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A method of manufacturing a grip element for gripping a tubular workpiece made from a corrosion-resistant alloy, wherein said method comprises the steps of: (a) forming a grip element comprising a CRA substrate, wherein the grip element comprises a grip surface having a plurality of generally pyramidic die teeth projecting therefrom; (b) treating at least portions of the grip surface and the die teeth surfaces with a surface-hardening process; and (c) subsequent to the surface-hardening step in clause (b), intentionally truncating at least some of the die teeth such that each truncated die tooth tip defines a flattened surface that includes an exposed surface of the CRA substrate. (a) forming a grip element comprising a CRA substrate, wherein the grip element comprises a grip surface having a plurality of generally pyramidic die teeth projecting therefrom; (b) treating at least portions of the grip surface and the die teeth surfaces with a surface-hardening process; and (c) subsequent to the surface-hardening step in clause (b), intentionally truncating at least some of the die teeth such that each truncated die tooth tip defines a flattened surface that includes an exposed surface of the CRA substrate.
An antibody or antibody fragment for binding to a non-functional P2X 7 receptor, comprising an antigen binding site defined by a general formula: FR1a - CDR1a - FR2a - CDR2a - FR3a - CDR3a - FR4a - linker - FR1 - CDR1 -FR2-CDR2-FR3-CDR3-FR4 wherein: FR1, FR2, FR3, FR4, FR1a, FR2a, FR3a and FR4a are each framework regions; CDR1, CDR2, CDR3, CDR1a, CDR2a, CDR3a are each complementarity determining regions; wherein: CDR1a has an amino acid sequence of KASQNVGTNVA; CDR2a has an amino acid sequence of SASFRYS; and CDR3a has an amino acid sequence of QQYNSYPFT; wherein: CDR1 has an amino acid sequence of SYYMS; CDR2 has an amino acid sequence of AINSNGGSTYYPDTVKG; and CDR3 has an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of: HYSSRFFDV, NYRGDYYET, NFLESYFEA, NYLPMYYEV, HYSSRFFEV, NFRVMFFKA, YHVIQYLGP and YFPLVYYDV. FR1, FR2, FR3, FR4, FR1a, FR2a, FR3a and FR4a are each framework regions; CDR1, CDR2, CDR3, CDR1a, CDR2a, CDR3a are each complementarity determining regions; wherein: CDR1a has an amino acid sequence of KASQNVGTNVA; CDR2a has an amino acid sequence of SASFRYS; and CDR3a has an amino acid sequence of QQYNSYPFT; wherein: CDR1 has an amino acid sequence of SYYMS; CDR2 has an amino acid sequence of AINSNGGSTYYPDTVKG; and CDR3 has an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of: HYSSRFFDV, NYRGDYYET, NFLESYFEA, NYLPMYYEV, HYSSRFFEV, NFRVMFFKA, YHVIQYLGP and YFPLVYYDV. CDR1a has an amino acid sequence of KASQNVGTNVA; CDR2a has an amino acid sequence of SASFRYS; and CDR3a has an amino acid sequence of QQYNSYPFT; CDR1 has an amino acid sequence of SYYMS; CDR2 has an amino acid sequence of AINSNGGSTYYPDTVKG; and CDR3 has an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of: HYSSRFFDV, NYRGDYYET, NFLESYFEA, NYLPMYYEV, HYSSRFFEV, NFRVMFFKA, YHVIQYLGP and YFPLVYYDV.
A sniffing leak detector comprising - an operator-actuated sniffing probe, - a suction device connected with said sniffing probe, - a gas detector connected with said suction device for detecting a test gas, wherein a microcomputer is provided which is connected to an operator-activated switch that, when being activated, initiates the beginning of a measuring period and starts a time measurement, said microcomputer being designed for controlling a signal transmitter to generate an alarm signal upon expiration of a predetermined measuring period, characterized in that said microcomputer is designed to monitor the period between the beginnings of two measuring periods, and to not accept, or to indicate as an error, a premature beginning of the second measuring period initiated by actuation of the switch. - an operator-actuated sniffing probe, - a suction device connected with said sniffing probe, - a gas detector connected with said suction device for detecting a test gas,
A refrigerated merchandiser comprising: a case defining a product display area having an opening, the case including a base having an air inlet located adjacent the product display area; a canopy disposed substantially above the product display area, the canopy having an air outlet located adjacent the product display area; a primary passageway (45, 60, 70) fluidly connecting the air inlet with the air outlet to direct a first refrigerated airflow from the air outlet across the opening; and a shelf coupled to the case within the product display area; characterized by a duct apparatus removably coupled to the shelf and in direct fluid communication with the primary passageway (45, 60, 70), the duct apparatus defining a secondary air passageway between the primary passageway (45, 60, 70) and the product display area to direct a second refrigerated airflow from the duct apparatus across the opening below the canopy. a case defining a product display area having an opening, the case including a base having an air inlet located adjacent the product display area; a canopy disposed substantially above the product display area, the canopy having an air outlet located adjacent the product display area; a primary passageway (45, 60, 70) fluidly connecting the air inlet with the air outlet to direct a first refrigerated airflow from the air outlet across the opening; and a shelf coupled to the case within the product display area; characterized by a duct apparatus removably coupled to the shelf and in direct fluid communication with the primary passageway (45, 60, 70), the duct apparatus defining a secondary air passageway between the primary passageway (45, 60, 70) and the product display area to direct a second refrigerated airflow from the duct apparatus across the opening below the canopy.
A method performed by a device for transmission on a random access channel 'RACH' to a network, the method comprising: when a timing advance value is not known by the device, transmitting to the network on the RACH an access request message comprising a guard period; when a timing advance value is known by the device, transmitting to the network on the RACH an access request message comprising an identifier used to identify the device, and user data. when a timing advance value is not known by the device, transmitting to the network on the RACH an access request message comprising a guard period; when a timing advance value is known by the device, transmitting to the network on the RACH an access request message comprising an identifier used to identify the device, and user data.
An article of manufacture comprising: a machine-readable medium having machine-executable instructions stored thereon for analyte monitoring management, the instructions comprising: instructions for receiving analyte measurement data (110, 205, 250), the analyte measurement data representing analyte measurement data (705, 805) collected over a time period; instructions for analyzing the analyte measurement data (115, 210, 255) for analyte episodes (705C-705G, 805B-805G) within the time period; wherein the analyte episodes comprise at least one rate-of-change based episode; the rate of change being the rate of change of the analyte value over time; wherein the at least one rate-of-change based episode extends between two points having a threshold rate-of-change for a duration threshold, and; instructions for merging two rate-of-change based episodes into a single episode when the two episodes are within a time distance threshold of each other; and instructions for storing the analyte episodes in a memory (215, 260). instructions for receiving analyte measurement data (110, 205, 250), the analyte measurement data representing analyte measurement data (705, 805) collected over a time period; instructions for analyzing the analyte measurement data (115, 210, 255) for analyte episodes (705C-705G, 805B-805G) within the time period; wherein the analyte episodes comprise at least one rate-of-change based episode; the rate of change being the rate of change of the analyte value over time; wherein the at least one rate-of-change based episode extends between two points having a threshold rate-of-change for a duration threshold, and; wherein the analyte episodes comprise at least one rate-of-change based episode; the rate of change being the rate of change of the analyte value over time; wherein the at least one rate-of-change based episode extends between two points having a threshold rate-of-change for a duration threshold, and; instructions for merging two rate-of-change based episodes into a single episode when the two episodes are within a time distance threshold of each other; and instructions for storing the analyte episodes in a memory (215, 260).
Valve apparatus, comprising: a valve body enclosing a valve chamber (110; 210), wherein said valve body has an inlet port (24; 224) for flow of fluid into the valve chamber (110; 210) and an outlet port (32; 34; 36; 234) for flow of fluid out of the valve chamber (110; 210); a closure member positioned in the valve chamber (110; 210) between the inlet port (24; 224) and the outlet port (32; 34; 36; 234), said closure member being movable back and forth between i) an open position in which the closure member allows fluid flow from the inlet port (24; 224) and through the outlet port (32; 34; 36; 234) out of the valve chamber (110; 210) and ii) a closed position in which the closure member prevents fluid flow through the outlet port (32; 34; 36; 234); actuator apparatus comprising a pneumatic piston for applying a force to move the closure member to the opened position, a spring for applying a force to move the closure member to the closed position, and a bellows positioned to isolate the piston with a vacuum-tight seal from the valve chamber (110; 210); and an expandable and contractible shield positioned around at least the bellows in a manner that separates the bellows from gases flowing in the valve chamber (110; 210), characterized in that a space enclosed by the shield around the bellows is pressurizable with a gas to a pressure higher than a pressure in the valve chamber (110; 210) outside of the shield. a valve body enclosing a valve chamber (110; 210), wherein said valve body has an inlet port (24; 224) for flow of fluid into the valve chamber (110; 210) and an outlet port (32; 34; 36; 234) for flow of fluid out of the valve chamber (110; 210); a closure member positioned in the valve chamber (110; 210) between the inlet port (24; 224) and the outlet port (32; 34; 36; 234), said closure member being movable back and forth between i) an open position in which the closure member allows fluid flow from the inlet port (24; 224) and through the outlet port (32; 34; 36; 234) out of the valve chamber (110; 210) and ii) a closed position in which the closure member prevents fluid flow through the outlet port (32; 34; 36; 234); actuator apparatus comprising a pneumatic piston for applying a force to move the closure member to the opened position, a spring for applying a force to move the closure member to the closed position, and a bellows positioned to isolate the piston with a vacuum-tight seal from the valve chamber (110; 210); and an expandable and contractible shield positioned around at least the bellows in a manner that separates the bellows from gases flowing in the valve chamber (110; 210),
A torque rod comprising: a first antivibration device including: a cylindrical outside member having an axial end face (11b, 11c), an axial inside member disposed on an internal peripheral side of the outside member, and an antivibration base body including a rubber-like elastic body adhered, in a vulcanized manner, to an external peripheral face of the inside member and to an internal peripheral face of the outside member; and a connecting member connected to a second antivibration device connecting two members by a rubber-like elastic body, the connecting member being an article integrated with the outside member, and characterised in that the outside member includes a level difference (19, 51) which is provided at the axial end face (11b, 11c) around an entire circumference and which has a radial outside axially concaved relative to a radial inside, and in that the level difference is a groove portion axially concaved from the axial end face (11b, 11c). a first antivibration device including: a cylindrical outside member having an axial end face (11b, 11c), an axial inside member disposed on an internal peripheral side of the outside member, and an antivibration base body including a rubber-like elastic body adhered, in a vulcanized manner, to an external peripheral face of the inside member and to an internal peripheral face of the outside member; and a cylindrical outside member having an axial end face (11b, 11c), an axial inside member disposed on an internal peripheral side of the outside member, and an antivibration base body including a rubber-like elastic body adhered, in a vulcanized manner, to an external peripheral face of the inside member and to an internal peripheral face of the outside member; and a connecting member connected to a second antivibration device connecting two members by a rubber-like elastic body, the connecting member being an article integrated with the outside member, and characterised in that the outside member includes a level difference (19, 51) which is provided at the axial end face (11b, 11c) around an entire circumference and which has a radial outside axially concaved relative to a radial inside, and in that the level difference is a groove portion axially concaved from the axial end face (11b, 11c).
A method implemented in a CELP-based sound signal encoder or a CELP-based sound signal decoder for converting, when the encoder or the decoder switches from a first frame with an internal sampling rate S1 to a second frame with an internal sampling rate S2, linear predictive, LP, filter parameters of the first frame from the internal sampling rate S1 to the internal sampling rate S2, the method being characterized by: computing, at the internal sampling rate S1, a power spectrum of a LP synthesis filter using the LP filter parameters; modifying the power spectrum of the LP synthesis filter to convert it from the internal sampling rate S1 to the internal sampling rate S2; inverse transforming the modified power spectrum of the LP synthesis filter to determine autocorrelations of the LP synthesis filter at the internal sampling rate S2; and using the autocorrelations to compute the LP filter parameters at the internal sampling rate S2. computing, at the internal sampling rate S1, a power spectrum of a LP synthesis filter using the LP filter parameters; modifying the power spectrum of the LP synthesis filter to convert it from the internal sampling rate S1 to the internal sampling rate S2; inverse transforming the modified power spectrum of the LP synthesis filter to determine autocorrelations of the LP synthesis filter at the internal sampling rate S2; and using the autocorrelations to compute the LP filter parameters at the internal sampling rate S2.
Display unit for an electric bicycle, wherein the display unit has a holding arrangement and the holding arrangement has two holding plates (40, 42) arranged in parallel and can be mounted by means of the holding arrangement on the handlebars of the bicycle either in a first mounting position closer to the rider or in a second mounting position further away from the rider, wherein the holding arrangement for the first mounting position can be mounted rotated relative to an arrangement for the second mounting position, wherein one holding plate is arranged to the left of the handlebar stem and one holding plate is arranged to the right of the handlebar stem, wherein the holding plates (40, 42) engage around the handlebars at least in sections, characterised in that the holding plates extend at an angle to the display unit and are respectively fixed laterally to the display unit by means of screws, wherein the mounting position is selected by the side selection of the holding plates (40, 42).
A compression resistant implant configured to fit at or near a bone defect to promote bone growth, the compression resistant implant comprising a matrix including: a collagen in an amount of about 10 wt % to about 20 wt %, carboxymethylcellulose in an amount of about 0.1 wt % to about 10 wt %, tricalcium phosphate and hydroxyapatite in a ratio of about 80:20 to 90:10 and having a particle size of about 125 μm to about 750 μm in an amount of about 50 wt % to about 80 wt %, and a freeze-dried oxysterol in an amount of about 5 wt % to about 45 wt %, based on the total weight of the matrix; wherein the implant further comprises P-15, a synthetic 15-amino acid residue identical to the cell binding domain of type I collagen; and wherein the implant is configured to form a coherent mass and be moldable after being wetted with a fluid. a collagen in an amount of about 10 wt % to about 20 wt %, carboxymethylcellulose in an amount of about 0.1 wt % to about 10 wt %, tricalcium phosphate and hydroxyapatite in a ratio of about 80:20 to 90:10 and having a particle size of about 125 μm to about 750 μm in an amount of about 50 wt % to about 80 wt %, and a freeze-dried oxysterol in an amount of about 5 wt % to about 45 wt %, based on the total weight of the matrix; wherein the implant further comprises P-15, a synthetic 15-amino acid residue identical to the cell binding domain of type I collagen; and wherein the implant is configured to form a coherent mass and be moldable after being wetted with a fluid.
An automatic format-changing device for an automatic horizontal flexible container forming and filling machine comprising a framing, guide rails fixed to said framing, a plurality of support carriages provided for holding respective operative units, guide followers fixed to said support carriages and slidingly coupled to said guide rails, locking means for fixing each support carriage with respect to the framing in a position selected according to a predetermined flexible container format to be produced, a screw spindle parallel to the guide rails rotatably installed in the framing, a motor unit operatively connected for rotating said screw spindle, a plurality of nuts, each coupled to the screw spindle and installed such that it can rotate but not move axially in a coupling support attached to each support carriage, and a clutch element movably installed on each support carriage and moved by a clutch actuator between a clutch position, in which said clutch element interferes with said nut blocking rotation of the nut with respect to said coupling support, and a release position, in which the clutch element allows free rotation of the nut with respect to the coupling support characterized in that the nut is installed in the coupling support by means of rigid ball bearings supporting radial loads and axial loads, wherein the coupling support comprises a bearing pedestal body having seats on which outer rings of the rigid ball bearings are seated, and the nut has seats on which inner rings of said rigid ball bearings are seated, and wherein side covers are fixed to the bearing pedestal body retaining the bearings in the axial direction.
Stacking plate (1, la, 1b) for a stacked plate heat exchanger, comprising: - a substantially flat base extending along a principal plane in which first passage openings and second passage openings are provided for the passage of a first medium and a second medium respectively, and - a raised edge projecting beyond the perimeter of the said substantially flat base surrounding it continuously, characterized in that first portions (2b1) and second portions (2b2) of the said raised edge project beyond the perimeter of the substantially flat base in accordance with a first lateral angle (α) and a second lateral angle (μ) with respect to the said principal plane respectively, in which the said first lateral angle (α) and the second (μ) are different from each other, and in that the said first portions (2b1) project from straight segments of the perimeter of the substantially flat base while the said second portions (2b2) project from curved segments thereof. - a substantially flat base extending along a principal plane in which first passage openings and second passage openings are provided for the passage of a first medium and a second medium respectively, and - a raised edge projecting beyond the perimeter of the said substantially flat base surrounding it continuously, characterized in that first portions (2b1) and second portions (2b2) of the said raised edge project beyond the perimeter of the substantially flat base in accordance with a first lateral angle (α) and a second lateral angle (μ) with respect to the said principal plane respectively, in which the said first lateral angle (α) and the second (μ) are different from each other, and in that the said first portions (2b1) project from straight segments of the perimeter of the substantially flat base while the said second portions (2b2) project from curved segments thereof.
An electrosurgical forceps, comprising: a housing; a shaft affixed to the housing having jaw members at a distal end thereof, wherein the jaw members are configured to move relative to one another from a first position wherein the jaw members are disposed in spaced relation relative to one another to a second position wherein the jaw members are closer to one another for manipulating tissue; a pivot pin; a handle movable relative to the housing, rotatable around the pivot pin and configured to cause the jaw members to move between the first and second positions; a switch assembly within the housing, including a switch carrier comprising a top face, a top-proximal face joined to a proximal edge of the top face, a left face joined to a left edge of the top proximal face, a right face joined to a right edge of the top proximal face, and a pivot mount joined to a distal edge of the top face and configured to directly engage the pivot pin; a flex circuit assembly disposed on at least one of the faces of the switch carrier, and comprising a monopolar switch (466, 465) configured to selectively activate a source of monopolar electrosurgical energy, a monopolar safety switch mounted on the top face and configured to enable the monopolar switch upon actuation of the monopolar safety switch, and a bipolar switch configured to selectively activate a source of bipolar electrosurgical energy; and wherein the movable handle is configured to actuate the monopolar safety switch when the jaw members are in the second position. a housing; a shaft affixed to the housing having jaw members at a distal end thereof, wherein the jaw members are configured to move relative to one another from a first position wherein the jaw members are disposed in spaced relation relative to one another to a second position wherein the jaw members are closer to one another for manipulating tissue; a pivot pin; a handle movable relative to the housing, rotatable around the pivot pin and configured to cause the jaw members to move between the first and second positions; a switch assembly within the housing, including a switch carrier comprising a top face, a top-proximal face joined to a proximal edge of the top face, a left face joined to a left edge of the top proximal face, a right face joined to a right edge of the top proximal face, and a pivot mount joined to a distal edge of the top face and configured to directly engage the pivot pin; a flex circuit assembly disposed on at least one of the faces of the switch carrier, and comprising a monopolar switch (466, 465) configured to selectively activate a source of monopolar electrosurgical energy, a monopolar safety switch mounted on the top face and configured to enable the monopolar switch upon actuation of the monopolar safety switch, and a bipolar switch configured to selectively activate a source of bipolar electrosurgical energy; and wherein the movable handle is configured to actuate the monopolar safety switch when the jaw members are in the second position.