Abstract: The disclosed adjustable strap apparatus may include a left strap having a first rack member and a right strap having a second rack member. An electrical unit may have an opening through which a shaft passes. A pinion member may be affixed to a proximal end of the shaft and may be adapted to (a) engage the first rack member and the second rack member and (b) translate the first rack member and the second rack member in opposite directions via rotation of the shaft. A ratcheting member may be coupled to a distal end of the shaft and may include one or more pawls adapted to prevent rotation of the shaft when engaged. Various other methods, systems, and devices are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of preparing a dataset may comprise calculating a pattern relevance for a first field in the dataset and modifying the first field based on the pattern relevance. The method may further comprise detecting a contextual cue in the first field. The method may further comprise retrieving contextual information for a value in the first field and adding that contextual information to the database. Finally, the method may further comprise identifying a numerical scheme for the first field and parsing the first field into a number according to that numerical scheme.

Abstract: An apparatus may include a power rail, a subassembly, an additional subassembly, and an interface coupling the subassembly to the additional subassembly. The subassembly may include a load, an energy-storing component, a charger having an output coupled to the energy-storing component, and a reverse-current limiter having a first terminal coupled to the energy-storing component. The additional subassembly may include an additional energy-storing component, an additional charger having an output coupled to the additional energy-storing component, and an additional reverse-current limiter having a first terminal coupled to the additional energy-storing component. The power rail may cross the interface and may couple the load, an input of the charger, a second terminal of the reverse-current limiter, an input of the additional charger, and a second terminal of the additional reverse-current limiter. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: A control system (200) using fixed point computation avoids overflow conditions by limiting the internal quantities ensuring that contributing calculations from various parts of the control loop never add up to an overflow. Various parts of a control loop e.g. proportional terms can be prioritised over other parts, e.g. integral and differential terms and ensuring that the overall total resulting when the separate terms are summed together never exceeds the maximum or minimum imposed limits. Variable limit calculator circuits (211,219) revise the limits according to the output of the higher priority control path(s). The revised limits cascade down through each contributor, eventually allowing the lowest priority control path the smallest authority. The control system may be applied to control of a drive motor (111) for an aircraft inceptor (103).

Abstract: A magnetic tool container, including a tool storing portion, including a main body to magnetically attract at least one item thereto, at least one elongated receiving aperture disposed on at least a portion of the main body to store at least one first item therein, at least one small receiving aperture disposed on at least a portion of the main body to store at least one second item therein, a mobile device holding portion disposed on at least a portion of a side of the main body to receive a mobile device therein, and at least one illuminating device disposed on at least a portion of a bottom surface of the main body to illuminate a surrounding area thereof, a surface connector to removably connect to a surface, and a moving arm disposed on a first end to the main body and on a second end to the surface connector to connect the tool storing portion to the surface connector, such that the tool storing portion is suspended therefrom.

Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring battery swelling includes a conductive layer adhered to a battery pack, a surface opposite the battery pack, a flex layer adhered to the bottom of the surface, and a resistance measurement circuit. The conductive layer includes one or more conductive strips. The flex layer includes a resistive pattern with one or more serially connected resistive segments. Each resistive segment is aligned to a respective conductive strip. The surface is positioned over the battery pack so that initially the resistive pattern is not in contact with and is electrically separated from the conductive layer. The resistance measurement circuit is connected to the resistive pattern to detect changes in resistance of the resistive pattern. When the battery pack swells, the resistive pattern comes in contact with the conductive layer, thereby shorting a resistive segment, and causes the resistance measurement circuit to detect the change in the resistance.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods of performing one or more broadcast or reduction operations using direct memory access (DMA) control circuitry. The DMA control circuitry executes a modified instruction set architecture (ISA) that facilitates the broadcast distribution of data to a plurality of destination addresses in system memory circuitry. The broadcast instruction may include broadcast of a single data value to each destination address. The broadcast instruction may include broadcast of a data array to each destination address. The DMA control circuitry may also execute a reduction instruction that facilitates the retrieval of data from a plurality of source addresses in system memory and performing one or more operations using the retrieved data. Since the DMA control circuitry, rather than the processor circuitry performs the broadcast and reduction operations, system speed and efficiency is beneficially enhanced.

Abstract: A battery system includes a plurality of battery cells connected in parallel. Each battery cell includes a positive and negative tab. The battery system also includes a plurality of thermal switch devices (e.g., temperature cut off (TCO) or positive temperature coefficient (PTC) devices). Each thermal switch device is electrically coupled to a respective cell. The battery system further includes a rigid-flex circuit board comprising a plurality of rigid regions. Each rigid region is physically and electrically connected to an adjacent rigid region by a respective flexible region. Each rigid region is electrically coupled to respective positive and negative tabs of a respective battery cell. Each thermal switch device prevents abnormal current flow (e.g., by limiting the flow of current at high temperatures) between a first battery cell that is coupled to the thermal switch device and a second battery cell that is adjacent to the first battery cell.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to systems and methods for performing instructions to access a compressed graphic list. In one example, a processor includes fetch and decode circuitry to fetch and decode the single instruction to access the compressed graphic list, and execution circuitry to execute the decoded single instruction to cause access to the compressed graphic list by: receiving, from a load store queue, at a first op-engine associated with a first data location, an indirection request, computing, via the first op-engine, a second data location associated with a second op-engine, computing, via the second op-engine, a third data location associated with a third op-engine responsive to the indirection request, and providing, via the third op-engine, a data response to the load store queue responsive to receiving data from the third data location.

Abstract: An apparatus may include a power rail, a subassembly, an additional subassembly, and an interface coupling the subassembly to the additional subassembly. The subassembly may include a load, an energy-storing component, a charger having an output coupled to the energy-storing component, and a reverse-current limiter having a first terminal coupled to the energy-storing component. The additional subassembly may include an additional energy-storing component, an additional charger having an output coupled to the additional energy-storing component, and an additional reverse-current limiter having a first terminal coupled to the additional energy-storing component. The power rail may cross the interface and may couple the load, an input of the charger, a second terminal of the reverse-current limiter, an input of the additional charger, and a second terminal of the additional reverse-current limiter. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods of performing one or more broadcast or reduction operations using direct memory access (DMA) control circuitry. The DMA control circuitry executes a modified instruction set architecture (ISA) that facilitates the broadcast distribution of data to a plurality of destination addresses in system memory circuitry. The broadcast instruction may include broadcast of a single data value to each destination address. The broadcast instruction may include broadcast of a data array to each destination address. The DMA control circuitry may also execute a reduction instruction that facilitates the retrieval of data from a plurality of source addresses in system memory and performing one or more operations using the retrieved data. Since the DMA control circuitry, rather than the processor circuitry performs the broadcast and reduction operations, system speed and efficiency is beneficially enhanced.

Abstract: A method includes receiving data characterizing digital content from a repository of digital content. The method also includes receiving data characterizing a right to use the digital content from a store configured to sell a right to use the digital content to a customer associated with a non-destructive testing device. The method further includes performing an inspection of machinery using the non-destructive testing device based on the received digital content and the received right to use the digital content. The inspection can be performed by one or more of executing, using, and displaying the digital content. Related systems, devices, and non-transitory computer-readable mediums are also described.

Abstract: A control system for electronically linked pilot and co-pilot inceptors (103) permits an asymmetric roll axis feel depending on whether an inceptor is moved inboard or outboard. A circuit (401) receives a signal representative of a force applied to the pilot's inceptor resulting from a side-to-side movement and detects if the force applied is in an inward or an outward direction. A gain factor is applied to the received force signal to produce a factored force signal. The gain applied to a signal representative of force applied in an outward direction is greater than the gain factor applied to a signal representative of force applied in an inward direction. A summer (212, 213) sums the factored force signal with a corresponding factored force signal derived from force signals from the co-pilot's inceptor to produce a modified force signal for use in a force feedback control system associated with each inceptor.

Abstract: A control system (400) for an active inceptor (103) for a fly by wire aircraft permits a zero force null point to settle to a non-zero displacement trim position. An internal position state of a second order mass spring damper model is moved in conjunction with force-displacement characteristic coordinates. This results in no second order dynamics being superimposed on the feel of the inceptor (103) when dynamically adjusting the trim position, thereby eliminating the possibility of any unpleasant buzzing been felt by the operator of the inceptor during a trimming operation.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium may include executable instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to provide for a repository of digital content, and to provide for a store configured to sell a right to use the digital content to a customer and to transmit the digital content to a non-destructive testing (NDT) device, and wherein the digital content is configured to be executed by, used by, or displayed the NDT device, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: An inspection management system is provided. The inspection management system includes an inspection data provider that receives inspection data relating to an inspector, one or more devices used to complete an inspection, one or more assets associated with an inspection, an inspection plan, etc. A display of the inspection management system presents one or more graphical user interfaces based upon the inspection data. The graphical user interfaces may facilitate inspection planning, execution, preparation, and/or real-time inspection monitoring.

Abstract: Embodiments of apparatuses, methods, and systems for a multithreaded processor core with hardware-assisted task scheduling are described. In an embodiment, a processor includes a first hardware thread, a second hardware thread, and a task manager. The task manager is to issue a task to the first hardware thread. The task manager includes a hardware task queue in which to store a plurality of task descriptors. Each of the task descriptors is to represent one of a single task, a collection of iterative tasks, and a linked list of tasks.

Abstract: A collaboration system may include a computing device that may communicate with the at least one other computing device via a computing network. The computing device may receive data that has been acquired using one or more non-destructive testing (NDT) inspection devices, receive an input that may cause a list of one or more experts indicated as available to collaborate to be derived. The computing device may also receive a selection of at least one expert from the list of experts. After receiving the expert selection, the computing device may establish a communication connection between the computing device and the at least one other computing device that corresponds to the at least one expert. Here, the communication connection may share data depicted on the computing device with the at least one other computing device.

Abstract: A system may include a non-destructive testing (NDT) device. The NDT device may further include a communications system configured to receive control data from an external system, wherein the NDT device is configured to use the control data to control a component included in the NDT device, to control a parameter of the NDT device, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium may include executable instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to provide for a non-destructive testing (NDT) ecosystem. The NDT ecosystem includes a repository of digital content, and a store configured to sell the digital content to a customer, wherein the digital content is executable by a NDT device and wherein the digital content is created by a plurality of entities.