Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning industrial components which has a liquid container defining a liquid enclosure for containing a cleaning liquid and ultrasonic transducers having an operating frequency and a wavelength in the cleaning liquid and secured to at least a portion of the liquid container at a spacing of between 2 and 10 wavelengths. During operation, the transducers generate a larger power density in the component-receiving area of the liquid container than an average power density of the liquid container.

Abstract: A radially expandable, tubular stent, includes a first section having a first crush resistance force and a second section have a second crush resistance force, wherein the first crush resistance force is less than the second crush resistance force. The first section is connected to the second section to form a tube, connection of the first and second sections extending in an axial direction of the tube.

Abstract: A system for displaying a driving scene to a passenger in a vehicle includes first and second cameras for capturing images of the driving scene; a processor that receives the images from the first and second cameras, applies noise filtering to the received images to at least partially remove occlusions from the images of the driving scene received from the first and second cameras related to a weather condition; and a display that receives the filtered images from the processor after application of the filtering operation and displays the filtered images of the driving scene.

Abstract: A fitting assembly includes a pipe fitting comprising a first fitting segment and a second fitting segment; and an indicator assembly configurable in a loosened configuration and a tightened configuration, the indicator assembly comprising: a fastener coupling the first fitting segment to the second fitting segment; a positive installation indicator mounted on the fastener between the first fitting segment and the second fitting segment, the positive installation indicator defining a channel; and a negative installation indicator mounted on the fastener between the first fitting segment and the second fitting segment, the negative installation indicator slidably engaging the channel; wherein, in the loosened configuration, the negative installation indicator is visible, and in the tightened configuration, the positive installation indicator substantially covers the negative installation indicator and the negative installation indicator is hidden.

Abstract: A stowable step assembly for climbing a structure is disclosed which includes an articulating step, including a step, the step has at least one cam surface, allowing articulation of the step from i) a deployed position allowing a user to place weight on the step, to ii) a stowed position, at least one cam stop configured to stop the cam motion of the step when in the deployed position; a hanger, including a connector configured to interface with the step, wherein the connector includes at least one counterpart cam surface to the at least one cam surface of the step and wherein the connector includes at least one counterpart cam stop to the at least one cam stop of the step, at least one hook configured to interface with a counterpart attachment arrangement of a structure; and a fastener configured to couple the connector to the step.

Abstract: A cured, shaped dielectric component, including a crosslinked product of a composite comprising a thermoplastic polymer, an optional crosslinking co-agent, an optional cure initiator, an optional additive composition, and a ceramic filler composition; wherein the cured, shaped dielectric component has a permittivity of 1.1 to 20 at 10 GHz; and wherein the cured, shaped dielectric component has no melt flow index when tested at 190° C., 2.16 kg, in accordance with ASTM D1238-20.

Abstract: A system and method for automating railroad maintenance for a tie gang using electronic tie marking (ETM) configured to optimize railroad asset maintenance. The system enables the automating of an adaptive maintenance process for the asset that is being maintainanced. The system can identify a railroad asset scheduled for maintenance using various forms of inspection including real-time kinematic (RTK)-corrected GPS data, radar signal processing data, and real-time imaging. The system also provides for the acquisition and upload of asset pictures for verification and analysis of a railroad asset. The system can identify a next location to perform maintenance and can calculate an optimum path based on sensor input incorporating machine-specific and environmental characteristics. The system further can provide a customizable user interface to identify, track, and process information related to maintenance of the railroad asset.

Abstract: Packet-switching operations in a network device are managed based on the detection of excessive-rate traffic flows. A network device receives a data unit, determines the traffic flow to which the data unit belongs, and updates flow tracking information for that flow. The network device utilizes the tracking information to determine when a rate at which the network device is receiving data belonging to the flow exceeds an excessive-rate threshold and is thus an excessive-rate flow. The network device may enable one or more excessive-rate policies on an excessive-rate traffic flow. Such a policy may include any number of features that affect how the device handles data units belonging to the flow, such as excessive-rate notification, differentiated discard, differentiated congestion notification, and reprioritization. Memory and other resource optimizations for such flow tracking and management are also described.

Abstract: Example posture analysis systems and methods are described. In one implementation, a computing system identifies a deviation of a user's posture from a predetermined posture based on visual data associated with the user. The user is informed of the deviation via a graphical image displayed on a display device. The user is then provided with instructions for correcting the deviation via the graphical image displayed on the display device.

Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X75P905 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X75P905 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X75P905 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X75P905, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X75P905 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X75P905 and methods of using maize variety X75P905 are disclosed.

Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamically tracking delivery and performance of digital advertising placed on non-personal devices in physical locations and integrating, displaying, and reporting impressions and events in digital advertising systems.

Abstract: A method of pressurizing a closed-cycle engine includes performing a non-steady state operation in which a working fluid flows to or from a pressurized tank: i) to or from a plurality of sumps defined by respective ones of a plurality of cylinder-piston assemblies of the closed-cycle engine; or ii) to or from one or more air bearings associated with each one of the plurality of the cylinder-piston assemblies; or iii) both and performing, before and/or after performing the non-steady state operation, a steady-state operation in which the working fluid flows through the plurality of sumps and the one or more air bearings along a steady-state loop that is fluidly decoupled from the pressurized tank.

Abstract: A non-occluding intravascular pump comprises a shroud providing an inlet for incoming blood flow and an outlet for outgoing blood flow, wherein the shroud is a cylindrical housing; an impeller positioned within shroud, wherein a central axis of the shroud and impeller are shared; a motor coupled to the impeller, wherein the motor rotates the impeller to causes blood to be drawn through the inlet and output to the outlet, and the motor is centrally disposed and shares the central axis with the shroud and the impeller; and a plurality of pillars coupling the motor to the shroud, wherein the pillars secure the shroud in close proximity to the impeller. Various design features of the pump may be optimized to reduce hemolysis, such as, but not limited to, inlet length, impeller design, pillar angle, and outlet design.

Abstract: A tissue clipping apparatus, comprises a flexible, elongate member, a proximal end of which remains external to the body accessible to a user while a distal end of the flexible member is inserted into the body to a location adjacent to target tissue to be clipped and a control wire extending through the flexible member in combination with a capsule releasably coupled to a distal end of the flexible member and a clip a proximal portion of which is received within the capsule. A joint releasably coupling the clip to the control wire, includes a yoke extending around a proximal end of the clip and a frangible link which fails when subject to a predetermined force to separate the clip from the control wire.

Abstract: A security anchor for a portable electronic device having an opening includes a body configured to be engaged by a lock head of a lock, a first engagement element extending from the body and configured to be inserted into the opening of the portable electronic device, a second engagement element extending from the body and configured to be inserted into the opening of the portable electronic device, and a plunger positioned between the first engagement element and the second engagement element. The plunger is linearly slidable and subsequently rotated relative to the body to expand apart the first and second engagement elements.

Abstract: A superconducting memory circuit for applying and propagating superconducting signals through a plurality of superconducting wires in the memory circuit is provided. The memory circuit includes multiple passive cells arranged in a plurality of sets. Each set of passive cells has associated therewith at least one common superconducting wire interconnecting a subset of the passive cells in the set of passive cells. The memory circuit further including at least one power-signal propagation circuit, an input of the power-signal propagation circuit being coupled with a preceding set of passive cells via a first superconducting wire, and an output of the power-signal propagation circuit being coupled with a subsequent set of passive cells via a second superconducting wire. Upon application of a first superconducting signal to the first superconducting wire, the power-signal propagation circuit applies a second superconducting signal to the second superconducting wire.

Abstract: An electronic device including a mounting device configured to couple to a surface, a head removably coupled to the mounting device and including a housing, a magnet attached to the mounting device, and a sensor disposed within the housing. The sensor detects a magnetic field associated with the magnet when the head is in a first position relative to the mounting device and detects the magnetic field associated with the magnet when the head is in a second position relative to the mounting device, the second position being different than the first position.

Abstract: A protective garment is disclosed that is reusable and can be relaundered over 70 times. The garment is made from a single layer barrier fabric. Any seams on the protective fabric are covered with a seam tape. The seam tape can include an adhesive layer, a cover layer, and an optional film layer positioned between the cover layer and the adhesive layer. The adhesive layer can be a crosslinkable polyester polymer.