Abstract: An absorbent garment for wear about a wearer's waist includes a waist belt, a garment shell and an absorbent assembly constructed to take in and retain body exudates released by the wearer. The absorbent assembly is releasably attached generally at front and back waist regions thereof to the waist belt. The garment shell is attached generally at front and back waist regions thereof to the waist belt, with the absorbent assembly generally disposed within the garment shell, whereby the front waist region of the garment shell is in opposed relationship with the front waist region of the absorbent assembly and the back waist region of the garment shell is in opposed relationship with the back waist region of the absorbent assembly.

Abstract: According to at least one embodiment, a method comprises generating a data file having design parameters for an electrical design, and with a computer-executable program, accessing the data file and populating a computer-aided design (CAD) program's database with the design parameters.

Abstract: A boxer-style pant and a method of making a boxer-style pant having side seams, a contracted crotch region, and hanging legs. A web is provided. The web may be a single pant assembly, or a continuous web of multiple pant assemblies connected to one another. The web may be folded against a support structure. In certain embodiments, a multi-lane production system may be used wherein the web is folded against multiple support structures each parallel to a direction in which the web is conveyed, with each lane or machine direction array of pant assemblies folded against just one support structure. The web is cut to define leg openings, and contracted in selected areas along the web between the leg openings. Front and back regions are then joined together to form the side seams. An absorbent structure may be attached to the web.

Abstract: A boxer-style pant and a method of making a boxer-style pant having side seams, a contracted crotch region, and hanging legs. A web is provided. The web is cut along transversely opposed edges of the web to define leg openings. The leg openings may be formed by cutting slits along the transversely opposed edges of the web. The web is contracted in a selected area between the leg openings. Front and back regions are then joined together to form the side seams. An absorbent structure may be attached to the web.

Abstract: The present invention concerns highly swellable absorption mediums with a reduced caking tendency at high humidity and/or high temperatures, wherein a swellable polymer is coated with a non-ionic, nitrogen-containing surfactant and optionally a Lewis acid and then reacted by heating.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for marking a substrate. In a representative embodiment, the invention involves a marking system including a marker container, a marker cutter, and a marker driver. The marker container is configured to contain marker material having flexible shaft material. The marker cutter is coupled to the marker container, and the marker driver is coupled to the marker cutter.

Abstract: A method is provided for correcting errors in position derived from an inertial measurement unit (IMU), by performing a first zero velocity update at a time when the IMU is at rest, recording the time and position of the IMU at a subsequent start of a period of interest after the first zero velocity update, recording the time and position of the IMU at the end of the period of interest, performing a second zero velocity update at the end of the period of interest with the IMU at rest, and then recording a velocity indicated from the IMU, and deriving an accumulated error in position from the recorded data, by approximating errors in velocity by a function of time with a parameter determined from the recorded indicated velocity, and integrating the function over the period of interest to determine the accumulated error in position during the period of interest.

Abstract: This invention relates to a novel design of electric motor wherein a fuel cell with an electrical output is integrated with a cylindrical type monopole (homopole) electric DC motor. Power is supplied to an output shaft by the introduction of reactants to the fuel cell. The fuel cell is positioned within and rotates with the rotor of the cylindrical type monopole (homopole) DC motor. This novel compact combination of a fuel cell and a cylindrical form of monopole (homopole) electrical DC motor enables the combination to fit within a confined space.

Abstract: This invention relates to a novel design of electric motor wherein a stationary fuel cell with an electrical output is integrated with a cylindrical type monopole (homopole) electric DC motor. Power is supplied to an output shaft by the introduction of reactants to the fuel cell. The fuel cell is positioned within the hollow cylindrical stator. The stator and fuel cell are stationary. The rotor is a hollow cylinder and is positioned to rotate about the exterior of the stator. The rotor has magnets distributed around the interior of the rotor. This novel compact combination of a fuel cell and a cylindrical form of monopole (homopole) electrical DC motor enables the combination to fit within a confined space.

Abstract: A neural net architecture provides for the recognition of an input signal which is a rate variant of a learned signal pattern, reducing the neural net training requirements. The duration of a digital sampling of the input signal is scaled by a time-scaling network, creating a multiplicity of scaled signals which are then compared to memorized signal patterns contained in a self-organizing feature map. The feature map outputs values which indicate how well the scaled input signals match various learned signal patterns. A comparator determines which one of the values is greatest, thus indicating a best match between the input signal and one of the learned signal patterns.