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A fuel injection system comprising: an outer support defining a fuel manifold; an inner support, with a feed arm extending radially between the inner support and the outer support; a plurality of outlet openings extending in an axial direction from the feed arm for feeding respective injection nozzles, wherein the feed arm defines a plurality of fuel passages therethrough in fluid communication with the fuel manifold and outlet openings to supply fuel from the fuel manifold to the outlet openings; and characterized in that the fuel injection system further comprises: a heat shield extending from the outer support to the inner support and extending about the outer support and the feed arm to provide heat shielding to the fuel manifold and the fuel passages; and wherein the feed arm and a portion of the heat shield adjacent to the feed arm follow a vaulted angle on either side of a peak, and the feed arm and the portion of the heat shield adjacent to the feed arm define at least one vaulted peak pointed in an axial direction opposite that of the outlet openings. an outer support defining a fuel manifold; an inner support, with a feed arm extending radially between the inner support and the outer support; a plurality of outlet openings extending in an axial direction from the feed arm for feeding respective injection nozzles, wherein the feed arm defines a plurality of fuel passages therethrough in fluid communication with the fuel manifold and outlet openings to supply fuel from the fuel manifold to the outlet openings; and characterized in that the fuel injection system further comprises: a heat shield extending from the outer support to the inner support and extending about the outer support and the feed arm to provide heat shielding to the fuel manifold and the fuel passages; and wherein the feed arm and a portion of the heat shield adjacent to the feed arm follow a vaulted angle on either side of a peak, and the feed arm and the portion of the heat shield adjacent to the feed arm define at least one vaulted peak pointed in an axial direction opposite that of the outlet openings. a heat shield extending from the outer support to the inner support and extending about the outer support and the feed arm to provide heat shielding to the fuel manifold and the fuel passages; and wherein the feed arm and a portion of the heat shield adjacent to the feed arm follow a vaulted angle on either side of a peak, and the feed arm and the portion of the heat shield adjacent to the feed arm define at least one vaulted peak pointed in an axial direction opposite that of the outlet openings.
Switching device for controlling an accelerating, braking and steering system of a vehicle with at least two separate motors (12, 13) for operating the accelerating and braking system and at least two separate motors (14, 15) for operating the steering system, and with at least one electronic control unit for controlling the at least two separate motors (12, 13) for operating the accelerating and braking system as well as the at least two separate motors (14, 15) for operating the steering system, characterised in that the at least one control unit has three identical CPUs (CPU1, CPU2, CPU3) and a programmable logic unit, in which, depending on input control signals (16, 17) as well as sensor signals from the motors (12, 13, 14, 15), each of the CPUs (CPU1, CPU2, CPU3) produces control signals for the motors (12, 13, 14, 15) and forwards them to the programmable logic unit, which, depending on its programming, forwards the control signals from one of the CPUs (CPU1, CPU2, CPU3) to the motors (12, 13, 14, 15), and each CPU (CPU1, CPU2, CPU3) receives the control signals from both of the other CPUs and compares them with its own control signals and forwards the result of the comparison to the programmable logic unit, so that, apart from direct signals from the CPUs (CPU1, CPU2, CPU3), the logic unit also receives the results of the comparison of the signals from both of the adjacent CPUS (CPU1, CPU2, CPU3).
Method of calculating range and/or consumption for a motor vehicle by means of a device in which energy costs, assigned to area segments (AV - EZ) in the form of rectangular tiles of a digital map, which are received by an input of the device and/or stored in a memory are used, wherein the area segments (AV - EZ) are of different sizes.
A toilet security device for preventing water to return to the water mains, the device comprising: - a flush water deposit - flushing means suitable for directing the water from the deposit to a toilet bowl, said deposit storing the water to be flushed to the toilet bowl by the flushing means, - a water inlet from the mains, comprising a water inlet valve which controls the inflow of water from the water mains such that the water level in the deposit does not exceed a water nominal level inside the deposit of the toilet, characterized in that the divice comprises a tank housed inside or placed above said deposit, said tank being provided with a valve to permit the water communication between said tank and said deposit to be opened or closed, said valve being associated with the flushing means, so that when said flushing means are operated, the valve closes the communication between said tank and said deposit, and in that said water inlet is placed at a height higher than a critical water level, said critical water level being above an overflow opening of said tank to prevent the water from the tank to reach the water mains when the communication between the tank and the deposit is opened. - a flush water deposit - flushing means suitable for directing the water from the deposit to a toilet bowl, said deposit storing the water to be flushed to the toilet bowl by the flushing means, - a water inlet from the mains, comprising a water inlet valve which controls the inflow of water from the water mains such that the water level in the deposit does not exceed a water nominal level inside the deposit of the toilet, characterized in that the divice comprises a tank housed inside or placed above said deposit, said tank being provided with a valve to permit the water communication between said tank and said deposit to be opened or closed, said valve being associated with the flushing means, so that when said flushing means are operated, the valve closes the communication between said tank and said deposit, and in that said water inlet is placed at a height higher than a critical water level, said critical water level being above an overflow opening of said tank to prevent the water from the tank to reach the water mains when the communication between the tank and the deposit is opened.
An optical touch screen apparatus, comprising: an array including a plurality of light sensing pixels configured to sense light, the plurality of light sensing pixels being arranged in a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows; a gate driver configured to supply each of the light sensing pixels with a gate voltage using a plurality of gate lines (GATE1, GATE2, GATEn) and a reset signal using a reset line (RESET), the plurality of gate lines (GATE1, GATE2, GATEn) and the reset line (RESET) extending in a row direction; and a signal output unit configured to receive a light sensing signal from each of the plurality of light sensing pixels and to output a data signal, wherein the plurality of gate lines (GATE1, GATE2, GATEn) are arranged row by row such that each of the plurality of gate lines (GATE1, GATE2, GATEn) and the reset line (RESET) is connected to the gate driver, and characterized in that the reset line (RESET) is connected to all of the plurality of light sensing pixels arranged in the plurality of rows in the optical touch screen apparatus such that all of the plurality of light sensing pixels in the optical touch screen apparatus is reset simultaneously. an array including a plurality of light sensing pixels configured to sense light, the plurality of light sensing pixels being arranged in a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows; a gate driver configured to supply each of the light sensing pixels with a gate voltage using a plurality of gate lines (GATE1, GATE2, GATEn) and a reset signal using a reset line (RESET), the plurality of gate lines (GATE1, GATE2, GATEn) and the reset line (RESET) extending in a row direction; and a signal output unit configured to receive a light sensing signal from each of the plurality of light sensing pixels and to output a data signal, wherein the plurality of gate lines (GATE1, GATE2, GATEn) are arranged row by row such that each of the plurality of gate lines (GATE1, GATE2, GATEn) and the reset line (RESET) is connected to the gate driver, and characterized in that the reset line (RESET) is connected to all of the plurality of light sensing pixels arranged in the plurality of rows in the optical touch screen apparatus such that all of the plurality of light sensing pixels in the optical touch screen apparatus is reset simultaneously.
A method for improving the oxidation stability of biodiesel fuel(s) or mixtures of biodiesel fuel(s) and conventional diesel fuel(s), said method comprising the addition to such biodiesel fuel(s) or mixtures of biodiesel fuel(s) and conventional diesel fuel(s) of a stability additive selected from the group consisting of one or a mixture of N,N-di(C 1 -C 5 -alkyl)cyclohexylamine(s) in an amount of at least 250 mg of said one or a mixture of N,N-di(C 1 -C 5 -alkyl)cyclohexylamine per liter of the biodiesel fuel or per liter of the biodiesel fuel components in the mixture of biodiesel fuel and conventional diesel fuel wherein the oxidation stability of said additized fuel as measured by the Rancimat Test is increased by at least about 50% as compared to the oxidation stability of the fuel without the stability additive, and wherein the stability additive is employed in the absence of any phenolic and/or aromatic amine antioxidant.
A reflectarray comprising: a substrate; and a plurality of array elements formed in each area of a plurality of areas into which a principal surface of the substrate is divided, wherein each array element includes a plurality of patches (204a, 204b) with a gap between the patches, an edge of each patch facing the gap having a comb shape, and wherein at least one of a size of the gap, a shape of the gap, a length of the gap, a width of the gap and a ratio between the length and the width of the gap of the array elements of a first one of the areas is different from the corresponding feature or features of the gap of the array elements of a second one of the areas, whereby the gaps of the areas are such as to vary the phase of the reflection coefficient of the reflectarray over the areas. a substrate; and a plurality of array elements formed in each area of a plurality of areas into which a principal surface of the substrate is divided, wherein each array element includes a plurality of patches (204a, 204b) with a gap between the patches, an edge of each patch facing the gap having a comb shape, and wherein at least one of a size of the gap, a shape of the gap, a length of the gap, a width of the gap and a ratio between the length and the width of the gap of the array elements of a first one of the areas is different from the corresponding feature or features of the gap of the array elements of a second one of the areas, whereby the gaps of the areas are such as to vary the phase of the reflection coefficient of the reflectarray over the areas.
A communication method, wherein the method is applied to a multi-link, ML entity, the ML entity supports K first links, and the method further comprises: performing, by the ML entity, a backoff procedure on each first link in the K first links, wherein K is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2; and sending, by the ML entity, a first physical layer protocol data unit, PPDU on each second link in N second links, wherein the second link is a first link whose backoff procedure has ended and that is in an idle state in a first inter-frame space before a first time point, and N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to K; and the first time point is an end time point of a backoff procedure of a target link, and the target link is a second link whose backoff procedure ends last in the N second links. performing, by the ML entity, a backoff procedure on each first link in the K first links, wherein K is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2; and sending, by the ML entity, a first physical layer protocol data unit, PPDU on each second link in N second links, wherein the second link is a first link whose backoff procedure has ended and that is in an idle state in a first inter-frame space before a first time point, and N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to K; and the first time point is an end time point of a backoff procedure of a target link, and the target link is a second link whose backoff procedure ends last in the N second links.
A method for validating a model of vehicle dynamics for use in autonomous driving, the method comprising setting a wheel slip limit on an operation of at least one vehicle torque device (13, 14), obtaining a model associated with vehicle dynamics based on the set wheel slip limit, and validating the model of vehicle dynamics based on the set wheel slip limit. setting a wheel slip limit on an operation of at least one vehicle torque device (13, 14), obtaining a model associated with vehicle dynamics based on the set wheel slip limit, and validating the model of vehicle dynamics based on the set wheel slip limit.
A method for preparing coated substrates, in which a) at least one aqueous suspension is prepared, the aqueous suspension containing water, at least one agglomerate former and particles of at least one refractory metal carbide, the particles of the at least one refractory metal carbide forming agglomerates in the at least one aqueous suspension, b) the at least one aqueous suspension being applied to a porous substrate, and c) the substrate being subjected to a sintering process after step b), the diameter of each of the agglomerates being greater than the pore entrance diameter of each of the pores of the porous substrate. a) at least one aqueous suspension is prepared, the aqueous suspension containing water, at least one agglomerate former and particles of at least one refractory metal carbide, the particles of the at least one refractory metal carbide forming agglomerates in the at least one aqueous suspension, b) the at least one aqueous suspension being applied to a porous substrate, and c) the substrate being subjected to a sintering process after step b),
Method of timing, in a receiver, a radio signal generated in and transmitted from a transmitter, the radio signal comprising a series of frequency chirps, the method including: - receiving the radio signal from the transmitter; characterised by - synthesizing projection vectors comprising a series of frequency chirps that are a complex-conjugate image of those comprised in the radio signal the projection vectors being time-shifted relative to one another by determined shift intervals of time; - computing for each projection vector a projection of the received signal consisting in the accumulated sum of the product of the corresponding samples of the received signal and of the projection vector, wherein the projection vectors comprise a plurality of chirps and the step of computing a projection spans a plurality of chirps in the received radio signal; - interpolating the projections to determine a peak time shift, determining a time of arrival and frequency shift between a local time reference comprised in the receiver and a transmitter's time reference based on the peak time shift and compensating frequency slope and phase of the chirps in the projection vectors based on the peak time shift - receiving the radio signal from the transmitter; characterised by - synthesizing projection vectors comprising a series of frequency chirps that are a complex-conjugate image of those comprised in the radio signal the projection vectors being time-shifted relative to one another by determined shift intervals of time; - computing for each projection vector a projection of the received signal consisting in the accumulated sum of the product of the corresponding samples of the received signal and of the projection vector, wherein the projection vectors comprise a plurality of chirps and the step of computing a projection spans a plurality of chirps in the received radio signal; - interpolating the projections to determine a peak time shift, determining a time of arrival and frequency shift between a local time reference comprised in the receiver and a transmitter's time reference based on the peak time shift and compensating frequency slope and phase of the chirps in the projection vectors based on the peak time shift
Process for the preparation of a hardening accelerator composition in the absence of cement, by reaction of a water-soluble calcium compound with a water-soluble silicate compound, wherein the water-soluble calcium compound is not a calcium silicate, the reaction of the water-soluble calcium compound with the water-soluble silicate compound being effected in the presence of an aqueous solution which contains a water-soluble dispersant comprising at least one polyalkylenglycole structural unit with a functional group at one end of the polyalkyleneglycole, said functional group being able to interact as an anchor group with the surface of cement particles, wherein the functional group comprises anionic radicals, silane radicals and/or polyhydroxy radicals, and the water-soluble dispersant does not contain other polymeric structures than the polyalkylenglycole structural unit.
A method for producing a TiAl-based intermetallic sintered compact, the method comprising: a mixing step of mixing Ti powder, Al powder, and a binder to yield a mixture; an injection molding step of molding the mixture into a molded product having a predetermined shape with a metal injection molder; a preliminary sintering step of placing the molded product in a preliminary sintering die having a storage space inside and performing sintering at a predetermined preliminary sintering temperature to produce a preliminary sintered compact; and a sintering step of releasing the preliminary sintered compact from the preliminary sintering die and performing sintering at a sintering temperature higher than the preliminary sintering temperature to form the TiAl-based intermetallic sintered compact, wherein the injection molding step includes injecting the mixture into a mold having a molding space inside to mold the molded product, the storage space having a shape and size substantially equal to the molding space. a mixing step of mixing Ti powder, Al powder, and a binder to yield a mixture; an injection molding step of molding the mixture into a molded product having a predetermined shape with a metal injection molder; a preliminary sintering step of placing the molded product in a preliminary sintering die having a storage space inside and performing sintering at a predetermined preliminary sintering temperature to produce a preliminary sintered compact; and a sintering step of releasing the preliminary sintered compact from the preliminary sintering die and performing sintering at a sintering temperature higher than the preliminary sintering temperature to form the TiAl-based intermetallic sintered compact, wherein the injection molding step includes injecting the mixture into a mold having a molding space inside to mold the molded product, the storage space having a shape and size substantially equal to the molding space.
System comprising an automotive vehicle seat slide and a support, said slide comprising a fixed section designed to be connected to the frame of the automotive vehicle and a mobile section designed to slide relative to the fixed section in a longitudinal direction, the mobile section having a top surface extending in a transverse direction between two side wings (6b, 6c), the transverse direction being perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, the side wings (6b, 6c) each extending in a vertical plane (X, Z) perpendicular to the transverse direction, the support comprising a connecting portion having a horizontal bottom surface designed to be affixed to the top surface of the mobile section, the system being characterised in that the horizontal bottom surface is provided with a tab which extends in the vertical plane (X, Z) through an opening disposed in the top surface of the mobile section, and in that the tab is affixed to one of the side wings (6b, 6c) of the mobile section.
A misfire determination device for an internal combustion engine mounted on a vehicle that determines a misfire of a multicylinder internal combustion engine in which an output shaft is connected to a post-stage shaft in a post-stage via a torsion element, said misfire determination device comprising: an output shaft rotation speed detection module (24, 140) that detects an output shaft rotation speed that is a rotation speed of said output shaft; said misfire determination device being characterized by a post-stage shaft rotation speed detection module (24, 40, 43, 44) that detects a post-stage shaft rotation speed that is a rotation speed of said post-stage shaft; a resonance influence component calculation module that calculates a resonance influence component as an influence of resonance caused by torsion of said torsion element on the rotation speed of said output shaft on the basis of said detected output shaft rotation speed and said detected post-stage shaft rotation speed; and a misfire determination module that determines a misfire of said internal combustion engine on the basis of a detection rotation speed obtained by subtracting said calculated resonance influence component from said detected output shaft rotation speed. an output shaft rotation speed detection module (24, 140) that detects an output shaft rotation speed that is a rotation speed of said output shaft; said misfire determination device being characterized by a post-stage shaft rotation speed detection module (24, 40, 43, 44) that detects a post-stage shaft rotation speed that is a rotation speed of said post-stage shaft; a resonance influence component calculation module that calculates a resonance influence component as an influence of resonance caused by torsion of said torsion element on the rotation speed of said output shaft on the basis of said detected output shaft rotation speed and said detected post-stage shaft rotation speed; and a misfire determination module that determines a misfire of said internal combustion engine on the basis of a detection rotation speed obtained by subtracting said calculated resonance influence component from said detected output shaft rotation speed.