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A minimally invasive surgical system for securing a pedicle screw or lateral mass screw to a vertebral lateral mass or thoracic or lumbar pedicle, the system comprising: a MIS apparatus comprising: an instrument portal comprising a first proximal end, a first distal end, and a first elongated member, the first elongated member comprising a first cylindrical bore having a first diameter, wherein the first elongated member and the first cylindrical bore extend from the first distal end to the first proximal end of the instruments portal; an anchor pin receiving chamber fixed in parallel to the instrument portal comprising a second proximal end, a second distal end, and a second elongated member comprising a second cylindrical bore, the second cylindrical bore having a second diameter, wherein the second cylindrical bore extends from the second distal end to the second proximal end, and wherein the second diameter is smaller than the first diameter; and a handle depending from a surface of the instrument portal or a surface of the anchor pin receiving chamber; characterized in that the MIS apparatus further comprises a drill guide reducer configured to be inserted into the instrument portal, the drill guide reducer comprising an elongated cylindrical member having an outside diameter sized to fit within the instrument portal and an inner diameter sized to fit a diameter of a drill guide. a MIS apparatus comprising: an instrument portal comprising a first proximal end, a first distal end, and a first elongated member, the first elongated member comprising a first cylindrical bore having a first diameter, wherein the first elongated member and the first cylindrical bore extend from the first distal end to the first proximal end of the instruments portal; an anchor pin receiving chamber fixed in parallel to the instrument portal comprising a second proximal end, a second distal end, and a second elongated member comprising a second cylindrical bore, the second cylindrical bore having a second diameter, wherein the second cylindrical bore extends from the second distal end to the second proximal end, and wherein the second diameter is smaller than the first diameter; and a handle depending from a surface of the instrument portal or a surface of the anchor pin receiving chamber; characterized in that the MIS apparatus further comprises a drill guide reducer configured to be inserted into the instrument portal, the drill guide reducer comprising an elongated cylindrical member having an outside diameter sized to fit within the instrument portal and an inner diameter sized to fit a diameter of a drill guide.
Transceiver device, associating first and second transceiver modules (14, 16) with a transceiver means comprising a radiating element substantially planar and having a central point, the transceiver means being a patch antenna, each transceiver module being a transceiver module coupled to the transceiver means so as to excite a pair of excitation points (P1, P2; P3, P4) of the radiating element, the excitation points of one pair being arranged symmetrically with respect to the central point of the radiating element, the first and second transceiver modules being configured to excite respectively a first pair of excitation points arranged in a first direction of the radiating element, while a second pair of excitation points is arranged in a second direction of the radiating element, the first and second directions being mutually orthogonal, characterized in that the first and second transceiver modules (14, 16) are realized in a MMIC technology, on the same substrate so as to constitute a unique circuit, said circuit being integrated at the rear of the transceiver means of said transceiver device, and in that the first and second transceiver modules (14, 16) respectively comprise a controlled switch (124, 126) allowing alternation of the mode of operation of the module in transmission and reception, a common control signal (Sc) being applied to the controlled switches of the first and second transceiver modules (14, 16), and in that each of the first and second transceiver modules (14, 16) is coupled directly to the transceiver means by a pair of power supply lines (31, 32; 33, 34), a free end of each line is coupled to an excitation point of the radiating element.
An inkjet service station, comprising: a first slide rail; a service stage disposed on the first slide rail; a service stage extension coupled to the service stage; a second slide rail disposed on the service stage extension; and a catch tray disposed on the second slide rail, the catch tray characterized by comprising: a vacuum knife disposed in the catch tray; a cleaning head disposed in the catch tray, the cleaning head operable to form a liquid bubble; and a leak sensor disposed at the bottom of the catch tray and operable to detect overflow in the catch tray of service fluids or inkjet materials. a first slide rail; a service stage disposed on the first slide rail; a service stage extension coupled to the service stage; a second slide rail disposed on the service stage extension; and a catch tray disposed on the second slide rail, the catch tray characterized by comprising: a vacuum knife disposed in the catch tray; a cleaning head disposed in the catch tray, the cleaning head operable to form a liquid bubble; and a leak sensor disposed at the bottom of the catch tray and operable to detect overflow in the catch tray of service fluids or inkjet materials. a vacuum knife disposed in the catch tray; a cleaning head disposed in the catch tray, the cleaning head operable to form a liquid bubble; and a leak sensor disposed at the bottom of the catch tray and operable to detect overflow in the catch tray of service fluids or inkjet materials.
An apparatus for measuring precipitation by means of radar, with a patch antenna configured to transmit and receive radar waves, and a dielectric lens; wherein the patch antenna is oriented toward the dielectric lens in such a way that radar waves emitted by the patch antenna pass through the dielectric lens; wherein the dielectric lens is configured as such and oriented relative toward the patch antenna that wavefronts emitted by the patch antenna are formed into essentially plane wavefronts when passing through the dielectric lens; that the patch antenna is arranged in a focal point of the dielectric lens or a circular waveguide is arranged between the patch antenna and the dielectric lens; that the dielectric lens is oriented with its optical axis essentially in the direction of the gravitational force; and that the apparatus furthermore comprises a radome, which is arranged on the antenna-remote side of the dielectric lens and partially encloses the dielectric lens.
A liftgate for an SUV vehicle comprising: a liftgate formed with a thermoplastic which is overmolded around preselected reinforcements at stress points, such as a corner area, which includes at least a pair of separate reinforcement plates (14, 18) and wherein a 3-dimensional reinforcement bracket is assembled after an overmolding process and connected between said pair of separate reinforcements (14, 18).
Method for the production of beer comprising fermenting a wort in the presence of a proline-specific protease followed by a maturation phase and stabilisation phase, wherein the stabilisation phase has a duration of less than 5 days.
An ultrasonic flaw detector comprising: a calibration area including a first calibration area and a second calibration area, in each of which a calibration standard sample (21A; 21B) is disposed; a flaw detection area in which an inspection object is disposed, said flaw detection area being formed to be interposed between the first calibration area and the second calibration area; a first flaw detection head including a probe and being configured to perform calibration by scanning the calibration standard sample disposed in the first calibration area; a second flaw detection head including a probe and being configured to perform calibration by scanning the calibration standard sample disposed in the second calibration area; a moving mechanism (40A, 40B) that is configured to cause the first flaw detection head and the second flaw detection head to perform scanning; and a controller configured to control the detector to perform a first calibration process being a process of causing the first flaw detection head to perform calibration, a second calibration process being a process of causing the second flaw detection head to perform calibration, and a first flaw detection process of performing ultrasonic flaw detection inspection of the inspection object by the first flaw detection head, wherein the controller is further enabled to execute a control by which the second calibration process is performed while the first flaw detection process is performed or while the first calibration process is performed. a calibration area including a first calibration area and a second calibration area, in each of which a calibration standard sample (21A; 21B) is disposed; a flaw detection area in which an inspection object is disposed, said flaw detection area being formed to be interposed between the first calibration area and the second calibration area; a first flaw detection head including a probe and being configured to perform calibration by scanning the calibration standard sample disposed in the first calibration area; a second flaw detection head including a probe and being configured to perform calibration by scanning the calibration standard sample disposed in the second calibration area; a moving mechanism (40A, 40B) that is configured to cause the first flaw detection head and the second flaw detection head to perform scanning; and a controller configured to control the detector to perform a first calibration process being a process of causing the first flaw detection head to perform calibration, a second calibration process being a process of causing the second flaw detection head to perform calibration, and a first flaw detection process of performing ultrasonic flaw detection inspection of the inspection object by the first flaw detection head, wherein the controller is further enabled to execute a control by which the second calibration process is performed while the first flaw detection process is performed or while the first calibration process is performed.
An arrangement for an electronic locking system, the arrangement comprising: - an actuating element arranged to perform an actuating procedure by means of manual manipulation by a user; - an electromagnetic generator comprising a stator and a rotor, the rotor being arranged to be rotationally driven relative to the stator at least temporarily during the actuating procedure by movement of the actuating element to thereby generate electric energy; and - an electronic control system arranged to be electrically powered by the generator; characterized in that the control system is arranged to control a load of the generator to change in order to provide haptic feedback in the actuating element at least temporarily during the actuating procedure. - an actuating element arranged to perform an actuating procedure by means of manual manipulation by a user; - an electromagnetic generator comprising a stator and a rotor, the rotor being arranged to be rotationally driven relative to the stator at least temporarily during the actuating procedure by movement of the actuating element to thereby generate electric energy; and - an electronic control system arranged to be electrically powered by the generator;
A dentifrice composition comprising: (a) 50% to 60% of water by weight of the composition; (b) 25% to 60%, preferably 27% to 47% of a calcium-containing abrasive by weight of the composition, preferably wherein the calcium-containing abrasive is calcium carbonate; (c) 0.1% to 15%, preferably from 1% to 10%, of a polyethylene glycol by weight of the composition, wherein the PEG has a range of average molecular weight from 500 to 700 Daltons, preferably from 550 to 650 Daltons; and (d) 0.001% to 5% of a flavorant composition by weight of the dentifrice composition. (a) 50% to 60% of water by weight of the composition; (b) 25% to 60%, preferably 27% to 47% of a calcium-containing abrasive by weight of the composition, preferably wherein the calcium-containing abrasive is calcium carbonate; (c) 0.1% to 15%, preferably from 1% to 10%, of a polyethylene glycol by weight of the composition, wherein the PEG has a range of average molecular weight from 500 to 700 Daltons, preferably from 550 to 650 Daltons; and (d) 0.001% to 5% of a flavorant composition by weight of the dentifrice composition.
A device comprising a casing and a cover, wherein the casing comprises a bottom and walls forming an interior chamber, wherein the cover is releasably connected to the casing by means of a latching mechanism having first and second interacting latching parts (20, 21), at least one of said latching parts (20, 21) being displaceable in relation to the other, and wherein one of said casing walls is formed with a through slot for receiving a portion of a hand-held object for operating the displaceable latching part (20, 21), characterised in that said slot is arranged with a first dimension (x) and a second dimension (y) adapted for receiving a portion of a handheld object in the form of a rectangular plastic card in an insert direction (z) through the slot, and one of said first and second latching parts (20, 21) is displaceable at least partially in the insert direction (z) and comprises an actuating portion extending inside the chamber for engaging a corner portion of said rectangular card when inserted through the slot to release the latching mechanism. said slot is arranged with a first dimension (x) and a second dimension (y) adapted for receiving a portion of a handheld object in the form of a rectangular plastic card in an insert direction (z) through the slot, and one of said first and second latching parts (20, 21) is displaceable at least partially in the insert direction (z) and comprises an actuating portion extending inside the chamber for engaging a corner portion of said rectangular card when inserted through the slot to release the latching mechanism.
Method for serially transmitting data in a bus system having at least two bus subscribers which interchange messages via the bus, the transmitted messages having a logical structure according to the ISO 11898-1 CAN standard, characterized in that, when a first identification is present, the control field of the messages comprises more than six bits in a manner differing from the ISO 11898-1 CAN standard, and, when the first identification is present, the data field of the messages may comprise more than eight bytes in a manner differing from the ISO 11898-1 CAN standard, in which case, in order to determine the size of the data field, the values of the four bits of the data length code are interpreted in a manner at least partially differing from the ISO 11898-1 CAN standard, and in that, when a second identification is present, the bit length for at least one predefined or predefinable area inside the message assumes a value which is shortened in comparison with the bit length used before the presence of the second identification, the area beginning at the earliest with the second identification and ending at the latest with the CRC delimiter, the second identification occurring only when the first identification is present and being effected in the control field of the messages which comprises more than six bits in a manner differing from the ISO 11898-1 CAN standard.
A method for controlling writing of data (415, 416) to a data storage card having a device controller and a storage medium, wherein the storage medium includes one or more instances of non-volatile memory, wherein each memory instance is split into equal sized NAND blocks and each NAND block is split into NAND pages, wherein the NAND pages are basic unit of read or write to the memory instance, the method comprising: - the device controller receiving a meta data synchronization disable command (303, 411) and entering a first mode in response, wherein the device controller does not synchronize meta data related to a data write request for writing the data (415, 416), wherein the data (415, 416) comprises Multimedia Card, MMC, data blocks and the NAND pages are split into MMC data blocks, to the storage medium, leaving corresponding unsynchronized meta data; and when the device controller receives a data write request, thereafter for writing the data, the device controller effecting the data write request, wherein the data (415, 516) are written on the storage medium but the meta data related to the data write request is not synchronized to the storage medium. - the device controller receiving a meta data synchronization disable command (303, 411) and entering a first mode in response, wherein the device controller does not synchronize meta data related to a data write request for writing the data (415, 416), wherein the data (415, 416) comprises Multimedia Card, MMC, data blocks and the NAND pages are split into MMC data blocks, to the storage medium, leaving corresponding unsynchronized meta data; and when the device controller receives a data write request, thereafter for writing the data, the device controller effecting the data write request, wherein the data (415, 516) are written on the storage medium but the meta data related to the data write request is not synchronized to the storage medium.
A method for performing a simulation of aircraft networks, the method comprising: identifying characteristics of components of the aircraft networks, wherein the aircraft networks include a first set of networks (148, 150) within a plurality of aircraft (136, 138) and a second set of networks (142, 144, 146) configured for communication between the plurality of aircraft (136, 138); generating virtual implementations of the components based on the characteristics of the components; performing the simulation of the aircraft networks that includes the virtual implementations of the components processing virtual flight test data generated by the virtual implementations of the components; comparing the virtual flight test data for the components in the aircraft networks to actual flight test data from the components in the aircraft networks to form a comparison, wherein the virtual flight test data comprises data generated by virtual implementations of the first set of networks (148,150) and the second set of networks (142,144,146); and modifying the characteristics of the components based on the comparison. identifying characteristics of components of the aircraft networks, wherein the aircraft networks include a first set of networks (148, 150) within a plurality of aircraft (136, 138) and a second set of networks (142, 144, 146) configured for communication between the plurality of aircraft (136, 138); generating virtual implementations of the components based on the characteristics of the components; performing the simulation of the aircraft networks that includes the virtual implementations of the components processing virtual flight test data generated by the virtual implementations of the components; comparing the virtual flight test data for the components in the aircraft networks to actual flight test data from the components in the aircraft networks to form a comparison, wherein the virtual flight test data comprises data generated by virtual implementations of the first set of networks (148,150) and the second set of networks (142,144,146); and modifying the characteristics of the components based on the comparison.
A footboard support for a motor scooter, having with at least one receiving and/or protective function which goes further than being a footboard receptacle, wherein the protective function is ensured by at least one lateral impact protection device formed laterally thereon, viewed in the direction of travel, which device is designed to cover a lateral surface of the motor scooter at least in portions, characterised in that the lateral impact protection device has a large number of honeycombs.
A power supply circuit, comprising: a first regulator configured to generate a first output signal (VOUT1) according to an input signal, wherein a voltage value of the first output signal (VOUT1) starts increasing when the input signal is equal to a first voltage threshold value in a power-on stage (P_ON) and the voltage value of the first output signal (VOUT1) starts deceasing when the input signal is equal to the first voltage threshold value in a power-off stage (P_OFF); and a second regulator configured to be enabled according to the first output signal (VOUT1) to generate a second output signal (VOUT2) according to the input signal when the first output voltage increases to a third voltage threshold value, and wherein a voltage value of the second output signal (VOUT2) decreases according to the input signal and a second voltage threshold value at the power-off stage (P_OFF), wherein the second voltage threshold value is greater than the first voltage threshold value, wherein a maximum voltage value of the first output signal (VOUT1) is less than a maximum voltage value of the second output signal (VOUT2), wherein the second regulator is controlled to stop operating and the voltage value of the second output signal (VOUT2) is pulled down through a series connection of a transistor and a resistor if a voltage value of the input signal is equal to or less than the second voltage threshold value in the power-off stage (P_OFF), wherein the second voltage threshold value is an under voltage lockout voltage of the second regulator. a first regulator configured to generate a first output signal (VOUT1) according to an input signal, wherein a voltage value of the first output signal (VOUT1) starts increasing when the input signal is equal to a first voltage threshold value in a power-on stage (P_ON) and the voltage value of the first output signal (VOUT1) starts deceasing when the input signal is equal to the first voltage threshold value in a power-off stage (P_OFF); and a second regulator configured to be enabled according to the first output signal (VOUT1) to generate a second output signal (VOUT2) according to the input signal when the first output voltage increases to a third voltage threshold value, and wherein a voltage value of the second output signal (VOUT2) decreases according to the input signal and a second voltage threshold value at the power-off stage (P_OFF), wherein the second voltage threshold value is greater than the first voltage threshold value, wherein a maximum voltage value of the first output signal (VOUT1) is less than a maximum voltage value of the second output signal (VOUT2), wherein the second regulator is controlled to stop operating and the voltage value of the second output signal (VOUT2) is pulled down through a series connection of a transistor and a resistor if a voltage value of the input signal is equal to or less than the second voltage threshold value in the power-off stage (P_OFF), wherein the second voltage threshold value is an under voltage lockout voltage of the second regulator.