A sump housing apparatus for a gas turbine engine includes :
an annular body ; and a plurality of service tubes arrayed
around the body , each service tube having a proximal end
intersecting the body and an opposed distal end , each service
tube having an inner port communicating with an interior of
the body ; wherein the body and at least one of the service
tubes are part of a monolithic whole .
Patent Grants
CONTEXTUAL KEY MANAGEMENT FOR DATA ENCRYPTION
Example methods , apparatus , systems and articles of manu
facture ( e.g. , physical storage media ) to implement contex
tual key management for data encryption are disclosed .
Example apparatus disclosed herein to perform contextual
encryption key management , which are also referred to
herein as contextual key managers , include an example
context discoverer to discover context information associ
ated with a request to access first encrypted data . Such
disclosed example apparatus also include an example con
textual key mapper to identify a combination of context
rules associated with a key that is to provide access to the
first encrypted data , validate the context information asso
ciated with the request based on the combination of context
rules associated with the key to determine whether the
request to access the first encrypted data is valid , and obtain
the key from a key management service when the request to
access the first encrypted data is valid .
WHEEL STEERING APPARATUS TO GENERATE POSITIVE ACKERMANN
Vehicle suspension systems are described herein . An
example apparatus includes a cam pivotably coupled to a
rear axle . The example apparatus also includes a first tie rod
having a first end pivotably coupled to the cam and a second
end pivotably coupled to a steering knuckle . The example
apparatus also includes a second tie rod having a first end
pivotably coupled to the cam outboard relative to the first
end of the first tie rod and a second end coupled to a steering
actuator .
Technologies for emotion prediction based on breathing patterns
Technologies for emotion prediction based on breathing
patterns include a wearable device . The wearable device
includes a breathing sensor to generate breathing data , one
or more processors , and one or more memory devices having
stored therein a plurality of instructions that , when executed ,
cause the wearable device to calibrate a personalized emo
tion predictive model associated with the user , collect
breathing data of the user of the wearable device , analyze the
breathing data to determine a breathing pattern , predict , in
response to an analysis of the breathing data , the emotional
state of the user using the personalized emotion predictive
model , and output the emotional state of the user .
METHODS AND APPARATUS TO GENERATE AND MANAGE WORKLOAD DOMAINS IN VIRTUAL SERVER RACKS
Methods , apparatus , systems and articles of manufacture are
disclosed . An example apparatus includes a requirement
translator to map a requirement to a hardware resource to
execute an application in a workload domain , a cost calcu
lator to calculate a cost for the hardware resource based on
a demand for the hardware resource , an option generator to
determine whether the cost exceeds a cost budget , and a
resource allocator to add the hardware resource to the
workload domain when the cost does not exceed the cost
budget .
Methods and apparatus for assessing coordinate data
Methods and apparatus for assessing coordinate data are
disclosed . An example apparatus includes a processor to
receive coordinate data relating to a desired path and task of
a vehicle . The processor of the example apparatus to deter
mine if the coordinate data satisfies a threshold . The pro
cessor of the example apparatus to determine if the coordi
nate data is compatible with a positioning system of the
vehicle . The processor of the example apparatus to authorize
operation of the vehicle to traverse the desired path based on
the coordinate data .
METHODS AND APPARATUS TO REDUCE NOISE FROM HARMONIC NOISE SOURCES
Methods , apparatus , systems and articles of manufacture are
disclosed to reduce noise from harmonic noise sources . An
example apparatus includes a contour tracer to determine a
first point of comparatively large amplitude of a frequency
component in a frequency spectrum of an audio sample ,
determine a set of points in the frequency spectrum having
amplitude values within an amplitude threshold of the first
point , frequency values within a frequency threshold of the
first point , and phase values within a phase threshold of the
first point , increment a counter when a distance between ( 1 )
a second point in the set of points and ( 2 ) the first point
satisfies a distance threshold , and when the counter satisfies
a counter threshold , generate the contour trace , the contour
trace including the set of points , and a subtractor to remove
the contour trace from the audio sample when the amplitude
values satisfy an outlier threshold .
Locking line capture devices for unmanned aircraft, and associated systems and methods
Locking line capture devices for unmanned aircraft are
disclosed . An example line capture device is configured to
be attached to a wing of an unmanned aerial vehicle ( UAV ) .
The example line capture device includes a body having a
line capture slot . The line capture slot has an open end and
a closed end . The example line capture device further
includes a retainer having a first lobe , a second lobe , and a
third lobe . The retainer is movable relative to the body
between a first position in which the first and third lobes are
positioned on opposite sides of the line capture slot and the
second lobe is positioned over the line capture slot , and a
second position in which the first and second lobes are
positioned over the line capture slot and the third lobe is
positioned clear of the line capture slot
AUGMENTED REALITY CONTROLLERS AND RELATED METHODS
Example augmented reality controllers and related methods are disclosed herein. An example wearable device for controlling digital reality content includes a frame sized to fit around a neck of a user and a first sensor coupled to a first portion of the frame. The first sensor is to generate biosensor data for the user wearing the frame. The example wearable device includes a second sensor coupled to a second portion of the frame. The second sensor is to generate second sensor data different from the biosensor data. One or more of the biosensor data or the second sensor data is to be used by a processor in communication with the first sensor and the second sensor to control the digital reality content.
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING VEHICLE RIDE PERFORMANCE
Example methods and systems for optimizing vehicle ride
performance are disclosed herein . An example apparatus
includes a calculator to calculate a vertical velocity of a
vehicle wheel and a comparer to perform a comparison of
the vertical velocity to a threshold . The example apparatus
includes a damping force manager to determine a damping
force to be generated by a vehicle suspension system based
on the comparison and a communicator to transmit a request
including the damping force to be generated to the vehicle
suspension system .