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A method of manufacturing a fibre preform comprising the following method steps: laying a fibre mat on a depositing surface which is formed by a web surface of a mould core, a first support surface of a first support device and a second support surface of a second support device, the first support surface and the second support surface each adjoining the web surface of the mould core laterally; covering the fibre mat with an elastically deformable, gas-tight foil; pressing the fibre mat flat against the depositing surface by generating a vacuum between the foil and the depositing surface; placing the fibre mat against side surfaces (10b; 10c) of the mould core extending transversely to the web surface by moving the support devices (21; 22) and the mould core relative to each other in such a way that a difference in level (h21; h22) between the web surface of the mould core and the support surfaces (21a; 22a) of the support devices (21; 22) is increased; and heating the fibre mat and thereby activating a binder material contained in the fibre mat or changing the viscosity of a matrix material of the fibre mat to fix the fibres of the fibre mat in the position obtained by applying the fibre mat to the side surfaces (10b; 10c) of the mould core, the heating being effected by generating an electric current flow through electrically conductive fibres of the fibre mat. laying a fibre mat on a depositing surface which is formed by a web surface of a mould core, a first support surface of a first support device and a second support surface of a second support device, the first support surface and the second support surface each adjoining the web surface of the mould core laterally; covering the fibre mat with an elastically deformable, gas-tight foil; pressing the fibre mat flat against the depositing surface by generating a vacuum between the foil and the depositing surface; placing the fibre mat against side surfaces (10b; 10c) of the mould core extending transversely to the web surface by moving the support devices (21; 22) and the mould core relative to each other in such a way that a difference in level (h21; h22) between the web surface of the mould core and the support surfaces (21a; 22a) of the support devices (21; 22) is increased; and heating the fibre mat and thereby activating a binder material contained in the fibre mat or changing the viscosity of a matrix material of the fibre mat to fix the fibres of the fibre mat in the position obtained by applying the fibre mat to the side surfaces (10b; 10c) of the mould core, the heating being effected by generating an electric current flow through electrically conductive fibres of the fibre mat.
A system for electrical stimulation of nerves of a living being, including an electrode fixation unit configured to be placed in a superficially formed channel in the skin, and specially adapted for providing suitable fixation of at least one electrode configured to be placed in close proximity of a portion of a nerve of a living being for electrical stimulation of nerves, and a pulse generator configured to provide a sequence of electrical pulses to the at least one electrode in order to achieve electrical stimulation of the nerve where: the electrode fixation unit has a first end and a second end, where the first end of the electrode fixation unit is configured to protrude out of the first end of the formed channel and the second end of the electrode fixation unit is configured to protrude out of the second end of the formed channel, and where: an electrode fixation unit body member is forming the structure of the electrode fixation unit, the electrode fixation unit body constituting the fixation member onto which the at least one electrode is arranged or included, and where: at least one end termination member, configured to be repeatedly non-destructively dismantled from and reassembled to the electrode fixation unit body, is configured to provide a stop for movement of the electrode fixation unit body in at least one direction within the formed channel, where the at least one end termination is positioned outside the first and/or second end of the formed channel, providing a mechanically interlocking mechanism by means of geometry of the end termination for the electrode fixation unit when the electrode fixation unit is arranged in the formed channel.
A magnetic leakage inspection device (1, 1') comprising: an exciter (2, 2') having a yoke and magnetic generating means configured to generate a direct-current magnetic field to magnetize the yoke, the yoke having a pair of leg portions and an opening between the pair of leg portions, the pair of leg portions each being disposed at a portion opposed to an inspection object and each forming a magnetic pole; and a magnetic detector disposed in the opening of the yoke, wherein a size L of the opening of the yoke is in a range of 40 to 600 mm, and wherein the magnetic leakage inspection device (1, 1') further comprises guide plates made of a soft magnetic material, each of the guide plates being provided to protrude toward a center of the opening from a corresponding one of the pair of leg portions of the yoke so that the guide plates oppose each other; characterized in that distances H are defined by the distances between each guide plate that protrudes from its corresponding one of the leg portions of the yoke and the ends of the respective leg portions, each distance H and the size L of the opening satisfy a relation below: 0.05 ≤ H/L ≤ 0.4. an exciter (2, 2') having a yoke and magnetic generating means configured to generate a direct-current magnetic field to magnetize the yoke, the yoke having a pair of leg portions and an opening between the pair of leg portions, the pair of leg portions each being disposed at a portion opposed to an inspection object and each forming a magnetic pole; and a magnetic detector disposed in the opening of the yoke, wherein a size L of the opening of the yoke is in a range of 40 to 600 mm, and wherein the magnetic leakage inspection device (1, 1') further comprises guide plates made of a soft magnetic material, each of the guide plates being provided to protrude toward a center of the opening from a corresponding one of the pair of leg portions of the yoke so that the guide plates oppose each other; characterized in that distances H are defined by the distances between each guide plate that protrudes from its corresponding one of the leg portions of the yoke and the ends of the respective leg portions, each distance H and the size L of the opening satisfy a relation below: 0.05 ≤ H/L ≤ 0.4.
A method for wireless communication, comprising: detecting presence of a first base station by a second base station; and delaying transmit timing of the second base station relative to transmit timing of the first base station, wherein delaying the transmit timing of the second base station comprises receiving an uplink transmission from a user equipment, UE, at the second base station, wherein the UE communicates with the first base station, and wherein transmit timing of the UE is advanced relative to the transmit timing of the first base station, and determining the transmit timing of the second base station based on a receive time of the uplink transmission from the UE at the second base station. detecting presence of a first base station by a second base station; and delaying transmit timing of the second base station relative to transmit timing of the first base station, wherein delaying the transmit timing of the second base station comprises receiving an uplink transmission from a user equipment, UE, at the second base station, wherein the UE communicates with the first base station, and wherein transmit timing of the UE is advanced relative to the transmit timing of the first base station, and determining the transmit timing of the second base station based on a receive time of the uplink transmission from the UE at the second base station.
A piston ring having a hard carbon foundation film and a hard carbon film formed on at least an external peripheral sliding surface of a piston ring base material, the piston ring comprising: the hard carbon foundation film, which is formed on at least an external peripheral sliding surface of a piston ring base material; the hard carbon film, which is formed on the hard carbon foundation film and has an sp 2 component ratio within a range of 40% to 80% inclusive as measured by a TEM-EELS spectrum which combines electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) with a transmission electron microscope, a hydrogen content being within a range of 0.1 at.% to 5 at.% inclusive, and an amount of macroparticles appearing on the surface being within a range of 0.1% to 10% inclusive by area ratio as extracted from a binarized image, the binarized image having been produced by subjecting an image of the piston ring external periphery using an automatic binarization with a threshold value determined using a discriminant analysis method, wherein the hard carbon foundation film has been formed under film-forming conditions that suppress nucleation, relative to the film-forming conditions under which the hard carbon film has been formed, wherein the hard carbon film is a nano-laminated film formed under a plurality of film-forming conditions, and wherein the hard carbon foundation film has a thickness within a range excluding 1.0 μm. the hard carbon foundation film, which is formed on at least an external peripheral sliding surface of a piston ring base material; the hard carbon film, which is formed on the hard carbon foundation film and has an sp 2 component ratio within a range of 40% to 80% inclusive as measured by a TEM-EELS spectrum which combines electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) with a transmission electron microscope, a hydrogen content being within a range of 0.1 at.% to 5 at.% inclusive, and an amount of macroparticles appearing on the surface being within a range of 0.1% to 10% inclusive by area ratio as extracted from a binarized image, the binarized image having been produced by subjecting an image of the piston ring external periphery using an automatic binarization with a threshold value determined using a discriminant analysis method, wherein the hard carbon foundation film has been formed under film-forming conditions that suppress nucleation, relative to the film-forming conditions under which the hard carbon film has been formed, wherein the hard carbon film is a nano-laminated film formed under a plurality of film-forming conditions, and wherein the hard carbon foundation film has a thickness within a range excluding 1.0 μm.
A catalyst-carrying filter comprising a honeycomb-structured base material having a plurality of cells that serve as exhaust gas passages and are partitioned by a partition wall formed of a porous ceramic having a number of pores, the partition wall including a gas-inflow-side layer and a gas-outflow-side layer, one open end and the other open end of the plurality of cells being alternately plugged by plugging sections; the gas-inflow-side layer of the partition wall including a PM removal catalyst layer that supports or is coated with an oxidizing catalyst for promoting oxidation of particulate matter contained in exhaust gas; and the gas-outflow-side layer of the partition wall including a PM collection layer that has an average pore size of 1 to 15 μm so as to collect particulate matter, and a gas purification catalyst layer that supports or is coated with a gas purification catalyst that promotes oxidation of unburnt gas, wherein the amount (g/l) of the oxidizing catalyst supported in the PM removal catalyst layer is larger than that of the gas purification catalyst layer by a factor of 1.05 to 10, the amount of noble metal contained in the PM removal catalyst layer is smaller than that of the gas purification catalyst layer, and the total amount of oxidizing catalyst supported in the PM removal catalyst layer and the gas purification catalyst layer is 15 to 180 g/l.
Nozzle arrangement for preferably fan-like atomization of a fluid, in particular oil, wherein the nozzle arrangement has a channel for the fluid, wherein the channel has a first channel portion and a second channel portion adjoining the first channel portion in the flow direction of the fluid, wherein the first channel portion converges in the flow direction of the fluid, the first channel portion tapering in the flow direction of the fluid in a slot-like manner and/or to an elongated flow cross section, wherein the second channel portion is elongated or slot-like in cross section and is delimited by two elongated side surfaces and two short leg surfaces, wherein the leg surfaces are inclined relative to the flow direction and/or a longitudinal axis of the channel, characterized in that the longitudinal extension of the flow cross section of the first channel portion that is the smallest and/or that is adjacent to the second channel portion is arranged transversely to the longitudinal extension of the flow cross section of the second channel portion that is the smallest and/or that is adjacent to the first channel portion.
Apparatus (1; 150) for the manufacture of a composite material part (3; 100) incorporating at least one optical fibre (5; 50), said apparatus comprising at least: - a first feed device comprising a plurality of resin-impregnated reinforcing fibres, - a second feed device comprising at least one optical fibre (5; 50), different from the first feed device, - a pultrusion die (11; 110) having the shape of the composite material part (3; 100) to be obtained, - a pulling device configured to draw the reinforcing fibres and the optical fibre (5; 50) from the feed devices (2; 16) through the pultrusion die (11; 110), and - a positioning element (13; 130; 310) present at the inlet of the pultrusion die and having at least one guide opening (34a-34d; 340) held in a predetermined position relative to the inlet of the die, the pulling device being configured to draw the optical fibre (5; 50) from the second feed device through the guide opening (34a-34d; 340) and the pultrusion die (11; 110), and to draw the reinforcing fibres from the first feed device through the pultrusion die (11; 110) while making them pass around said positioning element (13; 130; 310), the positioning element (13; 310) comprising a first portion (30; 300) and at least one second portion (32a-32d; 320) extending from the first portion, the guide opening (34a-34d; 340) being present on the second portion and the pulling device being further configured to draw the reinforcing fibres while making them pass on each side of said second portion (32a-32d; 320). - a first feed device comprising a plurality of resin-impregnated reinforcing fibres, - a second feed device comprising at least one optical fibre (5; 50), different from the first feed device, - a pultrusion die (11; 110) having the shape of the composite material part (3; 100) to be obtained, - a pulling device configured to draw the reinforcing fibres and the optical fibre (5; 50) from the feed devices (2; 16) through the pultrusion die (11; 110), and - a positioning element (13; 130; 310) present at the inlet of the pultrusion die and having at least one guide opening (34a-34d; 340) held in a predetermined position relative to the inlet of the die,
An electrode catalyst layer for a fuel cell comprising a catalyst, a porous carrier for supporting the catalyst, and a polymer electrolyte; wherein a mode diameter of a pore distribution of the porous carrier is 4 to 20 nm; the catalyst is supported in a pore with a pore diameter of 4 to 20 nm of the porous carrier; and a pore capacity with a pore diameter of 4 to 20 nm of the porous carrier is 0.23 to 0.78 cm 3 /g.
A steering device, in particular a steer-by-wire steering for steering a vehicle by means of a movable steering unit, wherein movements of the steering unit can be braked by means of at least one magnetorheological braking device, and wherein the braking device comprises a stationary holder and at least two brake components (2, 3), wherein at least one of the two brake components (2, 3) is provided for rotation by the steering unit, and wherein at least one other of the two brake components (2, 3) is non-rotatably connected with the holder, and wherein the two brake components (2, 3) are provided for continuous rotation relative to one another around a rotational axis, wherein a first brake component extends along the rotational axis and comprises a core of a magnetically conductive material, and wherein the second brake component comprises a sheath part configured hollow and extending around the first brake component, wherein between the first and second brake components (2, 3) at least one circumferential gap is configured, which is at least partially filled with a magnetorheological medium, characterized in that the gap comprises at least two different brake gap sections (5a, 5b), and that in a first brake gap section, a disk contour is configured between the sheath part and the core, and that in a second brake gap section, a plurality of rolling members is disposed on the circumference of the core.
Insertion arrangement for moving an injection needle between a retracted position and an extended position, comprising a disposable unit, comprising a needle base, to which the needle is fixed, and a drive mechanism, wherein the needle retainer is adapted to retain the needle base, the drive mechanism comprising: - a first roller frictionally engaging a belt and rotatably arranged about an axis, - a second roller rotatably arranged about the axis, - a first spring rotatably biasing the first roller against the second roller from a first angular position (AP1 1) towards a second angular position (AP2 1), - a second spring rotatably biasing the second roller against an arrester from a first angular position (AP1 2) towards a second angular position (AP2 2) - a belt frictionally engaging the first roller and guided over two deflection pulleys wherein the belt is fixed to the needle retainer between the two deflection pulleys, and - a trigger mechanism adapted to releasably lock the roller (10, 11, 12) in the first angular position (AP1 1, AP1 2), further comprising an arrangement (10.2, 11.2) for limiting rotation of the first roller relative the second roller, wherein the first roller maintains the needle retainer in a retracted position when the first roller is in the first angular position (AP1 1) and moves the needle retainer from the retracted position into an extended position when the first roller is rotated from the first angular position (AP1 1) in a second rotational direction to a second angular position (AP2 1), wherein the second roller rotates the first roller from the second angular position (AP2 1) in a first rotational direction to the first angular position (AP1 1) through the arrangement (10.2, 11.2) for limiting rotation when the second roller is rotated from the first angular position (AP1 2) in the first rotational direction to the second angular position (AP2 2) thereby moving the needle retainer from the extended position into the retracted position. - a first roller frictionally engaging a belt and rotatably arranged about an axis, - a second roller rotatably arranged about the axis, - a first spring rotatably biasing the first roller against the second roller from a first angular position (AP1 1) towards a second angular position (AP2 1), - a second spring rotatably biasing the second roller against an arrester from a first angular position (AP1 2) towards a second angular position (AP2 2) - a belt frictionally engaging the first roller and guided over two deflection pulleys wherein the belt is fixed to the needle retainer between the two deflection pulleys, and - a trigger mechanism adapted to releasably lock the roller (10, 11, 12) in the first angular position (AP1 1, AP1 2),
A method of matching attitude of an IMU used as a dedicated antenna reference unit located at a first location on the platform with the attitude of the platform INS located at a second location on the platform, wherein said first location is different from said second location on the platform, the method comprising: receiving measured body rotation rates from an IMU; receiving measured orientations from the INS; estimating a rotation rate bias of one or more of the body rotation rates by using differences over time between a change in orientation of the IMU determined by integrating the measured body rotation rates and using the integrated measured body rotation rates over time; and a change in orientation of the INS determined using the measured orientations over time; compensating for the estimated rotation rate bias; from an orientation of the IMU determined from the measured body rotation rates and the measured orientations of the INS, determining attitude mismatching caused by initial condition mismatching and attitude mismatching caused by issues related to mounting the IMU relative to the INS; compensating for the attitude mismatching; and slaving the IMU attitude to the INS attitude by controlling the IMU to have changes in attitude of the IMU, as determined by integrating the measured body rotation rates and using the integrated measured body rotation rates over time, match changes in attitude of the INS, as determined by using the measured orientations over time. receiving measured body rotation rates from an IMU; receiving measured orientations from the INS; estimating a rotation rate bias of one or more of the body rotation rates by using differences over time between a change in orientation of the IMU determined by integrating the measured body rotation rates and using the integrated measured body rotation rates over time; and a change in orientation of the INS determined using the measured orientations over time; compensating for the estimated rotation rate bias; from an orientation of the IMU determined from the measured body rotation rates and the measured orientations of the INS, determining attitude mismatching caused by initial condition mismatching and attitude mismatching caused by issues related to mounting the IMU relative to the INS; compensating for the attitude mismatching; and slaving the IMU attitude to the INS attitude by controlling the IMU to have changes in attitude of the IMU, as determined by integrating the measured body rotation rates and using the integrated measured body rotation rates over time, match changes in attitude of the INS, as determined by using the measured orientations over time.