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An apparatus for metal implant contact detection through capacitive measurements, the apparatus comprising: a housing that defines a housing interior, wherein the housing includes opposed first and second end walls, a base wall and an opposed cover wall, a first cross wall and an opposed second cross wall that define the housing interior; a main needle supported by the housing, wherein the main needle has a head and an opposed main needle tip; a battery positioned in the housing interior; apparatus electronics powered by the battery and in communication with the main needle, such that a capacitive measurement can be being taken as the main needle moves toward or away from the metal implant and for detecting a sudden increase in a capacitance measurement when the main needle contacts the metal implant contact; and, an output device in communication with the electronics for outputting the capacitive measurements, wherein the base wall of the housing defines a base wall opening that is sized such that the main needle is moveable through the base wall opening. a housing that defines a housing interior, wherein the housing includes opposed first and second end walls, a base wall and an opposed cover wall, a first cross wall and an opposed second cross wall that define the housing interior; a main needle supported by the housing, wherein the main needle has a head and an opposed main needle tip; a battery positioned in the housing interior; apparatus electronics powered by the battery and in communication with the main needle, such that a capacitive measurement can be being taken as the main needle moves toward or away from the metal implant and for detecting a sudden increase in a capacitance measurement when the main needle contacts the metal implant contact; and, an output device in communication with the electronics for outputting the capacitive measurements, wherein the base wall of the housing defines a base wall opening that is sized such that the main needle is moveable through the base wall opening.
A vehicle with a lamp system, comprising: a detection unit configured to detect reverse movement of the vehicle; a reversing lamp installed on the rear side of the vehicle; and a lamp unit installed adjacent to the reversing lamp, including a plurality of light source parts, and configured to irradiate light forming a road pattern including a plurality of shapes which are formed by the light source parts respectively and arranged in one direction behind the vehicle at a predetermined acute angle from a central line of the vehicle when it is detected that the reversing lamp is turned on, wherein when the vehicle is reversing, the reversing lamp is turned on and the lamp unit is configured to form the road pattern together with the reversing lamp. a detection unit configured to detect reverse movement of the vehicle; a reversing lamp installed on the rear side of the vehicle; and a lamp unit installed adjacent to the reversing lamp, including a plurality of light source parts, and configured to irradiate light forming a road pattern including a plurality of shapes which are formed by the light source parts respectively and arranged in one direction behind the vehicle at a predetermined acute angle from a central line of the vehicle when it is detected that the reversing lamp is turned on, wherein when the vehicle is reversing, the reversing lamp is turned on and the lamp unit is configured to form the road pattern together with the reversing lamp.
A lithium secondary battery comprising: a positive electrode layer composed of a lithium complex oxide sintered body; a negative electrode layer composed of a titanium-containing sintered body; a ceramic separator interposed between the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer; an electrolyte with which at least the ceramic separator is impregnated; and an exterior body comprising a closed space, the closed space accommodating the positive electrode layer, the negative electrode layer, the ceramic separator, and the electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode layer, the ceramic separator, and the negative electrode layer form one integrated sintered plate as a whole, whereby the positive electrode layer, the ceramic separator, and the negative electrode layer are bonded together, and wherein the entirety of the integrated sintered plate is coated with a metal oxide layer. a positive electrode layer composed of a lithium complex oxide sintered body; a negative electrode layer composed of a titanium-containing sintered body; a ceramic separator interposed between the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer; an electrolyte with which at least the ceramic separator is impregnated; and an exterior body comprising a closed space, the closed space accommodating the positive electrode layer, the negative electrode layer, the ceramic separator, and the electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode layer, the ceramic separator, and the negative electrode layer form one integrated sintered plate as a whole, whereby the positive electrode layer, the ceramic separator, and the negative electrode layer are bonded together, and wherein the entirety of the integrated sintered plate is coated with a metal oxide layer.
A nicotine-containing pharmaceutical product configured for insertion into the mouth of a user of that product, comprising: an outer water-permeable pouch containing a nicotine-containing pharmaceutical composition; and product identifying information relating to the nicotine-containing pharmaceutical composition presented such that said product identifying information is discernible to a user of the product upon visual inspection of the product and which enables the user to differentiate multiple nicotine-containing pharmaceutical products, the product identifying information comprising one or more of alphanumeric characters and designs associated with the nicotine-containing pharmaceutical product, wherein the product identifying information is imprinted on at least one of a longitudinally-extending seam and a laterally-extending seam of the outer water-permeable pouch, and wherein patterned roller bars are used to press at least one of the longitudinally-extending seam and the laterally-extending seam of the outer water-permeable pouch during sealing to assist in marking the outer water-permeable pouch as a seam is pressed, such that the imprinted product identifying information contributes to the sealing of at least one of the longitudinally-extending seam and the laterally-extending seam of the outer water-permeable pouch. an outer water-permeable pouch containing a nicotine-containing pharmaceutical composition; and product identifying information relating to the nicotine-containing pharmaceutical composition presented such that said product identifying information is discernible to a user of the product upon visual inspection of the product and which enables the user to differentiate multiple nicotine-containing pharmaceutical products, the product identifying information comprising one or more of alphanumeric characters and designs associated with the nicotine-containing pharmaceutical product, wherein the product identifying information is imprinted on at least one of a longitudinally-extending seam and a laterally-extending seam of the outer water-permeable pouch, and wherein patterned roller bars are used to press at least one of the longitudinally-extending seam and the laterally-extending seam of the outer water-permeable pouch during sealing to assist in marking the outer water-permeable pouch as a seam is pressed, such that the imprinted product identifying information contributes to the sealing of at least one of the longitudinally-extending seam and the laterally-extending seam of the outer water-permeable pouch.
A positioning device that determines a position of a moving body, the positioning device comprising: an imaging unit that is configured to be mounted on the moving body and captures an image of surroundings of the moving body to acquire a captured image; a detector that is configured to be mounted on the moving body and detects motion of the moving body to output a detection signal indicating a detection result; a bias correction unit that processes the detection signal using a correction value for correcting a bias error included in the detection signal without depending on the motion of the moving body; a position computation unit that computes the position of the moving body based on the captured image acquired by the imaging unit and a detection signal processed by the bias correction unit; and a stationary determination unit that determines whether or not the moving body is stationary by detecting a period in which the moving body has a sufficiently small speed based on the results of the position computation unit, wherein the bias correction unit updates a correction value of the bias error based on a detection signal output by the detector when the stationary determination unit determines that the moving body is stationary, and does not update a correction value of the bias error based on a detection signal output by the detector when the stationary determination unit determines that the moving body is not stationary. an imaging unit that is configured to be mounted on the moving body and captures an image of surroundings of the moving body to acquire a captured image; a detector that is configured to be mounted on the moving body and detects motion of the moving body to output a detection signal indicating a detection result; a bias correction unit that processes the detection signal using a correction value for correcting a bias error included in the detection signal without depending on the motion of the moving body; a position computation unit that computes the position of the moving body based on the captured image acquired by the imaging unit and a detection signal processed by the bias correction unit; and a stationary determination unit that determines whether or not the moving body is stationary by detecting a period in which the moving body has a sufficiently small speed based on the results of the position computation unit, wherein the bias correction unit updates a correction value of the bias error based on a detection signal output by the detector when the stationary determination unit determines that the moving body is stationary, and does not update a correction value of the bias error based on a detection signal output by the detector when the stationary determination unit determines that the moving body is not stationary.
Device for handling a tool for tightening nuts, wherein - the device is suitable to assist assembly of wind turbine tower segments (23, 24), - the device comprises a mast, a jib and a balancing unit, and wherein the mast comprises means for raising and lowering the jib, - the balancing unit is attached at the jib, - the balancing unit is arranged and prepared to be connected to the tool, and - the balancing unit is arranged and prepared to counteract at least partially the weight of the tool, characterized in that the mast of the device comprises a foot for attaching the mast to an attachment nut, which attachment nut is one of the nuts to be tightened. - the device is suitable to assist assembly of wind turbine tower segments (23, 24), - the device comprises a mast, a jib and a balancing unit, and wherein the mast comprises means for raising and lowering the jib, - the balancing unit is attached at the jib, - the balancing unit is arranged and prepared to be connected to the tool, and - the balancing unit is arranged and prepared to counteract at least partially the weight of the tool,
Air conditioning system for a motor vehicle with at least one filter device for filtering air fed from outside into the motor vehicle interior, the filter device comprising: - at least one first filter layer made of a carrier medium for receiving a coating, - a holder in which the at least one first filter layer is held, the holder being provided for fastening in the motor vehicle, the carrier medium of the at least one first filter layer is coated at least in sections on its surfaces with a salt layer, the salt layer being formed from at least one inorganic salt, the salt layer containing common salt as at least one inorganic salt, the salt layer on the carrier medium of the at least one first filter layer having a thickness of 0.1 to 100 μm, preferably 1 to 5 μm, characterized in that the filter device comprises at least one second filter layer of a carrier medium formed of a plastic, for example filter paper, or of a synthetic nonwoven, wherein the second filter layer is without a salt coating, and wherein the second filter layer is provided for a retention of larger particles, so that the usable filter area of the first filter layer is not occupied by the larger particles. - at least one first filter layer made of a carrier medium for receiving a coating, - a holder in which the at least one first filter layer is held, the holder being provided for fastening in the motor vehicle, the carrier medium of the at least one first filter layer is coated at least in sections on its surfaces with a salt layer, the salt layer being formed from at least one inorganic salt, the salt layer containing common salt as at least one inorganic salt, the salt layer on the carrier medium of the at least one first filter layer having a thickness of 0.1 to 100 μm, preferably 1 to 5 μm, characterized in that the filter device comprises at least one second filter layer of a carrier medium formed of a plastic, for example filter paper, or of a synthetic nonwoven, wherein the second filter layer is without a salt coating, and wherein the second filter layer is provided for a retention of larger particles, so that the usable filter area of the first filter layer is not occupied by the larger particles.
A method for signal communication in a multi-input multi-output network, the method comprising: receiving by a transmitting wireless station one or more predetermined receiving signals transmitted from a receiving wireless station; calculating one or more beamforming weighting vectors corresponding to one or more antennas of the receiving wireless station based on the predetermined receiving signals, the calculating comprising performing an optimization process to select a weighting vector with maximum signal-to-noise ratio for which the beamformed gain for the corresponding antenna is larger than those of the other antennas in accordance with a predetermined threshold value; and transmitting one or more beamformed transmission signals to the receiving wireless station using the calculated beamforming weighting vectors for targeting at the antennas thereon, thereby creating two or more detectably uncorrelated or partially correlated transmission signals received at the receiving wireless station. receiving by a transmitting wireless station one or more predetermined receiving signals transmitted from a receiving wireless station; calculating one or more beamforming weighting vectors corresponding to one or more antennas of the receiving wireless station based on the predetermined receiving signals, the calculating comprising performing an optimization process to select a weighting vector with maximum signal-to-noise ratio for which the beamformed gain for the corresponding antenna is larger than those of the other antennas in accordance with a predetermined threshold value; and transmitting one or more beamformed transmission signals to the receiving wireless station using the calculated beamforming weighting vectors for targeting at the antennas thereon, thereby creating two or more detectably uncorrelated or partially correlated transmission signals received at the receiving wireless station.
A downhole tool deployment assembly, said assembly comprising: a heater with a tubular heater body having an internal cavity configured to receive a heat source; a tubular heat conducting member configured to surround the tubular heater body leaving an annular clearance, wherein the tubular heat conducting member does not extend along the entire length of the tubular heater body; a collar mounted adjacent to the region of the assembly where the tubular heat conducting member ends, wherein the collar is configured to prevent access to the annular clearance between the tubular heat conducting member and the tubular heater body; and an eutectic/bismuth based alloy covering extending over the collar and at least a portion of the tubular heater body and the tubular heat conducting member, and whereby the alloy holds the heater and the tubular heat conducting member together until the alloy is melted; and characterised by a skirt portion located at the end of the tubular heat conducting member remote from the collar, wherein the skirt portion facilitates the cooling of the molten alloy as it flows down the assembly by enabling downhole fluids to collect within the open end of the skirt. a heater with a tubular heater body having an internal cavity configured to receive a heat source; a tubular heat conducting member configured to surround the tubular heater body leaving an annular clearance, wherein the tubular heat conducting member does not extend along the entire length of the tubular heater body; a collar mounted adjacent to the region of the assembly where the tubular heat conducting member ends, wherein the collar is configured to prevent access to the annular clearance between the tubular heat conducting member and the tubular heater body; and an eutectic/bismuth based alloy covering extending over the collar and at least a portion of the tubular heater body and the tubular heat conducting member, and whereby the alloy holds the heater and the tubular heat conducting member together until the alloy is melted; and characterised by a skirt portion located at the end of the tubular heat conducting member remote from the collar, wherein the skirt portion facilitates the cooling of the molten alloy as it flows down the assembly by enabling downhole fluids to collect within the open end of the skirt.
Process for the additive manufacture of a green ceramic body, comprising: - provision of a slip comprising, suspended in a liquid phase, particles of a structure-forming ceramic material, where the slip comprises no organic or inorganic additives which are gelled or crosslinked by thermal or optical methods; - production of a slip layer; - direction of radiation from a laser light source onto a slip-layer section; - resultant vaporization of liquid phase from the slip layer in the slip-layer section onto which the radiation from the laser light source is or has been oriented; - sinter-free formation of a section of the green ceramic body in the slip layer; - optional repetition of the steps of production, direction, vaporization and sinter-free formation until the green ceramic body is obtained; - separation of the green ceramic body from the slip. - provision of a slip comprising, suspended in a liquid phase, particles of a structure-forming ceramic material, where the slip comprises no organic or inorganic additives which are gelled or crosslinked by thermal or optical methods; - production of a slip layer; - direction of radiation from a laser light source onto a slip-layer section; - resultant vaporization of liquid phase from the slip layer in the slip-layer section onto which the radiation from the laser light source is or has been oriented; - sinter-free formation of a section of the green ceramic body in the slip layer; - optional repetition of the steps of production, direction, vaporization and sinter-free formation until the green ceramic body is obtained; - separation of the green ceramic body from the slip.
A multiple use blood control catheter assembly, comprising: a catheter adapter having a proximal opening, a distal end, and a fluid pathway extending therebetween, the distal end of the catheter adapter housing an intravenous catheter, a portion of the fluid pathway having a first diameter; a septum slidably disposed within the portion of the fluid pathway between a compressed or flexed state and uncompressed or relaxed state, the septum having a second diameter that is at least equal to the first diameter such that the septum divides the fluid pathway into a proximal fluid chamber and a distal fluid chamber, the septum further having a slit providing a pathway through the septum; and a septum actuator having a base positioned within the distal fluid chamber and having a probe configured for insertion within the slit of the septum, wherein, during use of the catheter assembly, the probe biases the slit into an open position when the septum is slid from the uncompressed or relaxed state to the compressed or flexed state in response to an external device being inserted into the proximal opening of the catheter adapter, an interstitial space is formed between the outer surface of the probe and the inner surface of the adapter and distal to a distal end of the septum, characterized in that the interstitial space is at least partially defined by a distal surface of the septum, and the probe includes one or more windows which allow fluid to flow between an interior of the probe and the interstitial space. a catheter adapter having a proximal opening, a distal end, and a fluid pathway extending therebetween, the distal end of the catheter adapter housing an intravenous catheter, a portion of the fluid pathway having a first diameter; a septum slidably disposed within the portion of the fluid pathway between a compressed or flexed state and uncompressed or relaxed state, the septum having a second diameter that is at least equal to the first diameter such that the septum divides the fluid pathway into a proximal fluid chamber and a distal fluid chamber, the septum further having a slit providing a pathway through the septum; and a septum actuator having a base positioned within the distal fluid chamber and having a probe configured for insertion within the slit of the septum, wherein, during use of the catheter assembly, the probe biases the slit into an open position when the septum is slid from the uncompressed or relaxed state to the compressed or flexed state in response to an external device being inserted into the proximal opening of the catheter adapter, an interstitial space is formed between the outer surface of the probe and the inner surface of the adapter and distal to a distal end of the septum, characterized in that the interstitial space is at least partially defined by a distal surface of the septum, and the probe includes one or more windows which allow fluid to flow between an interior of the probe and the interstitial space.