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A computer implemented method for providing access to a cryptographic key for a key requester, the key being associated with an owning secure computing component by a digitally signed record in a blockchain wherein the blockchain is accessible via a network and includes a plurality of records validated by miner computing components, the method comprising: the key requester requesting access to the key from the receiving secure computing component; receiving by the owning secure computing component a request from the receiving secure computing component to associate the key with the receiving secure computing component, the request having associated identification information for the key requester; responsive to a verification of an entitlement of the requester by the owning secure computing component, generating by the owning secure computing component a new record for storage in the blockchain, the new record associating the key with the receiving secure computing component and being validated by the miner components; and further responsive to the verification, securely transferring the key to the receiving secure computing component so as to provide access to the key to the key requester via the receiving secure computing component. the key requester requesting access to the key from the receiving secure computing component; receiving by the owning secure computing component a request from the receiving secure computing component to associate the key with the receiving secure computing component, the request having associated identification information for the key requester; responsive to a verification of an entitlement of the requester by the owning secure computing component, generating by the owning secure computing component a new record for storage in the blockchain, the new record associating the key with the receiving secure computing component and being validated by the miner components; and further responsive to the verification, securely transferring the key to the receiving secure computing component so as to provide access to the key to the key requester via the receiving secure computing component.
A clamp for applying a clamping force against a hose, comprising: - a ring-shaped clamp body of resilient material, the clamp body comprising two circumferential end portions; - first and second protrusions extending radially outwardly from respective said end portions with respect to a circumference of the clamp body; and - a manually operable actuating member (6, 18) movably being connected to the clamp body and/or to at least one of the first and second protrusions and being positionable between at least a first and a second actuating position thereby interacting with the first and second protrusions, wherein the first actuating position of the actuating member (6, 18) causes the clamp body to assume a clamping position having a reduced diametric dimension such that the clamp body is enabled to exert the clamping force against the hose, and wherein the second actuating position of the actuating member (6, 18) causes the clamp body to assume a loosened position having an expanded diametric dimension such that installation of the clamp body on the hose is enabled, characterized in that the clamp body has a resiliency such that it is biased towards its clamping position, wherein in its second actuating position the actuating member (6, 18) is enabled to exert an actuating force on the first and second protrusions against the spring force of the clamp body such that the clamp body assumes its loosened position, and wherein in its first actuating position the actuating member (6, 18) is enabled to release the actuating force on the first and second protrusions such that the clamp body automatically assumes its clamping position. - a ring-shaped clamp body of resilient material, the clamp body comprising two circumferential end portions; - first and second protrusions extending radially outwardly from respective said end portions with respect to a circumference of the clamp body; and - a manually operable actuating member (6, 18) movably being connected to the clamp body and/or to at least one of the first and second protrusions and being positionable between at least a first and a second actuating position thereby interacting with the first and second protrusions,
A method for producing a coated steel sheet having a tensile strength TS of at least 1100 MPa, a total elongation TE according to ISO standard 6892-1 of at least 12%, the product TSxTE of the tensile strength by the total elongation being at least 14200 MPa%, and a hole expansion ratio HER according to ISO standard 16630:2009 of at least 25%, wherein the method comprises the following successive steps: - providing a cold-rolled steel sheet, the chemical composition of the steel containing in weight %: 0.15 ⁢ % ≤ C ≤ 0.23 ⁢ %, 2.0 % ≤ Mn ≤ 2.7 ⁢ %, with C + Mn / 10 ≥ 0.420 ⁢ %, 0 ≤ Cr ≤ 0.40 ⁢ %, with Mn + Cr ≥ 2.25 ⁢ %, 0.2 ⁢ % ≤ Si ≤ 1.6 ⁢ % 0.02 ⁢ % ≤ Al ≤ 1.2 ⁢ %, with 1.0 % ≤ Si + Al ≤ 2.2 ⁢ %, 0 ≤ Nb ≤ 0.035 %, 0 ≤ Mo ≤ 0.1 ⁢ %, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, - annealing the steel sheet at an annealing temperature T A so as to obtain a structure comprising at least 65% of austenite and at most 35% of intercritical ferrite, - quenching the sheet from a temperature of at least 600°C at a cooling rate comprised between 20°C/s and 50°C/s down to a quenching temperature QT between 200°C and 270°C, - heating the sheet up to a partitioning temperature PT comprised between 400°C and 480°C and maintaining the sheet at this partitioning temperature PT for a partitioning time Pt comprised between 50s and 250s, - hot-dip coating the sheet at a temperature less than 515°C, - cooling the coated sheet down to the room temperature, the steel sheet having a microstructure consisting of, in surface fraction: - between 3 % and 15% of retained austenite, - at least 30% of tempered martensite, - at most 5% of fresh martensite, - at most 35% of bainite, the sum of the surface fractions of tempered martensite, fresh martensite and bainite being comprised between 55% and 92%, - between 5% and 35% of ferrite. - providing a cold-rolled steel sheet, the chemical composition of the steel containing in weight %: 0.15 ⁢ % ≤ C ≤ 0.23 ⁢ %, 2.0 % ≤ Mn ≤ 2.7 ⁢ %, with C + Mn / 10 ≥ 0.420 ⁢ %, 0 ≤ Cr ≤ 0.40 ⁢ %, with Mn + Cr ≥ 2.25 ⁢ %, 0.2 ⁢ % ≤ Si ≤ 1.6 ⁢ % 0.02 ⁢ % ≤ Al ≤ 1.2 ⁢ %, with 1.0 % ≤ Si + Al ≤ 2.2 ⁢ %, 0 ≤ Nb ≤ 0.035 %, 0 ≤ Mo ≤ 0.1 ⁢ %, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, - annealing the steel sheet at an annealing temperature T A so as to obtain a structure comprising at least 65% of austenite and at most 35% of intercritical ferrite, - quenching the sheet from a temperature of at least 600°C at a cooling rate comprised between 20°C/s and 50°C/s down to a quenching temperature QT between 200°C and 270°C, - heating the sheet up to a partitioning temperature PT comprised between 400°C and 480°C and maintaining the sheet at this partitioning temperature PT for a partitioning time Pt comprised between 50s and 250s, - hot-dip coating the sheet at a temperature less than 515°C, - cooling the coated sheet down to the room temperature, - between 3 % and 15% of retained austenite, - at least 30% of tempered martensite, - at most 5% of fresh martensite, - at most 35% of bainite, the sum of the surface fractions of tempered martensite, fresh martensite and bainite being comprised between 55% and 92%, - between 5% and 35% of ferrite.
An apparatus, comprising: a power management module arranged to determine a beacon interval and a wakeup interval; and a transceiver module arranged to send a transmission to one or more remote devices, the transmission including the beacon interval and the wakeup interval; wherein the beacon interval indicates a time interval between consecutive beacon transmissions of the apparatus; and wherein the wakeup interval indicates a time interval between when the apparatus receives two consecutive beacons from a peer device, wherein upon the apparatus entering an awake state from a doze state, the transceiver module is arranged to transmit a beacon comprising an awake window time period, the transceiver module is arranged to perform a remotely-initiated peer establishment procedure during the awake window time period, wherein perfoming the remotely-initiated peer establishment procedure comprises performing a double handshaking procedure with the remote device. a power management module arranged to determine a beacon interval and a wakeup interval; and a transceiver module arranged to send a transmission to one or more remote devices, the transmission including the beacon interval and the wakeup interval; wherein the beacon interval indicates a time interval between consecutive beacon transmissions of the apparatus; and wherein the wakeup interval indicates a time interval between when the apparatus receives two consecutive beacons from a peer device, wherein upon the apparatus entering an awake state from a doze state, the transceiver module is arranged to transmit a beacon comprising an awake window time period, the transceiver module is arranged to perform a remotely-initiated peer establishment procedure during the awake window time period, wherein perfoming the remotely-initiated peer establishment procedure comprises performing a double handshaking procedure with the remote device.
Method for separating two or more seed fractions having different seed germination energies comprising: - mixing a feed of seeds, said feed comprising seeds with at least two different densities, with a magnetic fluid, preferably an aqueous fluid, thereby obtaining a mixture; and - applying a magnetic field to said mixture such that the mixture is exposed to a magnetic gradient that generates a density gradient in the magnetic fluid wherein seeds with different densities float at different relative positions in said density gradient so as to separate two or more seed fractions with different densities. - mixing a feed of seeds, said feed comprising seeds with at least two different densities, with a magnetic fluid, preferably an aqueous fluid, thereby obtaining a mixture; and - applying a magnetic field to said mixture such that the mixture is exposed to a magnetic gradient that generates a density gradient in the magnetic fluid wherein seeds with different densities float at different relative positions in said density gradient so as to separate two or more seed fractions with different densities.
A radio frequency device comprising: a structural dielectric; an RF conductive medium on a surface of the structural dielectric for reducing RF conduction loss, the RF conductive medium comprising: a diversity of conductive media forming a plurality of continuous conductive pathways (490a-490n) in a transverse electromagnetic axis, with periodically staggered RF shorts between each of the plurality of continuous conductive pathways (490a-490n); and a suspension dielectric surrounding the plurality of continuous conductive pathways (490a-490n) in the transverse electromagnetic axis. a structural dielectric; an RF conductive medium on a surface of the structural dielectric for reducing RF conduction loss, the RF conductive medium comprising: a diversity of conductive media forming a plurality of continuous conductive pathways (490a-490n) in a transverse electromagnetic axis, with periodically staggered RF shorts between each of the plurality of continuous conductive pathways (490a-490n); and a suspension dielectric surrounding the plurality of continuous conductive pathways (490a-490n) in the transverse electromagnetic axis. a diversity of conductive media forming a plurality of continuous conductive pathways (490a-490n) in a transverse electromagnetic axis, with periodically staggered RF shorts between each of the plurality of continuous conductive pathways (490a-490n); and a suspension dielectric surrounding the plurality of continuous conductive pathways (490a-490n) in the transverse electromagnetic axis.
A method of gemstone synthesis characterized by the fact that a construction is developed in three successive transparent or translucent levels of gemstones, and, of which the middle level has an opening within which the materials of a basic composition of gemstones are placed, which in this way are covered laterally by the walls of the middle level, while the lower level and the upper level cover from the other directions the basic composition, thus ensuring the basic composition visible from all sides;
A method comprising: identifying a backup power consumption plan for controlling power consumption by network devices of a network environment from an uninterruptible power supply, UPS, of the network environment; detecting an interruption of power delivery over a main power delivery channel to the network devices (402-1, 402-2, 402-3) during operation of the network devices (402-1, 402-2, 402-3); and selectively controlling power consumption by the network devices (402-1, 402-2, 402-3) from the UPS on a per-device basis according to the backup power consumption plan in response to detecting the interruption of power delivery over the main power delivery channel to the network devices (402-1, 402-2, 402-3), the method further comprising controlling power consumption by the network devices (402-1, 402-2, 402-3) from the UPS by controlling power delivery through ports of one or more switches and/or routers coupled between the network devices (402-1, 402-2, 402-3) and the UPS on a per-port basis. identifying a backup power consumption plan for controlling power consumption by network devices of a network environment from an uninterruptible power supply, UPS, of the network environment; detecting an interruption of power delivery over a main power delivery channel to the network devices (402-1, 402-2, 402-3) during operation of the network devices (402-1, 402-2, 402-3); and selectively controlling power consumption by the network devices (402-1, 402-2, 402-3) from the UPS on a per-device basis according to the backup power consumption plan in response to detecting the interruption of power delivery over the main power delivery channel to the network devices (402-1, 402-2, 402-3), the method further comprising controlling power consumption by the network devices (402-1, 402-2, 402-3) from the UPS by controlling power delivery through ports of one or more switches and/or routers coupled between the network devices (402-1, 402-2, 402-3) and the UPS on a per-port basis.
A method for manufacturing a process apparatus for moving liquid in high temperature liquid immersion under an aggressive chemical environment and dynamic stress, wherein the process apparatus is an impeller, agitator or mixer, and wherein the method comprises the step of lining a process apparatus formed of stainless steel with rubber, characterized in that the method comprises the steps of roughening a surface of the process apparatus to a roughness of at least 10 μm Rz; and forming a passivation layer on the roughened surface of the process apparatus in an acid bath prior to lining the process apparatus comprising the passivation layer with rubber.
A code generating apparatus, comprising: a plurality of one time programming, OTP, memory cell strings, and each of the OTP memory cell strings comprising a plurality of OTP memory cells, wherein the OTP memory cell strings are respectively coupled to a plurality of bit lines (BL_n-BL_m); characterized in that said code generating apparatus further comprises: a switch, coupled to the bit lines (BL_n-BL_m); and a sense amplifier, coupled to the switch, wherein all of the plurality of OTP memory cells are programmed and the switch selects two of the bit lines (BL_n-BL_m) to respectively couple to a first input end and a second input end of the sense amplifier, and the sense amplifier senses a difference of signals on the two selected bit lines to generate an output code; and wherein, the output code is determined by an intrinsic process variation and a programming environment of the two selected OTP memory cells. a switch, coupled to the bit lines (BL_n-BL_m); and a sense amplifier, coupled to the switch, wherein all of the plurality of OTP memory cells are programmed and the switch selects two of the bit lines (BL_n-BL_m) to respectively couple to a first input end and a second input end of the sense amplifier, and the sense amplifier senses a difference of signals on the two selected bit lines to generate an output code; and wherein, the output code is determined by an intrinsic process variation and a programming environment of the two selected OTP memory cells.
A battery pack comprising a housing for containing a battery cell and a circuit board, and said battery pack being loaded and unloaded by sliding said housing in a battery mounting portion on an electronic apparatus, wherein said housing includes a pair of lock recesses (55, 56) for engagement with a lock protrusion formed to protrude from said battery mounting portion on said electronic apparatus, said pair of lock recesses provided in each of side surfaces (2c, 2d) adjacent to a mount surface for mounting to said battery mounting portion through a side edge parallel to said sliding direction of said mount surface; said housing including a detection recess for engagement with a protrusion, the protrusion formed to protrude from said battery mounting portion, the detection recess formed so as to detect whether said battery pack is able to be mounted into said battery mounting portion on said electronic apparatus, the detection recess formed between said pair of lock recesses; and one of said pair of lock recesses closer to a front surface than another one of said pair of lock recesses including an inclined surface portion for drawing in said lock protrusion, a clamped portion to be clamped between a bottom surface of said battery mounting portion and said lock protrusion through sliding of said housing in said battery mounting portion, and an orthogonal surface portion continuous with said inclined surface portion and extended in a height direction substantially orthogonal to said mount surface. wherein said housing includes a pair of lock recesses (55, 56) for engagement with a lock protrusion formed to protrude from said battery mounting portion on said electronic apparatus, said pair of lock recesses provided in each of side surfaces (2c, 2d) adjacent to a mount surface for mounting to said battery mounting portion through a side edge parallel to said sliding direction of said mount surface; said housing including a detection recess for engagement with a protrusion, the protrusion formed to protrude from said battery mounting portion, the detection recess formed so as to detect whether said battery pack is able to be mounted into said battery mounting portion on said electronic apparatus, the detection recess formed between said pair of lock recesses; and one of said pair of lock recesses closer to a front surface than another one of said pair of lock recesses including an inclined surface portion for drawing in said lock protrusion, a clamped portion to be clamped between a bottom surface of said battery mounting portion and said lock protrusion through sliding of said housing in said battery mounting portion, and an orthogonal surface portion continuous with said inclined surface portion and extended in a height direction substantially orthogonal to said mount surface.
Method for carrying out thin-layer chromatography using a device corresponding to one or more of Claims 6 to 10, wherein at least one liquid sample is applied to a separating layer, wherein a mobile phase is subsequently applied to the separating layer and brought into contact with the sample, and wherein, after a development phase, a thin-layer chromatogram arises, characterised in that the liquid sample is taken up from a sample storage container (11, 12, 13) with the aid of an autopipette using a new pipette tip (8, 9) for each sample application operation and applied to the separating layer, and in that a mobile-phase storage container filled with mobile phase is connected to the separating layer via a contact device comprising a capillary-active material.
A wireless station for attempting joining a wireless network, the wireless station comprising: logic to initialize a transmission interval to a minimum transmission interval value; logic to select a first random number with an upper limit based on the transmission interval; logic to select a beacon interval based on the selected first random number; logic to select a second random number with an upper limit based on a number of slots in the beacon interval; logic to select a slot within the selected beacon interval based on the selected second random number; and logic to trigger transmission of a join request within the selected slot of the selected beacon interval, the join request comprising an authentication request frame. logic to initialize a transmission interval to a minimum transmission interval value; logic to select a first random number with an upper limit based on the transmission interval; logic to select a beacon interval based on the selected first random number; logic to select a second random number with an upper limit based on a number of slots in the beacon interval; logic to select a slot within the selected beacon interval based on the selected second random number; and logic to trigger transmission of a join request within the selected slot of the selected beacon interval, the join request comprising an authentication request frame.
Process for the production of a composite material, by bonding a supportive layer to an upper layer made of polyurethane or flexible PVC, where the supportive layer is a textile material, e.g. woven fabric, knitted fabric or nonwoven microfibre fabric, or a leather, in particular a split cowhide leather, and the upper layer comprises, bonded to one another, a number of polyurethane layers or a number of flexible PVC layers (1', 1"), where - in the composite of upper layer and supportive layer, proceeding from the surface of the upper layer, channel-shaped cavities for the passage of water vapour and/or air are formed via ablation of material by a laser in the manner described and - at least some of the cavities penetrate the entire thickness of the material of the upper layer and/or terminate before entry into that region of the volume of the supportive layer that is free from the material of the upper layer, characterized in that the upper layer comprises mutually adjoining/successive layers made of flexible PVC or polyurethane layers (1', 1") and that during the formation of the cavities the individual layers (1', 1") of the upper layer are bonded/fused to one another by the laser in the region surrounding the cavities. - in the composite of upper layer and supportive layer, proceeding from the surface of the upper layer, channel-shaped cavities for the passage of water vapour and/or air are formed via ablation of material by a laser in the manner described and - at least some of the cavities penetrate the entire thickness of the material of the upper layer and/or terminate before entry into that region of the volume of the supportive layer that is free from the material of the upper layer, characterized in that the upper layer comprises mutually adjoining/successive layers made of flexible PVC or polyurethane layers (1', 1") and that during the formation of the cavities the individual layers (1', 1") of the upper layer are bonded/fused to one another by the laser in the region surrounding the cavities.