Abstract: Disclosed is a spa tub cover. The spa tub cover comprising one or more Ultraviolet (UV)-C lights integrated to an inner side of the spa tub cover such that the one or more Ultraviolet (UV)-C lights are arranged in an array configuration, and to be activated to disinfect water and/or surfaces within a spa tub; a hinge positioned between a first surface and a second surface of the spa tub cover to make the spa tub cover foldable; a switch mounted near the hinge of the spa tub cover, and to be operated for activating or deactivating the one or more Ultraviolet (UV)-C lights of the spa tub cover; and a power cord attached to the second surface of the spa tub cover for supplying power to the one or more Ultraviolet (UV)-C lights for sterilizing the water and/or within the spa tub.

Abstract: A housing including a lift installed within the housing including a platform adapted to move in a range of vertical positions together with a vertically expandable roof coupled to a vertically movable lift platform. Vertical lift support beams extending upward from a floor to the platform connecting the vertical lift support beams. The platform can be electrometrically raised or lowered along the vertical lift support beams to various positions (e.g., from a fully lowered position with the platform at rest on the floor of the housing through position B with the platform fully raised upward towards and together with the roof. It is a feature of the embodiments to enable the roof to raise upward with movement of the platform.

Abstract: A buckling delayed shear link (BDSL) has a second metal base plate, a first metal base plate, a metal core plate rigidly joined orthogonally to the second metal base plate, an axial relief assembly having matching slip fit channels and extensions, a first restraining assembly restraining one side of the core plate and a second restraining assembly restraining the other side of the core plate. The first metal base plate is enabled to move vertically freely over a distance relative to the rigid assembly of the second metal base plate, the core plate, and the first and second restraining assemblies by virtue of the axial relief assembly, and lateral movement of the first metal base plate relative to the second metal base plate transfers a shear component of force to an upper end of the core plate.

Abstract: A steel panel damper is provided for reinforcing a building structure. The steel panel damper is disposed between a first member and an opposite second member arranged in the building structure. The steel panel damper comprises a first elastic segment, a second elastic segment, an energy dissipation segment, a first end plate, and a second end plate. In terms of the cross-sectional area perpendicular to the first direction, the first elastic segment and the second elastic segment are greater than the energy dissipation segment.

Abstract: A tilt tower (10) is provided in which a tilt tube (14) rotates relative to a base tube (12) about an axle (16). The axle (16) is provided with a passageway therethrough, such that cables run between the base tube (12) and tilt tube (14) through the passageway.

Abstract: A lighting tower system is provided. The lighting tower system includes a tower positioned in an upright orientation within a bed of a vehicle. The tower includes a base tube section and an upper tube section. The base and upper tube sections include a common longitudinal axis and are arranged to slide relative to one another in a telescoping relationship to move each tower between a retracted position and a fully extended position. The lighting tower system includes a light assembly coupled to and extending from the upper tube section of the tower. The light assembly is configured to rotate with respect to the common longitudinal axis and to tilt with respect to an axis perpendicular to the common longitudinal axis. The lighting tower system includes a mounting configuration configured to attach and detach the tower to the bed of the vehicle in the upright orientation.

Abstract: A gate upright has a hold for a rail and one or more inner walls which can be coated with glue prior to the insertion of the rail. In a preferred embodiment, there are two inner walls, one of which is only a partial inner wall, which allows the user to coat the outside surface of the inner walls with glue, then insert the rail at an angle, to avoid screeding the glue toward the back of the gate upright, then rotate the rail onto the full inner wall, and slide the rail a short distance to lock it behind the partial inner wall. In another preferred embodiment, there is only one full inner wall, and the rail is inserted at an angle, then rotated against the inner wall. Glue beads at intersections between the rail and gate upright form an interlocking bracket for further support.

Abstract: There is provided an erectable compression post for installing temporary fencing. The erectable compression post including: an upper portion positionable in engagement with a ceiling; a lower portion positionable in engagement with a floor, the upper portion moveable vertically within the lower portion; a fence retaining portion affixed to the upper portion or the lower portion; a compression assembly to bias the upper portion away from the lower portion; and a locking assembly to lock a position of the upper portion relative to the lower portion, the locking assembly including: a handle rotatably connected to the lower portion; and a tilting plate positioned around the upper portion and tiltable via urging by the handle to frictionally engage the upper portion to retain the upper portion relative to the lower portion.

Abstract: A reprogrammable lock cylinder including a stator, a rotor rotatably mounted in the stator, a tumbler assembly mounted in the rotor and operable to permit rotation of the rotor when a first key is inserted into the rotor, the tumbler assembly having a reprogramming state in which the tumbler assembly is operable to be reprogrammed by a second key to match the second key, and an insert configured to cause the tumbler assembly to adopt the reprogramming state in response to presentation of a magnetic tool to the rotor, and to prevent the tumbler assembly from adopting the reprogramming position in absence of the magnetic tool.

Abstract: Password-retrieving-apparatus for coded lock, a movable adjusting rod is arranged in the lock body; a small spring is arranged between the adjusting rod and a lock cover; the adjusting rod is provided with a protruding point; an inner wheel is provided with an avoidance clamping slot and a limit; a lock cylinder is driven to rotate under the rotation of a spare key; the lock cylinder is engaged with a bump on a toggling disk for driving the inner wheel to rotate in a staggered manner; the lock body moves relatively under the action of a big spring; the adjusting rod moves inwards under the action of the small spring; and the toggling disk is rotated to drive the inner wheel to rotate; the protruding point on the adjusting rod and the limit in the inner wheel are clamped.

Abstract: An electronic latch retraction mechanism for an exit device may include an actuator including an output shaft coupled to a crank head, where the crank head is configured to rotate between first and second rotational positions. The electronic latch retraction mechanism may also include a crank coupled to the crank head such that the crank is at least partially rotatable to the crank head, where the crank is configured to engage a push bar of the exit device to move the push bar from the from the extended position to the retracted position when the crank head moves from the first rotational position to the second rotational position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a door assembly (1) comprising a door frame (4), a door leaf (6), and a locking system (21) having a door lock (22) and having a drive assembly (25) with an electrically driven drive unit (26) and with an electrical energy source (27). The door lock (22) has a lock case (23) and a locking and/or blocking mechanism (24). The electrically driven drive unit (26), as viewed in the direction of the door leaf thickness (16), is arranged laterally next to and either directly adjacent to the lock case (23) or in the region of a door leaf surface (14, 15) on the door leaf (6), and has a mechanical drive connection with the locking and/or blocking mechanism (24) of the door lock (22).

Abstract: A door strike assembly includes a strike housing and latch release assembly. The door strike assembly is used in conjunction with a lockset which includes a door latch moveable from a latched condition when a door is closed and an unlatched condition where the door may be opened. The lockset includes a deadlatch to prevent unauthorized movement of the door latch when the door is closed. The latch release assembly is received within the strike housing and includes a latch ejector which engages the deadlatch when the door is closed. A motor is coupled to the latch ejector where actuation of the motor rotates the latch ejector to disengage the latch ejector from the deadlatch. Further rotation of the latch ejector causes the latch ejector to engage the door latch to move the door latch to the unlatched condition such that the door may be opened.

Abstract: A cabinet lock for protecting merchandise within a merchandise display cabinet having an inner door and an outer door. The cabinet lock includes a strike plate affixed to the inner door and a lock housing affixed to the outer door such that the cabinet is in a locked configuration that prevents access to the merchandise when the lock housing is operably engaged to the strike plate. A programmable electronic key communicates a security code with the cabinet lock and transfers electrical power to the cabinet lock to operate a lock mechanism between the locked configuration and an unlocked configuration. An indicator is provided for indicating whether the cabinet lock is in the locked configuration or the unlocked configuration. The indicator includes a first segment and a second segment that can be energized to visually indicate the status of the cabinet lock.

Abstract: An exemplary trim assembly comprises an escutcheon, a drive spindle, a lock mechanism, a cam mechanism, and a driver. The drive spindle is mounted to the escutcheon for rotation about a longitudinal axis. The lock mechanism includes a lock gear movably mounted in the escutcheon. The cam mechanism includes a first cam defined by the escutcheon and a second cam defined by the lock gear. The driver is operable to rotate the lock gear between a first rotational position and a second rotational position. The cam mechanism is configured to longitudinally drive the lock gear from a first longitudinal position to a second longitudinal position as the lock gear rotates from the first rotational position to the second rotational position. Movement of the lock gear between the first longitudinal position and the second longitudinal position transitions the lock mechanism between a locked state and an unlocked state.

Abstract: Provided is a locking head apparatus of a dual automatic locking protective door bar. The locking head apparatus includes a housing, a first toggling button, a second toggling button, a sliding seat, a fixation seat, a linkage locking mechanism and a rotating mechanism. A hydraulic rod is mounted inside the fixation seat, and the hydraulic rod is connected to the sliding seat. The second toggling button is exposed on the housing and connected with a toggling button seat. The toggling button seat is mounted inside the housing through a first spring, thereby forming an automatic resetting mechanism. With the adoption of the locking head apparatus, the dual automatic locking may be realized, the dual protection is achieved, and a child is prevented from opening the door bar after learning the unlocking skill.

Abstract: An exemplary rotation converter includes an input component, an output component, and an intermediate component engaged between the input component and the output component. The input component is rotatable from an input component home position in each of a first direction and an opposite second direction. The intermediate component is configured to move to an actuated position in response to rotation of the input component in either direction, and to rotate the output component in an actuating direction as the intermediate component moves to the actuated position.

Abstract: An anti-theft device for securing an article of merchandise against unauthorized removal from a display counter. The anti-theft device comprises a latch plate and a pedestal having a quick-release interface. The latch plate is configured to selectively couple to the quick-release interface. A latch bolt is disposed within the pedestal. The latch bolt locks the latch plate relative to the quick-release interface. A plurality of retaining arms is configured to receive and retain an article of merchandise. The retaining arms cannot be disengaged from the article of merchandise while the latch plate is locked relative to the quick-release interface. A solenoid is housed within the pedestal and operationally connected to the latch bolt. The solenoid is configured to retract the latch bolt into a position in which the latch bolt disengages the latch plate, thereby releasing the latch plate from the quick-release interface.

Abstract: An electric motor drive unit for motor vehicle applications, which is equipped with an electric motor having an output shaft substantially circular in cross-section and with a drive element mounted on the output shaft, preferably made of plastic. The output shaft engages a receiving hole of the drive element defining at least one vent hole. According to the invention, the output shaft has, in one variant, at least in the engagement area of the receiving bore, two ridges that are spaced apart from one another and extend axially. A protrusion of the drive element engages between the ridges for rotational coupling. Furthermore, the two ridges each describe a vent hole on the outer edge.

Abstract: A vehicular exterior door handle assembly includes a base portion configured to mount at an exterior door handle region of a vehicular door, a handle portion, and a sensing device operable to sense presence of a person's fingers in a pocket region behind the lower portion of the handle. The handle portion is pivotable between a non-deployed orientation, where an outer surface of the handle portion is coplanar with an outer surface of the vehicular door at the exterior door handle region, and a deployed orientation, where the handle portion is pivoted inward into a door handle pocket within the vehicular door. With the handle in the deployed orientation and when a person's fingers are in the pocket region, the sensing device senses presence of the person's fingers at the pocket region and triggers an actuator of the vehicular exterior door handle assembly to unlatch the vehicular door.

Abstract: A vehicle door handle assembly includes a bracket and a handle. The handle includes a first extremity and a second extremity. The first extremity is configured to move between a rest position, a deployed position outside the bracket, and an opening position to open a latch. The second extremity is configured to move between a rest position, an activation position, and a deployed position outside the bracket. The bracket includes a shock absorber provided in or attached to a rest portion of the bracket. The shock absorber is configured to cooperate with the handle when the second extremity is moved from the rest position to the activation position and when the first extremity and the second extremity are moved together from the deployed position to the rest position.

Abstract: A security device that can be activated or deactivated on the interior side of a door or window or other passageway barricade, and that can be activated or deactivated on the exterior side of the door with a special mechanism, such as a key, tool, transmitter, etc. The security device may be mounted to the hinge-side of a door, the knob-side of a door or in a scenario that includes a non-mullion double door, to the two adjoining portions of the doors at the middle joint.

Abstract: A latch (12) is for connecting a panel to a structure, comprising: a bracket (30); a sliding body (32), translationally movable within the bracket; and a hooking arm (34) comprising a hook (74) and connected to the sliding body. The hooking arm is movable relative to the sliding body between an inclined and a parallel conformation. The sliding body can be moved between an unlocking position and a locking position. In the unlocking position, the hooking arm (34) is in an inclined conformation and in a first axial position relative to the bracket. In the locking position, the hooking arm is in the parallel conformation and in a second axial position. In an intermediate position, the hooking arm is in the parallel conformation and in the first axial position.

Abstract: A domestic appliance includes: a main body; a chamber in the main body; a door to the chamber, the door being movable between an open position and a closed position; an electrical device on the door; a hinge connected to the main body and having a hinge arm; an electrical conductor pad on the hinge arm; a hinge arm receiver mounted to the door and configured to removably receive the hinge arm; and an electrical contact on the hinge arm receiver that is electrically connected to the electrical device, the electrical contact making an electrical connection with the conductor pad when the door is in an installed position on the hinge arm.

Abstract: Telescopic assembly with locking device in retracted configuration A telescopic assembly (10) includes: a first (12) and a second (14) body; the second body comprising a rod capable of sliding into the first body between extended and retracted configurations; and a device (18) for locking in the retracted configuration. The locking device includes a ferrule (60) positioned on the rod, the ferrule comprising an internal stop (80) and the first tubular body comprising a counter-stop (34), capable of cooperating to lock the first tubular body and the ferrule. The ferrule is locked in translation relative to the second body (14) and rotatable around said second body, between an unlocked position, allowing the sliding of the second body into the first body (12), and a locked position retaining the second body in the retracted configuration.

Abstract: A hinge assembly including a hinge cup, a hinge arm and a hinge lever pivotally connected to both the hinge cup and the hinge arm so as to connect the two together. The assembly further including a damping device and an actuator assembly operable to activate the damping device as the hinge assembly moves from an open position to a closed position. The actuator assembly is operable to move from a second position to a first position to actuate the damping device, where the hinge arm engages with the actuator assembly to cause said movement from the second position to the first position.

Abstract: Method and system for motor-driven assistance of the movement of a vehicle door, wherein the vehicle door is driven by means of an electric motor, which is controlled by a control unit, depending on a force exerted on the vehicle door by an operator, in a manner assisting this force or exceeding the force, comprising the steps: the voltage induced in the electric motor due to the force exerted on the vehicle door by the operator is detected and transmitted to the control unit, this electrical voltage or a signal derived from it is compared with prescribed threshold values in the control unit during a defined, adjustable time interval, and the motor is driven by the control unit, depending on whether the threshold values are exceeded or undershot, in a manner merely assisting the force exerted on the vehicle door by the operator or exceeding the force.

Abstract: A rotary actuator assembly, a household appliance having same and a control method therefor. The rotary actuator assembly comprises an object to be rotated and a rotary actuator configured to match said object. The rotary actuator comprises an output shaft and a driving mechanism for driving the output shaft to rotate. Said object is provided with a shaft hole matching the output shaft. The output shaft and the shaft hole of said object are internally provided with a driving structure and a butt joint structure matching each other in the circumferential direction. A resisting surface and a butt joint surface for pushing said object to move during the rotation of the output shaft are formed between the driving structure and the butt joint structure. A rotation space for manual operation of said object is formed between the driving structure and the butt joint structure.

Abstract: A chain support mechanism for use with an openable frame component and a method of using such a chain support is provided, where a chain actuator is provided in a housing, the chain actuator including a push-pull chain which chain can bend in one direction only, the housing mounted with its longitudinal extent along one frame component with the chain attached to the openable frame component where the chain actuator may be manipulated to extend or withdraw the chain from the housing, thereby moving the openable frame component, and where the chain support mechanism includes a first arm pivotably fastened to the housing and a second arm pivotably fastened to the openable frame component, where the distal end of the first arm and the distal end of the second arm are pivotably connected by a sliding member, against which sliding member the chain may slide.

Abstract: A vehicle door opening and closing operation device includes a cover swing mechanism and a door opening and closing operation portion to be operated by a user. The cover swing mechanism has a cover member that moves between a closed position where an operation opening portion is closed and an open position where the operation opening portion is opened. The cover swing mechanism includes a swing link unit and a swing unit. The swing link unit is swingable and movably supports the cover member between the closed position and the opening position. The swing unit includes a cam member. The swing unit presses an engagement portion of the link unit by a protruding portion provided on the cam member and swings the link unit to move the cover member. At least a part of the engagement portion overlaps the cam member in a front view.

Abstract: In example implementations, a vertically stacking panel door system is provided. The vertically stacking panel door system includes a horizontal door guide, a panel interface zone, a vertical door guide, a plurality of panels to move from a horizontally stacked position in the horizontal door guide to a vertically stacked position in the vertical door guide, a counterbalance system comprising a motor to move the plurality of panels, and a sensor to detect a gap between two adjacent panels of the plurality of panels as the plurality of panels are moved from the horizontally stacked position to the vertically stacked position, wherein the sensor is to transmit a signal to the motor when the gap is detected.

Abstract: A door system for one or more doors, wherein the door system includes at least one motor door drive, and the door drive includes a motor and a drive controller for actuating the motor of the door drive. The door system includes a controller which is connected to the drive controller.

Abstract: A method and a precast building component and window frame system. The method comprising: positioning a window frame within a window opening of a precast building component, wherein the precast building component comprises solidified settable material; forming a void between the window frame and the precast building component, wherein the void surrounds the window frame; wherein barrier material is placed within the gap between opposing surfaces of the window frame and the precast building component to form a boundary of the void; filling the void with a settable adhesive sealant; wherein the settable adhesive sealant, once set, provides a continuous seal that surrounds the window frame and supports the window frame within the window opening.

Abstract: A docking system between a vehicle and a building and a control method therefor include an entrance frame configured to extend in a direction towards a vehicle door, an external door provided at a side of the vehicle door to be opened, an internal door spaced from the external door and provided at a side of the building to be opened, and a sealing unit inserted into the entrance frame to be provided between the external door and the internal door, and configured to selectively extend in the direction toward the vehicle door to connect an internal space of the vehicle and an indoor space of the building into one space.

Abstract: A security device that can be activated or deactivated on the interior side of a door or window or other passageway barricade, and that can be activated or deactivated on the exterior side of the door with a special mechanism, such as a key, tool, transmitter, etc. The security device may be mounted to the hinge-side of a door, the knob-side of a door or in a scenario that includes a non-mullion double door, to the two adjoining portions of the doors at the middle joint.

Abstract: A bullet resistant and impact resistant overhead rolling door is created from a plurality of interconnected panel members formed from inner and outer shell members having interengagable barbs to secure the two shell members with one another when assembled. The two shell members create an internal cavity within the panel for housing ballistic material, such as a sheet of pressed ballistic material, insulating foam and/or a sheet of metal to increase ballistic resistance of the panel. A sheet of ballistic material can be secured between the interengaged barbs of adjacent panel members to serve as a hinge and permit pivotal movement therebetween. The shell members can be formed from metal with the ballistic material providing bullet resistant protection, but are preferably formed of 6063 aluminum to enhance the bullet resistance of the panel members.

Abstract: A window blind support assembly including one or more elongate support members; a mounting bracket; and a locating element; wherein the or each elongate support member defines a longitudinal channel; the locating element is slidably coupled to the or one of the elongate support members via the longitudinal channel; the mounting bracket defines a retaining portion and a connecting portion; and the retaining portion of the mounting bracket is secured to the elongate support member at a desired position via the locating element.

Abstract: An adjustable bottom retainer used in coordination with a non-pull cord window blind includes a base, and first and second worm rods. The base is disposed in a bottom beam of the window blind and has a set of ladder cord inserting holes. The first worm rod is inserted in the base and has a rotation driving hole exposed on the bottom surface of the bottom beam, enabling a hand tool to be engaged with the rotation driving hole to drive the first worm rod. The second worm rod is inserted in the base, engaged with the first worm rod, and fastened to bottom ends of first and second longitudinal strings of a ladder cord. Therefore, rotating the first worm rod makes the second worm rod engaged therewith wind the first and second longitudinal strings, thereby adjusting the total length of the ladder cord.

Abstract: An apparatus, including a window frame, a window screen, and an apparatus to fit in a window screen frame's lower horizontal track embodiment. Each apparatus embodiment allows household wastewater to be easily passed through it and outside for reuse as greywater in a greywater system.

Abstract: The present application relates to a rolling curtain and an assembling method thereof. The rolling curtain includes a roller, a curtain cloth, a lower rod, a motor, a spiral spring device, a first fixed bracket and a second fixed bracket. The spiral spring device further includes a fixed shaft, an outer rotatable frame, a spiral spring and an inserting pin. Pin holes corresponding to each other are provided on the fixed shaft and the outer rotatable frame respectively. The spiral spring is tightened and mounted in the outer rotatable frame. The inserting pin is inserted in the pin holes of the fixed shaft and the outer rotatable frame to fixedly connect the fixed shaft tot the outer rotatable frame.

Abstract: A decelerating and positioning device for a roller shade, the decelerating and positioning device comprising a sleeve, an elastic member provided on one side of the sleeve, a rotator providing an engagement structure on an other side of the elastic member, a limiting rotating body pushes the rotator to rotate and displace, and a fixing shaft allowing the limiting rotating body and the rotator to rotate.

Abstract: A folding ladder includes a front frame, a rear frame, a pedal, and a locking mechanism for locking the pedal. The front frame is rotatably connected with the rear frame, and the pedal is rotatably connected with the front frame. The locking mechanism includes a hook member, a snap portion capable of being engaged with the hook member, and a control member that controls the engagement and/or disengagement of the hook member and the snap portion. The snap portion is disposed at the pedal, and the hook member is fixed to the rear frame. The folding ladder further includes a first elastic member and a second elastic member. When the folding ladder is unfolded, the snap portion and the hook member are located under an upper surface of the pedal, the control member is vertically and movably disposed on the pedal.

Abstract: A bushing guided caster assembly for a rolling ladder. The caster assembly has an outer housing in which an inner tubular slide slides within the outer housing on bushings. A caster is attached to the inner slide. A gas spring is formed in the inner tubular slide such that the inner slide slides up within the housing as an increasing force is applied downwardly on the housing until the inner tubular slide has traveled a preselected distance until the fixed ladder feet contact the floor or surface upon which the ladder is supported.

Abstract: A docking station for a foldable rolling ladder. The docking station has a moveable sled traveling in slots formed therein. The sled has a grip for engaging a ladder. The folding rolling ladder has a rear vertical and a brace that travels up and down the vertical and is pivotably connected to treads of the ladder at an opposite end. The brace has a bracket to engage the grip of the docking station. When the vertical of the ladder engages the sled, via the grip, causes the ladder to be folded into a storage position by the sled traveling within the docking station within and by the docking station and unfolded into a use position.

Abstract: Provided herein are ladders having a flared beaded joint to couple a rung to a rail of the ladder. In some embodiments, a ladder comprises a rail having a web. The web has a first side and a second side. The ladder further includes a rung coupled to the rail via a flared beaded joint. In some configurations, flared beaded joints are disposed at each end of the rung. The flared beaded joint includes a first bead on the first side of the web and a second bead on the second side of the web. The first bead includes a first flange portion and a second flange portion. The first flange portion directly abuts the first side of the web. At least a portion of the second flange portion is disposed at an angle relative to the first flange portion to flare an end of the rung.

Abstract: A mobile drilling rig is configured to drill boreholes into the ground about a drill site. To assist navigating the mobile drilling rig and other machines about the drill site, a material pile mapping system can be included that includes the borehole locations and an estimated material pile dimension associated with a material pile formed about the borehole from material removed during drilling of the borehole. The material pile dimension can be estimated from an estimated material pile volume of the material removed from the borehole.

Abstract: Hydrogeological drilling-type detection equipment includes a detection support frame, where the detection support frame is fixedly connected with a detection box body with a through hole, the through hole is communicated with an inside of the detection box body, a drilling box body is arranged inside the through hole, a lifting assembly is arranged inside the detection box body, the drilling box body is slidably connected with the through hole through the lifting assembly, a bottom end of the drilling box body is provided with a multifunctional drilling assembly provided with a blocking assembly, each of four corners of a bottom end of the detection support frame is provided with a moving wheel, the detection support frame is provided with a stable support assembly, the stable support assembly is correspondingly arranged with the moving wheel, and one side of the detection support frame is fixedly connected with an armrest.

Abstract: A horizontal directional drilling rig is described. The rig can be entirely electrically powered. The performance (or “health”) and/or the life cycle of individual components of the rig can be electronically monitored. This permits identification of specific individual components that are performing in a substandard manner or are not performing properly or have reached the end of their life cycle. Individual improperly performing components or components at the end of their life cycle can thus be specifically identified. The improperly performing component(s) or components at the end of their life cycle can then be replaced. In some embodiments, when a component is identified as performing improperly, the operation of other, properly functioning components of the rig can be modified accordingly to account for the improperly performing component.

Abstract: A downhole tool for coupling an electrical connection in the wellbore comprising a locator sub and a receptacle sub. The locator sub can be conveyed into the wellbore with a workstring. The receptacle sub can be coupled to a lower completion with at least one downhole tool. Workstring manipulation can insert the locator sub into the receptacle sub to provide an electrical connection between a resilient connector on the locator sub and ring connector within the receptacle sub. A fluid source fluidically connected to the electrical connection can flush out trapped wellbore fluids via a fluid pathway. The electrical connection can electrically couple to a control system at surface to the at least one downhole tool.

Abstract: A method for attaching a ring to a borehole tool including locating the ring on the tool, running a weld bead around the ring without alloying the ring to another parent material, the weld causing contraction in a circumferential dimension of the ring. A method for producing a ring for a downhole tool including forming the ring with a weld groove at an outside surface of the ring. A ring for a downhole tool including a ring body, a weld groove formed in an outside surface of the ring. A borehole system including a borehole in a subsurface formation, a string in the borehole, and a ring disposed on the string.