Abstract: A heat pipe comprises a flat tube and a wick structure. The flat tube includes a hollow chamber and has a front and a rear sealed ends along an axial direction. The wick structure is disposed in the hollow chamber and extended along the axial direction of the flat tube. The wick structure is divided into a front, a middle and a rear sections sequentially along the axial direction. The front section is near the front sealed end, the rear section is near the rear sealed end. The front, middle and rear sections have a maximum length parallel to the width direction, respectively. The maximum length of the front section is greater than that of the middle section, and the maximum length of the middle section is greater than that of the rear section.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method for genetic placement of analog and mix-signal circuit components. Embodiments may include receiving an unplaced layout associated with an electronic circuit design and grouping requirements. Embodiments may also include identifying one or more instances that need to be placed in the unplaced layout and areas of the unplaced layout configured to receive the instances. Embodiments may further include analyzing one or more instances that need to be placed in the unplaced layout and the areas of the unplaced layout configured to receive the instances, wherein analyzing is based upon a row-based data structure. Embodiments may also include determining a location and an orientation for each of the one or more instances based upon the genetic algorithm and generating a placed layout based upon the determined location and orientation for each of the instances.

Abstract: An electric power steering control method. Said method comprises the following steps executed by an EPS system: acquiring an expected control signal sent by an LKA system, the expected control signal comprising an expected angle signal or an expected torque signal; on the basis of vehicle configuration codes, performing compatibility verification on the expected control signal, and acquiring a compatibility verification result; and if the compatibility verification result indicates being compatible, acquiring a target torque value according to the expected control signal, and controlling steering of a power-assisted motor on the basis of the target torque value. Said method uses vehicle configuration codes to perform compatibility verification on expected control signals corresponding to different interface types, and when a compatibility verification result indicates being compatible, controls the operation of a power-assist motor according to a target torque value determined by the expected control signal.

Abstract: Disclosed is a three dimensional mechanical ultrasound probe, which includes a transducer, a driving motor and a transmission mechanism configured to drive the transducer to reciprocatingly oscillate within a predetermined angle. The transmission mechanism includes a transducer base fixed and connected with the transducer, a face gear arranged on the transducer base, and a cylindrical gear meshed with the face gear. A rotating shaft of the face gear is positioned on the transducer base, and the face gear drives the transducer base to reciprocatingly oscillate. A transmission shaft is arranged on the axis of the cylindrical gear, and the transmission shaft is connected with the driving motor. The three dimensional mechanical ultrasound probe provided by the present application aims at simplifying the internal structure of the three dimensional mechanical ultrasound probe, reducing the internal installation complexity and improving motion stability.

Abstract: A detection probe, a transmission apparatus, and a detection device are provided. The detection probe includes a housing, a detection mechanism, a driving mechanism, and a rope transmission mechanism. The housing defines an accommodation space. The detection mechanism is arranged on one end of the housing, and is configured to perform a detection function. The driving mechanism is arranged in the accommodation space, and is configured to output a force. The rope transmission mechanism is arranged in the accommodation space, and includes a rope set and a tension member. One end of the rope set is connected to the driving mechanism, and other end of the rope set is connected to the detection mechanism. The tension member is connected to the rope set, and is configured to apply a force to one end of the rope set away from the detection mechanism.

Abstract: A detection probe, a transmission device, and a detection instrument. The detection probe includes a housing defining a receiving space, a detection mechanism disposed on an end of the housing and configured to perform a detection function, a drive mechanism disposed in the receiving space and configured to output power, a rope transmission mechanism disposed in the receiving space and including a rope connected to the driving mechanism and the detection mechanism respectively and a reversing assembly including at least two reversing pulley groups arranged along an extension path of the rope, and a gear transmission mechanism disposed in the receiving space and connected to the driving mechanism and the rope transmission mechanism respectively, so as to receive the power output by the driving mechanism and transmit the power to the rope transmission mechanism.

Abstract: A heat pipe comprises a flat tube and a wick structure. The flat tube includes a hollow chamber and has a front and a rear sealed ends along an axial direction. The wick structure is disposed in the hollow chamber and extended along the axial direction of the flat tube. The wick structure is divided into a front, a middle and a rear sections sequentially along the axial direction. The front section is near the front sealed end, the rear section is near the rear sealed end. The front, middle and rear sections have a maximum length parallel to the width direction, respectively. The maximum length of the front section is greater than that of the middle section, and the maximum length of the middle section is greater than that of the rear section.

Abstract: An anterograde monosynaptic transneuronal viral tracer system for mapping the direct postsynaptic targets of neurons in a given brain nucleus comprises a tracer H129-derived recombinant HSV-1 virion; and a helper AAV2/9-derived recombinant AAV2/9 virion; wherein the tracer H129-derived recombinant HSV-1 virion comprises a recombinant HSV-1-H129 viral genome with an impaired gK gene, and a mutant gK protein that pseudotypes the tracer H129-derived recombinant HSV-1 virion; and wherein the helper AAV2/9-derived recombinant AAV2/9 virion comprises a recombinant AAV2/9 viral genome that contains an HSV-1 H129 wild-type gK encoding sequence.

Abstract: A heat pipe comprises a flat tube and a wick structure. The flat tube includes a hollow chamber and has a front and a rear sealed ends along an axial direction. The wick structure is disposed in the hollow chamber and extended along the axial direction of the flat tube. The wick structure is divided into a front, a middle and a rear sections sequentially along the axial direction. The front section is near the front sealed end, the rear section is near the rear sealed end. The front, middle and rear sections have a maximum length parallel to the width direction, respectively, the maximum length of the middle section is greater than that of the front section and that of the rear section so as to be used as the evaporator of the heat pipe.

Abstract: A heat pipe comprises a flat tube and a wick structure. The flat tube includes a hollow chamber and has a front and a rear sealed ends along an axial direction. The wick structure is disposed in the hollow chamber and extended along the axial direction of the flat tube. The wick structure is divided into a front, a middle and a rear sections sequentially along the axial direction. The front section is near the front sealed end, the rear section is near the rear sealed end. The front, middle and rear sections have a maximum length parallel to the width direction, respectively, the maximum length of the middle section is greater than that of the front section and that of the rear section so as to be used as the evaporator of the heat pipe.

Abstract: An electric power steering control method. Said method comprises the following steps executed by an EPS system: acquiring an expected control signal sent by an LKA system, the expected control signal comprising an expected angle signal or an expected torque signal; on the basis of vehicle configuration codes, performing compatibility verification on the expected control signal, and acquiring a compatibility verification result; and if the compatibility verification result indicates being compatible, acquiring a target torque value according to the expected control signal, and controlling steering of a power-assisted motor on the basis of the target torque value. Said method uses vehicle configuration codes to perform compatibility verification on expected control signals corresponding to different interface types, and when a compatibility verification result indicates being compatible, controls the operation of a power-assist motor according to a target torque value determined by the expected control signal.

Abstract: An ultrasonic transducer (200) includes: a piezoelectric vibrator assembly (10), an acoustic matching layer (20), a heat sink (30), and an acoustic absorption layer (40). The heat sink (30) comprises a body (31), and a head portion (32) and a tail portion (33). The body (31) has a central axis extending in a direction from the head portion (32) to the tail portion (33). A surface of the tail portion (33) of the heat sink (30) disposed away from the head portion (32) is a first surface (331). The first surface (331) is an oblique surface or a tapered surface. The angle between the first surface (331) and the central axis is an acute angle. The acoustic absorption layer (40) at least covers the first surface (331).

Abstract: A heat pipe comprises a tube and a wick structure. The tube includes a hollow chamber and has two sealed ends along an axial direction. The wick structure is disposed in the hollow chamber and extended along the axial direction of the tube. The wick structure has a first section near one of the sealed ends, a third section near the other of the sealed ends, and a second section between the first and third sections. The wick structure is composed of the first, the second and the third sections, and cross-sections of the first section, the second section and the third section in the axial direction are rectangles, respectively. A cross-sectional area of the first section is greater than that of the second and that of third section. The edge of each of the sections of the wick structure has a smooth form without the sectional difference.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product for predicting mismatch contribution in an electronic environment. Embodiments may include modeling, using a processor, a discrete output mismatch contribution problem using sparse logistic regression to generate a mismatch contribution model and applying a cross-validation approach to increase a complexity of the mismatch contribution model. Embodiments may further include computing one or more mismatch contribution values from the mismatch contribution model and defining at least one sizing constraint or determining a worst case result associated with a sampling process based upon, at least in part, the one or more mismatch contribution values.

Abstract: A testing device may receive, via a receiving port of a radio frequency (RF) frontend of the testing device, a downlink pilot signal, and may determine a phase associated with the downlink pilot signal. The testing device may transmit, via a transmitting port of the RF frontend of the testing device, an uplink pilot signal. The testing device may receive, after transmitting the uplink pilot signal, the uplink pilot signal via the receiving port of the RF frontend of the testing device. The testing device may determine, after receiving the uplink pilot signal, a phase associated with the uplink pilot signal. The testing device may adjust, based on a phase difference between the phase of the downlink pilot signal and the phase of the uplink pilot signal, one or more transmission settings of the testing device.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for allocating monitoring resources of a mobile device based on information received at the mobile device. A plurality of outdoor regions and a plurality of indoor regions associated with a geographic area may be stored on the mobile device. Additionally, a determination may be made whether the mobile device is outside of each of the plurality of outdoor regions. Additionally, monitoring resources of the mobile device may be allocated in a first mode or a second mode based on the determination whether the mobile device is outside of each of the plurality of outdoor regions.