Abstract: A nonpneumatic tire and wheel assembly which includes a wheel, and a spoke ring structure having an inner ring that is mounted on an outer surface of the wheel. The spoke ring structure has a plurality of spoke members, and an outer tread ring is mounted on the outer circumference of the spoke ring.

Abstract: A nonpneumatic tire and wheel assembly which includes a wheel, and a spoke ring structure having an inner ring that is mounted on an outer surface of the wheel. The spoke ring structure has a plurality of spoke members, and an outer tread ring is mounted on the outer circumference of the spoke ring.

Abstract: A variable speed pumping system coupled to a fluid circuit of an aquatic application is provided. The variable speed pumping system includes a pump having a motor, a variable speed drive in electrical communication with the motor, a pump housing designed to substantially enclose the motor and the variable speed drive, an onboard controller coupled to the variable speed drive, and an electrical communication assembly in communication with the onboard controller. The electrical communication assembly includes an IO expansion module. A plurality of pool pad devices is communicatively coupled to the onboard controller, and an external sensing device is communicatively coupled to the onboard controller. The onboard controller is configured to transmit instructions to control the plurality of pool pad devices, receive data from the external sensing device, and transmit the received data to one of a server or a remote user device.

Abstract: A variable speed pumping system coupled to a fluid circuit of an aquatic application is provided. The system includes a motor, a variable speed drive in electrical communication with the motor, and a housing designed to substantially enclose the motor and the variable speed drive. The housing includes a drive cover extending over the variable speed drive and an end cover. A controller is configured to provide control of the variable speed drive. An electrical communication assembly is in communication with the controller and contained underneath the end cover. The electrical communication assembly includes an RS-485 terminal block, and a selectively removable IO expansion module sized and shaped to be received into a receptable of the drive cover. The IO expansion module has a module cover and a module circuit board, and the module circuit board includes a plurality of relay terminal blocks and a plurality of digital input terminals.

Abstract: Described herein are RPE cells engineered to secrete a FVII protein, as well as compositions, pharmaceutical preparations, and implantable devices comprising the engineered RPE cells, and methods of making and using the same for treating a patient with hemophilia or FVII deficiency.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for provisioning payment card credentials to an Internet of Things (IoT) device that is associated with a companion application. In an embodiment, a mobile device processor displays a companion application user interface (UI) on a display screen, receives a user selection of an option to obtain payment card credentials from the companion application UI, displays a prompt for the user to provide user authentication data to the companion application, receives the user authentication data from a biometric sensor, and authenticates the user.

Abstract: A variable speed pumping system including a variable speed pump, a remote user device, and an auxiliary device is provided. The variable speed pump includes a motor, a drive, a housing including a drive cover, and an onboard controller. The onboard controller includes a plurality of buttons formed in the drive cover, a touchscreen interface positioned on the drive cover, a main circuit board including a non-transitory computer readable medium, the main circuit board being electrically coupled to the touchscreen interface, the motor, and the drive, a wireless communication unit electrically coupled to the main circuit board, and a selectively removable IO expansion module. The onboard controller is configured to control one of a flow rate of the pump or a speed of the motor for a period time and actuate the auxiliary device based on input received on one of the onboard controller or the remote user device.

Abstract: Systems and methods for regulating memory utilization for coprocessors are provided. In one embodiment, a computing system comprises: a processor; a compute processor configured to execute one or more kernels; a memory coupled to the processor and the compute processor. The system is configured to: allocate at least one task memory transaction quota to at least a first set of tasks executed on a first core of the processor; allocate at least one compute processor memory transaction quota for executing the kernels on the compute processor; execute within a first timing window iteration the first set of tasks and the kernels, wherein the kernels are executed during the first timing window iteration until the compute memory transaction quota is depleted; and regulate a rate of memory transaction access by the one or more kernels to the memory when the first set of tasks are executing on the processor.

Abstract: A method of operating a variable speed pumping system. The method includes measuring a first power consumption value of a pool pump at a first speed, estimating a first total dynamic head value at the first speed, measuring a second power consumption value of the pool pump at a second speed, estimating a second total dynamic head value at the second speed, and generating a system friction curve based on the first total dynamic head value and the second total dynamic head value. The method also includes categorizing the variable speed pumping system into a pumping system category based on the system friction curve and recommending a modification to the variable speed pumping system based on the pumping category.

Abstract: The present invention relates to touch sensor detector systems and methods incorporating an interpolated variable impedance touch sensor array and specifically to such systems and methods for gesture recognition and associating a UI element with the recognized gesture. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a variable impedance array (VIA) system for receiving a gesture that includes: a plurality of physical VIA columns connected by interlinked impedance columns; a plurality of physical VIA rows connected by interlinked impedance rows; and a processor configured to interpolate a location and/or pressure of the gesture in the physical columns and rows from an electrical signal from a plurality of column drive sources (connected to the plurality of physical VIA columns through the interlinked impedance columns) sensed at a plurality of row sense sinks (connected to the plurality of physical VIA rows through the interlinked impedance rows).

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system including a computer programmed to actuate a plurality of drones to first establish one or more electrical connections therebetween and then to provide a jump start to a vehicle.

Abstract: The present invention relates to touch-sensor detector systems and methods incorporating an interpolated variable impedance touch sensor array and specifically to such systems and methods for force-aware interaction with handheld display devices on one or more surfaces of the device. An exemplary embodiment includes a method for receiving a flexing gesture formed on a sensor panel of the handheld device including determining two or more pressure inputs at the sensor panel and determining a relative pressure between the two or more pressure inputs. The method further includes correlating the relative pressure inputs to the flexing gesture, associating the flexing gesture with a UI element and providing an input to the UI element based on the gesture and the relative pressure between the two or more pressure inputs.

Abstract: A non-pneumatic tire includes a tread; a shear band, and a connecting web positioned between a hub and the shear band. The shear band has a first and second membrane layer formed of a plurality of parallel reinforcement cords arranged at an angle of 10 degrees or less with respect to the tire equatorial plane, said o tread further comprises a first angled belt located radially outward of the second membrane layer, and a second angled belt located radially outward of the first angled belt, wherein the first and second angled belt each have parallel reinforcement cords having a belt angle in the range of 15-30 degrees with respect to the tire equatorial plane, and wherein the angle of the second angled belt has an angle equal and opposite direction of the belt angle of the first angled belt.

Abstract: A non-pneumatic tire includes a shear band having a first membrane layer located radially inward of the outer annular tread, a second membrane layer located radially outward of the first membrane layer, wherein the first and second membrane layer are formed of a plurality of parallel reinforcement cords arranged at an angle of 10 degrees or less with respect to the tire equatorial plane, said outer annular tread further comprises a first angled belt located radially outward of the second membrane layer, and a second angled belt located radially outward of the first angled belt, wherein the first and second angled belt each have parallel reinforcement cords having a belt angle in the range of 15-30 degrees with respect to the tire equatorial plane, and wherein the angle of the second angled belt has an angle equal and opposite direction of the belt angle of the first angled belt.

Abstract: A system includes a wellbore that extends from a surface into a subterranean formation. In addition, the system includes a power generation assembly including a fluid circuit that is in fluid communication with the wellbore wherein the power generation assembly is configured to generate electricity in response to a flow of a working fluid through the fluid circuit. Further, the system includes a bubble pump positioned within the wellbore that is configured to circulate the working fluid between the fluid circuit of the power generation assembly and the wellbore via a thermosiphon effect.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for margin determination for a computing system with a real time operating system and priority preemptive scheduling comprises: scheduling a set of tasks to be executed in one or more partitions, wherein each is assigned a priority, wherein the tasks comprise periodic and/or aperiodic tasks; executing the set of tasks on the computing system within the scheduled periodic time window; introducing an overhead task executed for an execution duration controlled either by the real time operating system or by the overhead task; controlling the overhead task to converge on a point of failure at which a length of the execution duration of the overhead task causes either: 1) a periodic task to fail to execute within a deadline, or 2) time available for the aperiodic tasks to execute to fall below a threshold; and defining a partition margin corresponding to the point of failure.

Abstract: Methods and systems for removing coatings from optical fibers. A system includes a gas source for providing gas, and a heater configured to heat the gas. The system further includes a holder comprising first and second attachment features, wherein the attachment features secure a coated optical fiber along a removal path. The system further includes at least one nozzle connected to the gas source, wherein the at least on nozzle is aimed in a nozzle direction that is towards the removal path at a pitch, such that the nozzle is non-perpendicular towards the removal path. The nozzle further directs a continuous stream of the heated gas towards the coated optical fiber causing the coating of the coated optical fiber to be removed. The methods and systems may employ a second nozzle that may be offset from the first nozzle angularly and/or laterally with respect to the removal path.

Abstract: A renewable energy charging system for increasing the charging efficiency of an autonomous vehicle includes a computer programed to predict, in a vehicle at a plurality of locations, an amount of power generation associated with each location. The computer selects one of the locations based at least on the predicted amounts of power generation and moves the vehicle to the selected location.

Abstract: Described herein are apparatuses and methods for conditioning particles. In some embodiments, the apparatuses and methods are configured for first-in-first-out transit of particles through a chamber containing a conditioning fluid.

Abstract: A speculum includes a first blade member and a second blade member. Each of the first and second blade members extend from a proximal end to a distal end. A speculum control includes a control nut threadingly engaged with a threaded shaft. Internal threads of the control nut are oversized relative external threads of the threaded shaft such that the control nut freely spins upon the threaded shaft.