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Seal arrangement for sealing a radial gap between an inner component and an outer component, whereby the inner component is rotational about an axis (a), and the outer component is non-rotational and is mounted coaxially around the inner component, the arrangement comprising a radial seal mounted to the inner component, whereby the radial seal comprises a sealing lip which, under static sealing conditions, bears against a counterface formed by a radially inner surface of the outer component or of a sleeve element that is mounted to the outer component; wherein: • the sealing lip is pivotably arranged in a radial cross section around a pivot point, which pivot point lies radially inward of the counterface; • the radial seal further comprises a counterweight in connection with the sealing lip; • the sealing lip and the counterweight are arranged in different axial regions (a 1, a 2) from the pivot point and are adapted such that, under dynamic sealing conditions, a centrifugal force acting on the counterweight is greater than the centrifugal force acting on the sealing lip; • the sealing lip and the counterweight form part of an elastomeric seal body of the radial seal; • the radial seal comprises a carrier element mounted to the inner component, the carrier element comprising an inner cylindrical portion and an outer cylindrical portion (11'") which are joined by a radially extending flange portion (11"); • the elastomeric seal body comprises a connection section that is joined to the carrier element at a radially outer surface of the outer cylindrical portion (11"') characterized in that the elastomeric seal body further comprises a non-contact lip that extends from the connection section in a radially outward direction towards the counterface, whereby a radial gap between the counterface and the non-contact lip forms a labyrinth seal at an axially outer location relative to the sealing lip. • the sealing lip is pivotably arranged in a radial cross section around a pivot point, which pivot point lies radially inward of the counterface; • the radial seal further comprises a counterweight in connection with the sealing lip; • the sealing lip and the counterweight are arranged in different axial regions (a 1, a 2) from the pivot point and are adapted such that, under dynamic sealing conditions, a centrifugal force acting on the counterweight is greater than the centrifugal force acting on the sealing lip; • the sealing lip and the counterweight form part of an elastomeric seal body of the radial seal; • the radial seal comprises a carrier element mounted to the inner component, the carrier element comprising an inner cylindrical portion and an outer cylindrical portion (11'") which are joined by a radially extending flange portion (11"); • the elastomeric seal body comprises a connection section that is joined to the carrier element at a radially outer surface of the outer cylindrical portion (11"')
Power tool with a rotating tool, in particular a grinding or cutting tool, wherein the power tool has a suction-extraction hood for collecting and removing dust generated when the power tool is being used, wherein the suction-extraction hood comprises the following items: - a first side wall with a first aperture, - a second side wall with a second aperture, and - a suction-extraction channel, which is connected to the first and second side walls (11, 12), wherein the diameter of the first aperture is greater than the diameter of a flange of the power tool, so that the first aperture can be positioned around the flange, and the diameter of the second aperture is greater than the diameter of a clamping element, which serves to fasten the tool in a releasable manner on a spindle of the power tool, it therefore being possible for the clamping element to be accommodated in the second aperture, and wherein the first and second side walls (11, 12) are positioned at a distance in relation to one another which is shorter than the length of the spindle, characterized in that the suction-extraction hood comprises a single-part basic body, wherein the single-part basic body is formed by the first side wall, the second side wall and the section-extraction channel. - a first side wall with a first aperture, - a second side wall with a second aperture, and - a suction-extraction channel, which is connected to the first and second side walls (11, 12),
A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium encoded with computer accessible instructions that, in response to execution, cause at least one processor to perform operations for vehicular safety comprising: accessing, at a computing system having at least one processor, operational information indicative of performance of a vehicle; accessing, at the computing system, behavioral information indicative of behavior of an operator of the vehicle; generating, at the computing system, a condition metric representative of an emotional state of the operator based at least in part on at least a portion of the operational information and at least a portion of the behavioral information; characterized by generating information indicative of a route between an origin and a destination, wherein the route is designed to improve the condition metric; determining a travel time for the route between the origin and the destination; and providing a recommendation for content configured to render within substantially the travel time, and to adjust the condition metric to a satisfactory state. accessing, at a computing system having at least one processor, operational information indicative of performance of a vehicle; accessing, at the computing system, behavioral information indicative of behavior of an operator of the vehicle; generating, at the computing system, a condition metric representative of an emotional state of the operator based at least in part on at least a portion of the operational information and at least a portion of the behavioral information; characterized by generating information indicative of a route between an origin and a destination, wherein the route is designed to improve the condition metric; determining a travel time for the route between the origin and the destination; and providing a recommendation for content configured to render within substantially the travel time, and to adjust the condition metric to a satisfactory state.
A mechanism for securing a lid to a housing, the mechanism comprising: a latch configured to be slidably coupled to the lid, and to freely move in a first direction and in a second direction opposite to the first direction, the first and second directions being parallel to the lid, the latch comprising: a retention feature; and a first reference surface; and a latch mechanism configured to be coupled to the housing, the latch mechanism comprising: an engagement element configured to engage the retention feature; and a first alignment feature having a first alignment surface, wherein the first alignment feature is configured to laterally displace the latch in the first direction, when the lid is brought together with the housing with the latch laterally displaced away from the engagement element in the second direction, such that the first reference surface is aligned with the first alignment surface. a latch configured to be slidably coupled to the lid, and to freely move in a first direction and in a second direction opposite to the first direction, the first and second directions being parallel to the lid, the latch comprising: a retention feature; and a first reference surface; and a retention feature; and a first reference surface; and a latch mechanism configured to be coupled to the housing, the latch mechanism comprising: an engagement element configured to engage the retention feature; an engagement element configured to engage the retention feature; and a first alignment feature having a first alignment surface, wherein the first alignment feature is configured to laterally displace the latch in the first direction, when the lid is brought together with the housing with the latch laterally displaced away from the engagement element in the second direction, such that the first reference surface is aligned with the first alignment surface. a first alignment feature having a first alignment surface, wherein the first alignment feature is configured to laterally displace the latch in the first direction, when the lid is brought together with the housing with the latch laterally displaced away from the engagement element in the second direction, such that the first reference surface is aligned with the first alignment surface.
A method performed by a wireless communication device in a cellular wireless communication system comprising a plurality of cells (102,104,106,108), the method comprising: - activating a radio receiver circuitry of the wireless communication device during repeated time windows, the repeated activation having a nominal repetition time interval, T, and each repeated time window having a window duration, DT, - detecting, during each DT, a plurality of synchronization signals (202, 204, 206, 208) transmitted within a respective cell at fixed intervals, - calculating, based on the detected synchronization signals, a respective cell quality value, - providing the calculated quality values to a mobility process, and - depending on a comparison between the calculated quality values and at least a first quality threshold, adjusting the window duration DT, or both the repetition time interval T and the window duration DT. - activating a radio receiver circuitry of the wireless communication device during repeated time windows, the repeated activation having a nominal repetition time interval, T, and each repeated time window having a window duration, DT, - detecting, during each DT, a plurality of synchronization signals (202, 204, 206, 208) transmitted within a respective cell at fixed intervals, - calculating, based on the detected synchronization signals, a respective cell quality value, - providing the calculated quality values to a mobility process, and - depending on a comparison between the calculated quality values and at least a first quality threshold, adjusting the window duration DT, or both the repetition time interval T and the window duration DT.
A map data generating method in an in-vehicle navigation apparatus, which retrieves a route on the basis of map data in which a road is represented as a set of nodes and road links, the map data generating method comprising the steps of: detecting a traffic circle from the map data; detecting at least one first road link and at least one second road link, one end of the first road link and one end of the second road link being connected to the traffic circle; detecting a bypass connected to the other end of the first road link and to the other end of the second road link; the bypass comprising at least one third road link; and adding a certain identifier to the bypass, if the number of third road links detected is one, two or three, the certain identifier comprising attribute information indicating that the third road link is a bypass for the traffic circle. detecting a traffic circle from the map data; detecting at least one first road link and at least one second road link, one end of the first road link and one end of the second road link being connected to the traffic circle; detecting a bypass connected to the other end of the first road link and to the other end of the second road link; the bypass comprising at least one third road link; and adding a certain identifier to the bypass, if the number of third road links detected is one, two or three, the certain identifier comprising attribute information indicating that the third road link is a bypass for the traffic circle.
Apparatus for assisting in merging postal articles with a stack of mailpieces that have already been sorted into a certain sequence, said apparatus comprising a merge table extending longitudinally between two ends and suitable for storing the stack of mailpieces on edge between said ends, a camera suitable for forming a digital image of a current postal article to be merged with the stack of mailpieces, and a monitoring and control unit with a display screen and suitable for displaying on the screen an indication representative of an insertion position at which the current postal article is to be inserted into the stack of mailpieces, said apparatus being characterized in that the display screen is disposed at an end of the merge table at the head of the sequence of mailpieces in a stack and on edge, so that the longitudinally extending stack of mailpieces lies within the field of vision of an operator facing the screen, in that said apparatus further comprises another camera that is suitable for forming a digital image of the stack of mailpieces seen from the same viewing angle as the viewing angle from which the operator sees it, and in that the monitoring and control unit is arranged to display on the display screen the image of the stack of mailpieces that is formed by said other camera, and a marker designating said insertion position on the image of the stack of mailpieces.
Method for producing a porous monolithic material, this method comprising at least the following steps: (a) Supplying at least one mineral or organic powder, (b) Preparing a mixture comprising at least the powder of step (a) and at least one solvent, preferably water, (c) Packing the mixture of step (b) in sealed packaging made from an elastically deformable material in order to form a sample, (d) Applying to the sample of step (c) a pressure greater than or equal to 50 MPa at a temperature at which the solvent is in solid form, (e) Returning to atmospheric pressure, (f) Opening the packaging and recovering the material, (g) Removing the solvent at a temperature at which the solvent is in solid form. (a) Supplying at least one mineral or organic powder, (b) Preparing a mixture comprising at least the powder of step (a) and at least one solvent, preferably water, (c) Packing the mixture of step (b) in sealed packaging made from an elastically deformable material in order to form a sample, (d) Applying to the sample of step (c) a pressure greater than or equal to 50 MPa at a temperature at which the solvent is in solid form, (e) Returning to atmospheric pressure, (f) Opening the packaging and recovering the material, (g) Removing the solvent at a temperature at which the solvent is in solid form.
Pulling and pushing device for a track-guided vehicle, in particular rail vehicle, having a coupling bar which is connected to a carriage body of a vehicle via a tension yoke and which serves for transmitting from the coupling bar to the carriage body pulling and pushing forces arising during driving operation, and having an energy absorption apparatus which is arranged between the carriage body-side end region of the coupling bar and the carriage body and which has a reversible energy absorption device, wherein the energy absorption apparatus is designed such that the force flow of the pressure forces or pushing forces transmitted from the coupling bar to said energy absorption apparatus and of the pulling forces transmitted via the tension yoke is directed through said energy absorption apparatus and transmitted to the carriage body via stop regions (13, 14) for the introduction of pulling forces and/or pressure forces to the carriage body or to a component connected at least indirectly to the latter, wherein the energy absorption apparatus, in the installation position, has, as viewed in the longitudinal direction of the coupling bar, a vehicle-side front transmission element and a vehicle-side rear transmission element, between which transmission elements the reversible energy absorption device is arranged in a prestressed manner, characterized in that the energy absorption apparatus furthermore comprises an energy absorption device with irreversible energy absorption, and the energy absorption apparatus is arranged within the axial extent of the tension yoke as viewed in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
A pool cleaning vehicle, comprising: a housing defining a body shell and the body shell including an interior cavity for storage of a filter bag, a drive wheel for drive roller for traveling around the underwater surface of the pool, and an drive assembly including a motor assembly for engaging the drive wheel or drive roller for propelling the vehicle, said motor assembly being mounted outside the interior of the body shell, characterized by the fact that the drive assembly is an internal drive assembly located completely within the drive wheel or drive roller. a housing defining a body shell and the body shell including an interior cavity for storage of a filter bag, a drive wheel for drive roller for traveling around the underwater surface of the pool, and an drive assembly including a motor assembly for engaging the drive wheel or drive roller for propelling the vehicle, said motor assembly being mounted outside the interior of the body shell, characterized by the fact that the drive assembly is an internal drive assembly located completely within the drive wheel or drive roller.
A method of extracting a single disc from the bottom of a stack of pre-lubricated discs, the method comprising: retaining and sliding a spindle within an extractor shaft; mounting a vacuum pad at the upper end of the spindle; reciprocating the extractor shaft to cause the vacuum pad to contact the stack of discs supported on a separator ring having an interior surface profile adapted to support the stack of discs, where the interior surface profile of the separator ring includes one or more inwardly protruding segments which define an opening which is smaller than the disc diameter; switching on a vacuum supply through the vacuum spindle and into the vacuum pad on the up stroke, and thereby gripping the bottom disc of the stack; and pulling down the gripped disc on the down stroke, and switching off the vacuum supply and releasing the disc, the method characterised in that it further comprises: breaking any attraction between the bottom disc and the adjacent disc by pulling the bottom disc through the opening forming a bow in the bottom disc. retaining and sliding a spindle within an extractor shaft; mounting a vacuum pad at the upper end of the spindle; reciprocating the extractor shaft to cause the vacuum pad to contact the stack of discs supported on a separator ring having an interior surface profile adapted to support the stack of discs, where the interior surface profile of the separator ring includes one or more inwardly protruding segments which define an opening which is smaller than the disc diameter; switching on a vacuum supply through the vacuum spindle and into the vacuum pad on the up stroke, and thereby gripping the bottom disc of the stack; and pulling down the gripped disc on the down stroke, and switching off the vacuum supply and releasing the disc, the method characterised in that it further comprises: breaking any attraction between the bottom disc and the adjacent disc by pulling the bottom disc through the opening forming a bow in the bottom disc. breaking any attraction between the bottom disc and the adjacent disc by pulling the bottom disc through the opening forming a bow in the bottom disc.
Wall cladding comprising two walls (2, 3) which adjoin each other at an angle (α) in a common rib, each wall comprising: - bearing sections, one end of which ends at the location of the rib; - wall cladding elements which are attached to the bearing sections thereby cladding these bearing sections; and - a protective corner profile in order to form the rib; characterized in that the wall cladding furthermore comprises: - corner attachment elements which are attached to bearing sections, displaceable with respect to these bearing sections along the length direction of these bearing sections as far as outside the front side of these bearing sections on said end and wherein each corner attachment element and the protective corner profile are provided with corresponding attachment elements (10, 11) which are mutually coupleable in order to attach the corner attachment element and the protective corner profile to each other; whereby each corner attachment element is attached to a bearing section of only one of the walls. - bearing sections, one end of which ends at the location of the rib; - wall cladding elements which are attached to the bearing sections thereby cladding these bearing sections; and - a protective corner profile in order to form the rib; characterized in that the wall cladding furthermore comprises: - corner attachment elements which are attached to bearing sections, displaceable with respect to these bearing sections along the length direction of these bearing sections as far as outside the front side of these bearing sections on said end and wherein each corner attachment element and the protective corner profile are provided with corresponding attachment elements (10, 11) which are mutually coupleable in order to attach the corner attachment element and the protective corner profile to each other; whereby each corner attachment element is attached to a bearing section of only one of the walls.
A timing control method for a signal light, comprising: determining (101, 201) an optimal passing-through duration of a signal light corresponding to each passing-through direction at a target intersection according to traffic in the passing-through direction, wherein said target intersection has n passing-through directions; determining (102, 203) a range of values for each variable in a calibration function corresponding to the target intersection according to a constraint to each passing-through direction at the target intersection, wherein the calibration function comprises the optimal passing-through duration corresponding to each passing-through direction and a variable corresponding to a final passing-through duration in each passing-through direction; and calculating (103, 204) the final passing-through duration in each passing-through direction by solving the calibration function so that the calibration function meets a preset condition, according to the range of values for each variable; wherein the calibration function is expressed by the sum of each square difference (p i - p oi) 2 between the final passing-through duration p i and the optimal passing-through duration p oi over each passing-through directions i, wherein i=1 to n, and the preset condition is a condition in which the value of the calibration function is smallest, or the value of the calibration function is a preset value. determining (101, 201) an optimal passing-through duration of a signal light corresponding to each passing-through direction at a target intersection according to traffic in the passing-through direction, wherein said target intersection has n passing-through directions; determining (102, 203) a range of values for each variable in a calibration function corresponding to the target intersection according to a constraint to each passing-through direction at the target intersection, wherein the calibration function comprises the optimal passing-through duration corresponding to each passing-through direction and a variable corresponding to a final passing-through duration in each passing-through direction; and calculating (103, 204) the final passing-through duration in each passing-through direction by solving the calibration function so that the calibration function meets a preset condition, according to the range of values for each variable; wherein the calibration function is expressed by the sum of each square difference (p i - p oi) 2 between the final passing-through duration p i and the optimal passing-through duration p oi over each passing-through directions i, wherein i=1 to n, and the preset condition is a condition in which the value of the calibration function is smallest, or the value of the calibration function is a preset value.