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A method for manufacturing veneers, the method comprising - receiving a wood block, - producing veneer by peeling the wood block with a veneer lathe comprising • a rotor for rotating the wood block, • a knife for peeling veneer from the wood block, and • a roller nose bar configured to press the wood block and rotate in a manner independent of the knife, wherein • a knife gap is left in between the roller nose bar and the knife and • the veneer is configured to exit through the knife gap, characterized in that the method is further comprising - cutting the veneer to form veneer sheets including heart wood veneer sheets and other veneer sheets, - arranging at least one of the veneer sheets into a stack of veneer sheets, and - pressing the stack of veneer sheets with a pressure to dry the veneer sheets of the stack to obtain pre-dried veneer sheets, wherein - the wood block is a block of softwood, - the pressure is at least 13 bar, and - the pressure does not exceed 40 bar, the method comprising - further drying the heart wood veneer sheets, which are not pre-dried, and the pre-dried veneer sheets in a drier using heat and gas circulation to obtain dry veneers. - receiving a wood block, - producing veneer by peeling the wood block with a veneer lathe comprising • a rotor for rotating the wood block, • a knife for peeling veneer from the wood block, and • a roller nose bar configured to press the wood block and rotate in a manner independent of the knife, wherein • a knife gap is left in between the roller nose bar and the knife and • the veneer is configured to exit through the knife gap, characterized in that the method is further comprising • a rotor for rotating the wood block, • a knife for peeling veneer from the wood block, and • a roller nose bar configured to press the wood block and rotate in a manner independent of the knife, wherein • a knife gap is left in between the roller nose bar and the knife and • the veneer is configured to exit through the knife gap, - cutting the veneer to form veneer sheets including heart wood veneer sheets and other veneer sheets, - arranging at least one of the veneer sheets into a stack of veneer sheets, and - pressing the stack of veneer sheets with a pressure to dry the veneer sheets of the stack to obtain pre-dried veneer sheets, wherein - the wood block is a block of softwood, - the pressure is at least 13 bar, and - the pressure does not exceed 40 bar, the method comprising - further drying the heart wood veneer sheets, which are not pre-dried, and the pre-dried veneer sheets in a drier using heat and gas circulation to obtain dry veneers.
A drive system for an aircraft landing gear having a wheel rotatable about a wheel axis, the drive system including: a driven gear arranged to be attached to the wheel so as to be capable of rotating the wheel about the wheel axis; a drive train comprising an input gear rotatable by an input shaft, an intermediate gear meshed with the input gear and rotatable by an intermediate shaft, and a support member arranged to support the input shaft and intermediate shaft and arranged to pivot about the input shaft between a neutral configuration in which the drive train is disengaged from the driven gear and a driven configuration in which the drive train is engaged with the driven gear to enable the drive train to rotate the driven gear; characterised in that the drive system further includes: a brake capable of being engaged with the input shaft to prevent rotation of the input shaft relative to the support member and of being disengaged from the input shaft to permit rotation of the input shaft relative to the support member, and wherein the support member is arranged to pivot from the neutral configuration to the driven configuration upon application of a first torque to the input shaft when the brake is engaged with the input shaft. a driven gear arranged to be attached to the wheel so as to be capable of rotating the wheel about the wheel axis; a drive train comprising an input gear rotatable by an input shaft, an intermediate gear meshed with the input gear and rotatable by an intermediate shaft, and a support member arranged to support the input shaft and intermediate shaft and arranged to pivot about the input shaft between a neutral configuration in which the drive train is disengaged from the driven gear and a driven configuration in which the drive train is engaged with the driven gear to enable the drive train to rotate the driven gear; a brake capable of being engaged with the input shaft to prevent rotation of the input shaft relative to the support member and of being disengaged from the input shaft to permit rotation of the input shaft relative to the support member, and wherein the support member is arranged to pivot from the neutral configuration to the driven configuration upon application of a first torque to the input shaft when the brake is engaged with the input shaft.
Tube for a heat exchanger comprising at least one disturbance device for disturbing the flow of a fluid able to flow in the tube, the disturbance device consisting of a local depression in a wall of the tube towards the inside of the tube and having the shape of a chevron, the chevron comprising at least a first branch and a second branch spreading from a tip towards a free end (440, 460), at least one geometric parameter of the chevron shape having a value that changes between the tip and each of the free ends (440, 460) of the branches (44, 46), characterized in that said at least one geometric parameter that changes is the height of the chevron, the value of the height at the tip being greater than the value of the height of each of the free ends (440, 460) of the branches (44, 46).
Steer-by-wire steering system for motor vehicles having at least two steering actuators which act on the steered wheels (201, 251) and which are electronically controlled in accordance with a steering wish of the driver, having a feedback actuator which transmits restoring torques to a steering wheel, and a control unit which controls the feedback actuator and the at least two steering actuators in order to produce drive power, wherein the at least two steering actuators each comprise an actuator with an output shaft, wherein in a normal case there is associated with each steerable vehicle wheel (201, 251) a single steering actuator with an actuator in the form of a single-wheel steering system (20, 25) and by means of a rotation of the output shaft of the actuator (202, 252) a rotation of the respective steerable vehicle wheel (201, 205) about a pivot axis is brought about, wherein there is provided a switchable coupling (14, 100) which is configured in such a manner that it is normally open and in a special case is closed, wherein the coupling (14, 100) in the closed state connects the single-wheel steering systems (20, 25) to each other in such a manner that drive power can be transmitted from one single-wheel steering system (20, 25) to the other single-wheel steering system (20, 25) in order to turn a steerable vehicle wheel (201, 251), characterized in that the controllable coupling (14, 100) is connected to at least one actuator (202, 252) by means of a bendable shaft.
A method for creating an electronic signature of a document associated to a person by means of the voice print of the person; said creation method comprises the steps of: generating the document in electronic format; determining a message digest of the document by means of a hash function; generating a list of words that associates to each possible byte of the message digest of the document a corresponding pronounceable word; creating a pronounceable alphanumeric sequence starting from the message digest of the document by replacing each byte of the message digest of the document with the corresponding pronounceable word of the list of words; recording the voice of the person for generating an authentication voice recording while the person reads out loud the pronounceable alphanumeric sequence; associating the authentication voice recording to the document in electronic format; the creation method is characterized in that it comprises the further step of compressing the message digest to a fixed and pre-set number of bytes before replacing each byte of the message digest of the document with the corresponding pronounceable word of the list of words. generating the document in electronic format; determining a message digest of the document by means of a hash function; generating a list of words that associates to each possible byte of the message digest of the document a corresponding pronounceable word; creating a pronounceable alphanumeric sequence starting from the message digest of the document by replacing each byte of the message digest of the document with the corresponding pronounceable word of the list of words; recording the voice of the person for generating an authentication voice recording while the person reads out loud the pronounceable alphanumeric sequence; associating the authentication voice recording to the document in electronic format; the creation method is characterized in that it comprises the further step of compressing the message digest to a fixed and pre-set number of bytes before replacing each byte of the message digest of the document with the corresponding pronounceable word of the list of words.
A method of processing a vehicle-to-X message in a plurality of stages in a vehicle-to-X communications module, characterized in that - stages (21, 23, 25) of a first group of stages are configured to process the vehicle-to-X message differently depending on an area status of the vehicle-to-X communications module, - wherein the first group of stages is a proper subset of the plurality of stages, - wherein stages (22, 24) of a second group of stages are configured to process the vehicle-to-X message independent from the area status, - wherein the first group of stages and the second group of stages have no intersection, - wherein the first group of stages and the second group of stages together make up the plurality of stages. - stages (21, 23, 25) of a first group of stages are configured to process the vehicle-to-X message differently depending on an area status of the vehicle-to-X communications module, - wherein the first group of stages is a proper subset of the plurality of stages, - wherein stages (22, 24) of a second group of stages are configured to process the vehicle-to-X message independent from the area status, - wherein the first group of stages and the second group of stages have no intersection, - wherein the first group of stages and the second group of stages together make up the plurality of stages.
Orbital welding device comprising an internally hollow body, an orbital welding head carried by the hollow body at a first end thereof, and a holding and centering device adapted in use to hold the body and to center the head on a tubular element to be welded; wherein the holding and centering device comprises: a first and a second cantilever portion (9, 10) of the first end of the hollow body, opposite to each other, which project in an overhanging manner from the hollow body transversally to a rotation axis of the welding head and beyond the rotation axis and which delimit therebetween and at the welding head a concave seat adapted to receive in use a tubular element to be welded arranged coaxially to the welding head; and gripping means carried in reciprocally facing positions by corresponding stretches of the first and second cantilever portions, which stretches project from the side opposite to the hollow body beyond the rotation axis of the welding head, so that the gripping means are adapted to cooperate in use with a tubular element to be welded in diametrically opposite positions with respect to said concave seat; characterized in that the gripping means comprise: a plurality of through perforations obtained through the first and second cantilever portions (9, 10) transversally to the rotation axis of the welding head and at said stretches of the cantilever portions which project on the opposite side with respect to the hollow body, beyond the rotation axis of the welding head; and, for each through perforation, a pneumatic device accommodated in the perforation and comprising a pin selectively extractable from, and retractable into, the perforation on the side of said rotation axis of the welding head, the pin being adapted in use to cooperate at least partially in abutment against a tubular element to be welded; in combination, the holding and centering device further comprising: at least one pair of manifolds carried by the first and second cantilever portions (9, 10) so as to be in hydraulic communication with the interior of said through perforations for feeding the pneumatic devices, which are fluid-tightly accommodated in the through perforations; respective conduits (23, 24) for feeding a fluid under pressure to the manifolds, which are at least partially integrally carried by the hollow body outside and/or inside the same; and a control box separate from the hollow body and provided with an electrovalve controlled by a first manually operated switch and adapted to selectively feed pressurized fluid to the manifolds, through said conduits, for extracting the pins and locking them in extracted position.
A method of wireless communication, comprising: receiving (602; 758), at a user equipment, UE, a reservation request, RRQ, transmitted by a next generation Node B, gNB,; and transmitting (608; 764), by the LTE in response to the RRQ, a reservation response signal, RRS,, characterized in that the RRS carries a precoded sounding reference signal, SRS, modulated by an indication of interference estimated by UE. receiving (602; 758), at a user equipment, UE, a reservation request, RRQ, transmitted by a next generation Node B, gNB,; and transmitting (608; 764), by the LTE in response to the RRQ, a reservation response signal, RRS,, characterized in that the RRS carries a precoded sounding reference signal, SRS, modulated by an indication of interference estimated by UE.
Cathode arrangement comprising: - a thermionic cathode comprising an emission portion provided with an emission surface for emitting electrons in a longitudinal direction, a reservoir for holding a material, wherein the material, when heated, releases work function lowering particles that diffuse towards the emission portion and emanate at the emission surface at a first evaporation rate (Φc), and a cathode body housing the emission portion and the reservoir; - a focusing electrode comprising a focusing surface for focusing the electrons emitted from the emission surface of the cathode; and - an adjustable heat source configured to heat the cathode body, thereby causing the emission surface to emit the electrons, while causing the cathode body to radiate heat towards the focusing electrode to keep the focusing surface at a temperature (Te) corresponding with a release of work function lowering particles from the focusing surface at a second evaporation rate (Φe) at which accumulation of work function lowering particles on the focusing surface is prevented, wherein the emission portion includes a non-emission surface forming a rim that surrounds the emission surface and faces in the longitudinal direction, wherein the focusing electrode comprises an inner electrode surface that faces in the opposite longitudinal direction towards the emission portion, characterized in that either the inner electrode surface comprises three spacing structures that contact the rim or in that the rim comprises three spacing structures that contact the inner electrode surface, wherein the spacing structures are configured to provide a longitudinal spacing between the inner electrode surface and the emission portion, and are configured to limit thermal conduction from the emission portion to the focusing electrode. - a thermionic cathode comprising an emission portion provided with an emission surface for emitting electrons in a longitudinal direction, a reservoir for holding a material, wherein the material, when heated, releases work function lowering particles that diffuse towards the emission portion and emanate at the emission surface at a first evaporation rate (Φc), and a cathode body housing the emission portion and the reservoir; - a focusing electrode comprising a focusing surface for focusing the electrons emitted from the emission surface of the cathode; and - an adjustable heat source configured to heat the cathode body, thereby causing the emission surface to emit the electrons, while causing the cathode body to radiate heat towards the focusing electrode to keep the focusing surface at a temperature (Te) corresponding with a release of work function lowering particles from the focusing surface at a second evaporation rate (Φe) at which accumulation of work function lowering particles on the focusing surface is prevented,
An integrated optoelectronic module (11, 12) comprising: a semiconductor substrate; a single-mode optical waveguide comprising a semiconductor with a signal input section at a first end; a multi-mode interferometer waveguide (3, 13) comprising a semiconductor connected to a second end of the single-mode optical waveguide; and a photodiode (20, 30) disposed on and adjacent to the multi-mode interferometer waveguide (3, 13) and having at least one optical absorption layer section (5, 15), wherein the single-mode optical waveguide, the multi-mode interferometer waveguide, and the photodiode are stacked on the semiconductor substrate, characterized in that the photodiode (20, 30) is stacked on the multi-mode interferometer waveguide (3, 13) to entirely or partially overlap the multi-mode interferometer waveguide (3, 13); the multi-mode interferometer waveguide comprises a reflection section formed by partly grooving the multi-mode interferometer waveguide, such that an optical signal having propagated from the second end of the single-mode optical waveguide through the multi-mode interferometer waveguide is reflected by the reflection section and one or more points at which light intensities concentrate in the optical signal due to interference in the multi-mode interferometer waveguide (3, 13) are formed on said at least one optical absorption layer section (5, 15), and the number of said at least one optical absorption layer section (5, 15) corresponds to the number of said one or more points. a semiconductor substrate; a single-mode optical waveguide comprising a semiconductor with a signal input section at a first end; a multi-mode interferometer waveguide (3, 13) comprising a semiconductor connected to a second end of the single-mode optical waveguide; and a photodiode (20, 30) disposed on and adjacent to the multi-mode interferometer waveguide (3, 13) and having at least one optical absorption layer section (5, 15), wherein the single-mode optical waveguide, the multi-mode interferometer waveguide, and the photodiode are stacked on the semiconductor substrate, characterized in that the photodiode (20, 30) is stacked on the multi-mode interferometer waveguide (3, 13) to entirely or partially overlap the multi-mode interferometer waveguide (3, 13); the multi-mode interferometer waveguide comprises a reflection section formed by partly grooving the multi-mode interferometer waveguide, such that an optical signal having propagated from the second end of the single-mode optical waveguide through the multi-mode interferometer waveguide is reflected by the reflection section and one or more points at which light intensities concentrate in the optical signal due to interference in the multi-mode interferometer waveguide (3, 13) are formed on said at least one optical absorption layer section (5, 15), and the number of said at least one optical absorption layer section (5, 15) corresponds to the number of said one or more points.
A method for determining a target steering angle for nose landing gear of an aircraft, the method comprising: receiving rudder pedal input data into a steering control unit; and receiving aircraft speed data into the steering control unit; characterized in that the method further comprises: calculating a normal gain which is a positive quantity in all aircraft speed and pedal stroke ranges; calculating a parking gain which is a positive quantity in parking and taxiing speed ranges; and adding the normal gain and the parking gain to determine a target steering angle. receiving rudder pedal input data into a steering control unit; and receiving aircraft speed data into the steering control unit; characterized in that the method further comprises: calculating a normal gain which is a positive quantity in all aircraft speed and pedal stroke ranges; calculating a parking gain which is a positive quantity in parking and taxiing speed ranges; and adding the normal gain and the parking gain to determine a target steering angle. calculating a normal gain which is a positive quantity in all aircraft speed and pedal stroke ranges; calculating a parking gain which is a positive quantity in parking and taxiing speed ranges; and adding the normal gain and the parking gain to determine a target steering angle.
A radio frequency, RF system having controllable attenuation, the RF system comprising: a voltage variable attenuator, VVA, (200, 300, 400) comprising: an input terminal; an output terminal; a control circuit configured to control an amount of attenuation along a signal path through the VVA between the input terminal and the output terminal, wherein the control circuit is configured to generate a first control voltage and a first complementary control voltage that changes inversely with respect to the first control voltage; a first shunt circuit (302, 352) electrically connected in shunt to the signal path, wherein the first shunt circuit comprises two or more n-type field effect transistors, NFETs, (402, 404, 406) each having a gate biased by the first control voltage, wherein the two or more NFETs are electrically connected in series between a first node of the signal path and a first DC voltage; and a second shunt circuit (304, 354) electrically connected in shunt to the signal path and electrically connected in parallel with the first shunt circuit, wherein the second shunt circuit comprises at least one p-type field effect transistor (PFET) (408, 412, 414) having a gate biased by the first complementary control voltage. an input terminal; an output terminal; a control circuit configured to control an amount of attenuation along a signal path through the VVA between the input terminal and the output terminal, wherein the control circuit is configured to generate a first control voltage and a first complementary control voltage that changes inversely with respect to the first control voltage; a first shunt circuit (302, 352) electrically connected in shunt to the signal path, wherein the first shunt circuit comprises two or more n-type field effect transistors, NFETs, (402, 404, 406) each having a gate biased by the first control voltage, wherein the two or more NFETs are electrically connected in series between a first node of the signal path and a first DC voltage; and a second shunt circuit (304, 354) electrically connected in shunt to the signal path and electrically connected in parallel with the first shunt circuit, wherein the second shunt circuit comprises at least one p-type field effect transistor (PFET) (408, 412, 414) having a gate biased by the first complementary control voltage.