Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for receiving, by a self-healing platform within the container orchestration system, fault data that is representative of two or more error events occurring within a cluster provisioned within the container orchestration system, determining, by the self-healing platform, a set of actions to be executed in response to the two or more error events, providing, by the self-healing platform, a priority value for each error event of the two or more error events, and transmitting, by the self-healing platform, instructions to execute actions in the set of actions based on respective priority values of the two or more error events.

Abstract: A full range loudspeaker, comprising a frame with a membrane secured onto said frame and a piezoelectric actuator attached on said membrane and able to be driven over the full audible frequency range.

Abstract: A full range loudspeaker, comprising a frame with a membrane secured onto said frame and a piezoelectric actuator attached on said membrane and able to be driven over the full audible frequency range.

Abstract: A piezoelectric device is formed of a supporting substrate with first and second conductive traces on a first surface. A piezoelectric material layer is laminated to the supporting substrate with a first surface of the piezoelectric material layer electrically connected to the second conductive trace and a second surface of the piezoelectric material layer electrically conducted to the first conductive trace. A protective coating is applied over the piezoelectric material layer so that at least a portion of the first and second conductive traces are exposed.

Abstract: A vibration control system comprising an actuator, and a sensor useful for controlling vibrations in systems for fabricating electronics equipment. The actuator may comprise one or more plates or elements of electro-active material bonded to an electroded sheet.

Abstract: A vibration control system comprising an actuator, and a sensor useful for controlling vibrations in systems for fabricating electronics equipment. The actuator may comprise one or more plates or elements of electro-active material bonded to an electroded sheet.

Abstract: An improved audio frequency speaker comprises a speaker cone suspended for movement to generate air displacement, a voice coil having at least one winding attached to the cone and a magnet having a magnetic field. The magnet is located such that at least a portion of the coil is within the magnetic field to thereby cause the coil and the cone to move when a current from an audio frequency drive signal flows through the coil winding. At least one piezoelectric actuator is secured to the cone and is adapted to receive the audio frequency drive signal. The at least one piezoelectric actuator moves the cone, at least at higher order frequencies of the audio frequency range, to thereby enhance the performance range of the speaker at the higher order frequency so that a single speaker covers the entire audio frequency range.

Abstract: A piezoelectric device is formed of a supporting substrate with first and second conductive traces on a first surface. A piezoelectric material layer is laminated to the supporting substrate with a first surface of the piezoelectric material layer electrically connected to the second conductive trace and a second surface of the piezoelectric material layer electrically conducted to the first conductive trace. A protective coating is applied over the piezoelectric material layer so that at least a portion of the first and second conductive traces are exposed.

Abstract: A member for producing an audible sound in a vehicle including a speaker area having an upper surface and a lower surface, the speaker area being located on the member. A piezo bimorph is attached to the speaker area, the piezo bimorph including a first piezoelectric element attached to the upper surface of the speaker area, and a second piezoelectric element attached to the lower surface of the speaker area. An amplifier in electrical communication with the piezo bimorph, the amplifier supplying an electrical field to the piezo bimorph, the piezo bimorph causing the speaker area and the member to vibrate, causing an audible sound.

Abstract: A golf club includes an electroactive assembly attached to the club and electrically tuned to capture energy from one or more vibrational modes with high efficiency. More generally, a sports implement includes an electroactive element, such as a piezoceramic sheet attached to the implement, and a circuit attached to the electroactive element. The circuit may be a shunt, or may include processing such as amplification and phase control to apply a driving signal which may compensate for strain sensed in the implement, or may simply alter the stiffness to affect performance. The electroactive element is located in a region of high strain to apply damping, and may include plural subassemblies mounted to capture energy in different planes, or to capture an asymmetric strain distribution while maintaining structural symmetry. In a ski the element captures between about one and five percent of the strain energy of the ski.

Abstract: The invention is directed to damping vibration, and audible noise in particular, using a hybrid actuator with active and passive damping components. In one aspect of the invention, the active component may be used to damp low frequency vibrations while the passive component is used to damp higher frequency vibrations. Also provided is a procedure for optimizing the size of each component with a minimal hybrid actuator mass. The hybrid actuator is controlled by an optimized control system.

Abstract: A member for producing an audible sound in a vehicle including a speaker area having an upper surface and a lower surface, the speaker area being located on the member. A piezo bimorph is attached to the speaker area, the piezo bimorph including a first piezoelectric element attached to the upper surface of the speaker area, and a second piezoelectric element attached to the lower surface of the speaker area. An amplifier in electrical communication with the piezo bimorph, the amplifier supplying an electrical field to the piezo bimorph, the piezo bimorph causing the speaker area and the member to vibrate, causing an audible sound.

Abstract: A recreational board such as a snowboard incorporates strain transducers to damp a plate resonance of the board. The strain transducers are preferably located around a peripheral region to capture strain energy affecting control edges, for example steering control edges at the front and/or rear of the board. Electrical energy from the transducers is shunted to damp a targeted resonance. In a preferred embodiment the strain transducers cover a region of the snowboard adjacent one surface and extending along the forward periphery, preferably at both inside and outside edges, and are shunted with a resonant shunt tuned to a torsional or torsion-like mode of the board that is excited during steering maneuvers. The transducers may be fabricated as preassembled sheets or may be formed in the snowboard during the assembly process using sheets of piezoceramic material, or using piezo fiber or other composite constructions.

Abstract: A golf club includes an electroactive assembly attached to the club and electrically tuned to capture energy from one or more vibrational modes with high efficiency. More generally, a sports implement includes an electroactive element, such as a piezoceramic sheet attached to the implement, and a circuit attached to the electroactive element. The circuit may be a shunt, or may include processing such as amplification and phase control to apply a driving signal which may compensate for strain sensed in the implement, or may simply alter the stiffness to affect performance. The electroactive element is located in a region of high strain to apply damping, and may include plural subassemblies mounted to capture energy in different planes, or to capture an asymmetric strain distribution while maintaining structural symmetry. In a ski the element captures between about one and five percent of the strain energy of the ski.

Abstract: A golf club includes an electroactive assembly attached to the club and electrically tuned to capture energy from one or more vibrational modes with high efficiency. More generally, a sports implement includes an electroactive element, such as a piezoceramic sheet attached to the implement, and a circuit attached to the electroactive element. The circuit may be a shunt, or may include processing such as amplification and phase control to apply a driving signal which may compensate for strain sensed in the implement, or may simply alter the stiffness to affect performance. The electroactive element is located in a region of high strain to apply damping, and may include plural subassemblies mounted to capture energy in different planes, or to capture an asymmetric strain distribution while maintaining structural symmetry. In a ski the element captures between about one and five percent of the strain energy of the ski.

Abstract: A baseball bat includes an electroactive assembly attached near the handle and electrically tuned to capture energy from several modes with high efficiency. More generally, a sports implement includes an electroactive element, such as a piezoceramic sheet attached to the implement, and a circuit attached to the electroactive element. The circuit may be a shunt, or may include processing such as amplification and phase control to apply a driving signal which may compensate for strain sensed in the implement, or may simply alter the stiffness to affect performance. In a ski, the electroactive element is located near to the root in a region of high strain to apply damping, and the element captures between about one and five percent of the strain energy of the ski. The region of high strain may be found by modeling mechanics of the sports implement, or may be located by empirically mapping the strain distribution which occurs during use of the implement.