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A method of operating a secondary base station in a mobile communications network, wherein the secondary base station includes a radio-node transmitter and a radio-node receiver, and wherein the mobile communications network includes a primary base station (103a, 103b), the method comprising: monitoring through the radio-node receiver of the secondary base station to detect user terminal signals transmitted to the primary base station (103a, 103b) while maintaining the secondary base station in a sleep mode, wherein monitoring to detect user terminal signals comprises monitoring received signal strength over frequencies used by the primary base station (103a, 103b) without decoding and/or without converting to baseband, and wherein the secondary base station is changed from the sleep mode to the active mode responsive to the received signal strength exceeding a received signal strength threshold; and responsive to detecting user terminal signals during monitoring in the sleep-mode, changing operation of the secondary base station from the sleep mode to an active mode, wherein the secondary base station provides a Radio Access Technology that is unavailable from the primary base station (103a, 103b). monitoring through the radio-node receiver of the secondary base station to detect user terminal signals transmitted to the primary base station (103a, 103b) while maintaining the secondary base station in a sleep mode, wherein monitoring to detect user terminal signals comprises monitoring received signal strength over frequencies used by the primary base station (103a, 103b) without decoding and/or without converting to baseband, and wherein the secondary base station is changed from the sleep mode to the active mode responsive to the received signal strength exceeding a received signal strength threshold; and responsive to detecting user terminal signals during monitoring in the sleep-mode, changing operation of the secondary base station from the sleep mode to an active mode, wherein the secondary base station provides a Radio Access Technology that is unavailable from the primary base station (103a, 103b).
Containment sleeve of a turbomachinery bearing, the containment sleeve comprising a sleeve body defining a surface configured to support a turbomachinery bearing, and at least a first hole and a second hole opening on said surface, said first hole and second hole being provided to collect lubricating/cooling fluid draining from said bearing, the sleeve body further defining a first groove and a second groove disposed at opposite sides of said surface, a first channel fluidly connecting said first hole with said first groove, and a second channel fluidly connecting said second hole with said second groove, the first and the second channel being opened on said surface and being separated by a wall having at least a bearing support surface that is part of said surface.
A ligation band (100, 200, 300, 400), comprising: a substantially ring-shaped elastic body having a first tissue-contacting surface (120, 220, 320, 420), a second tissue-contacting surface (130, 230, 330, 430) opposite the first tissue-contacting surface (120, 220, 320, 420), and an aperture extending therethrough, wherein at least one of the tissue-contacting surfaces (120, 130, 220, 230, 320, 330, 420, 430) has a plurality of protrusions (150, 160, 250, 350, 450) formed thereon that define an interlinking web-pattern with a plurality of recesses (162, 170) therebetween, characterized in that the aperture is substantially cylindrical with smooth inner-facing sidewalls. a substantially ring-shaped elastic body having a first tissue-contacting surface (120, 220, 320, 420), a second tissue-contacting surface (130, 230, 330, 430) opposite the first tissue-contacting surface (120, 220, 320, 420), and an aperture extending therethrough, wherein at least one of the tissue-contacting surfaces (120, 130, 220, 230, 320, 330, 420, 430) has a plurality of protrusions (150, 160, 250, 350, 450) formed thereon that define an interlinking web-pattern with a plurality of recesses (162, 170) therebetween, characterized in that the aperture is substantially cylindrical with smooth inner-facing sidewalls.
Free-flow beverage dispensing apparatus (2, 100, 200, 400) for dispensing one or more beverage items therefrom in use; said apparatus (2, 100, 200, 400) including a plurality of reservoirs for containment of the one or more beverage items to be dispensed; and a plurality of dispensing outlet means; the dispensing outlet means configured to be moved between a closed position, wherein dispensing of the one or more beverage items therefrom is prevented, and an open position, wherein the one or more beverage items can be dispensed therefrom for dispensing the one or more beverage items from said apparatus (2, 100, 200, 400), each of the dispensing outlet means in fluid communication with a single one of the reservoirs; and a single free-flow conduit or free-flow line (8a-8c) located between each reservoir and the dispensing outlet means, and wherein free-flow valve means are provided with or associated with said dispensing outlet means to control dispensing of the one or more beverage items from said dispensing outlet means in use, said free-flow valve means movable between an open position, wherein the one or more beverage items can be dispensed from the dispensing outlet means, and a closed position, wherein the one or more beverage items are prevented from being dispensed from said dispensing outlet means, the apparatus (2, 100, 200, 400) including detection means for detecting when each of the plurality of reservoirs contain an insufficiency of said beverage items to be dispensed; whereby the dispensing outlet means are electronically actuated dispensing outlet means, and said beverage dispensing apparatus (2, 100, 200, 400) includes a control unit that is arranged to communicate with and/or control at least two, or all, of said multiple dispensing outlet means simultaneously and/or each dispensing outlet means independently of one or more other dispensing outlet means directly and via the free-flow valve means (20, 318); and the detection means are arranged to communicate with the control unit and, on detection of insufficient beverage items to be dispensed from the reservoir, this is communicated to the control unit which is arranged to signal to the valve means to move from the open position to the closed position.
A pipe coupling device for coupling flanged pipes comprising: a housing having first and second sections (10a, 10b) movable relative to one another between an open position and a closed position, said first and second sections each adapted to receive a portion of respective flanges of a pair of pipes to be coupled; fastening means (15a, 15b) for fastening the first and second sections around the flanges; and urging means adapted to be disposed in the housing with the flanges and to urge the flanges together as the first and second sections are closed around the flanges, characterised in that the urging means comprises at least two urging members having the shape of an arc of an annulus. a housing having first and second sections (10a, 10b) movable relative to one another between an open position and a closed position, said first and second sections each adapted to receive a portion of respective flanges of a pair of pipes to be coupled; fastening means (15a, 15b) for fastening the first and second sections around the flanges; and urging means adapted to be disposed in the housing with the flanges and to urge the flanges together as the first and second sections are closed around the flanges, characterised in that the urging means comprises at least two urging members having the shape of an arc of an annulus.
A recording device comprising: an imaging data acquisition unit configured to acquire imaging data, including video data and audio data, imaging an inside of a vehicle or an outside of the vehicle to which the recording device is mounted; a buffer memory configured to temporarily store imaging data output from the imaging data acquisition unit; an event detection unit configured to detect occurrence of an event for the vehicle; a passenger detection unit configured to detect presence or absence of a passenger other than a driver in the vehicle; and a recording control unit configured to record imaging data from the buffer memory captured during a past predetermined period of time as: first imaging data including the video data and the audio data in a recording unit when it is determined by the recording control unit that, in the past predetermined period, (a) the event has occurred or (b) no event has occurred and no passenger is detected, and second imaging data including the video data and not including the audio data in the recording unit when it is determined by the recording control unit that no event has occurred in the past predetermined period and the passenger is detected by the passenger detection unit in the past predetermined period. an imaging data acquisition unit configured to acquire imaging data, including video data and audio data, imaging an inside of a vehicle or an outside of the vehicle to which the recording device is mounted; a buffer memory configured to temporarily store imaging data output from the imaging data acquisition unit; an event detection unit configured to detect occurrence of an event for the vehicle; a passenger detection unit configured to detect presence or absence of a passenger other than a driver in the vehicle; and a recording control unit configured to record imaging data from the buffer memory captured during a past predetermined period of time as: first imaging data including the video data and the audio data in a recording unit when it is determined by the recording control unit that, in the past predetermined period, (a) the event has occurred or (b) no event has occurred and no passenger is detected, and second imaging data including the video data and not including the audio data in the recording unit when it is determined by the recording control unit that no event has occurred in the past predetermined period and the passenger is detected by the passenger detection unit in the past predetermined period. first imaging data including the video data and the audio data in a recording unit when it is determined by the recording control unit that, in the past predetermined period, (a) the event has occurred or (b) no event has occurred and no passenger is detected, and second imaging data including the video data and not including the audio data in the recording unit when it is determined by the recording control unit that no event has occurred in the past predetermined period and the passenger is detected by the passenger detection unit in the past predetermined period.
Method of providing an assembled image using a digital microscope, the digital microscope comprising an optical system having an objective revolver equipped with a plurality of microscope objectives (25, 26, 27, 29), an image sensor having a predefined number of image pixels, and a stage for holding a sample, the stage being movable in relation to the optical system and the image sensor, the method comprising: receiving a user selection regarding an area of interest of the sample, the user selection being indicative of the position and extension of the area of interest; depending on the user selection, selecting a particular one of the plurality of microscope objectives (25, 26, 27, 29) and controlling the objective revolver to place the particular one of the plurality of microscope objectives (25, 26, 27, 29) into an optical path of the optical system; depending on the user selection and the selected particular one of the plurality of microscope objectives (25, 26, 27, 29), selecting one of a full resolution mode and a reduced resolution mode; moving the stage with respect to the optical system and the image sensor, and generating individual images of the area of interest, wherein the individual images are generated with the predefined number of image pixels in the full resolution mode and wherein the individual images are generated with a reduced number of image pixels, as compared to the predefined number of image pixels, in the reduced resolution mode; and combining the individual images into the assembled image, representing the area of interest. receiving a user selection regarding an area of interest of the sample, the user selection being indicative of the position and extension of the area of interest; depending on the user selection, selecting a particular one of the plurality of microscope objectives (25, 26, 27, 29) and controlling the objective revolver to place the particular one of the plurality of microscope objectives (25, 26, 27, 29) into an optical path of the optical system; depending on the user selection and the selected particular one of the plurality of microscope objectives (25, 26, 27, 29), selecting one of a full resolution mode and a reduced resolution mode; moving the stage with respect to the optical system and the image sensor, and generating individual images of the area of interest, wherein the individual images are generated with the predefined number of image pixels in the full resolution mode and wherein the individual images are generated with a reduced number of image pixels, as compared to the predefined number of image pixels, in the reduced resolution mode; and combining the individual images into the assembled image, representing the area of interest.
Reflection supercharging device for a piston engine, in particular in a motor vehicle, having at least one reflector which is arranged in a fresh-air tract of the piston engine upstream of an intake pipe of the piston engine in such a way that, by means of said reflector, a charge exchange pressure wave emerges from the intake pipe in a counterflow direction during a charge exchange, characterized in that the reflector is positioned in an aligned manner in front of the associated intake pipe, such that a charge exchange pressure wave generated by a fresh-air column reflected by a valve disc can be converted by the reflector into a reflection pressure wave which can be reflected and enters the intake pipe in a flow direction.
Method for deleting information from a storage which is provided via a data network and has dynamic storage location allocation, in particular a cloud storage, comprising the steps of: - determining the size and name of files stored in the storage, - creating files having a predetermined content and a size and a name corresponding to the determined sizes and names of the files stored in the storage, - overwriting the files stored in the storage with the corresponding files which have been created, characterized by: - writing at least one file having a predetermined content to the entire remaining available storage, and - waiting for a time period, which is predetermined by a storage provider for the purpose of backing up the storage, after the overwriting and writing steps have been concluded. - determining the size and name of files stored in the storage, - creating files having a predetermined content and a size and a name corresponding to the determined sizes and names of the files stored in the storage, - overwriting the files stored in the storage with the corresponding files which have been created, - writing at least one file having a predetermined content to the entire remaining available storage, and - waiting for a time period, which is predetermined by a storage provider for the purpose of backing up the storage, after the overwriting and writing steps have been concluded.
A surgical drill for actuating a drill bit, the surgical drill including: a housing; a probe moveably mounted to said housing and adapted for placement against a workpiece; and a transducer assembly including: a gear coupled to said probe and configured to rotate more than 360 degrees about a gear axis upon the movement of said probe relative to said housing, said gear having a reference point having an angular path of rotation about said gear axis being divided into a first arcuate region and a second arcuate region, said first arcuate region being separate from said second arcuate region; and a transducer comprising at least two potentiometers (500, 501), each of said at least two potentiometers coupled to said gear, a first of said at least two potentiometers configured to detect a rotational position of said reference point in said first arcuate region and a second of said at least two potentiometers configured to detect said rotational position of said reference point in at least said second arcuate region, said first potentiometer being incapable of detecting said reference point in the second arcuate region. a housing; a probe moveably mounted to said housing and adapted for placement against a workpiece; and a transducer assembly including: a gear coupled to said probe and configured to rotate more than 360 degrees about a gear axis upon the movement of said probe relative to said housing, said gear having a reference point having an angular path of rotation about said gear axis being divided into a first arcuate region and a second arcuate region, said first arcuate region being separate from said second arcuate region; and a transducer comprising at least two potentiometers (500, 501), each of said at least two potentiometers coupled to said gear, a first of said at least two potentiometers configured to detect a rotational position of said reference point in said first arcuate region and a second of said at least two potentiometers configured to detect said rotational position of said reference point in at least said second arcuate region, said first potentiometer being incapable of detecting said reference point in the second arcuate region. a gear coupled to said probe and configured to rotate more than 360 degrees about a gear axis upon the movement of said probe relative to said housing, said gear having a reference point having an angular path of rotation about said gear axis being divided into a first arcuate region and a second arcuate region, said first arcuate region being separate from said second arcuate region; and a transducer comprising at least two potentiometers (500, 501), each of said at least two potentiometers coupled to said gear, a first of said at least two potentiometers configured to detect a rotational position of said reference point in said first arcuate region and a second of said at least two potentiometers configured to detect said rotational position of said reference point in at least said second arcuate region, said first potentiometer being incapable of detecting said reference point in the second arcuate region.
A load transfer structure against a side impact, the structure comprising: a seatback frame; and a load receiving member disposed on the seatback frame to contact with a side wall of a vehicle body and to receive an impact load when the side wall of the vehicle body is moved toward a vehicle cabin by a side impact, wherein the load receiving member includes a horizontal portion extending laterally, an inclined portion extended obliquely outward and upward from an outer end (25a4) of the horizontal portion, and a curved portion that is provided between the horizontal portion and the inclined portion and whose inner edge is formed as concave edge, characterized in that, the outer edge of the curved portion is formed as concave edge, and a bisector of an angle (α) between straight edges (25a5, 25b2) continued from both ends of the outer concave edge and a bisector of an angle (θ) between straight edges (25a6, 25b1) continued from both ends of the inner concave edge intersect with each other in the curved portion. a seatback frame; and a load receiving member disposed on the seatback frame to contact with a side wall of a vehicle body and to receive an impact load when the side wall of the vehicle body is moved toward a vehicle cabin by a side impact, wherein the load receiving member includes a horizontal portion extending laterally, an inclined portion extended obliquely outward and upward from an outer end (25a4) of the horizontal portion, and a curved portion that is provided between the horizontal portion and the inclined portion and whose inner edge is formed as concave edge, the outer edge of the curved portion is formed as concave edge, and a bisector of an angle (α) between straight edges (25a5, 25b2) continued from both ends of the outer concave edge and a bisector of an angle (θ) between straight edges (25a6, 25b1) continued from both ends of the inner concave edge intersect with each other in the curved portion.
A method for maintaining a long term evolution, LTE, base station, comprising the following steps: receiving, by a base station, connecting request information sent by an equipment, wherein said connecting request information comprises the identification information of said equipment, and said base station and said equipment communicate with each other wirelessly; identifying, by said base station, whether the equipment sending the connecting request information is a network maintaining equipment according to the identification information; if said base station identifies that the equipment sending the connecting request information is the network maintaining equipment, estimating, by said base station, whether there is enough free resource for admitting the network maintaining equipment at present; if said base station has estimated that there is enough free resource for admitting the network maintaining equipment at present, establishing, by said base station, communication connection with the network maintaining equipment; and performing, by said base station, communication with said network maintaining equipment through the communication connection, such that the network maintaining equipment maintains said base station. receiving, by a base station, connecting request information sent by an equipment, wherein said connecting request information comprises the identification information of said equipment, and said base station and said equipment communicate with each other wirelessly; identifying, by said base station, whether the equipment sending the connecting request information is a network maintaining equipment according to the identification information; if said base station identifies that the equipment sending the connecting request information is the network maintaining equipment, estimating, by said base station, whether there is enough free resource for admitting the network maintaining equipment at present; if said base station has estimated that there is enough free resource for admitting the network maintaining equipment at present, establishing, by said base station, communication connection with the network maintaining equipment; and performing, by said base station, communication with said network maintaining equipment through the communication connection, such that the network maintaining equipment maintains said base station.