Abstract: A method for diagnosing an evaporative emission control system that includes during a first state of a vapor blocking valve, determining a first rate of change of a fuel tank vacuum, during a second state of the vapor blocking valve different from the first state, determining a second rate of change of the fuel tank vacuum, and diagnosing an operational condition of the vapor blocking valve based on the first and second rates of change.

Abstract: A method for diagnosing an evaporative emission control system that includes during a first state of a vapor blocking valve, determining a first rate of change of a fuel tank vacuum, during a second state of the vapor blocking valve different from the first state, determining a second rate of change of the fuel tank vacuum, and diagnosing an operational condition of the vapor blocking valve based on the first and second rates of change.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds useful as inhibitors of PAD4, compositions thereof, and methods of treating PAD4-related disorders.

Abstract: The invention provides a magnetic inductive sensing device (30) comprising a loop antenna (10) for inductively coupling with electromagnetic (EM) signals emitted from a medium in response to stimulation of the medium with electromagnetic excitation signals. The device includes an electromagnetic shield (36) element which is arranged such as to intercept electromagnetic signals travelling to or from the antenna. The shield element is formed of conductive material such as to block electrical field components of incident signals but further incorporates a non-conductive gap in the material so as to prevent the formation of eddy currents. A loop of the antenna is broken by an opening, the opening being bridged by a capacitor, and the device comprises a signal processing means which is electrically coupled to the antenna via only a single point of the antenna, located to one side of the opening.

Abstract: The invention provides a magnetic inductive sensing system for sensing electromagnetic signals emitted from a body in response to electromagnetic excitation signals applied to the body. The electromagnetic signals are generated and sensed by the same loop resonator which comprises a single-turn loop antenna and a tuning capacitor. The loop antenna of the resonator and a signal generation means for exciting the resonator to generate excitation signals are together configured so as to optimize the value of a ratio between the radial frequency of the generated electromagnetic excitation signals and a reference frequency of the antenna, where the reference frequency is the frequency for which one wavelength of the generated excitation signals (waves) matches the circumferential length of the antenna. This ratio, which corresponds to a normalized radial frequency of the generated excitation signals, is maintained between a value of 0.025 and 0.50.

Abstract: An apparatus includes an optical source to produce light in a sequence of wavelength-channels, an optical transmission fiber connected to receive said produced light, an optical wavelength-demultiplexer optically coupled to the optical transmission fiber, and an array of optical data modulators. Each of the optical data modulators is optically coupled to receive light of a corresponding one of the wavelength-channels from the optical source via the optical transmission fiber and the optical wavelength-demultiplexer. The optical source is configured to transmit said light to said optical transmission fiber with a wavelength-dependent intensity.

Abstract: User interfaces and processes to support a user during the operation of a touch-sensitive control unit. A presence of an input means, such as a finger of the user, is detected in a predefined first area in front of a button displayed on the control unit. In response to the detection a timer is started having a predetermined time segment. When the timer elapses, a secondary function in the control unit is executed relative to the button in which the input means is detected.

Abstract: A method for operating a vehicle with an internal combustion engine is provided that includes regulating a pressure in a fuel tank by scheduling an engine start-up event based on a rate of change of the fuel tank pressure to reduce fuel tank venting emissions, where the rate of change of the fuel tank pressure is determined based on an ambient temperature and an in-tank pressure.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for conducting diagnostics to indicate whether a fuel system and/or an evaporative emissions system of a vehicle has a source of undesired evaporative emissions, or not. In one example, a method comprises conducting such a diagnostic via evacuating the fuel system to a target vacuum, then sealing the fuel system from atmosphere and monitoring a pressure bleed-up in the fuel system, and dynamically adjusting a pressure bleed-up threshold responsive to one or more conditions that impact the pressure bleed-up during the diagnostic, and indicating undesired evaporative emissions responsive to the pressure bleed-up reaching the adjusted pressure bleed-up threshold. In this way, interpretation of the results of such a diagnostic may be more robust, completion rates may improve, and engine operation may be improved.

Abstract: A gas blocking cable includes cabled wires, where each wire includes cabled conductors having interstitial areas there between. An insulation material circumferentially surrounds the cabled conductors and a conductor filling material is positioned within the interstitial areas between conductors. A first shield circumferentially surrounds the twisted wires and a high-temperature filler, thereby separating a drain wire. A second shield circumferentially surrounds the cabled wires and the drain wire so that a cable is formed with areas between the first shield and the second shield. A wire filling material is positioned within the areas between the wires and the shields. Each of the conductor filling material and wire filling material is inert, non-flammable and able to withstand a temperature of at least approximately 200° C.

Abstract: A device, system and method for providing a user with feedback on an input. During use, when an input is received, the input is evaluated and classified. Depending on the determined class, an orientation of an interface of a display element (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9) displayed on a display unit (IO) is modified.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS). The MEMS includes a substrate having electrical lines thereon, a slab of optically transmissive material having parallel opposite partially reflective faces to form an optical etalon, a metal trace rigidly fixed along one or more of the faces of the slab, one or more springs rotatably fixing the slab to the substrate, one more magnets located to produce a magnetic field at the metal trace. The electrical lines are connected to the metal trace to provide an electrical current to the metal trace. The optical etalon is configured to tilt in response to producing an electrical current in the metal trace.

Abstract: A surgical retrieval apparatus includes an elongate tubular member having a drive rod slidably disposed therein. A support member is operably coupled to a distal end of the drive rod. A pouch is attached to the support member and has a closed end and an open end. The pouch may be releasably coupled to the support member. An end effector is repositionable with respect to a longitudinal axis of the tubular member. The support member may include an expandable member.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for diagnosing a vehicle fuel system for a presence or absence of undesired evaporative emissions. In one example, a method comprises conducting a test for undesired evaporative emissions stemming from a fuel system of a vehicle via in a first operating mode, evacuating the fuel system to a variable vacuum level through an entirety of a fuel vapor canister configured to capture and store fuel vapors, and in a second operating mode, evacuating the fuel system to the variable vacuum level through a portion of the fuel vapor canister. In this way, the diagnostic may be conducted in an environmentally friendly fashion, where analysis of a bleed-up portion of the test is not impacted by fuel volatility at the time of the diagnostic.

Abstract: Automated software-testing systems and computer program products use mock software entities to perform integration testing on a microservices-based application. The mock entities emulate the behavior of other microservices or external software applications that would normally interact with the tested microservices in a production environment. The mock entities are managed by a mock server that communicates with the test system through a messaging system. The mock server determines how the mock entities should respond to the tested application's service requests by referring to test guidelines stored in a behavior store. During testing, the test system dynamically updates the behavior store in response to the tested application's service requests and to other indicators of the current state of the tested application. If the tested application interacts with the mock entities during the test as expected, the test system deems the application to have passed the integration test.

Abstract: A method for integration-testing a microservices-based application is performed by an automated software-testing system by using mock software entities. The mock entities emulate the behavior of other microservices or external software applications that would normally interact with the tested microservices in a production environment. The mock entities are managed by a mock server that communicates with the test system through a messaging system The mock server determines how the mock entities should respond to the tested application's service requests by referring to test guidelines stored in a behavior store. During testing, the test system dynamically updates the behavior store in response to the tested application's service requests and to other indicators of the current state of the tested application. If the tested application interacts with the mock entities during the test as expected, the test system deems the application to have passed the integration test.

Abstract: User interface and process to support a user in the operation of a touch-sensitive control unit. A presence of a means of input, such as a finger of the user, is detected in a predefined first area relative to the control unit. In response to the detection, an acknowledgement may be produced via a predefined first audio output including a first sound sign, which is associated in a context-specific manner with a button displayed on the control unit.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus are disclosed for coating a substrate with a coating, or a coating powder. The substrate is divided into a number of target fields which are scanned by a plurality of lasers after the target fields have been pre-heated by a separate laser. A closed loop, real time servo system is employed for monitoring the coating process. Based upon monitoring of the target field, as the coating, or coating powder, is applied, real time changes to the parameters of the lasers provide for a uniform coating of the substrate.

Abstract: A sensing system that will accurately monitor cold and hot spots and verify the appropriate area temperature for composite structure repair and where IR LED is being activated. Various embodiments of this invention may include: miniaturized thermocouples that can be embedded into the sensing system, distributed temperature sensing (DTS) system and software for heat modeling, and/or printed thermocouple circuits on thermo pads. The sensing system may be a grid of sensors that is either a standalone layer, such as a sheet or blanket, or integrated with any of the layers already common in composite repair, i.e. printed circuitry or over-molded circuitry. Additionally, the sensing system generates the temperature profile of a heated area during a fuselage repair and pin-points and identifies hot and cold problem areas on a complex fuselage section.

Abstract: The invention relates to operating devices for a vehicle with haptic feedback comprising a touch-sensitive position detection device (30) for determining touch positions as input parameters on a touch surface (31) of the touch-sensitive position detection device (30); an actuator device (50), coupled to the touch-sensitive position detection device (30), for generating the haptically detectable feedback on the touch surface (31); and an operating logic (1030) which is designed to execute a triggering of functions and/or vehicle systems depending on detected input parameters, wherein the touch-sensitive position detection device (30) and the actuator device (50) are designed with a haptic control device (100) in an operating device (2), and the operating logic (1030) is designed in a central control unit (330), which is designed separately from the operating device (2) and coupled in terms of information technology with the operating device (2), and detected input parameters are transmitted to the central cont