Abstract: An on-board battery charger (OBC) includes a converter (e.g., a DC/DC converter) and a controller. An output port of the converter is connectable to a battery (e.g., a traction battery of an electric vehicle (EV)) via a voltage network (e.g., a high-voltage (HV) network of the EV). The converter converts an input power into an output power and outputs the output power onto the voltage network for charging the battery. The controller, upon detecting a transitory disconnection in the voltage network, controls the converter to stop converting the input power into the output power. In stopping the converter, the controller stops the converter prior to a corresponding reconnection in the voltage network. The controller may detect the transitory disconnection upon detecting a switching frequency of a power switch of the converter decreasing below a pre-defined threshold as the switching frequency decreases due to effects of the transitory disconnection.

Abstract: A technique enabling selection of Quality of Service, QoS, policies of a core domain of a mobile communication network is described. A method performed by a first network node, NN, configured as at least a part of the core domain includes providing, based on at least one network condition, a second NN in a content provider domain with information enabling a selection of at least one of one or more policies of the core domain that affect a QoS provided by the core domain for content provided by the content provider domain. A corresponding method performed by the second NN is also provided.

Abstract: A method for separating a comestible structure into a plurality of comestible structures includes providing at least one comestible structure including at least one score line to a clamping device, clamping a portion of said at least one comestible structure in said clamping device, and separating said portion from a remainder of said at least one comestible structure at said at least one score line via said clamping device.

Abstract: A computer having a system for mitigating mechanical rattle arising due to a mechanical coupling of an audio output transducer to a part of the computer device, the system comprising: a processing subsystem configured to receive an input audio signal and to output a drive signal for driving the audio output transducer to produce a transducer output, wherein the processing subsystem is configured to selectively apply an attenuation function to the input audio signal to attenuate a signal component of the input audio signal at a frequency that causes mechanical rattle in the computer; and an analyser subsystem configured to receive the input audio signal and to output a control signal to the processing subsystem to control application of the attenuation function to the input audio signal by the processing subsystem based on a spectral content of the received input audio signal; wherein the attenuation function is based on characteristic acoustic behaviour of the computer.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a heat spreader including the steps of i. depositing an adhesive on a major surface of at least one graphite layer, to obtain at least one graphite layer coated by an adhesive layer, wherein ii. positioning the at least one graphite layer coated by an adhesive layer on top of each other so as to form a first stack of layers alternating graphite layer and adhesive layer iii. positioning a graphite layer having a thickness from 10 to 200 ?m, on the first stack of layers so as to form a second stack of layers, having a graphite layer as top and bottom layers iv. compressing the second stack of layer with a pressure from 7 to 20 MPa to form a graphite-based laminate, v. heating the graphite-based laminate such that the solvent of the adhesive is removed.

Abstract: A first subject of the present invention has an antiviral formulation with metallic copper particles in an unoxidized form and having a median particle diameter inferior or equal to 200 nm, graphene oxide or reduced graphene oxide, and a bonding matrix material. A second subject of the invention has an antiviral filtering material with a layer of textile and at least one layer of an antiviral coating comprising metallic copper particles in an unoxidized form and having a median particle diameter inferior or equal to 200 nm, graphene oxide or reduced graphene oxide, and a bonding matrix into which both metallic copper particles and graphene oxide or reduced graphene oxide are anchored. The invention also concerns methods of preparation of the antiviral formulation and of the antiviral filtering material. Finally, the invention includes an antiviral face mask with a layer of textile coated with the antiviral formulation.

Abstract: A method for the manufacture of a welded joint including the following successive steps: I. The provision of at least two metallic substrates wherein at least one metallic substrate is a steel substrate, and II. The welding of the at least two metallic substrates with a welding head while, simultaneously, applying on the at least two metallic substrates, ahead of the welding head, a welding flux including a titanate and a nanoparticulate oxide selected from the group consisting of TiO2, SiO2, ZrO2, Y2O3, Al2O3, MoO3, CrO3, CeO2, La2O3 and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: A method for the manufacture of a welded joint having the following successive steps: I. the provision of at least two metallic substrates wherein at least one metallic substrate is a steel substrate having a thickness of at least 8 mm and being delimited by at least one beveled edge, wherein said beveled edge is at least partially coated with a pre-coating having a titanate and a nanoparticulate oxide selected from the group consisting of TiO2, SiO2, ZrO2, Y2O3, Al2O3, MoO3, CrO3, CeO2, La2O3 and mixtures thereof, and II. the welding of the at least two metallic substrates along the at least partially coated beveled edge by laser arc hybrid welding in leading arc configuration.

Abstract: A welding flux including a titanate and a nanoparticulate Niobium compound chosen from among Niobium oxides, alkali niobates and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: A flux-cored wire including a sheath and a flux that fills the sheath, wherein the flux includes a titanate and a nanoparticulate oxide selected from the group consisting of TiO2, SiO2, ZrO2, Y2O3, Al2O3, MoO3, CrO3, CeO2, La2O3 and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: A method for the manufacture of a welded joint have the following successive steps: I. the provision of at least two metallic substrates wherein at least one metallic substrate is a steel substrate having a thickness of at least 50 mm and being delimited by at least one sidewall, wherein said sidewall is at least partially coated with a pre-coating having a titanate and a nanoparticulate oxide selected from the group consisting of TiO2, SiO2, ZrO2, Y2O3, Al2O3, MoO3, CrO3, CeO2, La2O3 and mixtures thereof, and II. the welding of the at least two metallic substrates along the at least partially coated sidewall by narrow gap welding.

Abstract: Package sorting systems and methods of use are disclosed herein. An example system includes a platform of a vehicle, where the platform is arranged as a grid having a plurality of slots (including an open slot and a target slot). A plurality of slabs can be placed into the grid except for in the open slot. A slab moving assembly is used to move the slabs in order to place a selected slab into the target slot on the platform.

Abstract: A method of planning a platform lift. The platform lift includes a rail, platform, chair, and a drive unit attached to the platform to drive the platform along the rail. The method includes acquiring 3D-data of a stair on which the platform lift is to be installed utilizing an augmented reality device. Calculating a travel path of the rail is based on acquired 3D-data and predetermined clearance information. Visualizing part or all of the platform lift is based on the calculated path of travel via the augmented reality device. Acquiring the 3D-data includes observing the stair with the augmented reality device; marking several locations and confirming the locations via a user input; extracting surface information via a computer based analysis of the markings and optical information taken by the augmented reality device. Based on the optical information and predetermined clearance information the path of travel is calculated.

Abstract: Package sorting systems and methods of use are disclosed herein. An example system includes a platform of a vehicle, where the platform is arranged as a grid having a plurality of slots (including an open slot and a target slot). A plurality of slabs can be placed into the grid except for in the open slot. A slab moving assembly is used, to move the slabs in order to place a selected slab into the target slot on the platform.

Abstract: A pre-coated steel substrate coated with optionally, an anticorrosion coating and a pre-coating including at least one titanate and at least one nanoparticle, the steel substrate having a reflectance higher or equal to 60% at wavelengths between 6.0 and 15.0 ?m.

Abstract: A pre-coated metallic substrate wherein a bare metallic substrate having a reflectance higher or equal to 60% at all wavelengths between 0.5 and 5.0 ?m is coated with a pre-coating including at least one titanate and at least one nanoparticle; a method for the manufacture of this pre-coated metallic substrate; a method for the manufacture of a coated metallic substrate and a coated metallic substrate.

Abstract: A pre-coated steel substrate coated with: —optionally, an anticorrosion coating and —a flux including at least one titanate and at least one nanoparticle chosen from: TiO2, SiO2, Yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ), Al2O3, MoO3, CrO3, CeO2 or a mixture thereof, the thickness of the flux being between 30 and 95 ?m.

Abstract: A pre-coated steel substrate wherein the coating including at least one titanate and at least one nanoparticle; a method for the manufacture of an assembly; a method for the manufacture of a coated steel substrate and a coated substrate substrate. It is particularly well suited for construction, shipbuilding and offshore industries.

Abstract: A passenger moving installation includes a plurality of tread elements forming an endless conveyor belt, wherein the tread elements are at least partially covered by at least one element that limits a transportation height of a user set of the installation. A safety system is configured to detect a risk of collision between the user set and the covering element. A method of determining a risk of collision between a user set and at least one covering element in a passenger moving installation at least partially covered by the covering element, includes determining the height of the user set in a monitoring area via a safety system, comparing the height of the user set to the height of a safety threshold, and triggering an event in the safety system if the user height exceeds the safety threshold.

Abstract: A method predicts whether an approaching passenger intends to travel on a passenger moving system having at least one movable pallet. The method includes positioning at least one monitoring device in the vicinity of the passenger moving system such that it monitors a detection area wherein the detection area includes at least a first detection area. The monitoring system then detects the presence of a passenger in the at least first detection area and monitors a trajectory of the passenger. A response is triggered at a control unit of the passenger moving system when the monitored trajectory of the passenger provides a predicted trajectory that reaches the entrance to the passenger moving system.