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A substrate coated with a carbon-nanotube-based composite coating, the carbon-nanotube-based composite coating comprising a layer of non-aligned carbon nanotubes, characterized in that the carbon nanotubes are CVD-grown on said substrate and comprise metal oxide claddings that sheathe the carbon nanotubes.
A method for generating position data and detecting deformations of a medical instrument with at least one first section with at least one first sensor and at least one second section with at least one second sensor, whereby the method encompasses determining the position of the first and second sensor (4, 5) metrologically; with the steps - storing data which reflect allowable positions of the second sensor with regard to the first section; - mathematically determining the position of the second sensor with regard to the first section; - comparing the mathematically determined position of the second sensor with regard to the first section with the data on file; - determining the absolute difference between the mathematically determined position of the second sensor with regard to the first section and the data on file; and - setting up an upper limit value for the absolute difference; wherein for this purpose the mathematical determination of the position of the second sensor with regard to the first section takes place in at least two ways, wherein with one of the two ways the metrologically determined position of the first and second sensors (4, 5) determined during use are not used. - storing data which reflect allowable positions of the second sensor with regard to the first section; - mathematically determining the position of the second sensor with regard to the first section; - comparing the mathematically determined position of the second sensor with regard to the first section with the data on file; - determining the absolute difference between the mathematically determined position of the second sensor with regard to the first section and the data on file; and - setting up an upper limit value for the absolute difference;
Transmitter device for an optical detection apparatus of a motor vehicle, which is configured in order to scan a surrounding region of the motor vehicle by means of a light beam and which comprises a light source for emitting the light beam and a deflecting unit, the deflecting unit being configured in order to deflect the light beam emitted onto the deflecting unit by the light source at different scanning angles (α), wherein the light source for emitting the light beam comprises at least two separately driveable transmitter elements (13a, 13b), which are configured in order to emit the light beam onto the deflecting unit at angles of incidence (γ1, γ2) corresponding to predetermined setpoint values (-α3, -α2, -α1, α0, +α1, +α2, +α3) of the scanning angle (α) in order to generate a predetermined setpoint field of view of the transmitter device and wherein the deflecting unit comprises a tiltable mirror, which is configured in order to deflect the light beam emitted by the respective transmitter element (13a, 13b) at the setpoint value (-α3, -α2, -α1, α0, +α1, +α2, +α3) for the scanning angle (α) which corresponds to the respective angle of incidence (γ1, γ2), characterized in that the angles of incidence (γ1, γ2) of the light beam, which are provided by the transmitter elements (13a, 13b), are predetermined as a function of tilt angles of the tiltable mirror.
A wireless power reception device comprising: a first resonant circuit having a first resonant frequency; a second resonant circuit connected in parallel with the first resonant circuit and having a second resonant frequency; and a rectifier configured to rectify power received wirelessly by either one or both of the first resonant circuit and the second resonant circuit to output a charging current; characterised in that the second resonant frequency is greater than or equal to five times the first resonant frequency. a first resonant circuit having a first resonant frequency; a second resonant circuit connected in parallel with the first resonant circuit and having a second resonant frequency; and a rectifier configured to rectify power received wirelessly by either one or both of the first resonant circuit and the second resonant circuit to output a charging current; characterised in that the second resonant frequency is greater than or equal to five times the first resonant frequency.
Device for hydrothermal liquefaction of a composition based on biomass, incorporating: • a chamber enclosing a volume V E, incorporating three successive areas, Z1, Z2 and Z3; • area Z1 being endowed with an entry point E Z1 for a biomass-based composition, and being at a temperature T Z1 and at a pressure P Z1; • with area Z2 being an area in which a reaction takes place involving hydrothermal liquefaction of the biomass at a temperature T Z2 and at a pressure P Z2; • with area Z3 being endowed with an outlet point S Z3 for products resulting from the hydrothermal liquefaction reaction of the biomass, and being at a temperature T Z3 and at a pressure P Z3; • pistons P1 and P2 that slide independently of each other between the areas Z1, Z2 and Z3, in such a manner as to carry the biomass-based composition from the area Z1 to the area Z3, with the pistons P1 and P2 being capable of being spaced apart from each other so as to define a variable volume V P that is smaller than V E; • an external means of heating the area Z2; • means of activation of the pistons P1 and P2" enabling the volume V P to be varied. • a chamber enclosing a volume V E, incorporating three successive areas, Z1, Z2 and Z3; • area Z1 being endowed with an entry point E Z1 for a biomass-based composition, and being at a temperature T Z1 and at a pressure P Z1; • with area Z2 being an area in which a reaction takes place involving hydrothermal liquefaction of the biomass at a temperature T Z2 and at a pressure P Z2; • with area Z3 being endowed with an outlet point S Z3 for products resulting from the hydrothermal liquefaction reaction of the biomass, and being at a temperature T Z3 and at a pressure P Z3; • pistons P1 and P2 that slide independently of each other between the areas Z1, Z2 and Z3, in such a manner as to carry the biomass-based composition from the area Z1 to the area Z3, with the pistons P1 and P2 being capable of being spaced apart from each other so as to define a variable volume V P that is smaller than V E; • an external means of heating the area Z2; • means of activation of the pistons P1 and P2" enabling the volume V P to be varied.
An integrated canister purge valve for a turbocharged vehicle engine, the valve comprising: a first check valve, a second check valve and a vacuum generator, the first and second check valves being constructed and arranged such that 1) when a turbocharger is operating and an air intake manifold is under positive pressure, the second check valve closes, while the first check valve opens upon the vacuum generator generating a first vacuum, to permit the purge flow to be drawn into a scavenging air flow loop, and 2) in a naturally aspirated condition, manifold vacuum closes the first check valve and opens the second check valve to divert all of the purge flow to the intake manifold through a manifold outlet port, characterized by, a valve member having a housing and being constructed and arranged to control vapor purge flow from a fuel tank and canister structure to the air intake manifold, a body coupled to the housing, the body defining an interior space, structure separating the interior space into a first chamber and a second chamber isolated from the first chamber, the first chamber having an inlet port and an outlet port, the vacuum generator in the first chamber and in fluid communication with the inlet and outlet ports, the vacuum generator being constructed and arranged to receive air from a turbocharger outlet, via the inlet port, to create a first vacuum when the air passes through the vacuum generator, and to direct air to an inlet of the turbocharger, via the outlet port, to define a scavenging air flow loop, the first check valve in the first chamber between the vacuum generator and the valve member, and the second check valve in the second chamber between the valve member and an manifold outlet port, the manifold outlet port being constructed and arranged to be coupled to the intake manifold.
A slot antenna comprising at least a first conductive structure, a second conductive structure, and at least one antenna feed coupled to said first conductive structure, said first conductive structure being at least partially enclosed by said second conductive structure, said first conductive structure comprising a conductive surface and a non-conductive pattern, said non-conductive pattern comprising at least two longitudinal slots extending in parallel and at least two lateral slots interconnecting said longitudinal slots, wherein the said longitudinal slots extend beyond the interconnections with said lateral slots, characterized by the slot antenna further comprising a cavity, said first conductive structure and said second conductive structure forming boundaries of said cavity, said first conductive structure being arranged such that said non-conductive pattern is juxtaposed with said cavity. said first conductive structure being at least partially enclosed by said second conductive structure, said first conductive structure comprising a conductive surface and a non-conductive pattern, said non-conductive pattern comprising at least two longitudinal slots extending in parallel and at least two lateral slots interconnecting said longitudinal slots, wherein the said longitudinal slots extend beyond the interconnections with said lateral slots, characterized by the slot antenna further comprising a cavity, said first conductive structure and said second conductive structure forming boundaries of said cavity, said first conductive structure being arranged such that said non-conductive pattern is juxtaposed with said cavity.
An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system for imaging an image field comprising: a probe including an array of transducer elements (8, 104); a transmit beamformer, coupled to the array of transducer elements (8, 104), and configured to transmit a transmit beam (10, 20, 30) encompassing a plurality of laterally spaced line positions; a multiline receive beamformer, coupled to the array of transducer elements (8, 104), which is operable to produce a plurality of receive lines of the image field at the line positions in response to one transmit beam (10, 20, 30); a multiline combining circuit (114, 116, 118), responsive to a plurality of r.f. receive line signals which relate to a common line position produced by the multiline receive beamformer in response to a plurality of transmit beams (10, 20, 30), which is configured to combine the plurality of receive lines to produce transmit refocused image data; a motion detector which is configured to detect the presence of motion in the image field; and a display which is configured to produce an image utilizing the image data, characterized in that the multiline combining circuit (114, 116, 118) is configured to delay r.f. receive line signals of a receive line with a phase characteristic which varies as a function of depth; and in that the system further comprises a multiline controller being configured: (i) to control the transmit beamformer to adjust the F number of the transmit beam (10, 20, 30) and the number of laterally spaced line positions encompassed in the transmit beam (10, 20, 30) as a function of the presence of motion; and (ii) to control the multiline combining circuit (114, 116, 118) to control the number of r.f. receive line signals to be combined as a function of the presence of motion. a probe including an array of transducer elements (8, 104); a transmit beamformer, coupled to the array of transducer elements (8, 104), and configured to transmit a transmit beam (10, 20, 30) encompassing a plurality of laterally spaced line positions; a multiline receive beamformer, coupled to the array of transducer elements (8, 104), which is operable to produce a plurality of receive lines of the image field at the line positions in response to one transmit beam (10, 20, 30); a multiline combining circuit (114, 116, 118), responsive to a plurality of r.f. receive line signals which relate to a common line position produced by the multiline receive beamformer in response to a plurality of transmit beams (10, 20, 30), which is configured to combine the plurality of receive lines to produce transmit refocused image data; a motion detector which is configured to detect the presence of motion in the image field; and a display which is configured to produce an image utilizing the image data, (i) to control the transmit beamformer to adjust the F number of the transmit beam (10, 20, 30) and the number of laterally spaced line positions encompassed in the transmit beam (10, 20, 30) as a function of the presence of motion; and (ii) to control the multiline combining circuit (114, 116, 118) to control the number of r.f. receive line signals to be combined as a function of the presence of motion.
A slide assembly (14, 214) for use in a play set (10, 210), said assembly (14, 214) comprising: a pair of spaced apart elongated side rails (52, 54, 252, 254), each of said rails (52, 54, 252, 254) including an internal groove (86, 88) extending along the length thereof, said grooves (86, 88) cooperatively defining a curved slide bed path, along which a slide bed (56, 256, 257) is oriented, with the slide bed path including at least one concave portion and at least one convex portion, characterized by said slide bed being a flexible slide bed (56, 256, 257) extending along the length of and being supported by the rails (52, 54, 252, 254), said slide bed (56, 256, 257) extending laterally between the side rails (52, 54, 252, 254) to present left and right side margins (110, 112), each of which is received in a respective groove (86, 88); and a plurality of fasteners (60, 260) securing the slide bed (56, 256, 257) to each of the side rails (52, 54, 252, 254), each of said fasteners (60, 260) projecting at least partly through one of the side rails (52, 54, 252, 254) in a substantially transverse and upright direction relative to the slide bed (56, 256, 257) to extend through the respective margin (110, 112) of the slide bed (56, 256, 257) received in the corresponding groove (86, 88). a pair of spaced apart elongated side rails (52, 54, 252, 254), each of said rails (52, 54, 252, 254) including an internal groove (86, 88) extending along the length thereof, said grooves (86, 88) cooperatively defining a curved slide bed path, along which a slide bed (56, 256, 257) is oriented, with the slide bed path including at least one concave portion and at least one convex portion, characterized by said slide bed being a flexible slide bed (56, 256, 257) extending along the length of and being supported by the rails (52, 54, 252, 254), said slide bed (56, 256, 257) extending laterally between the side rails (52, 54, 252, 254) to present left and right side margins (110, 112), each of which is received in a respective groove (86, 88); and a plurality of fasteners (60, 260) securing the slide bed (56, 256, 257) to each of the side rails (52, 54, 252, 254), each of said fasteners (60, 260) projecting at least partly through one of the side rails (52, 54, 252, 254) in a substantially transverse and upright direction relative to the slide bed (56, 256, 257) to extend through the respective margin (110, 112) of the slide bed (56, 256, 257) received in the corresponding groove (86, 88).
A building comprising a steel-concrete floor structure designed for having a prescribed fire resistance when exposed to a prescribed fire scenario in a fire compartment immediately below the steel-concrete floor structure; the steel-concrete floor structure comprising horizontally extending structural steel members and a concrete slab, the steel-concrete floor structure being a composite structure in which the horizontally extending structural steel members and the concrete slab are interconnected by shear connectors; wherein, in normal operation, the horizontally extending structural steel members have to take the main part of the tensile stresses generated by the bending moment due to the load for which the steel-concrete floor structure is designed; characterized by a plurality of tension members, each of the tension members horizontally extending through the concrete slab between two anchor points; wherein the anchor points (36, 36', 36", 36''') are arranged in one or more fire resistant bearing structures (38, 38', 38") within the fire compartment, and/or in one or more external bearing structures; so that, when the strength and stiffness of the horizontal structural steel members substantially diminish in the prescribed fire scenario, the tension members extending through the concrete slab are capable of supporting the loaded slab by catenary effect and of limiting the deflection thereof.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions executable by a processor to: determine a channel distribution vector based on a channel priority for a plurality of available wireless channels within a wireless network; receive a set of constraints on a channel plan; determine a channel plan meeting the set of user defined constraints based on the channel distribution vector; compute a plurality of cost metrics for the initial channel plan; and transmit the channel plan to a plurality of radios on the wireless network, wherein the channel plan comprises a channel assigned to each radio of the plurality of radios, wherein the instructions to compute a plurality of cost metrics for the channel plan include instructions to compute the plurality of cost metrics in two phases. determine a channel distribution vector based on a channel priority for a plurality of available wireless channels within a wireless network; receive a set of constraints on a channel plan; determine a channel plan meeting the set of user defined constraints based on the channel distribution vector; compute a plurality of cost metrics for the initial channel plan; and transmit the channel plan to a plurality of radios on the wireless network, wherein the channel plan comprises a channel assigned to each radio of the plurality of radios, wherein the instructions to compute a plurality of cost metrics for the channel plan include instructions to compute the plurality of cost metrics in two phases.
A jelly-roll type electrode assembly ("jelly-roll") configured by winding a cathode having a cathode active material coated portion formed at at least one side of a cathode current collector and an anode having an anode active material coated portion formed at at least one side of an anode current collector in a state in which the cathode and the anode are opposite to each other via a separator, wherein a cathode tab mounted at an uncoated portion of the cathode so that the cathode tab is inclined upward at a predetermined angle to a longitudinal direction of the cathode and an anode tab mounted at an uncoated portion of the anode so that the anode tab is inclined upward at a predetermined angle to a longitudinal direction of the anode are located so as to be adjacent to each other to minimize a magnetic field generated by cathode current and anode current during discharge, and the cathode tab and the anode tab are located at the outside end of the jelly-roll after wound, wherein a distance between the cathode tab and the anode tab, specifically the distance between neighboring edges of the cathode tab and the anode tab, is (the width of the anode tab + the width of the cathode tab) x 130%, and wherein the separator is located at the uncoated portion of the anode and the separator extends to be longer than the end portion of the anode.
An operational transconductance amplifier, OTA,, comprising: a first node and a second node (A +, A -); a differential transistor pair for receiving an input, wherein the first node (A+) and the second node (A-) are respectively coupled to a corresponding drain of the differential transistor pair; a pair of output nodes (VO +, VO -) for outputting a response to the input, wherein the response at the pair of output nodes comprises a first frequency pole; a cascode transistor pair coupled to the pair of output nodes, wherein the pair of output nodes is coupled to the differential transistor pair via the cascode transistor pair; a capacitive element (Cx) coupled between the first node and the second node, wherein the response includes a second frequency pole, the second frequency pole being introduced by the capacitive element, and wherein the second frequency pole is at a greater frequency (f 2) than the first frequency pole, and a gain at the second frequency pole is less than zero; at least one capacitive load (C L) coupled to the pair of output nodes, wherein the first frequency pole is a function of the at least one capacitive load and wherein the second frequency pole is a function of the at least one capacitive load and the capacitive element, wherein the capacitive element and the at least one capacitive load comprise capacitors of a same type. a first node and a second node (A +, A -); a differential transistor pair for receiving an input, wherein the first node (A+) and the second node (A-) are respectively coupled to a corresponding drain of the differential transistor pair; a pair of output nodes (VO +, VO -) for outputting a response to the input, wherein the response at the pair of output nodes comprises a first frequency pole; a cascode transistor pair coupled to the pair of output nodes, wherein the pair of output nodes is coupled to the differential transistor pair via the cascode transistor pair; a capacitive element (Cx) coupled between the first node and the second node, wherein the response includes a second frequency pole, the second frequency pole being introduced by the capacitive element, and wherein the second frequency pole is at a greater frequency (f 2) than the first frequency pole, and a gain at the second frequency pole is less than zero; at least one capacitive load (C L) coupled to the pair of output nodes, wherein the first frequency pole is a function of the at least one capacitive load and wherein the second frequency pole is a function of the at least one capacitive load and the capacitive element, wherein the capacitive element and the at least one capacitive load comprise capacitors of a same type.
Double pipe system with a primary pipeline conducting a medium and a secondary pipeline which is arranged around the primary pipeline for protection, containing pipes and fittings of the primary pipeline, wherein the pipes and fittings of the primary pipeline are connected together, and pipes and fittings of the surrounding secondary pipeline, wherein the pipes of the secondary pipeline are configured as one-piece plastics pipes and the fittings of the secondary pipeline have an axis and are configured as half-shells, wherein the half-shells of the fittings and the adjoining pipes of the secondary pipeline are connected together by means of electric welding sleeves, or the half-shells of the fittings of the secondary pipeline and the adjoining fittings consisting of half-shells are connected together by means of electric welding sleeves, characterized in that at least one half-shell of a fitting has a seal running along a parting plane running parallel to the axis, wherein the seal in the region of the electric welding sleeve creates a material connection with the half-shells of the fitting or the half-shells and the electric welding sleeve.