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An assembly of a piston for an internal combustion engine comprising a radially outer cooling duct on the opposite side of the piston from the piston head and open to the underside, and a cooling duct cover that has the form of an annular spring plate made from two semicircular halves (2, 3), the radially inner edge region of which rests on a first support that is formed by the upper side of a radially outward orientated projection of the piston base body which delimits the cooling duct radially inwards, and the radially outer edge region of which rests on a second support, under pretension, that is formed by a step-like recess of the underside of the ring belt of the piston which delimits the cooling duct radially outwards, - wherein in the relaxed state the spring plate has the form of a flat funnel, and - wherein the outer radius of the spring plate is dimensioned such that a circumferential gap results between the radially outer end face of the spring plate and the radially outer boundary of the step-like recess, - wherein the second support is arranged closer to the piston head than the first support by, at least approximately, the thickness of the spring plate, so that the spring plate after mounting in the piston assumes an at least approximately flat position under a torsional stress, characterised in that, the gap is dimensioned/designed in such a way that during relative movements between the piston and the spring plate, damage to the spring plate and the piston is avoided in the region of the gap. - wherein in the relaxed state the spring plate has the form of a flat funnel, and - wherein the outer radius of the spring plate is dimensioned such that a circumferential gap results between the radially outer end face of the spring plate and the radially outer boundary of the step-like recess, - wherein the second support is arranged closer to the piston head than the first support by, at least approximately, the thickness of the spring plate, so that the spring plate after mounting in the piston assumes an at least approximately flat position under a torsional stress,
Removable portable beacon (16, 16', 71, 71', 75) for system of aid to the precision maritime navigation of a ship, comprising means for the acquisition and processing of a satellite signal for geolocation of the beacon (16, 16', 71, 71', 75) and first means of aerial communication by electromagnetic waves with another beacon (16, 16', 71, 71', 75) and/or with a portable calculator equipped with data display means, the beacon including a housing (17, 17') including a base for magnetic fixing to the bridge of said ship, at least two posts (35, 35', 35") including at least one for manual gripping of the beacon by a user and a cap containing said means for the acquisition and processing of the satellite signal connected to said base by said posts, said first means of aerial communication with the other beacon and/or the calculator comprising a first electromagnetic antenna (30, 59) placed in one of said posts, the beacon comprising second means of aerial communication, by electromagnetic waves, of position correction data arriving from terrestrial transmitter(s) situated entirely remotely, comprising a second electromagnetic antenna (40, 59') placed in one of said posts, the beacon comprising third means of communication by electromagnetic waves of external data, comprising a third antenna (47, 59") also placed in one of said posts, and the beacon comprising means of calculation situated in the base of said beacon, said means of calculation being arranged to calculate a so-called corrected-position signal according to a first period determined on the basis of the satellite signal for geolocation of the beacon and the position correction data, giving the terrestrial coordinates of said beacon with a precision of geographical positioning lower than 1 cm or said means of calculation being arranged to calculate a so-called calculated course signal according to a second period determined on the basis of the satellite signal for geolocation of the beacon and a corrected signal transmitted by the other beacon, giving the course with a precision lower than 0.1°, and the first means of communication being arranged to transmit the corrected-position or course signal obtained to the portable calculator for calculation and display.
A composite of fillers and pigments in a polymer matrix, wherein the matrix contains titanium dioxide, at least one thermoplastic, selected from at least a polyamide, a polyethylene, a polypropylene, a polystyrene, co-polymerisates and/or blends thereof, a polycarbonate, a PMMA and/or a polyvinylchloride or, as thermoplastic, mixtures of at least two of said thermoplastics, wherein the composite contains 12 to 99.8 wt.% thermoplastic, 0.1 to 60 wt.% titanium dioxide, 0 to 80 wt.% mineral filler and/or glass fiber, 0.05 to 10 wt.% antioxidant, 0 to 2.0 wt.% organic metal deactivator, 0 to 2.0 wt.% process additives, 0 to 10 wt.% pigment, and 0 to 40 wt.% flame retardant, a high-performance plastic, selected from at least a PTFE, a fluor-thermoplastic, a PVDF, a polysulfone, a polyetherimide, a liquid crystalline polymer and/or a polyetherketone or from mixtures of at least two of said high-performance plastics, wherein the composite contains 12 to 99.9 wt.% high-performance plastic, 0.1 to 60 wt.% titanium dioxide, 0 to 80 wt.% mineral filler and/or glass fiber, 0 to 5.0 wt.% process additives, 0 to 10 wt.% pigment, and/or an epoxide resin, wherein the composite contains 20 to 99.9 wt.% epoxide resin, 0.1 to 60 wt.% titanium dioxide, 0 to 80 wt.% mineral filler and/or glass fiber, 0 to 10 wt.% process additives, 0 to 10 wt.% pigment, and 0 to 40 wt.% aluminum hydroxide, and the crystal size of the titanium dioxide d 50 is between 3 and 50 nm, characterized in that the titanium dioxide is both inorganically and organically surface-modified and the weight proportion of the inorganic compounds is 0.1 to 50.0 wt.% based on titanium dioxide, wherein the inorganic compounds are selected from water soluble aluminum-, antimony-, barium-, calcium-, cerium-, chlorine-, cobalt-, iron-, phosphor-, carbon-, manganese-, oxygen-, sulfur-, silicone-, nitrogen-, strontium-, vanadium-, zinc-, tin- and/or zirconium-compounds or salts and the organic compounds selected from one or more of the following compounds: silanes, siloxanes, polysiloxanes, polycarboxylic acids, polyesters, polyethers, polyamides, polyethyleneglycols, polyalcohols, fatty acids, preferably unsaturated fatty acids, polyacrylates, organic phosphonic acids, titanates, zirconates, alkyl- and/or arylsulfonates, alkyl- and/or arylsulfates, alkyl- and/or arylphosphoric acid esters.
An air treatment system having an extract air channel comprising at least one extract air inlet for guiding extract air from a building to the outside through at least one extract air outlet and a supply air channel comprising at least one supply air inlet for guiding supply air from the outdoor into a building through at least one supply air outlet, said extract air channel and said supply air channel being in a heat exchanging relation to each other via a heat exchanger comprising at least a first heat exchanger portion and a second heat exchanger portion, said first heat exchanger portion associated with a first flow controller, e.g. a first damper, for control of the air flow in the supply air channel of the first heat exchanger portion and said second heat exchanger portion associated with a second flow controller, e.g. a second damper, for control of the air flow in the supply air channel of the second heat exchanger portion, said air treatment system further comprising at least one fan (6a, 6b) in order to induce a flow in the air treatment system, said extract air channel further provided with pressure indicating means or pressure sensors (7a, 7b) for estimating or measuring a pressure drop over the heat exchanger in the extract air channel, e.g. by measuring the pressure in the extract air channel upstream respectively downstream of the heat exchanger, said air treatment system further provided with an Electronic Control Unit connected to receive input from said pressure indicating means or pressure sensors (7a, 7b) and connected to send control signals to the first and second flow controller (5a, 5b), said ECU being programmed to output a defrost cycle initiation signal including a control signal to a selected flow controller (5a or 5b) to reduce or restrict the flow in the supply air channel through a selected heat exchanger portion (4a or 4b) in order to defrost said heat exchanger portion (4a or 4b) when there is an indication of an undesired high level of ice in said selected heat exchanger portion (4a or 4b) characterized in that said ECU is further programmed to control the air flow in the supply air channel through the selected heat exchanger portion (4a or 4b) to be reduced or restricted while the pressure drop over the heat exchanger portion (4a or 4b) is decreasing, said reduced or restricted flow continuing until there is an indication that the pressure drop over said one heat exchanger portion (4a or 4b) is essentially constant or the pressure drop over several heat exchanger portions (4a, 4b) is essentially constant or increasing.
The compound varenicline, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for use in the treatment of dry eye disease in a human, wherein the treatment increases the amount or concentration of one or more lacrimal proteins; wherein between 5 micrograms and 1000 micrograms of the varenicline, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in a pharmaceutical formulation, is administered nasally.
Light guide with a plurality of light deflecting structures, which are arranged inside the light guide, wherein the material of the light guide is plastic, and wherein the light deflecting structures each have an elongated base body which is dimensioned many times larger along its longitudinal direction as in the directions perpendicular to this longitudinal direction, wherein the light deflecting structures are produced by a local melting of the material of the light guide, characterized in that the base bodies each have a local thickening along their longitudinal direction, which is arranged at 15-35% of the total length of the base body in relation to the longitudinal direction of the base body.
A solar plug connector for photovoltaic plant comprising at least one contact housing and at least one connector housing, wherein the connector housing can be connected with the contact housing and serves to receive at least one cable that can be freely made up with a conductor, wherein a contact needle is arranged on the contact housing for purposes of making contact with the conductor of a cable that is to be connected, and a thread is arranged on the contact housing, which is provided for purposes of interacting with a thread provided on the connector housing, so that when the contact housing and the connector housing are screwed together the contact needle is introduced in a defined manner from the front into the conductor of the cable, characterised in that a push-back safeguard is provided on the connector housing; this secures a cable pushed from the rear end into the connector housing, if pressure is exerted from the front end onto a cable that has been therein introduced.
A steering column for a motor vehicle, having a column jacket for rotatably mounting a steering shaft, and having a guide part which engages around the column jacket, in which the column jacket is mounted with its outer lateral surface in a bearing surface of the guide part such that it is telescopically displaceable in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the steering shaft by means of a motorized longitudinal adjustment drive, wherein the guide part has a slot, the slot width of which can be set by means of a clamping bolt to a selectable slot width, such that a play or a predefined prestressing force between the lateral surface and the mounting bearing surface of the guide part is set, characterized in that it has a motorized height adjustment drive with a pivoting lever which is articulated on the guide part by means of a lever axle, and in that the lever axle is formed by the clamping bolt.
An imaging system, comprising: a detector array that detects radiation traversing an examination region, the detector array consisting of an inner region and first and second outer regions, the detector array including: at least a set of non-spectral detectors that detect a first sub-portion of the radiation traversing the examination region and generates first signals indicative thereof; at least a set of spectral detectors that detects a second sub-portion of the radiation traversing the examination region and generates second signals indicative thereof; a reconstructor that processes the first and second signals, generating volumetric image data; characterized in that: the inner region is populated with a first portion of the set of spectral detectors and the first outer region is populated with a second portion of the set of spectral detectors; and the second outer region is populated with the set of non-spectral detectors. a detector array that detects radiation traversing an examination region, the detector array consisting of an inner region and first and second outer regions, the detector array including: at least a set of non-spectral detectors that detect a first sub-portion of the radiation traversing the examination region and generates first signals indicative thereof; at least a set of spectral detectors that detects a second sub-portion of the radiation traversing the examination region and generates second signals indicative thereof; a reconstructor that processes the first and second signals, generating volumetric image data; characterized in that: the inner region is populated with a first portion of the set of spectral detectors and the first outer region is populated with a second portion of the set of spectral detectors; and the second outer region is populated with the set of non-spectral detectors. at least a set of non-spectral detectors that detect a first sub-portion of the radiation traversing the examination region and generates first signals indicative thereof; at least a set of spectral detectors that detects a second sub-portion of the radiation traversing the examination region and generates second signals indicative thereof; a reconstructor that processes the first and second signals, generating volumetric image data; characterized in that: the inner region is populated with a first portion of the set of spectral detectors and the first outer region is populated with a second portion of the set of spectral detectors; and the second outer region is populated with the set of non-spectral detectors. the inner region is populated with a first portion of the set of spectral detectors and the first outer region is populated with a second portion of the set of spectral detectors; and the second outer region is populated with the set of non-spectral detectors.
A method of providing a simultaneous dual-band image sensor having a plurality of pixels comprising: providing a substrate; forming a common ground on the substrate; forming a Band 1 absorber layer on the common ground layer; forming a barrier layer on the Band 1 absorber layer; forming a Band 2 absorber layer on the barrier layer; reticulating each pixel by etching the Band 2 absorber layer, the barrier layer and the Band 1 absorber layer on sides of each pixel to but not through the common ground layer; etching a ring through the Band 2 absorber layer, and the barrier layer and into the Band 1 absorber layer but not through the Band 1 absorber layer; forming a first contact on a portion of the Band 2 absorber layer inside the ring; and forming a second contact on a portion of the Band 2 absorber layer outside the ring; wherein the Band 1 absorber layer is n-type and the Band 2 absorber layer is n-type; or wherein the Band 1 absorber layer is p-type and the Band 2 absorber layer is p-type. providing a substrate; forming a common ground on the substrate; forming a Band 1 absorber layer on the common ground layer; forming a barrier layer on the Band 1 absorber layer; forming a Band 2 absorber layer on the barrier layer; reticulating each pixel by etching the Band 2 absorber layer, the barrier layer and the Band 1 absorber layer on sides of each pixel to but not through the common ground layer; etching a ring through the Band 2 absorber layer, and the barrier layer and into the Band 1 absorber layer but not through the Band 1 absorber layer; forming a first contact on a portion of the Band 2 absorber layer inside the ring; and forming a second contact on a portion of the Band 2 absorber layer outside the ring; wherein the Band 1 absorber layer is n-type and the Band 2 absorber layer is n-type; or wherein the Band 1 absorber layer is p-type and the Band 2 absorber layer is p-type.
Pedicle screw having a receiving sleeve and a screw head, which has a preferably spherical, distal pivot section, which is pivotably insertable or inserted in the receiving sleeve, and a proximal holding section of the screw head which is insertable or inserted in a fixed position in the receiving sleeve, which are integrally connected to each other via at least one preferably elastically and/or plastically deformable web, in particular manufactured in one piece, in such a way that they are pivotable relative to each other about a pivot axis running transversely to a longitudinal axis of the screw, characterized in that the at least one web is a material section arranged between two slots or wedges recessed in the pivot section or in the holding section.
A high-speed transmission connector, comprising a row of first contacts (1a-k), a row of second contacts (1b-k), a row of third contacts (1c-k), a row of fourth contacts (1d-k), an upper housing that supports the row of first contacts (1a-k), a lower housing that supports the row of second contacts (1b-k), and an inner housing that supports both of the row of third contacts (1c-k) and the row of fourth contacts (1d-k), the upper housing, the lower housing, and the inner housing being assembled in such a manner that the upper housing and the lower housing face each other in a vertical direction with a gap therebetween, and the inner housing is accommodated in the upper housing and the lower housing; and the gap and an opening of the inner housing forming a slot into which a header of an external device as a communicating counterpart is to be fitted, characterised in that the inner housing is integrally formed. a row of first contacts (1a-k), a row of second contacts (1b-k), a row of third contacts (1c-k), a row of fourth contacts (1d-k), an upper housing that supports the row of first contacts (1a-k), a lower housing that supports the row of second contacts (1b-k), and an inner housing that supports both of the row of third contacts (1c-k) and the row of fourth contacts (1d-k), the upper housing, the lower housing, and the inner housing being assembled in such a manner that the upper housing and the lower housing face each other in a vertical direction with a gap therebetween, and the inner housing is accommodated in the upper housing and the lower housing; and the gap and an opening of the inner housing forming a slot into which a header of an external device as a communicating counterpart is to be fitted, characterised in that the inner housing is integrally formed.
A rotorcraft, comprising: an engine; an engine inlet; a rotor linkage; and an exhaust manifold (200, 300, 400) comprising: a plurality of exhaust ducts (204, 206, 208, 210, 302) in gaseous communication with one or more exhaust systems, wherein the exhaust ducts (204, 206, 208, 210, 302) receive exhaust from the one or more exhaust systems; and a platform comprising the plurality of exhaust ducts (204, 206, 208, 210, 302), wherein the platform is located upstream of the engine inlet, and wherein the plurality of exhaust ducts (204, 206, 208, 210, 302) are configured to direct exhaust towards the rotor linkage. an engine; an engine inlet; a rotor linkage; and an exhaust manifold (200, 300, 400) comprising: a plurality of exhaust ducts (204, 206, 208, 210, 302) in gaseous communication with one or more exhaust systems, wherein the exhaust ducts (204, 206, 208, 210, 302) receive exhaust from the one or more exhaust systems; and a platform comprising the plurality of exhaust ducts (204, 206, 208, 210, 302), wherein the platform is located upstream of the engine inlet, and wherein the plurality of exhaust ducts (204, 206, 208, 210, 302) are configured to direct exhaust towards the rotor linkage. a plurality of exhaust ducts (204, 206, 208, 210, 302) in gaseous communication with one or more exhaust systems, wherein the exhaust ducts (204, 206, 208, 210, 302) receive exhaust from the one or more exhaust systems; and a platform comprising the plurality of exhaust ducts (204, 206, 208, 210, 302), wherein the platform is located upstream of the engine inlet, and wherein the plurality of exhaust ducts (204, 206, 208, 210, 302) are configured to direct exhaust towards the rotor linkage.
Process for the separative treatment of a gas mixture (k) which is formed by a product stream (d) from a reactor for the synthesis of dimethyl ether from synthesis gas (b) and contains at least dimethyl ether, carbon dioxide and at least one further component having a boiling point lower than that of carbon dioxide, where the gas mixture (k) is cooled at a first pressure level from a first temperature level to a second temperature level and a proportion of the gas mixture (k) remaining in gaseous form at the second temperature level is scrubbed with a runback (v) in an absorption column to remove dimethyl ether still present, where the runback (v) is formed at least partly by a proportion of the gas mixture (k) separated off in liquid form on cooling, characterized in that the runback (v) is a runback containing predominantly carbon dioxide.
A package for an orthopedic device comprising an inner packaging (14, 114, 214, 314) and an outer packaging (12, 112, 212, 312); wherein the inner packaging (14, 114, 214, 314) comprises: first (20, 120, 220, 320) and second (22, 122, 222, 322) portions moveable between a first position and a second position, wherein the first (20, 120, 220, 320) and second (22, 122, 222, 322) portions face a common side of the orthopedic device in the first position when the orthopedic device is disposed within the inner packaging (14, 114,214, 314), wherein, in the second position, at least a portion of the orthopedic device is contained within the inner packaging (14, 114, 214, 314); and a spacer (18, 218) designed to be slid into the inner packaging and ultimately be disposed at a bottom end thereof, wherein the outer packaging (12, 112, 212, 312) surrounds the inner packaging (14, 114, 214, 314), wherein the orthopedic device can be accessed upon removal of the outer packaging (12, 112, 212, 312) from the inner packaging (14, 114, 214, 314) and movement of the first (20, 120, 220, 320) and second (22, 122, 222, 322) portions to the second position. first (20, 120, 220, 320) and second (22, 122, 222, 322) portions moveable between a first position and a second position, wherein the first (20, 120, 220, 320) and second (22, 122, 222, 322) portions face a common side of the orthopedic device in the first position when the orthopedic device is disposed within the inner packaging (14, 114,214, 314), wherein, in the second position, at least a portion of the orthopedic device is contained within the inner packaging (14, 114, 214, 314); and a spacer (18, 218) designed to be slid into the inner packaging and ultimately be disposed at a bottom end thereof, wherein the outer packaging (12, 112, 212, 312) surrounds the inner packaging (14, 114, 214, 314), wherein the orthopedic device can be accessed upon removal of the outer packaging (12, 112, 212, 312) from the inner packaging (14, 114, 214, 314) and movement of the first (20, 120, 220, 320) and second (22, 122, 222, 322) portions to the second position.