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Apparatus for measuring the electrical impedance of a tissue sample, which comprises: (a) an elongate probe having electrodes towards one end thereof through which an electrical signal is transmitted between the apparatus and tissue in contact with it; and (b) a sheath comprising an elongate tubular body having a closed end and an open end and defining an internal cavity, in which the end of the probe on which the electrodes are provided can fit into the cavity, and in which at least a portion of the sheath is formed from a polymeric material which has a porous structure such that it can be impregnated with body fluid which can provide an ionically conductive path through the sheath between the electrodes and the tissue sample, characterised in that the sheath is removably disposed on the elongate probe, such that the sheath is removable from the probe after use and the probe is configured to be covered by another sheath and used on another patient without requiring sterilization of the probe. (a) an elongate probe having electrodes towards one end thereof through which an electrical signal is transmitted between the apparatus and tissue in contact with it; and (b) a sheath comprising an elongate tubular body having a closed end and an open end and defining an internal cavity, in which the end of the probe on which the electrodes are provided can fit into the cavity, and in which at least a portion of the sheath is formed from a polymeric material which has a porous structure such that it can be impregnated with body fluid which can provide an ionically conductive path through the sheath between the electrodes and the tissue sample, characterised in that the sheath is removably disposed on the elongate probe, such that the sheath is removable from the probe after use and the probe is configured to be covered by another sheath and used on another patient without requiring sterilization of the probe.
A border router comprising means for: identifying, in response to receiving a label mapping message from a network node, a backup border router as a hop in a backup path between a leaf node and a root node in a multicast network including an autonomous system, the label mapping message including a type-length-value, determining whether the backup border router is an originating border router having generated the label mapping message based on the type-length-value, and suppressing mapping of the hop in the backup path in response to determining that the backup border router is the originating border router. identifying, in response to receiving a label mapping message from a network node, a backup border router as a hop in a backup path between a leaf node and a root node in a multicast network including an autonomous system, the label mapping message including a type-length-value, determining whether the backup border router is an originating border router having generated the label mapping message based on the type-length-value, and suppressing mapping of the hop in the backup path in response to determining that the backup border router is the originating border router.
A method of operating an optical device comprising a spatial light modulator, SLM, (320;622) having a two-dimensional array of controllable phase-modulating elements, one or more inputs, one or more outputs, a grating for receiving light having plural wavelengths from the or each input and for providing emergent light beams angularly deflected according to wavelength, and a focusing means for receiving the emergent light from the grating and for directing it onto the spatial light modulator, the disposition of the grating and focusing means being such that light beams deflected from a common point on the grating are mutually parallel when incident upon the SLM, the method comprising assigning groups (623, 624, 625) of individual phase-modulating elements by wavelength; selecting, from stored control data, control data for each group (623, 624, 625) of phase-modulating elements; generating from the respective selected control data a respective hologram at each group (623, 624, 625) of phase-modulating elements; and varying the coordinate assignment of the groups and the selection of control data whereby upon illumination of said groups by respective light beams, respective emergent light beams from the groups are controllable independently of each other.
A drawer adapted to contain a group of smoking articles and a collar; the drawer comprises a pocket, which has a tubular shape, is adapted to house the group of smoking articles and the collar, and has a first opening, through which the group of smoking articles can be axially inserted, and a second opening opposite to the first opening, through which the group of smoking articles and the collar can be extracted from the drawer axially and together; wherein at least one first wall of the pocket has a first step, which is arranged close to the first opening, locally reduces the size of the pocket, and has a thickness equal to at least the corresponding thickness of the collar; the drawer is characterized in that the pocket has at least one groove, which extends from the first opening to the second opening and preferably through a corresponding step. wherein at least one first wall of the pocket has a first step, which is arranged close to the first opening, locally reduces the size of the pocket, and has a thickness equal to at least the corresponding thickness of the collar; the drawer is characterized in that the pocket has at least one groove, which extends from the first opening to the second opening and preferably through a corresponding step.
A low-voltage circuit protection device having at least one outer conductor section from an outer conductor supply terminal of the low-voltage circuit protection device to an outer conductor load terminal of the low-voltage circuit protection device, and a neutral conductor section from a neutral conductor terminal of the low-voltage circuit protection device to a neutral conductor load terminal of the low-voltage circuit protection device, wherein the low-voltage circuit protection device has at least one semiconductor circuit arrangement and an insulating material housing, characterized in that the low-voltage circuit protection device has an electrical measuring arrangement, in that the low-voltage circuit protection device has an electronic control unit which is connected to the measuring arrangement and the semiconductor circuit arrangement, in that the measuring arrangement and/or the electronic control unit is designed to detect a specifiable combination of at least two, in particular three, preferably all, electrical faults selected from the group: overvoltage, undervoltage, overcurrent, in particular short-circuit current, fault current and/or arc, and in that the semiconductor circuit arrangement is designed to reduce, in a specifiable manner, an output voltage of the low-voltage circuit protection unit applied at the outer conductor load terminal and the neutral conductor load terminal relative to an input voltage of the low-voltage circuit protection device applied to the outer conductor supply terminal and neutral conductor terminal.
A computer-implemented system that facilitates connection management, comprising: a NAT device for maintaining a connection between a private client of an internal network and a server of an external network; and the server of the external network for sending a keep-alive packet to the NAT device, the NAT device maintaining the connection to the private client based on the keep-alive packet, characterized in that the server is adapted to set the time-to-live value in said keep-alive packet, such that the time-to-live value is zero, when the packet reaches the NAT device, thereby the NAT device terminating the keep-alive packet, such that the private client does not receive the keep-alive packet. a NAT device for maintaining a connection between a private client of an internal network and a server of an external network; and the server of the external network for sending a keep-alive packet to the NAT device, the NAT device maintaining the connection to the private client based on the keep-alive packet, characterized in that the server is adapted to set the time-to-live value in said keep-alive packet, such that the time-to-live value is zero, when the packet reaches the NAT device, thereby the NAT device terminating the keep-alive packet, such that the private client does not receive the keep-alive packet.
A power supply system comprising: a converter unit including a plurality of converters connected in parallel and a current control section for balancing output currents of the plurality of converters and configured to transform an input voltage and output the transformed voltage to a load; a power storage device; a driving stop section configured to deactivate one or more of the plurality of converters in accordance with a load current and current output capabilities of the converters; and a driving start section configured to start driving the inactive converter(s) among the plurality of converters, wherein the power storage device includes an output current value obtaining section configured to obtain an output current value of the converter unit, characterized in that the power storage device is connected in parallel to the converter unit with respect to the load and configured to supply power to the load, and when an output voltage of the power storage device becomes higher than an output voltage of the converter unit in a state where the one or more of the plurality of converters are deactivated by the driving stop section, the output voltage of the power storage device is supplied to the load, and the driving start section starts driving the inactive converter(s) at a point when the value obtained by the output current value obtaining section is at or above a threshold corresponding to a load factor to rated load of 50%. a converter unit including a plurality of converters connected in parallel and a current control section for balancing output currents of the plurality of converters and configured to transform an input voltage and output the transformed voltage to a load; a power storage device; a driving stop section configured to deactivate one or more of the plurality of converters in accordance with a load current and current output capabilities of the converters; and a driving start section configured to start driving the inactive converter(s) among the plurality of converters, wherein the power storage device includes an output current value obtaining section configured to obtain an output current value of the converter unit, characterized in that the power storage device is connected in parallel to the converter unit with respect to the load and configured to supply power to the load, and when an output voltage of the power storage device becomes higher than an output voltage of the converter unit in a state where the one or more of the plurality of converters are deactivated by the driving stop section, the output voltage of the power storage device is supplied to the load, and the driving start section starts driving the inactive converter(s) at a point when the value obtained by the output current value obtaining section is at or above a threshold corresponding to a load factor to rated load of 50%.
Method for optical data transfer, according to which data is transferred on different frequency channels between a plurality of optical transmitters (1 1 -1 n) and optical receivers (2 1 -2 n) via optical waveguides and multiplexers/demultiplexers (3, 4, 3', 4') in an optical network, wherein the transmitters (1 1 -1 n), which emit laser light to be modulated as a carrier signal together with the data to be transferred, are excited by way of mode coupling by means of an optical arrangement, which comprises at least one light source, to emit carrier signals with wavelengths that differ both among themselves and in respect of their assignment to the frequency channels by virtue of a periodic light-wave spectrum of modes with mutually equidistant wavelengths being provided by the optical arrangement and each transmitter (1 1 -1 n) being locked, i.e., excited to emit laser light as a carrier signal, by another mode of the light-wave spectrum provided by the optical arrangement, characterized in that modes with selected wavelengths of the light-wave spectrum provided by the optical arrangement are not used for exciting the transmitters (1 1 -1 n) by virtue of being filtered out of this light-wave spectrum with the aid of a resonator arrangement.
A heating apparatus comprising: a coil configured to receive AC power to form a magnetic field that inductively heats a workpiece, the magnetic field heating a heating target portion of the workpiece; and a spray unit configured to spray cooling fluid including a liquid to the heating target portion of the workpiece while being placed and heated in the magnetic field, in a form of a mist at least during a period in which the AC power is supplied to the coil, characterised in that the spray unit includes plural nozzles which are formed at intervals in a circumferential direction of the coil, each of the plural nozzles being disposed to penetrate the coil in a radial direction of the coil; and that ejection orifices of the plural nozzles are exposed to an inner circumferential surface of the coil. a coil configured to receive AC power to form a magnetic field that inductively heats a workpiece, the magnetic field heating a heating target portion of the workpiece; and a spray unit configured to spray cooling fluid including a liquid to the heating target portion of the workpiece while being placed and heated in the magnetic field, in a form of a mist at least during a period in which the AC power is supplied to the coil, characterised in that the spray unit includes plural nozzles which are formed at intervals in a circumferential direction of the coil, each of the plural nozzles being disposed to penetrate the coil in a radial direction of the coil; and that ejection orifices of the plural nozzles are exposed to an inner circumferential surface of the coil.
An imaging optical system for focusing light from an object on an image pickup device, comprising from an object side: a first lens with positive power; a second lens with positive power; and a third lens with negative power, an image side surface of the third lens being aspherical, wherein the aspherical surface is concave to the image side in a vicinity of an optical axis and convex to the image side in a surrounding of the optical axis, and an Abbe number v2 of the second lens and an Abbe number v3 of the third lens satisfy the following relationship: v 3 − v 2 > 10 a first lens with positive power; a second lens with positive power; and a third lens with negative power, an image side surface of the third lens being aspherical, wherein the aspherical surface is concave to the image side in a vicinity of an optical axis and convex to the image side in a surrounding of the optical axis, and an Abbe number v2 of the second lens and an Abbe number v3 of the third lens satisfy the following relationship: v 3 − v 2 > 10
A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor chip including a load current path operable to carry a load current (i L) from a supply terminal having a supply voltage (V S) to an output circuit node (OUT 1) in accordance with an input signal (IN 1); a voltage comparator that is coupled to the supply terminal and configured to compare the supply voltage (V S) with a voltage threshold (V LV) and to signal a low supply voltage when the supply voltage (V S) reaches or falls below the voltage threshold (V LV); an over-current detector (14, 15) that is coupled to the load current path and configured to compare a load current signal (S C) that represents the load current (i L) with an over-current threshold (S TH) and to signal an over-current (S OC) when the load current signal (S C) reaches or exceeds the over-current threshold (S TH); a control logic unit that is configured to deactivate the load current flow when an over-current is signalled and characterised in that the control unit is further configured to reduce the over-current threshold (S TH) from a higher first value (S HI) to a lower second value (S LO) as long as the voltage comparator signals a low supply voltage. a semiconductor chip including a load current path operable to carry a load current (i L) from a supply terminal having a supply voltage (V S) to an output circuit node (OUT 1) in accordance with an input signal (IN 1); a voltage comparator that is coupled to the supply terminal and configured to compare the supply voltage (V S) with a voltage threshold (V LV) and to signal a low supply voltage when the supply voltage (V S) reaches or falls below the voltage threshold (V LV); an over-current detector (14, 15) that is coupled to the load current path and configured to compare a load current signal (S C) that represents the load current (i L) with an over-current threshold (S TH) and to signal an over-current (S OC) when the load current signal (S C) reaches or exceeds the over-current threshold (S TH); a control logic unit that is configured to deactivate the load current flow when an over-current is signalled and
A cylinder boot (50, 70, 80) for an axle of an industrial vehicle, the industrial vehicle having a beam axle, a steering knuckle pivotably supported by the beam axle and a steering hydraulic cylinder supported by the beam axle, a cylinder rod of the steering hydraulic cylinder being connected to the steering knuckle to pivot the steering knuckle, wherein the cylinder boot (50, 70, 80) covers the cylinder rod of the steering hydraulic cylinder, the cylinder boot (50, 70, 80) comprising: a cylinder boot body that has a contractable portion that is contractable in response to a stroke of the cylinder rod; a rod-side fixing portion of the cylinder boot body that is fixed to a distal end portion of the cylinder rod; a cylinder-side fixing portion of the cylinder boot body that is fixed to a cylinder body of the steering hydraulic cylinder; and a detection portion (54, 81) that is displaced in a direction in which the cylinder rod extends or contracts, and is detected by a detection sensor disposed on the beam axle, characterised in that the detection portion (54, 81) is formed integrally with the cylinder boot body, or the detection portion (54, 81) is formed separately from the cylinder boot body and is attachable to the cylinder boot body. a cylinder boot body that has a contractable portion that is contractable in response to a stroke of the cylinder rod; a rod-side fixing portion of the cylinder boot body that is fixed to a distal end portion of the cylinder rod; a cylinder-side fixing portion of the cylinder boot body that is fixed to a cylinder body of the steering hydraulic cylinder; and a detection portion (54, 81) that is displaced in a direction in which the cylinder rod extends or contracts, and is detected by a detection sensor disposed on the beam axle, characterised in that the detection portion (54, 81) is formed integrally with the cylinder boot body, or the detection portion (54, 81) is formed separately from the cylinder boot body and is attachable to the cylinder boot body.
An apparatus for densifying an annular porous structure, comprising: a vessel; a graphite susceptor disposed within the vessel, wherein the graphite susceptor is configured to receive a reactant gas flow; a hardware assembly disposed within the graphite susceptor, wherein the hardware assembly comprises a plurality of graphite support posts configured to provide structural support to the hardware assembly; a porous structure stack disposed within the hardware assembly, the porous structure stack comprising the annular porous structure; and a graphite panel removably coupled to at least one of the graphite support posts radially inward from the porous structure stack, wherein the graphite panel is configured to radiate heat in a radial direction towards the porous structure stack and the graphite susceptor to decrease a radial temperature gradient in the porous structure stack, wherein each graphite support post comprises a slot sized and shaped to receive the graphite panel, and wherein the graphite panel is removably coupled to at least one of the graphite support posts by being inserted within the slot, and wherein the graphite panel comprises a void configured to allow passage of the reactant gas flow. a vessel; a graphite susceptor disposed within the vessel, wherein the graphite susceptor is configured to receive a reactant gas flow; a hardware assembly disposed within the graphite susceptor, wherein the hardware assembly comprises a plurality of graphite support posts configured to provide structural support to the hardware assembly; a porous structure stack disposed within the hardware assembly, the porous structure stack comprising the annular porous structure; and a graphite panel removably coupled to at least one of the graphite support posts radially inward from the porous structure stack, wherein the graphite panel is configured to radiate heat in a radial direction towards the porous structure stack and the graphite susceptor to decrease a radial temperature gradient in the porous structure stack, wherein each graphite support post comprises a slot sized and shaped to receive the graphite panel, and wherein the graphite panel is removably coupled to at least one of the graphite support posts by being inserted within the slot, and wherein the graphite panel comprises a void configured to allow passage of the reactant gas flow.
A combined battery comprising a plurality of laminated and electrically connected flat-type cells having electrode tabs with different polarity, comprising a plurality of units comprising a plurality of the laminated and electrically connected flat-type cells, wherein: in each of the units, a welding part for electrically connecting the flat-type cells themselves is dislocated from electrode tabs other than two electrode tabs electrically connected thereby, viewed from the lamination direction; wherein a welding part for electrically connecting the units themselves is dislocated from all the electrode tabs welded in formation of the units, viewed from the lamination direction, and wherein the electrode tabs of the flat-type cells are laminated and directly connected themselves by welding them in each group of the tabs and each unit of the cells, and thereby the all units of the flat-type cells are electrically connected in series, wherein the tabs are a single L. in each of the units, a welding part for electrically connecting the flat-type cells themselves is dislocated from electrode tabs other than two electrode tabs electrically connected thereby, viewed from the lamination direction; wherein a welding part for electrically connecting the units themselves is dislocated from all the electrode tabs welded in formation of the units, viewed from the lamination direction, and wherein the electrode tabs of the flat-type cells are laminated and directly connected themselves by welding them in each group of the tabs and each unit of the cells, and thereby the all units of the flat-type cells are electrically connected in series, wherein the tabs are a single L.