Recent Patents on Engineering - Volume 18, Issue 6, 2024

Background: Potato is a major food crop that is widely grown in more than 100 countries around the world. The production of this crop is a labor-intensive process, and its field production mainly includes seed arrangement, seedling cutting, ploughing, ridging, transplanting, field management, and harvesting (vine cutting, digging, cleaning up, and collection). With the improved models, the labor can be reduced to nearly half in Read More

One of the main areas of study within the broader paradigm of quantum machine learning is quantum clustering (QC). Considering the potential time and cost savings that solutions to realworld issues employing QC algorithms bring, in comparison to their classical methods, researchers have recently developed a keen interest in QC. With new algorithms and their applications being invented virtually every other day, this is still Read More

The latest research in soft electronics reveals a substantial demand for devices that can fold, bend and stretch to suit the requirements of technological advances. Cellulose, silk, and elastomers are employed in making biodegradable, environmentally benign substrates that accommodate nanofibers, nanoparticles, nanotubes, graphene, and biomaterials in their nano-form. Flexible materials can hold circuits Read More

Background: Fruit and vegetable picking, as the most important part of fruit and vegetable production, is a labor-intensive industry. Fruit and vegetable picking robots can effectively improve the efficiency of picking and reduce labor requirements. As the most important part of the picking robot, the picking end-effector effectively plays a key role in improving the picking efficiency and ensuring the wholeness of the fruit. Th Read More

Background: Tractor rollover accidents are the most severe problem in agricultural production. According to the statistical analysis of the rollover incidents, some rollover accidents can be avoided by timely anti-rollover warning and active control. There are a few researches on the anti-rollover control for agricultural tractors, although great progress in the research on tractor security has been achieved, such as rollover Read More

Background: Knowing that magnesium (Mg) alloys and its composites bear the potential of being used simultaneously for light structural as well as biomedical applications, it appears prudent to look for developing a novel Mg alloy; the concurrent demand is to monitor recent trend in development of functional Mg-alloy and its composite materials through extensive patent search. Review of recent patents in the relate Read More

Micro-arc oxidation (MAO) is a new surface treatment technology that can improve wear resistance, corrosion resistance, high voltage insulation, and other metal properties. Therefore, this technology is widely used in automobile manufacturing, aerospace, ship anti-corrosion, medical equipment, sewage treatment, and other fields. This paper reviews the representative patents of micro-arc oxidation technology at hom Read More

The exterior walls of buildings play a major role in the road for a near-zero energy building. Nowadays, in Portugal, the ETICS system is the most used technology to ensure the thermal insulation of exterior walls of buildings. However, the ETICS system has low resistance to impacts and requires a self-supporting sheet of wall, among other disadvantages. Here, the concept of new technology for exterior walls of residenti Read More

Background: Cerebral palsy is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder with various etiological factors and treatment options. This narrative patent review aimed to summarize the causes of cerebral palsy, identify areas needing additional research in treatment approaches, and highlight areas requiring further investigation. In order to provide a thorough overview of management techniques to lessen the effects of the illness an Read More

Background: With the continued advancement of industrial internet technology, mechanical manufacturing is increasingly developing towards automation and intelligence. As a result, monitoring the manufacturing process has become an essential requirement for intelligent manufacturing. As one of the fundamental components of cutting processes, tools are inevitably subject to wear and damage during use. Therefore, too Read More

Background: The nonlinear problem of the electro-hydraulic servo system directly affects the system accuracy, response speed and other indicators, and the resulting problems of control inaccuracy and response delay urgently need to be solved. Method: This article provides an overview of the working principle of electro-hydraulic servo systems, reviews the development history of electro-hydraulic servo system Read More