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A manufacturing method for an inkjet head that discharges ink out of an ink channel through a nozzle, comprising: a first stacking step of stacking, through a first adhesive layer on one surface of a channel member with a shape having a groove serving as an ink channel formed on the one surface and not having the groove on the opposite surface, a cover member formed of a single member with a different linear expansion coefficient from the channel member, and stacking, through a second adhesive layer on the opposite surface, a first thermal deformation suppression member that is formed of a single member with a different linear expansion coefficient from the channel member and that suppresses thermal deformation caused by the difference in linear expansion coefficient between the channel member and the cover member; and a first bonding step of bonding the cover member, the channel member, and the first thermal deformation suppression member by thermally curing the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer at the same time. a first stacking step of stacking, through a first adhesive layer on one surface of a channel member with a shape having a groove serving as an ink channel formed on the one surface and not having the groove on the opposite surface, a cover member formed of a single member with a different linear expansion coefficient from the channel member, and stacking, through a second adhesive layer on the opposite surface, a first thermal deformation suppression member that is formed of a single member with a different linear expansion coefficient from the channel member and that suppresses thermal deformation caused by the difference in linear expansion coefficient between the channel member and the cover member; and a first bonding step of bonding the cover member, the channel member, and the first thermal deformation suppression member by thermally curing the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer at the same time.
A semiconductor structure, comprising: a silicon substrate; a seed layer over an upper surface of the substrate; a semiconductor layer disposed over an upper surface of the seed layer; a transistor device (22, 24) in the semiconductor layer; an opto-electric structure comprising a III-V structure disposed on a bottom surface of the seed layer, wherein the opto-electric structure comprises a photon detecting structure or a photon emitting structure; wherein the transistor device (22, 24) is disposed in an upper surface portion of a first region of the semiconductor layer and wherein the semiconductor layer has an aperture in a second, laterally spaced region of the semiconductor layer, such aperture in the semiconductor layer extending from the upper surface portion of the semiconductor layer and terminating on the seed layer over the opto-electric structure; wherein light detected by the photon detecting structure, or light emitted by the photon emitting structure, passes through the aperture in the semiconductor layer; and further comprising: electrical contacts to the transistor, such contacts being disposed over an upper surface portion of the semiconductor layer and an opto-electric electrical contact to the opto-electric structure, such opto-electric electrical contact forming an annular electrode extending from over the upper surface portion of the semiconductor layer to the seed layer. a silicon substrate; a seed layer over an upper surface of the substrate; a semiconductor layer disposed over an upper surface of the seed layer; a transistor device (22, 24) in the semiconductor layer; an opto-electric structure comprising a III-V structure disposed on a bottom surface of the seed layer, wherein the opto-electric structure comprises a photon detecting structure or a photon emitting structure; wherein the transistor device (22, 24) is disposed in an upper surface portion of a first region of the semiconductor layer and wherein the semiconductor layer has an aperture in a second, laterally spaced region of the semiconductor layer, such aperture in the semiconductor layer extending from the upper surface portion of the semiconductor layer and terminating on the seed layer over the opto-electric structure; wherein light detected by the photon detecting structure, or light emitted by the photon emitting structure, passes through the aperture in the semiconductor layer; and further comprising: electrical contacts to the transistor, such contacts being disposed over an upper surface portion of the semiconductor layer and an opto-electric electrical contact to the opto-electric structure, such opto-electric electrical contact forming an annular electrode extending from over the upper surface portion of the semiconductor layer to the seed layer.
Process for making a fixture, said fixture comprising at least one door having a perimeter frame constrainable to a perimeter frame of a fixed chassis, in which making at least said door and optionally said fixed chassis comprises: providing a mould ("S") defining a moulding cavity ("C") counter-shaped to the respective perimeter frame (2a, 3a) and at least one engagement seat ("G1... G5") communicating with the moulding cavity ("C"); placing at least one connection accessory ("A", "B") into the engagement seat ("G1... G5"); characterized by further comprising introducing a polyurethane material into the moulding cavity ("C"); expanding and crosslinking the polyurethane material inside the moulding cavity ("C"), to form said perimeter frame (2a, 3a) incorporating at least partially the connection accessory ("A", "B"), wherein said connection accessory ("A", "B") comprises at least one closing mechanism having at least a latch movable upon the action of a control linkage, and wherein the closing mechanism is engaged into the moulding cavity ("C") with the latch engaged into the respective engagement seat ("G3"). providing a mould ("S") defining a moulding cavity ("C") counter-shaped to the respective perimeter frame (2a, 3a) and at least one engagement seat ("G1... G5") communicating with the moulding cavity ("C"); placing at least one connection accessory ("A", "B") into the engagement seat ("G1... G5"); characterized by further comprising introducing a polyurethane material into the moulding cavity ("C"); expanding and crosslinking the polyurethane material inside the moulding cavity ("C"), to form said perimeter frame (2a, 3a) incorporating at least partially the connection accessory ("A", "B"), wherein said connection accessory ("A", "B") comprises at least one closing mechanism having at least a latch movable upon the action of a control linkage, and wherein the closing mechanism is engaged into the moulding cavity ("C") with the latch engaged into the respective engagement seat ("G3").
A vehicle structure comprising: a pipe member forming a part of a frame of a vehicle; and a wire-shaped body (3A, 3B) having flexibility, wherein the pipe member includes a pipe portion forming a pipe shape and a flange portion (23A, 23B) formed to protrude from the pipe portion, and is formed of one member in which the pipe portion and the flange portion (23A, 23B) are continuous with each other, the wire-shaped body (3A, 3B) is disposed in at least one of a first state where the wire-shaped body (3A, 3B) is disposed along the flange portion (23A, 23B) and a second state where the wire-shaped body (3A, 3B) strides over the flange portion (23A, 23B), characterized in that the flange portion (23A, 23B) is an overlapping portion in which a base material that becomes the pipe member is crushed and parts of a pipe wall of the base material overlap each other in a direction perpendicular to a center axis direction of the pipe portion. a pipe member forming a part of a frame of a vehicle; and a wire-shaped body (3A, 3B) having flexibility, wherein the pipe member includes a pipe portion forming a pipe shape and a flange portion (23A, 23B) formed to protrude from the pipe portion, and is formed of one member in which the pipe portion and the flange portion (23A, 23B) are continuous with each other, the wire-shaped body (3A, 3B) is disposed in at least one of a first state where the wire-shaped body (3A, 3B) is disposed along the flange portion (23A, 23B) and a second state where the wire-shaped body (3A, 3B) strides over the flange portion (23A, 23B), characterized in that the flange portion (23A, 23B) is an overlapping portion in which a base material that becomes the pipe member is crushed and parts of a pipe wall of the base material overlap each other in a direction perpendicular to a center axis direction of the pipe portion.
Handling device for handling drill string components (8,8',8") in respect of a rock drill rig, which includes a rotator device being supported moveably to and fro on a feed beam and being arranged for rotation and driving of a drill string component, wherein the handling device includes a gripper unit for gripping drill string components (8,8',8") to be placed into or be removed from an active drill string position of the drill rig, characterized in - that the gripper unit is swingably supported around a first swing axis in the region of the feed beam between: a) a first position aligned with said active drill string position, and b) a second position aligned with a delivering position for drill string components to be placed into and removed from said active drill string position, wherein the handling device includes a swing arm, having support means for supporting a drill string component and which is swingable around a second swing axis between a loading position for drill string components and said delivering position, wherein a guiding beam is fastenable at its end regions in connection with the respective regions of the first and the second swing axis (A1;A2), and wherein the guiding beam forms mechanical stops for the gripper unit in said second position as well as for the swing arm in the delivering position. - that the gripper unit is swingably supported around a first swing axis in the region of the feed beam between: a) a first position aligned with said active drill string position, and b) a second position aligned with a delivering position for drill string components to be placed into and removed from said active drill string position, a) a first position aligned with said active drill string position, and b) a second position aligned with a delivering position for drill string components to be placed into and removed from said active drill string position,
A system for manufacturing a plurality of integrated circuits, ICs, mounted on a flexible common support, the system comprising: an input station configured to receive at least one flexible common support, each flexible common support being on a respective rigid carrier; an output station configured to receive the at least one flexible common support on the respective rigid carriers after a plurality of ICs are formed on the at least one flexible common support; a plurality of processing modules (17, 19, 21), each processing module being operable to perform at least one processing step for forming the ICs on the at least one flexible common support whilst on the respective rigid carriers; a transfer means operable to transfer the at least one flexible common support on the respective rigid carriers from the input station to the output station and to one or more of the processing modules therebetween; control means operable to direct the at least one flexible common support on the respective rigid carriers from the input station to the output station through one or more of the plurality of processing modules according to at least one processing protocol comprising a plurality of changeable pre-programmed protocols; the control means being operable to direct the movement of a flexible common support on the respective rigid carrier from the input station to the output station and through one or more of the processing modules independently of any other flexible common support on the respective rigid carrier, wherein each flexible common support is maintained on the respective rigid carrier throughout the system. an input station configured to receive at least one flexible common support, each flexible common support being on a respective rigid carrier; an output station configured to receive the at least one flexible common support on the respective rigid carriers after a plurality of ICs are formed on the at least one flexible common support; a plurality of processing modules (17, 19, 21), each processing module being operable to perform at least one processing step for forming the ICs on the at least one flexible common support whilst on the respective rigid carriers; a transfer means operable to transfer the at least one flexible common support on the respective rigid carriers from the input station to the output station and to one or more of the processing modules therebetween; control means operable to direct the at least one flexible common support on the respective rigid carriers from the input station to the output station through one or more of the plurality of processing modules according to at least one processing protocol comprising a plurality of changeable pre-programmed protocols; the control means being operable to direct the movement of a flexible common support on the respective rigid carrier from the input station to the output station and through one or more of the processing modules independently of any other flexible common support on the respective rigid carrier, wherein each flexible common support is maintained on the respective rigid carrier throughout the system.
A method, comprising: retrieving, in an apparatus, a signal comprising overlapping adjacent heart beat impulses mixed with each other, characterized in that the method further comprises: creating, in the apparatus, a heart beat model of the shape of an original non-mixed single heart beat impulse based on the retrieved signal; and detecting heart beats, by the apparatus, using the heart beat model. retrieving, in an apparatus, a signal comprising overlapping adjacent heart beat impulses mixed with each other, characterized in that the method further comprises: creating, in the apparatus, a heart beat model of the shape of an original non-mixed single heart beat impulse based on the retrieved signal; and detecting heart beats, by the apparatus, using the heart beat model.
A heat-driven engine (10; 110; 110'; 210; 310; 410), comprising: (a) a thermally conductive path into said engine, from a heat source; (b) a working medium (30; 130) that includes a working medium phase-change material with phase-dependent volume, having a low-to-high temperature of transformation and a high-to-low temperature of transformation, positioned adjacent to said thermally conductive path; (c) a heat pump (32; 132) that includes a heat pump phase change material positioned adjacent to said working medium (30; 130); characterised by (d) an actuator controlled to apply stimulus to said heat pump, causing a phase change of the heat pump phase change material, and an associated release of thermal energy (30; 130), to drive said working medium (30; 130) above said low-to-high temperature of transformation and controlled to alternatingly remove said stimulus from said heat pump, causing said phase change to reverse, and an associated intake of thermal energy, to drive said working medium (30; 130) below said high-to-low temperature of transformation; and (e), heat flow through said thermally conductive path maintains said working medium (30; 130) at a temperature range that permits said heat pump (32; 132) to so drive said working medium temperature. (a) a thermally conductive path into said engine, from a heat source; (b) a working medium (30; 130) that includes a working medium phase-change material with phase-dependent volume, having a low-to-high temperature of transformation and a high-to-low temperature of transformation, positioned adjacent to said thermally conductive path; (c) a heat pump (32; 132) that includes a heat pump phase change material positioned adjacent to said working medium (30; 130); characterised by (d) an actuator controlled to apply stimulus to said heat pump, causing a phase change of the heat pump phase change material, and an associated release of thermal energy (30; 130), to drive said working medium (30; 130) above said low-to-high temperature of transformation and controlled to alternatingly remove said stimulus from said heat pump, causing said phase change to reverse, and an associated intake of thermal energy, to drive said working medium (30; 130) below said high-to-low temperature of transformation; and (e), heat flow through said thermally conductive path maintains said working medium (30; 130) at a temperature range that permits said heat pump (32; 132) to so drive said working medium temperature.
Steam thermal storage system comprising a latent heat thermal storage module and a liquid displacement thermal storage module, the latent heat thermal storage module comprising a reservoir, the liquid displacement thermal storage module comprising a reservoir different from the reservoir in the latent heat thermal storage module containing a volume of liquid and steam in its upper part, the volume of the liquid contained in the reservoir of the liquid displacement thermal storage module is constant during charge and discharge phases, characterized in that said system comprises first means (26, 36) of transferring liquid between an upper zone in the liquid volume and the latent heat thermal storage module, second means of transferring liquid between a lower zone in the liquid volume and a first external circuit, third means (24, 34) for transferring steam or a liquid-steam mix between the upper part of the reservoir in the liquid displacement thermal storage module and the latent heat thermal storage module, and fourth means (32, 60), for transferring steam between the system and a second external circuit.
A virtual reality headset comprising: an electronic display element configured to output image light; an optics block configured to receive the image light, the optics block comprising: a lens configured to direct portions of the image light to a corresponding exit pupil that corresponds to a location of an eye of a user of the VR headset; characterized by a cone including a base portion and a top portion, the base portion coupled to a mounting surface of a rigid body of the VR headset and the top portion coupled to the lens, the cone configured to receive image light through the base portion and direct the image light toward the lens and the cone comprising an opaque material that is deformable to adjust a distance between the top portion and the base portion; and an adjustment mechanism configured to adjust the distance between the top portion and the base portion of the cone based on a received input. an electronic display element configured to output image light; an optics block configured to receive the image light, the optics block comprising: a lens configured to direct portions of the image light to a corresponding exit pupil that corresponds to a location of an eye of a user of the VR headset; characterized by a cone including a base portion and a top portion, the base portion coupled to a mounting surface of a rigid body of the VR headset and the top portion coupled to the lens, the cone configured to receive image light through the base portion and direct the image light toward the lens and the cone comprising an opaque material that is deformable to adjust a distance between the top portion and the base portion; and an adjustment mechanism configured to adjust the distance between the top portion and the base portion of the cone based on a received input. a lens configured to direct portions of the image light to a corresponding exit pupil that corresponds to a location of an eye of a user of the VR headset; characterized by a cone including a base portion and a top portion, the base portion coupled to a mounting surface of a rigid body of the VR headset and the top portion coupled to the lens, the cone configured to receive image light through the base portion and direct the image light toward the lens and the cone comprising an opaque material that is deformable to adjust a distance between the top portion and the base portion; and an adjustment mechanism configured to adjust the distance between the top portion and the base portion of the cone based on a received input.
A pipe-joining method for building a hydrocarbon pipeline, in particular an underwater pipeline; the method comprising the steps of: welding two adjacent, aligned pipes to form a cutback; and forming a protective coating around the cutback; the step of forming the protective coating comprising the steps of: - applying a primer of LE (liquid epoxy) resin or powdered FBE (fusion bonded epoxy) resin to the surface of the cutback to form a first polymer coat defining a primer coat; - applying a powdered polypropylene adhesive on top of the first coat, while the first coat is still wet, to form an auxiliary adhesive coat; - fitting a polypropylene heat-shrink sleeve around the auxiliary adhesive coat; and - heating the sleeve to shrink and bond it to the auxiliary adhesive coat; wherein the powdered polypropylene adhesive used for the auxiliary adhesive coat is a polypropylene adhesive of the same type as and/or chemically compatible with the material of an innermost layer of the sleeve; and wherein the heat-shrink sleeve comprises an adhesive inner layer of polypropylene adhesive; and the powdered polypropylene adhesive used for the auxiliary adhesive coat is a polypropylene adhesive of the same type as and/or chemically compatible with the polypropylene adhesive of the adhesive inner layer of the sleeve. - applying a primer of LE (liquid epoxy) resin or powdered FBE (fusion bonded epoxy) resin to the surface of the cutback to form a first polymer coat defining a primer coat; - applying a powdered polypropylene adhesive on top of the first coat, while the first coat is still wet, to form an auxiliary adhesive coat; - fitting a polypropylene heat-shrink sleeve around the auxiliary adhesive coat; and - heating the sleeve to shrink and bond it to the auxiliary adhesive coat;
Device for converting electrical power for an electric drive system of a submarine compression and pumping station, of the type comprising: - an electric power module, - a sealed enclosure housing the power module, the sealed enclosure extending in a longitudinal direction, and comprising at least two portions (20, 22) which are successive in the longitudinal direction and are movable between a position closing the enclosure in which the portions (20, 22) are fixed to each other, and a position opening the enclosure in which the portions (20, 22) are spaced apart from each other, each portion (20, 22) comprising a wall (24, 25), characterised in that the device also comprises a plurality of openings for passage of a wired connection of the power module to an apparatus outside the sealed enclosure, each passage opening being made through the wall of a corresponding portion, a majority of passage openings being made through the wall of a single end portion of the plurality of portions (20, 22), the end portion having a length which is less than half the length of the enclosure in the longitudinal direction. - an electric power module, - a sealed enclosure housing the power module, the sealed enclosure extending in a longitudinal direction, and comprising at least two portions (20, 22) which are successive in the longitudinal direction and are movable between a position closing the enclosure in which the portions (20, 22) are fixed to each other, and a position opening the enclosure in which the portions (20, 22) are spaced apart from each other, each portion (20, 22) comprising a wall (24, 25),