Abstract: An electronic device may include a housing and at least one coil carried by the housing. The electronic device may include a field member that includes a magnetic body having a shaft-receiving passageway therein, and at least one bearing within the shaft-receiving passageway. A shaft extends through the at least one bearing and coupled to the housing to permit reciprocal movement of the field member along the shaft and within the housing responsive to the at least one coil. A controller may be capable of powering the at least one coil to move the field member after a threshold period of non-movement.

Abstract: An electronic device may include a device housing, a haptic actuator carried by the device housing, and an audio input transducer carried by the device housing. The electronic device may also include a controller coupled to the audio input transducer and the haptic actuator. The controller may be capable of determining a sound level of the haptic actuator, attempting to drive the haptic actuator to operate within a desired sound level range, and when unable to drive the haptic actuator within the desired sound level range, then generating a warning indication.

Abstract: A method of testing an automotive vehicle estimates acceleration for multiple time windows. Each of the time windows has a different length. A speed of the vehicle is measured. The acceleration vector is estimated, for the time windows, as a function of the speed and a test speed. A target acceleration is calculated by multiplying the acceleration vector by a driving mode vector. A target speed, of a driver model, is set as a function of a test cycle, the target acceleration, and the speed. The vehicle is controlled at the target speed.

Abstract: An electronic device may include a device housing, a haptic actuator carried by the device housing, and an audio input transducer carried by the device housing. The electronic device may also include a controller coupled to the audio input transducer and the haptic actuator. The controller may be capable of determining a sound level of the haptic actuator, attempting to drive the haptic actuator to operate within a desired sound level range, and when unable to drive the haptic actuator within the desired sound level range, then generating a warning indication.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a plug feature for an electronic device. More specifically, the plug feature described herein is used to plug, fill or otherwise seal an aperture associated with a SIM tray of an electronic device. The plug feature may be coupled to an ejection mechanism and may extend at least partially into an aperture defined by the SIM tray and/or an aperture defined by the housing of the electronic device.

Abstract: An electronic device may include a housing and at least one coil carried by the housing. The electronic device may include a field member that includes a magnetic body having a shaft-receiving passageway therein, and at least one bearing within the shaft-receiving passageway. A shaft extends through the at least one bearing and coupled to the housing to permit reciprocal movement of the field member along the shaft and within the housing responsive to the at least one coil. A controller may be capable of powering the at least one coil to move the field member after a threshold period of non-movement.

Abstract: An electronic device includes at least one screen. One or more bumpers are moveable between at least a stowed position where the bumper is flush or below the screen and a deployed position where at least a portion of the bumper projects above the screen. One or more sensors detect when the electronic device is subject to one or more drop events. When a drop event is detected, the bumper moves to the deployed position, protecting the screen. In various implementations, the bumper may be moveable by a push-push mechanism or a magnet assisted actuator mechanism. In other implementations, the bumper may include piezoelectric material to which voltage can be applied to move the bumper.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a plug feature for an electronic device. More specifically, the plug feature described herein is used to plug, fill or otherwise seal an aperture associated with a SIM tray of an electronic device. The plug feature may be coupled to an ejection mechanism and may extend at least partially into an aperture defined by the SIM tray and/or an aperture defined by the housing of the electronic device.

Abstract: Dual-clutch transmission assemblies for use with electric vehicles include a first shaft having a plurality of input gearwheels mounted thereon. The assembly further includes a second shaft having a plurality of intermediate gearwheels that are freely rotatable with respect to the second shaft and situated to mesh with respective input gearwheels on the first shaft. The assembly also includes a first clutch mounted to the first shaft and a second clutch mounted to the first shaft, the second clutch being spaced apart from the first clutch along a longitudinal axis of the first shaft. The assembly can further include a gear selector disposed on the second shaft to selectively engage at least one of the intermediate gearwheels of the second shaft to lock the at least one intermediate gearwheel to the second shaft such that the at least one intermediate gearwheel co-rotates with the second shaft.

Abstract: An electronic device includes at least one screen. One or more bumpers are moveable between at least a stowed position where the bumper is flush or below the screen and a deployed position where at least a portion of the bumper projects above the screen. One or more sensors detect when the electronic device is subject to one or more drop events. When a drop event is detected, the bumper moves to the deployed position, protecting the screen. In various implementations, the bumper may be moveable by a push-push mechanism or a magnet assisted actuator mechanism. In other implementations, the bumper may include piezoelectric material to which voltage can be applied to move the bumper.

Abstract: Embodiments of hybrid drive systems are provided. In one representative embodiment, a hybrid drive system includes a transmission having first and second parallel input shafts. The first and second parallel input shafts are selectively coupled together via a plurality of gearwheels operable to vary the rotational speed of the second parallel shaft relative to the first parallel shaft. The hybrid drive system includes at least one irreversible drive machine coupled to the transmission and operable to provide torque to at least one of the first or second parallel input shafts, and at least one reversible drive machine coupled to the transmission and operable to provide torque to at least one of the first or second parallel input shafts.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a personal, green-energy, transportation device with single wheel and self-balancing function, and especially to a self-balancing single-wheel transportation device. The driver can drive the transportation device by manpower, and the transportation device would simultaneously execute a self-balancing function during driving. The transportation device comprises: a body, a wheel, a pedal portion, a roller chain, an in-wheel motor, and a sensing-control module, wherein the sensing-control module is used for detecting the balance condition of the body when the transportation device is driven, and then the sensing-control module controls the in-wheel motor to output a balancing torque for maintaining the self balance of the body.

Abstract: Provided herein is a novel human polyomavirus, its nucleic acid sequence, as well as methods to detect and diagnosis the presence of the polyomavirus.

Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention comprises an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit comprising a plurality of input circuits in which each input circuit comprises a first PMOS and a first NMOS transistor connected in series between a power supply and ground and first and second inverters connected to the gates of the first PMOS and NMOS transistors. Each inverter connected to the gate of the first NMOS transistor comprises a second NMOS transistor connected between that gate and ground and the ratio of the width of the gate of the second NMOS transistor to the width of the gate of the first NMOS transistor of each of the input circuits is substantially the same. In another aspect of the invention, a multi-fingered gate transistor is formed in a first well of one conductivity type that is surrounded by a second well of the same conductivity type from which it is separated by a shallow trench isolation and a portion of the substrate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a personal, green-energy, transportation device with single wheel and self-balancing function. The personal, green-energy, transportation device can be propelled by the manpower and simultaneously execute the self-balancing function thereof. The device comprises: a body, a wheel, a pedal portion, a roller chain, an in-wheel motor, and a sensing-control module, wherein the sensing-control module detects the balancing condition of the body when the personal, green-energy, transportation device is driven, and then the sensing-control module controls the in-wheel motor to output a balancing torque for maintaining the self balance of the body.

Abstract: Provided herein is a novel human polyomavirus, its nucleic acid sequence, as well as methods to detect and diagnosis the presence of the polyomavirus.

Abstract: Cross domain data systems are verified by creating a program in the target domain language which can be used to determine for a result item whether the result item should be part of a query result. The program is then used in order to determine, for a set of target domain data corresponding to source domain data, a set of expected result items. These are compared with the result from the cross domain data system in order to provide verification of cross domain data systems. Multiple queries may be automatically generated and verified according to this technique.

Abstract: An electrochemical method and a test strip for detecting hemoglobin in a specimen are provided. The method includes the steps of providing the specimen with a reagent including a buffer solution, a surfactant and an electron mediator, tetrathiafulvalene, modified by cyclodextrin; detecting electric current produced by reaction of the hemoglobin and the electron mediator in the specimen under a potentiostatic condition; and calculating a concentration of the hemoglobin in the specimen according to the detected electric current.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electrochemical method and a test strip for detecting hemoglobin in a specimen. The method includes the steps of providing the specimen with a reagent, which has a buffer solution, a surfactant and an electron mediator, tetrathiafulvalene, modified by cyclodextrin; detecting electric current produced by the reaction of the hemoglobin and the electron mediator in a specimen under a potentiostatic condition; and calculating a hemoglobin concentration in the specimen according to the detected electric current. In the method of the present invention, tetrathiafulvalene modified by cyclodextrin is used as an electron mediator, which directly interacts with the hemoglobin in the specimen.

Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention comprises an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit comprising a plurality of input circuits in which each input circuit comprises a first PMOS and a first NMOS transistor connected in series between a power supply and ground and first and second inverters connected to the gates of the first PMOS and NMOS transistors. Each inverter connected to the gate of the first NMOS transistor comprises a second NMOS transistor connected between that gate and ground and the ratio of the width of the gate of the second NMOS transistor to the width of the gate of the first NMOS transistor of each of the input circuits is substantially the same. In another aspect of the invention, a multi-fingered gate transistor is formed in a first well of one conductivity type that is surrounded by a second well of the same conductivity type from which it is separated by a shallow trench isolation and a portion of the substrate.