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A method of optimising the output of a sensor for measuring the relative position of a metallic object (20, 120) being attached to a control rod within a nuclear reactor by measuring the relative position of the object with respect to a metallic probe tube (18, 118) housing the sensor (10, 110), the sensor a primary electromagnetic coil (12, 112) arranged to generate a time varying magnetic field; and a secondary electromagnetic coil (14, 114) arranged to detect the time varying magnetic field as affected, directly or indirectly, by the object (20, 120), and to output, on the basis of the detected time varying magnetic field, a signal indicative of the relative location of the object (20, 120), the method characterised in that it includes the steps of: supplying the primary coil with an alternating current to result in the generated time varying magnetic field; locating the object in a first position and recording the signal output by the secondary electromagnetic coil for a range of respective frequencies of the supplied alternating current; locating the object in a second position and recording the signal output by the secondary electromagnetic coil for the range of respective frequencies of the supplied alternating current; calculating, for each of the respective frequencies, a value for the span to offset ratio of the measured signals on the basis of the respective signals measured for the object in the first and second positions; and determining the frequency of the supplied alternating current which provides the maximum span to offset ratio on the basis of the calculations. supplying the primary coil with an alternating current to result in the generated time varying magnetic field; locating the object in a first position and recording the signal output by the secondary electromagnetic coil for a range of respective frequencies of the supplied alternating current; locating the object in a second position and recording the signal output by the secondary electromagnetic coil for the range of respective frequencies of the supplied alternating current; calculating, for each of the respective frequencies, a value for the span to offset ratio of the measured signals on the basis of the respective signals measured for the object in the first and second positions; and determining the frequency of the supplied alternating current which provides the maximum span to offset ratio on the basis of the calculations.
A composition for treating, inhibiting or preventing the development of a plant pathogenic disease, wherein said composition comprises 20-70% isobutyric acid and 20-70% isobutyric anhydride, wherein the composition further comprises 1-10% napthalene, caryophyllene or a plant essential oil.
A method of using a top drive, comprising: coupling a drill string to a quill of the top drive using a first adapter that is bidirectionally rotationally coupled to the quill; rotating a drill bit coupled to the drill string to drill a wellbore; removing the drill string from the wellbore; characterised by actuating an actuator to release the first adapter from the quill; engaging the quill to a tubular gripping member using a second adapter; actuating the actuator to bidirectionally rotationally couple the second adapter to the quill; gripping a casing using the tubular gripping member; and rotating the casing using the tubular gripping member. coupling a drill string to a quill of the top drive using a first adapter that is bidirectionally rotationally coupled to the quill; rotating a drill bit coupled to the drill string to drill a wellbore; removing the drill string from the wellbore; characterised by actuating an actuator to release the first adapter from the quill; engaging the quill to a tubular gripping member using a second adapter; actuating the actuator to bidirectionally rotationally couple the second adapter to the quill; gripping a casing using the tubular gripping member; and rotating the casing using the tubular gripping member.
A head-mounted display apparatus comprising: a head attachment unit comprising a first attachment member configured to attach the HMD to a user's head when the HMD is worn by the user and a first element having an adjustable weight distribution; and an adjustment unit configured to adjust a distribution of the weight of the HMD based on stored user profile information associated with the user, wherein the adjustment unit is configured to adjust the weight distribution of the first element of the HMD based on the user profile information by adjusting a configuration of one or more mobile components of the first element without adjusting a position or an orientation of the first element with respect to the HMD, wherein the user profile information comprises information indicative of one or more characteristics of the user comprising one or more from the list consisting of: a head size of the user; an average head movement of the user; and an average head orientation of the user, and the adjustment unit is configured to adjust the distribution of the weight of the first element of the HMD based on one or more of the characteristics of the user. a head attachment unit comprising a first attachment member configured to attach the HMD to a user's head when the HMD is worn by the user and a first element having an adjustable weight distribution; and an adjustment unit configured to adjust a distribution of the weight of the HMD based on stored user profile information associated with the user, wherein the adjustment unit is configured to adjust the weight distribution of the first element of the HMD based on the user profile information by adjusting a configuration of one or more mobile components of the first element without adjusting a position or an orientation of the first element with respect to the HMD, wherein the user profile information comprises information indicative of one or more characteristics of the user comprising one or more from the list consisting of: a head size of the user; an average head movement of the user; and an average head orientation of the user, and the adjustment unit is configured to adjust the distribution of the weight of the first element of the HMD based on one or more of the characteristics of the user. a head size of the user; an average head movement of the user; and an average head orientation of the user, and the adjustment unit is configured to adjust the distribution of the weight of the first element of the HMD based on one or more of the characteristics of the user.
Child safety seat with a five point harness comprising a two tongue buckle, wherein the two tongue buckle comprises guiding means through which a webbing (4, 5) comprising an upper part and a lower part is guided, characterized in that the webbing (4, 5) comprises stopping means (6; 6A, 6B) which is configured to allow a predetermined length of the webbing (4, 5) to run through the guiding means, and that retracting means the lower is provided that is operatively connected to at least the lower part of the webbing (4, 5).
A system comprising: a plurality of processors, wherein each processor includes a cache memory; a plurality of directory controllers coupled to the plurality of processors, wherein each directory controller is configured to administer a corresponding cache coherency directory, each cache coherency directory includes an amount of reserved space available to track a portion of one or more failed cache coherency directories' memory address set and each cache coherency directory is configured to track a corresponding set of memory addresses, and each processor is configured with information indicating the corresponding set of memory addresses tracked by each cache coherency directory; and one or more components configured to: identify a failure of one of the cache coherency directories; flush the non-failed cache coherency directories; reassign the memory address set previously tracked by the failed cache coherency directory among the non-failed cache coherency directories, so that non-failed cache coherency directories, upon reassignment, are configured to track the entire set of addresses tracked previously by all directories prior to failure; and reconfigure each processor with information describing the reassignment of the memory address set among the non-failed cache coherency directories. a plurality of processors, wherein each processor includes a cache memory; a plurality of directory controllers coupled to the plurality of processors, wherein each directory controller is configured to administer a corresponding cache coherency directory, each cache coherency directory includes an amount of reserved space available to track a portion of one or more failed cache coherency directories' memory address set and each cache coherency directory is configured to track a corresponding set of memory addresses, and each processor is configured with information indicating the corresponding set of memory addresses tracked by each cache coherency directory; and one or more components configured to: identify a failure of one of the cache coherency directories; flush the non-failed cache coherency directories; reassign the memory address set previously tracked by the failed cache coherency directory among the non-failed cache coherency directories, so that non-failed cache coherency directories, upon reassignment, are configured to track the entire set of addresses tracked previously by all directories prior to failure; and reconfigure each processor with information describing the reassignment of the memory address set among the non-failed cache coherency directories. identify a failure of one of the cache coherency directories; flush the non-failed cache coherency directories; reassign the memory address set previously tracked by the failed cache coherency directory among the non-failed cache coherency directories, so that non-failed cache coherency directories, upon reassignment, are configured to track the entire set of addresses tracked previously by all directories prior to failure; and reconfigure each processor with information describing the reassignment of the memory address set among the non-failed cache coherency directories.
A vehicle disc brake having, on a disc outer peripheral side of an action part of a caliper body having a cylinder hole (5d, 5e, 5f) into which a piston (7, 8, 9) is inserted, boss parts (5h, 5j, 5n) each having a union hole (14, 16) through which a pressurized operating fluid is introduced to a hydraulic chamber (10, 11, 12) provided between a bottom of the cylinder hole (5d, 5e, 5f) and the piston (7, 8, 9) and boss parts each having a bleeder hole through which air included in an operating fluid is exhausted, a total number of the boss parts (5h, 5j, 5n) each having the union hole (14, 16) and the boss parts each having the bleeder hole provided in parallel being three or more, wherein at least two boss parts (5h, 5j, 5n) disposed at both ends in a disc rotational direction are provided closer to a disc rotor than the other boss parts, and wherein each of the boss parts each having the bleeder hole is provided with a bearing surface for a bleeder screw to be screwed into the bleeder hole, a banjo bolt is screwed into each of the boss parts (5h, 5j, 5n) each having the union hole (14, 16) via a banjo having a hose connection part, each of the boss parts (5h, 5j, 5n) each having the union hole (14, 16) is provided with a bearing surface (S1, S2) for the banjo bolt to be screwed into the union hole (14, 16), the bearing surface (S1, S2) for the banjo bolt being disposed outward in a disc radial direction of the banjo, characterized in that the bearing surface of the boss part disposed at one end in the disc rotational direction and the bearing surface of the boss part (5j, 5n) disposed at the other end in the disc rotational direction project outward in the disc radial direction of the bearing surface of the boss part adjacent thereto.
A burner assembly comprising a burner and a gas distribution disk mounted to the burner, wherein the burner assembly further comprises a flexible metal sealing ring located between the burner and the gas distribution disk, the gas distribution disk having a first fitting surface on a bottom portion, and the burner having a second fitting surface on a top portion; and the flexible metal sealing ring has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the first surface being seal-fitted with the first fitting surface of the gas distribution disk, and the second surface being seal-fitted with the second fitting surface of the burner, characterized in that the flexible metal sealing ring is provided with a first material layer and a second material layer in a direction from the first surface to the second surface, the material of the first material layer being as same as that of the gas distribution disk, the material of the second material layer being as same as that of burner, and the first material layer and the second material layer being formed integrally, and in that the materials of the gas distribution disk and the first material layer are aluminum or copper, and the materials of the burner and the second material layer are iron.
A method of manufacturing a polarizing lens, which comprises: forming a polarizing layer comprising a dichroic dye on a lens substrate; and conducting an epoxysilane treatment to impregnate the polarizing layer with an epoxy group-containing silane coupling agent such that a rate of increase in a film thickness of the polarizing layer by the epoxysilane treatment is equal to or greater than 9 percent. forming a polarizing layer comprising a dichroic dye on a lens substrate; and conducting an epoxysilane treatment to impregnate the polarizing layer with an epoxy group-containing silane coupling agent such that a rate of increase in a film thickness of the polarizing layer by the epoxysilane treatment is equal to or greater than 9 percent.
A flexible secondary battery comprising: an electrode assembly that comprises a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a separator that is disposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer; a gasket that is flexible and surrounds all edges of the electrode assembly; a first sealing sheet that is attached to a first surface of the gasket; and a second sealing sheet that is attached to a second surface of the gasket opposite the first surface, wherein each of the first sealing sheet and the second sealing sheet comprises a first insulating layer, a metal layer, and a second insulating layer, wherein the gasket is formed of a single material, and wherein the gasket and the first insulating layer are formed of the same material, wherein the gasket is configured to seal the electrode assembly along with the first sealing sheet and the second sealing sheet, and wherein the first sealing sheet and the second sealing sheet are separate from each other. an electrode assembly that comprises a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a separator that is disposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer; a gasket that is flexible and surrounds all edges of the electrode assembly; a first sealing sheet that is attached to a first surface of the gasket; and a second sealing sheet that is attached to a second surface of the gasket opposite the first surface, wherein each of the first sealing sheet and the second sealing sheet comprises a first insulating layer, a metal layer, and a second insulating layer, wherein the gasket is formed of a single material, and wherein the gasket and the first insulating layer are formed of the same material, wherein the gasket is configured to seal the electrode assembly along with the first sealing sheet and the second sealing sheet, and wherein the first sealing sheet and the second sealing sheet are separate from each other.
An in vitro method for preparing an artificial tissue comprising: a)adding a composition comprising fibrinogen to a sample of isolated cells, b)adding an antifibrinolytic agent to the product resulting from step (a), c)adding at least one coagulation factor, a source of calcium, thrombin, or any combination of the above to the product resulting from step (b), d)adding a composition of a polysaccharide to the product resulting from step (c), e)culturing isolated cells in or on the product resulting from step (d), and f)inducing the nanostructuring of the product resulting from step (e), wherein said nanostructuring induction comprises the dehydration and/or mechanical compression of the product resulting from step (e), wherein the polysaccharide of step (d) is agarose. a)adding a composition comprising fibrinogen to a sample of isolated cells, b)adding an antifibrinolytic agent to the product resulting from step (a), c)adding at least one coagulation factor, a source of calcium, thrombin, or any combination of the above to the product resulting from step (b), d)adding a composition of a polysaccharide to the product resulting from step (c), e)culturing isolated cells in or on the product resulting from step (d), and f)inducing the nanostructuring of the product resulting from step (e), wherein said nanostructuring induction comprises the dehydration and/or mechanical compression of the product resulting from step (e), wherein the polysaccharide of step (d) is agarose.
An automatically lengthening implant (1; 100; 200; 300; 400; 500; 600) comprising: • a body (30; 130; 230) defining internally an axial housing (31; 231) that opens out, at one end, via a mouth (32; 232), and that presents a narrowing of section so as to form an abutment face (33; 233) on the body (30; 130; 230); • an annular plug that is fastened to the mouth (32; 232) of the axial housing (31; 231) of said body (30; 130; 230) and that presents a stop face facing towards said abutment face (33; 233); • at least one rod (10; 110; 210; 310) that is engaged through said annular plug and the axial housing (31; 231) of said body (30; 130; 230); and • a split ring that is mounted on the rod (10; 110; 210; 310) and that is housed in the axial housing (31; 231) of said body (30; 130; 230); the implant being characterized in that said abutment face (33; 233) and stop face present shapes that are chamfered, one reentrant and the other projecting, and in that said split ring presents two thrust faces (52, 53) that face respectively towards said abutment face (33; 233) and towards said stop face and that present shapes such that said split ring expands when it is pressed against the chamfered face of projecting shape and compresses against said rod (10; 110; 210; 310) when it is pressed against the chamfered face of reentrant shape. • a body (30; 130; 230) defining internally an axial housing (31; 231) that opens out, at one end, via a mouth (32; 232), and that presents a narrowing of section so as to form an abutment face (33; 233) on the body (30; 130; 230); • an annular plug that is fastened to the mouth (32; 232) of the axial housing (31; 231) of said body (30; 130; 230) and that presents a stop face facing towards said abutment face (33; 233); • at least one rod (10; 110; 210; 310) that is engaged through said annular plug and the axial housing (31; 231) of said body (30; 130; 230); and • a split ring that is mounted on the rod (10; 110; 210; 310) and that is housed in the axial housing (31; 231) of said body (30; 130; 230);
A catheter assembly, comprising: a catheter adapter having a proximal opening, a distal end, and a fluid pathway extending therebetween; a septum slidably disposed within the fluid pathway, the septum having an H-shaped cross-section and forming a distal receptacle, a proximal receptacle, and a membrane, the membrane comprising a slit and separating the distal receptacle from the proximal receptacle, the septum dividing the fluid pathway into a proximal fluid chamber and a distal fluid chamber; a septum actuator positioned within a distal fluid chamber, wherein the septum actuator comprises a lumen that is in fluid communication with the fluid pathway, the septum actuator having a probe configured to bias the septum into an open position by opening a pathway through the membrane of the septum to allow fluid to flow through the lumen of the septum actuator and through the septum when the probe biases the septum into the open position, wherein inserting an external device into the proximal opening of the catheter adapter slides the entire septum distally into the open position and wherein removing the external device allows the membrane to seif-close to slide the entire septum proximally into a closed position, characterized in that the catheter adapter includes an inner surface, wherein a portion of the inner surface tapers toward the distal end with a gradually reduced diameter, wherein a base of the septum actuator is fused to the portion of the inner surface, or formed as part of the portion of the inner surface. a catheter adapter having a proximal opening, a distal end, and a fluid pathway extending therebetween; a septum slidably disposed within the fluid pathway, the septum having an H-shaped cross-section and forming a distal receptacle, a proximal receptacle, and a membrane, the membrane comprising a slit and separating the distal receptacle from the proximal receptacle, the septum dividing the fluid pathway into a proximal fluid chamber and a distal fluid chamber; a septum actuator positioned within a distal fluid chamber, wherein the septum actuator comprises a lumen that is in fluid communication with the fluid pathway, the septum actuator having a probe configured to bias the septum into an open position by opening a pathway through the membrane of the septum to allow fluid to flow through the lumen of the septum actuator and through the septum when the probe biases the septum into the open position, wherein inserting an external device into the proximal opening of the catheter adapter slides the entire septum distally into the open position and wherein removing the external device allows the membrane to seif-close to slide the entire septum proximally into a closed position, characterized in that the catheter adapter includes an inner surface, wherein a portion of the inner surface tapers toward the distal end with a gradually reduced diameter, wherein a base of the septum actuator is fused to the portion of the inner surface, or formed as part of the portion of the inner surface.
Process for producing granular polysilicon in a fluidized-bed reactor, comprising fluidizing silicon particles by means of a fed fluidizing gas in a fluidized bed which is heated up to a temperature of 600-1200°C, addition of a silicon-containing reaction gas and deposition of silicon on the silicon particles, whereby granular polysilicon is formed which is then removed from the reactor, and also a removal of off-gas, characterized in that off-gas that is removed is used for heating up fluidizing gas or reaction gas using a twin-tube, or a tube-bundle heat exchanger.