Abstract: Methods of treating a produced water having one or more water soluble organic compounds (WSO) dispersed therein include mixing the produced water with 1 ppm to 50,000 ppm by weight of an adsorbent particulate to form a slurry; and separating a purified produced water from the slurry, wherein the purified produced fluid includes a lower concentration of one or more WSO than the produced fluid, wherein WSO is the fraction of the dissolved and dispersed hexane extractable compounds in the produced water that does not flash off at 85° C., and adsorbs onto silica gel.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a packaged semiconductor component and circuit assembly that includes such a packaged semiconductor component and a capacitor. The packaged semiconductor component includes a semiconductor die that includes a field effect transistor, a side source terminal positioned on a first side of packaged semiconductor component and connected to a source of the field effect transistor, and a drain terminal positioned on a second side of packaged semiconductor component and connected to a drain of the field effect transistor, wherein the first side is adjacent to the second side. The capacitor is electrically connected between the source terminal and the drain terminal.

Abstract: A display assembly includes (a) a display stand having a base securable to a secure support surface and a platform detachably mounted to the base; (b) at least one display container supported atop and securely fastened to the platform, at least a portion of the container being generally transparent for viewing one or more articles containable therein for display; and (c) a locking mechanism mounted to the display stand. The locking mechanism is moveable between a locked position in which the platform is securely locked to the base to prevent detachment of the platform from the base, and an unlocked position in which the platform is unlocked from the base to permit detachment of the platform from the base for transporting the display container away from the base.

Abstract: After loss of communications between a cash handling device and a financial institution, transactions may continue to be processed. In one configuration, the transactions may be processed up to a predefined transaction limit. Transaction limits may be defined by a number of transactions, a dollar amount transacted or to be transacted, an amount of time and/or combinations thereof. Additionally or alternatively, the transaction limit may be specific to one or more types of transactions. Transaction data may be stored in memory until communication has been re-established, at which time the data may be transmitted to the financial institution for processing.

Abstract: A battery module includes a housing including a sidewall structure, a top shear plate and a bottom shear plate. A vent tray assembly is disposed within the housing and includes a plurality of cell trays and a plurality of vent trays that combine to define a plurality of vent channels therebetween. The cell trays include a base plate having a plurality of vent openings in communication with one of the plurality of vent channels, the vent tray assembly including an air vent through a seam between the base plates of the cell trays. A plurality of battery cells each include an end with a vent that is aligned with one of the vent openings in the base plate in the cell tray. A potting foam is dispersed within the housing and between the batteries.

Abstract: A battery module includes a housing including a sidewall structure, a top shear plate and a bottom shear plate. A vent tray assembly is disposed within the housing and including a cell tray and a vent tray that combine to define a plurality of vent channels therebetween. The cell tray includes a base plate having a plurality of vent openings in communication with one of the plurality of vent channels. The vent tray assembly includes a plurality of air vents therethrough that are isolated from the plurality of vent channels. A plurality of battery cells each have an end with a vent that is aligned with one of the vent openings in the base plate in the cell tray. A potting foam is dispersed within the housing and between the batteries.

Abstract: A rechargeable energy storage system includes a cell holder tray including a plurality of battery interlocking features, wherein the cell holder tray includes a plurality of vent passages through the cell holder tray and the cell holder tray includes a plurality of vent channels below the vent passages. A plurality of battery cells are each joined to a respective one of the battery interlocking features above one of the vent passages in the cell holder tray, wherein the plurality of battery cells are encapsulated in a polymer potting.

Abstract: A method may include: sending a first signal representing a message identifying an entity from a server computer system to a resource usage tracking server; in response to the message, receiving, from the resource usage tracking server, a second signal representing historical resource usage data for the entity; identifying a first data transfer recipient associated with the historical resource usage data for the entity by using a database of supported data transfer recipients; sending a third signal, the third signal causing a client device associated with the entity to display a selectable option for data transfer to the identified first data transfer recipient; receiving a fourth signal, the fourth signal indicating selection of the selectable option for data transfer to the identified first data transfer recipient; and in response to receiving the fourth signal, configuring an account associated with the entity based on the first data transfer recipient.

Abstract: A washing machine appliance includes a tub and a rotatable basket therein. Methods of operating the washing machine appliance may include, and/or the washing machine appliance may be configured for, measuring a first inertia of a load of articles in the basket by rotating the basket at rotational speeds outside of a resonance speed zone. A water extraction operation is performed after measuring the first inertia of the load of articles. The water extraction operation includes rotating the basket at speeds outside of the resonance speed zone. A second inertia of the load of articles after the water extraction operation is measured by rotating the basket at rotational speeds outside of the resonance speed zone. A load type of the load of articles is determined based on the second inertia. The basket is rotated at speeds within the resonance speed zone only once prior to the water extraction operation.

Abstract: A semi-ellipsoidal, semi-toroidal, or toroidal shell includes an annular sheet metal wall that is longitudinally segmented so as to include a plurality of annular wall segments. Each of the plurality of annular wall segments is joined to an adjacent wall segment by a respective latitudinal wall weld. Also disclosed is a tank including the shell, a vehicle including the shell, a multi-conic preform used to manufacture the shell, a method for assembling the preform, and a method for manufacturing the shell using the preform.

Abstract: A display container for displaying an aromatic botanical specimen includes: (a) a container body for enclosing the botanical specimen and scented air having a scent of the botanical specimen; (b) at least one scent discharge port in the container body; and (c) an air pump coupled to the container body and operable to discharge the scented air from within the container body to the environment through the scent discharge port.

Abstract: A radiation shield assembly is described, configured to block radiation emanating from a radiation source from reaching a user. Two shields are supported by a support arm, and are configured to rotate and translate relative to one another about the support arm's longitudinal axis. This allows the shield to be easily configured and reconfigured as necessary to visualize various parts of a patient's body via radiography. Sterile coverings are provided to ensure asepsis during a surgical procedure.

Abstract: A submerged combustion melting (SCM) exhaust system includes a fluid-cooled flue including fluid-cooled perimeter walls, and a refractory-lined hood in fluid communication with, and extends to a hood outlet from, the fluid-cooled flue, and including refractory-lined perimeter walls and a dilution air duct inlet. A dilution air input duct has an outlet in fluid communication with the dilution air duct inlet of the refractory-lined hood. A non-cooled, non-refractory outlet conduit extending away from the refractory-lined hood.

Abstract: Collision detection useful in motion planning for robotics advantageously employs data structure representations of robots, persistent obstacles and transient obstacles in an environment in which a robot will operate. Data structures may take the form of hierarchical data structures ((e.g., octrees, sets of volumes or boxes (e.g., a tree of axis-aligned bounding boxes (AABBs), a tree of oriented (not axis-aligned) bounding boxes, or a tree of spheres)) or non-hierarchical data structures (e.g., Euclidean Distance Fields) Such can result in computational efficiency, reduce memory requirements, and lower power consumption. The collision detection can take the form as a standalone function, providing a Boolean result that can be employed in executing any of a variety of different motion planning algorithms.

Abstract: Various embodiments contemplate systems, architectures and methods for extracting and selecting headshots of human or non-human entities from catalogs of images of such subjects. The methods described may find and extract faces from within groups of subjects, verify that the extracted faces correspond to the desired subject, determine cropping or masking regions, or both, of rectangular, circular, elliptical or some other geometry to provide an easily recognized image of the desired subject, expand the output image by synthesizing pixels as may be needed for a desired cropping or masking region, select preferred images among a collection of images of the desired subject, and perform other useful functions. The resulting output images may be in either direct form, reference form or both forms.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for a vehicle and projector module. The vehicle can include a compartment. The vehicle can include a projector module configured to extend from the compartment to provide light to a projector screen.

Abstract: Disclosed are examples of a system, techniques and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that enable the selection of a response document template for generating an appropriate response to notification document. Respective components may generate an electronic document from the notification document. A common theme between two or more of the electronic documents may be identified. The electronic documents identified as having the common theme may be grouped in a notification document corpus. The notification document corpus may be analyzed with reference to received notification documents stored in a document repository. Based on results of the analysis, a template of a notification response document appropriate for responding to a specific notification document received by the enterprise may be selected. The selected response document template may be forwarded to a client device for further processing.

Abstract: A dental flossing pick includes a body, a lever, and at least one torsion spring. The body may include a first arm and a first jaw, and the lever may include a second arm and a second jaw. The lever may be rotatably coupled to the body, and the at least one torsion spring may be coupled to the body and the lever. The first arm and the second arm may be rotatable toward one another, against a resistance force of the at least one torsion spring, from an open state to a closed state to form a handle. In the closed state, the first jaw and the second jaw may be clamped to one another to form a fork distal to the handle. The fork may include a first prong and a second prong defining therebetween a gap in which a length of dental floss material may be secured.