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A bulged, forward-acting rupture disc comprising: a central bulged section comprising a concavo-convex dome; a flat, annular flange section surrounding the central bulged section; a transition region that is intermediate to and interconnects the central bulged section and the flange section; and a line of opening that overlies the transition region, the line of opening comprising an area weakening the rupture disc such that when a pressure of a fluid acting upon a concave face of the dome reaches a predetermined threshold the rupture disc tears along the line of opening thereby providing an opening through the disc that has a diameter that is at least as large as an internal diameter of the flange section, characterized in that material making up the rupture disc has been removed from the disc in the area of the line of opening weakening the rupture disc without altering the metal grain structure in the transition region. a central bulged section comprising a concavo-convex dome; a flat, annular flange section surrounding the central bulged section; a transition region that is intermediate to and interconnects the central bulged section and the flange section; and a line of opening that overlies the transition region, the line of opening comprising an area weakening the rupture disc such that when a pressure of a fluid acting upon a concave face of the dome reaches a predetermined threshold the rupture disc tears along the line of opening thereby providing an opening through the disc that has a diameter that is at least as large as an internal diameter of the flange section,
A method for producing a tube or a semi-finished tube, in particular for chemical apparatus construction, for storing or for transporting aggressive storage media, comprising a solid inner tube with the inner side of which the storage medium can come into contact and which is made of a thermoplastic polyolefin, and comprising an adhesion-promoting layer applied to the outer side of the inner tube, which has a textile structure and is made of a thermoplastic of the same type, the textile structure of the adhesion-promoting layer being suitable for mounting a support tube on the outer side of the adhesion-promoting layer, characterised in that the inner tube is coextruded with at least two different material layers (07, 08), the thermoplastic of the outer material layer of the inner tube having a lower viscosity or a lower melting range than the thermoplastic of the inner material layer of the inner tube, wherein a) the outer side of the inner tube and the inner side of the adhesion-promoting layer are heated beyond the melting point of the respective thermoplastics and are partially melted, the textile structure on the outer side of the adhesion-promoting layer being at least partially preserved; b) the outer side of the inner tube and the inner side of the adhesion-promoting layer are brought into contact with each other in a melting zone and are welded together in a material-bonded manner. a) the outer side of the inner tube and the inner side of the adhesion-promoting layer are heated beyond the melting point of the respective thermoplastics and are partially melted, the textile structure on the outer side of the adhesion-promoting layer being at least partially preserved; b) the outer side of the inner tube and the inner side of the adhesion-promoting layer are brought into contact with each other in a melting zone and are welded together in a material-bonded manner.
A method (200, 300, 400) for determining a candidate cell for an active set, where - the quality factor of each cell in the active set is determined, - a quality factor of a test cell is determined, and - the test cell is accepted as a candidate cell for the active set, if an acceptance criterion, which defines a value as a limit for accepting a test cell, is fulfilled, characterized in that the acceptance criterion is selected so that in the acceptance criterion a first limit value is equal to a second limit value, wherein said first limit value is for a certain first quality factor of a test cell and for a certain first set of quality factors, consisting of quality factors of cells in a first active set, said second limit value is for a certain second quality factor of a test cell and for a certain second set of quality factors, consisting of quality factors of cells in a second active set, and the first quality factor is equal to the second quality factor multiplied with a finite number and the first set of quality factors is the same as a set formed of the quality factors belonging to the second set of quality factors multiplied with the same finite number. - the quality factor of each cell in the active set is determined, - a quality factor of a test cell is determined, and - the test cell is accepted as a candidate cell for the active set, if an acceptance criterion, which defines a value as a limit for accepting a test cell, is fulfilled, characterized in that the acceptance criterion is selected so that in the acceptance criterion a first limit value is equal to a second limit value, wherein said first limit value is for a certain first quality factor of a test cell and for a certain first set of quality factors, consisting of quality factors of cells in a first active set, said second limit value is for a certain second quality factor of a test cell and for a certain second set of quality factors, consisting of quality factors of cells in a second active set, and the first quality factor is equal to the second quality factor multiplied with a finite number and the first set of quality factors is the same as a set formed of the quality factors belonging to the second set of quality factors multiplied with the same finite number.
A device for treating a patient's heart by partitioning a chamber of the patient's heart into a primary productive portion and a secondary non-productive portion, comprising: a reinforced membrane which forms a recess when in an expanded deployed configuration, the membrane being reinforced with an expandable frame which is formed of a plurality of ribs having secured first ends and free second ends, wherein the free second ends of the ribs are outwardly curved; and at least one outwardly biased strand which is secured to and extends around a peripheral portion of the membrane to exert pressure on the membrane so as to seal the peripheral portion of the membrane against a ventricular wall surface defining in part the patient's heart chamber. a reinforced membrane which forms a recess when in an expanded deployed configuration, the membrane being reinforced with an expandable frame which is formed of a plurality of ribs having secured first ends and free second ends, wherein the free second ends of the ribs are outwardly curved; and at least one outwardly biased strand which is secured to and extends around a peripheral portion of the membrane to exert pressure on the membrane so as to seal the peripheral portion of the membrane against a ventricular wall surface defining in part the patient's heart chamber.
A fluid circulating pump (2; 200) comprising a body and an electric motor fixed to each other via a flange located between the body and the electric motor, said motor comprising two distinct parts: - a mechanical part containing a rotor, the mechanical part being fixed on the body by at least two fastening means, and - an electrical part containing a stator and an access clearance to the fastening means, characterized in that: - the flange and the electrical part are mounted free to rotate with respect to each other, - the clearance of the electrical part allows, by rotating the electrical part a successive access to the said at least two fastening means. - a mechanical part containing a rotor, the mechanical part being fixed on the body by at least two fastening means, and - an electrical part containing a stator and an access clearance to the fastening means, - the flange and the electrical part are mounted free to rotate with respect to each other, - the clearance of the electrical part allows, by rotating the electrical part a successive access to the said at least two fastening means.
A compaction device for composite structures comprising a series of individual interdependent movable segments for contacting said composite structure during the formation thereof; the compaction device being configured to balance forces exerted by the series of individual interdependent segments by comprising one of either a primary bladder filled with one or more of a substantially incompressible fluid, a highly elastic substantially solid material, and a granular substantially solid material or a series of actuator members comprising a plurality of individual pistons and cylinders located within the interdependent movable segments and being interconnected by a passageway, the cylinders and the passageway being filled with a fixed volume of substantially incompressible fluid; and a structure supporting the series of individual interdependent segments and the series of actuator members.
Electronic impression tray which can be used to take three-dimensional and time measurements in the dental field, for capturing dental information, it consists of a device comprising optical measurement sensor systems, an electronic system which comprises a central management unit capable of collecting, storing and ordering the data collected by said sensors, while said sensors are distributed over all or a portion of said impression tray to make it possible to produce a digital impression of all or a portion of a dental arch in one or more takes, said electronic impression tray consisting of a part (2, 21) having the shape of all or a portion of a dental arch, characterized in that said part (2, 21) has a design which can be scaled by virtue of its ability to be constructed of a plurality of elements (34, 24; 25, 26; 27, 28) which can be reversibly assembled and secured to one another so as to have the optimum shape, it is therefore made of at least two securable elements (23, 24; 25, 26; 27, 28), each suitable for taking the impression of at least one portion of an arch, said at least two elements (23, 24; 25, 26; 27, 28) being configured such that sensors of at least one thereof are associated with sensors of another element, such that the digital impression of at least a portion of the arch is made with sensors of said at least two elements (23, 24; 25, 26; 27, 28).
An Authentication, Authorization and Accounting, AAA, server operated by, or on behalf of a Dedicated Short-Range Communications, DSRC, infrastructure authority, said server comprising at least one processor running at least one computer program adapted to: transmit messages among and between On-board Units, OBU, and Roadside Units, RSUs, communicate through the Internet both with a plurality of OBUs, and with a plurality of user devices connected on a subnet operated by each of the plurality of OBUs, and with a plurality of RSUs, receive an authentication request from an OBU of the plurality of OBUs carry out the functions of Authentication, Authorization and Accounting, thus enabling the DSRC infrastructure authority to authenticate said user devices and/or said OBU, and to authorize said user devices and/or said OBU for access to any service to which said OBU is subscribed in the AAA server, request, from a Security Credentials and Management System (SCMS) component, validation of security credentials of said user devices and/or said OBU. transmit messages among and between On-board Units, OBU, and Roadside Units, RSUs, communicate through the Internet both with a plurality of OBUs, and with a plurality of user devices connected on a subnet operated by each of the plurality of OBUs, and with a plurality of RSUs, receive an authentication request from an OBU of the plurality of OBUs carry out the functions of Authentication, Authorization and Accounting, thus enabling the DSRC infrastructure authority to authenticate said user devices and/or said OBU, and to authorize said user devices and/or said OBU for access to any service to which said OBU is subscribed in the AAA server, request, from a Security Credentials and Management System (SCMS) component, validation of security credentials of said user devices and/or said OBU.
A water-based ink comprising a pigment, a water-insoluble polymer, an acetylene glycol-based nonionic surfactant having HLB of not less than 0 and not more than 5, a nonionic surfactant having HLB of not less than 6 and not more than 20, a polyether-modified silicone having a kinematic viscosity of not less than 30 mm 2 /s and not more than 190 mm 2 /s as measured at 25°C and an organic solvent, in which a weighted mean value of a boiling point of the organic solvent is not lower than 150°C and not higher than 230°C.
A perforating tool for perforating a downhole well casing, the tool characterised by: a body arranged to be disposed in a well casing and at least one cutter block moveable relative to the body between an inwardly retracted condition and an outwardly deployed condition to cut a perforation in the well casing; an activation member disposed in the body, wherein the activation member is moveable relative to the body to move at least one said cutter block between the inwardly retracted condition and the outwardly deployed condition relative to the body; a plurality of pistons arranged to move the activation member relative to the body, each said piston being disposed in a respective pressure chamber; and wherein the activation member defines a bore disposed along a longitudinal axis of the body, and wherein a plurality of ports are formed in the activation member to enable fluid to flow from the bore to each said pressure chamber such that an increase in fluid pressure in the body increases fluid pressure in each said pressure chamber to move each of the plurality of pistons relative to the body and cause the activation member to move relative to the body. a body arranged to be disposed in a well casing and at least one cutter block moveable relative to the body between an inwardly retracted condition and an outwardly deployed condition to cut a perforation in the well casing; an activation member disposed in the body, wherein the activation member is moveable relative to the body to move at least one said cutter block between the inwardly retracted condition and the outwardly deployed condition relative to the body; a plurality of pistons arranged to move the activation member relative to the body, each said piston being disposed in a respective pressure chamber; and wherein the activation member defines a bore disposed along a longitudinal axis of the body, and wherein a plurality of ports are formed in the activation member to enable fluid to flow from the bore to each said pressure chamber such that an increase in fluid pressure in the body increases fluid pressure in each said pressure chamber to move each of the plurality of pistons relative to the body and cause the activation member to move relative to the body.
Optical adapter for interposition between an optical observation device and a camera, comprising an afocal optical arrangement comprising at least four lenses (400, 403, 404, 405, 409) with an entrance pupil and an exit pupil, wherein - the exit pupil of the optical arrangement is situated 40 mm to 100 mm behind the vertex of the last lens and is a real image of an entrance pupil, - the optical arrangement comprises a first lens combination (400, 403), which represents a telephoto objective consisting of two lenses (400, 403), with the one lens being a positive lens and the other lens being a negative lens which is disposed downstream of the positive lens in the beam path and which has a greater refractive power than the positive lens, and - the optical arrangement comprises a second lens combination (404, 405, 409), which is disposed downstream of the first lens combination (400, 403) and the imaging properties of which correspond to those of an eyepiece. - the exit pupil of the optical arrangement is situated 40 mm to 100 mm behind the vertex of the last lens and is a real image of an entrance pupil, - the optical arrangement comprises a first lens combination (400, 403), which represents a telephoto objective consisting of two lenses (400, 403), with the one lens being a positive lens and the other lens being a negative lens which is disposed downstream of the positive lens in the beam path and which has a greater refractive power than the positive lens, and - the optical arrangement comprises a second lens combination (404, 405, 409), which is disposed downstream of the first lens combination (400, 403) and the imaging properties of which correspond to those of an eyepiece.
Inlet manifold for an internal combustion engine, comprising an inlet duct of cylindrical shape and with axis of symmetry (Δ), the inlet duct being open at one end and closed at the other end and opening on its lateral surface onto a plurality of outlet ducts (Ci) of axis of symmetry (δi), the open end allowing through an inlet flow which travels along the inlet duct along the axis of symmetry (Δ) from the open end to the closed end near the last outlet duct, each outlet duct (Ci) being connected to one cylinder of the engine, and the axis of symmetry (δi) of each outlet duct (Ci) being perpendicular to the axis of symmetry (Δ) of the inlet duct, characterized in that each outlet duct (Ci) is connected by a blend radius (Ri) to the inlet duct in a way opposite to the direction of travel of the inlet flow and in such a way that the blend radius (Ri) of each outlet duct (Ci) increases with the length (Li) of the path of the inlet flow from the open end of the inlet duct to the axis of symmetry (δi) of the respective outlet duct (Ci) in order to distribute the inlet flow to each outlet duct (Ci) with equivalent permeability.
A coating composition comprising: a thermoplastic dispersion; and an epoxy-functional stabilizer comprising at least one epoxy end group and a segment derived from: (i) a polyhydric phenol having one or more aryl or heteroaryl groups in which each aryl or heteroaryl group includes a hydroxyl group attached to the ring and a substituent group attached to the ring at an ortho or meta position relative to the hydroxyl group; or (ii) a polyhydric phenol having two or more aryl or heteroaryl groups joined by a polar linking group or by a linking group having a molecular weight of at least 125 Daltons; or (iii) a polyhydric phenol having the features of both (i) and (ii); and wherein the coating composition is substantially free of diphenols having estrogenic activity greater than or equal to that of bisphenol S. a thermoplastic dispersion; and an epoxy-functional stabilizer comprising at least one epoxy end group and a segment derived from: (i) a polyhydric phenol having one or more aryl or heteroaryl groups in which each aryl or heteroaryl group includes a hydroxyl group attached to the ring and a substituent group attached to the ring at an ortho or meta position relative to the hydroxyl group; or (ii) a polyhydric phenol having two or more aryl or heteroaryl groups joined by a polar linking group or by a linking group having a molecular weight of at least 125 Daltons; or (iii) a polyhydric phenol having the features of both (i) and (ii); and wherein the coating composition is substantially free of diphenols having estrogenic activity greater than or equal to that of bisphenol S. (i) a polyhydric phenol having one or more aryl or heteroaryl groups in which each aryl or heteroaryl group includes a hydroxyl group attached to the ring and a substituent group attached to the ring at an ortho or meta position relative to the hydroxyl group; or (ii) a polyhydric phenol having two or more aryl or heteroaryl groups joined by a polar linking group or by a linking group having a molecular weight of at least 125 Daltons; or (iii) a polyhydric phenol having the features of both (i) and (ii); and wherein the coating composition is substantially free of diphenols having estrogenic activity greater than or equal to that of bisphenol S.
An anti-CD20 antibody selected from the group consisting of a type I anti-CD20 antibody and obinutuzumab for use in the treatment of cancer in combination with a 6-amino-9-[ -1-(2-butynoyl)-3-pyrrolidinyl]-7-(4-phenoxyphenyl)-7,9-dihydro-8H-purin-8-one or a salt thereof.
A non-spherical microcapsule comprising: a) a core comprising a benefit agent, and b) a shell comprising nanoparticles having a diameter of 10 to 300 nm and polyurea; wherein said nanoparticle comprises ethyl cellulose. a) a core comprising a benefit agent, and b) a shell comprising nanoparticles having a diameter of 10 to 300 nm and polyurea;
A connecting structure comprising: a connecting pin that has a first portion, a second portion thicker than the first portion, and a step between the first portion and the second portion and connects a connecting object and a connected object to each other by being inserted into a first insertion hole of the connecting object and a second insertion hole of the connected object; a pin catch that moves in a recess in one of the connecting object and the connected object in moving directions (Z, -Z) that are not parallel to an extending direction of an insertion hole (21, 22) of the one of the connecting object and the connected object and has a pin engagement portion that engages the step of the connecting pin, the insertion hole (21, 22) being one of the first insertion hole and the second insertion hole; a biasing member that biases the pin catch in a direction among the moving directions (Z, -Z); and a holder that is provided on the one of the connecting object and the connected object and transitions, in response to user operation, to one of a first state in which the holder holds the pin catch in cooperation with the biasing member and a second state in which the pin catch is detachable from the recess, characterized in that the pin catch has an exposed surface that is exposed from the holder and located closer to the biasing member than a top surface of the holder is, the top surface of the holder being opposite to a surface of the holder that faces the biasing member. a connecting pin that has a first portion, a second portion thicker than the first portion, and a step between the first portion and the second portion and connects a connecting object and a connected object to each other by being inserted into a first insertion hole of the connecting object and a second insertion hole of the connected object; a pin catch that moves in a recess in one of the connecting object and the connected object in moving directions (Z, -Z) that are not parallel to an extending direction of an insertion hole (21, 22) of the one of the connecting object and the connected object and has a pin engagement portion that engages the step of the connecting pin, the insertion hole (21, 22) being one of the first insertion hole and the second insertion hole; a biasing member that biases the pin catch in a direction among the moving directions (Z, -Z); and a holder that is provided on the one of the connecting object and the connected object and transitions, in response to user operation, to one of a first state in which the holder holds the pin catch in cooperation with the biasing member and a second state in which the pin catch is detachable from the recess, characterized in that the pin catch has an exposed surface that is exposed from the holder and located closer to the biasing member than a top surface of the holder is, the top surface of the holder being opposite to a surface of the holder that faces the biasing member.