Abstract: A multi-module battery pack includes a battery tray defining multiple battery tray compartments, battery modules each disposed within a corresponding one of the compartments, and a thermal barrier arranged in a predefined heat transfer path through the tray between an adjacent pair of the battery modules. The thermal barrier has a thickness of at least about 1 mm and a thermal conductivity of less than about 4 W/m-K, such that the thermal barrier blocks the heat transfer path to mitigate a thermal runaway event of one of the adjacent pair of battery modules. An electric powertrain system includes a rotary electric machine having phase leads and an output member, a driven load coupled to the output member, and the multi-module battery pack. A method includes providing the tray, identifying the heat transfer path, and arranging the thermal barrier in the heat transfer path.

Abstract: A functional food composition contains a Lonicera japonica extract as an active ingredient is disclosed. The functional food composition is useful in alleviating irritable bowel syndrome. The Lonicera japonica extract reduces diarrhea and/or intestinal intonation symptoms, thereby exhibiting an effect of alleviating irritable bowel syndrome. A method of treating or alleviating irritable bowel syndrome includes a step of administering a composition to a subject, wherein the composition contains a Lonicera japonica extract.

Abstract: An electrochemical assembly includes a case defining an interior region, an electrochemical cell, a device, and a pressure relief valve. The electrochemical cell is disposed within the interior region. The device includes a spreader component. The spreader component includes a polymer matrix and an additive embedded in the polymer matrix. The additive includes an endothermic phase change material, a flame retardant material, an intumescent material, or any combination thereof. The device defines a device outlet. The pressure relief valve has a valve inlet fluidly connected to the interior region and a valve outlet fluidly connected to the device. The pressure relief valve is configured to transfer a gas from the interior region to the device when a pressure in the interior region exceeds a predetermined pressure. The spreader component is configured to be in fluid communication with the gas and direct the gas to the device outlet.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for purifying a polyalkylaluminoxane-containing solution using a hydroxy group-containing compound, a method for producing a catalyst composition using the method, a catalyst composition produced by the production method, and a method for producing an olefin polymer using the catalyst composition.

Abstract: In some examples, an apparatus can include a supply reservoir including print substance, and a rotary valve having a central rotary axis, where the central rotary axis is perpendicular to a height of the supply reservoir, where the rotary valve is in a closed position such that the print substance is unable to be supplied from the supply reservoir.

Abstract: A display device includes a via layer disposed on a substrate and including a via groove having a shape recessed from a first surface to a second surface of the via layer. A first electrode is disposed on the first surface. A pixel-defining film is disposed on the via layer and the first electrode. A first pixel-defining film through-hole passes through the pixel-defining film in a thickness direction and exposes the first electrode. A second pixel-defining film through-hole passes through the pixel-defining film in the thickness direction. The second pixel-defining film through-hole is spaced apart from the first pixel-defining film through-hole and overlaps the via groove. An emission layer is disposed on an exposed portion of the first electrode. A protrusion is disposed on the pixel-defining film and includes a protrusion through-hole which passes through the protrusion in the thickness direction and overlaps the second pixel-defining film through-hole.

Abstract: Provided is a device and method for generating a graphic user interface (GUI) for controlling a plurality of external devices. The device includes a communication interface configured to communicate with the plurality of external devices and download a plurality of control applications to control the plurality of external devices, a processor configured to collect, from the plurality of downloaded control applications, function information to control the plurality of external devices, and configured to provide an integrated application to control the plurality of external devices by using the collected function information, and a display displaying the GUI for controlling the plurality of external devices when the integrated application is executed.

Abstract: Disclosed are a catalyst complex which may suppress cell voltage reversal in a fuel cell and a method for manufacturing the same. The catalyst complex includes a support, a first catalytic active material supported on the support and comprising a platinum component including one or more selected from the group consisting of platinum and a platinum alloy, and a second catalytic active material supported on the support and comprising one or more selected from a noble metal other than platinum and an oxide thereof, and the support includes functional groups including oxygen.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a semi-automatic toilet bowl system that automatically closes a toilet cover and performs flush by sensing that a user finishes relieving nature after manually opening the toilet cover to relieve nature. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a semi-automatic toilet bowl system that can prevent excreta and toilet water from flying outside, can semi-automatically open a cover only when the toilet is used, and can prevent power consumption for opening the toilet by automatically rotating and closing the toilet cover and automatically performing flush when a user who feels nature's call manually open the toilet cover and then finishes relieving his/her nature.

Abstract: An exemplary method of depositing a layer of a material on an interior substrate surface of a complex geometry component includes the steps of providing the complex geometry component having an aperture defining an edge of the interior substrate surface of the complex geometry component, at least a portion of the interior substrate surface defining a first area not visible from the aperture, providing a heating element adjacent to the first area of the complex geometry component, energizing the heating element to raise a surface temperature of the first area and establish a thermal gradient between the first area and an adjacent area, and providing a vapor deposition apparatus configured to deposit the layer of material on the interior substrate surface corresponding to the first area of the complex geometry component.

Abstract: A display device includes a first electrode disposed on a substrate, a pixel defining layer exposing at least a part of the first electrode and disposed on the substrate, a light emitting layer disposed on the first electrode, a second electrode disposed on the light emitting layer, and an encapsulation layer disposed on the second electrode, wherein the pixel defining layer includes an overlapping area overlapping the first electrode and a non-overlapping area not overlapping the first electrode, the overlapping area includes a first overlapping area spaced apart from the first electrode and facing the first electrode, and the encapsulation layer is at least partially disposed in a space between the first electrode and the pixel defining layer in the first overlapping area.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having first and second regions, first fin groups spaced along a first direction on the first region, each of the first fin groups including adjacent first and second fins having longitudinal directions in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and third to fifth fins spaced along a third direction on the second region, the third to fifth fins having longitudinal directions in a fourth direction intersecting the third direction. The third through fifth fins are at a first pitch, the first and second fins are at a second pitch equal to or smaller than the first pitch, each of the first fin groups is at a first group pitch greater than three times the first pitch and smaller than four times the first pitch, and a width of the first and second fins is same as width of the third fin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery, and more particularly, to a cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery, which includes a core portion and a shell portion surrounding the core portion, in which a total content of cobalt in the core portion and the shell portion is 5 to 12 mol %, and the content of cobalt in the core portion and the shell portion is adjusted to be within a predetermined range. In the cathode active material precursor and the cathode active material for a secondary battery prepared using the same according to the present invention, optimal capacity of a lithium secondary battery may be increased by adjusting the cobalt content in the particles of the cathode active material, and life characteristics may be enhanced by improving stability.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material which makes it possible to improve the electrochemical properties and stability of a positive electrode active material including a lithium composite oxide by adjusting the direction of a concentration gradient of a metal element of the lithium composite oxide, and a lithium secondary battery using a positive electrode including the positive electrode active material.

Abstract: A portable re-breathing apparatus is proposed. the portable re-breathing apparatus includes a mask configured to be worn on face of a user to correspond to mouth thereof and connected to a main hose through which air flows, a first oxygen mixing part connected to the main hose and through which exhalation flows, a second oxygen mixing part (200) configured to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) in the exhalation and to provide oxygen to the mask through the main hose, an air movement part connecting the first oxygen mixing part to the second oxygen mixing part (200), an oxygen supply unit including an oxygen container compress-storing oxygen and configured to supply oxygen to the second oxygen mixing part (200), and a controller (500) connected to the first and second oxygen mixing parts and the oxygen supply unit and configured to regulate CO2 and oxygen density to allow the user to breath.

Abstract: Provided is a combustible gas compressor for compressing combustible gas. The combustible gas compressor comprising: a compressor housing having an impeller rotatably disposed therein; a motor housing having a motor for driving the impeller therein; and a bearing rotatably supporting a rotational shaft transmitting rotation driving force of the motor to the impeller, wherein the compressor housing is integrally formed with the motor housing, the bearing is a self-lubricating type bearing not using lubricant oil, the self-lubricating type bearing being configured to lift the rotational shaft using gas.

Abstract: An electrochemical assembly includes a case defining an interior region, an electrochemical cell, a device, and a pressure relief valve. The electrochemical cell is disposed within the interior region. The device includes a spreader component. The spreader component includes a polymer matrix and an additive embedded in the polymer matrix. The additive includes an endothermic phase change material, a flame retardant material, an intumescent material, or any combination thereof. The device defines a device outlet. The pressure relief valve has a valve inlet fluidly connected to the interior region and a valve outlet fluidly connected to the device. The pressure relief valve is configured to transfer a gas from the interior region to the device when a pressure in the interior region exceeds a predetermined pressure. The spreader component is configured to be in fluid communication with the gas and direct the gas to the device outlet.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having first and second regions, first fin groups spaced along a first direction on the first region, each of the first fin groups including adjacent first and second fins having longitudinal directions in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and third to fifth fins spaced along a third direction on the second region, the third to fifth fins having longitudinal directions in a fourth direction intersecting the third direction. The third through fifth fins are at a first pitch, the first and second fins are at a second pitch equal to or smaller than the first pitch, each of the first fin groups is at a first group pitch greater than three times the first pitch and smaller than four times the first pitch, and a width of the first and second fins is same as width of the third fin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery, and more particularly, to a cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery, which includes a core portion and a shell portion surrounding the core portion, in which a total content of cobalt in the core portion and the shell portion is 5 to 12 mol %, and the content of cobalt in the core portion and the shell portion is adjusted to be within a predetermined range. In the cathode active material precursor and the cathode active material for a secondary battery prepared using the same according to the present invention, optimal capacity of a lithium secondary battery may be increased by adjusting the cobalt content in the particles of the cathode active material, and life characteristics may be enhanced by improving stability.

Abstract: A fuel cell system capable of improving the chemical durability of a membrane electrode assembly by compensating for the amount of an antioxidant lost within the electrolyte membrane or electrode of the fuel cell stack in such a manner that the antioxidant is provided from an antioxidant supply device, provided in a fuel processing system and/or an air processing system, to a fuel cell stack, in preparation for a case where the antioxidant within the electrolyte membrane or electrode is lost due to the dissolution or migration characteristic of the antioxidant.