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A spinal stabilization system comprising: a first vertebral anchor configured to be secured to a first vertebra; a second vertebral anchor configured to be secured to a second vertebra; a third vertebral anchor configured to be secured to a third vertebra; and a cord extendable between the first, second and third vertebral anchors, characterized in that a first length (L 1) of the cord includes a first set of intermingled filaments, and a second length (L 2) of the cord includes a second set of intermingled filaments, wherein the first set of intermingled filaments includes a first subset of filaments and a second subset of filaments, and the second set of intermingled filaments includes the first subset of filaments of the first set of intermingled filaments and a third subset of filaments different from the second subset of filaments of the first set of intermingled filaments. a first vertebral anchor configured to be secured to a first vertebra; a second vertebral anchor configured to be secured to a second vertebra; a third vertebral anchor configured to be secured to a third vertebra; and a cord extendable between the first, second and third vertebral anchors, characterized in that a first length (L 1) of the cord includes a first set of intermingled filaments, and a second length (L 2) of the cord includes a second set of intermingled filaments, wherein the first set of intermingled filaments includes a first subset of filaments and a second subset of filaments, and the second set of intermingled filaments includes the first subset of filaments of the first set of intermingled filaments and a third subset of filaments different from the second subset of filaments of the first set of intermingled filaments.
A wheelchair restraining system for a vehicle, the system comprising: a first anchoring member which can be secured to the vehicle; a second anchoring member which can be secured to the vehicle; a gate which can be moved between open and closed positions to permit access of a wheelchair into the vehicle, in the closed position, the gate extending between and secured to the first and second anchoring members; a primary restraint by which the wheelchair can be secured to the gate; and a secondary restraint by which an occupant of the wheelchair can be secured to the gate; so that, in use, the load of the wheelchair and the occupant of the wheelchair is transferred through the gate and the first and second anchoring members to the vehicle. a first anchoring member which can be secured to the vehicle; a second anchoring member which can be secured to the vehicle; a gate which can be moved between open and closed positions to permit access of a wheelchair into the vehicle, in the closed position, the gate extending between and secured to the first and second anchoring members; a primary restraint by which the wheelchair can be secured to the gate; and a secondary restraint by which an occupant of the wheelchair can be secured to the gate; so that, in use, the load of the wheelchair and the occupant of the wheelchair is transferred through the gate and the first and second anchoring members to the vehicle.
Refrigeration unit, such as a refrigerated display case or freezer, comprising a refrigeration space which is used to hold goods and is surrounded by a floor group, a front group and a rear group, and a stack marking device for detecting a stack height to be maintained of the goods at a predetermined distance from a floor platform which corresponds to the stack height to be maintained, wherein the stack marking device is designed as a monitoring apparatus which operates on the basis of electromagnetic beams, in particular IR radiation, and which has a transmitter arrangement which emits the beams, a receiver arrangement which receives the beams and an evaluation apparatus which processes the output signals of said receiver arrangement, wherein the beams are guided during operation in a grid-like or fan-like manner in at least one preferably horizontal plane corresponding to the stack height, wherein the transmitter arrangement has a plurality of transmitters and/or the receiver arrangement has a plurality of receivers, wherein mutually assigned transmitters and receivers are arranged on different sides of the refrigeration space or are arranged on the same side and the beams are deflected between the transmitters and receivers by means of a reflector arrangement.
A method for varying the compression ratio in an engine having a first piston that cooperates with a second piston to define a combustion chamber therebetween, the method comprising: moving the first piston back and forth in a first cycle between a first bottom dead center position and a first top dead center position according to a first piston timing; moving the second piston back and forth in a second cycle between a second BDC position and a second top dead center TDC position according to a second piston timing; while moving the first piston according to the first piston timing and the second piston according to the second piston timing, periodically opening and closing at least one passage (430, 432) in fluid communication with the combustion chamber according to a valve timing, characterized in that with a first crankshaft operably coupled to the first piston and coupled via a first phaser to a first camshaft for one of exhaust valves or intake valves; and with a second crankshaft operably coupled to the second piston and coupled via a second phaser to a second camshaft for the other one of the exhaust valves or intake valves; the compression ratio of the combustion chamber is varied by changing the first piston timing relative to the valve timing of the respective exhaust valves or intake valves by the first phaser; and changing the second piston timing relative to the valve timing of the other one of the exhaust valves or intake valves independently from the first piston timing. moving the first piston back and forth in a first cycle between a first bottom dead center position and a first top dead center position according to a first piston timing; moving the second piston back and forth in a second cycle between a second BDC position and a second top dead center TDC position according to a second piston timing; while moving the first piston according to the first piston timing and the second piston according to the second piston timing, periodically opening and closing at least one passage (430, 432) in fluid communication with the combustion chamber according to a valve timing, characterized in that with a first crankshaft operably coupled to the first piston and coupled via a first phaser to a first camshaft for one of exhaust valves or intake valves; and with a second crankshaft operably coupled to the second piston and coupled via a second phaser to a second camshaft for the other one of the exhaust valves or intake valves; the compression ratio of the combustion chamber is varied by changing the first piston timing relative to the valve timing of the respective exhaust valves or intake valves by the first phaser; and changing the second piston timing relative to the valve timing of the other one of the exhaust valves or intake valves independently from the first piston timing.
Actuation device for a valve flap, in particular for a valve flap of a wastegate valve of a supercharging device, comprising a four-joint coupling mechanism which has a first pivot arm, which can be indirectly or directly rotated by way of an actuator, preferably by way of an electric actuator, and on the free end of which a transmission element is mounted in rotatable fashion, which transmission element operates a second pivot arm which adjusts the valve flap and which, at its free end, is likewise connected in rotatable fashion to the transmission element, wherein an angle between a longitudinal axis of the second pivot arm and the transmission element defines an actuation angle, and an angle between a longitudinal axis of the first pivot arm and the transmission element defines a pivot angle, and in a position in which the valve flap comes into contact with a stop, the actuation angle is approximately 90° and the pivot angle is approximately 40°, and elastic means (42, 50) are provided which, in a stretched position of the four-joint coupling mechanism, in which a longitudinal axis of the first pivot arm runs substantially parallel to the transmission element, exert a bracing force on the valve flap which is in contact with the stop and closed in this position, wherein, during the adjustment of the four-joint coupling mechanism into the stretched position by means of the actuator, the elastic means (42, 50) are braced as soon as the valve flap has come into contact with the stop.
An image-processing method in an electronic device, the electronic device comprising a visible-light camera and a depth camera, a field-of-view of the visible-light camera being partially overlapped with a FOV of the depth camera, the visible-light camera being configured for capturing a visible-light image, the depth camera being configured for capturing a depth image, and the visible-light image comprising an overlapping region overlapped with the depth image and a non-overlapping region un-overlapped with the depth image, characterized by comprising: determining whether an object appears in both the overlapping region and the non-overlapping region of the visible-light image simultaneously; obtaining first depth information according to the depth image, in response to the object appearing in both the overlapping region and the non-overlapping region of the visible-light image, wherein the object comprises a first part in the overlapping region and a second part in the non-overlapping region, and the first depth information indicates depth information of the first part of the object; obtaining second depth information according to the first depth information, wherein the second depth information indicates depth information of the second part of the object; and obtaining synthesized depth information of the object according to the first depth information and the second depth information. determining whether an object appears in both the overlapping region and the non-overlapping region of the visible-light image simultaneously; obtaining first depth information according to the depth image, in response to the object appearing in both the overlapping region and the non-overlapping region of the visible-light image, wherein the object comprises a first part in the overlapping region and a second part in the non-overlapping region, and the first depth information indicates depth information of the first part of the object; obtaining second depth information according to the first depth information, wherein the second depth information indicates depth information of the second part of the object; and obtaining synthesized depth information of the object according to the first depth information and the second depth information.
A process for the production of chlorine dioxide comprising reacting chlorate ions and a reducing agent in an acidic aqueous reaction medium to form chlorine dioxide in the reaction medium in a reaction vessel, withdrawing chlorine dioxide as a gas from the reaction medium in the reaction vessel, the process further comprising adding chlorine dioxide to at least one raw material used in the process.
Packaging machine for producing an item of packaging, having a sealing station which seals a film web to a packaging trough which optionally has been vacuum-formed in a film web, wherein the sealing station has at least one lower tool which is lifted or lowered, respectively, by a lifting station and the lifting station has a knuckle joint which supports the lower tool in the lifted position thereof, wherein the lifting station has a frame on which one end of the knuckle joint is mounted, wherein the mounting of the knuckle joint is provided outside the frame, characterized in that the lifting station has a single drive which is disposed between the frame and the lifting table, and the drive is disposed so as to be rotatable on the frame.
Composition for cleaning hard surfaces comprising at least one surfactant and at least one natural material having a specific density of from 1 to 4, in particular from 1.8 to 3, and having a Mohs hardness of from 4 to 8, in particular from 5 to 6, characterized in that the natural material is embedded in hydrogel particles.
A communication connector for improving signal transmission performance, the communication connector comprising: a housing; a cable termination component received by said housing, and said cable termination component being sized and configured for selective receipt of a plurality of conductor pairs of a cable; a plurality of slots, wherein each wire of each of said plurality of conductor pairs may be selectively pressed into one of said plurality of slots; and a receptacle component received by said housing including a plurality of electrical contacts, characterized in the receptacle component further including a plurality of pairs of offset-positioned insulation displacement contacts (IDCs), a pair of IDCs being parallel to an opposing pair of IDCs, and being approximately parallel to adjacent pairs of IDCs, each of said plurality of offset-positioned IDCs being aligned for engaged abutment with a corresponding one of the wires of the plurality of conductor pairs when said cable termination component and said receptacle component are coupled; an IDC housing, the IDCs being mounted on the IDC housing; and wherein the offset placement of said IDCs increases the separation distance between IDCs of another receptacle component when a plurality of said receptacle components are adjacent to one another, whereby a signal transmission is improved. a housing; a cable termination component received by said housing, and said cable termination component being sized and configured for selective receipt of a plurality of conductor pairs of a cable; a plurality of slots, wherein each wire of each of said plurality of conductor pairs may be selectively pressed into one of said plurality of slots; and a receptacle component received by said housing including a plurality of electrical contacts, characterized in the receptacle component further including a plurality of pairs of offset-positioned insulation displacement contacts (IDCs), a pair of IDCs being parallel to an opposing pair of IDCs, and being approximately parallel to adjacent pairs of IDCs, each of said plurality of offset-positioned IDCs being aligned for engaged abutment with a corresponding one of the wires of the plurality of conductor pairs when said cable termination component and said receptacle component are coupled; an IDC housing, the IDCs being mounted on the IDC housing; and wherein the offset placement of said IDCs increases the separation distance between IDCs of another receptacle component when a plurality of said receptacle components are adjacent to one another, whereby a signal transmission is improved.
A sealable and peelable multilayer film comprising a block copolymeric core layer, wherein the core layer is composed entirely of a block copolymer comprising polypropylene and polyethylene and optionally also anti-block additives, opacifiers, fillers, UV absorbers, cross-linkers, colourants and/or waxes and comprises over 90% of the film thickness, and a sealable, non-peelable skin layer thereon having a thickness from 0.05 μm to 2 μm and comprising a random copolymer of ethylene and propylene or a random terpolymer of propylene, ethylene and butylene, the film being peelable in the core layer.
Motor vehicle with an internal combustion engine mounted in a longitudinal direction in a motor space and comprising a plurality of cylinders, the internal combustion engine comprising a multi-joint crank drive with an eccentric shaft, a crankshaft starter and additionally a belt starter, characterised in that the crankshaft starter is arranged relative to the internal combustion engine so that a cylinder longitudinal centre plane spanned by cylinder longitudinal centre axes of the internal combustion engine is situated between the crankshaft starter and the eccentric shaft, the belt starter is arranged on the same side of the cylinder longitudinal centre plane as the eccentric shaft, and the crankshaft starter and the belt starter are arranged above a parallel plane which extends parallel to a bottom delimiting plane of the internal combustion engine and receives a rotation axis of the eccentric shaft or which extends parallel to the bottom delimiting plane and tangentially contacts an effective enveloping surface of a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine, wherein an actuator for adjusting the eccentric shaft is arranged below the parallel plane and on the same side of the cylinder longitudinal centre plane as the eccentric shaft.
A reactor having at least one catalyst bed for the catalytic treatment of a gas stream, in particular a reactor for the catalytic treatment of residual gas for reducing the content of nitrogen oxides in processes for producing nitric acid by the Ostwald process, wherein the catalyst bed extends over the cross section of the reactor and the catalyst bed is axially flown through by the gas to be treated, wherein the reactor comprises a carrier structure for the catalyst bed which is at least partly floatingly mounted in the reactor, wherein the carrier structure comprises a sieve element and, radially outwardly, carrier elements fixedly joined to the reactor wall below the sieve element, wherein the sieve element provides a resting surface for the catalyst bed and wherein the sieve element terminates, radially outwardly, at a distance from the reactor wall, characterized in that in addition to carrier elements fixedly joined to the reactor wall, the carrier structure also comprises support elements for the at least one sieve element which are likewise floatingly mounted in the reactor.
A powertrain system comprising: a combustion engine including an intake manifold and an exhaust manifold; a crankshaft driven by the engine; and a supercharging system driven by the crankshaft, the supercharging system including a first drive system and first and second compressors (68, 72), the first drive system being driven by the crankshaft and configured to drive the first compressor, the first compressor including a first inlet and a first outlet, the second compressor including a second inlet and a second outlet, the first outlet fluidly communicating with the second inlet, the second outlet fluidly communicating with the intake manifold, characterized in that the powertrain system further comprises a second drive system driven by the crankshaft and configured to drive the second compressor. a combustion engine including an intake manifold and an exhaust manifold; a crankshaft driven by the engine; and a supercharging system driven by the crankshaft, the supercharging system including a first drive system and first and second compressors (68, 72), the first drive system being driven by the crankshaft and configured to drive the first compressor, the first compressor including a first inlet and a first outlet, the second compressor including a second inlet and a second outlet, the first outlet fluidly communicating with the second inlet, the second outlet fluidly communicating with the intake manifold, characterized in that the powertrain system further comprises a second drive system driven by the crankshaft and configured to drive the second compressor.
A method of transmitting control information through a physical uplink shared channel PUSCH without data, wherein the control information includes acknowledgement /negative acknowledgement ACK/NACK information, Rank Indication RI, and channel quality information/Precoding Matrix Indicator CQI/PMI, the method comprising: channel encoding the ACK/NACK information based on a number of encoded symbols of the ACK/NACK information to produce channel encoded ACK/NACK information, wherein the number of encoded symbols of the ACK/NACK information is determined by using: M x = ⌈ N x ⋅ β offset ⋅ M RE PUSCH N CQI ⌉ where M x is the number of the encoded symbols of the ACK/NACK information, N x is the payload size of the ACK/NACK information, β offset is an offset value, N CQI is the payload size of the CQI/PMI, M RE PUSCH corresponds to the total number of symbols that can be transmitted through the PUSCH transmission, and "┌ ┐" denotes a ceiling function. channel encoding the ACK/NACK information based on a number of encoded symbols of the ACK/NACK information to produce channel encoded ACK/NACK information, wherein the number of encoded symbols of the ACK/NACK information is determined by using: M x = ⌈ N x ⋅ β offset ⋅ M RE PUSCH N CQI ⌉ where M x is the number of the encoded symbols of the ACK/NACK information, N x is the payload size of the ACK/NACK information, β offset is an offset value, N CQI is the payload size of the CQI/PMI, M RE PUSCH corresponds to the total number of symbols that can be transmitted through the PUSCH transmission, and "┌ ┐" denotes a ceiling function. M x is the number of the encoded symbols of the ACK/NACK information, N x is the payload size of the ACK/NACK information, β offset is an offset value, N CQI is the payload size of the CQI/PMI, M RE PUSCH corresponds to the total number of symbols that can be transmitted through the PUSCH transmission, and "┌ ┐" denotes a ceiling function.
An antimicrobial composition in the form of an emulsion comprising: (a) one or more saturated or unsaturated free fatty acids having from 4 to 22 carbon atoms; and (b) delipidised membrane lipid, which is delipidised lecithin, as emulsifying agent for the free fatty acid(s), for use in the treatment or prophylaxis of microbial infections in humans or animals; wherein "delipidised" is intended to mean that substantially all of the conjugated extraneous lipid material, such as oil, fat or triglyceride material, with which membrane lipids are normally associated in nature, is removed, "substantially all" in this context being intended to mean that the delipidised membrane lipid contains less than 10%, preferably less than 5%, more preferably less than 3%, of conjugated extraneous lipid material. (a) one or more saturated or unsaturated free fatty acids having from 4 to 22 carbon atoms; and (b) delipidised membrane lipid, which is delipidised lecithin, as emulsifying agent for the free fatty acid(s),