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A subsea blind stab, comprising a stabbing part for insertion into a hot stab receptacle, including a housing, a central rod slidably arranged within the housing and at least one fluid communication line from the external side of the stabbing part to an internal fluid communication line within the rod, the at least one fluid communication line being open in a first position of the rod relative the housing and closed in a second position of the rod relative the housing, characterised by the stab further comprising: a hollow body attached to one end of the stabbing part; a piston slidably arranged in the hollow body, with a spring element arranged between the piston and a spring attachment element connected to the body; wherein a first side of the piston forms a fluid chamber in the hollow body, the fluid chamber being in fluid communication with the internal fluid communication line in the rod, and wherein a second side of the piston is exposed to a pressure of the surrounding environment surrounding the hollow body. a stabbing part for insertion into a hot stab receptacle, including a housing, a central rod slidably arranged within the housing and at least one fluid communication line from the external side of the stabbing part to an internal fluid communication line within the rod, a housing, a central rod slidably arranged within the housing and at least one fluid communication line from the external side of the stabbing part to an internal fluid communication line within the rod, the at least one fluid communication line being open in a first position of the rod relative the housing and closed in a second position of the rod relative the housing, characterised by the stab further comprising: a hollow body attached to one end of the stabbing part; a piston slidably arranged in the hollow body, with a spring element arranged between the piston and a spring attachment element connected to the body; wherein a first side of the piston forms a fluid chamber in the hollow body, the fluid chamber being in fluid communication with the internal fluid communication line in the rod, and wherein a second side of the piston is exposed to a pressure of the surrounding environment surrounding the hollow body. a hollow body attached to one end of the stabbing part; a piston slidably arranged in the hollow body, with a spring element arranged between the piston and a spring attachment element connected to the body; wherein a first side of the piston forms a fluid chamber in the hollow body, the fluid chamber being in fluid communication with the internal fluid communication line in the rod, and wherein a second side of the piston is exposed to a pressure of the surrounding environment surrounding the hollow body.
A fuel cell system comprising: a fuel feeder configured to supply hydrocarbon fuel; a fuel cell stack configured to generate power through an electrochemical reaction using air and a hydrogen-containing gas generated from the hydrocarbon fuel; a temperature sensor configured to sense a temperature of the fuel cell stack; and a controller, wherein: the fuel cell stack has a membrane electrode assembly including an electrolyte membrane through which protons can pass, a cathode on a first side of the electrolyte membrane, and an anode having a reforming capability on a second side of the electrolyte membrane; and the controller is configured to define an upper limit of current output from the fuel cell stack and keep the current output from the fuel cell stack at or below the upper limit, the upper limit of current output from the fuel cell stack is defined on the basis of the temperature of the fuel cell stack and flow rate of the hydrocarbon fuel. a fuel feeder configured to supply hydrocarbon fuel; a fuel cell stack configured to generate power through an electrochemical reaction using air and a hydrogen-containing gas generated from the hydrocarbon fuel; a temperature sensor configured to sense a temperature of the fuel cell stack; and a controller, wherein: the fuel cell stack has a membrane electrode assembly including an electrolyte membrane through which protons can pass, a cathode on a first side of the electrolyte membrane, and an anode having a reforming capability on a second side of the electrolyte membrane; and the controller is configured to define an upper limit of current output from the fuel cell stack and keep the current output from the fuel cell stack at or below the upper limit, the fuel cell stack has a membrane electrode assembly including an electrolyte membrane through which protons can pass, a cathode on a first side of the electrolyte membrane, and an anode having a reforming capability on a second side of the electrolyte membrane; and the controller is configured to define an upper limit of current output from the fuel cell stack and keep the current output from the fuel cell stack at or below the upper limit, the upper limit of current output from the fuel cell stack is defined on the basis of the temperature of the fuel cell stack and flow rate of the hydrocarbon fuel.
An active filter for a radio receiver, the active filter comprising: a first prototype active band pass filter comprising a first low noise amplifier, hereinafter referred to as LNA; a second LNA; and a first bandpass filter connected between the first LNA and the second LNA; wherein an input terminal of the first LNA is responsive to a GPS signal in a GPS frequency band that has been down-converted to an intermediate frequency; the active filter further comprising: a second prototype active passband filter comprising a third LNA that receives a signal corresponding to the output of the second LNA; a fourth LNA; a second bandpass filter connected between the third LNA and the fourth LNA. a first low noise amplifier, hereinafter referred to as LNA; a second LNA; and a first bandpass filter connected between the first LNA and the second LNA; wherein an input terminal of the first LNA is responsive to a GPS signal in a GPS frequency band that has been down-converted to an intermediate frequency; the active filter further comprising: a second prototype active passband filter comprising a third LNA that receives a signal corresponding to the output of the second LNA; a fourth LNA; a second bandpass filter connected between the third LNA and the fourth LNA. a second prototype active passband filter comprising a third LNA that receives a signal corresponding to the output of the second LNA; a fourth LNA; a second bandpass filter connected between the third LNA and the fourth LNA.
Driver for driving one or a plurality of LEDs (D1, D2), characterized in that the driver comprises - a voltage supply supplied by an input voltage (Vin) and adapted to supply a differential voltage, between one first DC bias voltage and one second DC bias voltage, the differential voltage being adapted to be equal or larger than the largest expected variations (ΔVF) of the forward voltage of said one or a plurality of LEDs (D1, D2), the first and second bias voltage being different from a reference voltage, and - at least one driving unit (201, 202, 301) supplied with the differential voltage, between said two bias voltages (VB1, VB2), and providing a driver output voltage (Vx) for driving one or more LEDs between said driver output voltage (Vx) and the reference voltage. - a voltage supply supplied by an input voltage (Vin) and adapted to supply a differential voltage, between one first DC bias voltage and one second DC bias voltage, the differential voltage being adapted to be equal or larger than the largest expected variations (ΔVF) of the forward voltage of said one or a plurality of LEDs (D1, D2), the first and second bias voltage being different from a reference voltage, and - at least one driving unit (201, 202, 301) supplied with the differential voltage, between said two bias voltages (VB1, VB2), and providing a driver output voltage (Vx) for driving one or more LEDs between said driver output voltage (Vx) and the reference voltage.
A motor-driven appliance (1, 20, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80) comprising: a battery; a motor including permanent magnets as field magnets and operated by electric power from the battery; a momentary maximum current upper limit storage unit for storing a predetermined momentary maximum current upper limit; a current detection unit for detecting a current flowing in the motor; a current threshold setting unit (9, 10) for generating a current threshold based on the momentary maximum current upper limit stored in the momentary maximum current upper limit storage unit, and for outputting the generated current threshold; a current exceedance determination unit for determining whether the current detected by the current detection unit has become equal to or greater than the current threshold, and outputting an interruption signal used to interrupt a current path from the battery to the motor when the detected current has become equal to or greater than the current threshold; and a current flow interruption unit (5, 52) for interrupting the current path when the interruption signal is outputted from the current exceedance determination unit, wherein the momentary maximum current upper limit is a value set in advance based on a current value causing demagnetization of the permanent magnets when such a current is caused to flow to the motor. a battery; a motor including permanent magnets as field magnets and operated by electric power from the battery; a momentary maximum current upper limit storage unit for storing a predetermined momentary maximum current upper limit; a current detection unit for detecting a current flowing in the motor; a current threshold setting unit (9, 10) for generating a current threshold based on the momentary maximum current upper limit stored in the momentary maximum current upper limit storage unit, and for outputting the generated current threshold; a current exceedance determination unit for determining whether the current detected by the current detection unit has become equal to or greater than the current threshold, and outputting an interruption signal used to interrupt a current path from the battery to the motor when the detected current has become equal to or greater than the current threshold; and a current flow interruption unit (5, 52) for interrupting the current path when the interruption signal is outputted from the current exceedance determination unit, wherein the momentary maximum current upper limit is a value set in advance based on a current value causing demagnetization of the permanent magnets when such a current is caused to flow to the motor.
A liquid immersion member in which a liquid immersion space is formed on an object movable below an optical member so that a light path of exposure light emitted from an emission surface of the optical member is filled with liquid, comprising: a first member which is disposed in at least a portion of the periphery of the optical member; and a second member which is movable below the first member to interpose a gap therebetween and which includes a recovery port that recovers at least a portion of the liquid in the liquid immersion space, wherein the second member is movable to decrease a relative velocity between the second member and the object, and the liquid immersion member is adapted to suppress the infiltration of liquid into the gap. a first member which is disposed in at least a portion of the periphery of the optical member; and a second member which is movable below the first member to interpose a gap therebetween and which includes a recovery port that recovers at least a portion of the liquid in the liquid immersion space, wherein the second member is movable to decrease a relative velocity between the second member and the object, and the liquid immersion member is adapted to suppress the infiltration of liquid into the gap.
A method carried out by a processor comprising the steps of: receiving an input image (22,50,202,602, 702) including at least a portion of a person's retina; finding a spatial transformation between the input image and a reference image, the reference image including at least a portion of the person's retina, the reference image associated with a known direction of gaze of the person; converting the transformation to a corresponding spherical rotation having three degrees of freedom; using the spherical rotation to rotate the known direction of gaze associated with the reference image to calculate a change in orientation of an eye of the person corresponding to the spatial transformation; and outputting a signal based on the change of orientation. receiving an input image (22,50,202,602, 702) including at least a portion of a person's retina; finding a spatial transformation between the input image and a reference image, the reference image including at least a portion of the person's retina, the reference image associated with a known direction of gaze of the person; converting the transformation to a corresponding spherical rotation having three degrees of freedom; using the spherical rotation to rotate the known direction of gaze associated with the reference image to calculate a change in orientation of an eye of the person corresponding to the spatial transformation; and outputting a signal based on the change of orientation.
Flow meter for measuring the flow velocity of water in a non-conductive oil continuous multiphase flow in a pipe, the flow meter including at least one magnetic field generator (B1, B2) configured to provide a magnetic field with a known strength into said flow, the flow meter also including at least one sensor for measuring the charge at the sensor relative to a ground level, the sensor having low impedance circuitry and being positioned at a distance from the center of the magnetic field axis and the flow axis, in essentially the same axial position as the magnetic field axis, wherein the flow meter also including a calculating means for calculating a measure of the flow velocity based on the measured charge.
An apparatus comprising: a) one or more carbon nanotube transistors on a silicon substrate, the carbon nanotube transistors each including a gate electrode, and each further including a source and a drain electrode and a carbon nanotube channel bridging the source and the drain electrode,, wherein the drain electrode and the carbon nanotube channel are covered by a thin insulating oxide or nitride layer with exposed metallic terminals to provide insulation from an electrolyte solution. b) a conducting metal to provide electrical conductivity to the exposed metallic terminals, c) a multiplicity of specific probe materials immobilized on the insulating oxide or nitride layer, wherein the probe materials specifically bind to at least one target biological molecule, d) a microfluidic channel above the thin insulating oxide or nitride layer to direct the flow of a liquid solution that contains the at least one target biological molecule, e) the gate electrode being configured to contact the electrolyte solution comprising one or more target biological molecules; f) an electronic circuitry to elect a change in the electrical charge close to each of the carbon nanotube transistors due to binding of the probe materials and target biological molecules therefore, g) a detector to detect the change in electrical charge to quantify the amount of bound target biological molecules; and h) an automated sensing system, which determines a relative abundance of the specific target biological molecule based on the change in electrical charge. a) one or more carbon nanotube transistors on a silicon substrate, the carbon nanotube transistors each including a gate electrode, and each further including a source and a drain electrode and a carbon nanotube channel bridging the source and the drain electrode,, wherein the drain electrode and the carbon nanotube channel are covered by a thin insulating oxide or nitride layer with exposed metallic terminals to provide insulation from an electrolyte solution. b) a conducting metal to provide electrical conductivity to the exposed metallic terminals, c) a multiplicity of specific probe materials immobilized on the insulating oxide or nitride layer, wherein the probe materials specifically bind to at least one target biological molecule, d) a microfluidic channel above the thin insulating oxide or nitride layer to direct the flow of a liquid solution that contains the at least one target biological molecule, e) the gate electrode being configured to contact the electrolyte solution comprising one or more target biological molecules; f) an electronic circuitry to elect a change in the electrical charge close to each of the carbon nanotube transistors due to binding of the probe materials and target biological molecules therefore, g) a detector to detect the change in electrical charge to quantify the amount of bound target biological molecules; and h) an automated sensing system, which determines a relative abundance of the specific target biological molecule based on the change in electrical charge.
The assembly for rear of dual-flow turbomachine having a longitudinal axis, comprising: - a secondary nozzle defined about the longitudinal axis, said secondary nozzle being configured to eject a mixture of the flows coming from a secondary vein (Vs) and a primary vein (Vp) of the turbomachine, the secondary nozzle being of convergent-divergent form with a neck corresponding to a minimal cross-section of the secondary nozzle, characterised in that the assembly also comprises a heating system with a heating element (140, 200) with a heating element, the heating element being located on at least one portion of the internal circumference of the secondary nozzle longitudinally in the region of the neck and/or upstream from the neck. - a secondary nozzle defined about the longitudinal axis, said secondary nozzle being configured to eject a mixture of the flows coming from a secondary vein (Vs) and a primary vein (Vp) of the turbomachine, the secondary nozzle being of convergent-divergent form with a neck corresponding to a minimal cross-section of the secondary nozzle,
A dental glass ionomer cement composition comprising a zwitterionic material and a glass ionomer cement, characterized in that the zwitterionic material comprises 2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine and sulfobetaine methacrylate and the zwitterionic material has a content of 1 to 5 wt % based on the total mass of the dental glass ionomer cement composition.
A tightening device comprising a belt having a first and a second end (10A, 10B), a sealing ring disposed in an annular recess of the belt, and a first and a second tightening lug (12A, 12B) born by the belt, respectively in the vicinity of the first and the second end (10A, 10B) of the belt, the tightening lugs being able to be displaced with respect to each other to tighten the belt, the edges of the recess forming wedging steps (11A, 11B) for the edges of the sealing ring, the first and second ends of the belt having a sealing arrangement (24, 26; 124, 126) which comprises two lateral tabs (28A, 28B; 127A, 128B) formed at the second end, each of these lateral tabs extending, widthwise on the belt, from one edge of the belt (10'A, 10'B) to the recess, in such a way that each lateral tab comprises a part of one of the wedging steps (11A, 11B), characterized in that the sealing ring substantially occupies the entire width of the recess between the wedging steps (11A, 11B) and in that the sealing arrangement comprises a central tab (24; 124) formed at the first end of the belt and a central notch (26; 126) formed at the second end of the belt and delimited by the lateral tabs (28A, 28B; 128A, 128B), the central tab penetrating in the central notch in the tightened state of the belt.
Device for controlling the pressure and/or mass flow of a gaseous or liquid fluid which is conveyable through a conduit, in particular for a space propulsion system, wherein a combination of a first, piezoelectrically actuatable control valve (32; 38) and at least two second, magnetically actuatable control valves (22, 23, 33, 34; 26, 27, 36, 37) is provided for controlling the pressure and/or mass flow of the fluid, wherein the control valves (32, 38; 22, 23, 33, 34; 26, 27, 36, 37) are connected to one another and to a line input in such a way that in a nominal operation the pressure and the mass flow of the fluid through the at least one first control valve is adjustable and a connection or insulation of the first control valve (32; 38) to or from the line input through the second control valves (22, 23, 33, 34; 26, 27, 36, 37) is establishable, and wherein in an emergency operation the pressure and the mass flow of the fluid is adjustable through the second control valves.
Heating system for a building, comprising a storage tank containing a heat storage medium, in particular water, a tank heat exchanger arranged in the storage tank so as to be in thermally conductive contact with the heat storage medium, a heat generator arranged outside the storage tank, and a heating path for heating a building and which can be thermally coupled to the heat generator via a heat transmitter and through which a heat transfer fluid can flow, characterised by a flow regulation apparatus, which is designed to conduct a regulated branch flow of the heat transfer fluid flowing through the heating path via the tank heat exchanger, wherein the flow regulation apparatus comprises: a mixing valve and an electronic control unit operating in a control loop for actuating the mixing valve, wherein the mixing valve comprises a first valve inlet connected to the tank heat exchanger, a second valve inlet connected to a bypass that bypasses the tank heat exchanger and a valve outlet that is or can be connected to the feed pipe of the heating path, wherein the mixing valve can be actuated into an intermediate position by means of the electronic control unit such that a partial flow of the heat transfer fluid is conducted as a branch flow via the tank heat exchanger while the remaining residual flow flows via the bypass. a mixing valve and an electronic control unit operating in a control loop for actuating the mixing valve, wherein the mixing valve comprises a first valve inlet connected to the tank heat exchanger, a second valve inlet connected to a bypass that bypasses the tank heat exchanger and a valve outlet that is or can be connected to the feed pipe of the heating path, wherein the mixing valve can be actuated into an intermediate position by means of the electronic control unit such that a partial flow of the heat transfer fluid is conducted as a branch flow via the tank heat exchanger while the remaining residual flow flows via the bypass.
A battery module comprising: a plurality of unit cells which are connected to each other in series, in parallel, or both; and a soldering connector electrically connecting at least one pair of unit cells among the plurality of unit cells, which comprises a lead-free alloy containing Sn and Cu, characterized in that the content of tin is 92 wt% to 96 wt% and the content of copper is 4 wt% to 8 wt%, and that the soldering connector has a melting point of 100°C to 250°C. a plurality of unit cells which are connected to each other in series, in parallel, or both; and a soldering connector electrically connecting at least one pair of unit cells among the plurality of unit cells, which comprises a lead-free alloy containing Sn and Cu, characterized in that the content of tin is 92 wt% to 96 wt% and the content of copper is 4 wt% to 8 wt%, and that the soldering connector has a melting point of 100°C to 250°C.