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Pneumatic vehicle tyre with a tread, which has profile elements, wherein at least one profile element is provided with a sipe, wherein the sipe has a longitudinal extent with a defined length, which is measured between the two edges of the sipe, and wherein the sipe extends over the extent of its depth in a radial direction (r) from the tread periphery into the profile element interior as far as the sipe base, wherein, to make the stiffness of the profile more uniform over the service life of the pneumatic vehicle tyre, the sipe has in the middle region of its longitudinal extent a material bond to the rubber material surrounding the sipe, characterized in that this material bond extends from the tread periphery to a depth which lies at least 1 mm above the sipe base and in that the length of the material bond becomes less over the extent of its depth.
A medical implant comprising a shaped thermoform of poly-4-hydroxybutyrate homopolymer that is obtainable by a process comprising heating a poly-4-hydroxybutyrate film or sheet to a temperature of from 51.9 °C to 150 °C, and stretching the film or sheet over a mold by pneumatic or mechanical means or combinations thereof to make the shaped thermoform, wherein the poly-4-hydroxybutyrate film or sheet is oriented in one or more directions during thermoforming, and wherein the poly-4-hydroxybutyrate homopolymer has a glass transition temperature between -45°C and -65°C.
An ink composition comprising: a polymer compound having (a-1) a photoradical generation site and (a-2) at least one segregation site selected from a fluoroalkyl group, a siloxane structure, and a long-chain alkyl group; a radical-polymerizable compound, and a photoradical generator having a structure different from that of. a polymer compound having (a-1) a photoradical generation site and (a-2) at least one segregation site selected from a fluoroalkyl group, a siloxane structure, and a long-chain alkyl group; a radical-polymerizable compound, and a photoradical generator having a structure different from that of.
A variable displacement vane pump having a rotor connected to a drive shaft, a plurality of vanes provided in the rotor so as to be capable of reciprocating in a diameter direction of the rotor, a cam ring for accommodating the rotor therein, the cam ring having a cam face in an inner surface thereof on which a front portion of the vane slides by rotation of the rotor, and a pump chamber defined between the rotor and the cam ring, wherein an eccentric amount of the cam ring to the rotor changes to change a discharge displacement of the pump chamber, the variable displacement vane pump comprising: a pump body for accommodating the cam ring therein; a first fluid pressure chamber and a second fluid pressure chamber which are defined in an accommodating space in the outer periphery of the cam ring, wherein the cam ring is made eccentric to the rotor by a pressure difference between the first fluid pressure chamber and the second fluid pressure chamber; a control valve which operates in response to a pump discharge pressure for controlling a pressure of an operating fluid in each of the first fluid pressure chamber and the second fluid pressure chamber in such a manner that an eccentric amount of the cam ring to the rotor is reduced to be small with an increase in a rotation speed of the rotor characterised in that, a pressure applying means for applying a pressure to the cam ring in a direction of increasing the eccentric amount of the cam ring to the rotor by introducing the operating fluid discharged from the pump chamber into the second fluid pressure chamber all the time; and a cam ring movement restricting means formed in the second fluid pressure chamber for defining a minimum eccentric amount of the cam ring by restricting the movement of the cam ring in a direction of decreasing the eccentric amount of the cam ring to the rotor. a pump body for accommodating the cam ring therein; a first fluid pressure chamber and a second fluid pressure chamber which are defined in an accommodating space in the outer periphery of the cam ring, wherein the cam ring is made eccentric to the rotor by a pressure difference between the first fluid pressure chamber and the second fluid pressure chamber; a control valve which operates in response to a pump discharge pressure for controlling a pressure of an operating fluid in each of the first fluid pressure chamber and the second fluid pressure chamber in such a manner that an eccentric amount of the cam ring to the rotor is reduced to be small with an increase in a rotation speed of the rotor characterised in that, a pressure applying means for applying a pressure to the cam ring in a direction of increasing the eccentric amount of the cam ring to the rotor by introducing the operating fluid discharged from the pump chamber into the second fluid pressure chamber all the time; and a cam ring movement restricting means formed in the second fluid pressure chamber for defining a minimum eccentric amount of the cam ring by restricting the movement of the cam ring in a direction of decreasing the eccentric amount of the cam ring to the rotor.
A communications device, wherein the communications device comprises: a clear channel assessment, CCA, module, configured to perform CCA on an unlicensed spectrum; and a sending module, configured to: when the CCA module determines that the unlicensed spectrum is in an idle state, send, on a preset band resource in the unlicensed spectrum, a signal indicating that the communications device uses the unlicensed spectrum, wherein the preset band resource is a partial band resource in the unlicensed spectrum, wherein the preset band resource is: a band resource that is in the unlicensed spectrum and that is specified to be used only to send the signal indicating that the communications device uses the unlicensed spectrum; and wherein the sending module is further configured to: send, on another band resource in the unlicensed spectrum except the preset band resource, a signal indicating the band resource that can be used by the communications device in the unlicensed spectrum. a clear channel assessment, CCA, module, configured to perform CCA on an unlicensed spectrum; and a sending module, configured to: when the CCA module determines that the unlicensed spectrum is in an idle state, send, on a preset band resource in the unlicensed spectrum, a signal indicating that the communications device uses the unlicensed spectrum, wherein the preset band resource is a partial band resource in the unlicensed spectrum, wherein the preset band resource is: a band resource that is in the unlicensed spectrum and that is specified to be used only to send the signal indicating that the communications device uses the unlicensed spectrum; and wherein the sending module is further configured to: send, on another band resource in the unlicensed spectrum except the preset band resource, a signal indicating the band resource that can be used by the communications device in the unlicensed spectrum. a band resource that is in the unlicensed spectrum and that is specified to be used only to send the signal indicating that the communications device uses the unlicensed spectrum; and wherein the sending module is further configured to: send, on another band resource in the unlicensed spectrum except the preset band resource, a signal indicating the band resource that can be used by the communications device in the unlicensed spectrum.
A smoking article component including a curved sheet wrapper that includes a plurality of lines of strength discontinuity characterised in that the wrapper presents visually discernable facets between the lines, wherein the wrapper includes a coating of varnish providing the lines of strength discontinuity.
Method for checking the quality of a docking of at least one first element and one second element of an assembly by a dual-access fixing means (3, 4), comprising the following tasks: - a task of measurement of a first parameter by a first measurement means, this first parameter being chosen from a parameter in terms of displacement of at least one first part of the dual-access fixing means (3, 4), a parameter in terms of assembly load or a torque; - a task of measurement of a second parameter by a second measurement means, this second parameter being chosen from the parameter in terms of displacement of at least the first part of the dual-access fixing means (3, 4), the parameter in terms of assembly load, and the torque, and the second parameter being different from the first parameter; - a task of calculation of a value of a first derivative of a function representing a trend of the second parameter relative to the first parameter by an appropriate information processing means; - a task of analysis of the value of the first derivative calculated by the appropriate information processing means to check the docking between at least the first element and the second element to be assembled; characterised in that the analysis task comprises a detection of change of behaviour of the assembly reflected by variations of slope of the function linking the two parameters considered, the function representing the trend of the second parameter relative to the first parameter comprising a docking phase in which the slope of the curve is then close to zero, a tightening phase, and a possible intermediate phase relating to the presence of a possible residual separation between the first element and the second element of the assembly. - a task of measurement of a first parameter by a first measurement means, this first parameter being chosen from a parameter in terms of displacement of at least one first part of the dual-access fixing means (3, 4), a parameter in terms of assembly load or a torque; - a task of measurement of a second parameter by a second measurement means, this second parameter being chosen from the parameter in terms of displacement of at least the first part of the dual-access fixing means (3, 4), the parameter in terms of assembly load, and the torque, and the second parameter being different from the first parameter; - a task of calculation of a value of a first derivative of a function representing a trend of the second parameter relative to the first parameter by an appropriate information processing means; - a task of analysis of the value of the first derivative calculated by the appropriate information processing means to check the docking between at least the first element and the second element to be assembled;
A heat exchanger for transferring thermal energy between a hot fluid and a cold fluid passing through the exchanger, said heat exchanger comprising: a casing comprising aluminum nitride impregnated alumina-silica cloth; a cold fluid inlet and a cold fluid outlet downstream from the cold fluid inlet; a pair of thermally conductive walls; a hot fluid flowpath positioned inside the casing for carrying a hot fluid from a hot fluid inlet to a hot fluid outlet downstream from the hot fluid inlet, the hot fluid flowpath being defined at least in part by the pair of thermally conductive walls permitting thermal energy to transfer from hot fluid flowing through the hot fluid flowpath; a porous foam panel is positioned in the hot fluid flowpath, said porous foam panel having spaced thermally conductive elements distributed over the panel and extending through the panel and out from each face and extending from the thermally conductive walls into the hot fluid flowpath; a cold fluid flowpath for carrying a cold fluid from the cold fluid inlet to the cold fluid outlet, at least a downstream portion of said cold fluid flowpath being defined by the thermally conductive walls permitting thermal energy to transfer from hot fluid flowing through the hot fluid flowpath to the cold fluid flowing through the cold fluid flowpath, and at least a portion of the cold fluid flowpath upstream from the thermally conductive wall being defined by a ceramic foam; and thermally conductive elements extending from the ceramic foam, through the cold fluid flowpath downstream from the foam, and into thermal contact with the thermally conductive walls. a casing comprising aluminum nitride impregnated alumina-silica cloth; a cold fluid inlet and a cold fluid outlet downstream from the cold fluid inlet; a pair of thermally conductive walls; a hot fluid flowpath positioned inside the casing for carrying a hot fluid from a hot fluid inlet to a hot fluid outlet downstream from the hot fluid inlet, the hot fluid flowpath being defined at least in part by the pair of thermally conductive walls permitting thermal energy to transfer from hot fluid flowing through the hot fluid flowpath; a porous foam panel is positioned in the hot fluid flowpath, said porous foam panel having spaced thermally conductive elements distributed over the panel and extending through the panel and out from each face and extending from the thermally conductive walls into the hot fluid flowpath; a cold fluid flowpath for carrying a cold fluid from the cold fluid inlet to the cold fluid outlet, at least a downstream portion of said cold fluid flowpath being defined by the thermally conductive walls permitting thermal energy to transfer from hot fluid flowing through the hot fluid flowpath to the cold fluid flowing through the cold fluid flowpath, and at least a portion of the cold fluid flowpath upstream from the thermally conductive wall being defined by a ceramic foam; and thermally conductive elements extending from the ceramic foam, through the cold fluid flowpath downstream from the foam, and into thermal contact with the thermally conductive walls.
A surgical instrument, comprising: (a) an instrument body; (b) an ultrasonic transducer assembly rotatably mounted along a longitudinal axis within the instrument body such that the ultrasonic transducer assembly is configured to selectively rotate about the longitudinal axis; an acoustic waveguide configured to threadably couple with the ultrasonic transducer assembly; and an integral torque indicator, including: (i) a first member extending from the acoustic waveguide, and (ii) a second member extending from the ultrasonic transducer assembly, wherein the first and second members are positioned such that the first member is configured to engage the second member as the acoustic waveguide is threadably coupled with the ultrasonic transducer assembly with a predetermined amount of torque, and wherein the first and second members are configured to engage each other to thereby generate a signal indicative of the predetermined amount of torque for a user. (a) an instrument body; (b) an ultrasonic transducer assembly rotatably mounted along a longitudinal axis within the instrument body such that the ultrasonic transducer assembly is configured to selectively rotate about the longitudinal axis; an acoustic waveguide configured to threadably couple with the ultrasonic transducer assembly; and an integral torque indicator, including: (i) a first member extending from the acoustic waveguide, and (ii) a second member extending from the ultrasonic transducer assembly, wherein the first and second members are positioned such that the first member is configured to engage the second member as the acoustic waveguide is threadably coupled with the ultrasonic transducer assembly with a predetermined amount of torque, and wherein the first and second members are configured to engage each other to thereby generate a signal indicative of the predetermined amount of torque for a user. (i) a first member extending from the acoustic waveguide, and (ii) a second member extending from the ultrasonic transducer assembly, wherein the first and second members are positioned such that the first member is configured to engage the second member as the acoustic waveguide is threadably coupled with the ultrasonic transducer assembly with a predetermined amount of torque, and wherein the first and second members are configured to engage each other to thereby generate a signal indicative of the predetermined amount of torque for a user.
A composition comprising, i) a hydrogenated styrenic block copolymer having a peak molecular weight of from 125 to 300 kg/mol, wherein the peak molecular weight is measured by polystyrene calibrated gel permeation chromatography, ii) an oil, and iii) optional additives; wherein the composition forms a gel having a thixotropic ratio at 25°C of from 5 to 10, wherein the thixotropic ratio is the ratio of the viscosity at 25°C and at a shear rate of 6 s -1 to the viscosity at 25°C and at a shear rate of 200 s -3, and wherein the thixotropic ratio is measured as disclosed in the description,; and wherein the hydrogenated styrenic block copolymer is a diblock copolymer having a first block comprising a polymer of a monoalkenyl arene, and a second block comprising a polymer of a conjugated diene, and wherein the vinyl content of the conjugated diene block ranges from 35% to 49%. i) a hydrogenated styrenic block copolymer having a peak molecular weight of from 125 to 300 kg/mol, wherein the peak molecular weight is measured by polystyrene calibrated gel permeation chromatography, ii) an oil, and iii) optional additives; wherein the composition forms a gel having a thixotropic ratio at 25°C of from 5 to 10, wherein the thixotropic ratio is the ratio of the viscosity at 25°C and at a shear rate of 6 s -1 to the viscosity at 25°C and at a shear rate of 200 s -3, and wherein the thixotropic ratio is measured as disclosed in the description,; and wherein the hydrogenated styrenic block copolymer is a diblock copolymer having a first block comprising a polymer of a monoalkenyl arene, and a second block comprising a polymer of a conjugated diene, and wherein the vinyl content of the conjugated diene block ranges from 35% to 49%.
A method of reclaiming a formate brine, comprising: lowering the pH of a spent formate brine fluid comprising water-soluble polymers to a pH ranging from 4 to 7; increasing the pH of the spent formate brine fluid from the pH ranging from 4 to 7 to a pH of at least 10, wherein increasing the pH initiates precipitation of the water-soluble polymers; treating the fluid with an oxidizing agent, wherein the oxidizing agent breaks down remaining water-soluble polymers; and removing at least a portion of the precipitated water-soluble polymers from the fluid. lowering the pH of a spent formate brine fluid comprising water-soluble polymers to a pH ranging from 4 to 7; increasing the pH of the spent formate brine fluid from the pH ranging from 4 to 7 to a pH of at least 10, wherein increasing the pH initiates precipitation of the water-soluble polymers; treating the fluid with an oxidizing agent, wherein the oxidizing agent breaks down remaining water-soluble polymers; and removing at least a portion of the precipitated water-soluble polymers from the fluid.
Suction apparatus comprising a suction body provided with an inlet aperture to take in a stream of air and/or fumes from a first environment, a discharge outlet for the stream taken in, to a second environment, suction means to take in the air and/or fumes, a suction chamber housing said suction means and delimited by soundproofing means able to reduce or eliminate the noise produced at least by the suction means and/or the stream taken in, wherein said soundproofing means comprise a soundproofing body which houses inside itself the suction means, said soundproofing body comprising a first external part extending between the inlet aperture and the discharge outlet, said first external part comprising peripheral walls (12c, 12d) delimiting inside them the suction chamber, and a second part, inside the first part, disposed in substantial correspondence with the inlet aperture, and comprising one or more means to separate and divert the stream toward at least the peripheral walls (12c, 12d) of the first external part, characterized in that the soundproofing body is made as a monoblock of soundproofing material and the transverse extension of said one or more separation and diversion means is slightly bigger than the transverse extension of the inlet aperture, the peripheral edges of said one or more separation and diversion means, in cooperation with the peripheral edges of said inlet aperture, acting overall as a screen for the emission of noise with respect to said inlet aperture, so that there is no direct communication at least between the source of the noise of said suction means and the environment outside said inlet aperture.
Extrusion system for coating wires, cable pre-products or stranded conductors, wherein the extrusion system has an extrusion head with a pre-product guide and a mould die, wherein the pre-product guide and the mould die are arranged in relation to one another in such a way that an opening of the pre-product guide allows a moulding compound to be moulded by the mould die into an extruded moulding, and the pre-product guide and/or the mould die are assigned a motorised adjusting device, characterised in that the motorised adjusting device has a piezoelectric actuator and the piezoelectric actuator is arranged on the pre-product guide and/or on the mould die, such that, if an adjusting signal is applied to the motorised adjusting device by means of a direct linear movement of the piezoelectric actuator, the pre-product guide and the mould die can be aligned in relation to one another.
Device for dynamic weighing, comprising: a plurality of weighing sensors constituting a weighing sensor network, wherein one weighing sensor in the weighing sensor network is selected as a primary node, and, as the primary node, is configured to either perform a time synchronization with other nodes in the weighing sensor network by way of a time synchronization protocol, or provide a time, relative to which the other weighing sensors synchronize a time offset; wherein each weighing sensor is configured to continuously packetise and send a plurality of consecutive pieces of weighing information to a terminal apparatus; and wherein the terminal apparatus is configured to calculate a weighed weight result of the dynamic weighing device at the same moment based on time information in the weighing information obtained through depacketisation characterised in that the plurality of weighing sensors is constituting a weighing sensor network via Ethernet and the primary node is configured to perform a time synchronization with the other nodes in the network, and to update the time offsets of the other nodes relative to the time of the primary node at a preset time interval; or the other weighing sensors are configured to perform a time verification with the primary node, and to update the time offsets of the other nodes relative to the time of the primary node at a preset time interval. a plurality of weighing sensors constituting a weighing sensor network, wherein one weighing sensor in the weighing sensor network is selected as a primary node, and, as the primary node, is configured to either perform a time synchronization with other nodes in the weighing sensor network by way of a time synchronization protocol, or provide a time, relative to which the other weighing sensors synchronize a time offset; wherein each weighing sensor is configured to continuously packetise and send a plurality of consecutive pieces of weighing information to a terminal apparatus; and wherein the terminal apparatus is configured to calculate a weighed weight result of the dynamic weighing device at the same moment based on time information in the weighing information obtained through depacketisation characterised in that the plurality of weighing sensors is constituting a weighing sensor network via Ethernet and the primary node is configured to perform a time synchronization with the other nodes in the network, and to update the time offsets of the other nodes relative to the time of the primary node at a preset time interval; or the other weighing sensors are configured to perform a time verification with the primary node, and to update the time offsets of the other nodes relative to the time of the primary node at a preset time interval.