when used for cleaning the portion of the lithography apparatus. There may also be a container configured to hold the cleaning tool in the first configuration and fit into the lithography apparatus. In that case, the cleaning tool is configured to be inserted into the lithography apparatus in the container, moved from the container by the handler for the cleaning, and returned to the container by the handler after the cleaning.

Abstract: A collapsible hinge for use with a roadway barrier system including a plurality of barriers comprises a first hinge assembly, a second hinge assembly, and a pin. The first hinge assembly is connected to an end wall of a first barrier and includes a first base and a second base. The first base includes upper and lower surfaces and an opening extending from the upper surface to the lower surface. The second base includes upper and lower surfaces and an opening extending from the upper surface to the lower surface. The second hinge assembly is connected to an end wall of a second barrier and includes a first base and a second base, each having the same construction as the first and second base, respectively, of the first hinge assembly. The pin is positioned in the opening of each base of each hinge assembly.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides which are covalently bound to molecular scaffolds such that two or more peptide loops are subtended between attachment points to the scaffold. In particular, the invention describes peptides which are high affinity binders of membrane type 1 metalloprotease (MT1-MMP). The invention also describes drug conjugates comprising said peptides, conjugated to one or more effector and/or functional groups which have utility in imaging and targeted cancer therapy.

Abstract: A pressure deck for an aircraft comprises a flat composite laminate base panel having integrated tear straps to enhance damage arrestment. The tear straps include a plurality of multi-ply, spaced apart longitudinal and lateral tear straps interspersed with the plies of the base panel.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a method is performed by a middleware computing platform and includes maintaining an active user pool comprising a plurality of servicing users. The method also includes exposing a service request interface to a plurality of user-to-user service platforms. The plurality of user-to-user platforms provide independent computing environments that separately execute user-to-user service workflows for requesting users. The method further includes receiving, via the service request interface, a plurality of service requests each from one of the plurality of user-to-user service platforms. In addition, the method includes automatically assigning one or more of the plurality of service requests to a target servicing user of the plurality of servicing users based at least in part on information associated with the service request and availability of the target servicing user. The method also includes exposing a service provider interface to the target servicing user.

Abstract: Embodiments described and discussed herein generally relate to flexible or foldable display devices, and more specifically to flexible cover lens assemblies. In one or more embodiments, a flexible cover lens assembly contains a glass layer, an adhesion promotion layer on the glass layer, an anti-reflectance layer disposed on the adhesion promotion layer, a dry hardcoat layer having a nano-indentation hardness in a range from about 1 GPa to about 5 GPa and disposed on the anti-reflectance layer, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the dry hardcoat layer.

Abstract: Embodiments described and discussed herein generally relate to flexible or foldable display devices, and more specifically to flexible cover lens assemblies. In one or more embodiments, a flexible cover lens assembly contains a glass layer, an adhesion promotion layer on the glass layer, an anti-reflectance layer disposed on the adhesion promotion layer, a dry hardcoat layer having a nano-indentation hardness in a range from about 1 GPa to about 5 GPa and disposed on the anti-reflectance layer, and an anti-fingerprint coating layer disposed on the dry hardcoat layer.

Abstract: Training a lexicon of a natural language processing system may include receiving a data set containing a corpus of absolute paths driven by a vehicle annotated with natural language descriptions of said absolute paths and determining parameters of the lexicon based on the data set. The degree to which a path taken by the vehicle satisfies the annotated description may be specified by a scoring function. The lexicon may be determined by finding the lexicon parameters that optimize the degree to which the paths taken by the vehicle satisfy the annotated descriptions. Objects in the environment of the same class are disambiguated by specifying their position relative to other objects using prepositions.