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A self-calibration method for self-calibrating a device for counting revolutions of a wheel by means of a first detector device and a second detector device successively supplying a signal concerning detection of a target secured to the wheel, a counter unit being connected to the detector devices and being arranged, for each of the detector devices, to produce a presence signal when the detection signal lies within a first signal range of strong signals, to produce an absence signal when the detection signal lies in a second signal range of weak signals, and to produce an indeterminate signal when the detection by the detector device lies in a third range; the method including, for each detector device, a self-calibration step during which, when the counter unit produces an indeterminate signal, the width of the first range and/or of the second range of the detector device is modified as a function of the most recent signal determined for the detector device, of the detection signal of the other detector device, and of the most recent signal determined for the other detector device. the method including, for each detector device, a self-calibration step during which, when the counter unit produces an indeterminate signal, the width of the first range and/or of the second range of the detector device is modified as a function of the most recent signal determined for the detector device, of the detection signal of the other detector device, and of the most recent signal determined for the other detector device.
Procedure for optical network survival against multiple failures, comprising using a pre-planned path restoration scheme for computing in advance, or pre-calculating, recovery paths for recovering failed working paths, characterised in that in case of single or multiple failures have been produced in each of said working paths it comprises: pre-calculating a set of recovery paths for each working path linking an origin node with a destination node, simultaneously using the recovery paths of said set of recovery paths to try to communicate, said origin node with said destination node, by means of simultaneously sending different request recovery messages through said recovery paths; and selecting at said destination node, the recovery paths to be used depending on said different request recovery messages sent. pre-calculating a set of recovery paths for each working path linking an origin node with a destination node, simultaneously using the recovery paths of said set of recovery paths to try to communicate, said origin node with said destination node, by means of simultaneously sending different request recovery messages through said recovery paths; and selecting at said destination node, the recovery paths to be used depending on said different request recovery messages sent.
An antenna for transmitting or receiving electromagnetic waves and being an illumination source for a single or dual reflector antenna system, the antenna comprising several electric dipoles, wherein the dipoles are arranged in pairs of parallel and oppositely located dipoles, and in such a way that the geometrical centres of each dipole pair are at least approximately coinciding, and that the dipoles are located above a conducting body acting as a ground plane, the lengths of the dipoles and the spacing between the dipoles increasing along feed lines away from a central region of the antenna, the spacing increasing by a constant frequency-independent factor, wherein each dipole comprises two oppositely directed conducting arms with a feed gap between them, each arm comprising two conducting lines that are connected at the outer end whereas the inner end at a feed gap is connected with the inner end of the closest line of a neighbouring inner or outer dipole arm, so that one set of dipoles with feed lines are formed by two opposing serpentine-shaped lines, that the two dipoles of each pair are radiating or receiving with approximately the same amplitude and phase, and that at least some of said dipole pairs have different dimensions or orientations, wherein the dipoles are V-shaped or curved.
A portable communication device (100, 200, 300, 400) comprising: a housing (101, 201, 301, 401) including a metal housing member at least partially forming an outer side surface of the portable communication device, a seating groove (131, 415, 531) formed in the metal housing member, the metal housing member including a first metal portion and a second metal portion; a resin member including a first portion (203, 303) formed in the seating groove of the metal housing member and a second portion formed between the first metal portion and the second metal portion; and a window glass forming at least a part of an outer surface of the portable communication device, wherein the first portion (203, 303) of the resin member is partially exposed to an outside of the portable communication device between the metal housing member and the window glass and the second portion of the resin member is partially exposed to the outside of the portable communication device between the first metal portion and the second metal portion. a housing (101, 201, 301, 401) including a metal housing member at least partially forming an outer side surface of the portable communication device, a seating groove (131, 415, 531) formed in the metal housing member, the metal housing member including a first metal portion and a second metal portion; a resin member including a first portion (203, 303) formed in the seating groove of the metal housing member and a second portion formed between the first metal portion and the second metal portion; and a window glass forming at least a part of an outer surface of the portable communication device, wherein the first portion (203, 303) of the resin member is partially exposed to an outside of the portable communication device between the metal housing member and the window glass and the second portion of the resin member is partially exposed to the outside of the portable communication device between the first metal portion and the second metal portion.
An apparatus for providing instillation therapy with a negative-pressure source, the apparatus comprising: a housing having an ambient chamber and a negative-pressure chamber fluidly isolated from each other; a moveable barrier disposed in the housing between the ambient chamber and the negative-pressure chamber; a tube configured to be fluidly coupled to a fluid source and a dressing, the tube passing through the ambient chamber; a negative-pressure inlet in fluid communication with the negative-pressure chamber; and a biasing element coupled to the moveable barrier and operable to selectively permit fluid flow through the tube in response to operation of a negative-pressure source, further comprising a pinch valve coupled to the moveable barrier, wherein the biasing element permits fluid flow through the tube in response to a negative pressure supplied to the negative-pressure chamber, characterized in that the biasing element is configured to bias the pinch valve to engage the tube. a housing having an ambient chamber and a negative-pressure chamber fluidly isolated from each other; a moveable barrier disposed in the housing between the ambient chamber and the negative-pressure chamber; a tube configured to be fluidly coupled to a fluid source and a dressing, the tube passing through the ambient chamber; a negative-pressure inlet in fluid communication with the negative-pressure chamber; and a biasing element coupled to the moveable barrier and operable to selectively permit fluid flow through the tube in response to operation of a negative-pressure source, further comprising a pinch valve coupled to the moveable barrier,
A network element for a data transfer network, the network element comprising functional entities each being adapted to maintain an entity-specific configuration system which comprises configuration entries with the aid of which the functional entity under consideration is able to co-operate with the other functional entities in a way that the network element is capable of operating as a part of the data transfer network, characterized in that: - the network element comprises memory for maintaining a database that is writeable and readable by each of the functional entities, - a first one of the functional entities is adapted to write, to the database, a first part of one of the configuration entries, - a second one of the functional entities is adapted to write, to the database, a second part of the one of the configuration entries, - the first one of the functional entities is adapted to read the one of the configuration entries from the database, and - the first one of the functional entities is adapted to implement the one of the configuration entries into the configuration system of the first one of the functional entities. - the network element comprises memory for maintaining a database that is writeable and readable by each of the functional entities, - a first one of the functional entities is adapted to write, to the database, a first part of one of the configuration entries, - a second one of the functional entities is adapted to write, to the database, a second part of the one of the configuration entries, - the first one of the functional entities is adapted to read the one of the configuration entries from the database, and - the first one of the functional entities is adapted to implement the one of the configuration entries into the configuration system of the first one of the functional entities.
An integrated sensor for use in surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy, comprising: a substrate; and a sensing member (14 C) formed on a surface of the substrate, the sensing member (14 C) including: a plurality of collapsible signal amplifying structures, each signal amplifying structure comprising a polymer base nano-structure and a signal amplifying material positioned thereon, wherein the plurality of collapsible signal amplifying structures are arranged in at least one polygon assembly, the signal amplifying structures of a single polygon assembly being able to undergo self-coalescence by self-closing at their tips with the aid of capillary forces in order to trap analyte molecules at hot spots formed among the closed tips; and an area surrounding the signal amplifying structures having a surface configured to guide droplets exposed thereto toward the signal amplifying structures; characterized in that the area surrounding the signal amplifying structures includes a gradient of polymer pillars formed on the substrate, the separation of the polymer pillars being smaller at a periphery of the sensing member (14 C). a substrate; and a sensing member (14 C) formed on a surface of the substrate, the sensing member (14 C) including: a plurality of collapsible signal amplifying structures, each signal amplifying structure comprising a polymer base nano-structure and a signal amplifying material positioned thereon, wherein the plurality of collapsible signal amplifying structures are arranged in at least one polygon assembly, the signal amplifying structures of a single polygon assembly being able to undergo self-coalescence by self-closing at their tips with the aid of capillary forces in order to trap analyte molecules at hot spots formed among the closed tips; and an area surrounding the signal amplifying structures having a surface configured to guide droplets exposed thereto toward the signal amplifying structures; characterized in that the area surrounding the signal amplifying structures includes a gradient of polymer pillars formed on the substrate, the separation of the polymer pillars being smaller at a periphery of the sensing member (14 C). a plurality of collapsible signal amplifying structures, each signal amplifying structure comprising a polymer base nano-structure and a signal amplifying material positioned thereon, wherein the plurality of collapsible signal amplifying structures are arranged in at least one polygon assembly, the signal amplifying structures of a single polygon assembly being able to undergo self-coalescence by self-closing at their tips with the aid of capillary forces in order to trap analyte molecules at hot spots formed among the closed tips; and an area surrounding the signal amplifying structures having a surface configured to guide droplets exposed thereto toward the signal amplifying structures; characterized in that the area surrounding the signal amplifying structures includes a gradient of polymer pillars formed on the substrate, the separation of the polymer pillars being smaller at a periphery of the sensing member (14 C).
A magnetic clamping heat sink assembly (10,110,210,310) comprising: a magnetic assembly including a carrier body defining at least one seat, at least one magnet arranged within the at least one seat, and a spring resiliently biasing the carrier body; and a base assembly including a base plate; characterized in that in a first operating condition in which the base assembly of the magnetic clamping heat sink assembly is positioned in a first position away from a ferromagnetic element, the spring holds the carrier body at a medial position spaced apart from the base plate, and in a second operating condition in which the base assembly of the magnetic clamping heat sink assembly (10,110,210,310) is positioned in a second position adjacent to the ferromagnetic element, the carrier body is driven downward against a force of the spring to a lower position and into contact with the base plate by magnetic attraction between the at least one magnet and the ferromagnetic element. a magnetic assembly including a carrier body defining at least one seat, at least one magnet arranged within the at least one seat, and a spring resiliently biasing the carrier body; and a base assembly including a base plate; characterized in that in a first operating condition in which the base assembly of the magnetic clamping heat sink assembly is positioned in a first position away from a ferromagnetic element, the spring holds the carrier body at a medial position spaced apart from the base plate, and in a second operating condition in which the base assembly of the magnetic clamping heat sink assembly (10,110,210,310) is positioned in a second position adjacent to the ferromagnetic element, the carrier body is driven downward against a force of the spring to a lower position and into contact with the base plate by magnetic attraction between the at least one magnet and the ferromagnetic element.
A spinosyn for use in controlling or treating bot larvae in the gastrointestinal tract of an equine animal by oral administration of an effective amount of said spinosyn to said animal, wherein said spinosyn is spinosad, or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof, or spinetoram, or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof.
A side airbag deployment direction control structure comprising: an airbag module that is installed inside a vehicle width direction outer side of a door-side side frame portion of a seatback frame, that is configured to include a side airbag and an inflator, and that inflates and deploys the side airbag toward a vehicle front side with gas from the inflator when a vehicle side-on collision has been detected or predicted; a rupture portion that, as viewed along a seatback height direction, is provided at a seat cover further to a seat width direction inner side than a center of the inflator and further to the seat width direction inner side than a stitched portion between a front side cover and a side cover of a seat cover of the seatback, and that forms an opening to inflate and deploy the side airbag to outside the seatback by rupturing under inflation pressure from the side airbag; and a reaction force plate installed inside the side portion and fixed at the door-side side frame portion, the reaction force plate being positioned at the vehicle width direction outer side of the airbag module and including a side reaction force face of which a front end portion extends further toward the vehicle front side that the airbag module and the door-side frame portion. an airbag module that is installed inside a vehicle width direction outer side of a door-side side frame portion of a seatback frame, that is configured to include a side airbag and an inflator, and that inflates and deploys the side airbag toward a vehicle front side with gas from the inflator when a vehicle side-on collision has been detected or predicted; a rupture portion that, as viewed along a seatback height direction, is provided at a seat cover further to a seat width direction inner side than a center of the inflator and further to the seat width direction inner side than a stitched portion between a front side cover and a side cover of a seat cover of the seatback, and that forms an opening to inflate and deploy the side airbag to outside the seatback by rupturing under inflation pressure from the side airbag; and a reaction force plate installed inside the side portion and fixed at the door-side side frame portion, the reaction force plate being positioned at the vehicle width direction outer side of the airbag module and including a side reaction force face of which a front end portion extends further toward the vehicle front side that the airbag module and the door-side frame portion.
A multi-evaporator cooling system, comprising: a compressor circuit that generates multiple levels of evaporating pressures, the compressor circuit comprising at least one compressor (220, 222, 224) configured to compress a refrigerant to a first pressure; a heat exchanger configured to receive the compressed refrigerant from the at least one compressor (220, 222, 224) and cool the compressed refrigerant; a first evaporator circuit configured to receive the compressed refrigerant from the heat exchanger, expand the compressed refrigerant to a second pressure that is lower than the first pressure, and return the refrigerant to the compressor circuit; a second evaporator circuit configured to receive the compressed refrigerant from the heat exchanger, expand the compressed refrigerant to a third pressure that is lower than the second pressure, and return the refrigerant to the compressor circuit; the compressor circuit comprising first, second and third compressors (224, 222, 220); characterized in that the heat exchanger is configured to receive the compressed refrigerant from each of the first, second and third compressors (224, 222, 220) and cool the compressed refrigerant after exiting from the first compressor and at least between the second compressor and the first compressors. a compressor circuit that generates multiple levels of evaporating pressures, the compressor circuit comprising at least one compressor (220, 222, 224) configured to compress a refrigerant to a first pressure; a heat exchanger configured to receive the compressed refrigerant from the at least one compressor (220, 222, 224) and cool the compressed refrigerant; a first evaporator circuit configured to receive the compressed refrigerant from the heat exchanger, expand the compressed refrigerant to a second pressure that is lower than the first pressure, and return the refrigerant to the compressor circuit; a second evaporator circuit configured to receive the compressed refrigerant from the heat exchanger, expand the compressed refrigerant to a third pressure that is lower than the second pressure, and return the refrigerant to the compressor circuit; the compressor circuit comprising first, second and third compressors (224, 222, 220); characterized in that the heat exchanger is configured to receive the compressed refrigerant from each of the first, second and third compressors (224, 222, 220) and cool the compressed refrigerant after exiting from the first compressor and at least between the second compressor and the first compressors.
A vascular filtration device comprising a central frame, a proximal filter net attached proximate to a proximal end of the central frame, and a distal filter net attached proximate to a distal end of the central frame, wherein the distal filter net is configured to evert into the proximal filter net upon deployment in a host vessel characterized in that the central frame is configured to have minimum contact points with the host vessel and comprises a plurality of adjacent frame elements (111, 112) and a hinged portion comprising loosely connected adjacent frame elements (111, 112) of the central frame and configured to allow the distal end of the central frame to evert with respect to the proximal end of the central frame. a distal filter net attached proximate to a distal end of the central frame, wherein the distal filter net is configured to evert into the proximal filter net upon deployment in a host vessel characterized in that the central frame is configured to have minimum contact points with the host vessel and comprises a plurality of adjacent frame elements (111, 112) and a hinged portion comprising loosely connected adjacent frame elements (111, 112) of the central frame and configured to allow the distal end of the central frame to evert with respect to the proximal end of the central frame.
A device for transporting heat between a cooling fluid and a heating fluid, that includes at least two suspended U-channel structures arranged radial and in balance around a rotation axis, and means for rotating the U-channel structures,wherein each U-channel structure includes a number of U-channels (104, 105, 108, 109) that lead from the rotational axis to a periphery of the device and back again, the U-channels being connected to respective inlet (102, 101) and outlet channels (112, 111) at the rotation axis for transport of said fluids through the U-channels (104, 105, 108, 109), wherein at least one first U-channel contains the cooling fluid where heat is developed due to centrifugal compression in the U-channel, at least one second U-channel contains the heating fluid with lower temperature, where the at least one first U-channel containing cooling fluid towards the periphery is in thermal contact with the at least one second U-channel containing heating fluid forming at least one heat exchanger, wherein said first and second U-channels are heat insulated from each other from the periphery towards the rotation axis, the heating fluid before the outlet being pressurized by the heat received from the heat exchanger, wherein the heat in the heating fluid and/or the cooling fluid is exploited, wherein the device includes means for pressurizing the cooling fluid before the inlet to compensate for heat lost in the heat exchanger, the device further including an anchored protective casing with low pressure inside, and which is arranged in bearings against the shaft, and sealing against the U-channel structures at the inlet and outlet, the protective casing enclosing said U-channel structures characterized in that the device further includes means for adding a liquid fluid in atomized form directly to the cooling fluid from the inlet, and further including a number of nozzles for conducting said liquid fluid throughout the periphery with precipitated material and some cooling fluid, and in that to the protective casing is fastened a disc-shaped ejector diffusor arranged outside said nozzles on the rotation device to receive said material therefrom, which also produces low pressure inside the protective casing.