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A fitting assembly for attachment to an open end of a pipe, the fitting assembly comprising a nipple formed about an axis and a clamp and the pipe being fitted with its open end facing axially rearwardly over the nipple and the clamp being adapted to circumferentially loosely fit over the pipe where the pipe fits over the nipple, the nipple comprising a forward head, a rear limit and a neck portion therebetween and the nipple comprising on the neck portion a seal and a barb means that is located rear to the seal, the seal and the barb means being adapted to contact an inner face of the pipe and the clamp having an axial extension (Lc) that is sized to overlie the barb means and the seal so that it can be tightened to press the pipe against the barb means and the seal in a detachable manner permitting detachment and re-attachment of the clamp against the nipple, the limit projecting above the seal and barb means in a direction away from the axis, and the pipe r when being fitted over the nipple can be urged rearwardly up to a terminal position where its rear end is at the limit, the fitting assembly being characterized in that the axial extension of the clamp is sized to overlie the seal and the barb means when the clamp is within the axial dimension of the neck portion and is fitted to the pipe and nipple with its rear end at the limit, and wherein the head tapers forwardly from a peripheral rim and the pipe when fitted on the nipple forms a bulge where it is seated on the rim, and the axial extension of the clamp is also sized to overlie the seal and the barb means when the clamp is within the axial dimension of the neck portion and is fitted to the pipe and nipple with its forward end at the bulge and rim.
A method of making a piston, comprising: preparing a piston blank having a cast upper crown with an as-cast top surface and an as-cast combustion bowl; and characterized by machining the piston by establishing the as-cast top surface or as-cast combustion bowl as a datum surface and then machining at least a portion of the piston other than the as-cast top surface or the as-cast combustion bowl, said machining operations being performed by a machine tool, subsequently detaching the piston from the machine tool and clamping it to the same or a different machine tool along the outer diameter of the skirt portion of the piston, locating a surface of the skirt portion, and establishing that surface of the skirt portion as a second datum plane for machining at least a least one of the ring grooves and at least one land area adjacent to the ring grooves based on the second datum plane. preparing a piston blank having a cast upper crown with an as-cast top surface and an as-cast combustion bowl; and characterized by machining the piston by establishing the as-cast top surface or as-cast combustion bowl as a datum surface and then machining at least a portion of the piston other than the as-cast top surface or the as-cast combustion bowl, said machining operations being performed by a machine tool, subsequently detaching the piston from the machine tool and clamping it to the same or a different machine tool along the outer diameter of the skirt portion of the piston, locating a surface of the skirt portion, and establishing that surface of the skirt portion as a second datum plane for machining at least a least one of the ring grooves and at least one land area adjacent to the ring grooves based on the second datum plane.
A sensing device for a construction element for a toy construction set, said sensing device comprising a carrier (3, 6) comprising a top surface provided with a series of top coils with their axes functionally parallel, a bottom surface with a series of bottom coils at a distance from said top coils and with their axes functionally aligned with said top coils, the sensing device further comprising a data processor functionally coupled with a memory for storing a status of each of said top and bottom coils (5, 8), said data processor functionally coupled with said top and bottom coils (5, 8) for controlling an electrical current through each of said top and bottom coils (5, 8) and for recording changes of current in each of said top and bottom coils (5, 8), allowing detection of alignment of at least one coil of another, similar sensing device with a coil (5, 8) of said sensing device, wherein said data processor comprises a computer program which, when running on said data processor, controls a current through each of said top and bottom coils (5, 8), reads a current through each of said top and bottom coils (5, 8), and from a change of said current and a level of said current calculates a status for each of said top and bottom coils (5, 8), and stores said status for each coil in said memory.
A method of manufacturing an aerodynamic shell part for a wind turbine blade, the aerodynamic shell part comprising a recess for arrangement and connection of a spar cap within said recess, said method comprising the steps of: a) providing a first mould part having a first forming surface that defines a part of an exterior of the aerodynamic shell part, b) laying up fibre-reinforcement material and also sandwich core material (167,169) in the first mould on the first forming surface, c) arranging one or more inserts (190,196,198) having an exterior shape corresponding to at least sides of the recess of the aerodynamic shell part, d) supplying resin to said fibre-reinforcement material and sandwich core material, e) curing or preconsolidating the resin, and f) removing the one or more inserts. a) providing a first mould part having a first forming surface that defines a part of an exterior of the aerodynamic shell part, b) laying up fibre-reinforcement material and also sandwich core material (167,169) in the first mould on the first forming surface, c) arranging one or more inserts (190,196,198) having an exterior shape corresponding to at least sides of the recess of the aerodynamic shell part, d) supplying resin to said fibre-reinforcement material and sandwich core material, e) curing or preconsolidating the resin, and f) removing the one or more inserts.
A packaging system comprising at least three layers of material, wherein at least two adjacent layers of material are welded together thereby forming an inner system defining at least one compartment, said compartment extending around at least a part of a central area of said two adjacent layers of material, and said compartment being closed by a valve means, and wherein the at least third layer extends above or below at least the central area of the two adjacent layers, characterized in that the central area is capable of adapting to changes in geometry through deformation sites or through at least two holes.
A bandwidth management method, characterized in that, applicable to at least two first network devices and a second network device, wherein the at least two first network devices share a transmission channel to perform data transmission with the second network device, the method comprising: sending, by the first network devices, traffic information in real-time to the second network device; and receiving, by the first network devices, adjusted transmission bandwidth information sent by the second network device, and performing the data transmission based on the adjusted transmission bandwidth, wherein the adjusted transmission bandwidth is obtained by the second network device through adjusting transmission bandwidth of the at least two first network devices according to the traffic information and a preset adjustment rule; wherein the adjusting the transmission bandwidth of the at least two first network devices according to the traffic information and the preset adjustment rule comprises: reducing the transmission bandwidth from a first network device being light-loaded of the at least two first network devices according to the traffic information; and allocating the reduced transmission bandwidth to a first network device being congested of the at least two first network devices according to the traffic information. sending, by the first network devices, traffic information in real-time to the second network device; and receiving, by the first network devices, adjusted transmission bandwidth information sent by the second network device, and performing the data transmission based on the adjusted transmission bandwidth, wherein the adjusted transmission bandwidth is obtained by the second network device through adjusting transmission bandwidth of the at least two first network devices according to the traffic information and a preset adjustment rule; wherein the adjusting the transmission bandwidth of the at least two first network devices according to the traffic information and the preset adjustment rule comprises: reducing the transmission bandwidth from a first network device being light-loaded of the at least two first network devices according to the traffic information; and allocating the reduced transmission bandwidth to a first network device being congested of the at least two first network devices according to the traffic information. reducing the transmission bandwidth from a first network device being light-loaded of the at least two first network devices according to the traffic information; and allocating the reduced transmission bandwidth to a first network device being congested of the at least two first network devices according to the traffic information.
A method for controlling the reversing of the direction of rotation of a hydraulic motor, if applicable for rotating a fan for cooling a radiator associated with a heat engine of a motor vehicle, characterized in that the reversal of the direction of rotation of the hydraulic motor is controlled such that the speed goes through a predetermined low intermediate rotation speed step with a predetermined duration.
Metal sheet pile comprising in cross-section a central web bordered by outwardly inclined flanges (3, 4), the extremities of which are inclined at an angle α of at least 97° with respect to the neutral axis P 1 of the metal sheet pile and are extended by an interlock (8, 9) comprising consecutively: - A bottom part, convexly extending outward from the extremity of the inclined flange, comprising an internal side and an external side separated by a radial thickness T 1, the internal side extending along a first portion of circle whose center lies in a plane P 2 perpendicular to plane P 1 and whose radius of curvature R 1 satisfies inequation (i): 1.5 ≤ R 1 / T 1 ≤ 5 and the external side extending along a second portion of circle whose center lies in plane P 2 and whose radius of curvature R2 is at least equal to R1+T1, - A finger of substantially triangular cross-section, extending upward from the bottom part, pointing towards the inclined flange, having a projected width W 1 on plane P 1, the fingertip being separated from the inclined flange by distance W 2, W 1 and W 2 satisfying the inequation (ii): 1.2 ≤ W 1 / W 2 ≤ 1.7 - A bottom part, convexly extending outward from the extremity of the inclined flange, comprising an internal side and an external side separated by a radial thickness T 1, the internal side extending along a first portion of circle whose center lies in a plane P 2 perpendicular to plane P 1 and whose radius of curvature R 1 satisfies inequation (i): 1.5 ≤ R 1 / T 1 ≤ 5 and the external side extending along a second portion of circle whose center lies in plane P 2 and whose radius of curvature R2 is at least equal to R1+T1, - A finger of substantially triangular cross-section, extending upward from the bottom part, pointing towards the inclined flange, having a projected width W 1 on plane P 1, the fingertip being separated from the inclined flange by distance W 2, W 1 and W 2 satisfying the inequation (ii): 1.2 ≤ W 1 / W 2 ≤ 1.7
A method of imaging an interior of a turbid medium, comprising the following steps: a) accommodation of the turbid medium inside a measurement volume bounded by a receptacle comprising a plurality of source positions distributed around the measurement volume, wherein a matching medium surrounds the turbid medium inside the measurement volume; b) successive irradiation of the turbid medium with light from a light source from the plurality of source positions relative to the turbid medium; c) acquisition of detector signals by detection of light issuing from the measurement volume from a plurality of detection positions distributed around the measurement volume as a result of said successive irradiation of the turbid medium; d) amplification of the detector signals for each source position -detection position pair of said plurality of source positions and said plurality of detection positions using multi-gain amplification units, with each unit being set to a selected amplification factor, wherein the amplification factor for at least one source position -detection position pair is selected on the basis of an estimate of expected electrical signal strength, and wherein the estimate of expected electrical signal strength is based on a measurement of signal strength for a single source position and all detection positions, or is based on a measurement of signal strength for at least two neighboring source positions and all detection positions and extrapolating the difference between the selected amplification factors corresponding to the neighboring source positions. a) accommodation of the turbid medium inside a measurement volume bounded by a receptacle comprising a plurality of source positions distributed around the measurement volume, wherein a matching medium surrounds the turbid medium inside the measurement volume; b) successive irradiation of the turbid medium with light from a light source from the plurality of source positions relative to the turbid medium; c) acquisition of detector signals by detection of light issuing from the measurement volume from a plurality of detection positions distributed around the measurement volume as a result of said successive irradiation of the turbid medium; d) amplification of the detector signals for each source position -detection position pair of said plurality of source positions and said plurality of detection positions using multi-gain amplification units, with each unit being set to a selected amplification factor,
A radar system configured for detecting profiles of objects within an environment, the radar system comprising: a master clock signal generator configured to generate a master clock signal having a frequency f; a sampling frequency generator configured to use the master clock signal to generate a sampling frequency output signal having a frequency ƒ s = ƒ m, where m is an integer; a transmission signal generator configured to use the master clock signal to generate a transmission signal RF out for transmission at a frequency f 0 = pf where p is an integer; a direct digital synthesiser configured to receive the sampling frequency output signal to produce a synthesiser output signal defined by n. ƒ s + ƒ s 4, where n is an integer; an up-converter comprising a quadrature mixer, single-side mixer or complex mixer configured to receive the transmission signal RF out and mix it with the synthesiser output signal to produce an up-converter output ƒ 0 + n. ƒ s + ƒ s 4; a down-converter comprising a passive double balanced mixer configured to mix the up-converter output ƒ 0 + n. ƒ s + ƒ s 4 with a received signal RF in, wherein RF in comprises the transmission signal RF out as reflected by the environment, and thereby to restore n. ƒ s + ƒ s 4 as a down-converter output; a digitiser configured to receive the down-converter output and to sample the down-converter output at a frequency of f s to produce thereby a digitised output; a processor configured to receive the digitised output and provide it to radar data interpretation software for translating the output into an indication of profiles of objects in the environment. a master clock signal generator configured to generate a master clock signal having a frequency f; a sampling frequency generator configured to use the master clock signal to generate a sampling frequency output signal having a frequency ƒ s = ƒ m, where m is an integer; a transmission signal generator configured to use the master clock signal to generate a transmission signal RF out for transmission at a frequency f 0 = pf where p is an integer; a direct digital synthesiser configured to receive the sampling frequency output signal to produce a synthesiser output signal defined by n. ƒ s + ƒ s 4, where n is an integer; an up-converter comprising a quadrature mixer, single-side mixer or complex mixer configured to receive the transmission signal RF out and mix it with the synthesiser output signal to produce an up-converter output ƒ 0 + n. ƒ s + ƒ s 4; a down-converter comprising a passive double balanced mixer configured to mix the up-converter output ƒ 0 + n. ƒ s + ƒ s 4 with a received signal RF in, wherein RF in comprises the transmission signal RF out as reflected by the environment, and thereby to restore n. ƒ s + ƒ s 4 as a down-converter output; a digitiser configured to receive the down-converter output and to sample the down-converter output at a frequency of f s to produce thereby a digitised output; a processor configured to receive the digitised output and provide it to radar data interpretation software for translating the output into an indication of profiles of objects in the environment.
A method for physical processing and/or heating of media, in particular of liquids in a body of an excitation device, wherein the medium in its entirety, or only a portion thereof, is subjected to ionization and/or polarization and simultaneously to an electromagnetic interaction or is exposed multiple times to such action, and in the molecule of the medium and between its molecules, force bonds are attenuated, or change, or are weakly bonded in the supermolecular structure, which leads to a change in the physical and/or chemical properties of the medium and is expressed in the fluidity, surface tension, absorption, rate of heat consumption and heat transfer, and thermal content/enthalpy, depending on the type of medium, characterized in that the process medium is enriched by the laser effect as a further type of energy, which is located either directly in the body or outside the body.
A user equipment, comprising: a communications interface; and a processing circuit coupled to the communications interface, the processing circuit adapted to: receive a transmission via the communications interface, wherein the transmission is sent using transmission diversity, wherein the transmission is received prior to completing uplink and downlink synchronization with a device from which the transmission was sent; calculate a plurality of signal-to-interference ratio estimates for the received transmission, wherein each signal-to-interference ratio estimate is calculated using a different weight factor for the transmission; and select, from among the plurality of signal-to-interference ratio estimates, a signal-to-interference ratio estimate to be employed for the received transmission. a communications interface; and a processing circuit coupled to the communications interface, the processing circuit adapted to: receive a transmission via the communications interface, wherein the transmission is sent using transmission diversity, wherein the transmission is received prior to completing uplink and downlink synchronization with a device from which the transmission was sent; calculate a plurality of signal-to-interference ratio estimates for the received transmission, wherein each signal-to-interference ratio estimate is calculated using a different weight factor for the transmission; and select, from among the plurality of signal-to-interference ratio estimates, a signal-to-interference ratio estimate to be employed for the received transmission. receive a transmission via the communications interface, wherein the transmission is sent using transmission diversity, wherein the transmission is received prior to completing uplink and downlink synchronization with a device from which the transmission was sent; calculate a plurality of signal-to-interference ratio estimates for the received transmission, wherein each signal-to-interference ratio estimate is calculated using a different weight factor for the transmission; and select, from among the plurality of signal-to-interference ratio estimates, a signal-to-interference ratio estimate to be employed for the received transmission.
A method of making a semi-compliant balloon for a catheter, comprising a) extruding a tubular product having a first outer diameter and a first inner diameter, formed at least in part of a block copolymer; b) heating the tubular product at a first elevated temperature by displacing a heating member along a length of the tubular product at a first rate to apply heat to portions of the tubular product adjacent to the heating member, and radially expanding the tubular product to a second outer diameter; c) heating the expanded tubular product at a second elevated temperature not less than the first elevated temperature by displacing the heating member along a length of the tubular product at a second rate to apply heat to portions of the tubular product adjacent to the heating member, wherein the first rate is greater than the second rate; and d) cooling the expanded tubular product to form the semi-compliant balloon. a) extruding a tubular product having a first outer diameter and a first inner diameter, formed at least in part of a block copolymer; b) heating the tubular product at a first elevated temperature by displacing a heating member along a length of the tubular product at a first rate to apply heat to portions of the tubular product adjacent to the heating member, and radially expanding the tubular product to a second outer diameter; c) heating the expanded tubular product at a second elevated temperature not less than the first elevated temperature by displacing the heating member along a length of the tubular product at a second rate to apply heat to portions of the tubular product adjacent to the heating member, wherein the first rate is greater than the second rate; and d) cooling the expanded tubular product to form the semi-compliant balloon.
Flooring comprising a decorative pattern representing a natural flooring element to be imitated, the said flooring being in the form of a strip, the length of which corresponds to the length of at least two of the said natural flooring elements to be imitated, the said pattern of the at least two natural decoration elements being separated by a pattern imitating a joint connecting the said natural decoration elements, characterized in that: the flooring is synthetic; the strip is packed in the form of a roll; the width of the strip corresponds to the width of the said natural flooring element to be imitated; and the width of the strip is between 10 cm and 50 cm, and the length of the said strip is between 4 m and 30 m. the flooring is synthetic; the strip is packed in the form of a roll; the width of the strip corresponds to the width of the said natural flooring element to be imitated; and the width of the strip is between 10 cm and 50 cm, and the length of the said strip is between 4 m and 30 m.
A power injection system for delivering electrical power to one or more communications connections in a network (42, 43), comprising a power control system for controlling the power to be delivered to the or each connection by the power injection system, characterised by a monitor (53, 54) for measuring the amplitude of signals present on the line, and an injector arranged to be controlled by the monitor such that it delivers an injected line voltage, such that the sum of the injected line voltage and signal amplitude complies with a predetermined voltage limit for the line.