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A disc brake assembly for a heavy commercial vehicle, the disc brake assembly comprising: first and second brake pads (19a, 19b) for contacting a rotor during a braking operation to slow the vehicle, the rotor having a central axis defining an inboard-outboard axial direction; a brake carrier for receiving at least the first brake pad; a brake caliper arranged to slide with respect to the brake carrier in the axial direction for clamping and release of said rotor by the brake pads; and an actuating arrangement configured to selectively move the brake caliper in the outboard axial direction in relation to the brake carrier; wherein the actuating arrangement is electrically operated; wherein the actuating arrangement is configured to move the brake caliper by a predetermined distance; wherein, when no braking operation is taking place, the disc brake assembly has a total potential running clearance between each of the first and second brake pads (19a, 19b) and the rotor; and wherein the predetermined distance is related to the total potential running clearance. first and second brake pads (19a, 19b) for contacting a rotor during a braking operation to slow the vehicle, the rotor having a central axis defining an inboard-outboard axial direction; a brake carrier for receiving at least the first brake pad; a brake caliper arranged to slide with respect to the brake carrier in the axial direction for clamping and release of said rotor by the brake pads; and an actuating arrangement configured to selectively move the brake caliper in the outboard axial direction in relation to the brake carrier; wherein the actuating arrangement is electrically operated; wherein the actuating arrangement is configured to move the brake caliper by a predetermined distance; wherein, when no braking operation is taking place, the disc brake assembly has a total potential running clearance between each of the first and second brake pads (19a, 19b) and the rotor; and wherein the predetermined distance is related to the total potential running clearance.
A wireless communication method, comprising: receiving a probe request from a station by a Public-and-Static Virtual Access Point on a Physical Access Point; forwarding the probe request to a server by sending a Virtual Access Point setup request to the server by the Public-and-Static Virtual Access Point in response to the probe request, the Virtual Access Point setup request comprises a Service Set Identifier comprised in the probe request, an ID of the station and an ID of the Physical Access Point; creating by the Physical Access Point a Dedicated-and-Dynamic Virtual Access Point for the station on the Physical Access Point; the Dedicated-and-Dynamic Virtual Access Point having a Service Set Identifier included in a Virtual Access Point setup response sent from the server if the station is admitted by the server, wherein the Virtual Access Point setup response comprises a station profile of the station and the Physical Access Point creates the Dedicated-and-Dynamic Virtual Access Point for the station by using the station profile; and sending a probe reply including the Service Set Identifier of the Dedicated-and-Dynamic Virtual Access Point to the station by the Dedicated-and-Dynamic Virtual Access Point. receiving a probe request from a station by a Public-and-Static Virtual Access Point on a Physical Access Point; forwarding the probe request to a server by sending a Virtual Access Point setup request to the server by the Public-and-Static Virtual Access Point in response to the probe request, the Virtual Access Point setup request comprises a Service Set Identifier comprised in the probe request, an ID of the station and an ID of the Physical Access Point; creating by the Physical Access Point a Dedicated-and-Dynamic Virtual Access Point for the station on the Physical Access Point; the Dedicated-and-Dynamic Virtual Access Point having a Service Set Identifier included in a Virtual Access Point setup response sent from the server if the station is admitted by the server, wherein the Virtual Access Point setup response comprises a station profile of the station and the Physical Access Point creates the Dedicated-and-Dynamic Virtual Access Point for the station by using the station profile; and sending a probe reply including the Service Set Identifier of the Dedicated-and-Dynamic Virtual Access Point to the station by the Dedicated-and-Dynamic Virtual Access Point.
A process for producing an article (S100, S200) comprising, in sequence: heating a casting to a first temperature of from 593°C (1100°F) to 760°C (1400°F) for a first time period of from 10 hours to 14 hours (S104, 204), the casting being made from a spinodal alloy, wherein the as-cast spinodal alloy is a copper-nickel-tin alloy; performing a first hot work reduction of the casting (S104, 204); air cooling the casting to a first ambient temperature (S106, S206); heating the casting to a second temperature of at least 871°C (1600°F) for a second time period (S108, S208); exposing the casting to a third temperature for a third time period (S110, S210), wherein the third temperature is least 10°C (50°F) greater than the second temperature, and the third time period is from 2 hours to 6 hours or wherein the third temperature is least 10°C (50°F) lower than the second temperature, and the third time period is from 2 hours to 6 hours, and the casting is furnace cooled from the second temperature down to the third temperature; performing a second hot work reduction of the casting (S112, S212); and air cooling the casting to a final ambient temperature to produce the article (S114, S214); wherein the process does not include a homogenization step. heating a casting to a first temperature of from 593°C (1100°F) to 760°C (1400°F) for a first time period of from 10 hours to 14 hours (S104, 204), the casting being made from a spinodal alloy, wherein the as-cast spinodal alloy is a copper-nickel-tin alloy; performing a first hot work reduction of the casting (S104, 204); air cooling the casting to a first ambient temperature (S106, S206); heating the casting to a second temperature of at least 871°C (1600°F) for a second time period (S108, S208); exposing the casting to a third temperature for a third time period (S110, S210), wherein the third temperature is least 10°C (50°F) greater than the second temperature, and the third time period is from 2 hours to 6 hours or wherein the third temperature is least 10°C (50°F) lower than the second temperature, and the third time period is from 2 hours to 6 hours, and the casting is furnace cooled from the second temperature down to the third temperature; performing a second hot work reduction of the casting (S112, S212); and air cooling the casting to a final ambient temperature to produce the article (S114, S214); wherein the process does not include a homogenization step.
A method for the detection, transmission and analysis of safety-related signals (S1... Sn), whereby the safety-related signals (S1.... Sn) represent a state such as conductive or non-conductive of at least one switching contact (SA, SB; K1A, K1B; K2A, K2B) of a switching device (SG; K1, K2), and are detected in two channels by means of a detection unit (EE1... EEn) and transmitted via a radio system to an analysis unit, and whereby the detection unit analyses the received, safety-related signals (S1... Sn) and, if necessary, generates an output signal for the release or for turning off a dangerous action, characterized in that each switching contact (SA, SB; K1A, K1B; K2A, K2B) of the switching device (SG; K1, K2) is loaded with a test sequence (BF1, BF2; BMA, BMB), and that the test sequence on the switching contact (SA, SB K1A, K1B; K2A, K2B) is directly transmitted via the radio system to the analysis unit, and that the test sequence (BF1, BF2; BMA, BMB) is dynamically given by the analysis unit or is generated in the detection unit (EE1... EEn) on the basis of a sequence number (SN; PRN) transmitted by the analysis unit.
A method for creating an image, operable in a processor within an electronic device, the method comprising: defining at least one defined area from a first input image (505, 605, 705); receiving a second input image (525, 615, 715); determining an intensity relating to each one of a plurality of pixels having a hue equal to that of a reference color included in said at least one defined area; modifying the second input image by applying the determined intensities to a plurality of corresponding pixels included in the second input image; replacing (335, 340) said at least one defined area with corresponding pixels of the modified second image, thereby creating an output image (530, 620, 720) and displaying the output image.
A method comprising: merging (22, 70) two primitives by interpolating vertex attributes of the primitives at coarse pixel centers in a same draw call and corresponding to a same coarse pixel on a screen by computing input attributes as a coverage weighted average of the interpolated vertex attributes, wherein the coverage is a coverage within the coarse pixel of a triangle of a shading cluster that overlaps the coarse pixel; and performing coarse pixel shading using the merged primitives. merging (22, 70) two primitives by interpolating vertex attributes of the primitives at coarse pixel centers in a same draw call and corresponding to a same coarse pixel on a screen by computing input attributes as a coverage weighted average of the interpolated vertex attributes, wherein the coverage is a coverage within the coarse pixel of a triangle of a shading cluster that overlaps the coarse pixel; and performing coarse pixel shading using the merged primitives.
A method for determining the variation with time of the amount of steam released from a food product during a cooking process in a cooking chamber of a baking oven; a sensing head of a heat-conducting body projecting into the cooking chamber or into a vapor duct in fluid communication with the cooking chamber, said heat-conducting body being provided for transferring heat to a heat sink located outside of the cooking chamber and vapor duct; and the variation with time of the temperature at the sensing head of the heat-conducting part being measured by a first temperature sensor, and the variation with time of the temperature of the cooking chamber atmosphere being measured by a second temperature sensor; and the variation with time of the amount of steam being determined by an evaluation circuit of a controller as a function of the measurement signals generated by the two temperature sensors (24, 26), characterised in that the sensing head is being protected from precipitation of condensate on the surface thereof by its spatial position and/or the mode of operation of the baking oven.
A method for random access, comprising: determining, by a terminal device, a target downlink BandWidth Part, BWP, for random access according to a first uplink BWP and a first mapping relationship, wherein the first uplink BWP is a currently active uplink BWP, and the first mapping relationship is used to determine a downlink BWP to which the first uplink BWP is mapped; and performing, by the terminal device, a contention-based random access on the first uplink BWP and the target downlink BWP; wherein the first mapping relationship is a mapping relationship between BWP indices of uplink BWPs in the mapping and BWP indices of downlink BWPs in the mapping; the method being characterised in that: when the number of uplink BWPs in the mapping is greater than the number of downlink BWPs in the mapping, a BWP having an index of K among the uplink BWPs in the mapping is mapped to a BWP having an index k among the downlink BWPs in the mapping, where K and k are both integers, k is a result of K modulo M, and M is the number of downlink BWPs configured by a network device. determining, by a terminal device, a target downlink BandWidth Part, BWP, for random access according to a first uplink BWP and a first mapping relationship, wherein the first uplink BWP is a currently active uplink BWP, and the first mapping relationship is used to determine a downlink BWP to which the first uplink BWP is mapped; and performing, by the terminal device, a contention-based random access on the first uplink BWP and the target downlink BWP; wherein the first mapping relationship is a mapping relationship between BWP indices of uplink BWPs in the mapping and BWP indices of downlink BWPs in the mapping; the method being characterised in that: when the number of uplink BWPs in the mapping is greater than the number of downlink BWPs in the mapping, a BWP having an index of K among the uplink BWPs in the mapping is mapped to a BWP having an index k among the downlink BWPs in the mapping, where K and k are both integers, k is a result of K modulo M, and M is the number of downlink BWPs configured by a network device.
Spraying device for an agricultural field sprayer for the metered application of spray liquid, preferably on agricultural land, comprising a) a pivotable spray boom comprising two lateral booms, each comprising a plurality of application elements for spraying and/or finely distributing the spray liquid, b) wherein at least one fluid distributor for distributing the spray liquid to several partial streams is arranged on each boom, comprising - at least one distributor inlet for supplying spray liquid, and - a plurality of distributor outlets for the partial streams, and c) wherein each of the application elements is fluidically connected to one of the distributor outlets via a discharge line (15; 16), the spraying device being characterised in that the discharge lines (15; 16) comprise an internal diameter of less than 10 mm. a) a pivotable spray boom comprising two lateral booms, each comprising a plurality of application elements for spraying and/or finely distributing the spray liquid, b) wherein at least one fluid distributor for distributing the spray liquid to several partial streams is arranged on each boom, comprising - at least one distributor inlet for supplying spray liquid, and - a plurality of distributor outlets for the partial streams, and - at least one distributor inlet for supplying spray liquid, and - a plurality of distributor outlets for the partial streams, and c) wherein each of the application elements is fluidically connected to one of the distributor outlets via a discharge line (15; 16), the spraying device being characterised in that the discharge lines (15; 16) comprise an internal diameter of less than 10 mm.
A prosthetic limb fabricated through a rapid prototyping process which is load bearing and having an inner structure comprising: an outer structure constructed from a sequential series of cross section layers that are each perpendicular to the centre axis of the prosthetic limb, the adjacent layers are fused to each other to form the outer structure; wherein the outer structure is coupled to the inner structure of the prosthetic limb. an outer structure constructed from a sequential series of cross section layers that are each perpendicular to the centre axis of the prosthetic limb, the adjacent layers are fused to each other to form the outer structure; wherein the outer structure is coupled to the inner structure of the prosthetic limb.
A system comprising: a microfluidic channel (200; 312; 400; 702; 806) configured to receive a flow of a first fluid and a second fluid dispersed in the first fluid, wherein the second fluid has a different composition than the first fluid; a light source (202; 730; 802; 856) configured to direct a light beam in a frequency band along a path through the microfluidic channel (200; 312; 400; 702; 806), wherein the frequency band is selected to have a higher absorbance by the second fluid than by the first fluid; an aperture element defining a light aperture (204; 412; 908) positioned in the path of the light beam from the light source (202; 730; 802; 856); a light detector (206; 404; 732; 804; 858; 910) positioned to receive the light beam in a sensing area after passing through the microfluidic channel (200; 312; 400; 702; 806) and the light aperture (204; 412; 908), the light detector (206; 404; 732; 804; 858; 910) configured to provide a signal representing an amount of light in the frequency band that remains after passing through the microfluidic channel (200; 312; 400; 702; 806); and a controller operably coupled to the light detector (206; 404; 732; 804; 858; 910), wherein the controller is configured to determine whether the second fluid is in droplet form based on the signal, characterized by the fact that the system comprises an engine fuel line, wherein the microfluidic channel (200; 312; 400; 702; 806) is in parallel fluid communication with a main flow of said engine fuel line. a microfluidic channel (200; 312; 400; 702; 806) configured to receive a flow of a first fluid and a second fluid dispersed in the first fluid, wherein the second fluid has a different composition than the first fluid; a light source (202; 730; 802; 856) configured to direct a light beam in a frequency band along a path through the microfluidic channel (200; 312; 400; 702; 806), wherein the frequency band is selected to have a higher absorbance by the second fluid than by the first fluid; an aperture element defining a light aperture (204; 412; 908) positioned in the path of the light beam from the light source (202; 730; 802; 856); a light detector (206; 404; 732; 804; 858; 910) positioned to receive the light beam in a sensing area after passing through the microfluidic channel (200; 312; 400; 702; 806) and the light aperture (204; 412; 908), the light detector (206; 404; 732; 804; 858; 910) configured to provide a signal representing an amount of light in the frequency band that remains after passing through the microfluidic channel (200; 312; 400; 702; 806); and a controller operably coupled to the light detector (206; 404; 732; 804; 858; 910), wherein the controller is configured to determine whether the second fluid is in droplet form based on the signal,
A heat exchanger (100, 150) comprising: a plurality of flat-plate-shaped fins each being provided with a plurality of cutaway portions arranged at a predetermined pitch; and a heat transfer tube composed of aluminum, the heat transfer tube having straight portions to be attached to the cutaway portions of the fins and a hairpin portion that is bent and connected to the straight portions at ends thereof, wherein a heat-exchanger sacrificial-anode layer formed of zinc is formed on an outer surface of the heat transfer tube, characterized in that the heat exchanger comprises a lifetime diagnosis component (10, 90) for anticorrosive coating, comprising a plate-shaped base member having, on a surface thereof, an aluminum layer; and a sacrificial anode layer (11, 91) formed of zinc on the base member, the base member having, on the surface thereof, a base-member exposing portion (31 A, 92) in which the aluminum layer is exposed, and wherein the lifetime diagnosis component (10, 90) for anticorrosive coating is mounted to the heat transfer tube. a plurality of flat-plate-shaped fins each being provided with a plurality of cutaway portions arranged at a predetermined pitch; and a heat transfer tube composed of aluminum, the heat transfer tube having straight portions to be attached to the cutaway portions of the fins and a hairpin portion that is bent and connected to the straight portions at ends thereof, wherein a heat-exchanger sacrificial-anode layer formed of zinc is formed on an outer surface of the heat transfer tube, characterized in that the heat exchanger comprises a lifetime diagnosis component (10, 90) for anticorrosive coating, comprising a plate-shaped base member having, on a surface thereof, an aluminum layer; and a sacrificial anode layer (11, 91) formed of zinc on the base member, the base member having, on the surface thereof, a base-member exposing portion (31 A, 92) in which the aluminum layer is exposed, and wherein the lifetime diagnosis component (10, 90) for anticorrosive coating is mounted to the heat transfer tube.
A method for providing blockchain data in a blockchain comprising: Obtaining, by at least a trusted registration authority apparatus, a blockchain participant identity binding request associated with a participant of the blockchain that includes at least public key information of the participant and participant identity information to be bound by a first apparatus; issuing, by the trusted registration authority apparatus, an identification binding request validation request to the participant in response to the obtained blockchain participant identity binding request; issuing, by the trusted registration authority apparatus, a blockchain identity binding instruction to the first apparatus to produce the signed blockchain participant identity binding data, in response to receiving an identification binding request validation response from the participant that confirms that the participant sent the sent identification binding request; producing, by the first apparatus, signed blockchain participant identity binding data comprising a cryptographically signed public key of the participant and corresponding participant identity information associated with the participant using a private key of the first apparatus, in response to the blockchain identity binding instruction from the trusted registration authority apparatus; and posting to the blockchain, by the first apparatus, the signed blockchain participant identity binding data. Obtaining, by at least a trusted registration authority apparatus, a blockchain participant identity binding request associated with a participant of the blockchain that includes at least public key information of the participant and participant identity information to be bound by a first apparatus; issuing, by the trusted registration authority apparatus, an identification binding request validation request to the participant in response to the obtained blockchain participant identity binding request; issuing, by the trusted registration authority apparatus, a blockchain identity binding instruction to the first apparatus to produce the signed blockchain participant identity binding data, in response to receiving an identification binding request validation response from the participant that confirms that the participant sent the sent identification binding request; producing, by the first apparatus, signed blockchain participant identity binding data comprising a cryptographically signed public key of the participant and corresponding participant identity information associated with the participant using a private key of the first apparatus, in response to the blockchain identity binding instruction from the trusted registration authority apparatus; and posting to the blockchain, by the first apparatus, the signed blockchain participant identity binding data.
A peel-resistant assembly for coupling or bonding a plurality of components together and/or repair a structure, comprising: a first patch formed by a first peel-resistant mechanism comprising a first body and a first plurality of arms extending from said first body such that a first recess is defined between each pair of adjacent arms of said first plurality of arms; and a second patch formed by a second peel-resistant mechanism comprising a second body and a second plurality of arms extending from said second body such that a second recess is defined between each pair of adjacent arms of said second plurality of arms; characterized in that: said first peel-resistant mechanism and said second peel-resistant mechanism are in a staggered arrangement. a first patch formed by a first peel-resistant mechanism comprising a first body and a first plurality of arms extending from said first body such that a first recess is defined between each pair of adjacent arms of said first plurality of arms; and a second patch formed by a second peel-resistant mechanism comprising a second body and a second plurality of arms extending from said second body such that a second recess is defined between each pair of adjacent arms of said second plurality of arms; said first peel-resistant mechanism and said second peel-resistant mechanism are in a staggered arrangement.