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Method for the preparation of an alignment layer for the planar alignment of liquid crystals in optical, optoelectronic or electro-optical devices comprising - forming a layer on a substrate by bringing into contact a composition comprising an aligning polymer and a polymerizable monomer with said substrate, - irradiating said layer with aligning light, whereby an alignment layer is formed, - bringing into contact said alignment layer with a liquid crystal composition; - optionally irradiating said alignment layer which will be in contact with a liquid crystal composition, - assembling a liquid crystal cell, preferably by using at least one of said alignment layer and a liquid crystal composition, - irradiating said liquid crystal cell; wherein said aligning polymer has at least a single side-chain comprising at least a photo-reactive group selected from the group consisting of coumarin group, cinnamate group, an unsubstituted or substituted aromatic group, which is substituted by an unsubstituted or substituted ethylene group, chalcon group, substituted or unsubstituted stilbene group and azobenzene group; and wherein said polymerizable monomer is bifunction or multifunctional and has one or more ring or condensed ring structures and functional groups bonded directly to the ring or condensed ring structure. - forming a layer on a substrate by bringing into contact a composition comprising an aligning polymer and a polymerizable monomer with said substrate, - irradiating said layer with aligning light, whereby an alignment layer is formed, - bringing into contact said alignment layer with a liquid crystal composition; - optionally irradiating said alignment layer which will be in contact with a liquid crystal composition, - assembling a liquid crystal cell, preferably by using at least one of said alignment layer and a liquid crystal composition, - irradiating said liquid crystal cell;
A group of motor vehicles, comprising motor vehicles of at least two vehicle series which belong to different vehicle classes, with a respective floor assembly having two lateral rear longitudinal members, characterised in that the rear longitudinal members have uniform centre and rear portions (22, 24) for the motor vehicles of the two vehicle series, while the front portions of the rear longitudinal members are different for the motor vehicles of the two vehicle series, wherein the front and centre portions (20, 22) are joined together by welding and the front portions are configured so that, subject to the front portions on the motor vehicles of both vehicle series, • different distances are produced in the transverse direction of the motor vehicles between the inner surfaces of the rear wheel wells of the motor vehicles and/or • different distances are produced in the longitudinal direction of the motor vehicles between the connecting lines of the wheel contact points of the rear wheels and the heel plate cross members and/or • different distances are produced in the vertical direction of the motor vehicles between the lower edges of the rear longitudinal members and the lower edges of lateral longitudinal members of the motor vehicles. • different distances are produced in the transverse direction of the motor vehicles between the inner surfaces of the rear wheel wells of the motor vehicles and/or • different distances are produced in the longitudinal direction of the motor vehicles between the connecting lines of the wheel contact points of the rear wheels and the heel plate cross members and/or • different distances are produced in the vertical direction of the motor vehicles between the lower edges of the rear longitudinal members and the lower edges of lateral longitudinal members of the motor vehicles.
A structure for connecting a sterile adapter to a surgical instrument, wherein the sterile adapter has a top surface on which a plurality of adapter fixed engaging members are provided, and the surgical instrument is connected to the sterile adapter, the surgical instrument includes: a base; and at least one instrument fixing assembly provided at the base and configured to fix the base to the sterile adapter, wherein each of the at least one instrument fixing assembly includes an instrument moveable component provided with a plurality of moveable engaging members cooperating with the plurality of adapter fixed engaging members, and the plurality of moveable engaging members are moveable together with the instrument moveable component, and wherein the instrument moveable component is moveable between a locked position where the plurality of moveable engaging members are engaged with the plurality of adapter fixed engaging members and an unlocked position where the plurality of moveable engaging members are detached from the plurality of adapter fixed engaging members, and the instrument moveable component has a movement path parallel to a surface of the sterile adapter. a base; and at least one instrument fixing assembly provided at the base and configured to fix the base to the sterile adapter, wherein each of the at least one instrument fixing assembly includes an instrument moveable component provided with a plurality of moveable engaging members cooperating with the plurality of adapter fixed engaging members, and the plurality of moveable engaging members are moveable together with the instrument moveable component, and wherein the instrument moveable component is moveable between a locked position where the plurality of moveable engaging members are engaged with the plurality of adapter fixed engaging members and an unlocked position where the plurality of moveable engaging members are detached from the plurality of adapter fixed engaging members, and the instrument moveable component has a movement path parallel to a surface of the sterile adapter.
Electrical machine, in particular generator for feeding an on-board electrical system of a motor vehicle, having a laminated stator with a polyphase stator winding and having a laminated rotor which can be excited with a field winding situated in slots in the rotor and which has electrically excited poles (32, 34) and cutouts (41, 43) over its circumference, wherein an air gap is formed between the stator and the rotor which is rotatably mounted in the stator, characterized in that - either some of the cutouts (41, 43) are populated with permanent magnets (24, 25) which produce a radial field, and the permanent magnets (24, 25) are oriented in such a way that the polarity of said permanent magnets at the air gap respectively alternates with the polarity of the adjacent electrically excitable poles (32, 34), and some of the cutouts (41, 43) are not populated, - or none of the cutouts (41, 43) is populated, - wherein the cutouts (41, 43) of two electrically excited poles (32, 34) which have the same polarity are adjacent. - either some of the cutouts (41, 43) are populated with permanent magnets (24, 25) which produce a radial field, and the permanent magnets (24, 25) are oriented in such a way that the polarity of said permanent magnets at the air gap respectively alternates with the polarity of the adjacent electrically excitable poles (32, 34), and some of the cutouts (41, 43) are not populated, - or none of the cutouts (41, 43) is populated, - wherein the cutouts (41, 43) of two electrically excited poles (32, 34) which have the same polarity are adjacent.
A method of performing multiparty computation to carry out an operation on an electronic device, wherein the multiparty computation uses different first and second parties (720, 730) operative on the electronic device and arranged to jointly generate a result for the operation based on input data, the method comprising: each party of the first and second parties (720, 730) generating corresponding intermediate data from the same input data for use in generating the result; and performing, by the second party or by a calling module that is operative on the electronic device and separate to the first and second parties, a first authentication process on first authentication data, the first authentication data being based on the intermediate data generated by the first party, and, if the first authentication data fails the first authentication process, performing a corresponding predetermined action indicative of failure of the operation; wherein each party of the first and second parties comprises respective secret data, wherein the respective intermediate data generated by each of the first and second parties is based at least in part on the same input data and respective secret data and wherein for each of the first and second parties, the respective secret data comprises a different key share. each party of the first and second parties (720, 730) generating corresponding intermediate data from the same input data for use in generating the result; and performing, by the second party or by a calling module that is operative on the electronic device and separate to the first and second parties, a first authentication process on first authentication data, the first authentication data being based on the intermediate data generated by the first party, and, if the first authentication data fails the first authentication process, performing a corresponding predetermined action indicative of failure of the operation; wherein each party of the first and second parties comprises respective secret data, wherein the respective intermediate data generated by each of the first and second parties is based at least in part on the same input data and respective secret data and wherein for each of the first and second parties, the respective secret data comprises a different key share.
Operating method for a frequency converter, - wherein an electronic control system of the frequency converter repeatedly receives one nominal base value (B*) at a time for the operation of an electric machine supplied with electrical energy by means of the frequency converter, determines a respective nominal current value (I*) using the respective nominal base value (B*), determines respective control signals (C1 to C6) for power semiconductors of the frequency converter using the respective nominal base value (B*) and actuates the power semiconductors according to the determined respective control signals (C1 to C6) and as a result supplies the electric machine with electrical energy so that the electric machine is operated as much as possible according to the nominal base value (B*), - wherein the electronic control system determines the respective nominal current value (I*) and/or the respective control signals (C1 to C6) according to an enabled determination method if and as long as a permissible extent of use for the enabled determination method is greater than 0, - wherein the electronic control system no longer determines the respective nominal current value (I*) and/or the respective control signals (C1 to C6) according to the enabled determination method, as soon as the permissible extent of use for the enabled determination method falls to 0, and - wherein at least from time to time the electronic control system reduces the permissible extent of use for the enabled determination method. - wherein an electronic control system of the frequency converter repeatedly receives one nominal base value (B*) at a time for the operation of an electric machine supplied with electrical energy by means of the frequency converter, determines a respective nominal current value (I*) using the respective nominal base value (B*), determines respective control signals (C1 to C6) for power semiconductors of the frequency converter using the respective nominal base value (B*) and actuates the power semiconductors according to the determined respective control signals (C1 to C6) and as a result supplies the electric machine with electrical energy so that the electric machine is operated as much as possible according to the nominal base value (B*), - wherein the electronic control system determines the respective nominal current value (I*) and/or the respective control signals (C1 to C6) according to an enabled determination method if and as long as a permissible extent of use for the enabled determination method is greater than 0, - wherein the electronic control system no longer determines the respective nominal current value (I*) and/or the respective control signals (C1 to C6) according to the enabled determination method, as soon as the permissible extent of use for the enabled determination method falls to 0, and - wherein at least from time to time the electronic control system reduces the permissible extent of use for the enabled determination method.
A method for providing multi-hypothesis channel quality indicator feedback, comprising: selecting hypotheses corresponding to rank indicator and precoding matrix indicator assumptions associated with a dominant interferer; generating multi-hypothesis channel quality indicator values based on the selected hypotheses; encoding the multi-hypothesis channel quality indicator values, wherein encoding the multi-hypothesis channel quality indicator values uses wideband encoding, wherein the multi-hypothesis channel quality indicator values are computed as wideband offsets to conventional channel quality indicator values; and sending the multi-hypothesis channel quality indicator values as feedback. selecting hypotheses corresponding to rank indicator and precoding matrix indicator assumptions associated with a dominant interferer; generating multi-hypothesis channel quality indicator values based on the selected hypotheses; encoding the multi-hypothesis channel quality indicator values, wherein encoding the multi-hypothesis channel quality indicator values uses wideband encoding, wherein the multi-hypothesis channel quality indicator values are computed as wideband offsets to conventional channel quality indicator values; and sending the multi-hypothesis channel quality indicator values as feedback.
A tire with reduced cavity noise comprising: an adhesive agent layer applied to an inside of an inner liner; and a sound absorber layer attached to the adhesive agent layer, wherein the adhesive agent layer comprises polyether containing alkoxysilane at both ends thereof and a benzotriazole-based UV absorber. an adhesive agent layer applied to an inside of an inner liner; and a sound absorber layer attached to the adhesive agent layer, wherein the adhesive agent layer comprises polyether containing alkoxysilane at both ends thereof and a benzotriazole-based UV absorber.
Method for determining a lambda value or an oxygen concentration of a gas mixture, which is an exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, wherein a sensor signal dependent upon the lambda value or the oxygen concentration is detected by means of a lambda sensor, the lambda value or the oxygen concentration is determined as a function of the sensor signal by means of a characteristic curve or a calculation rule, and a correction of a perturbation of at least one further component, differing from oxygen, of the gas mixture, which comprises nitrogen oxides (NOx), is carried out on the sensor signal, wherein the correction of the perturbation is carried out by determining a disturbing component correction factor (KF G) as a function of a concentration of the at least one further component in the gas mixture or as a function of at least one parameter correlating with the concentration of the at least one further component, which correction factor is applied to the characteristic curve or calculation rule used or to the lambda value determined or to the oxygen concentration determined, characterized in that the lambda sensor is a jump lambda sensor, and exactly two different disturbance component correction factors (KF G) are determined for different lambda ranges, wherein a correction factor for lambda values of less than one and a correction factor for lambda values of greater than one are determined. the lambda sensor is a jump lambda sensor, and exactly two different disturbance component correction factors (KF G) are determined for different lambda ranges, wherein a correction factor for lambda values of less than one and a correction factor for lambda values of greater than one are determined.
An end-effector assembly, comprising: first and second jaw members disposed in opposing relation relative to one another, at least one of the jaw members moveable from an open position to a closed position for grasping tissue therebetween; first and second conductive plates disposed on opposing surfaces of corresponding first and second jaw members; first and second compressible membranes disposed on the first and second conductive plates respectively and configured to electrically connect corresponding the first and second conductive plates to a surgical field when subjected to a compression bias; and at least one switching mechanism disposed within each of the first and second compressible membranes, characterised by the or each switching mechanism comprising a pair of electrically conductive parallel plates (740a. 740b), wherein in an uncompressed condition the parallel plates (740a, 740b) are separated by a non-conductive fluid and form a high-resistance pathway through the compressible membrane, and in a compressed condition the at least one pair of electrically conductive parallel plates is connected and forms a low-resistance pathway through the compressible membrane. first and second jaw members disposed in opposing relation relative to one another, at least one of the jaw members moveable from an open position to a closed position for grasping tissue therebetween; first and second conductive plates disposed on opposing surfaces of corresponding first and second jaw members; first and second compressible membranes disposed on the first and second conductive plates respectively and configured to electrically connect corresponding the first and second conductive plates to a surgical field when subjected to a compression bias; and at least one switching mechanism disposed within each of the first and second compressible membranes, characterised by the or each switching mechanism comprising a pair of electrically conductive parallel plates (740a. 740b), wherein in an uncompressed condition the parallel plates (740a, 740b) are separated by a non-conductive fluid and form a high-resistance pathway through the compressible membrane, and in a compressed condition the at least one pair of electrically conductive parallel plates is connected and forms a low-resistance pathway through the compressible membrane.
A compact boot of a constant velocity joint having a housing and a drive shaft comprising: a large diameter portion connected to the housing; a small diameter portion connected to the drive shaft, positioned in the same central axis as the large diameter portion, and having a smaller external diameter than the large diameter portion; and a corrugated portion connecting between the large diameter portion and the small diameter portion, and having a plurality of peaks (P1, P2, P3, P4) and valleys (V1, V2, V3, V4), wherein the plurality of peaks are not radially protruded to be converged between the external diameter of the large diameter portion and the external diameter of the small diameter portion, characterized in that the plurality of peaks are configured to have the lower level from the large diameter portion toward the small diameter portion and the plurality of valleys are configured to have the lower level from the large diameter portion toward the small diameter portion. a large diameter portion connected to the housing; a small diameter portion connected to the drive shaft, positioned in the same central axis as the large diameter portion, and having a smaller external diameter than the large diameter portion; and a corrugated portion connecting between the large diameter portion and the small diameter portion, and having a plurality of peaks (P1, P2, P3, P4) and valleys (V1, V2, V3, V4), wherein the plurality of peaks are not radially protruded to be converged between the external diameter of the large diameter portion and the external diameter of the small diameter portion, characterized in that the plurality of peaks are configured to have the lower level from the large diameter portion toward the small diameter portion and the plurality of valleys are configured to have the lower level from the large diameter portion toward the small diameter portion.
System for manufacturing a compostable pod for brewing products from a sheet made of a biodegradable cellulose-based material, the system comprising at least one shaping line, which comprises: • a handling unit for transferring the sheet along a transfer direction through the system; • a humidifying unit for moistening at least one side of the sheet with a moistening agent; and • a forming unit for shaping a part of the moistened sheet into a three-dimensional shape to form a pod element defining a pod cavity; characterized in that the at least one shaping line further comprises: • a humidity sensor system for visually sensing a level of humidity of at least a section of the moistened sheet, and • a control unit configured to receive values related to the level of humidity sensed by the humidity sensor system, and to control the humidifying unit based on these values. • a handling unit for transferring the sheet along a transfer direction through the system; • a humidifying unit for moistening at least one side of the sheet with a moistening agent; and • a forming unit for shaping a part of the moistened sheet into a three-dimensional shape to form a pod element defining a pod cavity; • a humidity sensor system for visually sensing a level of humidity of at least a section of the moistened sheet, and • a control unit configured to receive values related to the level of humidity sensed by the humidity sensor system, and to control the humidifying unit based on these values.
An X-ray imaging system for phase contrast imaging of an object, comprising: - an X-ray source; - an X-ray detector arrangement; and - a grating arrangement; wherein the X-ray detector arrangement comprises at least eight line-detector units arranged parallel to each other in a first direction; wherein the line-detector units extend linearly in a direction perpendicular to the first direction; wherein the X-ray source, the X-ray detector arrangement and the grating arrangement are adapted to perform an acquisition movement (M A) in relation to an object in a scanning direction, wherein the scanning direction is parallel to the first direction; wherein the grating arrangement comprises a phase-grating structure arranged between the X-ray source and the detector, and an analyser-grating structure arranged between the phase-grating structure and the detector arrangement; wherein the phase-grating structure is having a number of linear phase-gratings, each of which is arranged in fixed association with an assigned line of the at least eight line-detector units; wherein a first part of the phase-gratings is provided as first phase-gratings with slits in the first direction; and a second part of the phase-gratings is provided as second phase-gratings with slits in a second direction different to the first direction; and wherein the analyser-grating structure is having a number of linear analyser-gratings, each of which is arranged in fixed association with an assigned line of the at least eight line-detector units; wherein a first part of the analyser-gratings is provided as first analyser-gratings with slits in the first direction; and a second part of the analyser-gratings is provided as second analyser-gratings with slits in the second direction; wherein at least four adjacent lines of the line-detector units are associated with the first phase-gratings and the first analyser-gratings and wherein at least four adjacent lines of the line-detector units are associated with the second phase-gratings and the second analyser-gratings; and wherein for the acquisition movement, the gratings remain fixed in relation to each other and in relation to the detector arrangement. - an X-ray source; - an X-ray detector arrangement; and - a grating arrangement;