Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a fan section, a compressor section, combustion section, and turbine section in serial flow arrangement, that defining an engine centerline extending between a forward direction and an aft direction. A composite component, such as an airfoil, extends between a root and a tip, defining a span-wise direction therebetween, and between a leading edge and a trailing edge, defining a chord-wise direction therebetween. The composite component includes a preform core including a first set of fibers as a first set of warp fibers and a first set of weft fibers.

Abstract: A turbine engine with an engine core defining an engine centerline and comprising a rotor and a stator. The turbine engine including a set of composite airfoils circumferentially arranged about the engine centerline and defining at least a portion of the rotor. An airfoil in the set of composite airfoils including a composite portion extending chordwise between a composite leading edge and a trailing edge and a leading edge protector coupled to the composite portion.

Abstract: An aircraft engine assembly includes a gas turbine engine having an intake channel configured to receive an incoming flow of air and thereby form an intake flow of air, the intake channel configured to turn the received incoming flow of air from an incoming flow direction to a first axial direction of the gas turbine engine, the incoming flow direction reverse of the first axial direction, and an electric machine coupled with the low pressure shaft and located at the aft end of the gas turbine engine proximate the intake channel, the electric machine in heat exchange communication with the intake flow of air such that the electric machine transfers heat to the incoming flow of air within the intake channel when the electric machine is operated.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a propulsor section including a propulsor having blades extending from a propulsor hub, and a propulsor shaft that drives the propulsor hub. A compressor section includes a first compressor having a rotatable compressor hub. A speed reduction device drives the compressor hub and the propulsor through a connection established axially forward of the epicyclic gear system relative to an engine longitudinal axis. The epicyclic gear system is straddled by forward and aft bearings that engage a carrier of the speed reduction device.

Abstract: A valve dispenses flowable product from a container. The valve includes a mounting cup for mounting the valve on the container, a seal supported on the mounting cup, and a valve stem extending through the seal. The seal and the valve stem define a generally annular passage section of the valve passage that extends longitudinally along the valve axis radially between the valve stem and the seal. At least one of the valve stem and the seal includes a baffle extending transverse to the valve axis, the baffle defining a flow restriction along the generally annular passage section.

Abstract: This disclosure provides methods, devices, and systems that may include a container housing having at least one opening, as well as a camera configured to capture a visual input relating to a deposited object placed into the at least one opening. A light source may be configured to illuminate the deposited object, and a sorting plate configured to divert the deposited object into one of a plurality of containers. A motor may be configured to move the sorting plate, and a processor system configured to: receive the visual input from the camera, classify the deposited object based on the visual input, and cause the motor to move the sorting place to divert the deposited object to the one of the plurality of containers based on the classification.

Abstract: An order fulfillment system is disclosed including a multi-level tote storage structure, one or more autonomous mobile robots configured to pick, transport and place one or more tote; one or more workstations configured to accommodate a picker that transports one or more eaches from a tote on one of the autonomous mobile robots to a “put” location, wherein the autonomous mobile robots are configured to move from level to level in the order fulfillment apparatus.

Abstract: An example optical alignment target includes a translucent or transparent substrate having a bottom surface; an opaque material formed over the bottom surface in a pattern; an enclosed channel disposed below the bottom surface; and a fluid suspension contained in the enclosed channel. The pattern has an opaque portion of an opaque material and has a gap portion devoid of the opaque material. The fluid suspension includes a carrier liquid and a light emitting material suspended in the carrier liquid. The light emitting material is selected from the group consisting of quantum dots and cerium powder.

Abstract: A transducer assembly 200 for a vibrating meter 5 having meter electronics 20 is provided according to an embodiment. The transducer assembly 200 comprises a coil portion 204A comprising a coil bobbin 220 and a coil 222 wound around the coil bobbin 220. A magnet portion 204B comprises a magnet. The coil portion 204A and the magnet portion 204B are constrained in both the x and y axis of travel, such that the coil portion 204A is prevented from colliding with the magnet portion 204B.

Abstract: Described herein is a diamond and diamond products comprising: a NV0 or SiV0 defect, wherein the NV0 or SiV0 defect comprises a nitrogen atom or silicon atom replacing a carbon atom in the diamond and a neutral vacancy replacing a carbon atom adjacent to the nitrogen atom or silicon atom in the diamond; a NV? or SiV? defect, wherein the NV? or SiV? defect comprises a nitrogen atom or silicon atom replacing a carbon atom in the diamond and a negatively-charged vacancy replacing a carbon atom adjacent to the nitrogen atom or silicon atom in the diamond; and a halide atom.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for a multistatic radar system that is configured to detect airborne objects without the need for a transponder on the aircraft. The multistatic radar can be implemented using preexisting communications infrastructure associated with various networks such as paging networks. The multistatic radar system can be implemented using a plurality of multistatic communications links (e.g., transmitters that are communicatively coupled to a plurality of receivers). The distribution of transmitters and receivers in the network can be based on the RF conditions of the coverage area of the network. The multistatic radar network can produce one or more deterministic waveforms that provide the network with signal diversity needed for accurate detection, localization, and tracking of airborne assets.

Abstract: A dustcap comprises a body having a cylindrical portion configured to receive an optical fiber connector ferrule, and an end portion opposite the cylindrical portion. The end portion includes a side-facing receptacle. The dustcap has a built-in cleaner disposed within the side-facing receptacle. The dustcap further comprises a removable cover configured to couple to the end portion of the dustcap. In another example implementation, the end portion includes a flat surface, the cleaner is disposed on the flat surface of the end portion, and the cover is configured to receive the end portion of the dustcap. In another example implementation, the cover has a receptacle, and the cleaner is disposed within the receptacle, whereas the body comprises an end portion configured to receive at least a portion of the cover with the built-in cleaner. Example implementations encompass adapter dustcaps and adapter dustcap assemblies having built-in cleaners and alignment portions.

Abstract: A device used to conceal at least a portion of a wastewater strainer associated with a bathtub. More specifically, a plate having an opening therethrough is used to overlap a flange of the wastewater strainer wherein the opening in the plate generally coincides with an opening in the wastewater strainer so that the bathtub drain is unobstructed. The plate may include a downwardly extending lip to help facilitate orientation onto the flange of the wastewater strainer. The plate conceals the wastewater strainer, thereby facilitating reconfiguration of a bathtub as the existing wastewater strainer need not be removed and the plumbing system retested.

Abstract: A seat system for a vehicle may have a seat base assembly and a seat back assembly. Each of the seat base assembly and the seat back assembly may include at least one actuator assembly at least partially disposed therein. The actuator assembly may be configured to selectively adjust at least one of the seat base assembly and the seat back assembly to reach a desired angle, position, and/or height. The actuator assembly may include a motor assembly and a gear assembly, wherein the motor assembly includes a printed circuit board stator.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a film formed with an organometallic precursor and an organic co-reactant, as well as methods for forming and employing such films. In particular embodiments, the films can be incubated after exposure to radiation, which can provide enhanced material differences between the exposed and unexposed regions. In non-limiting embodiments, the radiation can include extreme ultraviolet (EUV) or deep ultraviolet (DUV) radiation.

Abstract: Compounds disclosed herein may be useful for treating a glucose and lipid metabolism disorders, such as hyperlipidemia, diabetes, fatty liver, obesity, and arteriosclerotic cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. In some aspects, a pharmaceutical composition contains a glucose and lipid metabolism regulating agent(s) and a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle therefor.

Abstract: The disclosure features macrocyclic compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions and protein complexes thereof, capable of inhibiting Ras proteins, and their uses in the treatment of cancers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the training of a convolutional neural network by a set of automatically generated simulated training data for use in a machine vision system for identifying fiducial tags associated with entities. Four-character fiducial tags are randomly generated or selected and then randomly transformed and superimposed on images to generate a set of simulated training data to be fed into a convolutional neural network to train the network model. The trained convolutional neural network is used to identify fiducial tags disposed on entities in real-world images and video.

Abstract: A galley for an aircraft is described comprising a first section, the first section having an upper surface, and wherein the upper surface is configured to be extendable along a first axis and in a first direction to form a bed. The first section may comprise a first hollow compartment, the first compartment comprising a U-shaped compartment frame that has two opposing, vertically extending side portions and an upper, top portion that extends horizontally between the first and second vertical side portions. A sleeping module may be provided within the first hollow compartment and may comprise a stowable bedframe stored within the first hollow compartment. The stowable bedframe may be configured to be pulled out from the cavity of the first compartment to form a bed.

Abstract: Described herein are improved thermoplastic composites, which demonstrate excellent physical properties, such as yield strength, ultimate tensile strength, toughness, elongation, and, optionally, superior tunable biodegradability when compared to known thermoplastics. The composite comprises minimally a thermoplastic polymer, at least one phenolic compound, and, optionally, a filler.