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A sealing structure comprising: a torsional vibration damper having a tubular part to be attached to a crankshaft; and an oil seal configured to seal an annular gap between an inner circumferential surface of a shaft hole in a housing for the crankshaft to pass through and an outer circumferential surface of the tubular part, the oil seal including an oil lip provided such as to be slidable on the outer circumferential surface of the tubular part, and a dust lip provided further on an opposite side from a sealed-fluid side than the oil lip and slidable on the outer circumferential surface of the tubular part, characterized in that the sealing structure further comprises an annular member fixed to the outer circumferential surface of the tubular part further on the opposite side from the sealed-fluid side than the dust lip and covers an outer circumferential surface of the dust lip such that there is a gap between the annular member itself and the outer circumferential surface of the dust lip. a torsional vibration damper having a tubular part to be attached to a crankshaft; and an oil seal configured to seal an annular gap between an inner circumferential surface of a shaft hole in a housing for the crankshaft to pass through and an outer circumferential surface of the tubular part, the oil seal including an oil lip provided such as to be slidable on the outer circumferential surface of the tubular part, and a dust lip provided further on an opposite side from a sealed-fluid side than the oil lip and slidable on the outer circumferential surface of the tubular part, characterized in that the sealing structure further comprises an annular member fixed to the outer circumferential surface of the tubular part further on the opposite side from the sealed-fluid side than the dust lip and covers an outer circumferential surface of the dust lip such that there is a gap between the annular member itself and the outer circumferential surface of the dust lip.
Device for sealing at least one door leaf for a rail vehicle, wherein the device has at least one sliding element which is designed to move the door leaf in a z direction of the rail vehicle in the region of a closed position, in order to press a sealing element of the door leaf against a counter-sealing element of a portal of the rail vehicle, wherein the sliding element is also designed to move the door leaf in an x direction of the rail vehicle, in order to move the door leaf between the closed position and an open position, wherein the sliding element is embodied as a passive component which is designed to carry out a movement of the door leaf in the z direction using a movement of the door leaf in the x direction, and wherein the sliding element has a pivoting lever (112; 1350) which can rotate about a pivoting point and has at least one guide arm (206; 1351, 1352), characterised in that the pivoting lever has a first guide arm and a second guide arm, wherein the first guide arm has a first attachment point, on which a first supporting roller unit for guiding the first guide arm along a guide path is arranged, and the second guide arm has a second attachment point, on which a second supporting roller unit for guiding the second guide arm along the guide path is arranged, and wherein the pivoting point can be coupled to the door leaf and is arranged between the first attachment point and the second attachment point.
A crop harvesting device having at least one rotatably driven reel having a plurality of carrier stars arranged in mutually spaced relationship on a reel shaft and rotatable tine carriers which extend over the width of the reel and carry conveyor tines, and an adjusting device with which the rotational position of the tine carriers is adjustable in dependence on the rotational position of the reel, wherein the adjusting device includes a cam track structure which is portion-wise open and which comprises at least two cam track segments and by means of which cam track followers controlling the rotational position of the tine carrier are guided, wherein at least one of the cam track segments is arranged releasably, characterised in that the at least two cam track segments in the peripheral direction of the cam track structure have at least one spacing interrupting the cam track structure relative to each other.
Transport robot with a handling device for loading and unloading goods to be transported on the transport robot, wherein the goods to be transported are stored at the side relative to the direction of travel of the transport robot in a storage shelf and the handling device is driven so as to be displaceable and able to travel over at least one of the two sides of the external contour of the transport robot and can be brought into contact with the goods to be transported, wherein the handling device is formed of at least one handling arm (7, 8; 17, 18) which is embodied in the form of a longitudinal conveyor for gripping underneath the underside of the goods to be transported, wherein the handling arm (7, 8; 17, 18) is in each case driven by means of an endless toothed belt (21, 21a), wherein the endless toothed belt (21, 21a) is guided by means of a slide which is driven so as to be displaceable in the transport robot, the displacement of which controls the direction of displacement of the handling arms (7, 8; 17, 18), wherein a handling head (7a, 8a) is arranged in each case at the outer free end of the handling arm (7, 8; 17, 18), wherein an upwardly inclined slope is arranged on the side of the handling head (7a, 8a) and wherein the toothed belt (21, 21a) is guided over a deflecting belt pulley on the handling head (7a, 8a), characterised in that the front end of the respective handling head (7a, 8a) has a supporting roller for supporting the handling head (7a, 8a) in a hollow profile of the storage shelf and in that a supporting arm bears on the spindle of the belt pulley and the supporting roller is arranged on the supporting arm.
A collagen I coated biocompatible electrospun scaffold for use in a method of preventing and/or reducing scarring of a wound in a subject, wherein the method comprises implanting the collagen I coated biocompatible electrospun scaffold in the wound of the subject to promote granulation tissue formation and to prevent wound and scar contraction.
A continuous or semi-continuous casting mold oxide control process comprising: providing a continuous casting mold with a mold cavity configured to produce a castpart in the form of a billet or ingot having a generally rectangular cross-section with two castpart rolling surfaces and two castpart end surfaces; providing an oxide dam positioned relative to the mold cavity to contain oxides developing on a surface of molten metal provided to the mold, the oxide dam including a dam interior; providing one or more oxide outlets from the dam interior configured to direct the oxides developing on the surface of the molten metal within the oxide dam interior to a pre-determined location within the mold cavity; introducing molten metal into the mold cavity until the desired metal level is sensed by a molten metal level sensor; providing the one or more oxide outlets at the surface of the molten metal to direct the oxides forming within the oxide dam interior to flow outside the oxide dam to the pre-determined location within the mold cavity, wherein the pre-determined location is above the castpart end surfaces and not above the castpart rolling surfaces. providing a continuous casting mold with a mold cavity configured to produce a castpart in the form of a billet or ingot having a generally rectangular cross-section with two castpart rolling surfaces and two castpart end surfaces; providing an oxide dam positioned relative to the mold cavity to contain oxides developing on a surface of molten metal provided to the mold, the oxide dam including a dam interior; providing one or more oxide outlets from the dam interior configured to direct the oxides developing on the surface of the molten metal within the oxide dam interior to a pre-determined location within the mold cavity; introducing molten metal into the mold cavity until the desired metal level is sensed by a molten metal level sensor; providing the one or more oxide outlets at the surface of the molten metal to direct the oxides forming within the oxide dam interior to flow outside the oxide dam to the pre-determined location within the mold cavity, wherein the pre-determined location is above the castpart end surfaces and not above the castpart rolling surfaces.
A method of forming and using an auto-calibration circuit or label on a test sensor or on a test-sensor package including at least one test sensor, the method comprising the acts of: providing a label or circuit, the label or circuit including a first layer, a second layer and a lamination portion, the second layer being located between the first layer and the lamination portion, the first layer including polymeric material, the second layer including palladium, gold, copper, nickel, aluminum, carbon or combinations thereof; applying the label or circuit to the test sensor or the test sensor package via the lamination portion; and after applying the label or circuit to the test sensor or the test sensor package, ablating portions of the second layer using a laser to form an auto-calibration pattern on the label or circuit, the first layer being located between the laser and the second layer during ablation in which the first layer is generally transparent to the ablation. providing a label or circuit, the label or circuit including a first layer, a second layer and a lamination portion, the second layer being located between the first layer and the lamination portion, the first layer including polymeric material, the second layer including palladium, gold, copper, nickel, aluminum, carbon or combinations thereof; applying the label or circuit to the test sensor or the test sensor package via the lamination portion; and after applying the label or circuit to the test sensor or the test sensor package, ablating portions of the second layer using a laser to form an auto-calibration pattern on the label or circuit, the first layer being located between the laser and the second layer during ablation in which the first layer is generally transparent to the ablation.
A semiconductor wafer including: a substantially monocrystalline substrate having a primary surface that has a central region, an edge region, and an intermediate region disposed between the central region and the edge region; a poly template layer (202, 204), which helps to form a polycrystalline portion of a subsequently formed semiconductor layer, over the primary surface within the edge region and disposed along a peripheral edge of the substrate: and a semiconductor layer over the central region, wherein the semiconductor layer is monocrystalline; wherein the poly template layer (202, 204) and the monocrystalline semiconductor layer are laterally spaced apart from each other by the intermediate region; and characterized in that the intermediate region does not support any portion of each of the semiconductor layer and the poly template layer (202, 204). a substantially monocrystalline substrate having a primary surface that has a central region, an edge region, and an intermediate region disposed between the central region and the edge region; a poly template layer (202, 204), which helps to form a polycrystalline portion of a subsequently formed semiconductor layer, over the primary surface within the edge region and disposed along a peripheral edge of the substrate: and a semiconductor layer over the central region, wherein the semiconductor layer is monocrystalline; wherein the poly template layer (202, 204) and the monocrystalline semiconductor layer are laterally spaced apart from each other by the intermediate region; and characterized in that the intermediate region does not support any portion of each of the semiconductor layer and the poly template layer (202, 204).
A program comprising a program code for performing a method when the program runs on a computer or processor for recognizing an object in a current image of a sequence of images, the object having been recognized at least in an image portion of a previous image of the sequence of images, characterized by: selecting an image portion of the current image, wherein, depending on a position of the image portion of the previous image where the object has been recognized, a surrounding region is defined in the current image in which the image portion of the current image is selected for comparison to the image portion of the previous image where the object has been recognized; determining a degree of similarity between the image portion of the current image and the image portion of the previous image where the object has been recognized, by means of comparing same; and recognizing the object in the image portion of the current image when the degree of similarity fulfills a predetermined similarity condition. selecting an image portion of the current image, wherein, depending on a position of the image portion of the previous image where the object has been recognized, a surrounding region is defined in the current image in which the image portion of the current image is selected for comparison to the image portion of the previous image where the object has been recognized; determining a degree of similarity between the image portion of the current image and the image portion of the previous image where the object has been recognized, by means of comparing same; and recognizing the object in the image portion of the current image when the degree of similarity fulfills a predetermined similarity condition.
A method for exposing an image sensor implemented by an operative set of processor executable instructions configured for execution by at least one processor, the method comprising capturing image data by: selecting a region of interest of the image sensor; determining whether a pixel is within the region of interest or not within the region of interest; if the pixel is determined to be within the region of interest, activating a light of a backlight array and exposing the pixel while the light of the backlight array is activated; and if the pixel is determined not to be within the region of interest, not activating the light of the backlight array and exposing the pixel while the light of the backlight array is not activated, wherein the method further comprises using the captured image data to determine whether a free flow condition exists within a drip chamber and/or using the captured image data to estimate the flow rate of fluid flowing through the drip chamber. selecting a region of interest of the image sensor; determining whether a pixel is within the region of interest or not within the region of interest; if the pixel is determined to be within the region of interest, activating a light of a backlight array and exposing the pixel while the light of the backlight array is activated; and if the pixel is determined not to be within the region of interest, not activating the light of the backlight array and exposing the pixel while the light of the backlight array is not activated, wherein the method further comprises using the captured image data to determine whether a free flow condition exists within a drip chamber and/or using the captured image data to estimate the flow rate of fluid flowing through the drip chamber.
A combination of a polynucleotide and a host cell, wherein the polynucleotide is selected from the group consisting of: (a) a polynucleotide comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, 3, 37, or 39; (b) a polynucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence in which 1 to 90 nucleotides are deleted, substituted, inserted, or added in the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, 3, 37, or 39, and encoding a protein wherein the N-terminus is glutamic acid or glutamine and having an endoglucanase activity; and (c) a polynucleotide hybridizing under stringent conditions to a polynucleotide consisting of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, 3, 37, or 39, and encoding a protein wherein the N-terminus is glutamic acid or glutamine and having an endoglucanase activity, and wherein the host cell is a host in which pyroglutamate formation of the N-terminal amino acid is performed. (a) a polynucleotide comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, 3, 37, or 39; (b) a polynucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence in which 1 to 90 nucleotides are deleted, substituted, inserted, or added in the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, 3, 37, or 39, and encoding a protein wherein the N-terminus is glutamic acid or glutamine and having an endoglucanase activity; and (c) a polynucleotide hybridizing under stringent conditions to a polynucleotide consisting of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, 3, 37, or 39, and encoding a protein wherein the N-terminus is glutamic acid or glutamine and having an endoglucanase activity, and
An embedder (500; 700) for embedding a watermark to be embedded into an input information representation (510; 710), comprising: an embedding parameter determiner (520; 750) that is implemented to apply a derivation function to an initial value, once or several times, to obtain an embedding parameter for embedding the watermark to be embedded into the input information representation; and a watermark adder that is implemented to provide the input information representation with the watermark to be embedded using the embedding parameter, wherein the embedder is implemented to select how many times the derivation function is to be applied to the initial value to obtain the embedding parameter; wherein the embedding parameter determiner (520; 750) is implemented to receive an index parameter and to determine, depending on the index parameter, how many times the derivation function is to be applied to the predetermined initial value to obtain the embedding parameter (526; 752); and wherein the embedder comprises a watermark information detector that is implemented to detect watermark information already contained in the input information representation (510; 710), to obtain information on a number of watermarks already contained in the input information representation, and wherein the watermark information detector is implemented to deliver one or several index parameters for the embedding parameter determiner, based on the information on the number of watermarks already contained in the input information representation (510; 710). an embedding parameter determiner (520; 750) that is implemented to apply a derivation function to an initial value, once or several times, to obtain an embedding parameter for embedding the watermark to be embedded into the input information representation; and a watermark adder that is implemented to provide the input information representation with the watermark to be embedded using the embedding parameter, wherein the embedder is implemented to select how many times the derivation function is to be applied to the initial value to obtain the embedding parameter; wherein the embedding parameter determiner (520; 750) is implemented to receive an index parameter and to determine, depending on the index parameter, how many times the derivation function is to be applied to the predetermined initial value to obtain the embedding parameter (526; 752); and wherein the embedder comprises a watermark information detector that is implemented to detect watermark information already contained in the input information representation (510; 710), to obtain information on a number of watermarks already contained in the input information representation, and wherein the watermark information detector is implemented to deliver one or several index parameters for the embedding parameter determiner, based on the information on the number of watermarks already contained in the input information representation (510; 710).
An electronic system comprising two or more units (1, 2), characterised in that each unit includes at least a first transmitter component (1.1; 2.1) and a second receiver component (1.3; 2.3), which are adapted to exchange signals with an operator line, wherein each unit (1, 2) has at least one fault sensor (1.9, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12, 1.14, 1.15) effective to detect a fault in a component (1.1, 1.3; 2.1, 2.3) of that unit and an associated processor (1.5; 2.5) which is programmed and arranged to detect the fault condition and to trigger a substitution in response to such detection, wherein a first unit is arranged to behave as a primary unit and a second unit is arranged to behave as a backup unit, and the processor (1.5) of the primary unit is arranged to control a switching facility (1.7) included in the primary unit so as to only switch signals from the operator line to a transmitter (2.1) of the backup unit if a fault is detected in a transmitter (1.1) of the primary unit, or only selectively switch to the operator line signals from a receiver (2.3) of the backup unit if a fault is detected in a receiver (1.3) of the primary unit, so that after switch the transmitter (1.1; 2.1) of one unit and the receiver (2.3; 1.3) of the other unit are operational.
A vehicle lock-up control method for a vehicle having a torque converter with a lock-up clutch that is arranged between an engine and a transmission, and an engine accessory to be driven by the engine, characterized by: executing (S2, S7) slip control that controls a lock-up capacity of the lock-up clutch so as to produce a predetermined slip rotational state; and during the slip control of the lock-up clutch, executing (S3, S4, S8, S9) cooperative control that suppresses load fluctuations of the engine accessory, wherein the cooperative control delays a switching operation between ON and Off states of the engine accessory whose load fluctuates between two values of on and off in response to a request to switch the engine accessory during the slip control of the lock-up clutch. executing (S2, S7) slip control that controls a lock-up capacity of the lock-up clutch so as to produce a predetermined slip rotational state; and during the slip control of the lock-up clutch, executing (S3, S4, S8, S9) cooperative control that suppresses load fluctuations of the engine accessory, wherein the cooperative control delays a switching operation between ON and Off states of the engine accessory whose load fluctuates between two values of on and off in response to a request to switch the engine accessory during the slip control of the lock-up clutch.