Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus includes an accommodating container accommodating conductive liquid, a rod-shaped first electrode accommodated in the accommodating container, a rod-shaped second electrode accommodated in the accommodating container, a detection portion that is electrically coupled to the first electrode and the second electrode and that detects a remaining amount of the liquid accommodated in the accommodating container in response to an electric signal from at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode, and a liquid discharging head discharging the liquid that is supplied from the accommodating container, in which the first electrode includes a first part having an outer periphery with a first length, and a second part having an outer periphery with a second length that is shorter than the first length.

Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus includes an accommodating container accommodating conductive liquid, a first electrode accommodated in the accommodating container, a second electrode accommodated in the accommodating container, a detection portion that is electrically coupled to the first electrode and the second electrode and that detects a remaining amount of the liquid accommodated in the accommodating container in response to an electric signal from at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode, and a liquid discharging head discharging the liquid that is supplied from the accommodating container, in which the first electrode includes a first part where a distance between the first part and the second electrode is a first distance, and a second part where a distance between the second part and the second electrode is a second distance that is longer than the first distance.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a container that contains a liquid having conductivity; an electrode bar that is disposed inside the container and that includes a first terminal, a second terminal, and a first insulating section that electrically insulates the first terminal from the second terminal; a detection section that detects a remaining amount of liquid contained in the container in accordance with an electrical signal from at least one of the first terminal and the second terminal; and a liquid ejection head that discharges the liquid supplied from the container. The remaining amount of liquid detected by the detection section when the first terminal is electrically coupled to the second terminal via the liquid in the container is larger than the remaining amount of liquid detected by the detection section when the first terminal is not electrically coupled to the second terminal via the liquid in the container.

Abstract: A liquid accommodating device includes an accommodating container accommodating conductive liquid, a first electrode accommodated in the accommodating container, a second electrode accommodated in the accommodating container, and a detection portion that is electrically coupled to the first electrode and the second electrode and that detects a remaining amount of the liquid accommodated in the accommodating container in response to an electric signal from at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode, in which the first electrode includes a first part where a first conduction portion formed with a conductive member is exposed, a second part where the first conduction portion is exposed, and a first insulation part that is provided between the first part and the second part and in which the first conduction portion is covered with an insulation member.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a thermal print head. The thermal print head includes: a substrate; a glaze layer, disposed on the substrate; and a wiring layer, disposed on the glaze layer. The wiring layer includes a plurality of bonding pads. The plurality of bonding pads are divided into a plurality of groups. Each of the plurality of groups includes a first bonding pad, a second bonding pad, a third bonding pad and a fourth bonding pad. A first group of the plurality of groups is adjacent to a second group of the plurality of groups along a first direction. The second bonding pad of the first group is located between a center of the first bonding pad of the first group and a center of the third bonding pad of the first group along the first direction.

Abstract: Provided is a print device including a body forming an appearance, a coupling unit formed in the body to enable physical coupling to an auxiliary device, a recognition unit formed in the body to recognize the auxiliary device and determine whether the coupling unit is coupled to the auxiliary device, and a control unit. When the recognition unit recognizes that the auxiliary device is not coupled to the coupling unit, the control unit sets the auxiliary device to perform a basic function, and when the recognition unit recognizes that the auxiliary device is coupled to the coupling unit, the control unit sets the coupled auxiliary device to perform an individual function changed from the basic function.

Abstract: A regulation device regulates movement in a width direction of a rolled sheet which is a recording medium of a printer. The regulation device includes: a first rack gear connected to one guide support unit supporting the rolled sheet so that movement to one side of the width direction is regulated, and provided to be movable in the width direction; a second rack gear connected to the other guide support unit supporting the rolled sheet so that movement to the other side of the width direction is regulated, and provided to be movable in the width direction; a pinion gear engaging with the first and second rack gears; and a regulation gear that engages with the pinion gear to rotate and regulates the movement of the first and second rack gears by regulating the rotation.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a reading unit that reads an image of paper by a relative movement to the paper, an in-paper region that is a region in which the image of the paper is read by the reading unit, and an image that is provided in an out-of-paper region that is a region outside the paper and is used for diagnosing the image of the paper.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a drying unit configured to be movable to a first operating position where a print medium subjected to printing by a printing unit is dried, and to a first retracted position retracted from the first operating position. The apparatus also includes a supporting unit provided facing the drying unit and configured to be movable independently of the drying unit to a second operating position where the print medium to be dried by the drying unit is supported, and to a second retracted position retracted from the second operating position.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus obtains a scanned image by scanning an image of a chart on which a test image has been printed, detects an image defect included in the scanned image, obtains a feature of the detected image defect, and identifies a cause of occurrence of the image defect based on the feature. The test image includes at least one mixed-color image of multinary colors, which are a secondary or higher-order color.

Abstract: A self-propelled printer is provided having communication circuitry to receive print data for an image to be formed. A drive mechanism of the printer to provides locomotion of the entire self-propelled printer and a print head is arranged to transfer a print material on to a print medium. Processing circuitry to generates an image formation path to be traversed by the print head via locomotion of the self-propelled printer. The image formation path is based at least in part on the received print data. The processing circuitry controls the drive mechanism to autonomously drive the self-propelled printer along the image formation path. A corresponding method and computer program for generating a 2D image using a self-propelled printer are provided.

Abstract: Systems and methods related to adaptive ribbon speed control for a line matrix impact printer are provided. A ribbon cartridge includes a ribbon configured to be driven at a ribbon speed, and a ribbon gear configured to rotate with movement of the ribbon. The ribbon includes a ribbon joint patch detectable via a first sensor to determine a first ribbon speed of the ribbon. Rotation of the ribbon gear is detectable via a second sensor to determine a second ribbon speed of the ribbon. A target ribbon speed is determined based on at least one print job characteristic. A current ribbon speed is determined based on the first ribbon speed and the second ribbon speed. The ribbon speed is adjusted based on a difference between the current ribbon speed and the target ribbon speed. Associated systems and methods are also provided.

Abstract: A numbering unit (1, 101, 102), comprising an upper part (2, 211, 212) and a lower part (3), comprises a universal lower part (3) which is configured to receive both an upper part (212) of a vertical numbering unit (102) and an upper part (211) of a horizontal numbering unit (101). Further objects of the invention are a universal lower part (3) for a numbering unit (1, 101, 102), an upper part (212) for a vertical numbering unit (102), an upper part (211) for a horizontal numbering unit (101), a set comprising a universal lower part (3), at least one vertical upper part (212), and at least one horizontal upper part (211), and a numbering machine comprising a numbering unit (1, 101, 102) according to the invention, or comprising a set according to the invention.

Abstract: A double-sided adhesive flexographic printing plate underlay for use in the manufacture and mounting of flexographic printing plates is provided. The underlay is carrier sheet with a solvent acrylic adhesive stripe-coating provided on both sides thereof. In addition, a siliconized release liner is provided to cover one of the coated sides of the carrier sheet. Both the carrier sheet and the release liner are formed from a glass clear polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and the solvent acrylic adhesive is transparent such that ultraviolent light can readily pass through the underlay. The construction of the underlay is such that it can withstand the washout conditions employed in the manufacture of both liquid and solid photopolymer flexographic printing plates.

Abstract: A bookbinding machine (100) is proposed. The bookbinding machine (100) comprises processing stations (205a-205e) for processing book blocks (215a-215d) and transport elements (210a-210d) for transporting the book blocks (215a-215d) across them. A plurality of endless conveyors (225a-225c) are arranged in a wrap-around succession, each carrying one or more conveying elements (305a1,305a2;305b;305c). A driving system (235-240) drives the endless conveyors (225a-225c) to cause each conveying element (305a1,305a2;305b;305c) in succession to engage a transport element (210a-210d), to convey the transport element (210a-0210d) along a transport path (220) for an active section of the corresponding endless conveyor (225a-225c) and then to disengage the transport element (210a-210d). A bookbinding plant comprising one or more of these bookbinding machines (100) is also proposed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a card including a computing unit for managing electronic coin data records, the electronic coin data records being issued by a central entity, and a card body with visible data and at least one visible feature. The central entity is at the same time the issuer or administrator of a series of banknotes and the at least one visible feature identifies the card as part of the series of banknotes to an observer. In addition, a method for producing such a card is also proposed.

Abstract: A transaction card having a discontinuous metal stratum with a desired degree of electrical eddy current disruption disposed on a surface of a first layer, such as a glass or other transparent layer. A transaction module disposed in the first layer is electrically isolated from the discontinuous metal stratum. The discontinuous metal stratum may include a plurality of isolated metal features that form a halftone pattern, such as a pattern that is visibly opaque to the naked eye.

Abstract: A security feature is presented for a security or value document. The security feature comprises a zinc sulfide luminophore in the form of particles. The zinc sulfide luminophore has the general chemical formula ZnS:Cux, My, Xz; here, M represents one or more elements from a group comprising the chemical elements Co, In and Ni; X represents one or more elements from a group comprising the halides F, Cl, Br and I; and the following applies: 0<x<0.002 and 0::; y<0.00015 and 0::; z<0.00050. The particles each have cubic phase portions and hexagonal phase portions. When excited by an electrical field, the zinc sulfide luminophore emits a first radiation in the range of the light spectrum between 580 nm and 780 nm. When excited by heating the luminophore to a temperature between 100° C. and 150° C., the zinc sulfide luminophore emits a second radiation in the light spectrum.

Abstract: An article having a patterned metallic film on a surface thereof, and methods of producing such an article, the article including: (a) a porous substrate having a first porous surface; (b) a patterned metallic film attached to the first porous surface, including (i) a first patterned polymeric layer attached to the first porous surface; and (ii) a patterned metallic layer attached to the first patterned polymeric layer, on a distal side with respect to the first porous surface; wherein a thickness of the metal layer is at most 3 ?m.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of making an extensible sculpture including providing a plurality of flexible material sheets; cutting each of the plurality of flexible material sheets to form a plurality of at least three sculptural pieces; arranging the sculptural pieces in a predetermined order; defining a first set of connection columns on the top face of the first sculptural piece; using a first connector to fixedly connect the bottom face of the second sculptural piece to the top face of the first sculptural piece at the first set of connection columns; defining a second set of connection columns on the top face of the second sculptural piece; and using a second connector to fixedly connect the bottom face of the third sculptural piece to the top face of the second sculptural piece at the second set of connection columns.

Abstract: A wheel cover includes a fixing unit fixed to a wheel of a vehicle, a variable unit coupled to and supported by the fixing unit and configured for being opened and closed, a first power unit configured to apply a first force acting on the variable unit, wherein the force changes depending on temperature, and a second power unit configured to apply a second force acting on the variable unit, wherein the second force changes depending on a wheel speed, wherein the variable unit is opened or closed depending on the first force generated by the first power unit and the second force generated by the second power unit.

Abstract: A vehicle wheel for the purpose of slow speed temporary movement of the vehicle whereby the inner portion of the wheel disc includes a curved surface disposed in rotating contact with the beveled surface of the cylinder element of the attachment hub. The wheel disc and the attached tire extend outwardly from the attachment hub. The attachment hub includes the cylinder with a securing ring affixed to the inwardly extending portion of the cylinder and disposed in abutting relation with the inner surface of the wheel disc wherein the outer surface of the cylinder is disposed between the securing ring and a flange.

Abstract: A castor might comprise a castor body for coupling the castor to an apparatus, at least one wheel coupled to the castor body, wherein said wheel is operable to rotate about a wheel axis. The castor body might be configured to swivel about a swivel axis which is substantially perpendicular to the wheel axis such as to rotate the orientation of the wheel with respect to the swivel axis. A locking means might be configured to adopt at least first state and a second state. In the first state, the locking means might be configured to allow swivelling motion of the castor body about the swivel axis and in the second state the locking means might be configured to inhibit the swivelling motion of the castor body about the swivel axis such that the orientation of the castor wheel is locked relative to the swivel axis.

Abstract: A tool storage unit includes a housing configured to store a tool. The tool storage unit additionally includes an adjustable wheel assembly coupled to the housing. The adjustable wheel assembly includes a bolt movable between a first position and a second position, a support arm extending outwardly from the housing, a swing arm, and a caster wheel. The swing arm defining a first end and a second end, where the first end receives the bolt and is pivotally coupled to the support arm and the second end is rotatably coupled to the caster wheel. The swing arm is vertically movable between a raised position and a lowered position, where the caster wheel and swing arm are in the raised position when the bolt is in the first position and the caster wheel and swing arm are in the lowered position when the bolt is in the second position.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a tire having an electronic communication module including a radio device where the radio device is positioned between a first rubber layer and a second rubber layer, with the second rubber layer having a T50 cure time at 160° C. that is than the T50 cure time of the first rubber layer. Also disclosed are related methods for curing a tire with an electronic communication module including a radio device positioned between a first rubber layer and a second rubber layer, with the second rubber layer having a T50 cure time at 160° C. that is than the T50 cure time of the first rubber layer.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a polyester carcass reinforcement has high tenacity improved tensile properties and high Modulus Enhancement Potential (MEP).

Abstract: A tire (1) for an electrically assisted bicycle or wheelchair having tire a crown reinforcement, which is radially on the inside of a tread, with the tread being connected to two beads via two sidewalls. The tire has, on at least one of the sidewalls (3) and protruding from the sidewall, a strip (4) of a rubber compound with an axial thickness (ep) that is at least equal to 1 mm and at most equal to 4 mm, at least equal to 10 mm and at most equal to 30 mm. The rubber compound has a Shore A hardness of between 55 and 75, and a glass transition temperature of between ?15° C. and 0° C. The compound forms a smooth outer surface (5) that is intended to come into contact with a drive roller bearing a plurality of indenting elements.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a tire having an electronic communication module including a radio device where the radio device is surrounded by a rubber layer having a specified T50 cure time at 160° C. Also disclosed are related methods for curing a tire with an electronic communication module including a radio device surrounded by a rubber layer having a specified T50 cure time at 160° C.

Abstract: A sound-absorbing device includes a resonator. The resonator includes a flexible, tube-shaped resonator body having a first end, a second end, and a channel fluidically connecting the first end and the second end. The resonator body is wrapped completely around a hub of a vehicle wheel at least one time and is configured to absorb sound produced within a cavity of a tire of the vehicle wheel.

Abstract: Various embodiments of a smart non-pneumatic tire and methods for generating a mean vibration characteristic of the smart non-pneumatic tire are described. In one embodiment, a method for measuring the mean vibration characteristic includes receiving tire-road contact acceleration data from an accelerometer that is secured near a tire-surface contact region, where the tire-road contact acceleration data includes data captured by the accelerometer over a duration of time while a tread along an outer periphery of a sector of the tire contacts a surface. The method further includes receiving velocity data for the tire and load data for the tire over the duration of time. The method further includes generating a mean vibration characteristic based on the above-mentioned data. The method also includes changing a stiffness of spokes of the tire based on the generated mean vibration characteristic in some cases.

Abstract: The system can include: a wheel-mounted pump and a dehumidifying system arranged along the fluid path between the pump outlet and a tire inlet. In variants, the dehumidifying system includes a set of angled channels that aggregate water in radially-outward channel segments. The angled channels can be fluidly connected to a purge valve selectively fluidly connected to an ambient environment.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a wheel-holder including: a support base, a shaft slidingly movable with respect to the support base and having a plurality of stops, a support plate carried by the shaft and configured to receive the rim of a wheel, a block carried by the support base and configured to engage a stop for locking the shaft in an operating position, preventing the relative sliding between support base and shaft. The block includes an insert movable with respect to the shaft, a maneuvering element active on the insert and configurable between a thrust position and a release position. The block includes a pusher which, in the release position of the maneuvering element, thrusts on the insert to maintain it in engagement with the stop.

Abstract: An apparatus for storing and unloading a tow dolly used for towing automotive vehicles. The apparatus comprises a support leg that is mounted on a towing vehicle. A base frame is rigidly connected to the support leg. A sliding section is operably connected to the base frame. The sliding section extends and lowers a pivotally connected head section away and down from the truck bed into a more accessible unloading/loading position. The tow dolly is releasably attached to the head section and can be secured with a locking mechanism.

Abstract: A hitch ball assembly for a trailer hitch. The hitch ball assembly includes a clam-shaped body having a plurality of hinged segments operable between an open position and a closed position. Each of the plurality of hinged segments includes a concave inner surface that collectively form a ball shaped-cavity configured to enclose a smaller-diameter hitch ball. Each of the hinged segments further includes an outer surface that collectively form a larger-diameter hitch ball configured to engage a trailer tongue when the hinged segments are operated to the closed position.

Abstract: A tow hook assembly includes a tow hook body, a support bracket, and a disengagement bracket. The tow hook body includes a leading end, an opposite rear end, and an angled portion sloping downwardly in a direction opposite the leading end. A rear open-ended hole is formed in the rear end. A front open-ended hole is formed in the support bracket. A front fastener extends through the front open-ended hole formed in the support bracket to removably couple the tow hook body to the support bracket, and engagement member received within the rear open-ended hole formed in the tow hook body to removably couple the disengagement bracket to the tow hook body.

Abstract: A trailer communication system has a wiring harness configured to carry a plurality of control signals and a connector configured to communicate with a tractor. A sensor is configured to generate a sensor signal. A processor is interconnected between the sensor and the wiring harness, the processor configured to transform the sensor signal for transmission over the wiring harness with at least one of the plurality of control signals using common wires within the wiring harness. The processor is further configured to receive the plurality of control signals and to generate a command to a corresponding one of a plurality of trailer components based upon the plurality of control signals.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a compensation system for holding and guiding supply lines on the vehicle, the compensation system including a fixed part fixed relative to a frame of the vehicle and a movable part configured to adjust to different positions with respect to the frame, a supply line having a first line end connected to the fixed part and a second line end connected to the movable part, a first end section fixed to the fixed part or the movable part, and a second end fixed to the other of the fixed part and the movable part and configured to prevent sagging of the supply line when a distance between the fixed and movable parts is reduced.

Abstract: A compliant mechanism is provided for monitoring the position of a suspension of a vehicle. The compliant mechanism can include a body for coupling to both an angle sensor and the suspension of the vehicle. The body can have at least two first portions and at least one second portion. The second portion is coupled to both of the two first portions and is more flexible than the two first portions.

Abstract: A method for controlling a suspension system is disclosed. The method includes obtaining a first group of signals and a second group of signals; determining whether a trigger condition is met; determining an adjustment signal for adjusting the suspension system based on related signals of the suspension system, in response to the trigger condition being met; using the adjustment signal on the suspension system; the first group of signals being signals related to a comfort braking control system and the second group of signals being signals related to driving expectations. A system for controlling a suspension system and a suspension control system are also disclosed.

Abstract: A damping control system includes: a damping chamber connected to one of (a) a body of a vehicle and (b) a wheel of the vehicle; a piston that is slidably disposed within the damping chamber and that includes: a piston rod that is connected to the other one of (a) the body of the vehicle and (b) the wheel of the vehicle; and a plunger that is connected to the piston rod and that divides the damping chamber into a first chamber and a second chamber; a first valve that regulates hydraulic fluid flow out of the first chamber; and a valve control module configured to selectively close the first valve when a position of the plunger is between (a) a first reference position within the first chamber and (b) a first end stop of the damping chamber that defines a boundary of the first chamber.

Abstract: A shuttle valve shock assembly is disclosed. The shuttle valve shock assembly includes a main chamber, a reservoir fluidically coupled with the main chamber, and a valve configured to control flow of fluid between the main chamber and the reservoir along a flow path. The valve configured to restrict the flow of the fluid between the main chamber and the reservoir, along the flow path, during a rebound stroke of the shock assembly; and allow flow of the fluid between the main chamber and the reservoir, along the flow path, during a compression stroke of the shock assembly.

Abstract: A vehicle seat air-conditioning device is used for a seat having a seat back and a bottom. The vehicle seat air-conditioning device includes: a blower that is incorporated in the seat and guides air generated by a vehicle air-conditioning apparatus mounted on the vehicle; an outlet ventilation path that guides air guided from the blower to a first outlet provided in a front surface of the seat back that is a surface located to face a person seated on the seat; a processor configured to control the blower when executing the program. The processor is configured to control at least one of an air volume or a temperature of the air generated by the vehicle air-conditioning apparatus, based on a thermal sensation parameter determined from an environmental parameter including a detection result of information regarding a temperature of air discharged from the first outlet.

Abstract: A thermal management system for a vehicle is provided that includes a main path, a first branch and a second branch. A braking system and a first power source, which are connected in series to each other, are provided in the main path. A battery is provided in the first branch, and electric motor assemblies are provided in the second branch. The main path can be selectively in communication with at least one of the first branch and the second branch, such that a fluid medium from the main path can be driven by the first power source to flow through at least one of the first branch and the second branch and then return to the main path. Therefore, heat generated by a braking system of a vehicle can be fully utilized, and the waste of energy during the braking process of the vehicle is reduced.

Abstract: An air vent includes a duct including an inlet and an outlet, a mesh cover including a plurality of mesh holes communicating with the outlet of the duct, a wing provided in the duct and configured to laterally adjust a wind direction, air dampers which move forward and backward directions in the duct, wherein the air damper opens and closes the gap between the duct outlet and the mesh cover.

Abstract: A device comprising, an inlet configured to attach to a HVAC outlet in a cabin of a vehicle, a closing plate configured to be arranged in an opening from a cabin of the vehicle to the exterior of the vehicle, and an air conduit from the inlet trough an aperture in the closing plate, to a device outlet.

Abstract: In a first, mobile operating state of a refrigerated vehicle, which is equipped with a storage region for the transport of refrigerated products in order to maintain the cold chain, the products are transported, wherein the refrigerant for cooling the storage region is drawn from a refrigerant tank disposed on the refrigerated vehicle. According to the invention, in a second, stationary operating state of the refrigerated vehicle, the refrigerant for cooling the storage region is drawn from a stationary storage tank, the refrigerant tank being bypasses. Thus, long breaks in operation, for example at the weekend, can be bridged, so that the cold chain can be maintained without the need to transfer products which are to be refrigerated out of the refrigerated vehicle.

Abstract: An integrated energy management unit includes a housing defining a housing cavity, an accumulator-separator positioned within the housing cavity, an ejector positioned within the housing cavity and in communication with the accumulator-separator, and an internal heat exchanger positioned within the housing cavity and in fluid communication with the accumulator-separator.

Abstract: A fluid management device includes a control assembly, at least two block portions, and at least two valve core assemblies. The at least two block portions are hermetically connected to a same control assembly. The valve core assemblies are electrically connected to the control assembly. Each block portion includes a body portion. The body portion defines a mounting channel. A portion of the valve core assembly is located in an inner cavity of the control assembly, and another portion is located in the mounting channel. A gap is formed between two adjacent body portions for separating the body portions so as to reduce the possibility of heat transfer, thereby reducing harmful heat loss of the fluid management device.

Abstract: A refrigerated cargo vehicle has a refrigerated enclosure and a refrigeration system that delivers a refrigerated air flow to the enclosure. The refrigeration system includes a compressor that has a voltage rating higher than the electric potential output of an alternator driven by an engine of the refrigerated cargo vehicle. A DC-to-DC power converter is disposed electrically between the alternator and the compressor so that the power converter receives electric current from the alternator at a first electric potential and outputs a second electric current to the compressor at a second electric potential higher than the first electric potential.

Abstract: A roof-type air conditioner is provided in which condensate water generated during interior cooling by an air conditioning unit is collected in a collecting unit to prevent the condensate water from flowing into an interior space of a vehicle. Due to accumulation of the condensate water, the condensate water collected by the collecting unit is discharged to the outside of the vehicle to prevent overflow and contamination of condensate water.