摘要:
Embodiments include portable support systems configured to support structures, and corresponding methods. The portable support systems include two individual segments, pieces and/or panels that couple or combine and fit together to form the support systems. The support systems of embodiments are configured for the spanning and/or support of structures including pipes, hoses, and/or cables over structures, voids, and/or obstacles, thereby preventing dislodging and insufficient support of pipes, hoses, and/or cables from the support systems. The support systems of embodiments are configured to prevent improperly supported walls from collapse as a result of improper support of objects spanning the wall.
摘要:
An improved method for final balancing a brake drum determines the location and length of a first constant depth cut and a second constant depth cut along the squealer band which are necessary to correct the imbalance, and using a cutting machine, makes the first and second constant depth cuts at the predetermined location and for the predetermined length along the squealer band to produce a final balanced brake drum. Preferably, the cutting machine is a milling machine which produces a plunge type entrance/exit cut. It is a further feature of the invention to provide a feather type entrance/exit cut to reduce the stress concentrations, and produce a cosmetically more appealing final balanced brake drum.
摘要:
A spacecraft comprises a first module including a first assembly of components and a second module including a second assembly of components and a thermal radiator. The second module is movable between a stowed position proximate the first module whereat the thermal radiator is only partially operative and a deployed position distant from the first module whereat the thermal radiator means is fully operative for dissipating waste heat to deep space for at least one of the first and second assemblies of components. In one embodiment, the first module includes a housing defining an interior cavity, the second module including a casing so shaped and dimensioned as to be telescopically received within the internal cavity of the first module and the second module being translationally movable along a deploying axis between the stowed position and the deployed position but incapable of mutual rotation about the deploying axis. In another embodiment, a spacecraft includes a plurality of discrete faces and comprises an equipment panel including an assembly of heat generating components which require cooling, a thermal radiator, and a connecting hinge mounting the equipment panel for pivotal movement between a stowed position proximate one of said faces whereat the thermal radiator is only partially operative and a deployed position distant from the face whereat said thermal radiator means is fully operative for dissipating waste heat from the assembly to deep space.
摘要:
A spacecraft power system having an increased number of battery cells that is charged to the battery's full capacity, which exceeds a predetermined maximum voltage allowed by a bus. The battery can be disconnected from the bus during charging. The battery is then partially discharged to accommodate the bus before being reconnected. This provides a reduced voltage range experienced by the bus, as the minimum battery voltage is increased by the increased number of cells. A tap is provided to supply the bus with power when the battery is disconnected from the bus, and when a solar array powering the bus fails to supply current to the bus.
摘要:
An improved method for final balancing a brake drum determines the location and length of a first constant depth cut and a second constant depth cut along the squealer band which are necessary to correct the imbalance, and using a cutting machine, makes the first and second constant depth cuts at the predetermined location and for the predetermined length along the squealer band to produce a final balanced brake drum. Preferably, the cutting machine is a milling machine which produces a plunge type entrance/exit cut. It is a further feature of the invention to provide a feather type entrance/exit cut to reduce the stress concentrations, and produce a cosmetically more appealing final balanced brake drum.
摘要:
When the cell of a battery, most notably a lithium ion battery, fails and human intervention is unavailable to correct the problem. a system is provided for optimizing the energy storage capacity of the battery. At least two cellular strings, each including a plurality of battery cells, are connected electrically in series. All cellular strings contain the same number of battery cells and are electrically connected in parallel to form a battery array powering a load. A sensor detects the condition of each battery cell and sends a signal of the detected condition to a controller for operating the battery array for powering the load. A switching arrangement is responsive to the sensor, upon failure of a battery cell in one cellular string, for disconnecting at least one other battery cell of the battery array such that, thereafter, the modified battery array continues to power the load with reduced but optimized capacity. In one instance, the switching arrangement is operable, upon failure of the battery cell in one cellular string to disconnect that cellular string from the remaining cellular strings which, thereafter, alone continue to power the load. In another instance, the switching arrangement is operable, upon failure of the battery cell in one cellular string, to disconnect a battery cell from each of the remaining cellular strings whereby all of the cellular strings continue, as originally, to have an equal, albeit reduced, number of active battery cells, the modified battery array continuing to power the load.
摘要:
Plastic hydrophobic material is bonded to a metallic sheet member such that the resulting sandwich structure is impervious to electrochemical delamination. First and second films of the plastic hydrophobic material are applied to opposed surfaces of the metallic sheet member and extend beyond a peripheral edge of the metallic sheet member to form contiguous border portions. A plurality of perforations are formed through the metallic sheet member at locations spaced from its peripheral edge. A resulting sandwich structure of the metallic sheet member and the first and second films are compressed and simultaneously the temperature is raised to the sintering temperature of the hydrophobic film material. The first and second films are caused to melt sufficiently at their interfaces to cause an intermixing of the juxtaposed material thereof throughout the region of the border portions and throughout the regions of the perforations. When the resulting sandwich structure is cooled to room temperature and the films return to the hardened state, they are firmly bonded together in the region of the border to form an integral fringe which seals the peripheral edge of the metallic sheet member from ambient conditions and throughout the regions of the perforations such that the first and second films, respectively, are drawn firmly into engagement with the metallic sheet member by reason of the differential coefficient of thermal expansion between the metallic sheet member and the hydrophobic film material.
摘要:
An improved method of charging a rechargeable nickel/hydrogen battery comprises the steps of applying a charging current to the battery resulting in a substantially full state of charge, then for a period up to approximately 60 minutes before the onset of discharging, applying a boost charging current at a rate in the range of approximately C to C/20 for a duration up to approximately 60 minutes. The charging of the battery before applying the boost step may include the application of a taper charging current. Also, at the end of the taper charging step and immediately prior to the boost charge, a trickle charging current may be applied at a rate in the range of approximately C/80 to C/500. In another instance, when the battery has been charged to about 70% to 95% of a full state of charge, the linearly decreasing taper charge may be applied until a final desired recharge ratio is reached. Thereafter, up to a duration of approximately 60 minutes before the onset of discharging, the boost charging current may be applied at a rate in the range of approximately C to C/20 for part of or for the entire duration. The timed sequence of the initial high rate charge, the taper charge, the trickle charge, and the boost charge, in conjunction with proper control of battery temperature and recharge ratio has been found to increase overall battery capacity by approximately 10% to 30%.
摘要:
An improved method for final balancing the brake drum determines the location and length of a constant depth cut along the squealer band which is necessary to correct the imbalance, and using a cutting machine, makes the constant depth cut at the predetermined location and for the predetermined length along the squealer band to produce a final balanced brake drum. Preferably, the cutting machine is a milling machine which produces a plunge type entrance/exit cut. It is a further feature of the invention to provide a feather type entrance/exit cut to reduce the stress concentrations, and produce a cosmetically more appealing final balanced brake drum.
摘要:
The capacity of a nickel hydroxide based battery is increased when recharge is carried out at a much lower temperature than its discharge. In the instance of a vehicle including a load powered by a nickel oxide-hydrogen battery, a generator is provided for recharging the battery. A switch is selectively movable between a first position electrically coupling the battery to the load for operating the load and a second position electrically coupling the battery to the generator for recharging. Temperature control apparatus maintains the temperature of the battery at a first temperature in the range of approximately 10.degree. C. to 50.degree. C. when the battery is electrically coupled to the load and is operable for maintaining the battery at a second temperature substantially lower than the first temperature and in the range of approximately 10.degree. C. to -30.degree. C. when the battery is electrically coupled to the generator. When the battery is used to propel the vehicle, the temperature control apparatus may include a stationary heat exchanger external to the vehicle to which the battery can be coupled for cooling and an external source of EMF may also be provided to which the battery can be coupled for recharging.