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A support device, mainly for use upon a bearing structure, in particular a fixed or mobile medical bed, which support device comprises: ▪ a pad element, configured to receive on it the body of a subject in a distended position and to this aim generally having a flat shape with a longitudinal dimension prevailing with respect to a transverse dimension; ▪ fixing means of the pad element to the bearing structure; and ▪ a first and a second stress distribution element, each arranged, in use, at a respective longitudinal edge portion (20, 21) of said pad element and interposed between the latter and said fixing means for connecting the one to the other, characterized in that, in use, each of said first and second distribution element is connected to the respective longitudinal edge portion (20, 21) of said pad element at a first longitudinal portion thereof (101, 111) and protrudes externally with respect to said pad element with a second longitudinal portion thereof (102, 112) at which said fixing means are connected or connectable. ▪ a pad element, configured to receive on it the body of a subject in a distended position and to this aim generally having a flat shape with a longitudinal dimension prevailing with respect to a transverse dimension; ▪ fixing means of the pad element to the bearing structure; and ▪ a first and a second stress distribution element, each arranged, in use, at a respective longitudinal edge portion (20, 21) of said pad element and interposed between the latter and said fixing means for connecting the one to the other,
Method enabling the authentication or identification of a person, using a first electronic device comprising an image-capturing unit and a data transmission unit, said method including a phase of registering said person with a verification system, said registration phase comprising the following steps: - capturing, using an image-capturing unit of said first electronic device, a first image (I 1) of at least one object (O 1) of any kind that is secretly selected by the person; - transmitting said first image to the verification system by means of the data transmission unit of said first electronic device; the method further including an authentication or identification phase relative to said person, using a second electronic device, the authentication or identification phase comprising the following steps carried out in the verification system: - receiving from the second electronic device a second image (I' 1) of at least one object (O 1) that is identical or similar to the object in the first image (I 1); - comparing the second image at least to the first image; - concluding that the person is authenticated or identified successfully when the comparison of the second image to the first image reveals a match between their respective objects; wherein the second image is an image not previously saved and captured for use in the comparison at the time of the authentication or identification. - capturing, using an image-capturing unit of said first electronic device, a first image (I 1) of at least one object (O 1) of any kind that is secretly selected by the person; - transmitting said first image to the verification system by means of the data transmission unit of said first electronic device; - receiving from the second electronic device a second image (I' 1) of at least one object (O 1) that is identical or similar to the object in the first image (I 1); - comparing the second image at least to the first image; - concluding that the person is authenticated or identified successfully when the comparison of the second image to the first image reveals a match between their respective objects;
Portable power tool having a tool receptacle configured to receive a tool, said tool receptacle being arranged on an associated tool housing in which a drum-like tool change magazine having at least one tool chamber for storing the tool is provided, said tool chamber being able to be oriented in a manner aligned with the tool receptacle, wherein a sliding element, movable in the longitudinal direction of the tool receptacle, for sliding the tool out of the tool chamber and into the tool receptacle oriented in an aligned manner or out of the tool receptacle and into the tool chamber oriented in an aligned manner is provided, wherein the sliding element is coupled to an actuable manual switch which has a resilient blocking element which is configured to releasably block the sliding element in a tool change position in which the tool change magazine is able to be rotated about an associated axis of rotation and the tool is arranged in the tool chamber, or in a tool operating position in which the tool change magazine is prevented from rotating by the sliding element and the tool is arranged in the tool receptacle, characterized in that the blocking element has at least one spring arm (125, 230) which is provided with an associated pawl (231, 232), and at least one guide cam (126, 276) assigned to the at least one spring arm (125, 230) is provided in the tool housing, wherein the spring arm (125, 230) is displaceable in a resilient manner along the guide cam (126, 276).
A method of producing a road making material including the steps of: 1. heating plastics and bitumen such that the plastics melt, and 2. mixing the plastics coated bitumen with aggregate (4, 5), wherein the ratio of plastics/bitumen to aggregate is approximately 4% - 10% by weight of plastic coated bitumen to aggregate, wherein plastics microbeads of 5μm to 1mm or pelletised plastics in the range 1mm to 10mm are used; and wherein the aggregate has a mesh size of 10mm or 14mm. 1. heating plastics and bitumen such that the plastics melt, and 2. mixing the plastics coated bitumen with aggregate (4, 5), wherein the ratio of plastics/bitumen to aggregate is approximately 4% - 10% by weight of plastic coated bitumen to aggregate, wherein plastics microbeads of 5μm to 1mm or pelletised plastics in the range 1mm to 10mm are used; and wherein the aggregate has a mesh size of 10mm or 14mm.
A current monitor comprising: a high-voltage side configured to obtain a signal indicative of current through a conductor and apply different levels of gain to different frequency bands (238, 240) of the signal to produce an adjusted signal; a low-voltage side electrically isolated from the high-voltage side and configured to split the adjusted signal to produce a plurality of output signals (230, 232), each of the plurality of output signals is indicative of a level of current at one of the different frequency bands; and an isolation amplifier configured to communicate the adjusted signal from the high-voltage side to the low-voltage side while electrically isolating the high-voltage side from the low-voltage side, wherein the high-voltage side comprises: a high-pass filter to pass frequencies of the signal indicative of current through the conductor above a first frequency to obtain a first signal for a first frequency band; and a low pass filter to pass frequencies of the signal indicative of current through the conductor below a second frequency to obtain a second signal for a second frequency band. a high-voltage side configured to obtain a signal indicative of current through a conductor and apply different levels of gain to different frequency bands (238, 240) of the signal to produce an adjusted signal; a low-voltage side electrically isolated from the high-voltage side and configured to split the adjusted signal to produce a plurality of output signals (230, 232), each of the plurality of output signals is indicative of a level of current at one of the different frequency bands; and an isolation amplifier configured to communicate the adjusted signal from the high-voltage side to the low-voltage side while electrically isolating the high-voltage side from the low-voltage side, wherein the high-voltage side comprises: a high-pass filter to pass frequencies of the signal indicative of current through the conductor above a first frequency to obtain a first signal for a first frequency band; and a low pass filter to pass frequencies of the signal indicative of current through the conductor below a second frequency to obtain a second signal for a second frequency band. a high-pass filter to pass frequencies of the signal indicative of current through the conductor above a first frequency to obtain a first signal for a first frequency band; and a low pass filter to pass frequencies of the signal indicative of current through the conductor below a second frequency to obtain a second signal for a second frequency band.
An electroconductive contact probe holder for supporting a plurality of contact units for contacting an object, comprising: a base plate member made of a first material and provided with an opening therein; said first material comprises a member selected from a group consisting of metallic material, semiconductor material, ceramic material and glass material, and a holder hole forming member made of a second material and filled in said opening substantially without extending outside said opening, characterized in that a plurality of holder holes are passed across a thickness of said holder hole forming member each for receiving a contact unit therein so as to be moveable into and out of the holder hole, and a film is formed over an inner circumferential surface of said opening, wherein said film is made of material that promotes bonding between said holder hole forming member and said base plate. a base plate member made of a first material and provided with an opening therein; said first material comprises a member selected from a group consisting of metallic material, semiconductor material, ceramic material and glass material, and a holder hole forming member made of a second material and filled in said opening substantially without extending outside said opening, characterized in that a plurality of holder holes are passed across a thickness of said holder hole forming member each for receiving a contact unit therein so as to be moveable into and out of the holder hole, and a film is formed over an inner circumferential surface of said opening, wherein said film is made of material that promotes bonding between said holder hole forming member and said base plate.
An absorbent structure comprising: - a substantially planar substrate extending in a transversal direction (x) and a longitudinal direction (y), - an auxiliary glue applied directly over the substrate on an auxiliary glue application area, - an absorbent material comprising from 80% to 100% by weight of superabsorbent polymer particles deposited over the substrate on an absorbent material deposition area comprising a pattern of absorbent material land areas separated by absorbent material-free junction areas, wherein the absorbent material deposition area can be notionally divided into eight deposition zones (Z1-Z8) of equal length along the longitudinal direction; and - a fibrous thermoplastic adhesive layer which covers at least some of the land areas and at least some of the absorbent material-free junction areas to thereby immobilize at least some of the absorbent material on the substrate; characterized in that an amount of the absorbent material is profiled along the longitudinal direction of the structure so that at least one of the eight deposition zones is a zone of lower absorbent material amount (Z1, Z2, Z7, Z8) having an amount of absorbent material that is at least 20% by weight lower than the average amount of absorbent material in the eight deposition zones, and the auxiliary glue is absent, or present at a level of at least 50% by weight lower than the average amount of auxiliary glue in the eight deposition zones, in at least one of these zones (Z1, Z2, Z7, Z8) of lower absorbent material amount. - a substantially planar substrate extending in a transversal direction (x) and a longitudinal direction (y), - an auxiliary glue applied directly over the substrate on an auxiliary glue application area, - an absorbent material comprising from 80% to 100% by weight of superabsorbent polymer particles deposited over the substrate on an absorbent material deposition area comprising a pattern of absorbent material land areas separated by absorbent material-free junction areas, wherein the absorbent material deposition area can be notionally divided into eight deposition zones (Z1-Z8) of equal length along the longitudinal direction; and - a fibrous thermoplastic adhesive layer which covers at least some of the land areas and at least some of the absorbent material-free junction areas to thereby immobilize at least some of the absorbent material on the substrate;
A method for installing a liner in an underground pipeline, comprising the steps of: providing a delayed cure, single component resin composition consisting of a base containing cyclic anhydride, bisphenol A and bisphenol F resins and an activator preblend containing liquid bisphenol, granular bisphenol and tetraethylenepentamine; fully wetting out a lining hose with said resin composition; placing said wet out lining hose into said underground pipeline; expanding the lining hose using a pressurized fluid, causing said lining hose to contact an interior surface of said pipeline; elevating a temperature of said pressurized fluid to a temperature of greater than 76.7°C (170 degrees Fahrenheit), causing said resin composition to cure so that the lining hose bonds to the interior surface of the pipeline. providing a delayed cure, single component resin composition consisting of a base containing cyclic anhydride, bisphenol A and bisphenol F resins and an activator preblend containing liquid bisphenol, granular bisphenol and tetraethylenepentamine; fully wetting out a lining hose with said resin composition; placing said wet out lining hose into said underground pipeline; expanding the lining hose using a pressurized fluid, causing said lining hose to contact an interior surface of said pipeline; elevating a temperature of said pressurized fluid to a temperature of greater than 76.7°C (170 degrees Fahrenheit), causing said resin composition to cure so that the lining hose bonds to the interior surface of the pipeline.
A redundant brake system for an autonomously driven vehicle, comprising an electro-pneumatic service brake system, a front axle brake actuator (5, 5') and a rear axle brake actuator (6, 6'), a front axle control valve (8, 8') configured to control the front axle brake actuator (6, 6'), a front axle pressure modulator configured to provide an appropriate front axle brake pressure to the front axle control valve (8, 8'), a rear axle pressure modulator configured to provide an appropriate rear axle brake pressure and to control the rear axle brake actuator (6, 6'), and at least a first control circuit comprising a first electronic brake control unit, a second control circuit comprising a second electronic brake control unit, and characterised in that the redundant brake system is provided with at least three control circuits configured to control the electro-pneumatic service brake system, and the redundant brake system comprises a third control circuit comprising an intelligent foot brake module, wherein the intelligent foot brake module comprises a control unit, a pressure control and modulation unit configured to actuate an adjustment of the intelligent foot brake module according to a brake pedal position for pre-setting a brake force, brake pedal position sensors (16, 17, 18) configured to respectively provide a driver's brake demand for the control units (11, 12, 14) of the at least three control circuits, a pneumatic valve portion configured to pneumatically control the front axle pressure modulator and the rear axle pressure modulator, and wherein the redundant brake system is configured to control the front axle pressure modulator and the rear axle pressure modulator alternatively by the intelligent foot brake module in a pneumatic manner, or by the first electronic brake control unit in an electronic manner, or by the second electronic brake control unit in an electronic manner, wherein power supply switches (23, 23') configured to respectively switch a power supply of the front axle pressure modulator and of the rear axle pressure modulator between the first control circuit and the second control circuit are provided. a control unit, a pressure control and modulation unit configured to actuate an adjustment of the intelligent foot brake module according to a brake pedal position for pre-setting a brake force, brake pedal position sensors (16, 17, 18) configured to respectively provide a driver's brake demand for the control units (11, 12, 14) of the at least three control circuits, a pneumatic valve portion configured to pneumatically control the front axle pressure modulator and the rear axle pressure modulator, and
A dual-powered railroad vehicle, comprising: - a combustion engine having a first cooling circuit; - a traction transformer having a second cooling circuit; - at last one radiator for dissipating thermal energy to surrounding air, wherein the first cooling circuit and the second cooling circuit are configured to dissipate thermal energy via the at least one radiator and wherein a part of the first cooling circuit, to which the second cooling circuit is thermally coupled, is fluidly disconnected from the combustion engine during pure electric operation of the railroad vehicle. - a combustion engine having a first cooling circuit; - a traction transformer having a second cooling circuit; - at last one radiator for dissipating thermal energy to surrounding air,
A method for determining a remaining useful life of a portion of a wet clutch system, the method comprising the steps of: providing the wet clutch system, the wet clutch system comprising: a first clutch assembly rotatingly disposed in a housing, a first portion of the first clutch assembly drivingly engaged with an input member and a second portion of the first clutch assembly drivingly engaged with an output member, a proportional valve for regulating a pressure applied to the first clutch assembly, a controller controlling the proportional valve, a sensor for measuring a response of the first clutch assembly; actuating the first clutch assembly to one of engage and disengage the first portion of the first clutch assembly with the second portion of the first clutch assembly; and characterised by sensing a response of the first clutch assembly during one of engaging and disengaging the first portion of the first clutch assembly with the second portion of the first clutch assembly by estimating a torque value transmitted through the first clutch assembly; calculating a mean coefficient of friction of the first clutch assembly based on the sensed response of the first clutch assembly; and determining a remaining useful life of a portion of the wet clutch system based on the mean coefficient of friction of the first clutch assembly. providing the wet clutch system, the wet clutch system comprising: a first clutch assembly rotatingly disposed in a housing, a first portion of the first clutch assembly drivingly engaged with an input member and a second portion of the first clutch assembly drivingly engaged with an output member, a proportional valve for regulating a pressure applied to the first clutch assembly, a controller controlling the proportional valve, a sensor for measuring a response of the first clutch assembly; a first clutch assembly rotatingly disposed in a housing, a first portion of the first clutch assembly drivingly engaged with an input member and a second portion of the first clutch assembly drivingly engaged with an output member, a proportional valve for regulating a pressure applied to the first clutch assembly, a controller controlling the proportional valve, a sensor for measuring a response of the first clutch assembly; actuating the first clutch assembly to one of engage and disengage the first portion of the first clutch assembly with the second portion of the first clutch assembly; and characterised by sensing a response of the first clutch assembly during one of engaging and disengaging the first portion of the first clutch assembly with the second portion of the first clutch assembly by estimating a torque value transmitted through the first clutch assembly; calculating a mean coefficient of friction of the first clutch assembly based on the sensed response of the first clutch assembly; and determining a remaining useful life of a portion of the wet clutch system based on the mean coefficient of friction of the first clutch assembly.
Probe setup for combined electron parametric resonance and X-ray absorption measurements, comprising a microwave resonator and a probe head arranged in a cavity of the resonator, the resonator having an entrance opening and an exit opening for an X-ray beam, characterized in that the probe head comprises a probe tube which runs through the cavity and allows to transport liquid or gaseous media through the cavity and is positioned to cross the X-ray beam.
A connector, comprising: a body defining a first internal passage; a connecting end (30, 57) defining a second internal passage; and a connecting mechanism rotatably connecting the connecting end (30, 57) to the body such that the second internal passage of the connecting end (30, 57) is fluidly connected with the first internal passage, the connecting mechanism comprising: a retention groove defined by either the body or the connecting end (30, 57); a retention projection defined by the other of the body or the connecting end (30, 57) that does not define the retention groove, the retention projection fitting within the retention groove to connect the connecting end (30, 57) with the body; the connector being characterised in that the connecting mechanism comprises a sealing barb located on either the body or the connecting end (30, 57) such that the sealing barb is embedded in the other of the body and connecting end (30, 57) on which the sealing barb is not located. a body defining a first internal passage; a connecting end (30, 57) defining a second internal passage; and a connecting mechanism rotatably connecting the connecting end (30, 57) to the body such that the second internal passage of the connecting end (30, 57) is fluidly connected with the first internal passage, the connecting mechanism comprising: a retention groove defined by either the body or the connecting end (30, 57); a retention projection defined by the other of the body or the connecting end (30, 57) that does not define the retention groove, the retention projection fitting within the retention groove to connect the connecting end (30, 57) with the body; a retention groove defined by either the body or the connecting end (30, 57); a retention projection defined by the other of the body or the connecting end (30, 57) that does not define the retention groove, the retention projection fitting within the retention groove to connect the connecting end (30, 57) with the body; the connector being characterised in that the connecting mechanism comprises a sealing barb located on either the body or the connecting end (30, 57) such that the sealing barb is embedded in the other of the body and connecting end (30, 57) on which the sealing barb is not located.