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Valve for opening and closing an exhaust gas line, having: - a housing body, - a tappet which is arranged in the housing body, can be coupled at a first end to a drive, and is configured to be moved along a longitudinal axis of the tappet, - a valve seat which is arranged in the housing body and delimits an opening, and - a closing body which is connected to the tappet, with the result that the closing body can be adjusted by means of a movement of the tappet between an open position, in which the opening is released, and a closed position, in which the closing body bears against the valve seat and seals the opening, - a spring element which is fixed on the housing body and which is fixed on the closing body, in order to exert an axial spring force and a radial spring force on the closing body, - a second valve seat which is arranged in the housing body and delimits a second opening, and - a second closing body which is connected between the first end and the second end to the tappet, with the result that the second closing body can be adjusted by means of a movement of the tappet between the open position, in which the second opening is released, and the closed position, in which the second closing body bears against the second valve seat and seals the second opening, characterized in that - a second spring element is fixed on the housing body and is fixed on the second closing body, in order to exert an axial spring force and a radial spring force on the second closing body, and in that the spring element and the second spring element are fixed in each case on an outer side of the housing body. - a housing body, - a tappet which is arranged in the housing body, can be coupled at a first end to a drive, and is configured to be moved along a longitudinal axis of the tappet, - a valve seat which is arranged in the housing body and delimits an opening, and - a closing body which is connected to the tappet, with the result that the closing body can be adjusted by means of a movement of the tappet between an open position, in which the opening is released, and a closed position, in which the closing body bears against the valve seat and seals the opening, - a spring element which is fixed on the housing body and which is fixed on the closing body, in order to exert an axial spring force and a radial spring force on the closing body, - a second valve seat which is arranged in the housing body and delimits a second opening, and - a second closing body which is connected between the first end and the second end to the tappet, with the result that the second closing body can be adjusted by means of a movement of the tappet between the open position, in which the second opening is released, and the closed position, in which the second closing body bears against the second valve seat and seals the second opening, characterized in that - a second spring element is fixed on the housing body and is fixed on the second closing body, in order to exert an axial spring force and a radial spring force on the second closing body, and in that the spring element and the second spring element are fixed in each case on an outer side of the housing body.
A method of preparing an antigen-specific tolerogenic antigen-presenting cell comprising incubating ApoB-100, or an antigenic fragment thereof, or a derivative polypeptide differing from ApoB-100 or antigenic fragment thereof by modification of the amino acidic sequence wherein the derivative retains antigenic properties comparable to those of ApoB-100 or the antigenic fragment thereof, or a precursor in the form of a nucleic acid coding for an antigenic portion of ApoB-100; and an immunosuppressive cytokine selected from at least one cytokine of the transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) superfamily and/or interleukin-10 (IL-10) with an antigen-presenting cell, wherein the antigen-presenting cell is treated with the immunosuppressive cytokine before, during, or after the incubation.
A battery management system for a battery comprising a plurality of cells (10-1, 10-2, 10-3, 10-4), the battery management system comprising: a balancing circuit including a resistance corresponding to and positioned adjacent each cell; a measurement circuit configured to measure a voltage and a temperature of each cell; a selection unit configured to select a high voltage cell for balancing, the high voltage cell having a voltage higher than the other cells, and to select a low temperature cell having a temperature below a threshold; characterised in that the battery management system is configured to discharge the selected high voltage cell through the resistance corresponding to the selected low temperature cell to increase the temperature of the low temperature cell. a balancing circuit including a resistance corresponding to and positioned adjacent each cell; a measurement circuit configured to measure a voltage and a temperature of each cell; a selection unit configured to select a high voltage cell for balancing, the high voltage cell having a voltage higher than the other cells, and to select a low temperature cell having a temperature below a threshold; characterised in that the battery management system is configured to discharge the selected high voltage cell through the resistance corresponding to the selected low temperature cell to increase the temperature of the low temperature cell.
A catalyst suitable for upgrading lube oil boiling range feedstreams, wherein said catalyst comprises: a) at least one medium pore molecular sieve which is ZSM-48; b) at least one active metal oxide selected from the rare earth metal oxides comprising those elements of the periodic table having atomic numbers between 57 and 71 and yttrium; and c) at least one hydrogenation metal selected from the Group VIII and Group VIB metals. a) at least one medium pore molecular sieve which is ZSM-48; b) at least one active metal oxide selected from the rare earth metal oxides comprising those elements of the periodic table having atomic numbers between 57 and 71 and yttrium; and c) at least one hydrogenation metal selected from the Group VIII and Group VIB metals.
Group for preparing a compound for dyeing manufactured items, such as for example clothing articles, comprising at least one tank for containing water, at least one filter including a containment means adapted to contain a color release element comprising at least one natural dye substance in fluid communication with said at least one tank such that said water in said at least one tank can be conveyed within or through said at least one filter and through said at least one natural dye substance in a manner such that said water is dyed by said at least one natural dye substance, said apparatus comprising at least one circuit for conveying said water, drawn from said at least one tank, into said at least one filter and through said at least one natural dye substance, said apparatus further comprising heating means mounted or in any case operating in said at least one tank around or within said conveyance circuit and/or around or within said at least one filter in order to heat the water before the same is fed to said at least one filter or during such feeding in order to facilitate the absorption by the water of color released by said at least one natural dye substance during the filtering action or passage of the water through the natural dye substance. said apparatus comprising at least one circuit for conveying said water, drawn from said at least one tank, into said at least one filter and through said at least one natural dye substance, said apparatus further comprising heating means mounted or in any case operating in said at least one tank around or within said conveyance circuit and/or around or within said at least one filter in order to heat the water before the same is fed to said at least one filter or during such feeding in order to facilitate the absorption by the water of color released by said at least one natural dye substance during the filtering action or passage of the water through the natural dye substance.
An electrophotographic photosensitive member comprising a support, a photosensitive layer and a protective layer in this order, wherein the protective layer comprises: a resin comprising a structure represented by a general formula and a structure represented by a general formula; and a compound represented by a general formula, the molar ratio of the proportion of the structure represented by the general formula to the proportion of the structure represented by the general formula in the resin is 0.0002 or more and 0.1000 or less, and the molar ratio of the content of the compound represented by the general formula to the content of the structure represented by the general formula in the resin in the protective layer is 0.0002 or more and 0.1000 or less: wherein R 1 is a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group or a substituted or unsubstituted phenylene group; and R 2 to R 7 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or an ethyl group, wherein R 8 is a hydrogen atom or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having one to three carbon atoms; and R 9 is a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or an ethyl group, wherein R 10 is a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group or a substituted or unsubstituted phenylene group; and R 11 to R 15 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or an ethyl group. a resin comprising a structure represented by a general formula and a structure represented by a general formula; and a compound represented by a general formula, the molar ratio of the proportion of the structure represented by the general formula to the proportion of the structure represented by the general formula in the resin is 0.0002 or more and 0.1000 or less, and the molar ratio of the content of the compound represented by the general formula to the content of the structure represented by the general formula in the resin in the protective layer is 0.0002 or more and 0.1000 or less: wherein R 1 is a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group or a substituted or unsubstituted phenylene group; and R 2 to R 7 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or an ethyl group, wherein R 8 is a hydrogen atom or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having one to three carbon atoms; and R 9 is a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or an ethyl group, wherein R 10 is a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group or a substituted or unsubstituted phenylene group; and R 11 to R 15 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or an ethyl group.
A method, performed by a first Antenna Processing Unit, APU for sequential transmit precoding in a radio stripe system, wherein the radio stripe system comprises at least two APUs (300,400) and a Central Processing Unit, CPU, the at least two APUs (300,400) being connected in series from the CPU, wherein the radio stripe system serves at least two User Equipment, UEs,, the method comprising: - obtaining channel estimates for channels to the at least two UEs; - determining a precoding filter based on the obtained channel estimates, wherein the precoding filter is going to be applied to signals that are to be transmitted from the first APU to the at least two UEs; - determining effective precoded channels for the signals to the at least two UEs based on the determined precoding filter and the obtained channel estimates, wherein the effective precoded channels represent the effective channel created after the precoding filter being applied to each channel for the at least two UEs; and - transmitting the effective precoded channels to at least one subsequent second APU; the method being characterized in that the radio stripe system have a tree structure, and wherein the first APU is connected to two subsequent second APUs located further away from the CPU, and wherein the effective precoded channels are transmitted to both subsequent second APUs, and wherein the precoding filter is generated by signal-to-interference-and-leakage ratio, SLNR, precoding method. - obtaining channel estimates for channels to the at least two UEs; - determining a precoding filter based on the obtained channel estimates, wherein the precoding filter is going to be applied to signals that are to be transmitted from the first APU to the at least two UEs; - determining effective precoded channels for the signals to the at least two UEs based on the determined precoding filter and the obtained channel estimates, wherein the effective precoded channels represent the effective channel created after the precoding filter being applied to each channel for the at least two UEs; and - transmitting the effective precoded channels to at least one subsequent second APU; the method being characterized in that the radio stripe system have a tree structure, and wherein the first APU is connected to two subsequent second APUs located further away from the CPU, and wherein the effective precoded channels are transmitted to both subsequent second APUs, and wherein the precoding filter is generated by signal-to-interference-and-leakage ratio, SLNR, precoding method.
An artificial leather comprising a base layer and a surface layer which is formed on one surface of the base layer, wherein the base layer comprises bundles of microfine filaments and an elastic polymer, the surface layer comprises microfine filaments or comprises microfine filaments and the elastic polymer, and the artificial leather satisfies the following requirement: X/Y is 1.5 to 50 wherein X is the number of cut ends of the microfine filaments which exist in a region from a surface to a 20 μm depth in a cross section of the artificial leather, Y is the number of cut ends of the microfine filaments which exist in a region from a surface to a 20 μm depth in a cross section perpendicular to the cross section for determining X, and X > Y, wherein the ratio is determined as follows: hot-pressing the surface of the artificial leather at 165°C under 400 N/cm to fix the orientation of napped fibers in the vicinity of the surface, then quickly cutting down the artificial leather from its surface by using a single-edged razor without losing the orientation of the fibers, after taking a SEM microphotograph of the cross section (for example, 13.5 cm × 18 cm microphotograph of 300 magnifications), counting the number of cut ends of microfine filaments in the region from the surface to a 20 μm depth of the artificial leather, then cutting down the artificial leather in the direction perpendicular to the previous direction and counting in the same manner the number of cut ends of microfine filaments in the area from the surface of the artificial leather to a depth of 20 μm, and calculating the ratio from the obtained numbers of cut ends taking the larger number as X and the smaller number as Y. hot-pressing the surface of the artificial leather at 165°C under 400 N/cm to fix the orientation of napped fibers in the vicinity of the surface, then quickly cutting down the artificial leather from its surface by using a single-edged razor without losing the orientation of the fibers, after taking a SEM microphotograph of the cross section (for example, 13.5 cm × 18 cm microphotograph of 300 magnifications), counting the number of cut ends of microfine filaments in the region from the surface to a 20 μm depth of the artificial leather, then cutting down the artificial leather in the direction perpendicular to the previous direction and counting in the same manner the number of cut ends of microfine filaments in the area from the surface of the artificial leather to a depth of 20 μm, and calculating the ratio from the obtained numbers of cut ends taking the larger number as X and the smaller number as Y.
An engine unit support structure comprising: an engine unit having a three-cylinder engine; a mount for mounting the engine unit; and a plurality of elastic support bodies coupled to the engine unit and the mount to support the engine unit, wherein the plurality of elastic support bodies include a plurality of first elastic support bodies and a plurality of second elastic support bodies, wherein the second elastic support bodies are so disposed as to be orthogonal to a pitching rotation central axis of the engine unit and one on each side of a virtual plane including a rolling rotation central axis of the engine unit, and the first elastic support bodies are disposed in a position closer to the pitching rotation central axis than the second elastic support bodies and one on each side of the virtual plane, and wherein a distributed load of the engine unit to be borne by each of the first elastic support bodies is greater than a distributed load of the engine unit to be borne by each of the second elastic support bodies. an engine unit having a three-cylinder engine; a mount for mounting the engine unit; and a plurality of elastic support bodies coupled to the engine unit and the mount to support the engine unit, wherein the plurality of elastic support bodies include a plurality of first elastic support bodies and a plurality of second elastic support bodies, wherein the second elastic support bodies are so disposed as to be orthogonal to a pitching rotation central axis of the engine unit and one on each side of a virtual plane including a rolling rotation central axis of the engine unit, and the first elastic support bodies are disposed in a position closer to the pitching rotation central axis than the second elastic support bodies and one on each side of the virtual plane, and wherein a distributed load of the engine unit to be borne by each of the first elastic support bodies is greater than a distributed load of the engine unit to be borne by each of the second elastic support bodies.
A method of measuring a distance to an object, by a device having at least two cameras (104, 106), the method comprising: acquiring one or more first object images including the object by a first camera of the device and one or more first reference images by a second camera of the device, while the device is in a first position, said first and second cameras being on opposite sides of the device; after acquiring the one or more first object images, displaying to a user a video stream currently acquired by one of said first and second cameras (104, 106), so that the user can use the video stream in directing the device to a second position, wherein a change in position of the device includes a rotation of the device relative to the first position; acquiring one or more second object images including the object by the other of said first and second cameras and acquiring one or more second reference images, by the one of said first and second cameras of the device, while the device is in the second position; determining, based on the first and second reference images and on knowledge of the extent of rotation and the positions of the first and second cameras on the device, information on a displacement of at least one of said first and second cameras of the device between the first and second positions (334, 336); and calculating the distance from the device to the object, based on the first and second object images including the object and the determined information on the displacement of the at least one of said first and second cameras (104, 106). acquiring one or more first object images including the object by a first camera of the device and one or more first reference images by a second camera of the device, while the device is in a first position, said first and second cameras being on opposite sides of the device; after acquiring the one or more first object images, displaying to a user a video stream currently acquired by one of said first and second cameras (104, 106), so that the user can use the video stream in directing the device to a second position, wherein a change in position of the device includes a rotation of the device relative to the first position; acquiring one or more second object images including the object by the other of said first and second cameras and acquiring one or more second reference images, by the one of said first and second cameras of the device, while the device is in the second position; determining, based on the first and second reference images and on knowledge of the extent of rotation and the positions of the first and second cameras on the device, information on a displacement of at least one of said first and second cameras of the device between the first and second positions (334, 336); and calculating the distance from the device to the object, based on the first and second object images including the object and the determined information on the displacement of the at least one of said first and second cameras (104, 106).
Method for modifying the surface of an electrically conductive metal oxide substrate, said method comprising the following steps consisting in: i) bringing into contact the surface of said electrically conductive metal oxide substrate with a solution containing at least one copper ion (Cu 2+) and at least ammonia then washing and optionally drying the surface of said electrically conductive metal oxide substrate thus obtained; ii) bringing into contact the surface of said electrically conductive metal oxide substrate obtained following step (i) with a solution containing sodium tetraborohydride then washing and optionally drying the surface of said electrically conductive metal oxide substrate. i) bringing into contact the surface of said electrically conductive metal oxide substrate with a solution containing at least one copper ion (Cu 2+) and at least ammonia then washing and optionally drying the surface of said electrically conductive metal oxide substrate thus obtained; ii) bringing into contact the surface of said electrically conductive metal oxide substrate obtained following step (i) with a solution containing sodium tetraborohydride then washing and optionally drying the surface of said electrically conductive metal oxide substrate.
Frame system for a manhole covering having at least one first frame element and one second frame element, which each have at least one first connecting surface (10a; 20a) and/or at least one second connecting surface (10b; 20b), wherein the first and second frame elements (10; 20) can be connected to one another in a force-fitting and/or form-fitting manner along the mutually opposite first or second connecting surfaces (10a; 10b; 20a; 20b), wherein, in the connected state of the first and second frame elements (10; 20), at least one joint region is formed between the mutually opposite first connecting surfaces (10a; 20a) or between the mutually opposite second connecting surfaces (10b; 20b), and wherein, in the connected state of the first and second frame elements (10; 20), at least one joint region is formed between the mutually opposite first connecting surfaces (10a; 20a) or between the mutually opposite second connecting surfaces (10b; 20b); 20), and wherein, in the connected state of the first and second frame elements, the joint region is filled with a joint element which has a hot-melt adhesive, as a result of which the joined connection of the frame elements (10; 20) can be released and reestablished.