Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for distributing resources to client devices are described. A computer-implemented system receives a request for a resource distribution constraint for a given resource of a first type, determines that a second type of resource that has a sufficient amount of historical distribution data to generate a distribution constraint, and determines the resource distribution constraint using historical distribution data for the second type of resource.

Abstract: An installation for compacting strands or a preform including strands, the strands or the preform including at least a first portion in which the strands are twisted at a first angle and a second portion in which the strands are twisted at a second angle different from the first angle, the installation including a mould which includes the strands or the preform, and wherein the mould has at least a first part in which the first portion of the strands or of the preform is disposed, having a first thickness and a second part in which the second portion of the strands or of the preform is disposed, having a second thickness different from the first thickness.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fan blade (3) of a turbomachine (15) comprising a structure (4) made of composite material having, within the root (5) and/or the stilt (6) of the blade, a first layer (11) comprising the lower face (16) and having a first thickness (E1) of between 10% and 25% of the total thickness (E), a second layer (12) comprising the suction face (17) and having a second thickness (E2) of between 10% and 25% of the total thickness (E), and a central layer (13) extending between the first layer (11) and the second layer (12), the shortening of the warp strands (9) in the first and second layers (11, 12) being greater than the shortening of the warp strands (9) in the central layer (13).

Abstract: A setting tool for setting by crimping a blind fastener including a head and a shank partially defining an axial bore including an internal thread. The setting tool comprises a tool housing; a screw tool including an external thread that is rotationally and translationally movable within the tool housing along and around a tool axis between a retracted position and an extended position; a first electric motor including a first drive shaft; and a second electric motor with a second drive shaft. The setting tool further comprises a clamp movable relative to the tool axis and operable for clamping the blind fastener for engaging with the screw tool.

Abstract: A roller mixer system including a tube roller and a tube holder. The tube roller includes a motor and a plurality of rollers rotated by the motor. The tube holder includes a main shaft defining a shaft width and including a side, a first end defining a first width, a second end opposite the first end, and a clip disposed on the side and configured to receive a tube. The first width is greater than the shaft width. The second end defines a second width greater than the shaft width.

Abstract: An energy control system comprising one or more fibers, the one or more fibers each comprising strain-rate sensitive material. Wearable items comprising the energy control system. A method of manufacturing a strain-rate sensitive fiber, the method comprising: extruding strain-rate sensitive material to form one or more fibers; coating the extruded one or more fibers with a tackiness reducing powder; and applying the coated one or more fibers onto a storage component. A method of manufacturing a strain-rate sensitive fiber, the method comprising: extruding strain-rate sensitive material to form one or more fibers; reducing tension on the extruded one or more fibers; and applying the reduced tension one or more fibers onto a storage component. A protection element configured to at least partially enclose one or more elongate elements, the protection element comprising strain-rate sensitive material.

Abstract: A battery assembly with a battery and a cell degassing channel for discharging gases from the battery, which includes at least one battery cell. The cell degassing channel has a chamber which is designed such that a gas emerging from the at least one battery cell can be introduced into it and can be guided through it along at least one gas discharge path to at least one outlet opening of the chamber. The chamber has at least one gas guiding structure arranged in an interior of the chamber and not running in a straight line in a main course direction that corresponds to a first direction, which is designed such that the at least one gas discharge path has multiple changes of direction in its course in the main course direction with respect to a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.

Abstract: Aspects and techniques of the present disclosure relate to a fiber optic connector assembly including a fiber optic connector with a front end and a back end. A ferrule positioned at the front end. The ferrule has a distal end face with a central region and recessed regions on opposite sides of the central region. The assembly includes a dust cap mounted on the ferrule. The dust cap has an open end and an opposite closed end. The fiber optic connector assembly also includes a tape member that covers the central region of the ferrule. The tape member can be secured to the dust cap such that when the dust cap is removed, the tape member simultaneously comes off with the dust cap.

Abstract: A work machine with a frame, an engine, a drivetrain powered by the engine, a ground-engaging member connected to the drivetrain, an operator cabin supported by the frame, a work implement, and a braking system connected to the ground-engaging member. The braking system including a brake input device located in the operator cabin for providing an input from an operator, at least one braking sub-system associated with the drivetrain, and a controller having at least one advanced braking feature, the braking system applying an automatic braking force in response to the at least one advance braking feature, and applying an additional progressive braking force in response to the input from the operator.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cell degassing channel arrangement with a cell degassing channel for discharging gases from a battery which has at least one battery cell, wherein the cell degassing channel has at least one inlet opening, and has an outlet opening, and is designed such that a gas emerging from the at least one battery cell can be introduced through the at least one inlet opening into the cell degassing channel, can be guided through the channel to the outlet opening and can be discharged from the outlet opening. In particular, the cell degassing channel has at least one component for gas cooling that is different from a cooling device for cooling the battery.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fan blade (3) of a turbomachine (15) comprising a structure (4) made of composite material having, within the root (5) and/or the stilt (6) of the blade, a first layer (11) comprising the lower face (16) and having a first thickness (E1) of between 10% and 25% of the total thickness (E), a second layer (12) comprising the suction face (17) and having a second thickness (E2) of between 10% and 25% of the total thickness (E), and a central layer (13) extending between the first layer (11) and the second layer (12), the shortening of the warp strands (9) in the first and second layers (11, 12) being greater than the shortening of the warp strands (9) in the central layer (13).

Abstract: A double flexible optical circuit includes: a flexible substrate supporting a plurality of optical fibers; a first connector terminating the optical fibers at a first end of the double flexible optical circuit; and a second connector terminating the optical fibers at a second end of the double flexible optical circuit. Each of the optical fibers is positioned in one of a plurality of separate extensions formed by the flexible substrate as the optical fibers extend from the first connector to the second connector. The first and second connectors are configured to be tested when the first and second connectors are connected through the double flexible optical circuit. The double flexible optical circuit is configured to be divided in half once the testing is complete to form two separate flexible optical circuits.

Abstract: A fiber optic cassette includes a body defining a front and an opposite rear. A cable entry location, such as a multi-fiber connector, is defined on the body for a cable to enter the cassette, wherein a plurality of optical fibers from the cable extend into the cassette and form terminations at one or more single or multi-fiber connectors adjacent the front of the body. A flexible substrate is positioned between the cable entry location and the connectors adjacent the front of the body, the flexible substrate rigidly supporting the plurality of optical fibers. Each of the connectors adjacent the front of the body includes a ferrule. Dark fibers can be provided if not all fiber locations are used in the multi-fiber connectors. Multiple flexible substrates can be used with one or more multi-fiber connectors.

Abstract: A detection arrangement for detecting a possible fault of an energy storage device of a motor vehicle. The detection arrangement has an underride guard, a sensor arranged on or integrated into the same, and a control device for detecting at least two different possible fault cases including a possible first fault case and a possible second fault case, and for determining based on a measurement signal received from the sensor, whether the possible first or second fault case is present. At least one first reaction measure is assigned to the possible first fault case and at least one second reaction measure, which is different from the first, is assigned to the possible second fault case.

Abstract: A battery fire prevention system for a battery of a motor vehicle including several battery cells for preventing a battery fire resulting from a thermal runaway of a first battery cell of the battery cells of the battery. The battery fire prevention system includes a cell degassing channel connected to the battery cells and into which a gas escaping from a respective battery cell is introduced and discharged to at least one escape opening of the cell degassing channel, a gas flow influencing structure as part of the cell degassing channel, which influences the course of the gas flow flowing through the cell degassing channel, formed by the gas escaping from the first battery cell, and a cooling device for cooling the first battery cell in thermal runaway mode.

Abstract: A power tool including a motor and an impact mechanism. The impact mechanism is coupled to the motor and includes a hammer driven by the motor, and an anvil positioned at a nose of the power tool, and configured to receive an impact from the hammer. The power tool also includes a sensor assembly positioned at the nose of the power tool, and an electronic processor. The sensor assembly includes an output position sensor configured to generate an output signal indicative of a position of the hammer or the anvil. The electronic processor is coupled to the output position sensor and to the motor, and is configured to operate the motor based on the output signal from the output position sensor.

Abstract: A cell degassing channel for discharging gases from a battery with at least one battery cell. The cell degassing channel has a chamber which has at least one inlet opening and at least one outlet opening and which is designed such that a gas exiting from the at least one battery cell can be introduced into the chamber through the at least one inlet opening and can be led through the same along at least one gas discharge path to at least one outlet opening of the chamber. The chamber has at least one first perforated plate which is arranged in an interior space of the chamber and has multiple first holes.

Abstract: A method for characterizing a mechanical part making it possible to evaluate the residual stresses in the part, as well as a method for constructing a predictive model and a non-destructive testing method making it possible to easily test such a part, the characterizing method including the following steps: measuring geometrical information of the part in a first state, physically transforming the part between the first state and a second state, measuring geometrical information of the part in its second state, determining the displacement field between the first state and the second state of the part by a digital image correlation method and obtaining the deformation field between the first state and the second state of the part, determining the stress field in the second state of the part by a finite element simulation method.

Abstract: A double flexible optical circuit includes: a flexible substrate supporting a plurality of optical fibers; a first connector terminating the optical fibers at a first end of the double flexible optical circuit; and a second connector terminating the optical fibers at a second end of the double flexible optical circuit. Each of the optical fibers is positioned in one of a plurality of separate extensions formed by the flexible substrate as the optical fibers extend from the first connector to the second connector. The first and second connectors are configured to be tested when the first and second connectors are connected through the double flexible optical circuit. The double flexible optical circuit is configured to be divided in half once the testing is complete to form two separate flexible optical circuits.