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An implantable device (100, 301, 303, 304, 305, 500, 550, 600, 800, 850, 900) for the replacement or repair of a damaged meniscus of a patient, comprising: a first fabric (101, 501, 601, 801, 921) adapted for articulation against a tissue within a human or animal body, a second fabric (103, 503, 603, 803) adapted for tissue ingrowth within a human or animal body, a plurality of spacer elements (102, 502, 602, 802) connecting the first fabric to the second fabric, wherein the plurality of spacer elements separates the first fabric from the second fabric, wherein the first fabric and the second fabric define an interfabric space, an anterior attachment comprising an extension of a combination of the first fabric and the second fabric, and a posterior attachment comprising an extension of a combination of the first fabric and the second fabric, wherein the plurality of spacer elements provides compressive stiffness along an axis normal to a point on the first fabric, wherein the plurality of spacer elements provides compressive strength along an axis normal to a point on the first fabric, wherein the first fabric and the second fabric are joined for a portion of the perimeter of the device, and wherein the interfabric space differs in thickness in one portion of the device from another portion of the device. a first fabric (101, 501, 601, 801, 921) adapted for articulation against a tissue within a human or animal body, a second fabric (103, 503, 603, 803) adapted for tissue ingrowth within a human or animal body, a plurality of spacer elements (102, 502, 602, 802) connecting the first fabric to the second fabric, wherein the plurality of spacer elements separates the first fabric from the second fabric, wherein the first fabric and the second fabric define an interfabric space, an anterior attachment comprising an extension of a combination of the first fabric and the second fabric, and a posterior attachment comprising an extension of a combination of the first fabric and the second fabric, wherein the plurality of spacer elements provides compressive stiffness along an axis normal to a point on the first fabric, wherein the plurality of spacer elements provides compressive strength along an axis normal to a point on the first fabric, wherein the first fabric and the second fabric are joined for a portion of the perimeter of the device, and wherein the interfabric space differs in thickness in one portion of the device from another portion of the device.
A method of forming a crystalline silicon layer on the surface of a SiO 2 - containing substrate, comprising the steps: a) Providing the substrate without the crystalline silicon layer on the surface, b) Application of an oxide-containing reducing agent directly or via at least one intermediate layer on the surface of the substrate to be provided with the crystalline silicon layer, c) Producing the crystalline silicon layer on the substrate by pressing the oxide-containing reducing agent against the substrate while simultaneously heating the assembly to a process temperature, characterized in that the oxide-containing reducing agent is an oxide-containing metallic reducing agent and the process temperature is below the melting temperature of the oxide-containing metallic reducing agent. a) Providing the substrate without the crystalline silicon layer on the surface, b) Application of an oxide-containing reducing agent directly or via at least one intermediate layer on the surface of the substrate to be provided with the crystalline silicon layer, c) Producing the crystalline silicon layer on the substrate by pressing the oxide-containing reducing agent against the substrate while simultaneously heating the assembly to a process temperature,
A method for removing uranium from an uranium-containing aqueous solution having a salinity of at least 0.5 ppt, wherein the method comprises passing the solution through a bed of anion exchange resin impregnated with polyphenol.
A method for wireless communications at a user equipment, UE, comprising: measuring a first signal power of signals from a first radio access technology, RAT, and a second signal power of signals from a second RAT different from the first RAT; determining a common gain state for the first RAT and the second RAT based at least in part on the first signal power and the second signal power; and applying the common gain state to a first receiver chain within the UE for the first RAT and to a second receiver chain within the UE for the second RAT, wherein the first receiver chain and the second receiver chain share at least one shared low noise amplifier, LNA. measuring a first signal power of signals from a first radio access technology, RAT, and a second signal power of signals from a second RAT different from the first RAT; determining a common gain state for the first RAT and the second RAT based at least in part on the first signal power and the second signal power; and applying the common gain state to a first receiver chain within the UE for the first RAT and to a second receiver chain within the UE for the second RAT, wherein the first receiver chain and the second receiver chain share at least one shared low noise amplifier, LNA.
A method for purifying a target protein from a mixture containing a host cell protein, comprising subjecting said mixture to: (a) a first non-affinity purification step, and (b) a second non-affinity purification step, followed by (c) high-performance tangential-flow filtration (HPTFF), and (d) isolating said protein in a purity containing less than 100 parts per million (ppm) of said host cell protein, wherein said first non-affinity purification step is cation exchange chromatography and said second non-affinity purification step is anion exchange chromatography and wherein the method includes no affinity purification step. (a) a first non-affinity purification step, and (b) a second non-affinity purification step, followed by (c) high-performance tangential-flow filtration (HPTFF), and (d) isolating said protein in a purity containing less than 100 parts per million (ppm) of said host cell protein, wherein said first non-affinity purification step is cation exchange chromatography and said second non-affinity purification step is anion exchange chromatography and wherein the method includes no affinity purification step.
Method for detecting the position of a wiper arm for a system for wiping a vehicle window, this system comprising: - at least one wiper blade borne by said wiper arm that can be displaced from a so-called maintenance position in which said wiper blade is not in contact with said window, to a so-called service position in which said wiper blade is in contact with said window, - at least one motor for driving said wiper arm, and - at least one control unit for controlling said motor, characterized in that said method comprises the steps consisting in: a) measuring or estimating at least one parameter for determining the maintenance or service position, b) comparing the measured or estimated value of said parameter with a reference value or a range of reference values, and c) determining, from the results of the comparison, whether said wiper arm is in maintenance or service position. - at least one wiper blade borne by said wiper arm that can be displaced from a so-called maintenance position in which said wiper blade is not in contact with said window, to a so-called service position in which said wiper blade is in contact with said window, - at least one motor for driving said wiper arm, and - at least one control unit for controlling said motor, a) measuring or estimating at least one parameter for determining the maintenance or service position, b) comparing the measured or estimated value of said parameter with a reference value or a range of reference values, and c) determining, from the results of the comparison, whether said wiper arm is in maintenance or service position.
A method of transmitting a pilot on a downlink in a wireless multi-carrier communication system comprising: generating pilot symbols for transmission on a first set of subbands, wherein the first set of subbands is used for pilot transmission by a first transmitting entity and is disjoint from a second set of subbands used for pilot transmission by a second transmitting entity, and wherein each pair of adjacent subbands in the first set encompasses a frequency span that is less than or equal to a coherence bandwidth of a wireless channel in the system; processing the pilot symbols to obtain a pilot signal having the pilot symbols included in the first set of subbands; and transmitting the pilot signal from the first transmitting entity. generating pilot symbols for transmission on a first set of subbands, wherein the first set of subbands is used for pilot transmission by a first transmitting entity and is disjoint from a second set of subbands used for pilot transmission by a second transmitting entity, and wherein each pair of adjacent subbands in the first set encompasses a frequency span that is less than or equal to a coherence bandwidth of a wireless channel in the system; processing the pilot symbols to obtain a pilot signal having the pilot symbols included in the first set of subbands; and transmitting the pilot signal from the first transmitting entity.
A fermentation equipment used for organic matter, characterized by comprising a feeding device, a first reaction device, a differential pressure device, a high-solid-content discharging device, a low-solid-content discharging device, a first cycle pump, a second reaction device, a first recirculation device, a first discharging device, a collecting device, and a stirring device, a third recirculation device, wherein the feeding device is connected with the first reaction device; the stirring device is arranged in the first reaction device; the differential pressure device is installed in the first reaction device; the high-solid-content discharging and the low-solid content discharging device are respectively connected with the first reaction device; the first cycle pump is arranged between the low-solid content discharging device and the second reaction device; the first recirculation device is arranged between the first reaction device and the second reaction device; the first discharging device is connected with the second reaction device; and the collecting device is respectively connected with the first reaction device and the second reaction device for collecting the biogas generated in said first and second reaction devices (2, 7); the third recirculation device is connected to the first reaction device and the high-solid-content discharging device, to recirculate materials with a high solid content into the first reaction device to drive the materials to react fully, the differential pressure device is an Archimedes screw structure, or a hydraulic piston device, or a compressor structure.
A lifting apparatus, comprising a frame and a carriage, the carriage being mounted on the frame through a mounting, the carriage being provided with a loading surface for a load having a bottom, the mounting comprising a bar on one of the frame and the carriage and a track on the other of the frame and the carriage, characterised by the bar being captive within the track allowing the carriage, in use, to rotate relative to the frame about the bar and to slide linearly relative to the frame constrained to a path defined by the track, such that the load can be pivoted about its bottom.
A heat transfer fluid composition comprising: between 20 to 80% by weight of a corrosion inhibitor and freeze point depressant dual function agent selected from one or more of the following: glycerol, polyglycerol, trimethylglycine (TMG/Betaine), sorbitol, xylitol, maltitol, and/or lactitol, from 10% to 70% by weight of a viscosity reducing agent comprising potassium formate; and wherein the composition does not comprise a diol selected from one or more of the following: propane-1,3-diol, propane-1, 2-diol, ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, dipropylene glycol or tripropylene glycol. between 20 to 80% by weight of a corrosion inhibitor and freeze point depressant dual function agent selected from one or more of the following: glycerol, polyglycerol, trimethylglycine (TMG/Betaine), sorbitol, xylitol, maltitol, and/or lactitol, from 10% to 70% by weight of a viscosity reducing agent comprising potassium formate; and wherein the composition does not comprise a diol selected from one or more of the following: propane-1,3-diol, propane-1, 2-diol, ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, dipropylene glycol or tripropylene glycol.
A method for the degassing of heat-bearing fluid in heating and cooling systems, where the system is a closed system and where the fluid circulates in the system, where a sub-current of the fluid is caused to be led into a circuit (2; 21, 23) that is parallel with the principal circuit of the system, or a sub-current circuit of the system, characterized in, that the fluid in the said parallel circuit (2; 21, 23) is caused to be pumped through an ejector, whereby the pressure of the fluid is reduced during passage through the ejector, in that the fluid is led after the ejector into an air-separation chamber in which the air that previously was dissolved in the fluid rises in the form of gas bubbles, in that the free gas is caused to be emitted to the surroundings through a float de-airer (5; 26), and in that the fluid in the air-separation chamber is led to the principal circuit of the system.
An electro-optic waveguide polarisation modulator comprising: a waveguide core having first and second faces defining a waveguide core plane; a plurality of primary electrodes (22, 24) arranged in a substantially planar first electrode layer at a first side of the waveguide core plane and out of said plane; characterised in that there are further a plurality of secondary electrodes arranged in a substantially planar second electrode layer arranged at a second side of the waveguide core plane and out of said plane, the first and second electrode layers being substantially parallel, said secondary electrodes being formed by doping a region of a substrate; and wherein the electrodes are adapted in use to provide an electric field having field components (13, 15) in two substantially perpendicular directions within the waveguide core so as to modulate the refractive index thereof. a waveguide core having first and second faces defining a waveguide core plane; a plurality of primary electrodes (22, 24) arranged in a substantially planar first electrode layer at a first side of the waveguide core plane and out of said plane; characterised in that there are further a plurality of secondary electrodes arranged in a substantially planar second electrode layer arranged at a second side of the waveguide core plane and out of said plane, the first and second electrode layers being substantially parallel, said secondary electrodes being formed by doping a region of a substrate; and wherein the electrodes are adapted in use to provide an electric field having field components (13, 15) in two substantially perpendicular directions within the waveguide core so as to modulate the refractive index thereof.
A barrel spring for a mechanism driven by a mainspring, in particular for a timepiece, formed by a strip made from monolithic metallic glass comprising, at a first end, a fastening portion, at a second end, a fastening portion to a barrel-arbor, characterized in that said strip and said fastening portions are molded in a single piece such that the second end forms a hub of the spring including a connecting core to one said barrel-arbor.
Method for operating a hybrid drive for a vehicle in which a first drive assembly drives a first axle of the vehicle, whereas a second drive assembly drives a second axle of the vehicle, wherein both drive assemblies (1, 9) jointly define the power of the vehicle, characterized in that, for the power distribution, all possible transmission ratios of the first drive assembly, which is connected to a first gearbox, and of the second drive assembly, which is connected to a second gearbox, are defined, wherein, for all combinations of transmission ratios of the two gearboxes (4, 10), a quality criterion for the transmission ratios and torques for the first and the second drive assembly (1, 9) is defined in a manner dependent on a driver demand, in that the transmission ratios for both gearboxes (4, 10) assigned to the drive assemblies (1, 9) are stored, with the respectively associated quality criterion and the torques for the first and the second drive assembly (1, 9), in a table which is utilized for the control and/or regulation of the drive assemblies (1, 9), and in that the setpoint transmission ratios of the first and of the second drive assembly (1, 9) are read out of the table on the basis of the quality criterion with the lowest value, wherein the setpoint transmission ratios are transmitted to a gearbox control unit which checks the setpoint transmission ratios on the basis of the present drive conditions and sets actual transmission ratios, corresponding to the present drive conditions, at the gearboxes (4, 10) of the two drive assemblies (1, 9), wherein the determined setpoint transmission ratio is set at the gearbox (4, 10) of one of the drive assemblies (1, 9), whereas the transmission ratio for the gearbox (4, 10) of the other of the drive assemblies (1, 9) is defined in a manner dependent on the driver demand and/or on the vehicle speed and/or on the transmission ratio set at the gearbox (4, 10) of said one of the drive assemblies (4, 10) and/or on the setpoint torque which correlates with the setpoint transmission ratio set at the gearbox (4, 10) of said one of the drive assemblies (1, 9).
Cover comprising a film web intended to be placed on an asparagus bed, wherein in the placed state of the cover the underside of the central region of the film web at least partially faces the crown of the asparagus bed and the undersides of the side regions of the film web are provided for at least partial placement on the side surfaces of the asparagus bed, wherein the film web has a film reservoir with at least one fold, so that, when the cover is placed on the asparagus bed, in the at least partially unfolded state of the fold, a spacing of the underside of the central region of the film web from the crown results, wherein a plurality of in particular at least substantially equally spaced connecting regions is provided over the length of the at least one fold, and wherein the connection regions comprise at least one welding line, characterised in that for at least one fold, preferably for all folds, at least two fold legs of the fold facing one another, preferably all fold legs of one fold, are firmly connected, preferably welded, to one another via at least one connecting region. wherein the film web has a film reservoir with at least one fold, so that, when the cover is placed on the asparagus bed, in the at least partially unfolded state of the fold, a spacing of the underside of the central region of the film web from the crown results, wherein a plurality of in particular at least substantially equally spaced connecting regions is provided over the length of the at least one fold, and wherein the connection regions comprise at least one welding line, characterised in that for at least one fold, preferably for all folds, at least two fold legs of the fold facing one another, preferably all fold legs of one fold, are firmly connected, preferably welded, to one another via at least one connecting region.
Plug connection for fluid lines, comprising two coupling parts (2, 3) which are pluggable together, said plug connection being releasably lockable in the plugged-in state via a locking device which consists firstly of two outer, radial, flange-like holding webs (21, 31) of the two coupling parts (2, 3), said holding webs being axially (X-X) adjacent in the plug-in direction in the plugged-in state, and secondly of a holding part with a circumferentially closed annular contour, which holding part, in a preassembly state, is mountable in an axially and radially captively fixed manner on one of the two coupling parts and, in the assembly state, said holding part axially and radially engages around the holding webs (21, 31) of the two coupling parts (2, 3) with at least one radially elastically movable holding portion, which is C-shaped in axial section and has two collars (51, 52), wherein the collars (51, 52) of the holding part are formed with a different size and/or shape in such a manner that, in the event of a radially elastic movement of the holding portion outwards out of the assembly state, a collar which, in the assembly state, lies against the holding web of the one coupling part, releases said holding web of the coupling part, while the other collar still engages, at least in regions, behind the holding web of the other coupling part, against which said collar lies, characterized in that one of the two collars (51, 52) has a cam-like, circumferentially extending and additionally radially inwardly curved extension, by means of which said collar differs in size and shape from the other collar (52, 51) and about which said collar protrudes - as seen in axial projection - in relation to the other collar (52, 51), wherein there are two mutually opposite, radially elastic, movable holding portions, which are C-shaped in axial section and each have two collars (51, 52), and wherein, of in each case two collars (51, 52) formed similarly in the two holding portions, in each case the collar with the extension extends both after preassembly of the holding part on one of the two coupling parts (2, 3) and after assembly with the two coupling parts (2, 3) and upon removal of the holding part over a circumferential angle (μ1) of at least one coupling part (2, 3), which circumferential angle (μ1) is dimensioned to be of a size such that, in a maximally expanded state of the holding part, a distance between the extensions of two diametrically opposite collars is always smaller than a diameter (D2, D3) of the coupling part (2, 3) against which the collar lies.
A method for producing metal-based alloy powders by means of centrifugal atomization in a closed chamber comprising the steps of: a) providing a composition comprising at least one metal, b) melting the composition, and c) atomizing the molten composition by means of centrifugal atomization, wherein the atomization is carried out using an atomizing disk, wherein the atmosphere in the closed atomization chamber is at an overpressure of at least 0.012 MPa (0.12 bar) over the atmospheric pressure and/or cooled and wherein PA2 is between 4500000 and 70000000 wherein PA2=K1*PA1 +K2*P, being P the absolute pressure in the atomization chamber in Pa, and PA1=ρ*N 2 *d 2, wherein ρ is the density of the composition to be atomized at the melting point under 0.1 MPa (1 bar) absolute pressure measured in kg/m 3, N is the rotating speed of the atomizing disk in rad/s and d is the diameter of the atomizing disk in m, being K1=0.0033 in 1/Pa and K2= 22 in 1/Pa. a) providing a composition comprising at least one metal, b) melting the composition, and c) atomizing the molten composition by means of centrifugal atomization, wherein the atomization is carried out using an atomizing disk,