60results about "Heat measurement" patented technology

A vehicle includes a chassis including a frame rail extending longitudinally, a tractive element coupled to the chassis, a cab coupled to the chassis and configured to support an operator, an electric motor configured to drive the tractive element to propel the vehicle, a battery configured to supply electrical energy to the electric motor, a heat exchanger, a cable electrically coupling the electric motor and the battery, and a conduit fluidly coupling the battery and the heat exchanger. The cable and the conduit extend laterally from the battery to the frame rail, and the cable and the conduit extend longitudinally along the frame rail.

A refuse vehicle includes a cab, a refuse compartment, a chassis, a high voltage power distribution unit (HVPDU) including a battery, a plurality of cables and a manual service disconnect. The manual service disconnect is accessed via a through hole of a wheel well of the refuse vehicle. The refuse vehicle further includes a platform removably coupled to the chassis and the HVPDU and configured to enclose the high voltage power distribution unit.

A vehicle includes a chassis, a body coupled to the chassis, a first accessory coupled to the body, a second accessory coupled to the body, and a hydraulic system. The body includes a first body rail and a second body rail. The hydraulic system includes an electric power takeoff coupled to the body, a first manifold coupled to the body, first conduits fluidly coupled between the electric power takeoff and the first manifold, a second manifold coupled to the body, the second manifold positioned rearward of the first manifold, and second conduits fluidly coupled between the first conduits and the second manifold. The first manifold is configured to distribute the hydraulic fluid to the first accessory. The second manifold is configured to distribute the hydraulic fluid to the second accessory. The first conduits extend through at least one of the first body rail or the second body rail.

Features relating to a cartridge for use with a vaporizer body are provided. The cartridge mates with the vaporizer body in a cartridge receptacle. The cartridge may include a cartridge body defining a reservoir configured to contain vaporizable material; a mouthpiece coupled to a proximal end region of the cartridge body; at least one proximal absorbent pad wedged within an internal volume of the mouthpiece; a mouthpiece seal with sealing ribs; a cannula defining a vaporization chamber extending through the cartridge body; a resistive heating element; a porous wick configured to draw the vaporizable material in the reservoir towards the vaporization chamber; an internal sealing gasket positioned in a distal end region of the cartridge body; a lower support structure positioned in the distal end region of the cartridge body; and at least one distal absorbent pad configured to wedge within a recess located in the lower support structure.

Relocatable axles and energy storage is provided. First axle mounts are configured to receive first rear axles. The first axle mounts are longitudinally offset rearward from second axle mounts configured to receive corresponding second rear axles. First batteries are configured to couple with the vehicle to occupy a longitudinally offset location. At a first of the longitudinally offset locations, a rear portion of the first batteries is disposed forward of a wheel and tire assembly for each of the first rear axles. At a second of the longitudinally offset locations, a rear portion of the first batteries is disposed forward of a wheel and tire assembly for each of the second rear axles. The first of the longitudinally offset locations overlaps with one or more wheel and tire assemblies for the second rear axles.

A case for an electronic cigarette vaporiser, the case including an automatic lifting mechanism that lifts the vaporiser up a few mm from the case to enable a user to easily grasp the vaporiser and withdraw it from the case. The lifting mechanism can be spring-based. The case both re-fills the vaporiser with liquid and also re-charges a battery in the vaporiser.

An enhanced shipping container apparatus that maintains packages is described having integrated fire suppression. The apparatus has a container base supporting the packages, multiple container walls coupled to the container base, and a container top coupled to each of the container walls. A fire suppression panel is integrated as part of one or more of the walls and top portion, and has a support sheet of fire resistant material; an interior exposed sheet of temperature sensitive material; a sealed boundary connecting the support sheet and interior exposed sheet on peripheral edges (where the sealed boundary, support sheet and interior exposed sheet define a holding cavity), and integrated fire suppression material in the holding cavity. The temperature sensitive material of the interior exposed sheet releases the integrated fire suppressant material from within the holding cavity when the temperature sensitive material of the interior exposed sheet is exposed to a threshold temperature.

A vehicle includes a chassis, a tractive element coupled to the chassis, a cab coupled to the chassis and configured to support an operator, a body coupled to the chassis and offset longitudinally rearward from the cab, such that a volume is defined between the cab and the body, an electric motor configured to drive the tractive element to propel the vehicle, a secondary electrical load, a battery configured to supply electrical energy, and a power distribution unit configured to direct the electrical energy from the battery to the electric motor and the secondary electrical load. The power distribution unit is positioned in the volume defined between the cab and the body.

The present invention relates to a cooking apparatus in which the heating efficiency and power efficiency of a heating coil can be improved by arranging an external insulating material outside an insulating material accommodating the heating coil and arranging a reflector, which reflects radiant heat generated in the heating coil toward a top plate, in an internal accommodation space of the insulating material.

The invention provides a manganese-cobalt-nickel-based MEMS temperature sensor chip and a preparation and packaging method thereof, and the preparation method of the temperature sensor chip comprises the steps: providing a preposed powder material which at least comprises cobalt sesquioxide, manganese dioxide and nickel sesquioxide; mixing the front powder material with an organic solvent to obtain printing slurry of the sensor; a substrate is provided, a pattern is formed through photoetching, an electrode layer is formed on the surface of the substrate, and then the electrode layer is patterned into an interdigital electrode; patterning the printing slurry on an electrically polarized substrate through a patterning process; sintering the substrate with the printing slurry to obtain a sensitive film with an electrode layer; and forming a protective layer above the sensitive film to obtain the manganese-cobalt-nickel-based MEMS temperature sensor chip. According to the invention, the MEMS technology is introduced into the processing process of the negative temperature coefficient temperature sensor chip, the size of the sensor chip can be reduced to a micron level, the miniaturization of the manganese-cobalt-nickel-based temperature sensor can be realized, and the measurement precision of the manganese-cobalt-nickel-based temperature sensor can be improved.

An inspection robot incudes a robot body, at least two sensors, a drive module, a stability assist device and an actuator. The at least two sensors are positioned to interrogate an inspection surface and are communicatively coupled to the robot body. The drive module includes at least two wheels that engage the inspection surface. The drive module is coupled to the robot body. The stability assist device is coupled to at least one of the robot body or the drive module. The actuator is coupled to the stability assist device at a first end, and coupled to one of the drive module or the robot body at a second end. The actuator is structured to selectively move the stability assist device between a first position and a second position. The first position includes a stored position. The second position includes a deployed position.

A microfluidic device includes first and second substrate structures. The first substrate structure has a first substrate surface configured to receive one or more droplets. A plurality of electrodes configured to apply an electric field to the droplets. The second substrate structure has a second substrate surface facing the first substrate surface and spaced apart from the first substrate surface to form a fluid channel. The microfluidic device has a first heating element adjacent to the first substrate structure and disposed on an opposite side of the first substrate surface, and a second heating element adjacent to the second substrate structure and disposed on an opposite side of the second substrate surface. The microfluidic device further includes one or more temperature sensors disposed adjacent to the fluid channel between the first substrate structure and the second substrate structure.

A vaporizer device may include a pressure sensor and an ambient pressure sensor. The pressure sensor may be configured to measure a first pressure in an air flow path in the vaporizer device. The ambient pressure sensor may be configured to measure a second pressure corresponding to an atmospheric pressure. The vaporizer device may further include a controller. The controller may be configured to transition the vaporizer device to a first standby mode when the first pressure is equal to or greater than the second pressure for a first threshold quantity of time. While the vaporizer device is in the first standby mode, the controller may be further configured to transition the vaporizer device to a second standby mode when the second pressure is a threshold quantity greater than the first pressure and no motion event is detected for a second threshold quantity of time.

An electrified refuse vehicle includes a chassis including a first frame rail and a second frame rail, a body supported on the chassis, a battery pack supported on the chassis, and a power cable extending along the first frame rail. The power cable is enclosed by a combination of the first frame rail and the battery pack.

The present specification relates to a coil module and a home appliance including the coil module. A home appliance according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a coil module including a plurality of first coil units which are stacked in the vertical direction and include a plurality of working coils, and a plurality of second coil units which are stacked in the vertical direction, include a plurality of sensing coils and a wiring pattern for electrically connecting a terminal unit and the working coils or the terminal unit and the sensing coils, and are arranged in a different layer from the plurality of first coil units; and a control unit which performs container sensing by using the sensing coils, and controls driving of the working coils according to the results of the container sensing.

A vehicle includes a chassis, a cab configured to support an operator, a chassis component coupled to the chassis, a tractive element coupled to the chassis, a body coupled to the chassis and movable between a raised position and a lowered position, a body component coupled to the body, a harness operatively coupling the chassis component and the body component, a first bracket fixedly coupled to the chassis and configured to limit movement of the harness at least when the body is in the lowered position, and a second bracket fixedly coupled to the body and configured to limit the movement of the harness both when the body is in the raised position and when the body is in the lowered position.

The present invention provides a method for generating a droplet array on a microfluidic chip, comprising the following steps: assembling an upper chip and a lower chip to an initial position, a fluid channel of the upper chip partially or completely covering a microporous array of the lower chip; injecting a solution into a chip, the solution being partially or fully filled in the microporous array of the lower chip; and relatively moving the upper chip and the lower chip to a liquid dividing position, the fluid channel of the upper chip and the microporous array of the lower chip being overlapped no longer, and the solution being dispersed into the microporous array to form a droplet array. A contact surface between the upper chip and the lower chip is hydrophobic, and the microporous array sufficiently separates the generated droplets physically, thereby avoiding cross-contamination. The present invention can effectively control the size and shape of the generated droplet.

Remote sensing systems and devices are provided for monitoring conditions within infrastructure networks. In particular, the systems and devices are configured to monitor civil water infrastructure components, such as sewers, stormwater infrastructure, freshwater infrastructure, manholes, capture pits, sewers, or outlets. The devices include an antenna unit having an elongated, hollow shaft depending from the antenna unit, and a monitoring unit for housing electrical components, including sensors for detecting parameters. The monitoring unit is removably attached to the antenna unit via the shaft and connected to the monitored infrastructure component, e.g., a manhole cover or lid. The antenna unit and monitoring unit are separate, distinct, waterproof structures, and the elongated, hollow connecting shaft provides a passageway between the antenna unit and the monitoring unit while providing an essentially rigid connection.

A case for an electronic cigarette vaporiser, the case including an automatic lifting mechanism that lifts the vaporiser up a few mm from the case to enable a user to easily grasp the vaporiser and withdraw it from the case. The lifting mechanism can be spring-based. The case both re-fills the vaporiser with liquid and also re-charges a battery in the vaporiser.

A vehicle includes a chassis, a tractive element coupled to the chassis, a cab coupled to the chassis and configured to support an operator, a body coupled to the chassis and offset longitudinally rearward from the cab, such that a volume is defined between the cab and the body, an electric motor configured to drive the tractive element to propel the vehicle, a secondary electrical load, a battery configured to supply electrical energy, and a power distribution unit configured to direct the electrical energy from the battery to the electric motor and the secondary electrical load. The power distribution unit is positioned in the volume defined between the cab and the body.

A sensor element (100) for temperature measurement is described, comprising a carrier (2) and at least one functional layer (7) including a material with temperature-dependent electrical resistance, the functional layer (7) being disposed on an electrical insulating layer (3). The sensor element (100) further comprises at least two electrodes (4a, 4b) with electrode fingers (5) and at least two contact pads (10a, 10b) for electrical contact with the sensor element (100), each of the contact pads (10a, 10b) being disposed directly on a partial region of one of the electrodes (4a, 4b). The sensor element (100) is designed to be directly integrated into an electrical system as a discrete component. The sensor element (100) has narrow resistance tolerances, and the at least one functional layer (7) and / or at least one of the at least two electrodes (4a, 4b) are structured to adjust the resistance value. Furthermore, a method for manufacturing the sensor element (100) is described.

Features relating to a vaporizer body are provided. The vaporizer body may include an outer shell that includes an inner region defined by an outer shell sidewall. A support structure is configured to fit within the inner region of the outer shell. The support structure includes a storage region defined by a top support structure, a bottom support structure, a bottom cap, and a gasket. An integrated board assembly is configured to fit within the storage region of the support structure. The integrated board assembly may include a printed circuit board assembly formed of multiple layers that form a rigid structure and that include an inner, flexible layer. A first antenna is integrated at a proximal end of the flexible layer, and a second antenna is integrated at a distal end of the flexible layer.

A storage system for implementing crowdsourced delivery of a parcel can include a communication system configured to communicate wirelessly with an external server to receive an access setting, a storage locker, secured by a primary electronic locking mechanism, including a plurality of inner compartments each secured by respective secondary electronic locking mechanisms, one or more processors, and a memory communicably coupled to the one or more processors and storing: a locking module including instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to set the primary electronic locking mechanism and at least one secondary electronic locking mechanism to open in response, respectively, to a primary code and a secondary code based at least in part on information received in the access setting.

An improved system detects environmental anomalies in a shipping container and initiates mediation responses through generated hierarchical alarm notifications. The system includes a sensor-based ID node associated with a package within a container, and a command node mounted to the container in communication with the ID node and an external transceiver on a vehicle that shifts the container. The command node is programmed to detect sensor data from the ID node; comparing the sensor data with a wrapping environment threshold in the context data related to each ID node; detecting an environmental anomaly when the comparison indicates that the environmental condition of the at least one parcel exceeds its environmental threshold; responsively generating hierarchical alarm notifications identifying mediation recipients and mediation actions, and establishing a mediation response priority based on the comparison; and transmitting the hierarchical alert notification to the transceiver unit to initiate a mediation response associated with the mediation action.

This disclosure relates to flight control of electric aircraft and other vehicles. A computer-implemented method for estimating available range of an aircraft in flight is disclosed, comprising: receiving electrical information of one or more batteries measured using a first sensor; estimating aircraft-level energy based on electrical information of the one or more batteries; receiving one or more of an altitude of the aircraft or a current airspeed of the aircraft measured using a second sensor; estimating a steady-state force based on the one or more of the altitude of the aircraft or the current airspeed of the aircraft; estimating one or more of a vertical landing range or a horizontal landing range based on the one or more of the estimated aircraft-level energy or the estimated steady-state force; and displaying the one or more of the estimated vertical landing range or the estimated horizontal landing range on a display.

A medical supplies cabinet (1A) is disclosed. The cabinet (1A) comprises a housing presenting a medical supplies storage zone at where there is provided at least one medical supplies receptacle. The receptacle(s) is / are of a shape and configuration to be able to at least partly receive and hold at least one medical item. A sensor is associated with the receptacle(s). The sensor is configured to generate a signal indicative of the presence and / or absence, or removal of the medical item in / from the receptacle.

An improved system detects an environmental anomaly in a shipping container and initiates a mediation response through a generated layered alert notification. The system includes sensor-based ID nodes associated with packages within the container, and a command node mounted to the container communicating with the ID nodes and an external transceiver on a vehicle transporting the container. The command node is programmed to detect sensor data from the ID nodes; compare the sensor data to package environmental thresholds in context data related to each ID node; detect the environmental anomaly when the comparison indicates an environmental condition for at least one package exceeds its environmental threshold; responsively generate a layered alert notification identifying a mediation recipient and mediation action, and establishing a mediation response priority based upon the comparison; and transmit the layered alert notification to the transceiver unit to initiate a mediation response related to the mediation action.