Abstract: A pinch weld clamp includes a clamp body and a channel formed in the body. The channel is configured to engage a flange or pinch weld on a vehicle. One or more set screws extend from an outer wall of the clamp body into the channel to clamp onto the pinch weld. A connecting screw is connected to the clamp body to attach a device, such as a running board, to the vehicle.

Abstract: Systems and methods that enable removal of data from an endpoint, while not propagating such removal to other endpoints when synchronizing data sources associated therewith. A designation component can indicate items as forgotten items, wherein such items are being known to an endpoint and deleted therefrom—yet, reintroduced therein and reappearing (e.g., as a create) upon re-synchronizing with the replica over again. Moreover, the forgotten items can employ additional metadata such as in from of an additional bit that indicates whether an item is a forgotten item.

Abstract: There is provided a communication connector including a housing and a plurality of electrical contacts received by the housing. A printed circuit board (PCB) is provided and includes first and second pairs of electrically conductive signal traces on different layers of the PCB, each pair of the first and second pairs of traces being connected to a corresponding pair of the plurality of pairs of contacts; and at least one split ground plane including first and second sections being substantially electrically isolated from one another, wherein at least a portion of the first section is adjacent to at least a portion of the first pair of traces and at least a portion of the second section is adjacent to at least a portion of the second pair of traces.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming an aerosol. An apparatus may comprise an inner chamber, an outer chamber located around the inner chamber, and a wave generating device associated with the outer chamber. The inner chamber may be configured to hold a mixture that is to be converted into an aerosol within the inner chamber. The outer chamber may be configured to hold a fluid. The wave generating device may be configured to generate waves that propagate through the fluid into the mixture to stir the mixture.

Abstract: A Web service synchronization protocol is provided that sets forth the metadata and messaging by which endpoints roam, share and synchronize common information with one another in a multi-master networked computing ecosystem. A general SOAP-based protocol is defined for synchronizing data between two endpoints where one or more of the endpoints supports a Web service. Defining messaging for knowledge-based transfers using XML Web services, the protocol allows devices, services and applications to synchronize through firewalls, allows for flexibility by allowing any common set or subset of information across endpoints and allows for extensibility by not prescribing the schema of the actual data being synchronized at the endpoints.

Abstract: Systems and methods for off-line and on-line sensor calibration are provided. In certain embodiments, a method for calibrating a sensor comprises receiving at least one reference measurement describing a system state for a system; and receiving at least one sensor measurement from the sensor, wherein the at least one sensor measurement is acquired from an observation of the environment of the system by the sensor. The method also comprises calculating a model residual power spectral density based on the at least one reference measurement and a sensor measurement model; and calculating a measurement residual power spectral density based on the at least one sensor measurement and the at least one reference measurement. Further, the method comprises identifying sensor parameters that morph the model residual power spectral density towards the measurement residual power spectral density.

Abstract: A resin infusion repair device and method for repairing a wooden boat deck having a repair area that includes voids between the planking of the boat deck and the as built surface under the boat deck planking. A vacuum cover provides an airtight cover of the repair area. A vacuum suction line is inserted into the vacuum cover. A vacuum pump is connected to the vacuum suction line and provides vacuum suction at the repair area. A resin supply line is inserted through the vacuum cover. A resin supply source is connected to the resin supply line. The vacuum pump provides a vacuum suction that draws resin from resin supply source through the resin supply line and into the repair area so that the voids are all filled with the resin. In a preferred embodiment, the wooden boat deck is a teak boat deck.

Abstract: An animal feed producing system comprises a compression screw assembly. The compression screw assembly includes at least a first screw, a second screw and a plurality of barrels. The first and second screws include a plurality of flights and roots. The plurality of screws is configured such that they include a plurality of sections. Each section comprises a set of plurality of flights and a plurality of roots configured to perform a specific compression function, such as perpendicular compression and lateral compression.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of vacuum packaging and vacuum packaging techniques. Embodiments of the present invention include bales and packages comprising a sealed chamber having an internal volume at a pressure less than ambient atmospheric pressure. In alternate embodiments of the present invention, the internal volume of the package comprises a bulk material, a bulk fiber material, fibers or fibrous materials. Also disclosed are methods for packaging, packaging systems and apparatus for packaging.

Abstract: There is provided a communication connector for improving signal transmission performance, the communication connector including a cable termination component being sized and configured for selective receipt of a plurality of conductor pairs of a cable; a plurality of slots on said cable termination component, wherein each wire of each of the plurality of conductor pairs may be selectively pressed into one of the plurality of slots; a receptacle component including a plurality of electrical contacts and a plurality of offset-positioned insulation displacement contacts (IDCs), each of the plurality of offset-positioned IDCs being aligned for engaged abutment with a corresponding one of the wires of the plurality of conductor pairs when the cable termination component and the receptacle component are coupled; a printed circuit board; and wherein the offset placement of the IDCs increases the separation distance between IDCs of another receptacle component when a plurality of the receptacle components are adjace

Abstract: Devices and methods are disclosed for making ceramic matrix composite (CMC) nozzles that limit thermal stresses from expansion and contraction, maintain tolerance on critical engineering dimensions, and reduces parasitic leakage associated with split line gaps in the CMC components. Cantilevered and herringbone patterns are formed by the split line gaps in the endwalls of the nozzles.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a composition capable of inhibiting moisture vapor emission from concrete structures and enhancing adhesion of a finish material to the concrete structure comprising an aqueous mixture of a first copolymer of mer units formed from vinylidene halide and a C1-C2 alkyl acrylate with a second copolymer of mer units formed from vinylidene halide and a C4-CS alkyl acrylate and to the method of forming a moisture barrier/adhesion promoter coating on concrete comprising applying from 2.8 to 5.6 liters (0.75 to 1.5 gallons) of an aqueous carrier having from 10 to 50 weight percent of the mixture of copolymers stated above per 14 m2 (150 square feet) of the free surface of a concrete structure.

Abstract: There is provided a communication connector for improving signal transmission performance, the communication connector including a cable termination component being sized and configured for selective receipt of a plurality of conductor pairs of a cable; a plurality of slots on said cable termination component, wherein each wire of each of the plurality of conductor pairs may be selectively pressed into one of the plurality of slots; a receptacle component including a plurality of electrical contacts and a plurality of offset-positioned insulation displacement contacts (IDCs), each of the plurality of offset-positioned IDCs being aligned for engaged abutment with a corresponding one of the wires of the plurality of conductor pairs when the cable termination component and the receptacle component are coupled; a printed circuit board; and wherein the offset placement of the IDCs increases the separation distance between IDCs of another receptacle component when a plurality of the receptacle components are adjace

Abstract: An airfoil assembly for a gas turbine engine and a method of transferring load from the ceramic matrix composite (CMC) airfoil assembly to a metallic vane assembly support member are provided. The airfoil assembly includes a forward end and an aft end with respect to an axial direction of the gas turbine engine. The airfoil assembly further includes a radially outer end component including a radially outwardly-facing end surface having a non-compression load-bearing feature extending radially outwardly from the outwardly-facing end surface and formed integrally with the outer end component, the feature configured to mate with a complementary feature formed in a radially inner surface of a first airfoil assembly support structure, the feature selectively positioned orthogonally to a force imparted into the airfoil assembly.

Abstract: A system and method of generating a landing trajectory for use in landing an aircraft onto a deck of a waterborne ship includes sensing motion of the ship, and sensing wind speed and wind direction. The sensed motion of the ship is processed to generate estimates of ship attitude and vertical speed, and the sensed wind speed and wind direction are processed to generate estimates of air-wake disturbances ahead of the aircraft. The landing trajectory is generated based on the estimates of ship attitude and vertical speed and the estimates of air-wake disturbances. The system and method implement model predictive control to calculate the control maneuvers multiple steps ahead, which provides the capability to smoothly control the timing of the aircraft touchdown phase.

Abstract: A current carrying system for use in transporting electrical current between a plurality of electrical devices is provided. The current carrying system includes a busbar having a first axial end, a second axial end, an electrically conductive shaft extending from the first axial end to the second axial end, and at least one cooling feature defined in at least a portion of the electrically conductive shaft. The current carrying system also includes a casing that defines a busbar channel configured to receive the busbar such that the casing at least partially circumscribes the busbar. The current carrying system also includes an air vent defined by the at least one cooling feature and the casing, wherein the air vent is in flow communication with ambient air, and the cooling feature is configured to facilitate a flow of air from the ambient air through the air vent.

Abstract: An apparatus (100) has a pump module (104) providing pump energy, a resonator (106) and a controller (187). The resonator (106) includes a gain medium (102) receiving the pump energy from the pump module and producing light; reflective surfaces (110, 156, 158, 160, 162) reflecting light produced by the gain medium back toward the gain medium; and a variable light attenuator (152) receiving light produced by the gain medium. The controller (187) controls the amount of light attenuated by the variable light attenuator such that the apparatus emits windows (306, 308, 310) of pulses of laser light at spaced time intervals, each window containing a plurality of pulses of laser light and each interval (326, 327) between windows being larger than an interval (318) between pulses within a window. The emitted windows of pulses (320, 322) of laser light heat tissue to a temperature that causes coagulation without vaporization.

Abstract: A luminaire includes a housing and a light engine. The light engine is detachably secured to the housing and includes a lens and an optical tray. The lens has a top surface, a bottom surface, and a peripheral edge. The top surface of the lens define a lens cavity. The optical tray is supported by the lens within the lens cavity.

Abstract: A shale shaker that includes a base, a basket, a vibrator interconnected with the basket, and two shaker screens releasably mounted on the basket, with the first shaker screen having a discharge end, with the second screen having a first end with a seal abutted thereto, with the second screen positioned such that the seal is positioned below the first shaker screen, and positioned so that discharge from the first screen will not discharge onto the seal.

Abstract: A multi-segment tool and tooling system for vacuum forming a composite part. A tool can include a first tool having first and second surfaces. A second tool can have an opening positioned on a first tool in a location other than the first surface or the second surface. The first tool and second tool can receive at least a portion of a preform composite. The first tool can have a vacuum barrier attached to the first surface and to the second surface encapsulating the preform composite and the second tool. A tooling system can include a first tool having a core and a base with a core extending upwards from the base. A second tool can be positioned upon the core where the core extends above the second tool. A vacuum barrier sealed to the base and the core can include a composite, the first tool and the second tool.