Abstract: A person support apparatus including a person support surface having a head section and a foot section opposite the head section, a bladder positionable between a non-inflated state and an inflated state, the bladder positioned at the head section of the person support surface, a fluid supply device in fluid communication with the bladder, the fluid supply device storing a fluid, and a controller communicatively coupled to the fluid supply device and configured to operate the fluid supply device to deliver the fluid to the bladder and position the bladder between the non-inflated state and the inflated state.

Abstract: The disclosed concepts relate to implementation of application and application engine functionality using machine learning. One example method involves obtaining a seed image representing a seeded application state and mapping the seed image to at least one seed image token using an image encoder. The example method also involves inputting the at least one seed image token as a prompt to a neural dreaming model that has been trained to predict training sequences obtained from one or more executions of one or more applications, the training sequences including images output by the one more applications during the one or more executions and inputs to the one or more applications during the one or more executions. The example method also involves generating subsequent image tokens with the neural dreaming model, and decoding the subsequent image tokens with an image decoder to obtain subsequent images.

Abstract: A tissue repair assembly is disclosed, including a soft anchor body and at least a first suture operably coupled to the anchor body. Tensioning on first and/or second ends of first suture may deploy the anchor body to a second configuration, in which the anchor body is axially compressed and radially extended. The tissue repair assembly may also include a means to cinch around a portion of a first and/or second suture and knotlessly lock the tissue repair assembly. Some embodiments may include a pre-formed knot. In some embodiments, the preformed knot may be a nail knot, provided wrapped around an insertion instrument and configured to receive and cinch around a suture extending therethrough.

Abstract: Embodiments of a clamp (20) of this disclosure are adapted for securing a piece of equipment to a roof-mounted pedestal or rail (10) that has a slot (12) running along its top end (14). The clamp includes an upper body (300), a lower body (200) partially surrounded by the upper body, a holding spring (330) contained by the upper body, and a mounting bolt (100) that passes through the holding spring and is received by a rail nut (220) of the lower body. The lower body includes a pair of legs (211) with winged- or scroll-shaped feet (212) adapted for capture by the slot of the pedestal or rail. As the mounting bolt is tightened, a flange (324) of the upper body is drawn downward against an opposing surface of the equipment and the winged feet of the lower body are drawn upward against an opposing surface of the slot.

Abstract: A system for automatically handling components to be assembled onto a product on an assembly line includes a carriage that is movable to and between a first, retracted position spaced from the assembly line, and a second position displaced from the retracted position in a direction toward the assembly line. A manipulator on the carriage supports a component mounting tool configured to receive and support at least one component for assembly to the product. The manipulator may be arranged in a first orientation when the carriage is in the first position, and may be pivoted to a second orientation when the carriage is in the second position, such that a component on the component mounting tool is supported in a pose for processing when the carriage is in the first position, and is supported in a pose for joining to the product when the carriage is in the second position.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for multi-banked victim cache with dual datapath. An example cache system includes a storage element that includes banks operable to store data, ports operable to receive memory operations in parallel, wherein each of the memory operations has a respective address, and a plurality of comparators coupled such that each of the comparators is coupled to a respective port of the ports and a respective bank of the banks and is operable to determine whether a respective address of a respective memory operation received by the respective port corresponds to the data stored in the respective bank.

Abstract: A power coupler for transferring rotary power from a rotary power device to a load device includes a shear thickening fluid (STF) and a chamber that contains the STF. The power coupler further includes a drive shaft housed radially within a drive side section of the chamber and protruding outward from an end of the chamber for coupling to the rotary power device. The power coupler further includes a load shaft housed radially within a load side section of the chamber and protruding outward from another end of the chamber for coupling to the load device. The power coupler further includes a drive turbine housed radially within the drive side section and coupled to the drive shaft. The power coupler further includes a load turbine housed radially within the load side section at a fixed operational distance from the drive turbine and coupled to the load shaft.

Abstract: An air-moving device may include an aerodynamic rotor in the form of a bladed disk. The aerodynamic rotor may include a physical geometry that constrains a noise level of the air-moving device during operation. The air-moving device may be a leaf blower.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to facilitate fully pipelined read-modify-write support in level 1 data cache using store queue and data forwarding. An example apparatus includes a first storage, a second storage, a store queue coupled to the first storage and the second storage, the store queue operable to receive a first memory operation specifying a first set of data, process the first memory operation for storing the first set of data in at least one of the first storage and the second storage, receive a second memory operation, and prior to storing the first set of data in the at least one of the first storage and the second storage, feedback the first set of data for use in the second memory operation.

Abstract: An infrared sensor positioned in a reflow oven includes a reflow oven and a first IR sensor turret suspended over a conveyor surface of the reflow oven, where a directional movement of the first IR sensor turret matches a directional movement of the conveyor surface. A method for managing the IR sensor turret positioned in a reflow oven includes locating, by a first IR sensor turret, a point of interest on a PCBA, where the PCBA is positioned on a conveyor in a reflow oven. The method further includes tracking, by the first IR sensor turret, the point of interest on the PCBA, where the PCBA is moving along the conveyor in the reflow oven. The method further includes capturing, by the first IR sensor turret, a first set of thermal data at the point of interest for a first subarea of the reflow oven.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing sensing capability in a wireless communication system, wherein a part of the communication spectrum is configured for a period of time to enable performing sensing by establishing a distributed sensing system between a base station (100) or terminal device, as transmitter device, and a terminal device (120) or base station, as receiver device, in such a way that the lack of analogue signal exchange and the additional path length caused by the transmitter-receiver distance (and, in embodiments, the receiver-target distance) are corrected for, while parameters that need to be communicated are configured for the application required.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to reduce bank pressure using aggressive write merging are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first cache storage; a second cache storage; a store queue coupled to at least one of the first cache storage and the second cache storage and operable to: receive a first memory operation; process the first memory operation for storing the first set of data in at least one of the first cache storage and the second cache storage; receive a second memory operation; and prior to storing the first set of data in the at least one of the first cache storage and the second cache storage, merge the first memory operation and the second memory operation.

Abstract: A head unit system for controlling motion of an object includes a secondary object sensor, shear thickening fluid (STF), and a chamber configured to contain a portion of the STF. The chamber further includes a front channel and a back channel. The head unit system further includes a piston housed at least partially radially within the piston compartment and separating the back channel and the front channel. The piston includes a first piston bypass and a second piston bypasses to control flow of the STF between opposite sides of the piston. The chamber further includes a set of fluid manipulation emitters to control the flow of the STF to cause selection of one of a variety of shear rates for the STF within the chamber.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a multilayer circuit board is provided which includes forming a layer of a the multilayer circuit board with an internal clearance region having a modified voltage-to-ground clearance of conductive material adjacent to an aperture of the multilayer circuit board. The modified voltage-to-ground clearance of conductive material is based on a configuration of a connector pin to be press-fit connected within the aperture of the multilayer circuit board, and the internal clearance region is enlarged in a direction of greatest normal force outward from the aperture with insertion of the connector pin into the aperture.

Abstract: A method for execution by a computing entity includes interpreting a fluid flow response from fluid flow sensors to produce a piston position of a piston associated with a head unit device. The head unit device includes a chamber filled with a shear thickening fluid (STF). The method further includes determining a door position based on the piston position. The method further includes determining parameters for wireless signals based on the door position. The method further includes facilitating utilization of the parameters for the wireless signals to promote successful communication of status and/or control of the door via the wireless signals.

Abstract: A delivery vehicle having a base and a bin engagement unit is disclosed. The base may be configured to secure a plurality of bins. Each bin may include a plurality of sidewalls, and each sidewall may include an interior surface and an exterior surface. The bin engagement unit may be configured to move in a two-dimensional (2D) space in proximity to the base. The bin engagement unit may be configured to engage with the interior surface of a bin, from the plurality of bins, and slide the bin on the base when the bin engagement unit engages with the interior surface.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a biodegradable core-shell microcapsule with a shell composed of a biopolymer, e.g., chitosan, which is cross-linked with an isocyanate and a tannic acid, in particular hydrolyzed tannic acid. This disclosure also relates to a process for preparing the biodegradable core-shell microcapsule and consumer products containing the same.

Abstract: A vehicle for delivering a plurality of packages disposed in a plurality of bins is described. The vehicle includes a grid of a plurality of motorized tiles configured to enable movement of the plurality of bins within the vehicle. The vehicle further includes a robotic arm disposed at a vehicle rear portion. The robotic arm may be configured to load or unload a bin to or from the grid of the plurality of motorized tiles. The robotic arm may be attached to a linear actuator that is configured to move the robotic arm in a vehicle interior portion.

Abstract: A solid-state electrolyte sheet includes scandia-stabilized zirconia grains and a thickness from 10 micrometers to 300 micrometers. In aspects, the solid-state electrolyte sheet exhibits an ionic conductivity at 850° C. of 9.5 S/cm or more. In aspects, the scandia-stabilized zirconia grains includes from 3 mol % to 11 mol % or from 3 mol % to 6 mol % scandia. In aspects, an average grain size can be from 0.1 micrometers to 2.5 micrometers. In aspects, a majority of pores can be a closed porosity. In aspects, the solid-state electrolyte sheet can be part of a solid oxide fuel cell and/or a solid oxide electrolyzer cell. Methods include casting a green tape comprising scandia-stabilized zirconia and firing the green tape to form the solid-state electrolyte sheet. In aspects, the firing can include heating at a maximum temperature of 1650° C. or less and/or heating at temperatures of 600° C. or more for 90 minutes or less.