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A spinal rod reducer comprising: a housing defining an opening; a body member defining an opening and a slot; a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end and being disposed through the opening of the housing and coupled to the opening of the body member; an anvil including a linkage extending therefrom, the linkage coupled to the body member, a pin of the linkage slidably disposed within the slot of the body member; a receiving saddle disposed on the anvil, the receiving saddle configured to cooperatively engage a surface of a spinal rod; a biasing element disposed between the body member and the anvil, the biasing element configured to bias the anvil distally with respect to the body member; and first and second arm members coupled to the housing, the first and second arm members configured to engage a bone screw, the first and second arm members movable towards a parallel configuration as the anvil is advanced away from the housing, wherein rotation of the shaft translates into linear movement of the shaft relative to the housing the spinal rod reducer being characterized in that the biasing element is disposed between the distal end of the shaft and the anvil. a housing defining an opening; a body member defining an opening and a slot; a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end and being disposed through the opening of the housing and coupled to the opening of the body member; an anvil including a linkage extending therefrom, the linkage coupled to the body member, a pin of the linkage slidably disposed within the slot of the body member; a receiving saddle disposed on the anvil, the receiving saddle configured to cooperatively engage a surface of a spinal rod; a biasing element disposed between the body member and the anvil, the biasing element configured to bias the anvil distally with respect to the body member; and first and second arm members coupled to the housing, the first and second arm members configured to engage a bone screw, the first and second arm members movable towards a parallel configuration as the anvil is advanced away from the housing, wherein rotation of the shaft translates into linear movement of the shaft relative to the housing the spinal rod reducer being characterized in that the biasing element is disposed between the distal end of the shaft and the anvil.
Fluid working machine for compressing and/or conveying fluids, in particular for compressing gases to high pressures, having a linear motor, at least one cylinder, a solid piston which can be moved axially in the cylinder, at least one compression space which is formed between the cylinder and the solid piston, and valves for the entry and the exit of the fluid, which valves are arranged in the region of the at least one compression space, wherein the linear motor transfers a translational driving force to the solid piston, and the solid piston being enclosed in the region of the linear motor by a fixedly arranged split pipe, so that a cylinder interior space is configured between the solid piston and the split pipe, characterized in that the compression space which is connected to the split pipe is connected via a line or a duct to the fluid entry side, so that the pressure is reduced in the cylinder interior space which is surrounded by the split pipe.
A polymer composition comprising at least one silicone polymer and a dual phase filler having a silica phase and a carbon phase, wherein said dual phase filler has an exposed outer surface area, wherein the amount of surface coverage of the silica phase on the exposed surface area of the dual phase filler ranges from 10% to 90% by surface area of said exposed outer surface area, measured according to the description, wherein the dual phase filler is an aggregate of the carbon phase and the silica phase, said silica phase is distributed through at least a portion of the dual phase filler as an intrinsic part of the dual phase filler and said carbon phase is distributed through at least a portion of the dual phase filler as an intrinsic part of the dual phase filler, wherein the dual phase filler comprises particles with an average aggregate size of less than 250 nm.
A system including an upstream vibratory bowl and an object straightening and guiding device, the objects circulating in said object straightening and guiding device coming from an outlet of the vibratory bowl in which the objects are oriented and delivered one after the other, the objects being elongated and asymmetric with an offset gravity centre over their length with a wide head extended by a narrow and elongated tail, in particular of the type sprayer pump, pump for the delivery of a dose or another element of equivalent form, the objects moving in the vibratory bowl towards the outlet of said bowl on a guiding path of a support inclined with respect to the vertical, the objects being supported by their edge on said support, the guiding path including at least one guiding means (10, 10') allowing to retain by their heads the objects circulating on the inclined support, the objects moving on the support having a general orientation perpendicular with respect to their direction of move with their head oriented towards the periphery of said vibratory bowl and their tail oriented towards the inside of said vibratory bowl, the objects at the outlet of the object straightening and guiding device being oriented vertically with their head upward and their tail downward, characterized in that the straightening and guiding device is a straightening and guiding crosshead elongated in a plane of direction perpendicular to the direction of move of the objects at the outlet of the vibratory bowl, so that the directions of move of the objects between the outlet of the vibratory bowl and the inlet of the crosshead are perpendicular to each other, said change of direction of move occurring at the time when the object leaves the outlet of the vibratory bowl by falling down into the inlet of the crosshead, said crosshead having an inlet of crosshead arranged at the outlet of the vibratory bowl, at the limit of the support on the guiding path, the objects falling down into said crosshead being at least initially led by gravity into said crosshead, said crosshead having a guiding means formed of two parallel flanges (3, 5) separated by a free space in which the tail of the object can circulate, the head of the object sliding on the upper face of said two flanges.
Cutter head for shredders/mowers, conditioners, windrowers, said head being of the foldable type and divided in portions, comprising a fixed or movable centre portion connected to the power takeoff through a cardan joint, and at least one pair of lateral movable portions (A2, A3) suited to rotate with respect to said centre portion from an open position, in which said portions (A1, A2, A3) are substantially aligned in such a way as to form the cutter head, to a folded position, in which said movable portions (A2, A3) are superimposed and substantially parallel to said centre portion, each one of said portions (A1, A2, A3) in turn comprising: • at least one frame (F1, F2, F3), • at least one segment of the cutting unit (B1, B2, B3), • at least one segment of the feed auger (C1, C2, C3), • connection means or members suited to connect each one of said segments of the auger (C1, C2, C3) to the corresponding segments (C1, C2, C3) of the adjacent portion (A1, A2, A3), for the timed, simultaneous and synchronized transmission of motion between the auger segment of one of said portions and the auger segments (C1, C2) of the other portions (A1, A2), when said head is in said open position, characterized in that each one of said auger segments (C1, C2, C3) in turn is constrained to the respective frame (F1, F2, F3) in an oscillating manner with respect to the frame itself (F1, F2, F3), in order to vary the shape and size of the space where the cut material accumulates, included between the auger segment (C1, C2, C3) itself, the lower part of the frame and the corresponding segment of the cutting unit (B1, B2, B3). • at least one frame (F1, F2, F3), • at least one segment of the cutting unit (B1, B2, B3), • at least one segment of the feed auger (C1, C2, C3), • connection means or members suited to connect each one of said segments of the auger (C1, C2, C3) to the corresponding segments (C1, C2, C3) of the adjacent portion (A1, A2, A3), for the timed, simultaneous and synchronized transmission of motion between the auger segment of one of said portions and the auger segments (C1, C2) of the other portions (A1, A2), when said head is in said open position,
A body-worn motion-restricting apparatus, comprising a wearable base; a housing coupled to the base; and an electrostatic clutching mechanism coupled to the base, the electrostatic clutching mechanism comprising a base electrode (204; 1106); a plurality of individually-controllable opposing electrodes arranged at different locations across the base electrode and overlapping the base electrode, wherein the base electrode and at least a portion of each opposing electrode is located within the housing; one or more dividers configured to maintain spacing between the opposing electrodes, wherein the one or more dividers are arranged within the housing; one or more electrically insulating structures configured to electrically insulate the base electrode from the plurality of opposing electrodes; and a controller electrically coupled to the base electrode and to each of the opposing electrodes and configured to individually control a voltage applied to each opposing electrode relative to a voltage of the base electrode to control an electrostatic force between the base electrode and each opposing electrode. a wearable base; a housing coupled to the base; and an electrostatic clutching mechanism coupled to the base, the electrostatic clutching mechanism comprising a base electrode (204; 1106); a plurality of individually-controllable opposing electrodes arranged at different locations across the base electrode and overlapping the base electrode, wherein the base electrode and at least a portion of each opposing electrode is located within the housing; one or more dividers configured to maintain spacing between the opposing electrodes, wherein the one or more dividers are arranged within the housing; one or more electrically insulating structures configured to electrically insulate the base electrode from the plurality of opposing electrodes; and a controller electrically coupled to the base electrode and to each of the opposing electrodes and configured to individually control a voltage applied to each opposing electrode relative to a voltage of the base electrode to control an electrostatic force between the base electrode and each opposing electrode.
A first communication apparatus for establishing a connection to at least a second communication apparatus via a high-definition multimedia interface, HDMI, including a display data channel, DDC, bus for a one-way data connection utilized for one-way data transmission to said second communication apparatus, and the high-definition multimedia interface further including a network through which a message is transferred in two ways and in which a consumer electronics control, CEC, protocol is used, said first communication apparatus comprising; a one-way data connection status detecting unit operable to detect a connection validating request indicated in a high hot plug detect, HPD, signal and showing that data transmission, utilizing the one-way data connection, to said second communication apparatus is possible, and to detect a connection invalidating request indicated in a low HPD signal and showing that the data transmission, utilizing the one-way data connection, to said second communication apparatus is impossible, the high HPD and the low HPD being outputted from said second communication apparatus; an apparatus address obtaining unit operable to obtain a logical address of said first communication apparatus by transmitting a CEC <Polling message> via said network, and to further obtain a physical address of said first communication apparatus through reading out of an enhanced extended display identification data, EDID on the DDC bus from said second communication apparatus, when a change from the connection invalidating request to the connection validating request is detected; an address holding unit which holds the logical address and the physical address of said first communication apparatus even if said one-way data connection status detecting unit detects the connection invalidating request; and a message transmission continuing unit operable to respond to messages received via the network, based on the logical address and the physical address of said first communication apparatus held by said address holding unit even if said one-way data connection status detecting unit detects the connection invalidating request.
Hydrogen storage material tank for a device for hydrogen storage by absorption in a hydrogen storage material, comprising a shell along a longitudinal axis sealed at both its longitudinal ends, a hydrogen supply and collection duct extending along the longitudinal axis, a stack of several cups (10, 10') along the longitudinal axis, wherein each cup (10, 10') comprises a base approximatively perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, a passage allowing installation of the cup (10, 10') around the duct, an outer wall perpendicular to the base, in contact with the shell and an inner wall perpendicular to the base and in contact with the duct, wherein the outer wall (16, 16') has a dimension along the longitudinal axis greater than that of the inner wall such that its free end is in contact with the base of the cup located above in the stack, wherein each cup (10, 10') is press-fitted on the duct and each cup (10, 10') comprises means (21, 22) allowing mutual engagement of the cups in one another by mechanical deformation of said free ends of the outer walls (16, 16') of the cups.
A method of in-situ application of a conformal surface treatment to an internal surface of a heat exchanger of a chiller comprising: providing a surface treatment solution to an inlet of the heat exchanger of the chiller, urging a flow of the surface treatment solution along a flowpath from the inlet past a plurality of heat transfer tubes to an outlet of the heat exchanger of the chiller, collecting the surface treatment solution, forming the conformal surface treatment along an internal surface of the first manifold, the plurality of heat transfer tubes, the second manifold, and a plurality of interconnections therebetween, stopping the flow of the surface treatment solution, and removing the surface treatment solution from the chiller, characterised in that the stopping comprises stopping the flow of the surface treatment solution based on a concentration of a species of the surface treatment, or proxy therefor, measured along the flowpath. providing a surface treatment solution to an inlet of the heat exchanger of the chiller, urging a flow of the surface treatment solution along a flowpath from the inlet past a plurality of heat transfer tubes to an outlet of the heat exchanger of the chiller, collecting the surface treatment solution, forming the conformal surface treatment along an internal surface of the first manifold, the plurality of heat transfer tubes, the second manifold, and a plurality of interconnections therebetween, stopping the flow of the surface treatment solution, and removing the surface treatment solution from the chiller, characterised in that the stopping comprises stopping the flow of the surface treatment solution based on a concentration of a species of the surface treatment, or proxy therefor, measured along the flowpath.
Method for authenticating a first circuit (400, 600) by a second circuit (300, 500), the second circuit (300, 500) storing at least one first data (A, B) and at least one second data (A', B'), an image of the second data (A", B") by a first function (f) being equal to the combination of the first data (A, B) and a third data (rand), comprising the following successive steps: - the second circuit (300, 500) sends, to the first circuit (400, 600), at least said second data (A', B'); - the first circuit (400, 600) obtains said image of the second data (A", B") from said second data (A', B') with the first function (f); - the first circuit (400, 600) extracts said first data (A, B) from said image of the second data (A', B') with said third data (rand); and - the first circuit (400, 600) sends a fourth data representative of the first data (A, B) to the second circuit (300, 500) for authentication, the fourth data corresponding to the first data (A, B) encoded by a second function different from the first function (f). - the second circuit (300, 500) sends, to the first circuit (400, 600), at least said second data (A', B'); - the first circuit (400, 600) obtains said image of the second data (A", B") from said second data (A', B') with the first function (f); - the first circuit (400, 600) extracts said first data (A, B) from said image of the second data (A', B') with said third data (rand); and - the first circuit (400, 600) sends a fourth data representative of the first data (A, B) to the second circuit (300, 500) for authentication, the fourth data corresponding to the first data (A, B) encoded by a second function different from the first function (f).
A process for the production of coated textiles, comprising the steps of: - providing a textile substrate having a first side and a second side opposing the first side; - contacting at least a part of the first side of the textile substrate with a spreadable polyurethane mechanical foam; - applying a reduced pressure to at least a part of the second side of the textile substrate opposing the first side which has been contacted with the polyurethane mechanical foam; and - solidifying the polyurethane mechanical foam with which the textile substrate has been contacted, wherein the polyurethane mechanical foam comprises at least one polyurethane selected from the group comprising cationic hydrophilized polyurethane, anionic hydrophilized polyurethane and nonionic hydrophilized polyurethane. - providing a textile substrate having a first side and a second side opposing the first side; - contacting at least a part of the first side of the textile substrate with a spreadable polyurethane mechanical foam; - applying a reduced pressure to at least a part of the second side of the textile substrate opposing the first side which has been contacted with the polyurethane mechanical foam; and - solidifying the polyurethane mechanical foam with which the textile substrate has been contacted,
A pneumatic tire comprising a tread portion, a pair of sidewall portions, a pair of bead portions each with a bead core embedded therein, and a carcass extending between the bead portions and comprising first carcass cords and second carcass cords, wherein each of the first carcass cords comprises a main portion extending from the tread portion to the bead portions via the sidewall portions, and folded-back portions continued from the main portion and folded back around the bead cores from the inside to the outside in the tire axial direction, each of the second carcass cords extends from the tread portion to the bead portions and terminates on the axially outside of the folded-back portions of the first carcass cords, the first carcass cords have a Young's modulus, the second carcass cords have a Young's modulus larger than the Young's modulus of the first carcass cords, and characterized in that an insulation rubber layer is disposed between the second carcass cords and the main portions of the first carcass cords, the insulation rubber layer is a different rubber compound from a first topping rubber covering the first carcass cords and a second topping rubber covering the second carcass cords. each of the first carcass cords comprises a main portion extending from the tread portion to the bead portions via the sidewall portions, and folded-back portions continued from the main portion and folded back around the bead cores from the inside to the outside in the tire axial direction, each of the second carcass cords extends from the tread portion to the bead portions and terminates on the axially outside of the folded-back portions of the first carcass cords, the first carcass cords have a Young's modulus, the second carcass cords have a Young's modulus larger than the Young's modulus of the first carcass cords, and an insulation rubber layer is disposed between the second carcass cords and the main portions of the first carcass cords, the insulation rubber layer is a different rubber compound from a first topping rubber covering the first carcass cords and a second topping rubber covering the second carcass cords.
Longitudinal adjuster for a vehicle seat, having a first seat rail, a second seat rail, relative to which the first seat rail can be displaced in the longitudinal direction, and a memory device (22; 122) which is assigned to the first seat rail, interacts with the second seat rail and stores a set seat longitudinal position which is left and assumed again by carrying out a longitudinal displacement of the vehicle seat, wherein the memory device (22; 122) has a mechanism (30; 130), which can be brought into operative connection with the second seat rail, and an actuating arm (24; 124) which can be moved relative to the mechanism (30; 130), wherein the mechanism (30; 130) exerts a control torque on the actuating arm (24; 124) at the latest when the stored seat longitudinal position is reached, by virtue of which control torque the actuating arm (24; 124) activates at least one blocking element which is guided in the first seat rail and interacts with the second seat rail, characterized in that the blocking element is mounted and guided in a recess in the first seat rail.