Potter Clarkson

The present invention discloses a soft twist terry fabric and a manufacturing method thereof that produces upright, profiled pile loops with high bulk, softness, and durable loop stability without zero-twist constructions or water-soluble fibers or other conventional techniques that compromise loop stability and environmental sustainability. Each pile loop is formed from a plied pile yarn comprising a coarse yarn and a fine yarn twisted in opposite directions and plied by Two-For-One twisting in the fine yarn's direction. Controlled plying operation is employed to yield a balloon-like spiral cover at the loop crown and a spring-like fine yarn at the loop base. A fine-yarn helical wrap angle of about 15°-30° is obtained relative to the plied yarn axis and at least two fine-yarn turns per loop is obtained for root firmness and shape retention. The process further stabilizes spirality and reduces linting by approximately 20-40% after repeated washes.

The present disclosure provides a controller for a welding system, wherein the welding system comprises a welder and associated welding parameter sensor, wherein the welder comprises a heat generation element configured to generate heat at a weld location on a workpiece suitable for forming a weld and a feed device configured to supply a consumable material to the weld location based on a received control signal, wherein the controller is configured to: receive a sensed parameter from the welding parameter sensor indicative of a characteristic of an interaction between the consumable material and one of: the workpiece; and the heat generation element; and generate and output the control signal configured to control the supply of the consumable material by the feed device based on the sensed parameter. There is also provided a corresponding welding control system, welding system, method and computer program product.

An airport rescue fire fighting vehicle includes a chassis, a front axle coupled to the chassis, a rear axle coupled to the chassis, an energy storage device, a water tank, a water turret, an electromechanical transmission configured to drive at least one of the front axle or the rear axle, with the electromechanical transmission including a plurality of electric motors, a gear train coupling the plurality of electric motors, and a power-take-off, a pump system configured to pump water from the water tank to the water turret, and a hydrostatic drive. The hydrostatic drive includes a hydrostatic pump coupled to the power-take-off, and a hydrostatic motor fluidly coupled to the hydrostatic pump, with the hydrostatic motor coupled to the pump system. The hydrostatic pump is driven with the power-take-off to pump hydraulic fluid to the hydrostatic motor to drive the pump system.

An airport rescue fire fighting vehicle includes a chassis, a front axle and a rear axle, an engine, an energy storage device, a water tank, a water turret, an electromagnetic device configured to drive the front axle or the rear axle, with the electromagnetic device including a plurality of electric motors coupled together by a first geartrain, a pump system configured to pump water from the water tank to the water turret, a first clutch coupled to the electromagnetic device, a second clutch coupled to the pump system, a third clutch coupled to the engine, and a second geartrain positioned between the first clutch, the second clutch, and the third clutch. The pump system is selectively mechanically coupled to the electromagnetic device such that the electromagnetic device can back-drive the pump system when the first clutch and the second clutch are engaged, and the third clutch is disengaged.

The present disclosure relates to a system for use in a process for implementing a miniaturized structure of an anisotropic material, the system comprising a lithography system for defining an etching mask compatible with the shape of the miniaturized structure, a dry etching system used to define the sidewalls and facts of the miniaturized structure, a chemical etching system used to define the bottom profile of the miniaturized structure. Optionally the etching system may be replaced or complemented by another system capable of dicing, cutting or ablating the anisotropic crystal so to define the sidewalls and facets of the miniaturized structure. The system may comprise also a tool to transfer the miniaturized structure from the bulk wafer where it was structured to a new substrate. The present disclosure further relates to a method for obtaining a micro- or nano-structure starting from a monolithic wafer of an anisotropic material with thickness between several tens of microns and few millimeters.

The present document is directed to methods for producing therapeutically active limonoids as well as new limonoid-type compounds.

Systems, devices and methods for providing a pressurized fluid for facilitating conductive gel release prior to providing cardiac therapy to a patient are disclosed. A first system can include a chemical reaction chamber including a first chemical and a second chemical isolated from each other by a mechanical barrier. The mechanical barrier is configured to be compromised upon receiving a signal from an electrotherapy device controller such that the first chemical and second chemical come into contact to produce a sufficient amount of pressurized fluid. An alternative system can include a pressure source comprising a reservoir containing a pressurized fluid. The pressure source can also include at least one release mechanism configured to cause a release of the pressurized fluid from the reservoir to an exit port of the pressure source when a wearable medical device is preparing to deliver a therapeutic shock to a patient.

An electrified fire fighting vehicle includes a chassis, a cab coupled to the chassis, a user interface disposed within the cab, a body coupled to the chassis rearward of the cab, an electric motor supported by the chassis, a battery pack supported by the chassis and electrically coupled to the electric motor, and a control system. The control system is configured to perform, at startup, a plurality of checks on the electrified fire fighting vehicle to determine an electric (EV) ready state, and provide an indication via the user interface that the electrified fire fighting vehicle is in the EV ready state and can be started in an EV ready mode, where the vehicle can operate using the electric motor as a primary power source.

A system (100) and method for AI-based modernization of legacy applications through ontology driven knowledge extraction and relearning is provided. First and second input type is processed using preconfigured LLM agent. Knowledge graph representing semantics and implemented rules of the legacy application is generated using first and second input types and summaries of first and second input types. Relearning operation is performed to determine implemented rules from first input type using first prompt type and to generate data dictionary by executing a multi-step workflow. Workflows are derived from first and second input types by extracting semantic and syntactic relationships across the first and second input types. Knowledge graph, implemented rules, workflows and data dictionary are employed for downstream modernization activities associated with first input type.

Methods for preparing and using collagen extracts and collagen scaffolds are provided. Additionally methods and related kits for the repair of articular tissue using the collagen material are provided.