Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for management of an active flight plan during operation of an aircraft. The systems include a flight management system, a communications system configured to receive flight mission data from external sources, a display device, and a controller. The controller is configured to, by a processor: receive the flight mission data that includes recommended updates to the active flight plan, generate an inactive flight plan including the active flight plan modified based on the recommended updates, access the inactive flight plan to determine an impact of the recommended updates on the active flight plan, render a graphical image on the display device that presents a contextual preview of the recommended updates and the impact thereof, and in response to acceptance of the recommended updates, modify the active flight plan based on the recommended updates or replace the active flight plan with the inactive flight plan.

Abstract: In order to fix a rail of a rail track using a rail machine, the rail machine is moved in a working direction so that at all times a portion of the rail which is not attached to a cross-member of the rail track passes through a thermal conditioning zone of a thermal conditioning device of the rail machine, a temperature of a surface region of the portion of the rail passing through the thermal conditioning zone is modified using the thermal conditioning device by generating a non-homogeneous temperature distribution in the portion of the rail, and the portion of the rail is fixed to a cross-member of the rail track, after modification of the temperature of the surface region of the portion of the rail, without waiting for the temperature distribution in the portion of the rail to be homogenized.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes a connector assembly that is a part of a sensor assembly for collecting patient physiological data. The connector assembly can include a first connector tab with catches, a second connector tab with openings, a retainer with pins, and a circuit board coupled to a cable. Each of the pins of the retainer can include a detent that can engage one of the catches of the first connector tab. The pins can extend through the openings of the second connector tab so that the retainer is coupled to the first connector tab by the detents engaging the catches. The first and second connector tabs can thereby be coupled together to support the circuit board and the cable between the first and second connector tabs.

Abstract: There is described a wood optimization system for a production line. The wood optimization system generally having a conveyor moving wood products across a handling area; a wood product selector positioned proximate to a selected wood product in the handling area; and a computer vision system along the production line having a camera imaging the handling area, a processor communicatively coupled to the camera, and a computer-readable memory having program code that when executed by the processor perform the steps of: receiving from the camera an image representing at least a portion of the handling area; finding the wood product selector in the image; identifying the selected wood product in the image as the wood product of the plurality being most proximate to the wood product selector; receiving an instruction associated to the selected wood product; and implementing the instruction into optimization data associated to the selected wood product.

Abstract: A fibrous preform for forming the fibrous reinforcement of a composite material part, the fibrous preform being made as a single piece and obtained by three-dimensional weaving, the preform including first and second skins and a longitudinal stiffening portion connecting the first to the second skin, the longitudinal stiffening portion forming a stiffening element of the part in the longitudinal direction. The preform has an intermediate portion extending in the longitudinal direction between two end portions. The longitudinal stiffening portion includes, in the intermediate portion, longitudinal non-woven threads or strands held together by first transverse threads or strands coming from the first skin and second transverse threads or strands coming from the second skin. In the end portions, the longitudinal threads or strands of the longitudinal stiffening portion are woven with the transverse threads or strands.

Abstract: A track segment for a segmented track comprises a first track section and inner and outer couplers. A first connecting portion is disposed at one end of a body of the track section, defining a first inner section connector, a first outer section connector opposite from the first inner section connector, and a first engaging surface configured to abut on a second engaging surface of a second connecting portion of a second track section. The inner coupler has two inner coupler connectors configured to respectively connect to the first inner section connector of the first track section and to a second inner section connector of the second track section. An outer coupler has two outer coupler connectors configured to respectively connect to the first outer section connector of the first track section and to a second outer section connector of the second connecting portion of the second track section.

Abstract: To address technical problems facing knee arthroplasty resection validation, the present subject matter provides a tracked knee arthroplasty instrument for objective measurement of resection depth. By performing a precise comparison between the location of the tracked knee arthroplasty instrument and a reference location, the knee arthroplasty instrument measures and validates each tibial and femoral resection. To address technical problems facing validation of joint laxity following knee arthroplasty, the tracked knee arthroplasty instrument is shaped to validate the flexion gap and extension gap. When the tracked knee arthroplasty instrument is inserted between the resected tibial plateau and femoral head, the instrument shape validates whether the desired flexion gap and extension gap have been achieved.

Abstract: A part of a turbomachine made of composite material includes a fiber reinforcement having a three-dimensional weaving including a first set of yarns made of a first material, wherein the fiber reinforcement includes a vibration-damping element formed by a second set of yarns including a second material which is viscoelastic and which is different to the first material, the second set of yarns being woven with the first set of yarns.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an electric heavy-duty vehicle. In one example, the vehicle includes a battery pack for supplying current to an electric motor of the vehicle, the battery pack arranged in a chassis of the vehicle and configured to form part of a floor of the vehicle. The vehicle also includes a motor coupled to front wheels of the vehicle, the front wheels having hub assemblies housing drive shaft adapters configured to permanently couple the hub assemblies to drive shafts of the front wheels, and a cradle configured to be mounted with electrical sub-systems of the vehicle.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes a connector assembly that is a part of a sensor assembly for collecting patient physiological data. The connector assembly can include a first connector tab with catches, a second connector tab with openings, a retainer with pins, and a circuit board coupled to a cable. Each of the pins of the retainer can include a detent that can engage one of the catches of the first connector tab. The pins can extend through the openings of the second connector tab so that the retainer is coupled to the first connector tab by the detents engaging the catches. The first and second connector tabs can thereby be coupled together to support the circuit board and the cable between the first and second connector tabs.

Abstract: Systems and methods for distributed ledger-based settlement are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method may include: receiving settlement instructions from a first party providing a commodity and a second party providing cash; matching the settlement instructions; affirming the matched settlement instructions with the parties; a smart contact sending the affirmed settlement instructions to a commodity clearing bank; the smart contract receiving confirmation of a blockage of the commodity from the commodity clearing bank; the smart contact sending the affirmed settlement instructions to a cash clearing bank; the smart contract receiving confirmation of a blockage of the cash from the cash clearing bank; the smart contract executing the exchange of tokens for the commodity for tokens for the cash; and the smart contract writing the tokens for the cash to a wallet for the first party, and writing tokens for the commodity to a wallet for the second party.

Abstract: Methods and systems for a dielectric material coated busbar are provided. In one example, a conductive material may be formed into a shape of a busbar and portions of the busbar may be selectively coated with a dielectric material which may be both electrically insulating and thermally conductive. The dielectric coated portions of the busbar may dissipate heat to a heat sink via a thermal interface material compressed on the busbar.

Abstract: A method for detecting AV location data includes receiving a data set from a data store storing data in connection with an autonomous vehicle (AV) fleet, the received data set comprising a plurality of table records; filtering the received data set by comparing data values of the plurality of table records with ranges of latitude values and longitude values and removing table records comprising data values outside both the range of latitude values and the range of longitude values; post-processing the filtered data set to identify tables that include a first table record comprising a data value within the range of latitude values and a corresponding second table record comprising a data value within the range of longitude values; and storing information regarding the identified tables in a data map, wherein the identified tables are tagged to indicate that the identified tables include location information.

Abstract: Methods and systems for a dielectric material coated busbar are provided. In one example, a conductive material may be formed into a shape of a busbar and portions of the busbar may be selectively coated with a dielectric material which may be both electrically insulating and thermally conductive. The dielectric coated portions of the busbar may dissipate heat to a heat sink via a thermal interface material compressed on the busbar.

Abstract: A turbine stator assembly including a guide vane assembly and a sealing ring bearing an abradable element of a dynamic sealing ring. The assembly includes pins secured to the sealing ring and cooperating with respective oblong openings formed in the guide vane assembly so as to allow a radial movement of the ring with respect to the guide vane assembly in order to compensate for differential thermal expansions. A seal is arranged so as to compensate for circumferential spaces between ring sectors forming the guide vane assembly.

Abstract: There is presented a pressure sensing device for a sap collection system. The pressure sensing device generally has an electronic circuit having a controller, a pressure sensor communicatively coupled to the controller, a communication module communicatively coupled to the controller, and a battery powering the controller, the pressure sensor and the communication module; and a hollow spout body having a first end mounted to the electronic circuit, a second end opposite the first end, an internal wall defining a cavity extending between the first end and the second end of the hollow spout body, and an external wall, the first end enclosing the pressure sensor and exposing the pressure sensor to the cavity, the second end connectable to a tube of the sap collection system.

Abstract: A tubular insert designed to be positioned in a through-orifice of a sandwich panel. This tubular insert comprises a tubular body and at least one tab that has a first end connected to the tubular body and a second end at a distance from the first end, the tab being able to move between a deployed position in which the second end is moved away from the tubular body and a retracted position in which the second end is positioned at the tubular body, the latter having, for each tab, a cutout delimiting the tab and an opening when the tab is in the deployed position. Also a sandwich panel having at least one such insert and a method for placing such an insert.

Abstract: A system is shown for cooling components of an inverter. In one example, an inverter comprises a first compartment including a direct current (DC) link capacitor that is electrically coupled to a discharge resistor; and a thermal pad in contact with the DC link capacitor; a cooling system configured to circulate coolant through a housing adjacent to the thermal pad; and a noise filtering ferrite element coupled to a DC bus bar. A cooling plate may be further included between the DC link capacitor and the thermal pad and during a during a first condition when the inverter is operating, heat is transferred from the DC link capacitor to the cooling system; and during a second condition when the inverter is not operating, heat is reduced in the DC link capacitor by discharging electricity stored in the DC link capacitor via the discharge resistor.

Abstract: A fibrous texture for a blade has a three-dimensional weave between a first plurality of yarn layers and a second plurality of yarn layers, includes a blade aerofoil part extending between a first edge and a second edge. The texture includes a first part with at least three yarn layers of the first plurality of yarns and at least three yarn layers of the second plurality of yarns. Yarns of the two yarn layers of the first plurality of yarns bind yarns of the second plurality of yarns to the two yarn layers of the second plurality of yarns with a determined binding frequency.

Abstract: An assembly comprising a nut, in addition to a retaining system which is configured to retain the hole of the nut substantially in the extension of a through-hole of a part. The retaining system comprises at least two resilient tabs which are configured to be housed in the through-hole of the part, the free ends of the resilient tabs being positioned, in the undeformed state, on a circle having a greater diameter than an internal diameter of the through-hole. Also a mounting system comprising such a retaining system for a nut.