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A method for monitoring an actuator for a control surface on an aircraft, the method comprising: receiving a first error signal generated in response to sending a command to the actuator to move the control surface on the aircraft; responsive to receiving the first error signal, identifying an amplitude and a frequency for the first error signal; determining whether the amplitude exceeds a set of amplitude limits for the frequency, wherein each amplitude in the set of amplitude limits is associated with a requirement in a set of requirements; incrementing an exceedance count for each requirement in the set of requirements in which an associated amplitude limit has been exceeded by the amplitude to form an updated set of exceedance counts; and generating a fault indication if any exceedance count in the updated set of exceedance counts is greater than a threshold, sending the command to the actuator to move to a commanded position; receiving feedback identifying an actual position for the actuator in response to the command; characterised in that the method comprises: generating a second error signal from an existing sensor on the actuator which is also used for closed-loop control of the actuator from a difference between the commanded position and the actual position to generate the first error signal. receiving a first error signal generated in response to sending a command to the actuator to move the control surface on the aircraft; responsive to receiving the first error signal, identifying an amplitude and a frequency for the first error signal; determining whether the amplitude exceeds a set of amplitude limits for the frequency, wherein each amplitude in the set of amplitude limits is associated with a requirement in a set of requirements; incrementing an exceedance count for each requirement in the set of requirements in which an associated amplitude limit has been exceeded by the amplitude to form an updated set of exceedance counts; and generating a fault indication if any exceedance count in the updated set of exceedance counts is greater than a threshold, sending the command to the actuator to move to a commanded position; receiving feedback identifying an actual position for the actuator in response to the command; characterised in that the method comprises: generating a second error signal from an existing sensor on the actuator which is also used for closed-loop control of the actuator from a difference between the commanded position and the actual position to generate the first error signal.
Self-compensating sleeper for supporting rails of a railroad track, comprising: a body having an upper surface configured for fixation of the rails, each at one or more rail seat areas by means of a rail fastening system, and a base configured to contact a ballast bed of granular material, wherein the body is configured to transfer the load from the rails to the ballast bed; characterized in that the self-compensating sleeper further comprises one or more cavities penetrating the body between an upper opening in the upper surface and a lower opening in the base and configured to contain granular material for transfer of load to the ballast bed.
Ironing device having the following features: a steam generating unit, which can be filled with a liquid, for generating steam by evaporating the liquid; a storage container for storing steam generated by the steam generating unit; characterised by a coupling valve which is designed to fluidically couple the steam generating unit and the storage container to one another when an internal pressure of the steam generating unit reaches an operating pressure; and a shuttle valve having a first input coupled to the storage container, a second input coupled to the steam generating unit, and an output for providing a steam volume flow depending on a pressure present at the first input and/or at the second input. a steam generating unit, which can be filled with a liquid, for generating steam by evaporating the liquid; a storage container for storing steam generated by the steam generating unit; characterised by a coupling valve which is designed to fluidically couple the steam generating unit and the storage container to one another when an internal pressure of the steam generating unit reaches an operating pressure; and a shuttle valve having a first input coupled to the storage container, a second input coupled to the steam generating unit, and an output for providing a steam volume flow depending on a pressure present at the first input and/or at the second input.
Electrical processing device, in particular a welding or soldering/brazing device, comprising a tool, in particular an electrode, to which electric current and a pressing force are applied, and comprising a tool holder, in particular an electrode holder, which transmits the pressing force, wherein the processing device has an infeeding device for a tool, in particular for an electrode, wherein the infeeding device and a relatively stationary tool holder are arranged on a common support, which is formed as a carriage and is movably mounted on a frame, wherein arranged between the support and the frame is an adjusting device, which prepositions or infeeds the support, characterized in that the adjusting device is of a multipart form and has two or more adjusting parts (52, 53) with housings (54, 55) and servo drives (56, 57), so that a coarse and fine adjustment is allowed.
A lip for an excavating bucket comprising a mounting portion for mounting ground engaging tools and a supporting portion rearward of the mounting portion, the supporting portion including one or more recesses, characterized in that the one or more recesses are collectively at least about 15 percent of the total volume of the lip including the total collective volume of the recesses and the lip including, to each side of the one or more recesses, a front beam and a rear beam which has a reduced depth compared to the front beam.
A method of processing data by a source base station in a mobile communication system, the method being characterized by comprising the steps of: transmitting a first data block including a full header and at least one second data block on which header compression was performed based on the first data block to a user equipment, wherein the full header comprises information required for header decompression of the at least one second block; and forwarding the first data block and the at least one second data block to a target base station during a handover procedure when the first data block was not correctly received and one or more of the at least one second data block was correctly received by the user equipment. transmitting a first data block including a full header and at least one second data block on which header compression was performed based on the first data block to a user equipment, wherein the full header comprises information required for header decompression of the at least one second block; and forwarding the first data block and the at least one second data block to a target base station during a handover procedure when the first data block was not correctly received and one or more of the at least one second data block was correctly received by the user equipment.
A base station comprising: a transmission section that transmits a downlink signal using a first short transmission time interval, sTTI, shortened in length than a TTI and used for downlink; and a reception section that receives an uplink signal using a second sTTI shortened in length than the TTI and used for uplink, characterized in that when the first sTTI is shorter in length than the second sTTI, the reception section receives the uplink signal in the second sTTI positioned after a predetermined interval from a transmission timing of the downlink signal, the predetermined interval being configured based on the length of the first sTTI, wherein the reception section receives the uplink signal in the very first second sTTI positioned after an interval of a predetermined number of the first sTTls from the transmission timing of the downlink signal. a transmission section that transmits a downlink signal using a first short transmission time interval, sTTI, shortened in length than a TTI and used for downlink; and a reception section that receives an uplink signal using a second sTTI shortened in length than the TTI and used for uplink, characterized in that when the first sTTI is shorter in length than the second sTTI, the reception section receives the uplink signal in the second sTTI positioned after a predetermined interval from a transmission timing of the downlink signal, the predetermined interval being configured based on the length of the first sTTI, wherein the reception section receives the uplink signal in the very first second sTTI positioned after an interval of a predetermined number of the first sTTls from the transmission timing of the downlink signal.
Contact force testing apparatus comprising a measuring sensor, which measuring sensor can be contacted with an electrical contact element (1, 2) and measures a contact force of a contact with the electrical contact element (1, 2), wherein the measuring sensor comprises piezoelectric material (102, 103) which receives the contact force in a contact region and produces polarization charges, wherein the measuring sensor comprises an acceptor electrode; wherein piezoelectric material (102, 103) comprises first metallizations, which piezoelectric material (102, 103) is connected to one another in a firmly bonded manner by means of the first metallizations and the first meallizations form an acceptor electrode, which acceptor electrode is completely surrounded by piezoelectric material (102, 103) in the contact region in the direction of a thickness extension of the measuring sensor and receives the polarization charges; wherein the measuring sensor comprises a base plate, which base plate is arranged in the direction of an elongated extension of the measuring sensor parallel to a central axis (XX') of the measuring sensor; wherein a first layer of piezoelectric material in the contact region is connected to the base plate via a side facing the central axis (XX'); wherein the pickup electrode is connected in the contact region to the first layer of piezoelectric material via a side facing the central axis (XX'); wherein a second layer of piezoelectric material is connected in the contact region to the pickup electrode via a side facing the central axis (XX'); wherein a cover plate of the measuring sensor is connected in a firmly bonded manner to a second layer of piezoelectric material or wherein a cover plate of the measuring sensor is provided on one side with a third metallization, which cover plate is connected via the third metallization in a firmly bonded manner to a second layer of piezoelectric material; wherein the measuring sensor comprises a plurality of piezoelectric pick-ups (11, 11'); wherein each piezoelectric pick-up (11, 11') comprises a first layer of piezoelectric material with the second metallization, an acceptor electrode and a cover plate with the third metallization; and wherein the piezoelectric pick-ups (11, 11') are arranged rotationally offset with respect to one another by a central axis (XX') of the measuring sensor.
A method of diagnosing an asthma subtype in a sample from an asthma patient comprising measuring the gene expression of POSTN, wherein elevated expression levels of POSTN, in comparison to healthy controls, are indicative of the IL-13-high asthma subtype.
Gymnastics roller with a longitudinal axis, comprising several individual parts (2, 24, 25) which are connectable to each other by one or more connection means (30, 31, 32, 33) and releasable from each other, wherein the connection means (30, 31, 32, 33) is arranged continuously along the longitudinal axis and is configured for form-fit engagement perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, characterized in that the connection means (30, 31, 32, 33) is composed of a separate one-piece connection rod with an undercut structure in the longitudinal direction, with which in each case two individual parts (2, 24, 25) are connectable to each other and releasable from each other through undercuts.
A method of forming an implantable tissue engineered construct, the method comprising the steps of: providing a bioreactor comprising a well and a load applicator, the well having a base; locating a resiliently deformable tissue construct support element on the base of the well, the support element having an upper surface; seeding a scaffold with cells to form a tissue construct; locating the tissue construct on the base of the well in a space defined by the tissue construct support element, the tissue construct being arranged so that it protrudes beyond the upper surface of the support element, and the support element being arranged so that it surrounds the tissue construct; operating the load applicator to apply a cyclical compressive mechanical load to the tissue construct, to stimulate the deposition of tissue matrix in the tissue construct; and arranging the load applicator so that it at least initially contacts both the tissue construct and the tissue construct support element, so that at least part of a total load generated by the load applicator is borne, at least initially, by the tissue construct support element and the support element deformed by the load applicator; in which the tissue construct support element has an elastic modulus which is greater than an elastic modulus of the tissue construct prior to commencement of application of the mechanical load. providing a bioreactor comprising a well and a load applicator, the well having a base; locating a resiliently deformable tissue construct support element on the base of the well, the support element having an upper surface; seeding a scaffold with cells to form a tissue construct; locating the tissue construct on the base of the well in a space defined by the tissue construct support element, the tissue construct being arranged so that it protrudes beyond the upper surface of the support element, and the support element being arranged so that it surrounds the tissue construct; operating the load applicator to apply a cyclical compressive mechanical load to the tissue construct, to stimulate the deposition of tissue matrix in the tissue construct; and arranging the load applicator so that it at least initially contacts both the tissue construct and the tissue construct support element, so that at least part of a total load generated by the load applicator is borne, at least initially, by the tissue construct support element and the support element deformed by the load applicator; in which the tissue construct support element has an elastic modulus which is greater than an elastic modulus of the tissue construct prior to commencement of application of the mechanical load.
A patient simulator, in particular a premature baby, newborn or child simulator, comprising a simulated thorax, a lung simulator and a simulated anatomical trachea leading to the lung simulator, wherein the simulated thorax comprises a simulated chest including at least one liftable and lowerable chest element to simulate lifting and lowering of the chest, characterized in that the at least one liftable and lowerable chest element cooperates with a lifting and lowering mechanism actuatable independently of the lung simulator and the liftable and lowerable chest element is driven by a lifting and lowering mechanism being mechanically independent of the lung simulator, such that the lifting and lowering of the chest can be simulated independently of the current status of the lung simulator, wherein the drive of the liftable and lowerable chest element is preferably configured as pneumatic, hydraulic or electric drive.
A liquid crystal display for image display using a liquid crystal display panel, comprising: a write-gray scale level determining (2, 3) means configured to determine write-gray scale level data for input image data that compensates an optical response characteristic of the liquid crystal display panel, in accordance with, at least, a combination of gray scale level transitions from a previous vertical display period to a current vertical display period; an achievable gray scale level determining means configured to generate achievable gray scale level data for input image data after a lapse of one vertical display period of the liquid crystal display panel, in accordance with, at least, a combination of gray scale level transitions from one vertical display period to the next; and a temperature detecting means configured to detect a device interior temperature, wherein the write-gray scale level determining means (2, 3) determines the write-gray scale level data to be supplied to the liquid crystal display panel, based on achievable gray scale level data of the liquid crystal display panel, corresponding to input image data at the previous vertical display period, output from the achievable gray scale level determining means and the input image data at the current vertical display period, and wherein the achievable gray scale level determining means, based on the detected device interior temperature, determines the achievable gray scale level data for the input image data after the lapse of one vertical display period of the liquid crystal display panel. a write-gray scale level determining (2, 3) means configured to determine write-gray scale level data for input image data that compensates an optical response characteristic of the liquid crystal display panel, in accordance with, at least, a combination of gray scale level transitions from a previous vertical display period to a current vertical display period; an achievable gray scale level determining means configured to generate achievable gray scale level data for input image data after a lapse of one vertical display period of the liquid crystal display panel, in accordance with, at least, a combination of gray scale level transitions from one vertical display period to the next; and a temperature detecting means configured to detect a device interior temperature, wherein the write-gray scale level determining means (2, 3) determines the write-gray scale level data to be supplied to the liquid crystal display panel, based on achievable gray scale level data of the liquid crystal display panel, corresponding to input image data at the previous vertical display period, output from the achievable gray scale level determining means and the input image data at the current vertical display period, and wherein the achievable gray scale level determining means, based on the detected device interior temperature, determines the achievable gray scale level data for the input image data after the lapse of one vertical display period of the liquid crystal display panel.
Method of contactless communication from a device to a reader using an active load modulation, comprising a transmission of frames (TRi) from the device to the reader, each frame being preceded by a reception period (RXi) during which a reader signal is received at an antenna of the device, the method further comprising in each reception period a first synchronisation (SYNC1) between a signal emanating from the reader signal received and a device carrier clock signal (CLKALM) generated within the device, the method further comprising within each frame (TRi), a reception at the antenna of the device, of a reader carrier signal and a transmission to the reader via said antenna, of a modulated carrier device signal (SPMR), a digital suppression processing of the modulated carrier device signal (SPMR) carried out on a digital intermediate signal (SINT) emanating from the one delivered by the antenna and using an auxiliary signal (SMOD) containing the modulation symbols of the modulated carrier device signal, in such a way as to obtain a processed signal, and a second synchronisation (SYNC2) between the processed signal and said device carrier clock signal (CLKALM).
A seat arranged for enhanced sound perception via vibration comprising a sound reproduction assembly, which sound reproduction assembly comprises at least one frame structure (18, 22), which sound reproduction assembly comprises at least one vibration source and at least one elastic element (16, 21), which elastic element/-s (16, 21) is/are non-homogenous element/-s, which elastic element/-s (16, 21) is/are configured to provide elastically and mechanically tuned mounting and which elastic element/-s (16, 21) is/are located in contact with the frame structure (18, 22) and the vibration source and configured to create at least lateral vibration to a surface of the seat, wherein the lateral vibration is defined with respect to a surface plane of the surface in question, characterized in that the seat comprises a padding, that the sound reproduction assembly is at least partially arranged inside the padding, and that the seat comprises at least a head or neck rest with a vibration and sound actuator as the vibration source and the seat comprises further a swing mechanism connected to the frame structure in a back rest for a rotation vibration of the back rest due to the swing mechanism.
An optical cable comprising an optical module, said optical module comprising: • a first group of optical fibers; • a first retaining element arranged about said first group of optical fibers; • a second group of optical fibers arranged about said first retaining element, said second group of optical fibers being an array of optical fibers arranged side by side substantially on a single circumference concentric with said first retaining element, with no reciprocal overlapping; and a second retaining element arranged about said second group of optical fibers, said second retaining element being substantially coaxial with said first retaining element, characterised by said second group of optical fibers being loosely arranged within an annular space defined between said first retaining element and said second retaining element according to an S-Z arrangement. • a first group of optical fibers; • a first retaining element arranged about said first group of optical fibers; • a second group of optical fibers arranged about said first retaining element, said second group of optical fibers being an array of optical fibers arranged side by side substantially on a single circumference concentric with said first retaining element, with no reciprocal overlapping; and a second retaining element arranged about said second group of optical fibers, said second retaining element being substantially coaxial with said first retaining element,
Assembly resulting from the straight-cut assembly of the end of two profiles (100, 200), the two ends being screwed together and a plug plugging the said assembled ends, the said profiles (100, 200) being of the type of those which are preformed with grooves for accommodating a seal (110, 210), the plug being preformed to have projections (311 and 312) positioned and dimensioned to ensure the continuity of the seals (110, 210) accommodated in the grooves of the assembled profiles (100, 200), characterized in that the straight cut of the end of one of the profiles of which the end is assembled is implemented by interrupting the removal of material such that the end of the front face of the profile is preserved.