Abstract: According to one aspect, a method includes obtaining at least a first map from at least a first map source on a first map arrangement, processing the at least first map to generate a first set of data, and providing the first set of data to a vehicle, wherein the vehicle includes an autonomy system and at least one sensor. The method also includes obtaining a second set of data from the at least one sensor, and processing the first set of data and the second set of data using a second map arrangement, the first map arrangement and the second map arrangement forming a map engine arrangement, wherein processing the first set of data and the second set of data causes a high definition (HD) map to be generated.

Abstract: A box having a front section, a back section having a space reducing tab, two symmetrical side sections, each having a fold down tab, and a cover section. The box is for two or more different sized products comprising a box configuration that may be shipped and stored in flat condition.

Abstract: According to one aspect, a method includes obtaining sensor data from a plurality of sensors onboard a vehicle, and obtaining prior map data from a server that is offboard with respect to the vehicle. The method also includes processing the sensor data using a first arrangement onboard the vehicle to generate processed sensor data, and generating an inferred context map using a map prediction arrangement located onboard the vehicle, wherein generating the inferred context map includes processing the processed sensor data and the prior map data using the map prediction arrangement.

Abstract: According to one aspect, a method includes operating a vehicle in a first environment, the vehicle including a change detection system and at least one sensor configured to obtain data associated with the first environment, wherein operating the vehicle in the first environment includes obtaining the data associated with the first environment using the at least one sensor. The method also includes obtaining a context map associated with the first environment and comparing, using the change detection system, the data associated with the first environment and the context map to identify at least a first inconsistency between the data associated with the first environment and the context map. While the vehicle is operating, a resolution for the first inconsistency is determined, and the vehicle takes an action based on the resolution.

Abstract: A rail plate grasping assembly may include a holder part that may be coupled with a rail vehicle that moves along one or more rails of a track with the one or more rails coupled with rail plates that are coupled with rail ties. The assembly also may include a wear part that may be coupled with the holder part and shaped to engage the rail plates to support the rail plates while the rail ties are removed beneath the rail plates. The wear part may be separated from the holder part and replaced with another wear part.

Abstract: A lightweight but sturdy 3 inch by 4-inch card shipping and mail protector perfect for shipping or transporting standard sport or gaming cards.

Abstract: A rail plate handling device is provided for removing and reinstalling rail tie plates located on rail ties on a railroad track, includes a frame configured for movement relative to the track, at least one tie plate gripping assembly mounted to the frame, the assembly configured for grasping a selected tie plate at the front and rear edges between an adjacent one of the at least one raised rail raised from the operational position supported by the selected tie plate and the associated tie in the operational position upon which the plate was resting, each gripping assembly including a pair of opposing gripping jaws which are configured for controlled reciprocation in a direction parallel to the rails along a guide bar, the guide bar being slidable with the gripping jaws and the selected plate, relative to the frame.

Abstract: A rail plate handling device is provided for removing and reinstalling rail tie plates located on rail ties on a railroad track, includes a frame configured for movement relative to the track, at least one tie plate gripping assembly mounted to the frame, the assembly configured for grasping a selected tie plate at the front and rear edges between an adjacent one of the at least one raised rail raised from the operational position supported by the selected tie plate and the associated tie in the operational position upon which the plate was resting, each gripping assembly including a pair of opposing gripping jaws which are configured for controlled reciprocation in a direction parallel to the rails along a guide bar, the guide bar being slidable with the gripping jaws and the selected plate, relative to the frame.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a random access memory (RAM) is provided that includes: an array of memory cells arranged in rows corresponding to word lines, the memory cells also being arranged in columns corresponding to bit lines; a local clock source that asserts a local clock in response to an assertion of an external clock; a plurality of x-decoders, each x-decoder adapted to assert a corresponding one of the word lines in response to a decoding of an appropriate address, wherein the assertion of a word line couples a corresponding row of the memory cells to their bit lines such that the bit lines are developed with corresponding voltages; and a plurality of sense amplifiers adapted to sense the voltage developments of the bit lines so as to determine a binary content of the memory cells, wherein the local clock source is triggered to de-assert the local clock independently of whether the external clock has been de-asserted.

Abstract: A cross-linked, supported polybenzimidazole membrane for gas separation is prepared by reacting polybenzimidazole (PBI) with the sulfone-containing crosslinking agent 3,4-dichloro-tetrahydro-thiophene-1,1-dioxide. The cross-linked reaction product exhibits enhanced gas permeability to hydrogen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and methane as compared to the unmodified analog, without significant loss of selectivity, at temperatures from about 20 degrees Celsius to about 400 degrees Celsius.

Abstract: A multi-fluid body and an ejection head substrate connected in fluid flow communication with the multi-fluid body for ejecting multiple fluids therefrom. The multi-fluid body includes at least two segregated fluid chambers. Independent fluid supply paths lead from each of the fluid chambers providing fluid to multiple fluid flow paths in the ejection head substrate. The ejection head substrate is attached adjacent an ejection head area of the body. The fluid flow paths in the ejection head substrate have a flow path density of greater than about one flow paths per millimeter.

Abstract: A semiconductor substrate for an ink jet printhead. The substrate includes a silicon substrate having a thickness ranging from about 500 to about 900 microns and having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. One or more ink feed slots are formed in the silicon substrate from the first surface to the second surface thereof The ink feed slots have a first width dimension, opposing first ends, and a first length dimension between the opposing first ends adjacent the first surface of the substrate. Stress relieving openings are provided adjacent the opposing first ends of the ink feed slots. The stress relieving openings provide an overall feed slot length dimension, have a radius greater than the first width dimension of the ink feed slots and have a radius to first length dimension ratio ranging from about 1:60 to about 1:250.