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Bipolar plate for a fuel cell having an anode plate and a cathode plate, having in each case one active area and two inactive areas, wherein in each inactive area are arranged a supply area having two main gas ports (12, 13) for the supply and discharge of reaction gases and a coolant main port for the supply and discharge of coolant, and a distribution area for connecting the two main gas ports (12, 13) and the coolant main port to the active area, wherein the anode plate and the cathode plate are designed such and are arranged above one another such that the anode plate has on the side averted from the cathode plate open anode gas ducts and the cathode plate has on the side averted from the anode plate open cathode gas ducts, and that on the sides (19, 20), facing one another, of the anode plate and of the cathode plate are formed closed coolant ducts, characterised in that the anode gas ducts and the cathode gas ducts are guided without overlapping out of the main gas ports (12, 13) through the distribution area and open at opposite sides into the active area, are redirected in the active area and distributed across the width of the active area, that after the distribution across the width of the active area there is a redirection in the direction of the respectively opposite distribution area, and that the coolant ducts branch in the distribution area and after the branching are redirected in the direction of the anode gas ducts and in the direction of the cathode gas ducts and overlap in an overlapping area with the anode gas ducts and the cathode gas ducts and in each case are redirected together such that the coolant ducts, with the anode gas ducts and the cathode gas ducts, open, without overlapping with and alternating with said anode gas ducts and cathode gas ducts, into the active area, and run there in parallel with them through the active area.
A method for visualizing data of an individual unit with respect to data of a population of units collected for analysis, comprising the steps of: extracting a subject value from data of a population of units collected for analysis; defining points of interest in the data of population for comparison to the subject value, the points of interest representing a scale having a minimum value and a maximum value; selecting a target point of interest from the defined points of interest in the data of the population; mapping the scale to a graphic gauge display (5, 8, 50, 60); rendering at least the target point of interest visually indicated at a center of the graphic gauge display (5, 8, 50, 60), wherein, end points of the graphic gauge display (5, 8, 50, 60) correspond to the minimum value and the maximum value; and, visually indicating the subject value on the graphic gauge display. extracting a subject value from data of a population of units collected for analysis; defining points of interest in the data of population for comparison to the subject value, the points of interest representing a scale having a minimum value and a maximum value; selecting a target point of interest from the defined points of interest in the data of the population; mapping the scale to a graphic gauge display (5, 8, 50, 60); rendering at least the target point of interest visually indicated at a center of the graphic gauge display (5, 8, 50, 60), wherein, end points of the graphic gauge display (5, 8, 50, 60) correspond to the minimum value and the maximum value; and, visually indicating the subject value on the graphic gauge display.
Method for operating an LED strip in an emergency exit marking system and with at least one LED island and cables for connection to a voltage supply or to further LED islands, wherein at least one multichip LED and at least one electrical resistor are provided on the LED island in a series-connected manner, the multichip LED has only LEDs of one light colour, and the multichip LED is operated at 0.5 to 20 per cent of its rated current, in particular at 1 to 10 per cent, preferably at 1.5 to 5 per cent.
Placing tool comprising a magazine for fasteners, in particular for taped fasteners for fastening roofing felt, the placing tool having a drilling device which can be moved from a resting position into an axis of operation, and having a placing device which can be moved from a resting position into the axis of operation, according to patent... (patent application number 10 2008 006 977.9-15), characterised in that one handle transmits a feed force to the drilling device and/or the placing device for advancing the drilling device and the placing device in the axis of operation, and the handle is in an upper resting position in the unloaded state, in that a changeover device is coupled to the handle, which changeover device is equipped with a drive pin and with a mechanical release for actuating the drive pin, the drive pin engaging either in the drilling device or in the placing device and releasing only the drilling device or the placing device in order to be advanced by means of the handle, and in that a linear unit (60, 62) is in each case attached between the changeover device and the drilling device and the placing device, by means of which linear units the drilling device or the placing device can be moved by the mechanical release as desired from the resting position (30, 32) transversely into the axis of operation.
System for a parabolic solar concentrator having a substantially continuous reflective surface, the system comprising a mobile portion that comprises: - a parabolic support structure with a plurality of ribs, each having a substantially parabola shape apt to support and fitted with retention means holding in position a plurality of reflective pieces of sheet metal apt to reflect and concentrate the solar radiation towards the focus of the dish; - a plurality of supports to keep the support structure raised from the ground and to orientate it around an axis of rotation, the axis of rotation being positioned to the rear of the dish with respect to its convex side; - a receiver tube 113 held substantially within the focus of the dish to intercept the solar radiation reflected by the plurality of pieces of reflective sheet metal; - a torsion bar connected to the support structure and positioned externally to the dish on the convex side having the function of guaranteeing the solidity of the support structure and of permitting rotation of the support structure relative to the axis of rotation; wherein said torsion bar is positioned in such a way that the centre of gravity of the mobile part of the parabolic solar concentrator falls within a distance within the range 0 to 0.5 metres from the axis of rotation; characterized in that the torsion bar is connected to the ribs by means of a plurality of connection plates, one per each rib. - a parabolic support structure with a plurality of ribs, each having a substantially parabola shape apt to support and fitted with retention means holding in position a plurality of reflective pieces of sheet metal apt to reflect and concentrate the solar radiation towards the focus of the dish; - a plurality of supports to keep the support structure raised from the ground and to orientate it around an axis of rotation, the axis of rotation being positioned to the rear of the dish with respect to its convex side; - a receiver tube 113 held substantially within the focus of the dish to intercept the solar radiation reflected by the plurality of pieces of reflective sheet metal; - a torsion bar connected to the support structure and positioned externally to the dish on the convex side having the function of guaranteeing the solidity of the support structure and of permitting rotation of the support structure relative to the axis of rotation; wherein said torsion bar is positioned in such a way that the centre of gravity of the mobile part of the parabolic solar concentrator falls within a distance within the range 0 to 0.5 metres from the axis of rotation; characterized in that the torsion bar is connected to the ribs by means of a plurality of connection plates, one per each rib.
An apparatus, comprising: a circuit; a plurality of switches (138-1...138-4) configured to provide power of a power domain to the circuit; a plurality of thermal sensors (134-1... 134-4) disposed at different locations about the circuit and configured to detect temperatures at the different locations; and a control circuit configured to determine that one of the detected temperatures at one of the locations exceeds a temperature threshold, and in response, adjust one or more of the plurality of switches (138-1...138-4) in proximity with the one location to reduce the power provided to the circuit. a circuit; a plurality of switches (138-1...138-4) configured to provide power of a power domain to the circuit; a plurality of thermal sensors (134-1... 134-4) disposed at different locations about the circuit and configured to detect temperatures at the different locations; and a control circuit configured to determine that one of the detected temperatures at one of the locations exceeds a temperature threshold, and in response, adjust one or more of the plurality of switches (138-1...138-4) in proximity with the one location to reduce the power provided to the circuit.
A process for the oxidation of an ester via an ester cleavage reaction followed by the oxidation of the alcohol component of the ester, said process comprising a step of subjecting a starting material comprising one or more esters of a carboxylic acid having a carbon number of 14 or more with an alcohol having a carbon number of 14 or more to an ester cleavage reaction wherein at least a part of the one or more esters is hydrolyzed to obtain a mixture of one or more carboxylic acid salts with a carbon number of 14 or more and one or more alcohols with a carbon number of 14 or more, and wherein the ester cleavage reaction is carried out under atmospheric pressure and in a temperature range of 90 to 140 °C using an aqueous base with a concentration of the base in water of 20 wt.% or more; a step of acidifying the one or more carboxylic acid salts with a carbon number of 14 or more to obtain one or more carboxylic acids; and a step of oxidizing at least a part of the one or more alcohols with a carbon number of 14 or more to obtain one or more carboxylic acids; wherein the step of acidifying the carboxylic acid salts and the step of oxidizing the alcohols can be carried out concurrently or successively. a step of subjecting a starting material comprising one or more esters of a carboxylic acid having a carbon number of 14 or more with an alcohol having a carbon number of 14 or more to an ester cleavage reaction wherein at least a part of the one or more esters is hydrolyzed to obtain a mixture of one or more carboxylic acid salts with a carbon number of 14 or more and one or more alcohols with a carbon number of 14 or more, and wherein the ester cleavage reaction is carried out under atmospheric pressure and in a temperature range of 90 to 140 °C using an aqueous base with a concentration of the base in water of 20 wt.% or more; a step of acidifying the one or more carboxylic acid salts with a carbon number of 14 or more to obtain one or more carboxylic acids; and a step of oxidizing at least a part of the one or more alcohols with a carbon number of 14 or more to obtain one or more carboxylic acids; wherein the step of acidifying the carboxylic acid salts and the step of oxidizing the alcohols can be carried out concurrently or successively.
Building material compressed-air conveyor, wherein the building material compressed-air conveyor has: - a building material unit which is designed for providing building material, for connecting a compressed-air unit for a flow of compressed air into the building material unit and for connecting a building material conveying line for a flow of building material by means of compressed air out of the building material unit, wherein the building material unit has a conveying container which is designed for providing building material, wherein the conveying container is a mixing container which is designed for mixing building material, wherein the building material unit is designed for providing thick matter, and - a monitoring unit having a pressure sensor which is designed for measuring an actual pressure value (pist) of compressed air in the building material unit, wherein the pressure sensor is designed for measuring the actual pressure value (pist) of compressed air in the conveying container, and an output device (93, 94) which is designed, when a maximum pressure value (pmax) has been reached by the measured actual pressure value (pist), to output a conveying line blockage signal. - a building material unit which is designed for providing building material, for connecting a compressed-air unit for a flow of compressed air into the building material unit and for connecting a building material conveying line for a flow of building material by means of compressed air out of the building material unit, wherein the building material unit has a conveying container which is designed for providing building material, wherein the conveying container is a mixing container which is designed for mixing building material, wherein the building material unit is designed for providing thick matter, and - a monitoring unit having a pressure sensor which is designed for measuring an actual pressure value (pist) of compressed air in the building material unit, wherein the pressure sensor is designed for measuring the actual pressure value (pist) of compressed air in the conveying container, and an output device (93, 94) which is designed, when a maximum pressure value (pmax) has been reached by the measured actual pressure value (pist), to output a conveying line blockage signal.
A method for increasing the resistance of a plant to a plant RNA virus, said plant RNA virus comprising an aminoacylatable 3' tRNA-like structure, wherein said method comprises expressing in said plant a mutant protein-only RNase P (PRORP) enzyme (hereinafter called CytoRP), and wherein said CytoRP: - is a PRORP enzyme comprising neither a nuclear localization signal domain nor an organelle targeting sequence domain and comprising the sequences SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 5 and SEQ ID NO: 6, and - is able to cleave the aminoacylatable 3' tRNA-like structure of a plant RNA virus. - is a PRORP enzyme comprising neither a nuclear localization signal domain nor an organelle targeting sequence domain and comprising the sequences SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 5 and SEQ ID NO: 6, and - is able to cleave the aminoacylatable 3' tRNA-like structure of a plant RNA virus.
A method performed by a Broadcast Multicast Service Center, BMSC, in a Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service, MBMS, system deciding on switching between unicast and broadcast delivery of content to User Equipments, UEs, connected to the MBMS, comprising the steps of: • receiving counts on the consumption of said content by UEs from a counter having a receiver for receiving reports from UEs consuming user services, a register per user service for counting the number of UEs that report consummation of user services; • adjusting first applied thresholds on basis of the availability of resources for broadcast delivery of content, and • deciding to switch content from unicast to broadcast delivery when the counts of UEs consuming said content exceeds said first adjusted thresholds. • receiving counts on the consumption of said content by UEs from a counter having a receiver for receiving reports from UEs consuming user services, a register per user service for counting the number of UEs that report consummation of user services; • adjusting first applied thresholds on basis of the availability of resources for broadcast delivery of content, and • deciding to switch content from unicast to broadcast delivery when the counts of UEs consuming said content exceeds said first adjusted thresholds.
A process for molding a preform for use in biaxial drawing and blow molding, which comprises: giving a primary injection of colored resin in the state of a short shot to a cavity of a mold by way of a gate located at a position opposed to the center of the bottom of the preform; providing a waiting time (Ht) ranging from end point of the primary injection to a starting point of a secondary injection for cooling/solidification of the injected colored resin or for increasing in the molten viscosity of the injected colored resin on the surfaces (32a, 32b) in the core mold and in the vicinities of the cavity mold, after a lapse of the waiting time (Ht), giving successively the secondary injection of main resin, i.e., the major raw material for molding the preform; adjusting this waiting time (Ht) so that the main resin from the secondary injection is allowed to flow through the cavity in a manner in which the main resin penetrates a central part of the colored resin located inside the cavity of the mold in the short shot state and the main resin breaks through the forefront of the colored resin to form colored resin layers made of the colored resin in the shape of double cylinders at positions near the inner surface and outer surface of the preform; and thus forming color-gradated portions where the thickness of colored resin layers are reduced gradually in the upward direction of the preform. giving a primary injection of colored resin in the state of a short shot to a cavity of a mold by way of a gate located at a position opposed to the center of the bottom of the preform; providing a waiting time (Ht) ranging from end point of the primary injection to a starting point of a secondary injection for cooling/solidification of the injected colored resin or for increasing in the molten viscosity of the injected colored resin on the surfaces (32a, 32b) in the core mold and in the vicinities of the cavity mold, after a lapse of the waiting time (Ht), giving successively the secondary injection of main resin, i.e., the major raw material for molding the preform; adjusting this waiting time (Ht) so that the main resin from the secondary injection is allowed to flow through the cavity in a manner in which the main resin penetrates a central part of the colored resin located inside the cavity of the mold in the short shot state and the main resin breaks through the forefront of the colored resin to form colored resin layers made of the colored resin in the shape of double cylinders at positions near the inner surface and outer surface of the preform; and thus forming color-gradated portions where the thickness of colored resin layers are reduced gradually in the upward direction of the preform.
A nanofiber sheet, comprising: a substrate; at least one layer of carbon nanofibers on the substrate, at least some of the carbon nanofibers having a straight portion terminating at an open end and an arcuate end opposite the open end, wherein: the straight portions of at least some of the carbon nanofibers are aligned in a common direction; and the open ends of at least some of the carbon nanofibers are disposed at an exposed surface of the layer that is opposite the substrate. a substrate; at least one layer of carbon nanofibers on the substrate, at least some of the carbon nanofibers having a straight portion terminating at an open end and an arcuate end opposite the open end, wherein: the straight portions of at least some of the carbon nanofibers are aligned in a common direction; and the open ends of at least some of the carbon nanofibers are disposed at an exposed surface of the layer that is opposite the substrate. the straight portions of at least some of the carbon nanofibers are aligned in a common direction; and the open ends of at least some of the carbon nanofibers are disposed at an exposed surface of the layer that is opposite the substrate.
A method for producing a catalyst flow element, in which the following method steps are carried out: - providing a main body comprising a plurality of flow channels; - introducing slots into partition walls of the main body, which separate the flow channels from one another such that at least two adjacent flow channels are connected together fluidically within the main body in a common end region of the at least two adjacent flow channels; - arranging channel closures in the common end region for fluid-tight closure of the common end region while maintaining the fluidic connection between the at least two adjacent flow channels in the common end region. - providing a main body comprising a plurality of flow channels; - introducing slots into partition walls of the main body, which separate the flow channels from one another such that at least two adjacent flow channels are connected together fluidically within the main body in a common end region of the at least two adjacent flow channels; - arranging channel closures in the common end region for fluid-tight closure of the common end region while maintaining the fluidic connection between the at least two adjacent flow channels in the common end region.
A catheter system, comprising a catheter body, a handle coupled to the catheter body, comprising a plunger moveable within the handle over a stroke length, a switching mechanism to selectively change a direction of deflection between a first deflection direction and a second deflection direction of the catheter body, first means (102, 284a) for deflecting the catheter body in the first deflection direction in response to the plunger being moved over the stroke length when the switching mechanism is in a first configuration; and second means (102, 284b) for deflecting the catheter body in the second deflection direction in response to the plunger being moved over the same stroke length when the switching mechanism is in a second configuration.
A connector assembly comprising a latch member comprising an annular collar with a first open end and a second open end, the first open end opposing the second open end in a longitudinal direction; an arcuate latch wall extending from a circumferential edge of the annular collar and defining a latch recess and a latch arm within the arcuate latch wall; a wing grip extending outwardly from an exterior surface of the latch wall adjacent the latch recess and configured to reinforce the latch arm by countering a tendency of the latch arm to flex radially outward when the connector assembly is subject to a tension load along a longitudinal axis of the connector assembly; and a snap assembly composed of snap arms arranged about an interior surface of the annular collar adjacent the first open end; and a connector member configured to receive and retain the latch member about an outer surface thereof; the connector member comprising: an engagement portion located adjacent a second end separated from a first end by an annular protrusion on an outer wall of the connector member, the annular protrusion projecting radially outward, the annular protrusion having a first surface, a second surface, and a sidewall, the sidewall separating the first surface and the second surface, wherein when the latch member is retained on the connector member the second surface of the annular protrusion abuts the first open end of the annular collar. an annular collar with a first open end and a second open end, the first open end opposing the second open end in a longitudinal direction; an arcuate latch wall extending from a circumferential edge of the annular collar and defining a latch recess and a latch arm within the arcuate latch wall; a wing grip extending outwardly from an exterior surface of the latch wall adjacent the latch recess and configured to reinforce the latch arm by countering a tendency of the latch arm to flex radially outward when the connector assembly is subject to a tension load along a longitudinal axis of the connector assembly; and a snap assembly composed of snap arms arranged about an interior surface of the annular collar adjacent the first open end; and