Abstract: An office-type chair includes a back support having a support frame, front and rear shells, a cushion and a cover. The perimeter edge of the cover wraps around the side of the cushion and the front shell and is inserted between the front and rear shells to form a finished edge for the cover. The front shell may include a central flex section, and a lumbar pad may be positioned between the front shell and the rear shell and adjacent to the central flex section. One or more lumbar enhancement ribs on the front shell may augment the pressure distribution of the lumbar pad as it is vertically adjusted.

Abstract: An apparatus for cutting electrode sheets includes a conveyor and a laser device. The conveyor is configured to move an original sheet including an electrode portion and an ear portion extending from an edge of the electrode portion. The laser device is configured to move a laser to cut out a tab connected to the electrode portion from the ear portion of the original sheet. The laser device is also configured to move the laser from one edge of the electrode portion to another edge of the electrode portion to cut and separate a respective electrode sheet including the tab from the original sheet. The laser is configured to cut out the tab from the ear portion and cut and separate the respective electrode sheet including the tab from the original sheet as the conveyor is moving the original sheet.

Abstract: A system including an adapter plate, a conveyor, a separator drum, and first and second electrode drums. The conveyor is configured to move the adapter plate continuously and sequentially in a predetermined path between the separator drum to receive a respective separator sheet, the first electrode drum to receive a respective first electrode sheet, the separator drum to receive a respective separator sheet, and the second electrode drum to receive a respective second electrode sheet until a stacked battery cell includes a desired number of respective separator sheets, respective first electrode sheets, and respective second electrode sheets.

Abstract: A method for stacking a battery cell includes feeding a separator sheet through a guide assembly to fold the separator sheet, inserting a plurality of first electrodes into the separator sheet at a location where the separator sheet has been folded by the guide assembly, forming respective channels in the folded separator sheet including the plurality of first electrodes, inserting a plurality of second electrodes in the respective channels to form a multilayered body, and pressing the multilayered body to form the stacked battery cell where the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes are stacked in an alternating arrangement.

Abstract: A system for digitally printing a hydrographic design on a water-soluble film, the system including a source roll of a water-soluble film, the source roll disposed on a tensioned unwind roller, a digital printer, a temporary support for the water-soluble film maintained during partial transport of the water-soluble film through the digital printer from the unwind roller to a powered rewind roller and a tension roller or a spread roller for maintaining controlled tension to the water-soluble film, wherein the water soluble film once wound upon the powered rewind roller is linerless.

Abstract: A multilayer film comprising a printed hydrographic design, the multilayer film comprising a support liner, a water-soluble polymer film fixedly attached to the support liner and a hydrograph design printed thereon, the hydrographic design comprising a solvent based ink, and methods of making and using the same.

Abstract: A sensing system and method for use with a gas filter in a gas conduit attached to a gas blower, having a motor for producing a first gas flow blower speed, discards readings taken when the blower is off or during blower startup and shutdown, and recalculates a clog threshold in response to changes in the fan speed of a multi-speed blower.

Abstract: A gas filter clogging detection system for monitoring filter performance and condition based on indicators of the accumulation of dirt and other particles on a filter positioned in a gas conduit, in which a notification system provides alerts and reports when the amount of clogging reaches a pre-determined threshold.

Abstract: A gas filter clogging detection system for monitoring filter performance and condition based on indicators of the accumulation of dirt and other particles on a filter positioned in a gas conduit, in which a notification system provides alerts and reports when the amount of clogging reaches a pre-determined threshold.

Abstract: A sensing system and method for use with a gas filter in a gas conduit attached to a gas blower, having a motor for producing a first gas flow blower speed, discards readings taken when the blower is off or during blower startup and shutdown, and recalculates a clog threshold in response to changes in the fan speed of a multi-speed blower.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for indicating a process temperature anomaly during a power outage comprising employing a power source separate from that powering the process, setting a temperature set point; sensing presence and absence of power powering the process, sensing process temperature; and indicating to users that an absence of power was sensed and that the temperature sensed during the absence of power was below (or above) the temperature set point.

Abstract: A method for bi-directional synchronization of tracing relationships between a requirements repository and textual requirements documents, including: in a first operating mode: gathering trace information from a requirements repository; and formatting the trace information and inserting the trace information as text in textual requirements documents; and in a second operating mode: modifying the trace information in the textual requirements documents; and updating the requirements repository to match the modifications that were made in the textual requirements documents.

Abstract: A method for modeling requirements of a product includes defining an abstract use case for each feature of said product, hierarchically decomposing each abstract use case until concrete use cases are specified for each feature, depicting every actor who would use the product as communicating with a concrete use case through a boundary, and programmatically extracting requirements from the use case diagram. Programmatically extracting requirements further includes converting use case diagrams into directed acyclic graphs, where each use case corresponds to a node of a graph and each relationship between a pair of use cases is represented by a directed edge between the corresponding pair of nodes in the graph where a directed edge points from a parent node to a child node, converting the directed acyclic graph into a tree, and searching the tree to extract the requirements.

Abstract: A method for bi-directional synchronization of tracing relationships between a requirements repository and textual requirements documents, including: in a first operating mode: gathering trace information from a requirements repository; and formatting the trace information and inserting the trace information as text in textual requirements documents; and in a second operating mode: modifying the trace information in the textual requirements documents; and updating the requirements repository to match the modifications that were made in the textual requirements documents.

Abstract: Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture, wherein in certain embodiments, a plurality of logical memory blocks corresponding to a memory in a computational device are allocated. An attribute is associated with at least one logical memory block, wherein the attribute indicates whether the at least one logical memory block can be swapped from the memory, and wherein physical blocks corresponding to the at least one logical memory block are contiguous.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and program storage device for providing an anchor pointer in an operating system context structure for improving the efficiency of accessing thread specific data is provided. A kernel thread context structure is maintained in memory. A thread accesses a pointer memory in the kernel specific context structure and sets a value within the pointer memory that addresses data specific to the thread.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for calibrating an optical detector. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention provides a reference that includes a body and a surface of the body. At least a portion of the surface has a reflectance that can vary. The reference is adapted to be deployed with a cloud of optical sensors and has a terminal velocity that is about the same as the terminal velocity of the sensors. Further, the variation of the reflectance can be caused by a rotation of the reference (caused by an aerodynamic member) or by a controller that controls an electo optic material of the surface. In a preferred embodiment, the sensors are porous silicon optical sensors and the reference includes a retroreflector. The invention also provides a method of referencing an optical signal. The method includes deploying a reference with a cloud of sensors and detecting a variation in its reflectance.

Abstract: Methodology for voice-enabling an application minimizes code add-ons or code insertions. As an example, in applications used by a plurality of remote devices, the method may include dividing a master wordlist associated with the application into a plurality of wordlists respectively associated with the plurality of remote devices, and then converting the plurality of wordlists to a plurality of grammar lists respectively associated with the plurality of remote devices. Accordingly, the methodology voice enables applications with minimal alteration of the code of the applications.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for targetless optical measurement and optical information projection. A non-contact optical measurement device is provided for determining at least one of position and orientation of a workpiece. A projector is provided for projecting a part definition on the workpiece. Advantageously, beams from the non-contact optical measurement device and the projector pass through common optics.

Abstract: Provided are a method, system, and program for handling a fabric failure. A module intercepts a signal indicating a failure of a path in a fabric providing a connection to a shared device. The module generates an interrupt to a device driver in an operating system providing an interface to the shared device that is inaccessible due to the path failure. The device driver requests information from the module on a status of a plurality of devices that are not accessible due to the path failure and receives information indicating the inaccessible device. The device driver reconfigures to discontinue use of the inaccessible device.