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A lighting module, comprising: a light source module having a light source substrate, a plurality of light-emitting units arranged in an annular shape on the light source substrate, and a driving module located in an annular region on the light source substrate, the annular region being surrounded by the light-emitting units; and an optical element comprising an annular optical accommodation region located at an outer periphery and a driving accommodation region located in a region surrounded by the optical accommodation region, the driving accommodation region being protruded; the optical accommodation region being provided with an optical accommodation groove facing the light-emitting units, the optical accommodation groove being configured to accommodate the light-emitting units, light emitted by the light-emitting units being incident onto the optical accommodation groove and then exiting upon being distributed; and the driving module of the light source module being correspondingly accommodated in the driving accommodation region, characterized in that the optical element is an integral structure with a circular shape, including an annular optical accommodation region located at the outer most periphery and a semicircular driving accommodation region integrally connected with an arc-shaped segment of the annular optical accommodation region, forming a semicircular space, corresponding to a space of the light source module, between the optical accommodation region and the driving accommodation region. a light source module having a light source substrate, a plurality of light-emitting units arranged in an annular shape on the light source substrate, and a driving module located in an annular region on the light source substrate, the annular region being surrounded by the light-emitting units; and an optical element comprising an annular optical accommodation region located at an outer periphery and a driving accommodation region located in a region surrounded by the optical accommodation region, the driving accommodation region being protruded; the optical accommodation region being provided with an optical accommodation groove facing the light-emitting units, the optical accommodation groove being configured to accommodate the light-emitting units, light emitted by the light-emitting units being incident onto the optical accommodation groove and then exiting upon being distributed; and the driving module of the light source module being correspondingly accommodated in the driving accommodation region, characterized in that the optical element is an integral structure with a circular shape, including an annular optical accommodation region located at the outer most periphery and a semicircular driving accommodation region integrally connected with an arc-shaped segment of the annular optical accommodation region, forming a semicircular space, corresponding to a space of the light source module, between the optical accommodation region and the driving accommodation region.
A thermal storage and exchange heating apparatus comprising: - a thermal storage tank that is adapted to store a heated heat medium; - a circulation channel connected to an upper portion and a lower portion of the thermal storage tank, and through which the heat medium is adapted to circulate; - a heat exchanger provided to the circulation channel and configured to exchange heat between the heat medium and a heating object and to heat the heating object; - circulation direction switching means configured to switch circulation of the heat medium in the circulation channel between a forward direction from the upper portion of the thermal storage tank to the lower portion of the thermal storage tank and a backward direction from the lower portion of the thermal storage tank to the upper portion of the thermal storage tank; the thermal storage and exchange heating apparatus further comprising - control means configured to cause the heat medium to circulate in the forward direction set by switching of the circulation direction switching means in a heating operation of the heating object and cause the heat medium to circulate in the backward direction set by switching of the circulation direction switching means after a stop of the heating operation of the heating object for a backflow execution time or at a predetermined total flow rate of backflow, the backflow execution time and the predetermined total flow rate of the backflow being necessary for returning only the heat medium at a temperature higher than a first predetermined temperature in the circulation channel to the thermal storage tank. - a thermal storage tank that is adapted to store a heated heat medium; - a circulation channel connected to an upper portion and a lower portion of the thermal storage tank, and through which the heat medium is adapted to circulate; - a heat exchanger provided to the circulation channel and configured to exchange heat between the heat medium and a heating object and to heat the heating object; - circulation direction switching means configured to switch circulation of the heat medium in the circulation channel between a forward direction from the upper portion of the thermal storage tank to the lower portion of the thermal storage tank and a backward direction from the lower portion of the thermal storage tank to the upper portion of the thermal storage tank; - control means configured to cause the heat medium to circulate in the forward direction set by switching of the circulation direction switching means in a heating operation of the heating object and cause the heat medium to circulate in the backward direction set by switching of the circulation direction switching means after a stop of the heating operation of the heating object for a backflow execution time or at a predetermined total flow rate of backflow, the backflow execution time and the predetermined total flow rate of the backflow being necessary for returning only the heat medium at a temperature higher than a first predetermined temperature in the circulation channel to the thermal storage tank.
A method of identifying a biofilm-former microorganism infestation in a papermaking process, the method comprising the steps of: noting a defect on an item associated with a papermaking process, conducting at least one PCR analysis on at least one sample taken from the item, the PCR analysis utilizing primers targeted towards nucleotide sequences known to be associated with at least one type of organism, if a positive result is indicated, determining if a measured concentration of organisms exceeds a pre-determined threshold, if the measured concentration exceeds the threshold at least one additional PCR analysis is done to determine specific organisms that are present in the sample, in which the at least one additional PCR analysis is done to determine primary biofilm-formers as specific organisms. if the measured concentration of each specific organism detected exceeds a pre-determined threshold then that defect is at least in part due to an infestation of that specific organism. noting a defect on an item associated with a papermaking process, conducting at least one PCR analysis on at least one sample taken from the item, the PCR analysis utilizing primers targeted towards nucleotide sequences known to be associated with at least one type of organism, if a positive result is indicated, determining if a measured concentration of organisms exceeds a pre-determined threshold, if the measured concentration exceeds the threshold at least one additional PCR analysis is done to determine specific organisms that are present in the sample, in which the at least one additional PCR analysis is done to determine primary biofilm-formers as specific organisms. if the measured concentration of each specific organism detected exceeds a pre-determined threshold then that defect is at least in part due to an infestation of that specific organism.
Powder dispensing and sensing apparatus comprising: a support structure to receive a cartridge holder configured to hold at least one row of cartridges; a powder dispenser assembly including powder dispenser modules to dispense powder into respective cartridges in the at least one row of cartridges; a powder transport system to deliver powder to the powder dispenser modules; a sensor module including a plurality of sensor cells to sense respective fill states of each of the cartridges in the at least one row of cartridges; a control system to control the powder dispenser modules in response to the respective sensed fill states of each of the cartridges of the at least one row of cartridges; and an actuator to move the at least one row of cartridges relative to the array of powder dispenser modules, characterised in that the powder dispenser assembly includes an array having one or two rows of powder dispenser modules; and in that direct powder feeds are provided to each powder dispenser module. a support structure to receive a cartridge holder configured to hold at least one row of cartridges; a powder dispenser assembly including powder dispenser modules to dispense powder into respective cartridges in the at least one row of cartridges; a powder transport system to deliver powder to the powder dispenser modules; a sensor module including a plurality of sensor cells to sense respective fill states of each of the cartridges in the at least one row of cartridges; a control system to control the powder dispenser modules in response to the respective sensed fill states of each of the cartridges of the at least one row of cartridges; and an actuator to move the at least one row of cartridges relative to the array of powder dispenser modules, characterised in that the powder dispenser assembly includes an array having one or two rows of powder dispenser modules; and in that direct powder feeds are provided to each powder dispenser module.
A fuel flow limiting valve for large internal combustion engines, comprising: - a valve housing including an inner cylindrical surface surrounding a valve chamber, an inlet channel with an inlet valve seat, an outlet channel with an outlet valve seat, - a valve piston housed in said valve chamber and having a base wall and a cylindrical wall, which is guided in a longitudinal direction from said inner cylindrical surface of the valve housing, the valve piston having a first sealing surface cooperating with the inlet valve seat and a second sealing surface cooperating with the outlet valve seat, the valve piston being movable in said longitudinal direction between a first position in which the first sealing surface closes the inlet valve seat and a second position in which the second sealing surface closes the outlet valve seat, and - an elastic element arranged between the housing and the valve piston and tending to push the valve piston towards said first position, characterized in that the first and the second sealing surfaces (52, 54) are machined directly onto said base wall of the valve piston and in that the valve housing comprises a pin formation, which extends in the longitudinal direction within said valve chamber, wherein said outlet channel extends through said pin formation and wherein said outlet valve seat is formed at an inner distal end of said pin formation. - a valve housing including an inner cylindrical surface surrounding a valve chamber, an inlet channel with an inlet valve seat, an outlet channel with an outlet valve seat, - a valve piston housed in said valve chamber and having a base wall and a cylindrical wall, which is guided in a longitudinal direction from said inner cylindrical surface of the valve housing, the valve piston having a first sealing surface cooperating with the inlet valve seat and a second sealing surface cooperating with the outlet valve seat, the valve piston being movable in said longitudinal direction between a first position in which the first sealing surface closes the inlet valve seat and a second position in which the second sealing surface closes the outlet valve seat, and - an elastic element arranged between the housing and the valve piston and tending to push the valve piston towards said first position,
A method for counteracting and/or altering a pitching moment of an aircraft caused by movement and/or deflections of control surfaces of the aircraft comprising: receiving signals from flight instrumentation corresponding to a flight configuration and/or a selected maneuver of the aircraft; determining a configuration position of a horizontal stabilizer using the signals in conjunction with table lookup data comprising estimated optimal deflections of the horizontal stabilizer correlated to aircraft configuration changes that induce a pitching moment; calculating, with a processor, a desired movement of the horizontal stabilizer of the aircraft by performing a mathematical operation between the configuration position and a calculated incremental angle change of the horizontal stabilizer based on sensor data, the desired movement corresponding to a first deflection of the horizontal stabilizer; and controlling a movement of an elevator to a second deflection to maneuver the aircraft and a movement of the horizontal stabilizer to the first deflection to counteract and/or alter the pitching moment of the aircraft that is caused by the movement and/or deflections of the control surfaces of the aircraft. receiving signals from flight instrumentation corresponding to a flight configuration and/or a selected maneuver of the aircraft; determining a configuration position of a horizontal stabilizer using the signals in conjunction with table lookup data comprising estimated optimal deflections of the horizontal stabilizer correlated to aircraft configuration changes that induce a pitching moment; calculating, with a processor, a desired movement of the horizontal stabilizer of the aircraft by performing a mathematical operation between the configuration position and a calculated incremental angle change of the horizontal stabilizer based on sensor data, the desired movement corresponding to a first deflection of the horizontal stabilizer; and controlling a movement of an elevator to a second deflection to maneuver the aircraft and a movement of the horizontal stabilizer to the first deflection to counteract and/or alter the pitching moment of the aircraft that is caused by the movement and/or deflections of the control surfaces of the aircraft.
A shoe member comprising a foam comprising a thermoplastic resin, wherein distribution of cell diameters of the foam in a part excluding a skin layer has at least two main dispersions, wherein in the distribution of cell diameters, the peak value of the maximum main dispersion is no less than 0.5 mm and wherein the peak value of a main dispersion other than the maximum main dispersion is less than 0.5mm.
A solar cell comprising a semiconductor substrate with contacts on the front and back sides, wherein the front-side contact comprises contact fingers (300, 302, 304, 306) and at least one busbar (307, 311) running crosswise to these fingers, made of several sections at a distance from one another, along which runs a connector (324, 326) which is cohesively connected to this busbar, wherein at least two contact fingers are each connected to a section of the busbar having at least two soldering edges (328, 330), characterized in that the section (316, 318, 320, 322) in top view has an annular or hollow-rectangular geometry for the formation of four soldering edges (332, 334, 336, 338).
An actuator device with an expansion unit (10; 10a to 10d), having a magnetic shape memory alloy material, designed so as to interact with a preferably non-magnetic plunger unit (16; 16a to 16d), and executing an expansion movement along a positioning direction as a reaction to an introduced magnetic flux, which expansion unit is aligned with a longitudinal axis determined by the expansion direction onto the plunger unit, and is provided for purposes of exerting a positioning force onto the latter, wherein the plunger unit is guided on the inner surface of an associated housing section of the actuator unit, characterised in that, an end section (11a to 11d) of the expansion unit implemented in a transition region between the expansion unit and the plunger unit, and/or an end section (17a to 17d) of the plunger unit, is designed such that at least in the event of the exertion of the positioning force along the longitudinal axis an overlap occurs in the transition region causing a shape fit and/or a force fit transverse to the longitudinal axis.
An apparatus for deriving a gaze direction of a human eye, the apparatus comprising: (a) a light-guide optical element, or LOE, formed from transparent material and having pair of parallel faces (104a, 104b) for guiding light by internal reflection, one of said parallel faces being deployed in facing relation to the eye; (b) a coupling-in configuration associated with said LOE and configured for coupling-in a proportion of light incident on one of said parallel faces within a coupling-in region so as to propagate within said LOE; (c) focusing optics associated with said LOE and configured for converting sets of parallel light rays propagating within said LOE into converging beams of captured light; (d) an optical sensor deployed for sensing said captured light; and (e) a processing system including at least one processor, said processing system being electrically associated with said optical sensor and configured so as to process signals from said optical sensor to derive a current gaze direction of the eye, wherein said coupling-in configuration is configured to generate rays propagating within said LOE, each ray having a direction indicative of a direction of incidence of a corresponding incident light ray, and characterised in that a plurality of spaced-apart parallel incident rays are combined into a single ray propagating within said LOE. (a) a light-guide optical element, or LOE, formed from transparent material and having pair of parallel faces (104a, 104b) for guiding light by internal reflection, one of said parallel faces being deployed in facing relation to the eye; (b) a coupling-in configuration associated with said LOE and configured for coupling-in a proportion of light incident on one of said parallel faces within a coupling-in region so as to propagate within said LOE; (c) focusing optics associated with said LOE and configured for converting sets of parallel light rays propagating within said LOE into converging beams of captured light; (d) an optical sensor deployed for sensing said captured light; and (e) a processing system including at least one processor, said processing system being electrically associated with said optical sensor and configured so as to process signals from said optical sensor to derive a current gaze direction of the eye,
A method for manufacturing a pneumatic tire using a rigid core having an external surface to form the inner cavity of a tire, comprising: by helically winding a first rubber strip made of a first composition on the outer side of a rigid core in a circumferential direction of the core, a step for forming a first rubber layer where first overlapped portions are formed in a helical pattern by overlapping side edges of the first rubber strip; and by helically winding a second rubber strip made of a second composition on the external surface of the first rubber layer in the same direction as that of the first rubber strip, a step for forming a second rubber layer where second overlapped portions are formed in a helical pattern by overlapping side edges of the second rubber strip, wherein, in the step for forming the second rubber layer, the second rubber strip is wound so as to form a second overlapped portion between adjacent first overlapped portions, and wherein the step for forming a first rubber layer further comprises a step for increasing the thickness of the first rubber layer in a buttress region by reducing the pitch when winding the first rubber strip in the buttress region of the rigid core. by helically winding a first rubber strip made of a first composition on the outer side of a rigid core in a circumferential direction of the core, a step for forming a first rubber layer where first overlapped portions are formed in a helical pattern by overlapping side edges of the first rubber strip; and by helically winding a second rubber strip made of a second composition on the external surface of the first rubber layer in the same direction as that of the first rubber strip, a step for forming a second rubber layer where second overlapped portions are formed in a helical pattern by overlapping side edges of the second rubber strip, wherein, in the step for forming the second rubber layer, the second rubber strip is wound so as to form a second overlapped portion between adjacent first overlapped portions, and wherein the step for forming a first rubber layer further comprises a step for increasing the thickness of the first rubber layer in a buttress region by reducing the pitch when winding the first rubber strip in the buttress region of the rigid core.
A high-functionality polyisocyanate containing urethane groups and obtainable by - reacting at least one polyfunctional alcohol, having a functionality which is on average more than 2, the polyfunctional alcohol being a polyol or a mixture of polyols, - at least one polyisocyanate, having a functionality of more than 2, which contains at least one isocyanurate, biuret, uretdione and/or allophanate group and is constructed from aliphatic and/or cycloaliphatic isocyanates, under reaction conditions under which urethane groups are formed between and, with the proviso that - the molar ratio of NCO groups to OH groups between and is at least 3:1. - reacting at least one polyfunctional alcohol, having a functionality which is on average more than 2, the polyfunctional alcohol being a polyol or a mixture of polyols, - at least one polyisocyanate, having a functionality of more than 2, which contains at least one isocyanurate, biuret, uretdione and/or allophanate group and is constructed from aliphatic and/or cycloaliphatic isocyanates, - the molar ratio of NCO groups to OH groups between and is at least 3:1.
Device for limiting a movement of a joint arranged between a first body part and a second body part, comprising a receptacle that is held on the first body part by means of a receptacle fastener, a shear body that is held on the second body part by means of a shear-body fastener and is movable relative to the receptacle, wherein the shear body is inserted at least partially into the receptacle via an insertion opening, and a dilatant fluid, provided in the receptacle, for influencing a relative movement between the shear body and the receptacle, characterised in that the insertion opening of the receptacle is directed away from the shear-body fastener.