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Systems and methods are described for updating an influence model used to manage physical conditions of an environmentally controlled space. A method comprises operating an environmental maintenance system in a first production mode with the influence model until an event causes the system to enter a second production mode. In the second production mode a first actuator's operation level is varied and operation levels of other actuators are optimized. The influence model is adjusted based on the operation levels.

A radiant heating and cooling system clip for positioning a tube and construction support wire with one hand comprising an interior having a main channel for positioning a tube with a narrowing second channel within said main channel for positioning a wire.

A support system for an elongate object comprising an elongate support bar, a tower member, and a stackable riser for securing the elongate object to the tower member.

A golf bag cover attachment for the rear compartment of a golf cart that protects golf bags and equipment from inclement weather, such as rainfall. The golf bag cover attachment includes a plurality of elongate members that are secured together to form a semi-rigid structure that can be selectively moved into and out of an operative condition to cover the equipment platform on which the golf bags are placed. The golf bag cover attachment is strong, lightweight, durable, easy to install, and can be attached to golf carts with little effort.

The present invention provides a mounting unit for solar panels that simplifies the complexity of storage, transit and in-field installation of solar electric generation systems. According to one embodiment, the mounting unit comprises a top panel, a bottom panel and a pair of panel guides, each formed integral with and adjacent to an opposing side of the top panel. Each panel guide includes a horizontal portion for supporting a solar panel and a vertical portion for providing an air channel between a bottom surface of the solar panel and an upper surface of the top panel. The air channel enables natural convection to cool the solar panel and optionally a power conversion device used within the system, thereby improving the solar conversion efficiency of the system. An improved method for installing a solar electric generation system is also provided herein.

An easily-installed groutless wall tile plank backsplash system includes plural lower tile planks positioned edgewise spaced from each other in a horizontal direction of a wall in a lower plane. Plural upper tile planks have a decorative surface and edge finish, optionally three-dimensional, and are positioned edgewise spaced apart from each other in a second, upper plane. The lower and upper planks are configured such that facing inner edges of two nearest neighbor adjacent lower planks in the lower plane are covered by a single upper plank positioned over the inner edges of the adjacent lower planks in the upper plane. The planks are secured by an adhesive without mechanical fasteners, substantially reducing installation time. In order to custom fit a wall space, the spacing between adjacent upper planks and adjacent lower planks is variable. For emphasis, a lower tile plank can be a large decorative mural tile plank.

An automatic transfer switch includes a main body having a solenoid side and an auxiliary side. A solenoid side limit switch assembly is mounted to the solenoid side and an auxiliary side limit switch assembly is mounted on the auxiliary side. The solenoid side limit switch assembly includes a plurality of limit switches and a solenoid side mounting plate. The auxiliary side limit switch assembly includes a plurality of limit switches and an auxiliary side mounting plate.

A cobra arm enclosure device has a hull, a lid, and features for a light pole and a light fixture to attach thereto. The device has a generally rectangular prismatic form that sheds precipitation and ice. It has a top surface upon the lid, a bottom surface upon the hull, a left side, a right side, a front, and a back. The enclosure has an extension that fits into a light fixture. The back of the enclosure has a receiver that fits upon a light pole arm. The enclosure has a width generally greater than that of the cobra arm. Within the invention, it has a storage capacity for electrical components. The invention is an inline enclosure for direct transmission of electrical power and signaling. The invention serves in a system where a central control operates street lighting across a city.

An electrical floor box assembly for installation in a floor structure includes an electrical floor box having a plurality of sidewalls and at least one clamp device attached to a sidewall so that the floor box may be mounted to a raised floor structure or leveled atop a support surface using the clamp device. The clamp device includes a clamp body, a threaded rod mounted for rotation along a longitudinal axis within the clamp body, and a clamp arm threadingly engaging the threaded rod so that it is movable along the rod in association with rotation thereof and can be moved into engagement with the undersurface of the floor structure to secure the floor box in place. The clamp device may further include a leveling subassembly for installation of the electrical floor box onto a support surface prior to construction of the floor around the leveled floor box.

Covering for a roof and vertical surfaces, constituted by a prefabricated element includes a base layer (1) of a waterproofing substrate; an upper covering (2) made of slate parts (3) fixed by adhesive. A mechanical fastener for the slate parts and anchor for anchoring the prefabricated element to the roof.

The invention relates to an offshore installation method of a wind power generator and its fabrication segments. A prefabricated wind power generator is finished at a first location, and then carried by a ship to a second location for installation, largely saving installation time. With a tower inserted down through a base to shrink height of the generator, the ship can not only effectively diminish shaking posed by wind and sea waves, advancing steadiness of delivery, but also be one with smaller tonnage to save cost.

A vertical subsea tree is operated by a subsea control module supplied with hydraulic and electric power from the surface through the vertical subsea tree. A landing sub is communicatively coupled to the surface with a landing sub umbilical and run to the vertical subsea tree. The landing sub engages mating penetrations on an upper portion of the master valve block of the vertical subsea tree to supply flow passages extending from the penetrations to the subsea control module through the master valve block. The subsea control module is then operated through the landing sub umbilical to control operation of the vertical subsea tree.

A two-piece rooftop photovoltaic mounting system. A fixed base portion is attached directly to a roof surface via a lag bolt or other mechanical fastener. A movable portion is attached to and pivots about the base portion providing freedom of movement radially and axially with respect to the base portion. A photovoltaic module coupler is attached to the movable portion to support at least two photovoltaic modules at a location dictated by positioning of the movable portion. A locking nut locks the movable portion to the base portion at the desired location. A sheet of sealant material under the base portion helps prevent ingress of water into the roof surface via the lag bolt.

A strain gauge collar includes at least one strain gauge installed on a base and at least one clamp on the base. The at least one clamp is configured to attach the strain gauge collar to a main steam line (MSL) as a single unit.

The invention discloses a power battery mounting structure of a new energy commercial vehicle, which comprises a frame body cross beam, a frame body longitudinal beam and a middle longitudinal beam fixedly connected, wherein, the middle longitudinal beam is arranged parallel between the two frame body longitudinal beams, and the frame body cross beam is vertically arranged with the frame body longitudinal beam and the middle longitudinal beam; The middle longitudinal beam is provided with grooves, and a plurality of rollers are fixed in the grooves at intervals; A plurality of mounting holes are arranged on the longitudinal beams of the frame body. A plurality of positioning holes are arranged on the side wall of the groove, and the roller is positioned in the groove through the cooperation of the bolt and the positioning hole. As that pow battery mounting structure of the new energy commercial vehicle is adopt, when the power battery is installed on the production line, the bolt mounting hole are aligned conveniently, the hoisting or the forklift truck is convenient to move, and the power battery replacement is facilitated; And the installation time is less, and the production efficiency of the whole vehicle is improved.

An electronic device for the ignition system of an engine, which may incorporate circuitry for voltage amplification via transformer action, while also containing circuitry for sensing operational parameters, circuitry for calculation of derived values from the sensed data or operational parameters, circuitry for storage of the data and derived values, circuitry for engine system control, and circuitry for the wireless communication of data and derived values.

A conveyor system for sorting objects is provided. The conveyor system includes a plurality of lanes arranged in series with one another, wherein each of the lanes is operable to convey and sort a plurality of objects therealong. The conveyor system also includes at least one peripheral device associated with at least one of the lanes that is operable to facilitate the conveying and sorting of the objects. The system also includes logic circuitry in communication with the at least one peripheral device, as well as at least one distribution device in communication with the logic circuitry and the at least one peripheral device. Each distribution device includes a plurality of ports for receiving respective cables therein, and at least one cable couples the logic circuitry and the distribution device and at least one cable couples each peripheral device and the distribution device, wherein each of the cables are coupled without hard wiring.

A connection rod comprising first and second connection elements. The first element comprises a shaft, a first connector at a shaft proximal end and a piercing body at a shaft distal end. The second element comprises a hollow casing with a fluid barrier therein, which, when intact, forms first and second reactive fluid material reservoirs, both within the casing. The second connection element comprises a second proximal end connector and a distal end inlet hole to the second reservoir. The piercing body fits within the casing and the shaft slidably engages the inlet hole such that the first element slides relative to the second element. The piercing body pierces the fluid barrier such that the reactive fluid materials mix between the reservoirs and react to form a reacted solid material restraining the piercing body within the casing to prevent relative sliding between the first and the second connection elements.

A playpen cover for a pontoon boat includes a cover panel sized to cover a pontoon boat deck, where the cover panel has loop channel. A ratchet loop is disposed in the loop channel and is attachable at ends of the ratchet loop to respective boat cleats. A ratchet system cooperable with the ratchet loop is disposed between the boat cleats. The ratchet loop attaches to the boat cleat and requires no fastener.

The invention discloses a multi-angle reversing device for a door lock handle. The device comprises a lock surface, a handle rotatably connected to the lock surface through a connecting section, an elastic assembly and a counter lock rotary knob transmission device, wherein the counter lock rotary knob transmission device is connected to a lock cylinder through a connecting rod; the counter lock rotary knob transmission device comprises a rotary knob part and an extended section body, and a connecting seat is arranged on the extended section body in a sleeving manner; a notch part is formed inthe end part of the extended section body, and an anti-inverted supporting leg is formed on the connecting rod; the connecting section penetrating a lock hole in the lock surface is in rotation-stopping fit to a rotary part, and the lock hole is formed in a counter lock hole; a rotation-stopping bump is formed on the rotary part, and at least two rotation-stopping surfaces are formed on the rotation-stopping bump; a transitional surface is formed between adjacent rotation-stopping surfaces; and the elastic assembly comprises an elastic part, a movable substrate pushed by the elastic part to move up and down and an extended section arranged on the movable substrate to be in contact fit to the rotation-stopping bump. The multi-angle reversing device disclosed by the invention is simple in structure, high in mounting efficiency, low in mounting cost and convenient to package and transport, and it is labor-saving to rotate the handle.

The invention belongs to the technical field of ocean engineering and provides an active feedback control method and a device used for installing a single blade of a fan, comprising a collection system, a monitoring system, a calculation system and an execution system. The invention is suitable for installing a large sea fan. For the method of single blade installation, the total transportation time of a fan structure is shorter. After applying the method provided by the invention, the assembly process is quickened to a great extent so as to shorten the assembly time, operation time, etc. Therefore, the method is beneficial to reducing the time for installing the fan integrally, reducing the total cost of the fan, reducing the grid purchase price of wind energy, increasing the competitiveness of the wind energy and promoting the promotion and use of a clean energy.

A mooring system includes a vessel with a lower-side cavity, a turret extending from deck level to the cavity, and a coupling mechanism releasably attaching a mooring buoy to the cavity, at least one buoy-supported riser. The riser end has a coupling member, the riser being slidable via a buoy opening, a riser connector member being attached to a movable transport member upwardly displaceable by a drive element, for: when the buoy and vessel are coupled, attaching the riser connector member to the transport member transporting the transport member upward while sliding the riser through the buoy and attaching the coupling member to a vessel transfer duct, and for lowering the riser while sliding the riser through the buoy until the connector member is supported by the buoy, prior to coupling member release, and release of the riser connector member from the transport member, followed by buoy lowering.

A filament winding apparatus includes: N guide members arranged around a liner having an elongate shape such that the N guide members are centered around a center axis of the liner, the center axis extending in a longitudinal direction of the liner, each of the N guide members being configured to supply one bundle of fibers, and N being an integer equal to or larger than two, a drive unit configured to repeat, W times, a winding operation to helically wind N bundles of fibers supplied respectively from the N guide members around the liner at the same winding angle to form a reinforcing layer, the winding operation being an operation in which each of the N guide members travels, in a direction parallel to the center axis of the liner, from and back to a winding start position, and W being an integer equal to or larger than two.

The invention relates to the technical field of building decoration and discloses an installation structure. The installation structure comprises a transmission piece, a transmission rod and a sectionbar, wherein the transmission piece is a conversion rod or a locking rod or an angle driver, the transmission rod is arranged in a groove of the section bar, the transmission piece is installed in the groove of the section bar through a clamping assembly, the clamping assembly comprises a base, a rotating piece and an elastic piece, and the base is provided with an accommodating groove and a first boss; the rotating piece is arranged in the accommodating groove and is rotatably connected with the base, the rotating piece comprises a clamping sheet, and when the rotating piece rotates, the twoends of the clamping sheet can extend out of the accommodating groove to be clamped with the groove of the section bar, one end of the elastic piece along the length direction of the elastic piece isarranged on the first boss, and the other end of the elastic piece can abut against the side surface of the clamping sheet so as to limit the rotation of the clamping sheet. The installation structure is convenient to operate, simple in structure, high in installation efficiency, stable in structure, free of slot punching and accurate calculation of the length of the transmission rod, and large in error allowable range.

A PV array rail mounting system for use on support structures that include a substrate and covering material. In an aspect, the PV array rail mounting system is configured to be mounted to a roof with various tile types. In an aspect, the PV array rail mounting system includes a mounting hook for shared rails that allow the rails to be adjustably mounted. The overall PV array rail mounting system is configured to allow a rail be mounted on a roof tiles without the excessive removal of such tiles when mounted.

An operational status module 11 for a vehicle security system is disclosed. A security system processor in the security system interacts with the operational status module 11 to determine if the security system should arm when an arm command is processed by the security system. The operational status module 11 has an audio or vibration sensing transducer 13 arranged to pick up a signal indicative of operation of a vehicle. The transducer 13 is connected to circuitry 15 providing a digital representation of the signal sensed by the transducer 13 which is received by a processor 21. The processor 21 will issue a control signal to cause an overriding of an arm command if the digital representation contains a signal representative of vehicle or engine vibration within a window period.

The invention discloses a branch wire clamp capable of being separated quickly, which comprises a wire clamp unit, the wire clamp unit comprises a support and a sliding frame connected with the support, the support comprises a connecting piece, a first snap ring connected with one end of the connecting piece and a fixed seat connected with the other end of the connecting piece, and a through holeis formed in the fixed seat; a separation unit which comprises a sliding rod located in the through hole and an annular piece connected with the sliding rod, wherein the sliding rod penetrates throughthe through hole; and a telescopic unit which comprises a rotating piece rotationally connected with the sliding frame and a stud connected to one end of the rotating piece, wherein a screw hole is formed in one end of the sliding rod, and the stud is connected with the screw hole. When power-off operation is needed, the branch wire clamp can be rapidly loosened, the separation effect is achieved, the arranged telescopic unit can be adjusted according to the thickness of a wire, and the device can be connected more firmly.