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A backlight device comprising a plurality of linear fluorescent tubes in parallel arrangement and with electrodes at both ends, and a at least two pairs of electrode receiving means adapted to receive the fluorescent tubes in parallel arrangement in vicinity of the electrodes (2 11), the electrode receiving means of each pair of electrode receiving means being arranged at opposite ends of a pair of adjacent fluorescence tubes, wherein each of the electrode receiving means is arranged to hold a power transfer member and a conducting member, wherein said power transfer member is arranged to hold the electrodes of a first pair of adjacent fluorescent tubes to transfer electric power to the first pair of fluorescent tubes, and wherein said conducting member is arranged to hold the electrodes of a second pair of adjacent other fluorescent tubes to achieve conduction between the electrode of one fluorescent tube and an electrode of the other fluorescent tube of the second pair, wherein the electrode receiving means are attached to a housing of the backlight device with the electrodes at the both ends of the fluorescent tubes received respectively, such that each fluorescent tube held at one of its ends by the power transfer member included in one of the pair of electrode receiving means is held at its other end by the conducting member included in the respective other one of the pair of electrode receiving means, while another one of the fluorescent tubes held at one of its ends by the power transfer member included in said other one of the pair of electrode receiving means is held at its other end by the conducting member included in the said one of the pair of electrode receiving means, and wherein the electrode receiving means of different ones of said at least two pairs of electrode receiving means are arranged side by side such that the power transfer members and the conducting members are alternately and sequentially arranged along the direction of the parallel arrangement of the fluorescence tubes.
A heat exchanger apparatus (100, 200, 300, 400, 500), comprising: a shell (112, 212, 312, 412, 512) extending over a flow length L from an inlet at a upstream end to an outlet at a downstream end, and defining a first or primary flowpath for a first fluid or coolant; a structure (118, 218, 318, 418, 518) disposed within the shell (112, 212, 312, 412, 512) defining a second flowpath for a second fluid, wherein the structure (118, 218, 318, 418, 518) comprises a plurality of tubes extending across the interior of the shell (112, 212, 312, 412, 512) transverse to the flow direction of the first fluid or coolant; at least one secondary inlet (138, 238, 338, 438, 538) in the shell (112, 212, 312, 412, 512) disposed downstream from the upstream end; and a nozzle (132, 232, 332, 432, 532) disposed downstream of the at least one secondary inlet (138, 238, 338, 438, 538); wherein the nozzle (132, 232, 332, 432, 532) is configured to increase fluid velocity and therefore decrease local static pressure, thereby providing a driving force for entraining additional fluid or coolant, characterized in that the nozzle (132, 232, 332, 432, 532) is defined by one or more baffles (240, 340, 440, 540) disposed in the shell, wherein the baffles (240, 340, 440, 540) divide the flow of the first fluid or coolant into inner and outer portions (F3, F4), so that the inner portion flows straight through the shell (212, 312, 412) and the outer portion mixes entrained fluid or coolant with the primary flow. a shell (112, 212, 312, 412, 512) extending over a flow length L from an inlet at a upstream end to an outlet at a downstream end, and defining a first or primary flowpath for a first fluid or coolant; a structure (118, 218, 318, 418, 518) disposed within the shell (112, 212, 312, 412, 512) defining a second flowpath for a second fluid, wherein the structure (118, 218, 318, 418, 518) comprises a plurality of tubes extending across the interior of the shell (112, 212, 312, 412, 512) transverse to the flow direction of the first fluid or coolant; at least one secondary inlet (138, 238, 338, 438, 538) in the shell (112, 212, 312, 412, 512) disposed downstream from the upstream end; and a nozzle (132, 232, 332, 432, 532) disposed downstream of the at least one secondary inlet (138, 238, 338, 438, 538); wherein the nozzle (132, 232, 332, 432, 532) is configured to increase fluid velocity and therefore decrease local static pressure, thereby providing a driving force for entraining additional fluid or coolant, characterized in that the nozzle (132, 232, 332, 432, 532) is defined by one or more baffles (240, 340, 440, 540) disposed in the shell, wherein the baffles (240, 340, 440, 540) divide the flow of the first fluid or coolant into inner and outer portions (F3, F4), so that the inner portion flows straight through the shell (212, 312, 412) and the outer portion mixes entrained fluid or coolant with the primary flow.
An ultrasound imaging system comprising: an ultrasound transducer adapted to acquire a survey volume image data set and a target volume image data set; a processor operable under control of an instruction set to generate images using information acquired by the ultrasound transducer, wherein the processor is configured to: generate an image plane from the survey volume image data set; use the image plane to identify a target; adjust imaging parameters based on the identified target; and generate a target volume image from the target volume image data set that is obtained with the adjusted imaging parameters, wherein the adjusted imaging parameters cause the target volume image to centre the identified target in a field of view. an ultrasound transducer adapted to acquire a survey volume image data set and a target volume image data set; a processor operable under control of an instruction set to generate images using information acquired by the ultrasound transducer, wherein the processor is configured to: generate an image plane from the survey volume image data set; use the image plane to identify a target; adjust imaging parameters based on the identified target; and generate a target volume image from the target volume image data set that is obtained with the adjusted imaging parameters, wherein the adjusted imaging parameters cause the target volume image to centre the identified target in a field of view. generate an image plane from the survey volume image data set; use the image plane to identify a target; adjust imaging parameters based on the identified target; and generate a target volume image from the target volume image data set that is obtained with the adjusted imaging parameters, wherein the adjusted imaging parameters cause the target volume image to centre the identified target in a field of view.
A drain assembly comprising: - an elongated channel member adapted for fixture in a floor, the channel member having a bottom and two side walls extending from the bottom, defining an interior of the channel member; - wherein the side walls of the channel member are provided with ridges and grooves extending in the longitudinal direction of the channel member, and - a cover adapted to cover the interior of the channel member; - a plurality of mounting elements adapted to be attached to the channel member for mounting the cover onto the top of the mounting elements in a position wherein the interior of the channel member is covered; - wherein each of the mounting elements comprises a body provided with four side surfaces (32b, 32c), wherein two opposite side surfaces are provided with ridges and grooves mating with the ridges and grooves of the side walls of the channel member, whereby the mounting elements are attachable at predefined distances from the bottom of the channel member, and - wherein the distance between the opposite side surfaces provided with ridges and grooves corresponds to the distance between the side walls of the channel member, and wherein the distance between the other side surfaces of the body is less than the distance between the side walls of the channel member. - an elongated channel member adapted for fixture in a floor, the channel member having a bottom and two side walls extending from the bottom, defining an interior of the channel member; - wherein the side walls of the channel member are provided with ridges and grooves extending in the longitudinal direction of the channel member, and - a cover adapted to cover the interior of the channel member; - a plurality of mounting elements adapted to be attached to the channel member for mounting the cover onto the top of the mounting elements in a position wherein the interior of the channel member is covered; - wherein each of the mounting elements comprises a body provided with four side surfaces (32b, 32c), wherein two opposite side surfaces are provided with ridges and grooves mating with the ridges and grooves of the side walls of the channel member, whereby the mounting elements are attachable at predefined distances from the bottom of the channel member, and - wherein the distance between the opposite side surfaces provided with ridges and grooves corresponds to the distance between the side walls of the channel member, and wherein the distance between the other side surfaces of the body is less than the distance between the side walls of the channel member.
A system for on-wing engine washing and water reclamation, said system characterised by comprising: means for introducing a cleaning liquid containing water or water mixed with a detergent into an engine while said engine is being operated, such that air and at least a portion of the cleaning liquid enter the engine and an airstream is created through said engine, thereby entraining cleaning liquid into said airstream; a trough positioned on a cart (12, 18) located beneath the engine, said trough collecting cleaning liquid exiting the engine; and additional moveable means (33, 38, 50, 70, 72) for separating said cleaning fluid from said airstream exiting the engine after the cleaning liquid has exited the engine. means for introducing a cleaning liquid containing water or water mixed with a detergent into an engine while said engine is being operated, such that air and at least a portion of the cleaning liquid enter the engine and an airstream is created through said engine, thereby entraining cleaning liquid into said airstream; a trough positioned on a cart (12, 18) located beneath the engine, said trough collecting cleaning liquid exiting the engine; and additional moveable means (33, 38, 50, 70, 72) for separating said cleaning fluid from said airstream exiting the engine after the cleaning liquid has exited the engine.
An information processing apparatus comprising: a first acquisition unit adapted to acquire a plurality of first images sensed by each of one or more first image sensing devices at a plurality of times, when a calibration jig is moved within an image sensing range of the one or more first image sensing devices, wherein the calibration jig includes a first index allocated on a second image sensing device for sensing a physical space on which second indices (300a, 300b, 300c, 300d) are allocated; a first extraction unit adapted to extract image coordinates of the first index from each of the first images; a second acquisition unit adapted to acquire a plurality of second images sensed by the second image sensing device at the plurality of times; and a second extraction unit adapted to extract image coordinates of second indices (300a-300d) from each of the second images; characterized by further comprising a calculation unit (1045, 1055, 1070) adapted to calculate camera parameters including extrinsic parameters of the one or more first image sensing devices by using simultaneously the extracted image coordinates of the first index and of second indices (300a-300d) at the plurality of times. a first acquisition unit adapted to acquire a plurality of first images sensed by each of one or more first image sensing devices at a plurality of times, when a calibration jig is moved within an image sensing range of the one or more first image sensing devices, wherein the calibration jig includes a first index allocated on a second image sensing device for sensing a physical space on which second indices (300a, 300b, 300c, 300d) are allocated; a first extraction unit adapted to extract image coordinates of the first index from each of the first images; a second acquisition unit adapted to acquire a plurality of second images sensed by the second image sensing device at the plurality of times; and a second extraction unit adapted to extract image coordinates of second indices (300a-300d) from each of the second images; characterized by further comprising a calculation unit (1045, 1055, 1070) adapted to calculate camera parameters including extrinsic parameters of the one or more first image sensing devices by using simultaneously the extracted image coordinates of the first index and of second indices (300a-300d) at the plurality of times.
A pool, in particular a swimming pool, comprising containing means, in particular for a liquid, or the like, and supporting means (13, 16) for supporting said containing means, said containing means comprising a sheet made of a flexible material and hung on the pool supporting means (13, 16), the pool having an outer jacket adapted to cover the supporting means that support the containing means and/or the containing means themselves; characterised in that said outer jacket has respective supporting means connected to the supporting means (13, 16) that support the containing means.
A bistable lifting solenoid that has a first end of stroke position and a second end of stroke position and a center of stroke position disposed between the end of stroke positions, comprising: a stator (15, 0, 30); one or more armatures; at least one coil (L1, L2); at least one permanent magnet (PM1, PM2); and a spring system having a first spring that exerts a force on the armature or armatures in the direction toward the center of stroke position and having a second spring that exerts a force on the armature or armatures in the direction toward the center of stroke position, wherein the armature or armatures are held in a permanent magnetic manner against the spring force in both end of stroke positions in the currentless case, wherein the first and second springs (F1, F2) have spring travels of different lengths and/or exert forces of different strengths on the armature or armatures and/or have spring rates of different amounts in the respective end of stroke position, characterized in that the spring travel of the first spring is greater than the spring travel of the second spring and the second spring exerts a greater force on the armature or armatures than the first spring exerts on the armature or armatures; and/or in that the spring travel of the first spring is greater than the spring travel of the second spring and the spring rate of the second spring in the second end of stroke position is greater than the spring rate of the first spring in the first end of stroke position; a stator (15, 0, 30); one or more armatures; at least one coil (L1, L2); at least one permanent magnet (PM1, PM2); and a spring system having a first spring that exerts a force on the armature or armatures in the direction toward the center of stroke position and having a second spring that exerts a force on the armature or armatures in the direction toward the center of stroke position, wherein the armature or armatures are held in a permanent magnetic manner against the spring force in both end of stroke positions in the currentless case, wherein the first and second springs (F1, F2) have spring travels of different lengths and/or exert forces of different strengths on the armature or armatures and/or have spring rates of different amounts in the respective end of stroke position, characterized in that the spring travel of the first spring is greater than the spring travel of the second spring and the second spring exerts a greater force on the armature or armatures than the first spring exerts on the armature or armatures; and/or in that the spring travel of the first spring is greater than the spring travel of the second spring and the spring rate of the second spring in the second end of stroke position is greater than the spring rate of the first spring in the first end of stroke position;
A magnetic device comprising: a pinned magnetic layer with a magnetization vector (m 1) having a fixed magnetization direction at a non-zero acute angle (θ) relative to a normal of the plane of the pinned magnetic layer; a free magnetic layer with at least one magnetization vector (m 2) having a changeable magnetization direction, wherein the magnetization vector (m 2) of the free magnetic layer has at least a first stable state and a second stable state, wherein the magnetization vector (m 2) in the first stable state is in a first direction and perpendicular to the plane of the free magnetic layer, and wherein the magnetization vector (m 2) in the second stable state is in a second direction, opposite the first direction, and perpendicular to the plane of the free magnetic layer; a nonmagnetic layer spatially separating the pinned magnetic layer and the free magnetic layer; wherein a current pulse of sufficient amplitude and duration through the pinned magnetic layer, the free magnetic layer, and the nonmagnetic layer of the magnetic device switches the magnetization vector (m 2) of the free magnetic layer between the first and second stable states. a pinned magnetic layer with a magnetization vector (m 1) having a fixed magnetization direction at a non-zero acute angle (θ) relative to a normal of the plane of the pinned magnetic layer; a free magnetic layer with at least one magnetization vector (m 2) having a changeable magnetization direction, wherein the magnetization vector (m 2) of the free magnetic layer has at least a first stable state and a second stable state, wherein the magnetization vector (m 2) in the first stable state is in a first direction and perpendicular to the plane of the free magnetic layer, and wherein the magnetization vector (m 2) in the second stable state is in a second direction, opposite the first direction, and perpendicular to the plane of the free magnetic layer; a nonmagnetic layer spatially separating the pinned magnetic layer and the free magnetic layer; wherein a current pulse of sufficient amplitude and duration through the pinned magnetic layer, the free magnetic layer, and the nonmagnetic layer of the magnetic device switches the magnetization vector (m 2) of the free magnetic layer between the first and second stable states.
Substantially pure biological culture of a strain of the species Pseudomonas graminis, deposited with number CBS136973 at the depositary institution "Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures in Utrecht, Netherlands.
A positive electrode plate, comprising a current collector, a safety coating, a difficultly soluble layer and a positive active material layer, wherein the safety coating, the difficultly soluble layer and the positive active material layer are successively disposed on the current collector; wherein the safety coating comprises a polymer matrix, a conductive material and an inorganic filler; wherein the difficultly soluble layer comprises a binder and a conductive agent, and wherein the binder of the difficultly soluble layer has a solubility in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone smaller than the solubility of the polymer matrix of the safety coating in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone.
An IgG class Fc-region comprising a first variant Fc-region polypeptide and a second variant Fc-region polypeptide, wherein a) the first variant Fc-region polypeptide is derived from a first parent IgG class Fc-region polypeptide and the second variant Fc-region polypeptide is derived from a second parent IgG class Fc-region polypeptide, whereby the first parent IgG class Fc-region polypeptide is identical to or different from the second parent IgG class Fc-region polypeptide, and b) the first variant Fc-region polypeptide differs from the second variant Fc-region polypeptide in one or more amino acid residues other than those amino acid residues in which the first parent IgG class Fc-region polypeptide differs from the second parent IgG class Fc-region polypeptide, and c) the IgG class Fc-region comprising the first variant Fc-region polypeptide and the second variant Fc-region polypeptide has an affinity to a human neonatal Fc-receptor that is different than that of an IgG class Fc-region comprising the first parent IgG class Fc-region polypeptide of a) and the second parent IgG class Fc-region polypeptide of a), wherein either the first Fc-region polypeptide or the second Fc-region polypeptide or both Fc-region polypeptides comprise independently of each other the following combination of mutations: - T307Q and V308P and N434Y and Y436H and M252Y and S254T and T256E. a) the first variant Fc-region polypeptide is derived from a first parent IgG class Fc-region polypeptide and the second variant Fc-region polypeptide is derived from a second parent IgG class Fc-region polypeptide, whereby the first parent IgG class Fc-region polypeptide is identical to or different from the second parent IgG class Fc-region polypeptide, and b) the first variant Fc-region polypeptide differs from the second variant Fc-region polypeptide in one or more amino acid residues other than those amino acid residues in which the first parent IgG class Fc-region polypeptide differs from the second parent IgG class Fc-region polypeptide, and c) the IgG class Fc-region comprising the first variant Fc-region polypeptide and the second variant Fc-region polypeptide has an affinity to a human neonatal Fc-receptor that is different than that of an IgG class Fc-region comprising the first parent IgG class Fc-region polypeptide of a) and the second parent IgG class Fc-region polypeptide of a), - T307Q and V308P and N434Y and Y436H and M252Y and S254T and T256E.