Abstract: Provided is a connector assembly for hose connection of a hot water mat in which leakage of water may be prevented as plugs and sockets are normally assembled to each other even when degrees of parallelism of the plugs do not coincide with each other. To achieve the above-described objective, a connector assembly for hose connection of a hot water mat of the present invention includes: a plurality of sockets connected to a plurality of hoses through which hot water is supplied and returned, and formed in a detachable structure; and clips provided outside the plurality of sockets with a clearance to support the plurality of sockets so as to have a degree of freedom.

Abstract: A quick connect assembly for releasably engaging an endform including a tubular stem, a collar member and a retaining member. The tubular stem includes a radially extending flange formed proximate to an upper end thereof. The radially extending flange is formed to include a first plurality of locating features. The collar member is carried by the tubular stem and is rotatably adjustable relative to the tubular stem about a longitudinally extending axis to a plurality of indexed positions. The collar member includes an inwardly extending lip proximate a lower end thereof and further including a second plurality of locating features. The retaining member holds the radially extending flange of the tubular stem against the inwardly extending lip of the collar member.

Abstract: A coupling system has two coupling halves, each having a main body and a closure device arranged therein. The coupling halves can be pressed onto one another in order to release the closure devices and establish a fluid connection. By virtue of the configuration of the seals and of the closure devices, only a coarse tolerance is required for placing the coupling halves on one another.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pipe coupling module for coupling a distribution pipe and a flexible pipe in a water distribution system. The pipe coupling module includes a pipe branch section diverging from the distribution pipe, a pipe connection socket coupled directly to the pipe branch section, and a pipe joint unit coupling the flexible pipe, wherein the pipe branch section and the pipe connection socket are formed of chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (CPVC), and are joined by means of a solvent cement.

Abstract: A thermal expansion compensating device has a conduit with a first opening and a second opening for connection to a first pipe and a second pipe of a hot water system, respectively, the first and second pipes being formed by removing a section from a length of pipe of the hot water system. A pre-tensioning force is applied to the device to axially displace the first opening from the second opening until after connection of the openings of the pipes. A resiliently deformable pipe segment defines a portion of the conduit between the first opening and the second opening and is resiliently deformed to a tensioned position by the application of the pre-tensioning force. Once the hot water system is activated, the pipes axially thermally expand such that the first opening moves towards the second opening and the pipe segment moves from the tensioned position towards a rest position decreasing the stress on the device.

Abstract: An inline fluid damper device comprises a flow-through conduit configured to be placed inside a larger exterior conduit through which a fluid flows. The flow-through conduit is elongated and extending around a center axis. The damper device also comprising an indirect flow conduit coupled with the flow-through conduit. The indirect flow conduit is also configured to be placed inside the larger exterior conduit. The flow-through conduit and the indirect flow conduit are configured to dampen one or more flow fluctuations or pressure fluctuations in the fluid flowing in the larger exterior conduit by dividing the fluid into a first portion that flows along the center axis through the flow-through conduit and a second portion that concurrently flows outside of the flow-through conduit along the center axis and along a different direction.

Abstract: A method and means for repairing the junction of a main and lateral pipe are provided. A repair assembly includes a launcher device, a bladder assembly surrounding the launcher device, and a liner assembly surrounding the bladder assembly. The bladder assembly is frangibly connected to the launcher device to maintain the position of the bladder assembly relative to the launcher device during transport and positioning of the assembly. Likewise, the liner assembly, which includes main and lateral liner members, is frangibly connected to the bladder assembly. The frangible connections allow the position of the repair assembly to be maintained. The frangible connections can be broken, such as by inflation and/or tearing or pulling apart of the components of the repair assembly. Thus, the invention provides a way to mitigate the movement of components of the repair assembly during transport and positioning of the repair assembly.

Abstract: A method of reducing a leak or a risk of a leak of a pipe system is disclosed. The pipe system is filled with a composition that includes metal powder and xylenes, and a pressure is applied to the filled pipe system and the pipe system is drained of said composition. Also, the use of a composition for reducing a leak or a risk of a leak of a pipe system is disclosed.

Abstract: A method for in situ relocation of an underground utility including the steps of inserting, extending, raising and continuing to raise. The inserting step is carried out by the inserting of at least one lifting member down into the ground alongside the underground utility. The extending step extends a lifting bracket from the at least one lifting member. The raising step raises the lifting member causing the lifting bracket to engage a portion of the underground utility. The continuing step continues to raise the lifting member until the underground utility reaches a predetermined position.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a shaped article comprising an elastomeric material, a process for making the shaped article and the use of the shaped article for forming an thermal and/or acoustic insulation, acoustic and/or vibration damping, mechanical protection and/or for applications requiring load bearing as well as a structure, such as a pipe, a pipework, a tank or a vessel, having an insulation formed from the shaped article. The shaped article has a planar form with two main sides and a plurality of tapered recesses formed in one of the main sides. The tapered recesses form each a pointed angle and the sum of the pointed angles of all tapered recesses is 300 to 355 degrees. The protrusion of the recesses into the form is more than 20% but not more than 80% of the thickness of the planar form.

Abstract: A structural cabinet for an appliance includes an outer wrapper and an inner liner defining an insulating cavity therebetween. A first insulating structural layer is disposed against an inner surface of the outer wrapper. A second insulating structural layer is disposed against the inward surface of the inner liner. A core insulating material is disposed between the first and second structural insulating layers, wherein the first and second insulating structural layers reinforce the outer wrapper and inner liner, respectively, and resist deflection when the core insulating material is in a compressed state within the insulating cavity.

Abstract: An appliance includes a metallic outer wrapper having sidewalls, a wrapper backwall and a machine wall. At least one metallic inner liner has liner walls and a liner backwall, wherein the metallic outer wrapper and the at least one metallic inner liner are coupled together at a trim breaker to define a structural cabinet having a hermetically sealed interior cavity defined between the metallic outer wrapper and the at least one metallic inner liner. The trim breaker defines a front face of the structural cabinet. At least one trim breaker conduit extends through the wrapper and liner backwalls wherein the trim breaker conduit defines a conduit through the structural cabinet, and wherein the structural cabinet is hermetically sealed at the trim breaker conduit.

Abstract: A transportation pipe includes a main-body vacuum insulated pipe, a central pipe, and a connecting vacuum insulated pipe. The main-body vacuum insulated pipe including a double pipe structure includes a vacuum part in a region between an inner pipe and an outer pipe. The central pipe through which a fluid to be transported flows, is arranged in the main-body vacuum insulated pipe. The connecting vacuum insulated pipe having a double pipe structure includes a vacuum part in a region between an inner pipe and an outer pipe. In a state in which two main-body vacuum insulated pipes are inserted into the connecting vacuum insulated pipe from respective ends of the connecting vacuum insulated pipe, ends of the main-body vacuum insulated pipes are away from one another, and the main-body vacuum insulated pipes are connected to one another via the connecting vacuum insulated pipe.

Abstract: A method for controlling a carrier includes obtaining a motion characteristic of the carrier. The motion characteristic is indicative of a type of a payload being supported by the carrier. The carrier is configured to support a plurality of different types of payload including the type of the payload being supported by the carrier. The method further includes selecting a set of control parameter(s) from a plurality of different sets of control parameter(s) based on the motion characteristic. Each individual set of control parameter(s) of the plurality of different sets of control parameter(s) is suitable for controlling the carrier to support one of the plurality of different types of payload. The method also includes controlling movement of the carrier according to the selected set of control parameter(s).

Abstract: A photographic monopod includes an extendable shaft, a bracket for fixing a photographic device at a first end of the extendable shaft, and a grip at a second end of the extendable shaft. The grip is opposite to the first end of the extendable shaft. The photo graphic monopod further includes a shutter control switch for controlling a shutter of the photographic device, and a shaft extension sensor for sensing a degree to which the extendable shaft is extended. The photographic monopod additionally includes a logic circuit for receiving the degree to which the extendable shaft is extended from the shaft extension sensor and disabling a connection between the shutter control switch and the photographic device when the degree to which the extendable shaft is extended exceeds a threshold.

Abstract: A temporary or permanent attachment device to a broom, mop, or other such cleaning device, or other stick/rod, which needs to be propped upright temporarily when not in use or permanently during storage. The attachment provides the ability for the stick to stand freely, independent of leaning against a wall, furniture, door or other to prevent the stick from falling to the ground or against other objects, or people or pets or anything else on its way down. The attachment collapses against the stick. It is basically a case, springs, straight extending tines and release levers which are releasably attached to the extended handle of the tool.

Abstract: An anchor assembly for hanging an object on a wall includes a first anchor component and a second anchor component. The first anchor component includes a base having front, back, top, bottom, left and right sides, and at least one wall penetrating retainer extending from the base and having a wall penetrating extent that protrudes rearwardly of the base and has a downwardly curved configuration. The second anchor component includes a base having front, back, top, bottom, left and right sides, at least one wall penetrating retainer extending from the base of the second anchor component and having a wall penetrating extent that protrudes rearwardly of the base of the second anchor component and has a curved configuration. The second anchor component is pivotably associated with the first anchor component for movement between an anchoring orientation and a non-anchoring orientation.

Abstract: A quick locking device having a fixing mount; a fixed pressing groove and a movable pressing groove arranged opposite thereto on the fixing mount; a pulling rod connected to the fixed pressing groove and the movable pressing groove, so as to adjust the opening and closing of the movable pressing groove; a pivot shaft; a cam lever pivotally connected to the pulling rod through the pivot shaft, so as to adjust the opening or closing distance between the fixed pressing groove and the movable pressing groove; and a rotational positioning locking mechanism installed in the cam lever, wherein the rotational positioning locking mechanism comprises a positioning groove formed on the pivot shaft, a positioning member arranged in the cam lever and movably engaged with the positioning groove, and a locking operation member controlling the movement of the positioning member.

Abstract: A suction cup mount has a suction plate and a housing, wherein the suction plate and the housing are connected to each other in such a way that the housing can be pressed onto the suction plate and the suction plate includes a circumferential connection to a mount frame of the housing, which releases itself at a defined release force acting on the housing.

Abstract: A composite pressure vessel liner suitable for use in a composite pressure vessel for storing high-pressure hydrogen is provided. The composite pressure vessel liner is made of a steel material including: a predetermined chemical composition; and a metallic microstructure in which an area fraction of martensite at a position of ¼ of a wall thickness on an inner side is 30% or more, a total area fraction of martensite and bainite at the position of ¼ of the wall thickness on the inner side is 95% or more, and a total area fraction of martensite and bainite in a wall thickness center part is 95% or more, wherein the composite pressure vessel liner has a wall thickness of 20 mm or more in a longitudinal center part, and a tensile strength of 850 MPa or more in the wall thickness center part.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pressure vessel equipped with a permeated gas discharging structure, the pressure vessel including a nozzle boss into and from which a gas flows and is discharged; a liner coupled to a flange portion of the nozzle boss and provided with a space formed therein for receiving fluid; a discharge path forming part configured to form a gas discharging path from the nozzle boss side along an outer surface of the liner in a central axial direction; and a composite material provided at outer sides of the liner and the discharge path forming part

Abstract: A method for generating an insulating vacuum in a container is provided. The method includes evacuating air from a space between double walls of the container for a first predetermined time period. The method also includes after the first predetermined time period, if a vacuum level within the space has not reached a first predetermined vacuum level, purging the space by supplying a gas into the space and subsequently evacuating the air from the space for a period of time equal to the first predetermined time period. The method also includes repeating the evacuating and purging until the vacuum level within the space reaches the first predetermined vacuum level. The method also includes when the vacuum level within the space reaches the first predetermined vacuum level, evacuating the air from the space for a second predetermined time period.

Abstract: A system for cooling compressed natural gas comprises a compressed natural gas coil located within a compartment. The compressed natural gas coil has a compressed natural gas inlet and a compressed natural gas outlet. The system also comprises a refrigerant coil located within the compartment. The refrigerant coil has a refrigerant inlet and a refrigerant outlet. The system further comprises a heat transfer fluid located within the compartment. The heat transfer fluid thermally connecting the compressed natural gas coil to the refrigerant coil.

Abstract: A cryostat for a superconducting magnet system is provided. The cryostat may include an outer vessel and an inner vessel suspended within the outer vessel. A space may be defined by the outer vessel and the inner vessel. The cryostat may include multiple first support elements and one or more second support elements. The strength of the first supporting element may be larger than that of the second support elements. The inner vessel and the outer vessel may be connected by two opposite ends of a first support element and two opposite ends of a second support element, respectively. The number of the first support elements in the lower part of the space is different from the number of the first support elements in the upper part of the space.

Abstract: A lighting system that includes at least one illuminable pendant that is affixable to and adjustable vertically about at least two cable that are suspended from a surface and transfer power to the illuminable pendant to enable the illuminable pendant to emit light therefrom.

Abstract: An LED light bulb includes a bulb shell, a bulb base, a stem, conductive supports, an LED filament, and a supporting arm. The bulb base is connected to the bulb shell. The stem is connected to the bulb base. The conductive supports are connected to the stem. The LED filament includes a filament body and two conductive electrodes. The conductive electrodes are at two ends of the filament body and connected to the conductive supports. The filament body is around the stem. The supporting arm is connected to the stem and the filament body. In a height direction of the LED light bulb, H is a distance from a bottom to a top of the bulb shell. A first height difference is defined between the two conductive electrodes and is from 0 to 1/10H. The filament body is curved to form a highest point and a lowest point. A second height difference is defined between the highest point and the lowest point. The first height difference is less than the second height difference.

Abstract: An LED light includes a holder, a connecting member, a first case, a second case, a power supply, a connecting plate, a heat sink and a base. The power supply includes a spring and an inducting portion. The connecting member includes a cylindrical hole for receiving the spring therein to connect the connecting member with the power supply, and the base includes an induction module for inducting with the inducting portion to drive the LED light lighting or extinguishing. The connecting plate includes a housing and a post portion, and the heat sink includes a plurality of cooling units to form an aperture, a through-hole receiving the post portion therein and a connecting tube received in the through-hole. The present disclosure is simple, portable and high heat dissipation effect, and can automatically intelligent sense the ambient environment to determine lighting conditions and improve induction by adjusting the induction module and the inducting portion.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a coverlay layer having a void therein. A backing layer is disposed against a first side of the coverlay layer. A transmission layer is disposed against a second side of the coverlay layer opposite the first side such that a chamber is formed within the void between the transmission layer and the backing layer. The transmission layer includes a first area having a first level of light transmissivity and a second area having a second level of light transmissivity that is greater than the first level of light transmissivity. The transmission layer is oriented so that at least a portion of each of the first area and the second area overlaps the void. A light source is positioned in the chamber between the first area of the transmission layer and the backing layer.

Abstract: A lighting device assembly includes: a heat sink; a light source attached to one end of the heat sink; and an optic assembly including an optic having a recess to receive at least a portion of the light source, the optic being configured to pivot about the light source while the portion of the light source remains within the recess.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to fabricating a display device by assembling strips of ?LED devices onto a backplane instead of individually picking and placing each ?LED device onto the backplane. A strip of first ?LED devices is coupled to a set of interconnections on the backplane. Then, the first fabrication substrate is removed from the strip of first ?LED devices. A strip of second ?LED devices producing another color (e.g., green) is attached to a second fabrication substrate. The strip of second ?LED devices is coupled to another set of interconnections on the backplane. The process may be repeated for a strip of third ?LED devices producing yet another color (e.g., blue). After attaching the second and third ?LED devices, fabrication substrates on the second and third ?LED devices are simultaneously removed by laser based lift-off (LLO) method.

Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic candle includes a housing having a first through hole. The electronic candle includes a flame piece, a flame piece holder, a mounting seat, a light emitting member, and a circuit board. The flame piece and the flame piece holder are placed on the housing. The mounting seat is placed in an inner cavity of the housing. A top portion of the mounting seat includes a second through hole. The circuit board and the light emitting member are placed on the mounting seat. The top portion of the mounting seat and the first through hole are connected. The flame piece holder is coupled to the mounting seat. The flame piece holder includes a cantilever seat fixedly connected with an inner wall of the second through hole.

Abstract: A lighting system that can be mounted to a structure and provides light in multiple direction, such as both the upward and downward directions. The lighting system can include at least one casing, a plate, a housing, at least one first light source and at least one second light source. The plate can have at least one aperture sized to accept a casing and the housing can have at least one aperture aligned with the aperture of the plate when the plate is arranged on the housing. The first light source can be positioned below the plate and configured to emit light upward and illuminates the casing and the second light source can be arranged within the housing and configured to emit light in a downward direction.

Abstract: A method for realizing fast color mixing of any colors is disclosed. When the number of colors to be mixed is three, the first illuminance ratio between the three colors to be mixed that required for obtaining the target color is calculated. When the number of colors to be mixed exceeds three, the mixed color of other colors except the first and second color is determined firstly according to a settled second illuminance ratio between other colors except for a first and a color, then a third illuminance ratio between the first color, the second color and the mixed color of other colors except for the first and second color for obtaining the target color is calculated. This method can quickly determine the first illuminance ratio between three or more colors to be mixed according to the target color and the illuminance ratio of certain mixed color.

Abstract: A headlamp for vehicles with a laser module comprising a laser light source for the radiation of a laser light beam, and an optic unit to shape the laser light beam to form a given light distribution. The optic unit has a primary optic device for the imaging of an intermediate image on an intermediate image plane. The optic unit has a deflection device which is arranged in an intermediate image plane and which has a limiting edge by means of which a share of the light of the laser light beam is deflected along a light path in the direction of a bundling device, by means of which the share of light is deflected into a light distribution while forming a cut-off line.

Abstract: A vehicle light includes a lighting unit (300) with multiple light-emitting elements (LEEs) (310), one or more couplers (320A,320B,320C), a light guide (300A,300B,300C) and an extractor (340A,340B,340C). The lighting unit has a curved elongate extension. Each of the couplers has an input aperture coupled with one or more of the LEEs and an exit aperture coupled with a first edge of the light guide and is configured to couple light from the LEEs into the light guide. The light guide is configured to propagate light via total internal reflection to a second edge of the light guide. The extractor has an input aperture coupled with the second edge of the light guide and an exit aperture configured to emit light into an ambient environment.

Abstract: A lighting module for illumination and/or signalling in a motor vehicle includes a base supporting, on a first face, at least one light source that emits light rays, most of which extend along an optical axis perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first face, and a primary optical device including a receiving portion opposite at least one portion of the light source and an output face opposite the receiving portion. The lighting module has at least one arm projecting from the first face of the base and holding the primary optical device at a retaining zone positioned between the receiving portion and the output face of the primary optical device.

Abstract: An approach for providing illumination with a blue UV light source, which can be used in combination with a visible light source is disclosed. In operation, the visible light source emits visible light at a first intensity. The blue UV light source emits blue UV light at a second intensity. The blue UV light stimulates fluorescence from a surface of an object illuminated by the blue UV light. A sensor can detect the intensity of the fluorescence from the surface illuminated by the blue UV light source. A control module can be operatively coupled to the visible light source, the blue UV light source, and the at least one sensor, and be configured to change the intensity of the visible light and/or the intensity of the blue UV light as a function of the fluorescent intensity detected by the sensor.

Abstract: A lamp for a vehicle is provided. The lamp includes at least one light source which emits light, a first optical element disposed in front of the light source and including a first incident surface on which the light from the light source is incident and a first exit surface from which the light incident from the first incident surface exits, a second optical element disposed in front of the first optical element and including a second incident surface on which the light exiting from the first optical element is incident and a second exit surface from which the light incident on the second incident surface exits, and a light transmission portion disposed between the first and the second optical elements. The first and the second optical elements have a first refractive index, and the light transmission portion has a second refractive index different from the first refractive index.

Abstract: A lamp for a vehicle capable of forming an image having a three-dimensional effect is provided. The lamp for the vehicle includes a first image forming part configured to emit light incident from at least one first light source to form a first image, and a second image forming part configured to emit light incident from at least one second light source to form a second image combined with the first image to form a predetermined pattern shape, wherein the light emitted from the second image forming part passes through the first image forming part to form the second image, and the first image and the second image have different color characteristics.

Abstract: According to one example aspect, a device for venting a luminaire compartment comprises a luminaire compartment disposed between first and second luminaire components and one or more luminaire gaskets maintaining a weather-proof seal about the luminaire compartment. The device further comprises one or more venting tubes traversing the one or more luminaire gaskets such that the one or more venting tubes extend into the luminaire compartment and the one or more venting tubes equalize one or more environmental parameters of the luminaire compartment with one or more environmental parameters of the ambient environment.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a front end assembly including a headlamp assembly. The headlamp assembly includes a housing that defines a cavity and an outer lens that closes the cavity. A low beam headlamp assembly is located within the cavity. A shared cover lens is located within the cavity. The shared cover lens has an illumination region. A first light guide device directs a beam of light at the illumination region. A second light guide device directs a beam of light at an area offset from the illumination region and also at the illumination region.

Abstract: A direct lighting system and method is provided that includes a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) secured within a light fixture. The lighting system further includes a diffusive transmissive element adapted to transmit light from the LEDs therethrough and provide diffused light to an area requiring illumination.

Abstract: An embodiment relates to a light apparatus comprising: a first body having an inner peripheral side and an outer peripheral side; a diffusion member disposed on the first body; a cover disposed on the first body so as to cover the diffusion member; a second body disposed between the diffusion member and the cover and comprising a lower side and a lateral side which covers the lower side; and a light source member comprising a first circuit board, which is disposed on the lower side of the second body, a second circuit board, which covers the lateral side of the second body, at least one first light source which is mounted on the first circuit board so as to face the diffusion member, and at least one second light source which is mounted on the second circuit board so as to face the inner lateral side of the cover.

Abstract: Inventive methods and apparatus for providing an open wall wash luminaire designed to allow a small amount of light to go behind the luminaire kick reflector, resulting in the kick reflector being less noticeable by an occupant of the room when light is being provided by the luminaire.

Abstract: A lens includes a first interface acting as a refractive entrance surface for a light ray, a second interface acting as a total inner reflective (TIR) surface for the light ray entering the lens through the first interface, and a third interface acting as a refractive exit surface for the light ray reflected at the second interface. A method of producing a lens includes shaping the second interface and the third interface so that at least two light rays having a diverging angle to each other and impinging under an arbitrary solid angle onto the first interface exit the lens in the area of the third interface substantial parallel to each other and in a common direction of space.

Abstract: Provided is an illumination device that makes it possible to enhance utilization efficiency of light, and a display device that includes the illumination device. The illumination device includes: a light source that is configured to generate light of a first wavelength; a luminescent body that is configured to wavelength-convert the light of the first wavelength to light of a second wavelength, the second wavelength being different from the first wavelength; and a wavelength selective filter that is provided on a light-incident side of the luminescent body, the wavelength selective filter being configured to transmit the light of the first wavelength and to reflect the light of the second wavelength.

Abstract: A strip lamp, characterized in that: the strip lamp comprises a groove body, a cover body covering the groove body, and at least one latching member disposed on the cover body, the groove body includes a first side wall, and a second side wall, the first side wall includes a blocking portion extending toward the second side wall in a section perpendicular to an extending direction of the groove body, the second side wall includes a latching edge extending toward the first side wall, and the latching member includes a body, a latching portion extending perpendicular to the body and engaging with the latching edge, and a V-shaped latching groove provided in cooperation with the blocking portion, so that the cover body can cover the cover body on the groove body without any fasteners, so that the assembly method is simple and convenient.

Abstract: An optic support is provided for a light fixture having a light engine secured within a housing. The optic support includes a body and a biasing member. The body includes a first portion and a second portion. The second portion is configured to engage an optic. The biasing member is coupled to the first portion of the body. The biasing member is configured to bias the body into engagement with the housing.

Abstract: A strip-shaped LED interconnected high-voltage lamp comprising an assembly groove, a lamp cover, a connector assembly, and a light source assembly. The assembly groove includes two wire assembly grooves. The wire assembly groove is curved and the central angle of the arc is greater than 180 degrees. The lamp cover is integrally formed with the assembly groove. The connector assembly includes a connector body that is inserted into the assembly groove, and two conductive sheets that are fixedly disposed in the connector body. The length of the conductive sheet in the extending direction of the assembly groove is greater than the length of the connector body and protrudes from both ends of the connector body. The conductive sheet coincides with a central axis of the wire assembly groove in an extending direction of the assembly groove.

Abstract: A bracket for a luminaire includes a first planar portion and a second planar portion. The first planar portion includes an aperture with an inclined surface. The second planar portion extends parallel to the first planar portion. The second planar portion also includes an aperture with an inclined surface.