Abstract: A method is provided for operating a lithium ion battery having at least one lithium ion cell and a heating device, the method includes a step of operating the lithium ion battery in a temperature range between 5 and 90° C. The heating device is designed to operate the lithium ion battery in a temperature range between 5 and 90° C. The lithium ion cell includes an anode, a cathode, a separator, a current collector and an electrolyte. The electrolyte can contain LiBOB as the conducting salt and at least one solvent selected from propylene carbonate and ethylene carbonate; or having LiFSI and/or LiDFOB as the conducting salt and at least one solvent selected from glycol ether and/or DMC; or having LiFSI and/or LiTFSI and/or LiDFOB and/or LiTDI as the conducting salt and at least one solvent selected from imidazolium compounds, pyrrolidinium compounds and piperidinium compounds.

Abstract: An assembly for an aircraft according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a control module including a processor and a local memory that stores a first instance of operational software executable by the processor and that relates to functionality of the control module to selectively control a vehicle system, and a backplane memory device coupled to the control module by a common backplane. The backplane memory device includes shadow memory that stores a second instance of the operational software. A method of synchronizing an assembly is also disclosed.

Abstract: An assembly for an aircraft according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a control module including a processor and a local memory that stores a first instance of operational software executable by the processor and that relates to functionality of the control module to selectively control a vehicle system, and a backplane memory device coupled to the control module by a common backplane. The backplane memory device includes shadow memory that stores a second instance of the operational software. A method of synchronizing an assembly is also disclosed.

Abstract: A new Spa Table for offering a portable table for use in a spa wherein the height of the table is self-adjusting such that the top of the table remains on the surface of the water. The inventive device includes a base member removably positioned on the floor of a spa, a planar table top member adapted to float on the water surface of the spa, and a self-adjusting vertical support member interconnecting the base member and the planar table top member, wherein the self-adjusting vertical support member self-adjusts to support the planar table top member in a generally horizontal position on the water surface of the spa. The planar table top member floats on the water surface of the spa such that the height of the planar table top member self-adjustingly correspondingly increases and decreases with the height of the water surface.