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Control device, comprising a printed circuit board (15; 15a) which is arranged within a housing, wherein the housing comprises at least two housing parts (11, 12) which are connected to one another, and comprising holding sections of the printed circuit board (15; 15a) which interact with clamping sections (22, 23) of the housing parts (11, 12), wherein an elastic damping medium, which fixes the printed circuit board (15, 15a) in the housing, is arranged between the holding sections of the printed circuit board (15, 15a) and the clamping sections (22, 23), which interact with the said holding sections, of the housing parts (11, 12) at least on one side of the printed circuit board (15, 15a), wherein the clamping sections (22, 23) of the housing parts (11, 12) are arranged solely within the housing parts (11, 12), wherein at least one of the housing parts is of hood-like design and has a circumferential edge region which interacts with the other housing part, possibly with the interposition of a seal, and wherein the clamping sections (22, 23) of the housing parts (11, 12) are in the form of raised portions (19; 19b; 19d, 20; 20b; 20d), wherein the damping medium is a damping medium which is viscous in the mounting state and elastic after curing, characterized in that the clamping sections (22, 12) on the side which faces the printed circuit board (15; 15a) have an at least approximately planar contact area or a structured contact area in the form of at least one recess (34, 35) or a circumferential groove for receiving an increased quantity of damping medium in comparison to a planar contact area.
Device for correcting the longitudinal error of chromatic aberration of pulsed neutron radiation, comprising at least one lens, at least one detector and at least one diaphragm with an aperture the size of which is variable as a function of the wavelength of the radiation passing through this aperture, characterised in that, during operation, the aperture is reduced continuously or gradually starting from the largest aperture each time a pulse of neutrons passes through.
An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image bearer having a surface to bear a toner image; a transfer device configured to contact the surface of the image bearer to form a transfer nip; and a transfer bias power source configured to output a transfer bias to transfer the toner image from the image bearer onto a recording medium interposed between the transfer device and the image bearer in the transfer nip, wherein the transfer bias power source is configured to output an alternately switching voltage that alternates between a transfer-directional voltage having a polarity to transfer the toner image from the image bearer onto the recording medium and a return-directional voltage having an opposite polarity to the polarity of the transfer-directional voltage, characterized in that the transfer bias power source is configured to reduce an absolute value of Vdc as a toner adhesion amount of a toner image to be printed increases, and to increase the absolute value of Vdc as the toner adhesion amount reduces, where Vdc is an average value of the alternately switching voltage during printing. an image bearer having a surface to bear a toner image; a transfer device configured to contact the surface of the image bearer to form a transfer nip; and a transfer bias power source configured to output a transfer bias to transfer the toner image from the image bearer onto a recording medium interposed between the transfer device and the image bearer in the transfer nip, wherein the transfer bias power source is configured to output an alternately switching voltage that alternates between a transfer-directional voltage having a polarity to transfer the toner image from the image bearer onto the recording medium and a return-directional voltage having an opposite polarity to the polarity of the transfer-directional voltage, characterized in that the transfer bias power source is configured to reduce an absolute value of Vdc as a toner adhesion amount of a toner image to be printed increases, and to increase the absolute value of Vdc as the toner adhesion amount reduces, where Vdc is an average value of the alternately switching voltage during printing.
Locating and mapping device intended to be fitted to a machine which is mobile in an environment comprising a plurality of areas, comprising: - a receiving module designed to receive data (d(α)) on the positioning of obstacles relative to the machine; - a processing module (12, 14) designed to determine, depending on the received positioning data (d(α)) and for a plurality of areas positioned relative to the machine, values characterizing the area concerned, the device being characterized in that the processing module determines measurement values (M_SCAN t,i) representative, respectively, of a probability of the area concerned being occupied, of a probability of the area concerned being free and of a probability of the area concerned being unknown; and in that the device also comprises: - a mapping module (18, 20) designed to construct, for each area of said plurality of areas of the environment, constructed values (M_GRI t,k) representative, respectively, of a probability of the area concerned being occupied, of a probability of the area concerned being free and of a probability of the area concerned being unknown; and - a locating module designed to determine the positioning of the machine in the environment which maximizes a measure of the match between the measurement values (M_SCAN t,i) and the constructed values (M_GRI t,k) and designed to determine the match measurement by using a measure of conflict between the measurement values (M_SCAN t,i) and the constructed values (M_GRI t,k). - a receiving module designed to receive data (d(α)) on the positioning of obstacles relative to the machine; - a processing module (12, 14) designed to determine, depending on the received positioning data (d(α)) and for a plurality of areas positioned relative to the machine, values characterizing the area concerned, the device being characterized in that the processing module determines measurement values (M_SCAN t,i) representative, respectively, of a probability of the area concerned being occupied, of a probability of the area concerned being free and of a probability of the area concerned being unknown; - a mapping module (18, 20) designed to construct, for each area of said plurality of areas of the environment, constructed values (M_GRI t,k) representative, respectively, of a probability of the area concerned being occupied, of a probability of the area concerned being free and of a probability of the area concerned being unknown; and - a locating module designed to determine the positioning of the machine in the environment which maximizes a measure of the match between the measurement values (M_SCAN t,i) and the constructed values (M_GRI t,k) and designed to determine the match measurement by using a measure of conflict between the measurement values (M_SCAN t,i) and the constructed values (M_GRI t,k).
A dental impression system, comprising: a drill tool including a preparing portion for preparing at least one of the group consisting of a bone and a tooth; and an optical sensor positioned to optically sense a geometry of the preparing portion; characterized by: a processor configured to calculate a volume of the preparing portion, based on the optically sensed geometry; and a pulsed water jet source configured for cooling the preparing portion, wherein the optical sensor is synchronized with the pulsed water jet source to sense the geometry between water jet pulses. a drill tool including a preparing portion for preparing at least one of the group consisting of a bone and a tooth; and an optical sensor positioned to optically sense a geometry of the preparing portion; characterized by: a processor configured to calculate a volume of the preparing portion, based on the optically sensed geometry; and a pulsed water jet source configured for cooling the preparing portion, wherein the optical sensor is synchronized with the pulsed water jet source to sense the geometry between water jet pulses. a processor configured to calculate a volume of the preparing portion, based on the optically sensed geometry; and a pulsed water jet source configured for cooling the preparing portion, wherein the optical sensor is synchronized with the pulsed water jet source to sense the geometry between water jet pulses.
A method for suspending and resuming a Wi-Fi block acknowledgment, BA, session between a first wireless device (STA1-STA4, 110, 200) and a second wireless device (STA1-STA4, 110, 200) in a wireless network (120, 130), the method performed by the first wireless device (STA1-STA4, 110, 200) and comprising: facilitating a Bluetooth operation while the Wi-Fi BA session between the first and second wireless devices (STA1-STA4, 110, 200) is active, wherein block acknowledgement is used to confirm receipt of aggregated data frames; suspending the BA session by sending a first frame to the second wireless device (STA1-STA4, 110, 200); the first frame instructing the second wireless device to stop aggregating data frames; ending the Bluetooth operation after a period of time; and resuming the BA session by sending a second frame to the second wireless device (STA1-STA4, 110, 200), the second frame instructing the second wireless device (STA1-STA4, 110, 200) to resume transmission of aggregated data frames. facilitating a Bluetooth operation while the Wi-Fi BA session between the first and second wireless devices (STA1-STA4, 110, 200) is active, wherein block acknowledgement is used to confirm receipt of aggregated data frames; suspending the BA session by sending a first frame to the second wireless device (STA1-STA4, 110, 200); the first frame instructing the second wireless device to stop aggregating data frames; ending the Bluetooth operation after a period of time; and resuming the BA session by sending a second frame to the second wireless device (STA1-STA4, 110, 200), the second frame instructing the second wireless device (STA1-STA4, 110, 200) to resume transmission of aggregated data frames.
A radiation protection arrangement for attachment to a support rail, which is attached to a side of a treatment table, comprising: a holder on which a radiation protection drape is arranged, the holder being attachable to the support rail and comprising a fastening means with which the holder can be fastened to the support rail, wherein the fastening means is formed on a long side of the holder and in the mounted state points in the direction of the treatment table, and comprises at least one first bracket part and at least one second bracket part, wherein each of the first and second bracket parts has an L-shaped profile with a first leg (L1, L1') and a second leg (L2, L2'), wherein the first and the second bracket parts are arranged such that the first legs (L1, L1') are aligned in parallel and the second legs (L2, L2') face each other, and wherein the first bracket part is arranged at an upper edge of the holder and the second bracket part is arranged at a lower edge of the holder, that the first bracket part is arranged relative to a longitudinal direction of the holder at a first distance from the second bracket part such that the holder in a first position in which the holder is pivoted relative to the support rail can be brought into contact with the support rail and, with a pivoting motion, can be brought into a second position in which the holder is attached to the support rail. a holder on which a radiation protection drape is arranged, the holder being attachable to the support rail and comprising a fastening means with which the holder can be fastened to the support rail, wherein the fastening means is formed on a long side of the holder and in the mounted state points in the direction of the treatment table, and comprises at least one first bracket part and at least one second bracket part, wherein each of the first and second bracket parts has an L-shaped profile with a first leg (L1, L1') and a second leg (L2, L2'), wherein the first and the second bracket parts are arranged such that the first legs (L1, L1') are aligned in parallel and the second legs (L2, L2') face each other, and wherein the first bracket part is arranged at an upper edge of the holder and the second bracket part is arranged at a lower edge of the holder, that the first bracket part is arranged relative to a longitudinal direction of the holder at a first distance from the second bracket part such that the holder in a first position in which the holder is pivoted relative to the support rail can be brought into contact with the support rail and, with a pivoting motion, can be brought into a second position in which the holder is attached to the support rail.
Vibration damper for tall, slender structures and installations, the damper substantially comprising a pendulum having a damper mass, and a spring device, wherein (i) the spring device comprises one or more vertical springs and is mounted below the damper mass such that its total spring force acts substantially in the vertical direction, and (ii) the damper mass is connected via the spring device, directly or indirectly, to an attachment point in the installation or in the structure below the vibration damper, characterized in that the spring device comprises a vertical spring which, distributed over its length, has at least two spring regions having a different spring stiffness for a non-linear or progressive overall spring characteristic.
Use of a population of monodisperse magnetic nanoparticles for the isolation of plasma membranes or endosomes from a cell wherein said nanoparticles have a diameter between 1 and 100 nm and are coated with a layer with hydrophilic end groups, and wherein said layer with hydrophilic end groups comprises an inner layer of mono-saturated and/or mono-unsaturated fatty acids bound to said nanoparticles and bound to said fatty acids, an outer layer of a phospholipid conjugated to a monomethoxy polyethyleneglycol comprising a hydrophilic end group.
Trapezium interposition implant, including a body defining a metacarpal articular surface (4; 104; 204; 304) and a scaphoid articular surface (6; 106; 206; 306), which are situated on either side of a median plane (π) of the body, which are connected to each other by a peripheral surface of the body, in which a peripheral groove is formed for slidingly receiving a ligament partially hugging the body, and which each correspond to an axial cylindrical or conical or toroidal segment, said two axial cylindrical or conical and/or toroidal segments being centred on respective axes (X 4, X 6; X 104, X 106; X 204, X 206; X 304, X 306) which, projected onto the median plane (π), are substantially perpendicular to one another.
Harvesting machine for processing crop, comprising a sensor arrangement having at least two of the following sensors for generating signals: - a cutting force sensor adapted to detect a force for driving at least one component of the harvesting machine cutting the crop and to generate a cutting force signal, - a friction force sensor adapted to detect a force for driving at least one component of the harvesting machine which conveys and/or processes the crop and to generate a friction force signal, - a moisture sensor adapted to detect a moisture of the crop and to generate a moisture signal, and an evaluation device adapted to evaluate the signals generated by the at least two sensors (1, 2, 3) and to determine a development of a straw toughness of the crop and/or a friction value of the crop on the basis of the evaluation. a sensor arrangement having at least two of the following sensors for generating signals: - a cutting force sensor adapted to detect a force for driving at least one component of the harvesting machine cutting the crop and to generate a cutting force signal, - a friction force sensor adapted to detect a force for driving at least one component of the harvesting machine which conveys and/or processes the crop and to generate a friction force signal, - a moisture sensor adapted to detect a moisture of the crop and to generate a moisture signal, and - a cutting force sensor adapted to detect a force for driving at least one component of the harvesting machine cutting the crop and to generate a cutting force signal, - a friction force sensor adapted to detect a force for driving at least one component of the harvesting machine which conveys and/or processes the crop and to generate a friction force signal, - a moisture sensor adapted to detect a moisture of the crop and to generate a moisture signal, and an evaluation device adapted to evaluate the signals generated by the at least two sensors (1, 2, 3) and to determine a development of a straw toughness of the crop and/or a friction value of the crop on the basis of the evaluation.
A method for interconnecting a coaxial connector with a solid outer conductor of a coaxial cable through friction welding, comprising the steps of: providing a monolithic connector body with a bore; a sidewall of the bore proximate a connector end dimensioned for an interference fit with an outer diameter of the outer conductor; inserting a leading end of the coaxial cable into the bore, until a leading end of the outer conductor seats in an interference fit within the bore; inserting a friction weld support within an inner diameter of the leading end of the outer conductor; the friction weld support comprising an insert body with a cable end insert portion with an outer diameter dimensioned to seat within an inner diameter of the outer conductor; the insert body provided with a stop shoulder at a connector end of the insert portion; the stop shoulder dimensioned to abut a connector end of a bore of the connector body of the coaxial connector, when the friction weld support is fully seated within the inner diameter of the leading end of the outer conductor; the friction weld support cooperating with the bore to form an annular friction groove open to a cable end, around the leading end of the outer conductor; and rotating the connector body about a longitudinal axis of the leading end of the coaxial cable, while applying a longitudinal force driving the friction groove against the leading end of the outer conductor, thereby friction welding the connector body and the outer conductor together. providing a monolithic connector body with a bore; a sidewall of the bore proximate a connector end dimensioned for an interference fit with an outer diameter of the outer conductor; inserting a leading end of the coaxial cable into the bore, until a leading end of the outer conductor seats in an interference fit within the bore; inserting a friction weld support within an inner diameter of the leading end of the outer conductor; the friction weld support comprising an insert body with a cable end insert portion with an outer diameter dimensioned to seat within an inner diameter of the outer conductor; the insert body provided with a stop shoulder at a connector end of the insert portion; the stop shoulder dimensioned to abut a connector end of a bore of the connector body of the coaxial connector, when the friction weld support is fully seated within the inner diameter of the leading end of the outer conductor; the friction weld support cooperating with the bore to form an annular friction groove open to a cable end, around the leading end of the outer conductor; and rotating the connector body about a longitudinal axis of the leading end of the coaxial cable, while applying a longitudinal force driving the friction groove against the leading end of the outer conductor, thereby friction welding the connector body and the outer conductor together.
An arrangement for drying a tissue paper web, the arrangement comprising: a fresh steam network; a Yankee cylinder which is connected to the fresh steam network in such a way that it is capable of receiving steam from the fresh steam network; a hot air hood at the outer circumference of the Yankee cylinder arranged to let hot air flow against the outer circumference of the Yankee cylinder; a first condensate pipe for removing condensate from the Yankee cylinder; a condensate separator connected to the first condensate pipe such that the condensate separator can receive condensate from the Yankee cylinder; a steam generator arranged to receive condensate from the condensate separator; a pump arranged to convey condensate from the condensate separator to the steam generator and increase the pressure of the condensate to a level that exceeds the pressure in the Yankee cylinder; a waste air conduit connected to the air hood for conducting waste air out of the air hood; a heat exchanger arranged to transfer heat energy from the waste air conduit to the steam generator such that condensate in the steam generator is heated and evaporated; a first steam conduit connected to the steam generator such that steam can be passed from the steam generator and subsequently sent to the Yankee cylinder, characterised in that the arrangement further comprises a steam collector tank arranged to receive steam from the steam generator via the first steam conduit, the steam collector tank being connected to the Yankee cylinder such that steam can be passed from the steam collector tank to the Yankee cylinder, in that at least one sensor is arranged to detect a selected property of the steam and water that is being circulated through the arrangement which property is dependent directly or indirectly on the pressure in the steam collector tank and wherein the at least one sensor includes at least one pressure sensor for detecting the pressure in the steam collector tank and in that the arrangement comprises a control system that is set to control the pressure in the steam collector tank such that the selected property is kept within predetermined limits and also such that the pressure in the steam collector tank is kept at a level that is lower than the level of the pressure in the fresh steam network.
A beverage cartridge, comprising: a cup having a bottom and a sidewall extending upwardly from the bottom to a top, the sidewall and bottom defining an inner space and formed in part of cellulose fiber; a liner located in the inner space of the cup, the liner including a bottom, a sidewall extending upward from the bottom to a top edge, and a flange extending outwardly from the top edge of the sidewall, the liner including a polymer material and the liner being attached to the bottom or sidewall of the cup, the liner being impervious to moisture and gases; and a lid attached to the flange of the liner and closing an interior space defined by the liner, the lid being impervious to moisture and gases and attached to the liner so as to render the interior space impervious to moisture and gases; characterized in that the cup is pervious to moisture and gases and the liner is removable from the cup by peeling the liner by hand from the cup. a cup having a bottom and a sidewall extending upwardly from the bottom to a top, the sidewall and bottom defining an inner space and formed in part of cellulose fiber; a liner located in the inner space of the cup, the liner including a bottom, a sidewall extending upward from the bottom to a top edge, and a flange extending outwardly from the top edge of the sidewall, the liner including a polymer material and the liner being attached to the bottom or sidewall of the cup, the liner being impervious to moisture and gases; and a lid attached to the flange of the liner and closing an interior space defined by the liner, the lid being impervious to moisture and gases and attached to the liner so as to render the interior space impervious to moisture and gases; characterized in that the cup is pervious to moisture and gases and the liner is removable from the cup by peeling the liner by hand from the cup.