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A roof panel or façade panel of renewable tubular natural stalks, in particular of reeds, comprising a plurality of compacted stalks which extend substantially in parallel with one another and whose ends define an upper and a lower panel margin (14, 16) and comprising a tying system defining the outer contour of the panel and composed of tension wires which are spaced apart from one another and run around transversely to the stalks, wherein the tying system is only arranged in an upper panel section adjacent to the upper panel margin, while a lower panel section adjacent to the lower panel margin is free of tension wires and of tension clamps, and wherein the lower panel section extends, viewed in the direction of the stalks, over at least a third of the length of the panel, characterized in that the tying system comprises a plurality of tension clamps which extend transversely to the tension wires and through the panel and which are each coupled to oppositely disposed sections of a peripheral tension wire; and in that the spacing between adjacent tension wires becomes larger as the distance from the upper panel margin increases and the spacing between the upper panel margin and the nearest tension wire is smaller than a minimal spacing between adjacent tension wires.
A method for controlling street lighting over a plurality of interconnected road segments (2a-2q), comprising the steps of: detecting speed and direction of travel of a road user (20,21,22,21a-21c) on a road segment (2a-2q); propagating a signal comprising speed and direction of travel data of the road user (20,21,22,21a-21c), and an identification of the road user's road segment (2a-2q), through a series of adjacent road segments (2a-2q) starting from the road user's road segment (2a-2q); dynamically assigning a road class and a corresponding maximum lighting level (Pmax) to each road segment (2a-2q), said road class representing photometric requirements based on visual needs of the road user in the road segment and said road class been selected on the basis of at least stored road type data associated to each road segment, and traffic parameters determined for each road segment (2a-2q) for a current time period, said road type data comprising at least geometrical characteristics of road segment and an allowed speed limit, setting a new lighting level (P new) equal to said maximum lighting level (P max) at each road segment (2a-2q) whose distance (d) to the road user (20,21,22,21a-21c) is not greater than a first distance (d 1); and comparing, for each road segment (2a-2q), said new lighting level (P new) with a current lighting level (P current), and changing the current lighting level (P current) to the new lighting level (P new) if they are different; characterized in that said distance (d 1) is calculated on the basis of said speed and direction of travel of the road user. detecting speed and direction of travel of a road user (20,21,22,21a-21c) on a road segment (2a-2q); propagating a signal comprising speed and direction of travel data of the road user (20,21,22,21a-21c), and an identification of the road user's road segment (2a-2q), through a series of adjacent road segments (2a-2q) starting from the road user's road segment (2a-2q); dynamically assigning a road class and a corresponding maximum lighting level (Pmax) to each road segment (2a-2q), said road class representing photometric requirements based on visual needs of the road user in the road segment and said road class been selected on the basis of at least stored road type data associated to each road segment, and traffic parameters determined for each road segment (2a-2q) for a current time period, said road type data comprising at least geometrical characteristics of road segment and an allowed speed limit, setting a new lighting level (P new) equal to said maximum lighting level (P max) at each road segment (2a-2q) whose distance (d) to the road user (20,21,22,21a-21c) is not greater than a first distance (d 1); and comparing, for each road segment (2a-2q), said new lighting level (P new) with a current lighting level (P current), and changing the current lighting level (P current) to the new lighting level (P new) if they are different;
An implant, comprising: a body including a substrate and a bone interfacing lattice disposed on the substrate; wherein the bone interfacing lattice includes at least two layers (120, 125) of elongate curved structural members; wherein the at least two layers (120, 125) of elongate curved structural members include a first layer adjacent the substrate and configured to receive bone ingrowth and a second layer adjacent the first layer and configured to receive bone ingrowth; wherein the first layer has a first deformability and the second layer has a second deformability; and wherein the second deformability is greater than the first deformability such that the second layer has a deformability that renders it configured to conform to an inner wall of a recess within a bone; characterized in that an interface between the first layer and the second layer is a transition region having a thickness within which the elongate curved structural members of the first layer are intermingled with the elongate curved structural members of the second layer. a body including a substrate and a bone interfacing lattice disposed on the substrate; wherein the bone interfacing lattice includes at least two layers (120, 125) of elongate curved structural members; wherein the at least two layers (120, 125) of elongate curved structural members include a first layer adjacent the substrate and configured to receive bone ingrowth and a second layer adjacent the first layer and configured to receive bone ingrowth; wherein the first layer has a first deformability and the second layer has a second deformability; and wherein the second deformability is greater than the first deformability such that the second layer has a deformability that renders it configured to conform to an inner wall of a recess within a bone; characterized in that an interface between the first layer and the second layer is a transition region having a thickness within which the elongate curved structural members of the first layer are intermingled with the elongate curved structural members of the second layer.
An element for generating a fluid dynamic force, the element comprising first and second surfaces (13, 15) extending in opposite directions from a leading edge of the element and meeting at a trailing edge thereof to define a three dimensional body that is shaped to generate a fluid dynamic force when immersed at an angle of attack α to a fluid flow over the element in a flow direction U, the first surface comprising an array of fluid inlets and the second surface comprising a corresponding array of fluid outlets, each said inlet being fluidly coupled to a said outlet by means of a fluid duct at least part of which is pitched at an angle θ to a tangent plane (Y-Y) to said second surface in the vicinity of said outlet and skewed at an angle φ to said fluid flow direction U, the arrangement being such that the element is operable in use to generate a relatively high fluid pressure region downstream of said leading edge proximate said first surface and a relatively low fluid pressure region downstream of said leading edge proximate said second surface, and fluid from said relatively high fluid pressure region is enabled to flow into said fluid inlets through said fluid ducts and out of said fluid outlets into said relatively low pressure region to generate fluid vortices which reenergise said low pressure region and delay boundary layer separation from said second surface.
A medical optical system, comprising: an optical connector system arranged to provide a reversible optical connection between associated first and second optical fibers (102, 104), each comprising multiple fiber cores, the optical connector system comprising: - a first ferrule with an outer body and arranged for having an end portion of the associated first optical fiber arranged inside, - a second ferrule with an outer body and arranged for having an end portion of the associated second optical fiber arranged inside, - a receptacle arrangement comprising a receiving body, wherein the receptacle arrangement is arranged to receive an end part of the outer body of at least the second ferrule, wherein the receptacle arrangement further comprises an optical element serving to provide an optical connection between the associated first and second optical fibers (102, 104) in a connected state of the optical connector system, and wherein the optical element serves as a sterility barrier between the associated first and second optical fibers (102, 104), the optical connector system being configured for rotational alignment of the first and second optical fibers (102, 104) in the connected state of the connector system, wherein the optical element provides connection between each single fiber core of the first and second optical fibers (102, 104), and - a rotational locking arrangement preventing relative rotation between the first and second ferrules (101, 103). - a first ferrule with an outer body and arranged for having an end portion of the associated first optical fiber arranged inside, - a second ferrule with an outer body and arranged for having an end portion of the associated second optical fiber arranged inside, - a receptacle arrangement comprising a receiving body, wherein the receptacle arrangement is arranged to receive an end part of the outer body of at least the second ferrule, wherein the receptacle arrangement further comprises an optical element serving to provide an optical connection between the associated first and second optical fibers (102, 104) in a connected state of the optical connector system, and wherein the optical element serves as a sterility barrier between the associated first and second optical fibers (102, 104), the optical connector system being configured for rotational alignment of the first and second optical fibers (102, 104) in the connected state of the connector system, wherein the optical element provides connection between each single fiber core of the first and second optical fibers (102, 104), and - a rotational locking arrangement preventing relative rotation between the first and second ferrules (101, 103).
A mooring limb comprising more than one elastically compressible core (280, 380, 480, 580) provided axially and/or radially within an outer sheath, the limb being axially extensible as a result of a tensile force being applied to the sheath, the radial width of the sheath being contractible as the axial length of the limb increases, the cores being compressible radially by the sheath as the axial length of the limb increases, the limb being axially contractible as a result of a force provided by the cores acting radially outward onto the sheath, and characterised by at least one layer provided between the cores and the sheath, wherein the at least one layer has relatively low frictional properties to enable the sheath and cores to move relative to one another with relative ease.
Evaporator to which air can be applied, in particular for an air/water heat pump, having at least a first and a second refrigerant line (11, 12) to which air can be applied, wherein the first refrigerant line runs in a first evaporator region of the evaporator and the second refrigerant line runs in a second evaporator region, wherein in the first region a greater air flow speed prevails during operation of the evaporator than in the second region, characterized in that the refrigerant lines (11, 12) are differently designed from one another or else are adaptable in such a manner that an evaporation efficiency in the second refrigerant line is greater than in the first refrigerant line, wherein evaporation efficiency should be understood to mean that with a notional constant air flow speed in the first region and also the second region, a higher proportion of a fluid passing through during operation is evaporated in the second refrigerant line or else overheating in the second refrigerant line, at the end thereof, is greater than the corresponding overheating in the first refrigerant line in the event that the refrigerant is completely evaporated.
A gas analysis device that analyzes a target gas supplied from a thermal analysis device, comprising: a branching section that branches the target gas; a mass spectrometer that carries out mass spectrometry of one branched target gas; a trap section that holds the other branched target gas; a gas chromatograph that analyzes the other branched target gas held by the trap section; and a controller that controls the flow path of the one branched target gas and the other branched target gas; wherein the controller is configured to acquire information from the thermal analysis device so that, while the thermal analysis is being carried out by the thermal analysis device, the branching section continuously branches the supplied target gas by dividing the supplied target gas into the one branched target gas and the other branched target gas and discharges the one branched target gas and the other branched target gas; and wherein, after the thermal analysis has been completed, the other branched target gas held by the trap section is supplied to the gas chromatograph. a branching section that branches the target gas; a mass spectrometer that carries out mass spectrometry of one branched target gas; a trap section that holds the other branched target gas; a gas chromatograph that analyzes the other branched target gas held by the trap section; and a controller that controls the flow path of the one branched target gas and the other branched target gas; wherein the controller is configured to acquire information from the thermal analysis device so that, while the thermal analysis is being carried out by the thermal analysis device, the branching section continuously branches the supplied target gas by dividing the supplied target gas into the one branched target gas and the other branched target gas and discharges the one branched target gas and the other branched target gas; and wherein, after the thermal analysis has been completed, the other branched target gas held by the trap section is supplied to the gas chromatograph.
A connection fitting (10a, 10b) for a tube or pipe, including a tubular body having a first end, a second end, wherein the bore of said tubular body extends from the first end towards the second end, the tubular body being provided on its outer surface with a circumferential channel for receiving an O-ring and also with a ramp and a collet-engaging channel at the second end, the outside diameter of the tubular body at the first end being configured to fit within a tube or pipe to which the connection is to be made; said O-ring mounted in said circumferential channel, wherein the O-ring enters a sealing relationship with the inner side of the tube or pipe when the connection with the tube or pipe is effected; a substantially tubular collet having a first end, a second end, an internally directed flange provided at the second end, and having a memory, so that the cross-section of portions of said collet are reversibly alterable, wherein the collet is initially pushed onto the first end of the tubular body until it engages the ramp, and as pushing continues the forward portion of the collet rides up the ramp and expands until the collet reaches the collet-engaging channel whereupon the forward cross-section of the collet ceases to expand and the internally directed flange at the forward end of the collet engages with and is located within the collet-engaging channel on the outer surface of the tubular body; a substantially annular and resilient grab ring for gripping the outer side of the tube or pipe when it is inserted into the fitting (10a, 10b), the grab ring being located adjacent the first end of the collet; a substantially tubular spacer ring located on the free side of the grab ring adjacent the first end of the collet; a collet retainer which is initially pushed onto the first end of the collet causing the collet to compress until engaging means on the collet retainer engages with the collet and causes the collet to lock to the tubular body, said collet retainer locating the grab ring and the spacer ring adjacent the first end of the collet; and a tubular protection ring which, prior to insertion of the tube or pipe, is located within the spacer ring, wherein the outside diameter and inside diameter of the protection ring at its first end are equal to the outside diameter and inside diameter of the tube or pipe to be connected to the connection fitting (10a, 10b), the inside of the protection ring being chamfered at its second end to assist in the proper insertion of the tube or pipe into the connection fitting (10a, 10b) and onto the tubular body.
Dosage-dispensing head for use in a dosage-dispensing device to dispense measured quantities of free-flowing dosage material, which comprises a housing with an interior space to receive the dosage material, a fill opening and a discharge orifice as well as a shutter bolt arranged in the housing, wherein the shutter bolt is movable in the direction of a shutter bolt axis and rotatable about said shutter bolt axis to perform the functions of opening and closing the discharge orifice and of loosening and advancing the dosage material, wherein the dispensing head can take on a dispensing position with a substantially vertical orientation of the shutter bolt and a fill position that is different from the dispensing position, wherein in the dispensing position the dosage material can be dispensed through the discharge orifice at the lower end of the dispensing head, and in the fill position it can be filled in through the fill opening, characterized in that in the dispensing position the fill opening is positioned laterally extended on the housing in an essentially vertical orientation, further that the dispensing head has a likewise laterally extended rest surface diametrically opposite the fill opening, that the dosage-dispensing head, through a tilt movement of substantially 90°, can be brought from the dispensing position into the fill position, where the dosage-dispensing head lies on its rest surface with the fill opening located on top in horizontal extended orientation, and further that the fill opening can be closed by means of a cap and the interior space of the dosage-dispensing head, at least in the area of the fill opening, has a cylindrical inside wall, and that the internal surface of the cap, which in the closed state faces towards the interior space, is preferably also of cylindrical shape with a flush transition to the interior wall.
A method for controlling an electric power steering system wherein a d-axis current command value Idref and a q-axis current command value Iq are calculated based on a steering assist current command value Iref calculated from a steering torque, a motor is controlled by an inverter with a vector control based on the d-axis current command value Id and the q-axis current command value Iq and is driven to provide a steering assist power to a vehicle steering system, characterized by carrying out a field-weakening control on a d-axis of the vector control in accordance with a following equation; Idref = - Iref ⋅ sin cos - 1 ω b / ω e where, ω e is an angular speed of the motor and ω b is a base angular speed based on the steering assist current command value Iref, obtaining a first limit value (Ireflim) of the steering assist current command value Iref and a first base limit value (Ireflim_base) based on the angular speed ω e and a rated output characteristic of the motor which is given by a rated torque Tn multiplied by a rated angular speed ω n; obtaining a second limit value (Iref_lim) of the steering assist current command value Iref based on the steering assist current command value Iref and the first limit value (Ireflim); obtaining a second base limit value (Iref_base) based on the steering assist current command value Iref and the first base limit value (Ireflim_base); calculating the d-axis current command value Id based on the angular speed (ω e and the second limit value (Iref_lim); switching the second base limit value (Iref_base) to an output when the angular speed ω e is equal to or smaller than the base angular speed ω b and the second limit value (Iref_Iim) to an output when the angular speed ω e exceeds the base angular speed ω b; and limiting the steering assist current command value Iref by said switching between the second base limit value (Iref_base) and the second limit value (Iref_lim).
An apparatus for dispensing viscous material in a non-contact manner comprising: a dispensing body including a nozzle which includes a discharge passageway receiving a flow of a viscous material; and a main body and a fluid chamber housing removably attached to the main body, said dispensing body being supported by said fluid chamber housing; a valve element positioned in said fluid chamber housing, said valve element having an opened position in which the viscous material flows into said discharge passageway of said dispensing body and a closed position in which the flow of the viscous material to said discharge passageway is blocked; characterized in that a heat transfer member is thermally coupled with said dispensing body and has a slip fit with an exterior portion of the fluid chamber housing; a retainer removably secures the fluid chamber housing to the main body; wherein the heat transfer member participates with the retainer for securing the nozzle with the fluid chamber housing; the dispensing body is removably secured by said heat transfer member to said fluid chamber housing; a temperature sensor is thermally coupled with said heat transfer member; cooling means are provided for cooling said heat transfer member; and a controller is electrically coupled with said temperature sensor and with said cooling means, said controller causing said cooling means to cool said heat transfer member and said dispensing body in response to temperature signals received from said temperature sensor. a dispensing body including a nozzle which includes a discharge passageway receiving a flow of a viscous material; and a main body and a fluid chamber housing removably attached to the main body, said dispensing body being supported by said fluid chamber housing; a valve element positioned in said fluid chamber housing, said valve element having an opened position in which the viscous material flows into said discharge passageway of said dispensing body and a closed position in which the flow of the viscous material to said discharge passageway is blocked; characterized in that a heat transfer member is thermally coupled with said dispensing body and has a slip fit with an exterior portion of the fluid chamber housing; a retainer removably secures the fluid chamber housing to the main body; wherein the heat transfer member participates with the retainer for securing the nozzle with the fluid chamber housing; the dispensing body is removably secured by said heat transfer member to said fluid chamber housing; a temperature sensor is thermally coupled with said heat transfer member; cooling means are provided for cooling said heat transfer member; and a controller is electrically coupled with said temperature sensor and with said cooling means, said controller causing said cooling means to cool said heat transfer member and said dispensing body in response to temperature signals received from said temperature sensor.
An endodontic instrument for cleaning/shaping a tooth root canal, comprising: an elongated shaft composed of a porous material, the shaft having a proximal end portion, a distal end and a tapered working portion having an external surface and a rotational axis, the working portion extending from the proximal end portion to the distal end, wherein the porous material has a porosity ranging from 25% to 85%, and wherein the porous material is a Nitinol based material.