Abstract: An agricultural machine includes: a base member; a leading edge coupled with the base member and configured for receiving a flow of a material; and an assembly coupled with the base member, the assembly including a device and at least one flexible wiper coupled with the device, the device being configured for rotating and thereby for rotating the at least one flexible wiper therewith, said at least one flexible wiper thereby being configured for cleaning the material from the leading edge.

Abstract: An elevator assembly for a harvester may include an elevator extending within between proximal and distal ends. The elevator may be configured to carry harvested crops between its proximal and distal ends. The elevator assembly may also include a storage hopper at a location adjacent to the distal end of the elevator. The storage hopper may include a rear deflector and a hopper gate. The hopper gate may be movable between a discharge position, at which the hopper gate exposes a discharge opening of the storage hopper, and a storage position, at which the hopper gate covers the discharge opening to prevent harvested crops from being discharged from the elevator assembly. Additionally, when the hopper gate is moved to the storage position, the hopper gate and the rear deflector may at least partially define a storage volume adjacent to the distal end of the elevator for storing the harvested crop.

Abstract: A method of forming an electrical transmission structure that includes forming an opening through an interlevel dielectric layer to expose at least one electrically conductive feature and forming a shield layer on the opening. A gouge is formed in the electrically conductive feature through the opening using a subtractive method during which the shield layer protects the interlevel dielectric layer from being damaged by the subtractive method. A contact is formed within the opening in electrical communication with the at least one electrically conductive feature.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor interconnect structure by providing a semiconductor structure with a dielectric layer with and an embedded electrically conductive structure. A dielectric capping layer and a metal capping layer separating a second dielectric layer located above the first dielectric layer. The segment of metal capping layer covers at least a portion of a top surface of the first electrically conductive structure. Exposing parts of both the first electrically conductive structure and the dielectric capping layer by forming an opening in the second dielectric layer and the metal capping layer. Forming a second electrically conductive structure in the opening, such that (i) the second electrically conductive structure is located over part of the dielectric capping layer, and (ii) the second electrically conductive structure is in electrical contact with the first electrically conductive structure.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are polyketone triglyceride compositions containing 8 to 16 ketone carbonyl moieties per triglyceride unit and methods of making. Also disclosed are polyimine triglyceride compositions having has 8 to 16 nitrogen moieties per triglyceride unit and methods of making.

Abstract: A debris removal system for an agricultural harvester may include a chopper assembly configured to chop harvested crops into billets; an elevator having an elevator inlet that receives a stream of billets from the chopper assembly; and an extractor positioned adjacent the elevator inlet that is configured to remove from the harvester debris separated from the billets. A fan assembly may be positioned between the chopper assembly and the elevator inlet and may include a fan and a fan discharge outlet. The fan assembly may blow a stream of air through the stream of billets and toward the extractor to separate the debris from the billets for removal by the extractor. Moreover, the fan has a diameter that is approximately twice a height of the fan discharge outlet. Other debris removal systems and methods for removing debris from harvested crops also are provided.

Abstract: A stator vane assembly for a gas turbine engine in which both higher pressure cooling air and lower pressure cooling air are both supplied to the stator vane assembly to cool both an airfoil and inner and outer diameter endwall cavities of the stator vane assembly, in which the spent higher pressure cooling air is then discharged into a combustor of the gas turbine engine. The higher pressure cooling air flows through a closed loop cooling circuit formed within the stator vane assembly while the lower pressure cooling air is discharged through exit holes into the hot gas stream of the turbine.

Abstract: Package-on-package systems for packaging semiconductor devices. In one embodiment, a package-on-package system comprises a first semiconductor package device and a second semiconductor package device. The first package device includes a base substrate including a first side having a die-attach region and a peripheral region, a first semiconductor die attached to the base substrate at the die-attach region, wherein the first semiconductor die has a front side facing the first side of the base substrate and a backside spaced apart from the first side of the base substrate by a first distance, and a high density interconnect array in the perimeter region of the base substrate outside of the die-attach region. The interconnect array has a plurality of interconnects that extend from the first side of the base substrate by a second distance greater than the first distance. The second semiconductor device package is electrically coupled corresponding individual interconnects.

Abstract: An agricultural vehicle includes: a chassis; a header carried by the chassis and configured to cut crop material; a chopper carried by the chassis downstream of the header; a spreader assembly carried by the chassis downstream of the chopper; and a windrow assembly carried by the chassis downstream of the chopper. The windrow assembly includes: a windrow chute defining a chute surface and a leading edge downstream from the chopper; and a rotatable conveyor associated with the leading edge and having a surface with at least one conveyor projection extending from the surface, the at least one conveyor projection being configured to convey crop material toward at least one of the chute surface and the spreader assembly during rotation.

Abstract: A method of forming an electrical transmission structure that includes forming an opening through an interlevel dielectric layer to expose at least one electrically conductive feature and forming a shield layer on the opening. A gouge is formed in the electrically conductive feature through the opening using a subtractive method during which the shield layer protects the interlevel dielectric layer from being damaged by the subtractive method. A contact is formed within the opening in electrical communication with the at least one electrically conductive feature.

Abstract: A slat for use within a material moving system of an agricultural combine may include a connector web extending in a lengthwise direction of the slat between a first end and a second end and in a widthwise direction of the slat between a front side and a rear side of the slat. The connector web may also define an outer surface and an inner surface. The slat may also include a front wall extending outwardly from the outer surface of the connector web along the front side of the slat and a rear wall extending outwardly from the outer surface of the connector web along the rear side of the slat. Additionally, the slat may include one or more additional features for increasing the structural integrity of the slat and/or for enhancing the crop grabbing/gripping capabilities of the slat.

Abstract: Disclosed is the use of a metal catalyst or catalyst precursor that catalyzes the isomerization of an unsaturated fatty acid, unsaturated fatty acid derivative, or an unsaturated triglyceride. Also disclosed is the use of a metal catalyst or catalyst precursor that catalyzes the decarboxylation of an unsaturated organic compound. Also disclosed is the use of a catalyst or catalyst precursor for the dual function isomerization and decarboxylation of an unsaturated fatty acid to an unsaturated organic compound.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are polyketone triglyceride compositions containing 8 to 16 ketone carbonyl moieties per triglyceride unit and methods of making. Also disclosed are polyimine triglyceride compositions having has 8 to 16 nitrogen moieties per triglyceride unit and methods of making. Also disclosed are polyamine triglyceride compositions containing 8 to 16 nitrogen moieties per triglyceride unit and methods of making.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a trench in at least one dielectric layer; and forming an interconnect structure in the trench, wherein forming the interconnect structure includes forming a first conductive layer on a bottom surface of the trench, and partially filling the trench, and forming a second conductive layer on the first conductive layer, and filling a remaining portion of the trench, wherein the second conductive layer comprises a different material from the first conductive layer, and wherein an amount of the first conductive layer in the trench is controlled so that an aspect ratio of the second conductive layer has a value that is determined to result in columnar grain boundaries in the second conductive layer.

Abstract: The rotational to radial motion translation device is a variation of a device known as an overbalanced wheel. The device includes a hub with a number of spokes extending therefrom. Each spoke includes a movable slider assembly mounted thereon. A circular track engages a wheel on each slider assembly, such that as the hub rotates, the slider assemblies are move outward and inward on the spokes, providing a rotational to radial motion translation. The device can be used as a demonstration device, for example, for orbital mechanics, as a modified flywheel, or as an exercise device.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of treating a central nervous system disorder in a patient in need thereof. The method comprises orally administering between 75 mg and 300 mg xanomeline salt and between 20 mg and 200 mg trospium chloride to the patient during a 24-hour period, the central nervous system disorder being selected from schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease, and Lewy Body dementia, wherein use of the trospium chloride alleviates a side effect associated with use of the xanomeline salt.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes conformally depositing a liner layer on a top surface of a dielectric layer, and on sidewall and bottom surfaces of an opening in the dielectric layer, annealing the liner layer, wherein the annealing is performed in at least one of a nitrogen (N2) and ammonia (NH3) ambient, at a temperature of about 60° C. to about 500° C., and at a power of about 200. Watts to about 4500. Watts, and forming a conductive layer on the liner layer on the top surface of the dielectric layer, and on the liner layer in a remaining portion of the opening.

Abstract: A method for operating a harvester may include initially operating the harvester in a discharge harvesting mode such that harvested crops are conveyed to a distal end of an elevator of the harvester and subsequently discharged from the harvester through a discharge opening defined by a storage hopper located at the distal end of the elevator. The method also includes reducing an operating speed of the elevator and blocking the discharge opening defined by the storage hopper upon receipt of an operator input associated with operating the harvester in a storage harvesting mode. Additionally, the method includes actively adjusting the operating speed of the elevator based on a crop flow parameter of the harvester as the harvested crops expelled from the distal end of the elevator are being stored within a storage volume of the storage hopper.

Abstract: A system for installing separator grates within a combine may include a grate frame having first and second frame members extending circumferentially between proximal and distal ends. The system may also include a first and second separator grate sections configured to be supported between the frame members along first and second circumferential frame sections of the grate frame, respectively. Additionally, the grate frame may include first and second guide rails extending between the frame members along at least a portion of the first circumferential frame section. When the first separator grate section is being installed from a side of the grate frame located adjacent to the proximal end, at least a portion of the first separator grate section may be configured to ride along the guide rails at a location between the frame member as the first separator grate section is moved towards the distal end of the grate frame.

Abstract: A chopper assembly for a crop residue distribution system of an agricultural combine may include a rotor shaft extending lengthwise along a rotational axis between a first end and a second end. The chopper assembly may also include a plurality of flail blades pivotally coupled to the rotor shaft. Each flail blade may be configured to pivot relative to the rotor shaft about a pivot axis, with the flail blades being spaced apart axially from one another between the first and second ends of the rotor shaft. In addition, the chopper assembly may include one or more features configured to improve the performance of the chopper assembly during low speed operation. For example, the feature(s) may correspond to one or more fixed blades coupled to the rotor shaft and/or one or more torsional springs provided in operative association with one or more of the flail blades.