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An atomic force microscope comprising: - a probe comprising a probe tip configured to sense a sample disposed proximate to the probe tip; a detector to detect a deflection of the probe tip; - an actuator coupled to the probe and configured to move the probe in a sense state with the sample at a first predetermined force set point; and - an acoustic vibrator in communication with the sample to provide a vibration to the sample, the vibration comprising a modulation frequency, - wherein the acoustic vibrator is configured to provide the vibration in a modulation period, the modulation period following an initial sense period for carrying out a measurement without modulation; and - wherein the atomic force microscope is configured to move the probe during or after said modulation period to a successive sample position over said sample while the probe is moved in a non-contact state. - a probe comprising a probe tip configured to sense a sample disposed proximate to the probe tip; a detector to detect a deflection of the probe tip; - an actuator coupled to the probe and configured to move the probe in a sense state with the sample at a first predetermined force set point; and - an acoustic vibrator in communication with the sample to provide a vibration to the sample, the vibration comprising a modulation frequency, - wherein the acoustic vibrator is configured to provide the vibration in a modulation period, the modulation period following an initial sense period for carrying out a measurement without modulation; and - wherein the atomic force microscope is configured to move the probe during or after said modulation period to a successive sample position over said sample while the probe is moved in a non-contact state.
A method for tensioning an endless drive member in a vehicle, wherein the vehicle includes an engine, an engine control unit and an electric motor positioned to drive the endless drive member while the engine is temporarily turned off, comprising: provisioning a tensioner including a tensioner pulley that is movable between a free arm stop position and a load stop position, and further including a tensioner actuator operable to exert an actuator force on the tensioner pulley to drive the tensioner pulley towards the free arm position; and provisioning a tensioner control system operatively connected to the tensioner actuator to control the actuator force on the tensioner pulley, wherein the engine control unit shuts off the engine temporarily at selected moments, characterized in that the tensioner control system is programmed to: determine whether or not the engine has been turned off temporarily by the engine control unit, and provide an actuator force that is lower than in a state when the engine is turned on to control the force required by the electric motor to drive the endless drive member based on the determination. provisioning a tensioner including a tensioner pulley that is movable between a free arm stop position and a load stop position, and further including a tensioner actuator operable to exert an actuator force on the tensioner pulley to drive the tensioner pulley towards the free arm position; and provisioning a tensioner control system operatively connected to the tensioner actuator to control the actuator force on the tensioner pulley, wherein the engine control unit shuts off the engine temporarily at selected moments, characterized in that the tensioner control system is programmed to: determine whether or not the engine has been turned off temporarily by the engine control unit, and provide an actuator force that is lower than in a state when the engine is turned on to control the force required by the electric motor to drive the endless drive member based on the determination. determine whether or not the engine has been turned off temporarily by the engine control unit, and provide an actuator force that is lower than in a state when the engine is turned on to control the force required by the electric motor to drive the endless drive member based on the determination.
Module comprising a casing in which at least one electric energy storage assembly is arranged comprising a first face in thermal contact with whilst being electrically insulated from at least one lower wall of the casing, and a second face opposite the first face, the second face being capped with a cover electrically connected to said energy storage assembly, characterized in that the module comprises means to hold the associated storage assembly against the lower wall of the casing and which also allow swelling of the cover capping the second face.
A radio network controlling method comprising the steps of: transmitting data to a mobile station by using a downlink dedicated channel and a downlink shared channel, and measuring transmission power of all the channels and transmission power of other channel than said downlink shared channel, characterized by further comprising the steps of: calculating transmission power assigned to said downlink shared channel from the transmission power of other channel than said downlink shared channel, calculating an activity ratio of said transmission power assigned to said downlink shared channel from the transmission power of said all the channels, the transmission power of other channel than said downlink shared channel and said transmission power assigned to said downlink shared channel, and regulating use of said downlink dedicated channel by taking said transmission power assigned to said downlink shared channel and said activity ratio into consideration. transmitting data to a mobile station by using a downlink dedicated channel and a downlink shared channel, and measuring transmission power of all the channels and transmission power of other channel than said downlink shared channel, characterized by further comprising the steps of: calculating transmission power assigned to said downlink shared channel from the transmission power of other channel than said downlink shared channel, calculating an activity ratio of said transmission power assigned to said downlink shared channel from the transmission power of said all the channels, the transmission power of other channel than said downlink shared channel and said transmission power assigned to said downlink shared channel, and regulating use of said downlink dedicated channel by taking said transmission power assigned to said downlink shared channel and said activity ratio into consideration. calculating transmission power assigned to said downlink shared channel from the transmission power of other channel than said downlink shared channel, calculating an activity ratio of said transmission power assigned to said downlink shared channel from the transmission power of said all the channels, the transmission power of other channel than said downlink shared channel and said transmission power assigned to said downlink shared channel, and regulating use of said downlink dedicated channel by taking said transmission power assigned to said downlink shared channel and said activity ratio into consideration.
A device to effect optimum delivery of dry bulk material from a hopper, said device comprising: excitation means arranged to apply vibratory stimulus to said hopper; measuring means arranged to measure the vibration of said hopper in response to said applied vibratory stimulus; and control means arranged to control the excitation means to maintain said vibratory stimulus at or close to a resonant frequency of said hopper and its contents; characterised in that the control means is arranged to control the excitation means to perform a first sweep, whereby the excitation means varies the frequency of the vibratory stimulus applied to said hopper, and to determine a frequency of said varying frequency applied vibratory stimulus that provides maximum vibration response of the hopper as measured by said measuring means, the control means then being arranged to control the excitation means to deliver said determined frequency of vibratory stimulus to provide said maximum vibration response of the hopper for a predetermined time interval, the control means then being arranged, such that after said predetermined time interval, the excitation means is controlled to perform at least another sweep to determine the frequency of said varying frequency applied vibratory stimulus that provides maximum vibration response of the hopper as measured by the measuring means, the excitation means being controlled to deliver said determined frequency of vibratory stimulus to provide said maximum vibration response of the hopper for a further predetermined time interval, until said dry bulk material is delivered from the hopper. excitation means arranged to apply vibratory stimulus to said hopper; measuring means arranged to measure the vibration of said hopper in response to said applied vibratory stimulus; and control means arranged to control the excitation means to maintain said vibratory stimulus at or close to a resonant frequency of said hopper and its contents; characterised in that the control means is arranged to control the excitation means to perform a first sweep, whereby the excitation means varies the frequency of the vibratory stimulus applied to said hopper, and to determine a frequency of said varying frequency applied vibratory stimulus that provides maximum vibration response of the hopper as measured by said measuring means, the control means then being arranged to control the excitation means to deliver said determined frequency of vibratory stimulus to provide said maximum vibration response of the hopper for a predetermined time interval, the control means then being arranged, such that after said predetermined time interval, the excitation means is controlled to perform at least another sweep to determine the frequency of said varying frequency applied vibratory stimulus that provides maximum vibration response of the hopper as measured by the measuring means, the excitation means being controlled to deliver said determined frequency of vibratory stimulus to provide said maximum vibration response of the hopper for a further predetermined time interval, until said dry bulk material is delivered from the hopper.
A method for manufacturing a vehicle structure member (10; 70; 80; 90; 100) by using a hollow extruded material (50; 72; 82; 92; 102) that has a pair of side plates (22, 24) and a plurality of connecting plates (26, 28, 30, 32; 74, 76, 30, 32; 84, 85, 86, 87; 26, 28; 26, 28, 30, 32) connecting the side plates together and that has a quadrilateral closed section and a longitudinal shape, such that a width dimension (W1, W2) of the vehicle structure member, which is a distance between the side plates, varies in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle structure member, the method characterized by comprising: an extrusion molding step of producing the hollow extruded material with the connecting plates each having a bent shape by extrusion molding; and a widening step of increasing the width dimension by increasing the distance between the side plates partially in the longitudinal direction so as to flatten the connecting plates having the bent shape, characterized in that, in the widening step, a through hole is formed in one of the side plates (22, 24), a punch is inserted through the through hole, and with the one side plate being held, the punch is moved to contact the other side plate to move the side plates away from each other, so that the width dimension is increased. an extrusion molding step of producing the hollow extruded material with the connecting plates each having a bent shape by extrusion molding; and a widening step of increasing the width dimension by increasing the distance between the side plates partially in the longitudinal direction so as to flatten the connecting plates having the bent shape, characterized in that, in the widening step, a through hole is formed in one of the side plates (22, 24), a punch is inserted through the through hole, and with the one side plate being held, the punch is moved to contact the other side plate to move the side plates away from each other, so that the width dimension is increased.
A curable composition comprising: A) a fluoroelastomer comprising copolymerized units of a nitrile group-containing cure site monomer; and B) a hydrazide of the general formula R 1 C NHNHR 2, wherein R 1 is alkyl and R 2 is CO 2 R 3, R 1 is aryl and R 2 is CO 2 R 3, R 1 is H and R 2 is H or CO 2 R 3, R 1 is benzyl and R 2 is H or CO 2 R 3, or R 1 is fluoroalkyl and R 2 is H or CO 2 R 3, wherein R 3 is alkyl, CH 2 R 4, aryl, benzyl, or heterocycle; and R 4 is a fluoroalkyl group; or wherein said hydrazide has at least one oxygen atom replaced by a sulfur atom; or a hydrazide selected from the group consisting of diformylhydrazine; benzhydrazide; isobutyric acid, hydrazide; malonic dihydrazide; succinic dihydrazide; adipic dihydrazide; 1,3-imidazolidinedipropanoic acid, 4-(1-methylethyl)-2,5-dioxo-, 1,3-dihydrazide; tetradecanedioic acid, 1,14-dihydrazide; isoniazide; 2-hydroxybenzhydrazide; hexanedioic acid, 2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5-octafluoro-, 1,6-dihydrazide; and isophthalic dihydrazide. A) a fluoroelastomer comprising copolymerized units of a nitrile group-containing cure site monomer; and B) a hydrazide of the general formula R 1 C NHNHR 2, wherein R 1 is alkyl and R 2 is CO 2 R 3, R 1 is aryl and R 2 is CO 2 R 3, R 1 is H and R 2 is H or CO 2 R 3, R 1 is benzyl and R 2 is H or CO 2 R 3, or R 1 is fluoroalkyl and R 2 is H or CO 2 R 3, wherein R 3 is alkyl, CH 2 R 4, aryl, benzyl, or heterocycle; and R 4 is a fluoroalkyl group; or wherein said hydrazide has at least one oxygen atom replaced by a sulfur atom; or a hydrazide selected from the group consisting of diformylhydrazine; benzhydrazide; isobutyric acid, hydrazide; malonic dihydrazide; succinic dihydrazide; adipic dihydrazide; 1,3-imidazolidinedipropanoic acid, 4-(1-methylethyl)-2,5-dioxo-, 1,3-dihydrazide; tetradecanedioic acid, 1,14-dihydrazide; isoniazide; 2-hydroxybenzhydrazide; hexanedioic acid, 2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5-octafluoro-, 1,6-dihydrazide; and isophthalic dihydrazide.
Rotor for a haymaking machine, the rotor (11, 12) comprising a housing driven in rotation during work about a rotation axis directed upwards, and at least one oscillating arm arranged in a plane substantially perpendicular to the rotation axis, the said oscillating arm comprising at least two parts, an internal part connected to the housing and an external part carrying work tools, one of the internal and external parts (20 and 21) comprising an engaging portion able to engage along a longitudinal axis partially inside an orifice of an engaged portion of the other of the internal and external parts (20 and 21), the engaging portion and the engaged portion each comprising at least one hole (28, 29, 30, 31) oriented perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis and being able to be connected with one another by means of a connecting device, the said connecting device comprising at least one threaded element (33, 34) having a geometric axis and provided with a shoulder (36, 37), the said threaded element (33, 34) passing through each hole (28, 29, 30, 31) of the engaging and engaged portions (24 and 25), characterized in that the connecting device comprises an insert with at least one tapping (39, 40) which can be arranged in an interior part of the engaging portion, that the threaded element (33, 34) is screwed in the tapping (39, 40), and that the shoulder (36, 37) rests on the engaged portion so as to tighten the engaged portion against the engaging portion along the geometric axis.
Support device for mounting a solar module (S1, S2, S3, S4), especially a photovoltaic panel, on a mounting surface, in particular on a roof of a building (M, RT), the support device comprising: a) a base body in the form of a U-shaped profile having two profile legs (111, 112) and a base section connecting the two profile legs (111, 112); whereby an outer surface of the base section of the U-shaped profile is configured to support a solar module (S1, S2, S3, S4), and whereby a profile depth of the U-shaped profile increases along a longitudinal axis from a front face to a rear face of the U-shaped profile; and b) at each of the two free end portions (111.1, 112.1) of the profile legs (111, 112), at least one projection (111a, 112a) protruding from the respective profile leg (111, 112), whereby the at least one projections (111a, 112a) are configured as a seating for placing the support device on a mounting surface; and c) at least one fixing element (120a, 120b,..., 120f) which is configured to engage a fastening member for attachment of the support device to the mounting surface, characterized in that at each of the two free end portions (111.1, 112.1) of the profile legs (111, 112) of the U-shaped profile, an L-shaped bar is arranged which runs in parallel to the respective profile leg (111, 112), preferably from the front face to the rear face of the U-shaped profile, whereby a first section of the L-shaped bar is contacting the free end portion (111.1, 112.1) of the respective profile leg (111, 112) and is configured as the at least one projection (111a, 112a) protruding from the respective profile leg (111, 112) and as the seating for placing the support device on a mounting surface, and at least one region of the second and free end (111b, 112b) of the L-shaped bar is configured as the fixing element (120a, 120b,..., 120f). a) a base body in the form of a U-shaped profile having two profile legs (111, 112) and a base section connecting the two profile legs (111, 112); whereby an outer surface of the base section of the U-shaped profile is configured to support a solar module (S1, S2, S3, S4), and whereby a profile depth of the U-shaped profile increases along a longitudinal axis from a front face to a rear face of the U-shaped profile; and b) at each of the two free end portions (111.1, 112.1) of the profile legs (111, 112), at least one projection (111a, 112a) protruding from the respective profile leg (111, 112), whereby the at least one projections (111a, 112a) are configured as a seating for placing the support device on a mounting surface; and c) at least one fixing element (120a, 120b,..., 120f) which is configured to engage a fastening member for attachment of the support device to the mounting surface,
A lifting mechanism, wherein a carriage is movable in guided manner on a rod assembly, in particular comprising rails and/or a toothed rod, wherein the movement can be performed as far as a first height, wherein along the direction of travel a primary conductor system is laid only as far as a second height, wherein the carriage comprises a drive with a converter-fed electric motor and a secondary coil, via which the drive can be supplied with electric power in contact-free manner as far as the second height - but not from the second height as far as the first height, wherein the secondary coil is coupled inductively to the primary conductor system, wherein the second height is lower than the first, the height difference between the second and the first height is greater than the height which corresponds to the complete conversion of kinetic energy into potential energy, wherein the initial kinetic energy in this case is related to the maximum achievable speed of the drive, characterised in that the lifting mechanism is composed of modules of the same kind, with at least an uppermost module without a primary conductor system being provided and additionally a primary conductor system being attached at least to a lower module.
A method for receiving optical signals, the method comprising: in an optical receiver on a chip, the optical receiver comprising a multi-port waveguide photodetector (301, 600, 701, 801) comprising four ports coupled to two polarization splitting grating couplers, PSGCs, that receive optical signals in the chip, the method comprising: receiving optical signals in the optical receiver; generating, via the PSGCs, output optical signals having different polarizations; coupling one or more of the generated 2. output optical signals to different ports in a first side of the multi-port waveguide photodetector; coupling two or more of the generated 2. output optical signals to different ports in a second side opposite the first side of the multi-port waveguide photodetector (301, 600, 701, 801) each via a different optical waveguide (305A-305D, 605A-605D) in the chip; and generating an output electrical signal based on the coupled optical signals using the multi-port waveguide photodetector (301, 600, 701, 801). in an optical receiver on a chip, the optical receiver comprising a multi-port waveguide photodetector (301, 600, 701, 801) comprising four ports coupled to two polarization splitting grating couplers, PSGCs, that receive optical signals in the chip, the method comprising: receiving optical signals in the optical receiver; generating, via the PSGCs, output optical signals having different polarizations; receiving optical signals in the optical receiver; generating, via the PSGCs, output optical signals having different polarizations; coupling one or more of the generated 2. output optical signals to different ports in a first side of the multi-port waveguide photodetector; coupling two or more of the generated 2. output optical signals to different ports in a second side opposite the first side of the multi-port waveguide photodetector (301, 600, 701, 801) each via a different optical waveguide (305A-305D, 605A-605D) in the chip; and generating an output electrical signal based on the coupled optical signals using the multi-port waveguide photodetector (301, 600, 701, 801).
A computer implemented method of manufacturing at least a part of a sports article, comprising the steps: a. estimating a printability by 3D-printing associated with a region of the part of the sports article, comprising: i. determining a plurality of structural features within the region, ii. determining, for each structural feature, a feature value, iii. mapping each feature value to the printability, wherein the mapping is based on a machine learning algorithm from a limited plurality of samples, and wherein each sample associates a feature value with a value of the printability, and iv. using the mapping to estimate the printability for the region; and b. optimizing the printability using the estimate and considering at least one structural constraint for the part of the sports article; and c. manufacturing the part of the sports article, wherein the step of manufacturing comprises additive manufacturing. a. estimating a printability by 3D-printing associated with a region of the part of the sports article, comprising: i. determining a plurality of structural features within the region, ii. determining, for each structural feature, a feature value, iii. mapping each feature value to the printability, wherein the mapping is based on a machine learning algorithm from a limited plurality of samples, and wherein each sample associates a feature value with a value of the printability, and iv. using the mapping to estimate the printability for the region; and i. determining a plurality of structural features within the region, ii. determining, for each structural feature, a feature value, iii. mapping each feature value to the printability, wherein the mapping is based on a machine learning algorithm from a limited plurality of samples, and wherein each sample associates a feature value with a value of the printability, and iv. using the mapping to estimate the printability for the region; and b. optimizing the printability using the estimate and considering at least one structural constraint for the part of the sports article; and c. manufacturing the part of the sports article, wherein the step of manufacturing comprises additive manufacturing.