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A method of driving a display layer comprising an electrophoretic fluid sandwiched between a common electrode (14; 25) and a plurality of pixel electrodes (15, 15a; 26) and having first and second surfaces on opposed sides thereof, the electrophoretic fluid comprising first (11, 21), second (12; 22) and fourth (18; 24) types of particles, the fourth type (18; 24) being substantially uncharged neutral buoyancy particles, all dispersed in a solvent or solvent mixture, the first (11; 21) and second (12; 22) types of particles having respectively first and second colors differing from one another, the first type (11; 21) of particles having a charge of one polarity and the second (12; 22) type of particles having a charge of the opposite polarity, the method comprising: (a) applying between the common electrode (14; 25) and a pixel electrode (15, 15a; 26) an electric field having a polarity which moves the second type (12; 22) of particles adjacent the common electrode (14; 25), thereby causing an area corresponding to the pixel electrode (15, 15a; 26) to display the second color at the first surface; and (b) applying between the common electrode (14; 25) and a pixel electrode (15, 15a; 26) an electric field having a polarity which moves the first type (11; 21) of particles adjacent the common electrode (14; 25), thereby causing an area corresponding to the pixel electrode (15, 15a; 26) to display the first color at the first surface; the method being characterized in that the second type (12; 22) of particles has an electric field threshold and the electric fields used in steps (a) and (b) are greater than the electric field threshold, and further characterized in that the electrophoretic fluid further comprises a third type (13; 23) of particles having a third color differing from the first and second colors and having a charge of the same polarity as the second type (12; 22) of particles, such that: (c) once the first color is displayed at the first surface, applying an electric field between the common electrode (14; 25) and a pixel electrode (15, 15a; 26), which electric field is the same as, or lower than, the electric field threshold and has a polarity which moves the third type (13; 23) of particles adjacent the common electrode (14; 25), causes an area corresponding to the pixel electrode (15, 15a; 26) to display the third color at the first surface, while both the first (11; 21) and second (12; 22) types of particles remain adjacent the pixel electrode (15, 15a; 26). (a) applying between the common electrode (14; 25) and a pixel electrode (15, 15a; 26) an electric field having a polarity which moves the second type (12; 22) of particles adjacent the common electrode (14; 25), thereby causing an area corresponding to the pixel electrode (15, 15a; 26) to display the second color at the first surface; and (b) applying between the common electrode (14; 25) and a pixel electrode (15, 15a; 26) an electric field having a polarity which moves the first type (11; 21) of particles adjacent the common electrode (14; 25), thereby causing an area corresponding to the pixel electrode (15, 15a; 26) to display the first color at the first surface;
A calco-magnesian aqueous suspension comprising solid particles of the general formula a Ca 2.bMg 2.cMgO.dl in an aqueous phase at a concentration greater than or equal to 200 g/kg, where a, b and c represent mass fractions of which the sum is from 90 to 100% and d is from 0 to 10% by mass fraction, where I represents a material I which comprises calcium oxide, calcium carbonate and/or magnesium carbonate, optionally combined in the form of dolomite, and/or impurities, namely phases derived from SiO 2, Al 2 O 3, Fe 2 O 3, MnO, P 2 O 5 and/or SO 3, and an additive that simultaneously reduces viscosity and moderates the increase in viscosity, characterized in that said additive is a phosphonate or a phosphonic acid, selected from the group consisting of aminoalkylene polyphosphonic acids, where the alkylene radical contains from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, hydroxyalkylidene polyphosphonic acids where the alkylidene radical contains from 2 to 50 carbon atoms, phosphonoalkane polycarboxylic acids, where the alkane group contains from 3 to 12 carbon atoms and where the molar ratio of the alkylphosphonic acid radical to the carboxylic acid radical is in the range of 1:2 to 1:4, their derivatives, such as their salts, and mixtures thereof.
A tissue graft product comprising two or more sheets of material wherein each sheet comprises extracellular matrix or polymeric material and wherein the sheets are laminated together by interlocking portions of one sheet with portions of another sheet, wherein a first sheet (2, 7) of material has multiple lugs (5, 10) and a second sheet of material has multiple holes, each lug (5, 10) of the first sheet being located through a hole in the second sheet, to interlock the first sheet with the second sheet.
A device for regulating blood pressure in a heart chamber, the device comprising: a shunt being adapted to be positionable within an opening of an atrial septum of a heart, the shunt comprising a narrow portion and first and second larger diameter ends, the narrow portion disposed between the first and second larger diameter ends, wherein the shunt is adapted to enable blood flow between a left atrium and a right atrium through the shunt, and wherein the narrow portion is adapted to traverse the opening of the atrial septum characterised in that the larger diameter ends are adapted to flank the opening and to not contact the tissue surrounding the opening. a shunt being adapted to be positionable within an opening of an atrial septum of a heart, the shunt comprising a narrow portion and first and second larger diameter ends, the narrow portion disposed between the first and second larger diameter ends, wherein the shunt is adapted to enable blood flow between a left atrium and a right atrium through the shunt, and wherein the narrow portion is adapted to traverse the opening of the atrial septum characterised in that the larger diameter ends are adapted to flank the opening and to not contact the tissue surrounding the opening.
An actuator, comprising: a plate adapted to create a force to cause vibration of a load to generate sound waves during operation of the actuator, the plate having a width, W T, along a first direction at a first edge of the plate, the first edge being parallel to the first direction, and a length, L T, along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, where W T is less than L T; a stub connected to the plate at the first edge, the stub having a width, Ws, along the first direction at a region of connection to the plate that is less than W T, wherein a center point of the region of connection of the stub to the plate is offset from a center point of the first edge of the plate, the stub being configured to connect to the load to transfer the force from the plate to the load during operation of the actuator; and a damper supported by a surface of the plate facing the load and extending from the plate to contact the load when the stub is connected to the load, the damper having a width, W D, extending in the first direction by an amount greater than Ws. a plate adapted to create a force to cause vibration of a load to generate sound waves during operation of the actuator, the plate having a width, W T, along a first direction at a first edge of the plate, the first edge being parallel to the first direction, and a length, L T, along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, where W T is less than L T; a stub connected to the plate at the first edge, the stub having a width, Ws, along the first direction at a region of connection to the plate that is less than W T, wherein a center point of the region of connection of the stub to the plate is offset from a center point of the first edge of the plate, the stub being configured to connect to the load to transfer the force from the plate to the load during operation of the actuator; and a damper supported by a surface of the plate facing the load and extending from the plate to contact the load when the stub is connected to the load, the damper having a width, W D, extending in the first direction by an amount greater than Ws.
A chatter vibration detection method for detecting chatter vibration, the chatter vibration occurring when a tool having a cutting edge is attached to a rotary spindle and this tool is moved relative to a workpiece to machine the workpiece, comprising: a data acquiring step of acquiring vibration data, which has a correlation with vibration of the tool at a time of machining the workpiece, at a predetermined sampling period; a calculating step of calculating an autocorrelation function corresponding to a time required for the cutting edge to contact the workpiece several times based on time series vibration data acquired by the data acquiring step, and calculating a period or frequency of characteristics of the calculated autocorrelation function; and a deciding step of deciding that the chatter vibration occurs when a contact period at which the cutting edge contacts the workpiece is not an integral multiple of the period calculated by the calculating step or when the frequency calculated by the calculating step is not an integral multiple of a product of a number of cutting edges of the tool and a rotational speed of the rotary spindle. a data acquiring step of acquiring vibration data, which has a correlation with vibration of the tool at a time of machining the workpiece, at a predetermined sampling period; a calculating step of calculating an autocorrelation function corresponding to a time required for the cutting edge to contact the workpiece several times based on time series vibration data acquired by the data acquiring step, and calculating a period or frequency of characteristics of the calculated autocorrelation function; and a deciding step of deciding that the chatter vibration occurs when a contact period at which the cutting edge contacts the workpiece is not an integral multiple of the period calculated by the calculating step or when the frequency calculated by the calculating step is not an integral multiple of a product of a number of cutting edges of the tool and a rotational speed of the rotary spindle.
A fan gear drive system comprising: a torque frame comprising a base with integrated gear shafts circumferentially spaced relative to one another, each shaft providing a shaft axis; and a bearing assembly mounted on each of the gear shafts and providing a bearing axis, the bearing assembly including a spherical bearing configured to permit angular movement of the bearing axis relative to the shaft axis, wherein the bearing assembly includes a race supporting a gear, and the spherical bearing is received by the race, and a pin configured to prevent relative rotation between the race, spherical bearing and the shaft about the shaft axis. a torque frame comprising a base with integrated gear shafts circumferentially spaced relative to one another, each shaft providing a shaft axis; and a bearing assembly mounted on each of the gear shafts and providing a bearing axis, the bearing assembly including a spherical bearing configured to permit angular movement of the bearing axis relative to the shaft axis, wherein the bearing assembly includes a race supporting a gear, and the spherical bearing is received by the race, and a pin configured to prevent relative rotation between the race, spherical bearing and the shaft about the shaft axis.
A repair method of a plate member disposed so as to separate a high-pressure space and a low-pressure space and having a cooling passage provided inside thereof along a surface of the plate member, the repair method comprising the steps of: removing a damaged portion generated in the plate member so as to expose the cooling passage; primarily filling an area where a material of the plate member is removed so as to block the exposed cooling passage and form an external shape of the plate member having no missing portion as compared to its original external shape; forming a first opening through which the cooling passage is communicated with the low-pressure space on an upstream side, in a flow direction of a refrigerant in the cooling passage, of a position where the cooling passage is blocked; and forming a second opening through which the cooling passage is communicated with the high-pressure space on a downstream side, in the flow direction of the refrigerant in the cooling passage, of the position where the cooling passage is blocked. removing a damaged portion generated in the plate member so as to expose the cooling passage; primarily filling an area where a material of the plate member is removed so as to block the exposed cooling passage and form an external shape of the plate member having no missing portion as compared to its original external shape; forming a first opening through which the cooling passage is communicated with the low-pressure space on an upstream side, in a flow direction of a refrigerant in the cooling passage, of a position where the cooling passage is blocked; and forming a second opening through which the cooling passage is communicated with the high-pressure space on a downstream side, in the flow direction of the refrigerant in the cooling passage, of the position where the cooling passage is blocked.
Aerothermal solar collector consisting of a thermal solar energy collecting device that heats two fluids, one of them a liquid and the other gaseous, either simultaneously or not, comprising: - a casing, - a tube grid through which the liquid runs, - an absorber that allows heat transmission to the gaseous fluid, - hydraulic connections of the tube grid, - connections of the gaseous fluid (5, 6) situated in the rear face of the casing, - a transparent panel of double-glazing built on the upper face of the casing, comprising an intermediate air chamber, characterised in that: - said tube grid is formed by two horizontal collectors, installed in the upper part and lower part, joined together by means of vertical tubes preferably with a shape of meander, - said absorber is formed by a horizontally finned sheet, placed behind the tube grid and linked to it, - said hydraulic connection of the tube grid is situated on the side faces of the casing. - a casing, - a tube grid through which the liquid runs, - an absorber that allows heat transmission to the gaseous fluid, - hydraulic connections of the tube grid, - connections of the gaseous fluid (5, 6) situated in the rear face of the casing, - a transparent panel of double-glazing built on the upper face of the casing, comprising an intermediate air chamber, characterised in that: - said tube grid is formed by two horizontal collectors, installed in the upper part and lower part, joined together by means of vertical tubes preferably with a shape of meander, - said absorber is formed by a horizontally finned sheet, placed behind the tube grid and linked to it, - said hydraulic connection of the tube grid is situated on the side faces of the casing.
An electronic brake control system comprising: a first braked wheel (132,134) of a landing gear system; a brake pedal (14l,14r,16l,16r) electronically coupled to a brake control unit; and a first actuator, wherein the first actuator is configured to deliver a scalable clamping force on the first braked wheel (132,134) via a brake stack; characterised in that the first actuator is configured to deliver a clamping force on the first braked wheel (132,134) in accordance with a first force level designated by a first lookup table; and in that the first actuator is configured to deliver an emergency maximum clamping force on the first braked wheel (132,134), in accordance with a second force level designated by a second lookup table, in response to the electronic brake control system being in an emergency braking mode and at least one of: a signal being received at the brake control unit, proportional to a brake pedal displacement, and an automatic emergency command, wherein an emergency maximum clamping force results in the first actuator being driven in an overdriven state. a first braked wheel (132,134) of a landing gear system; a brake pedal (14l,14r,16l,16r) electronically coupled to a brake control unit; and a first actuator, wherein the first actuator is configured to deliver a scalable clamping force on the first braked wheel (132,134) via a brake stack; characterised in that the first actuator is configured to deliver a clamping force on the first braked wheel (132,134) in accordance with a first force level designated by a first lookup table; and in that the first actuator is configured to deliver an emergency maximum clamping force on the first braked wheel (132,134), in accordance with a second force level designated by a second lookup table, in response to the electronic brake control system being in an emergency braking mode and at least one of: a signal being received at the brake control unit, proportional to a brake pedal displacement, and an automatic emergency command, a signal being received at the brake control unit, proportional to a brake pedal displacement, and an automatic emergency command,
Motor vehicle having at least one headlight for illuminating the surroundings of the motor vehicle, and a control apparatus for controlling the headlight, wherein the headlight comprises a plurality of lighting segments which are arranged in the manner of a matrix and can be actuated separately by the control apparatus in order to provide a lighting brightness which can be predefined separately for the individual lighting segments, wherein the control parameter predefining the respective lighting brightness for each of the lighting segments can be calculated by the control apparatus in at least one computing step as a function of input parameters which can be provided by at least one vehicle apparatus (7, 8, 9), characterised in that the computing step or at least one of the computing steps can be executed in parallel by the control apparatus for a plurality of the lighting segments, wherein the input parameters or 2D vector data determined from the input parameters using the control apparatus, describe a 2D polygon list of 2D polygons of a light distribution, wherein different control parameters or control parameter profiles are associated with each of the 2D polygons, wherein the respective control parameter of the lighting segments may be calculated in parallel for a plurality of lighting segments from the 2D polygon list using the control apparatus.
A method for enhancing the digestibility of plant based substrates, selected from corn silage, grass silage, triticale silage and/or other whole plant silage for biogas production in anaerobic digesters, which comprises treating plant based substrates, selected from corn silage, grass silage, triticale silage and/or other whole plant silage, with an efficient amount of one or more proteolytic enzymes in combination with at least one carbohydrase, wherein the one or more proteolytic enzyme is an acid stable serine protease originates from Nocardiopsis dassonvillei subsp. dassonvillei DSM 43235, Nocardiopsis prasina DSM 15649, Nocardiopsis prasina (previously alba) DSM 14010, Nocardiopsis sp. DSM 16424, Nocardiopsis alkaliphila DSM 44657 and Nocardiopsis lucentensis DSM 44048.
Process for the polymerization of ethylene comprising the steps of: (i) introducing at least ethylene, at least one polymerization catalyst, and at least one cocatalyst aid, and optionally a scavenger, into a polymerization reactor, and (ii) polymerizing the ethylene wherein the cocatalyst aid is a reaction product prepared separately prior to the introduction into the reactor by reacting at least one aluminium alkyl compound and at least one compound of the formula R m XR' n, wherein R is a branched, straight, or cyclic, substituted or unsubstituted, hydrocarbon group having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, R' is hydrogen or any functional group with at least one active hydrogen, X is N and wherein n and m are each at least 1 and are such that the formula has no net charge, wherein the ratio of the aluminium of the aluminium alkyl compound and X of compound is 1:2 to 10:1 (i) introducing at least ethylene, at least one polymerization catalyst, and at least one cocatalyst aid, and optionally a scavenger, into a polymerization reactor, and (ii) polymerizing the ethylene wherein the cocatalyst aid is a reaction product prepared separately prior to the introduction into the reactor by reacting at least one aluminium alkyl compound and at least one compound of the formula R m XR' n, wherein R is a branched, straight, or cyclic, substituted or unsubstituted, hydrocarbon group having 1 to 50 carbon atoms, R' is hydrogen or any functional group with at least one active hydrogen, X is N and wherein n and m are each at least 1 and are such that the formula has no net charge,
A histone deacetylase inhibitor having the structure: wherein n is 1-10; X is C-R 11 or N, wherein R 11 is H, OH, SH, F, Cl, SO 2 R 7, NO 2, trifluoromethyl, methoxy, or CO-R 7, wherein R 7 is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, C 3 -C 8 cycloalkyl, or aryl; Z is R 2 is H or NR 3 R 4, wherein R 3 and R 4 are each independently H, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, or C 3 -C 8 cycloalkyl; R 5 is OH or SH; and R 6, R 12, R 13, and R 14 are each independently H, OH, SH, F, Cl, SO 2 R 15, NO 2, trifluoromethyl, methoxy, or CO-R 15, wherein R 15 is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, C 3 -C 8 cycloalkyl, or aryl, or a salt of the compound, for use in the treatment of a mammalian subject afflicted with a disease characterized by a loss of protein function caused by a genetic abnormality associated with the disease, wherein the disease is Gaucher's disease, von Hippel-Lindau disease, pheochromocytoma or paraganglioma. n is 1-10; X is C-R 11 or N, wherein R 11 is H, OH, SH, F, Cl, SO 2 R 7, NO 2, trifluoromethyl, methoxy, or CO-R 7, wherein R 7 is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, C 3 -C 8 cycloalkyl, or aryl; Z is R 2 is H or NR 3 R 4, wherein R 3 and R 4 are each independently H, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, or C 3 -C 8 cycloalkyl; R 5 is OH or SH; and R 6, R 12, R 13, and R 14 are each independently H, OH, SH, F, Cl, SO 2 R 15, NO 2, trifluoromethyl, methoxy, or CO-R 15, wherein R 15 is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, C 3 -C 8 cycloalkyl, or aryl, or a salt of the compound, for use in the treatment of a mammalian subject afflicted with a disease characterized by a loss of protein function caused by a genetic abnormality associated with the disease, wherein the disease is Gaucher's disease, von Hippel-Lindau disease, pheochromocytoma or paraganglioma.
A strap fitting configured for engaging a strap, which fitting comprises an inner crossbar and an outer crossbar, said crossbars (5, 6) extending between opposite side walls of the fitting, in which the inner and outer crossbars (5, 6) respectively have first and second support surface portions (16, 17), which support surface portions (16, 17) face away from each other, and which support surface portions (16, 17) are configured for supporting portions of strap curving around said respective crossbars (5, 6), characterized in that the first support surface portion has a curvature that progressively increases, along an input sense for the strap.