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A method for forming a composite tube assembly comprising: obtaining a composite tube comprising an end, wherein said composite tube is formed from fibers and resin, said tube comprising an end portion extending to the end comprising a plurality of axial slots, wherein each of the axial slots comprises a two edges at the outer surface of the said tube end extending along a length each slot, wherein said slots define a plurality of arms on said end portion; obtaining a fitting comprising a first end opposite a second end, said fitting comprising an annular tapered outer surface tapering from a first diameter at, or proximate, the first end to a second diameter, wherein the first diameter is greater than the second diameter; and placing the tapered outer surface of the fitting in the tube end portion such that the second diameter of the fitting outer surface is at, or proximate, the end of the tube and the first diameter of the fitting tapered outer surface is further into the tube than the second diameter of the fitting, characterized in that the method further comprises: radially compressing each of the arms over the fitting annular tapered outer surface; connecting or adhering each of the arms to said fitting tapered outer surface; and placing a bolstering structure or a collar over said arms for retaining said arms against said fitting tapered outer surface, wherein, after placing said bolstering structure or said collar, the two edges of each slot do not overlap each other. obtaining a composite tube comprising an end, wherein said composite tube is formed from fibers and resin, said tube comprising an end portion extending to the end comprising a plurality of axial slots, wherein each of the axial slots comprises a two edges at the outer surface of the said tube end extending along a length each slot, wherein said slots define a plurality of arms on said end portion; obtaining a fitting comprising a first end opposite a second end, said fitting comprising an annular tapered outer surface tapering from a first diameter at, or proximate, the first end to a second diameter, wherein the first diameter is greater than the second diameter; and placing the tapered outer surface of the fitting in the tube end portion such that the second diameter of the fitting outer surface is at, or proximate, the end of the tube and the first diameter of the fitting tapered outer surface is further into the tube than the second diameter of the fitting, radially compressing each of the arms over the fitting annular tapered outer surface; connecting or adhering each of the arms to said fitting tapered outer surface; and placing a bolstering structure or a collar over said arms for retaining said arms against said fitting tapered outer surface, wherein, after placing said bolstering structure or said collar, the two edges of each slot do not overlap each other.
An image encoding device (100, 200, 500, 600, 700) for encoding input images, comprising: a subdividing means for subdividing a predetermined unit contained in a sequence of the input images into encoding units; first selecting means (13, 213) for selecting one prediction set per encoding unit in a predetermined unit from a prediction set group including a plurality of prediction sets each including a plurality of prediction modes; second selecting means (11, 211, 311) for selecting one prediction mode per encoding unit in a predetermined unit from a plurality of prediction modes included in the prediction set selected by the first selecting means for the encoding unit in a predetermined unit; intra predicting means (10, 210, 310, 710) for forming an intra predicted image per encoding unit by use of the prediction mode selected for the encoding unit; and encoding means (4, 204, 304, 504) for encoding residual data between the input image and an intra predicted image, and for encoding the prediction mode selected per encoding unit, wherein encoding the prediction mode selected per encoding unit comprises encoding a reference direction combination index using variable-length coding. a subdividing means for subdividing a predetermined unit contained in a sequence of the input images into encoding units; first selecting means (13, 213) for selecting one prediction set per encoding unit in a predetermined unit from a prediction set group including a plurality of prediction sets each including a plurality of prediction modes; second selecting means (11, 211, 311) for selecting one prediction mode per encoding unit in a predetermined unit from a plurality of prediction modes included in the prediction set selected by the first selecting means for the encoding unit in a predetermined unit; intra predicting means (10, 210, 310, 710) for forming an intra predicted image per encoding unit by use of the prediction mode selected for the encoding unit; and encoding means (4, 204, 304, 504) for encoding residual data between the input image and an intra predicted image, and for encoding the prediction mode selected per encoding unit, wherein encoding the prediction mode selected per encoding unit comprises encoding a reference direction combination index using variable-length coding.
An amplifier circuit comprising: - an amplifier stage, comprising an amplifier transistor with a gate coupled to an input of the amplifier stage, a source coupled to a reference connection (gnd) and a drain coupled to a first power supply connection (V+), and - a bias stage comprising a bias transistor, a drain resistance and a source resistance, the bias transistor having a gate coupled to a second power supply connection (V-) for supplying a voltage with opposite polarity with respect to the reference connection (gnd) compared to the first power supply connection (V+), a source coupled to the second power supply connection (V-) via the source resistance, so that a voltage drop over the source resistance at least partly defines a gate source voltage of the bias transistor and a drain coupled to the reference connection (gnd) via the drain resistance and to the gate of the amplifier transistor; characterized in that the bias stage comprises a resistor, a resistor implemented using a transistor or a resistor network (20, 22), coupled from a circuit node carrying a voltage with a same polarity relative to the second power supply connection as the first power supply connection, to a node between the source of the bias transistor and the source resistance, for injecting current through the source resistance in addition to current originating from the drain resistance. - an amplifier stage, comprising an amplifier transistor with a gate coupled to an input of the amplifier stage, a source coupled to a reference connection (gnd) and a drain coupled to a first power supply connection (V+), and - a bias stage comprising a bias transistor, a drain resistance and a source resistance, the bias transistor having a gate coupled to a second power supply connection (V-) for supplying a voltage with opposite polarity with respect to the reference connection (gnd) compared to the first power supply connection (V+), a source coupled to the second power supply connection (V-) via the source resistance, so that a voltage drop over the source resistance at least partly defines a gate source voltage of the bias transistor and a drain coupled to the reference connection (gnd) via the drain resistance and to the gate of the amplifier transistor; characterized in that the bias stage comprises a resistor, a resistor implemented using a transistor or a resistor network (20, 22), coupled from a circuit node carrying a voltage with a same polarity relative to the second power supply connection as the first power supply connection, to a node between the source of the bias transistor and the source resistance, for injecting current through the source resistance in addition to current originating from the drain resistance.
A noise reduction device for a test and measurement system, comprising: an analog filter configured to adjust a first frequency band of an electrical signal relative to a second frequency band of the electrical signal in accordance with a first frequency transfer function to produce a modified signal; an analog-to-digital converter coupled with an output of the analog filter and configured to produce a digital signal based on the modified signal, wherein the analog-to-digital converter introduces noise to the digital signal; the noise reduction device is characterised by further comprising a digital filter coupled with the analog-to-digital converter and configured to: produce a filtered signal, from the digital signal, based on a second frequency transfer function that is an inverse of the first frequency transfer function and that reduces the noise introduced by the analog-to-digital converter, and output the filtered signal for additional processing by the test and measurement system. an analog filter configured to adjust a first frequency band of an electrical signal relative to a second frequency band of the electrical signal in accordance with a first frequency transfer function to produce a modified signal; an analog-to-digital converter coupled with an output of the analog filter and configured to produce a digital signal based on the modified signal, wherein the analog-to-digital converter introduces noise to the digital signal; the noise reduction device is characterised by further comprising a digital filter coupled with the analog-to-digital converter and configured to: produce a filtered signal, from the digital signal, based on a second frequency transfer function that is an inverse of the first frequency transfer function and that reduces the noise introduced by the analog-to-digital converter, and output the filtered signal for additional processing by the test and measurement system. produce a filtered signal, from the digital signal, based on a second frequency transfer function that is an inverse of the first frequency transfer function and that reduces the noise introduced by the analog-to-digital converter, and output the filtered signal for additional processing by the test and measurement system.
A method for manufacturing a special yarn, which has an actual thickness profile corresponding to a designed thickness profile, by changing the rotation speed of a pair of front rollers or a group of back rollers of a draft part from a reference speed (N0, NB0) to a predetermined speed (N1, NB1), and thereafter returning the rotation speed to the reference speed based on the designed thickness profile including a slub length, wherein the pair of front rollers and the group of back rollers are driven by different motors (18, 20), the method being characterized by: computing, in advance, a yarn length (La, Ld) spun while the rotation speed of the pair of front rollers or the group of back rollers is returned from the predetermined speed to the reference speed, and when the rotation speed of the pair of front rollers or the group of back rollers is changed from the reference speed to the predetermined speed, controlling the corresponding motor (18, 20) such that the rotation speed of the pair of front rollers or the group of back rollers the rotation speed of which has been changed is started to be returned at a point in time at which a yarn length spun from when the rotation speed is started to be changed reaches a value obtained by subtracting the yarn length (La, Ld) computed in advance from the slub length of the designed thickness profile. computing, in advance, a yarn length (La, Ld) spun while the rotation speed of the pair of front rollers or the group of back rollers is returned from the predetermined speed to the reference speed, and when the rotation speed of the pair of front rollers or the group of back rollers is changed from the reference speed to the predetermined speed, controlling the corresponding motor (18, 20) such that the rotation speed of the pair of front rollers or the group of back rollers the rotation speed of which has been changed is started to be returned at a point in time at which a yarn length spun from when the rotation speed is started to be changed reaches a value obtained by subtracting the yarn length (La, Ld) computed in advance from the slub length of the designed thickness profile.
A three-dimensional surveying instrument, comprising a light emitter for emitting a distance measuring light, a light projecting optical unit for irradiating the distance measuring light from said light emitter along a distance measuring optical axis, a light receiving optical unit for receiving a reflection light from an object to be measured, a photodetection element for converting said reflection light as received by said light receiving optical unit to an electric signal, a scanning unit for scanning the distance measuring light with respect to said object to be measured provided on a frame unit, angle detecting units (14, 18) for detecting an irradiating direction of the distance measuring light as scanned by said scanning unit, a vibration detecting unit for detecting a vibration amount of said frame unit, and a control arithmetic unit having a storage unit where a threshold value is stored, characterized in that said control arithmetic unit is configured to control said scanning unit so that a rotation rate of said scanning unit is gradually increased from a low rotation rate to a maximum rotation rate, to store in said storage unit the gradually increasing rotation rates in association with corresponding vibration amounts as detected by said vibration detecting unit, to calculate a rotation rate of said scanning unit which meets a measurement condition inputted by an operator, to compare a stored vibration amount corresponding to the rotation rate as calculated with said threshold value, and to perform measurement on said object to be measured in a case where it is judged that the stored vibration amount corresponding to the rotation rate as calculated is lower than said threshold value and to calculate again the rotation rate of said scanning unit so that the rotation rate will be different from the rotation rate as calculated, in a case where it is judged that the stored vibration amount corresponding to the rotation rate as calculated is higher than said threshold value.
A method for fine machining a cylindrical workpiece surface of a workpiece blank by means of a fine machining tool, comprising the steps of: - generating a relative rotation (n W) between a tool and a workpiece blank about a machining axis which is concentric with a cylindrical workpiece surface of the workpiece blank, wherein the tool is either a mandrel honing tool having a cylindrical sleeve-like honing portion or a one-piece tool which is substantially mandrel-shaped and has a cone portion and a shank portion; - generating a relative feed rate (v W; v F) between the tool and the workpiece blank along the machining axis - a relative oscillation movement (v O) is superimposed on the feed speed (v F) at least in sections; characterized by - detecting an actual value (T PIST; F PIST) of a process variable (T P; F P), which is a function of a relative torque between the tool and the workpiece blank and which can assume a plurality of process variable values; and continuously controlling the process variable (T; F PP) by changing the relative feed rate (v W, v F) in such a way that the relative feed rate (v W; v F) changes the more the actual value (T PIST; F PIST) of the process variable deviates from a setpoint value (T PSOLL; F PSOLL) of the process variable (T P; F P), wherein the oscillation movement has a frequency in a range from 30 Hz to 100 Hz. - generating a relative rotation (n W) between a tool and a workpiece blank about a machining axis which is concentric with a cylindrical workpiece surface of the workpiece blank, wherein the tool is either a mandrel honing tool having a cylindrical sleeve-like honing portion or a one-piece tool which is substantially mandrel-shaped and has a cone portion and a shank portion; - generating a relative feed rate (v W; v F) between the tool and the workpiece blank along the machining axis - a relative oscillation movement (v O) is superimposed on the feed speed (v F) at least in sections; characterized by - detecting an actual value (T PIST; F PIST) of a process variable (T P; F P), which is a function of a relative torque between the tool and the workpiece blank and which can assume a plurality of process variable values; and continuously controlling the process variable (T; F PP) by changing the relative feed rate (v W, v F) in such a way that the relative feed rate (v W; v F) changes the more the actual value (T PIST; F PIST) of the process variable deviates from a setpoint value (T PSOLL; F PSOLL) of the process variable (T P; F P),
A forced induction apparatus for an engine including: a first forced induction device including a first bearing and a first oil passage that passes by the first bearing; and a second forced induction device including a second bearing and a second oil passage that passes by the second bearing, wherein the second forced induction device is located below the first forced induction device, wherein the first forced induction device is one of a high-speed turbocharger and a low-speed turbocharger and the second forced induction device is the other one of the high-speed turbocharger and the low-speed turbocharger, wherein the second forced induction device includes a drain passage that is in communication with the first oil passage, wherein the drain passage receives oil from the first oil passage and discharges the oil out of the second forced induction device, the forced induction apparatus being characterized in that the drain passage includes a reservoir that stores oil, and the drain passage includes a connection passage connected to the second oil passage, wherein the drain passage includes a region located below a portion connected to the connection passage, and the region functions as the reservoir. a first forced induction device including a first bearing and a first oil passage that passes by the first bearing; and a second forced induction device including a second bearing and a second oil passage that passes by the second bearing, wherein the second forced induction device is located below the first forced induction device, wherein the first forced induction device is one of a high-speed turbocharger and a low-speed turbocharger and the second forced induction device is the other one of the high-speed turbocharger and the low-speed turbocharger, wherein the second forced induction device includes a drain passage that is in communication with the first oil passage, wherein the drain passage receives oil from the first oil passage and discharges the oil out of the second forced induction device, the forced induction apparatus being characterized in that the drain passage includes a reservoir that stores oil, and the drain passage includes a connection passage connected to the second oil passage, wherein the drain passage includes a region located below a portion connected to the connection passage, and the region functions as the reservoir.
Use of a curable composition in a transducer, wherein the curable composition comprises: a curable organopolysiloxane composition (A+B) and a compound having a highly dielectric functional group wherein said highly dielectric functional group is a group capable of increasing the dielectric properties of the cured article obtained by curing the curable organopolysiloxane composition in comparison to the dielectric properties when the group is not present, and such compound selected from the group consisting of a silicon compound, an organic compound having at least one curable functional group, and an organic compound, such compound miscible with the composition (A+B), further optionally comprising one or more of at least one type of inorganic particle selected from the group consisting of electrically conductive inorganic particles, insulating inorganic particles, and reinforcing inorganic particles; and an additive for improvement of mold releasability or insulation breakdown characteristics; and the curable composition is molded into a sheet form and cured, wherein the composition is cured by condensation curing reaction, addition curing reaction, peroxide curing reaction, photo-curing reaction or drying with solvent removal. a curable organopolysiloxane composition (A+B) and a compound having a highly dielectric functional group wherein said highly dielectric functional group is a group capable of increasing the dielectric properties of the cured article obtained by curing the curable organopolysiloxane composition in comparison to the dielectric properties when the group is not present, and such compound selected from the group consisting of a silicon compound, an organic compound having at least one curable functional group, and an organic compound, such compound miscible with the composition (A+B), further optionally comprising one or more of at least one type of inorganic particle selected from the group consisting of electrically conductive inorganic particles, insulating inorganic particles, and reinforcing inorganic particles; and an additive for improvement of mold releasability or insulation breakdown characteristics; and at least one type of inorganic particle selected from the group consisting of electrically conductive inorganic particles, insulating inorganic particles, and reinforcing inorganic particles; and an additive for improvement of mold releasability or insulation breakdown characteristics; and the curable composition is molded into a sheet form and cured, wherein the composition is cured by condensation curing reaction, addition curing reaction, peroxide curing reaction, photo-curing reaction or drying with solvent removal.
On-board device (100, 100', 100") for a vehicle, said on-board device (100, 100', 100") being suitable for use in a system which provides a telematic traffic service, said on-board device (100, 100', 100") comprising: - a radiofrequency communication stage configured to communicate with a road-side device of said system; - a short-range communication stage configured to communicate with an electronic device located in the vicinity thereof; - a data processing unit cooperating with said radiofrequency communication stage and with said short-range communication stage, - a non-volatile central operating memory accessible by said data processing unit and not accessible by said short-range communication stage; and - a volatile memory accessible by said short-range communication stage and by said data processing unit, wherein said volatile memory is suitable for temporarily storing data to be read and/or data to be written in said non-volatile central operating memory by said external device via said short-range communication stage and said data processing unit. - a radiofrequency communication stage configured to communicate with a road-side device of said system; - a short-range communication stage configured to communicate with an electronic device located in the vicinity thereof; - a data processing unit cooperating with said radiofrequency communication stage and with said short-range communication stage, - a non-volatile central operating memory accessible by said data processing unit and not accessible by said short-range communication stage; and - a volatile memory accessible by said short-range communication stage and by said data processing unit,
An apparatus comprising a magnetic stack with a multilayer barrier structure disposed between first and second ferromagnetic layers (184, 186), the multilayer barrier structure characterised by having a binary compound layer disposed between first and second alloy layers (190, 192), the binary compound comprising a metal element and a second element, at least one alloy layer comprising the metal element and a third element dissimilar from the second element.