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A method of synchronising the contact information of a group of users of an instant messaging system between the group of users over a communications network, each user of the group of users having a user terminal connected to the communications network and executing a client, said client comprising a contact information list, the method comprising: a first user belonging to the group of users selecting the contact information of other users in the group from the contact information list and choosing to synchronise the contact information; transmitting an invitation message from the client executed on the user terminal of the first user to the client executed on the user terminal of each of the other users in the group, said invitation message including an invitee list of users belonging to the group; receiving the invitation message at the client of each of the other users in the group; and at least one of the other users in the group accepting the invitation message, said step of accepting comprising generating an acceptance message, said acceptance message giving authorisation to the group of users to contact the at least one other user, broadcasting said acceptance message to the group of users and adding the invitee list to the contact information list of the at least one user. a first user belonging to the group of users selecting the contact information of other users in the group from the contact information list and choosing to synchronise the contact information; transmitting an invitation message from the client executed on the user terminal of the first user to the client executed on the user terminal of each of the other users in the group, said invitation message including an invitee list of users belonging to the group; receiving the invitation message at the client of each of the other users in the group; and at least one of the other users in the group accepting the invitation message, said step of accepting comprising generating an acceptance message, said acceptance message giving authorisation to the group of users to contact the at least one other user, broadcasting said acceptance message to the group of users and adding the invitee list to the contact information list of the at least one user.
A trans-soft tissue anchor implantation system comprising: a positioning wire having a tissue penetrating distal tip; a cannula system for passage through the soft tissue, the cannula comprising; an inner cannula having a sharp distal tip, an axial lumen therethrough sized to accommodate the positioning wire and a proximal end; an outer cannula having a distal end, a proximal end and an axial lumen therethrough sized to accommodate the inner cannula and coaxially receiving the inner cannula; and an anchor sized to fit through the outer cannula lumen, characterised by the distal end being tapered wherein to present a gradually increasing profile and wherein the distal tip of the inner cannula extends distally beyond the end of the distal end of the outer cannula, and by the said anchor being a suture anchor. a positioning wire having a tissue penetrating distal tip; a cannula system for passage through the soft tissue, the cannula comprising; an inner cannula having a sharp distal tip, an axial lumen therethrough sized to accommodate the positioning wire and a proximal end; an outer cannula having a distal end, a proximal end and an axial lumen therethrough sized to accommodate the inner cannula and coaxially receiving the inner cannula; and an inner cannula having a sharp distal tip, an axial lumen therethrough sized to accommodate the positioning wire and a proximal end; an outer cannula having a distal end, a proximal end and an axial lumen therethrough sized to accommodate the inner cannula and coaxially receiving the inner cannula; and an anchor sized to fit through the outer cannula lumen, characterised by the distal end being tapered wherein to present a gradually increasing profile and wherein the distal tip of the inner cannula extends distally beyond the end of the distal end of the outer cannula, and by the said anchor being a suture anchor.
A drive mechanism for driving a movable member of an air conditioner, the drive mechanism comprising: a motor; a pinion secured to a rotating shaft of the motor; a rack having a driven portion for directly or indirectly being linked to the movable member, the rack meshing with the pinion; and a guide for guiding the rack so that the driven portion can travel in a curved path. characterised in that: the guide has a tube part through which the rack passes; and the rack has a protuberance that protrudes from a portion accommodated in the tube part toward the inner surface of the tube part. a motor; a pinion secured to a rotating shaft of the motor; a rack having a driven portion for directly or indirectly being linked to the movable member, the rack meshing with the pinion; and a guide for guiding the rack so that the driven portion can travel in a curved path. characterised in that: the guide has a tube part through which the rack passes; and the rack has a protuberance that protrudes from a portion accommodated in the tube part toward the inner surface of the tube part. the guide has a tube part through which the rack passes; and the rack has a protuberance that protrudes from a portion accommodated in the tube part toward the inner surface of the tube part.
An automatic dishwashing detergent composition comprising: a) from about 0.1% to about 20% by weight of high foaming surfactant having a foam volume of above 30 ml according to the test described herein wherein the high foaming surfactant comprises an anionic surfactant; b) from about 0.5% to about 15% by weight of low foaming non-ionic surfactant having a foam volume of less than 30 ml according to the test described herein; c) from about 0.001% to about 5% by weight of suds suppressor selected from the group consisting of a silicone fluid, a silicone resin, silica, and mixtures thereof; and d) from about 1% to about 50% of builder, wherein said automatic dishwashing detergent has a foam volume less than about 30 ml per 250 mL of a 4.0 g/L detergent solution at 45°C according to the test method described herein. a) from about 0.1% to about 20% by weight of high foaming surfactant having a foam volume of above 30 ml according to the test described herein wherein the high foaming surfactant comprises an anionic surfactant; b) from about 0.5% to about 15% by weight of low foaming non-ionic surfactant having a foam volume of less than 30 ml according to the test described herein; c) from about 0.001% to about 5% by weight of suds suppressor selected from the group consisting of a silicone fluid, a silicone resin, silica, and mixtures thereof; and d) from about 1% to about 50% of builder,
A dressing assembly adapted to provide a force to a treatment area on a patient, comprising: a longitudinal portion with a first end and a second end; a dressing bolster having a first surface and a second, inward-facing surface, wherein the dressing bolster is a manifold substance or structure made from a porous and permeable foam material provided to assist in applying reduced pressure to, delivering fluids to, or removing fluids from the treatment area; an envelope member (440, 446) surrounding the dressing bolster in use; and wherein a releasable circumferential member is coupled to the first end and the second end, the first end adapted to be coupled to the second end for releasably holding the dressing assembly in place against the treatment area. a longitudinal portion with a first end and a second end; a dressing bolster having a first surface and a second, inward-facing surface, wherein the dressing bolster is a manifold substance or structure made from a porous and permeable foam material provided to assist in applying reduced pressure to, delivering fluids to, or removing fluids from the treatment area; an envelope member (440, 446) surrounding the dressing bolster in use; and wherein a releasable circumferential member is coupled to the first end and the second end, the first end adapted to be coupled to the second end for releasably holding the dressing assembly in place against the treatment area.
Suspension link for a wheel suspension of a motor vehicle, comprising - at least one wheel-side bearing position, - at least one body-side bearing position, and - a suspension-link base which extends between the two bearing positions (12, 14), the suspension-link base being made of fibre-composite plastics material and comprising an insert made of a ductile material, characterised in that the suspension-link base has a narrowed portion and the insert is arranged exclusively in the region of the narrowed portion, the narrowed portion and the insert being designed and dimensioned such that when a predefined maximum force is exceeded, the suspension-link base fails in the region of the narrowed portion and the insert plastically deforms. - at least one wheel-side bearing position, - at least one body-side bearing position, and - a suspension-link base which extends between the two bearing positions (12, 14),
A digital phase locked loop (200; 300; 400) comprising: a time-to-digital converter configured to generate a quantized value based on a local oscillator signal of a controllable local oscillator of the digital phase locked loop and a reference signal of a reference clock; and an estimator component configured to receive the quantized value and generate an estimation of a phase value from the quantized value as a function of a set of a-priori data related to the time-to-digital converter and boundaries of the quantized value, the set of a priori data comprising a statistical distribution of input data to the time-to-digital converter that includes an expected phase with a phase error, wherein the estimated phase value is used to control said controllable local oscillator. a time-to-digital converter configured to generate a quantized value based on a local oscillator signal of a controllable local oscillator of the digital phase locked loop and a reference signal of a reference clock; and an estimator component configured to receive the quantized value and generate an estimation of a phase value from the quantized value as a function of a set of a-priori data related to the time-to-digital converter and boundaries of the quantized value, the set of a priori data comprising a statistical distribution of input data to the time-to-digital converter that includes an expected phase with a phase error, wherein the estimated phase value is used to control said controllable local oscillator.
A computer-implemented method for determining care areas for inspection, comprising the steps of: acquiring inspection results for a wafer (10; 48) generated by a first inspection process (12; 46), wherein the first inspection process (12; 46) is performed on the wafer (10; 48) after a first fabrication step has been performed on the wafer (10; 48) and before a second fabrication step (42; 62) has been performed on the wafer (10; 48), wherein the inspection results comprise noise events, marginal defects, and detected defects; determining care areas (32, 34) for a second inspection process (38; 58) based on the inspection results, wherein the second inspection process (38; 58) will be performed on the wafer (40; 60) after the second fabrication step (42; 62) has been performed on the wafer (40; 60), and wherein the care areas (32, 34) are determined such that the care areas include locations of at least some of the noise events, the marginal defects, and the detected defects, and wherein said acquiring and said determining are performed using a computer system; and further comprising, performing, after the second fabrication step (42; 62) has been performed on the wafer (40; 60), the second inspection process (38; 58) on the wafer (40; 60) using the determined care areas and determining if a noise event, a marginal defect, or a detected defect included in the inspection results generated by the first inspection process (12; 46) correlates to a defect detected in the determined care areas by the second inspection process (38; 58). acquiring inspection results for a wafer (10; 48) generated by a first inspection process (12; 46), wherein the first inspection process (12; 46) is performed on the wafer (10; 48) after a first fabrication step has been performed on the wafer (10; 48) and before a second fabrication step (42; 62) has been performed on the wafer (10; 48), wherein the inspection results comprise noise events, marginal defects, and detected defects; determining care areas (32, 34) for a second inspection process (38; 58) based on the inspection results, wherein the second inspection process (38; 58) will be performed on the wafer (40; 60) after the second fabrication step (42; 62) has been performed on the wafer (40; 60), and wherein the care areas (32, 34) are determined such that the care areas include locations of at least some of the noise events, the marginal defects, and the detected defects, and wherein said acquiring and said determining are performed using a computer system; and further comprising, performing, after the second fabrication step (42; 62) has been performed on the wafer (40; 60), the second inspection process (38; 58) on the wafer (40; 60) using the determined care areas and determining if a noise event, a marginal defect, or a detected defect included in the inspection results generated by the first inspection process (12; 46) correlates to a defect detected in the determined care areas by the second inspection process (38; 58).
A belt fastener for detachably connecting two belt ends (10a, 10b) comprising a housing connectable or connected to one of the belt ends (10a, 10b) and a plug which can be clipped into the housing and is connectable or connected to the other belt end, wherein the fastener is formed as a safety fastener which opens if a specific tensile load acts on the belt ends (10a, 10b) or on the housing and the plug, characterised in that the plug to be clipped into the housing comprises a separate finger flap which is located on one of its wide sides and hinged to a bolt at a front end of the plug, in that the finger flap comprises a stop surface at its end opposing its attachment point, which stop surface abuts to a stop surface in a finger opening formed in of a wide side of the housing when the plug is inserted in the housing, and in that the two stop surfaces (47, 67) are tilted forward by an angle (α) not equal to 0° with respect to a perpendicular to the insertion direction of the plug.
A vehicle inspection system conveyor configured to convey a vehicle being inspected within a conveying range from front to rear through a scanning area of a vehicle inspection system, the vehicle inspection system conveyor comprising: a first conveying device, within the conveying range where the vehicle being inspected is conveyed comprising at least one first powered section which provides driving force to the vehicle being inspected and at least one first unpowered section which does not provide driving force to the vehicle being inspected; and a second conveying device, arranged side by side with the first conveying device and within the conveying range where the vehicle being inspected is conveyed comprising at least one second powered section which provides driving force to the vehicle being inspected, characterised by that the first unpowered section is located at a position in front and rear directions within the range of the at least one second powered section in front and rear directions. a first conveying device, within the conveying range where the vehicle being inspected is conveyed comprising at least one first powered section which provides driving force to the vehicle being inspected and at least one first unpowered section which does not provide driving force to the vehicle being inspected; and a second conveying device, arranged side by side with the first conveying device and within the conveying range where the vehicle being inspected is conveyed comprising at least one second powered section which provides driving force to the vehicle being inspected, characterised by that the first unpowered section is located at a position in front and rear directions within the range of the at least one second powered section in front and rear directions.
A vacuum coating device, comprising: a crucible; an induction heater provided on the periphery of the crucible; a flow distribution box connected to the top of said crucible via a steam pipe, wherein said flow distribution box is provided inside with a horizontal pressure stabilizing plate, said flow distribution box is connected on the top with a nozzle, said steam pipe is provided with a pressure regulating valve; said pressure stabilizing plate has a multi-hole structure, the lower surface of said pressure stabilizing plate is connected to a horizontal flow suppression plate, and a space is formed between the side of said flow suppression plate and the inner wall of said flow distribution box; the flow suppression plate is facing an outlet of the steam pipe; a jet moderating zone is formed between the joint where said flow distribution box and said steam pipe are connected and the lower surface of said pressure stabilizing plate, and a jet accelerating zone is formed between the upper surface of said pressure stabilizing plate and the joint where said flow distribution box and said nozzle are connected, wherein said pressure stabilizing plate has a T-shaped section, the ends along the horizontal direction of said pressure stabilizing plate are connected to the inner wall of said flow distribution box, and the end along the vertical direction of said pressure stabilizing plate is connected to said flow suppression plate. a crucible; an induction heater provided on the periphery of the crucible; a flow distribution box connected to the top of said crucible via a steam pipe, wherein said flow distribution box is provided inside with a horizontal pressure stabilizing plate, said flow distribution box is connected on the top with a nozzle, said steam pipe is provided with a pressure regulating valve; said pressure stabilizing plate has a multi-hole structure, the lower surface of said pressure stabilizing plate is connected to a horizontal flow suppression plate, and a space is formed between the side of said flow suppression plate and the inner wall of said flow distribution box; the flow suppression plate is facing an outlet of the steam pipe; a jet moderating zone is formed between the joint where said flow distribution box and said steam pipe are connected and the lower surface of said pressure stabilizing plate, and a jet accelerating zone is formed between the upper surface of said pressure stabilizing plate and the joint where said flow distribution box and said nozzle are connected, wherein said pressure stabilizing plate has a T-shaped section, the ends along the horizontal direction of said pressure stabilizing plate are connected to the inner wall of said flow distribution box, and the end along the vertical direction of said pressure stabilizing plate is connected to said flow suppression plate.
A fuel cell system, comprising: a battery configured to reserve electric power; auxiliary machines including an actuator, the actuator being driven to cause gas to be supplied to a fuel cell configured to generate electric power using the gas; a warming-up operation unit configured to adjust operations of the auxiliary machines so as to realize output of the fuel cell such that an electric power is extracted from the fuel cell for warming-up; a discharge control unit configured to supply the electric power from the battery to the auxiliary machines when the electric power generated by the fuel cell is lower than electric power consumed by the auxiliary machines, characterized in that the auxiliary machines further includes a heater, the heater being configured to heat cooling water circulating in the fuel cell, and the fuel cell system further comprises: an auxiliary machine restriction unit configured to restrict electric power consumed by the actuator, before restricting electric power consumed by the heater, in a case where the discharge control unit supplies the electric power from the battery to the auxiliary machines during warming up of the fuel cell with the use of the heater; and a controller configured to prevent the voltage of the fuel cell stack from falling below a voltage threshold when warming-up in the fuel cell system is restricted. a battery configured to reserve electric power; auxiliary machines including an actuator, the actuator being driven to cause gas to be supplied to a fuel cell configured to generate electric power using the gas; a warming-up operation unit configured to adjust operations of the auxiliary machines so as to realize output of the fuel cell such that an electric power is extracted from the fuel cell for warming-up; a discharge control unit configured to supply the electric power from the battery to the auxiliary machines when the electric power generated by the fuel cell is lower than electric power consumed by the auxiliary machines, characterized in that the auxiliary machines further includes a heater, the heater being configured to heat cooling water circulating in the fuel cell, and the fuel cell system further comprises: an auxiliary machine restriction unit configured to restrict electric power consumed by the actuator, before restricting electric power consumed by the heater, in a case where the discharge control unit supplies the electric power from the battery to the auxiliary machines during warming up of the fuel cell with the use of the heater; and a controller configured to prevent the voltage of the fuel cell stack from falling below a voltage threshold when warming-up in the fuel cell system is restricted.
A method for monitoring the performance of a chromatography column, comprising: a) monitoring an output of said chromatography column to generate multiple sets of process data values (308, 504) corresponding to respective output observations, wherein the process data values (308, 504) comprise step transition data values; b) performing transition analysis on said multiple sets of process data values (308, 504) to generate multiple sets of dispersion parameter data values (304, 502); c) applying one or more multivariate statistical analysis methods on said multiple sets of process data values (308, 504) and multiple sets of dispersion parameter data values (304, 502), according to a hierarchical model, to generate a plurality of performance values that correspond to said output observations, wherein the one or more multivariate statistical analysis methods are selected from the group consisting of: a) Principal Component Analysis; b) Partial Least Squares; and c) Least Significant Difference; and d) graphically displaying said performance values. a) monitoring an output of said chromatography column to generate multiple sets of process data values (308, 504) corresponding to respective output observations, wherein the process data values (308, 504) comprise step transition data values; b) performing transition analysis on said multiple sets of process data values (308, 504) to generate multiple sets of dispersion parameter data values (304, 502); c) applying one or more multivariate statistical analysis methods on said multiple sets of process data values (308, 504) and multiple sets of dispersion parameter data values (304, 502), according to a hierarchical model, to generate a plurality of performance values that correspond to said output observations, wherein the one or more multivariate statistical analysis methods are selected from the group consisting of: a) Principal Component Analysis; b) Partial Least Squares; and c) Least Significant Difference; and d) graphically displaying said performance values.