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A urine flow control system including: - a catheter device (10, 100) for insertion into a urethra, the catheter device (10, 100) having: - a proximal end portion and an opposite distal end portion (16, 102), - a conduit between said proximal end portion and said distal end portion having a urine inlet opening at said proximal end portion and a urine outlet opening (4, P) at said distal end portion (16, 102), and - a magnetically actuatable valve including a magnet (14, 126) located at said distal end portion (16, 102) for controlled discharge of urine from said catheter device (10, 100) through said outlet opening (4, P), - a magnetic actuator device separate from said catheter device (10, 100), for operating said valve, characterized in that - said magnetic actuator device comprising a tubular housing with a first open end for receiving urine discharged from said catheter device (10, 100), said housing having at said first open end an actuator for said operating of said valve, said actuator comprising a magnet or a magnetically attractive material, such as a body of a magnetically attractive material, wherein said first open end being configured for receiving, or being received by, said distal end portion (16, 102) with said magnetically actuatable valve and said outlet opening (4, P). - a catheter device (10, 100) for insertion into a urethra, the catheter device (10, 100) having: - a proximal end portion and an opposite distal end portion (16, 102), - a conduit between said proximal end portion and said distal end portion having a urine inlet opening at said proximal end portion and a urine outlet opening (4, P) at said distal end portion (16, 102), and - a magnetically actuatable valve including a magnet (14, 126) located at said distal end portion (16, 102) for controlled discharge of urine from said catheter device (10, 100) through said outlet opening (4, P), - a proximal end portion and an opposite distal end portion (16, 102), - a conduit between said proximal end portion and said distal end portion having a urine inlet opening at said proximal end portion and a urine outlet opening (4, P) at said distal end portion (16, 102), and - a magnetically actuatable valve including a magnet (14, 126) located at said distal end portion (16, 102) for controlled discharge of urine from said catheter device (10, 100) through said outlet opening (4, P), - a magnetic actuator device separate from said catheter device (10, 100), for operating said valve, characterized in that - said magnetic actuator device comprising a tubular housing with a first open end for receiving urine discharged from said catheter device (10, 100), said housing having at said first open end an actuator for said operating of said valve, said actuator comprising a magnet or a magnetically attractive material, such as a body of a magnetically attractive material, wherein said first open end being configured for receiving, or being received by, said distal end portion (16, 102) with said magnetically actuatable valve and said outlet opening (4, P).
A driver torque estimation apparatus, comprising: a first shaft to which a steering wheel to be used for steering a vehicle is coupled; a second shaft coupled to the first shaft via a torsion bar; a torque detection unit configured to detect a torsion bar torque (T tb) applied to the torsion bar; a rotation angle acquisition unit configured to acquire a rotation angle of the second shaft; and a basic driver torque estimation unit configured to estimate a basic driver torque (T do) by using a disturbance observer based on the torsion bar torque and the rotation angle of the second shaft, characterized by comprising a gravity torque calculation unit configured to calculate, by using a rotation angle (θ sw) of the steering wheel, a gravity torque (T g) applied to the first shaft by gravity acting on a center of gravity of the steering wheel; a driver torque estimation unit configured to estimate a driver torque (T d) by using the basic driver torque estimated by the basic driver torque estimation unit and the gravity torque calculated by the gravity torque calculation unit, and a friction torque calculation unit configured to calculate a Coulomb friction torque (T f) acting on the steering wheel and the first shaft by using an angular velocity of the steering wheel, wherein the driver torque estimation unit is configured to estimate the driver torque by using the basic driver torque estimated by the basic driver torque estimation unit, the gravity torque calculated by the gravity torque calculation unit, and the Coulomb friction torque calculated by the friction torque calculation unit. a first shaft to which a steering wheel to be used for steering a vehicle is coupled; a second shaft coupled to the first shaft via a torsion bar; a torque detection unit configured to detect a torsion bar torque (T tb) applied to the torsion bar; a rotation angle acquisition unit configured to acquire a rotation angle of the second shaft; and a basic driver torque estimation unit configured to estimate a basic driver torque (T do) by using a disturbance observer based on the torsion bar torque and the rotation angle of the second shaft, characterized by comprising a gravity torque calculation unit configured to calculate, by using a rotation angle (θ sw) of the steering wheel, a gravity torque (T g) applied to the first shaft by gravity acting on a center of gravity of the steering wheel; a driver torque estimation unit configured to estimate a driver torque (T d) by using the basic driver torque estimated by the basic driver torque estimation unit and the gravity torque calculated by the gravity torque calculation unit, and a friction torque calculation unit configured to calculate a Coulomb friction torque (T f) acting on the steering wheel and the first shaft by using an angular velocity of the steering wheel, wherein the driver torque estimation unit is configured to estimate the driver torque by using the basic driver torque estimated by the basic driver torque estimation unit, the gravity torque calculated by the gravity torque calculation unit, and the Coulomb friction torque calculated by the friction torque calculation unit.
Container-filling assembly, comprising a container-filling machine having a plurality of filling elements for filling containers, which filling elements are fed by a common filling tank of the filling machine, wherein the filling tank is connected to a circulation line, by means of which product is conveyed out of the filling tank and back into the filling tank, wherein at least two beverage component supplies (39, 41, 43), e.g. a water supply and a beverage base-material supply, lead into the circulation line, which container-filling machine also contains a controller, which is connected to at least one measuring sensor system (32, 34, 36, 37), which in turn is connected to the filling tank and/or to the circulation line, wherein the controller is designed to control the beverage component supplies (39, 41, 43) in accordance with an output signal of the measuring sensor system (32, 34, 36, 37), characterised in that no buffer tank is arranged between the beverage component supplies and the filling tank.
A method for preparing a first component of a chewing gum, wherein the first component is an encapsulate composition, the method comprising: forming an extrudate of the first component; cooling said extrudate to a first temperature above a glass transition temperature of the first component; cutting said extrudate cooled to the first temperature into a plurality of substantially identical pieces; and further cooling said plurality of substantially identical pieces to a second temperature, the first temperature being greater than the second temperature. forming an extrudate of the first component; cooling said extrudate to a first temperature above a glass transition temperature of the first component; cutting said extrudate cooled to the first temperature into a plurality of substantially identical pieces; and further cooling said plurality of substantially identical pieces to a second temperature, the first temperature being greater than the second temperature.
A guide blade of a compressor, wherein the blade of the guide blade being without an inner shroud has a flow inlet edge, a flow outlet edge, a suction side, and a pressure side, wherein the blade is formed by a plurality of blade sections stacked one on the other in the radial direction, with the centers of gravity of said blade sections extending along a stacking axis, wherein the blade sections are stacked one on the other in the radial direction in such a way that, in a radially inner section of the blade connected to a radially outer section of the blade, the stacking axis has its only inflection point in its radial curvature progression, namely between a first, radially inner sub-section of the radially inner section, in which the stacking axis is curved concavely toward the pressure side, and a second, radially outer sub-section of the radially inner section, in which the stacking axis is curved concavely toward the suction side, characterized in that the blade is a blade being without an inner shroud and that, in the first, radially inner sub-section of the radially inner section, the inclination of the stacking axis decreases from radially outwards to radially inwards in such a way that the stacking axis extends substantially in the radial direction in the area of a radially inner blade tip, which is spaced to a center of a rotor by means of a running clearance.
Door closer for actuating a leaf of a door, casement of a window or the like, comprising a closer shaft and a cam disc connected to the closer shaft for conjoint rotation therewith, wherein the cam disc cooperates with a drive device having a drive piston and with a damping device having a damping piston, wherein the drive piston and/or the damping piston comprises or comprise an overload valve (84, 116), wherein the overload valve (84, 116) in each case comprises a valve channel (88, 120) that extends along a channel axis (86, 118), a locking body (90, 122) and a sealing seat (91, 124), wherein the locking body (90, 122) is received in a locking body receiving portion (92, 128) in the valve channel (88, 120) and adjoins the sealing seat (91, 124) in the closed state of the overload valve (84, 116), characterised in that the valve channel (88, 120) has an n-cornered cross-section with n ≥ 3 at least in the locking body receiving portion (92, 128), preferably along the entire valve channel (88, 120), and in that the locking body (90, 122) is spherical or cylindrical.
A method for provisioning wideband service by a Cable Modem Termination System, CMTS, device forming part of a system comprising a Cable Modem, CM, and a provisioning server, the method comprising: receiving, by the CMTS device from the CM, a first data over cable service interface specification, DOCSIS, configuration file for narrowband registration of the CM with the CMTS device; receiving by the CMTS device from the CM, a second DOCSIS configuration file for wideband registration of the CM with the CMTS device, the second DOCSIS configuration file comprising at least one type-length-value, TLV, that provides information that enables wideband capability, wherein each TLV consists of three fields indicating a type, a length and a value of an element, and was received by the CM from the provisioning server by an initial trivial file transfer protocol, TFTP, exchange following a dynamic host configuration protocol, DHCP, exchange between the CM and the provisioning server during which the CM identified itself as being wideband capable using a DHCP relay agent information option; and registering the CM at the CMTS device according to the first DOCSIS configuration file for narrowband service and according to the second DOCSIS configuration file for wideband service. receiving, by the CMTS device from the CM, a first data over cable service interface specification, DOCSIS, configuration file for narrowband registration of the CM with the CMTS device; receiving by the CMTS device from the CM, a second DOCSIS configuration file for wideband registration of the CM with the CMTS device, the second DOCSIS configuration file comprising at least one type-length-value, TLV, that provides information that enables wideband capability, wherein each TLV consists of three fields indicating a type, a length and a value of an element, and was received by the CM from the provisioning server by an initial trivial file transfer protocol, TFTP, exchange following a dynamic host configuration protocol, DHCP, exchange between the CM and the provisioning server during which the CM identified itself as being wideband capable using a DHCP relay agent information option; and registering the CM at the CMTS device according to the first DOCSIS configuration file for narrowband service and according to the second DOCSIS configuration file for wideband service.
A method of indicating to a receiver node in a network that the receiver node should begin tracking signal to noise ratio, SNR, of a received signal for a new power and rate, PAR, interval for data sent from a transmitter node, wherein the PAR interval is a tracking interval for the tracking of the SNR, the method comprising: determining that a new PAR interval is beginning; adding an identifier to a data block, the identifier corresponding to the new PAR interval; and sending the data block from the transmitter node to the receiver node, where the receiver node will use the identifier to determine that a new tracking interval of SNR should be performed for the data block and subsequent data blocks having the identifier. determining that a new PAR interval is beginning; adding an identifier to a data block, the identifier corresponding to the new PAR interval; and sending the data block from the transmitter node to the receiver node, where the receiver node will use the identifier to determine that a new tracking interval of SNR should be performed for the data block and subsequent data blocks having the identifier.
Remote operation unit for opening and closing a valve of a drain fitting of a sink, especially a kitchen sink, which has a force-transmission element and an operating element, the force-transmission element transmitting a pressing force exerted on the operating element to the valve, wherein a locking mechanism is arranged between the operating element and the force-transmission element, characterised in that the locking mechanism is releasably connected at least to the force-transmission element and also to the operating element.
Electric motor driven liquid pump, particularly for forced lubrication of a manual transmission for motor vehicles, with a housing, which can be flange-mounted on a liquid container by way of a flange surface external to the pump and has a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet and in which a stator having a motor winding and a magnetic rotor for conveying liquid are received, wherein the housing is of multi-part construction with a pump housing section which has the liquid inlet and the liquid outlet, a stator housing section which carries the stator and together with the pump housing section bounds a liquid chamber in which the rotor is arranged, and a motor housing section which together with the stator housing section bounds an electronics chamber in which at least the stator is disposed, characterized in that a sealing element is provided, which simultaneously seals at the flange surface external to the pump with respect to the liquid container, separates the liquid chamber from the electronics chamber and seals the electronics chamber relative to the environment.
A handheld image stabilization device comprising: a housing comprising a first port; a motor assembly attached to the housing, the motor assembly comprising a plurality of motors (112, 114, 116; 300; 400; 500; 600); a microphone configured to detect audio waves via the first port, wherein the audio waves include acoustic noise from the plurality of motors (112, 114, 116; 300; 400; 500; 600); a dampener disposed between the housing and the microphone at a location of the first port, wherein the dampener is configured to reduce the acoustic noise from the plurality of motors (112, 114, 116; 300; 400; 500; 600); and a frame characterized in that said frame comprises: a first portion connected to a first motor of the plurality of motors, a second portion connected to a second motor of the plurality of motors, and a third portion connected to a third motor of the plurality of motors. a housing comprising a first port; a motor assembly attached to the housing, the motor assembly comprising a plurality of motors (112, 114, 116; 300; 400; 500; 600); a microphone configured to detect audio waves via the first port, wherein the audio waves include acoustic noise from the plurality of motors (112, 114, 116; 300; 400; 500; 600); a dampener disposed between the housing and the microphone at a location of the first port, wherein the dampener is configured to reduce the acoustic noise from the plurality of motors (112, 114, 116; 300; 400; 500; 600); and a frame characterized in that said frame comprises: a first portion connected to a first motor of the plurality of motors, a second portion connected to a second motor of the plurality of motors, and a third portion connected to a third motor of the plurality of motors. a first portion connected to a first motor of the plurality of motors, a second portion connected to a second motor of the plurality of motors, and a third portion connected to a third motor of the plurality of motors.
A method for uniquely identifying buried utilities or utilities that are hidden from direct view or access in a multi-utility region, the method comprising: sensing magnetic fields upon moving a magnetic field sensing locating device over a multi-utility region comprising a plurality of said utilities; identifying utility data pertaining to the plurality of said utilities from the sensed magnetic fields, wherein the utility data comprises a plurality of location data points each indicative of location information pertaining to at least one of the said utilities and one or more characteristics of the at least one of the said utilities; generating a plurality of clusters based on the identified location data points, wherein each of the clusters includes a set of location data points sharing common characteristics of one or more of depth, orientation and alignment; characterized in that the method further comprises: identifying one or more patterns, including one or more of: a frequency spectrum, a power spectrum, a harmonics pattern, a rebroadcast frequencies pattern, a spectral signature, relative changes in the frequency and power spectrum, and phase or relative phase to other measured signals, exhibited by each of the plurality of clusters; generating a cluster quality metric for the plurality of clusters; classifying the clusters, based on the one or more patterns and the cluster quality metric, to uniquely identify the said utilities; and correlating the location data points in the clusters, spatially and in a time domain, based at least on timestamps associated with the location data points, to trace location of the uniquely identified said utilities. sensing magnetic fields upon moving a magnetic field sensing locating device over a multi-utility region comprising a plurality of said utilities; identifying utility data pertaining to the plurality of said utilities from the sensed magnetic fields, wherein the utility data comprises a plurality of location data points each indicative of location information pertaining to at least one of the said utilities and one or more characteristics of the at least one of the said utilities; generating a plurality of clusters based on the identified location data points, wherein each of the clusters includes a set of location data points sharing common characteristics of one or more of depth, orientation and alignment; identifying one or more patterns, including one or more of: a frequency spectrum, a power spectrum, a harmonics pattern, a rebroadcast frequencies pattern, a spectral signature, relative changes in the frequency and power spectrum, and phase or relative phase to other measured signals, exhibited by each of the plurality of clusters; generating a cluster quality metric for the plurality of clusters; classifying the clusters, based on the one or more patterns and the cluster quality metric, to uniquely identify the said utilities; and correlating the location data points in the clusters, spatially and in a time domain, based at least on timestamps associated with the location data points, to trace location of the uniquely identified said utilities.
A rotation ring comprising: an inner ring with a first rolling element travel groove; an outer ring with a second rolling element travel groove facing the first rolling element travel groove; and a plurality of rolling elements (50, 50a, 50b) interposed between the first rolling element travel groove and the second rolling element travel groove, wherein the plurality of rolling elements (50, 50a, 50b) include a plurality of hard rolling elements that are disposed at intervals in a circumferential direction, and a plurality of soft rolling elements, at least three or more of which are disposed between the hard rolling elements adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction and which are lower in rigidity than the hard rolling elements, characterised in that the hard rolling elements, are smaller than an elastically deformable size of the soft rolling elements. an inner ring with a first rolling element travel groove; an outer ring with a second rolling element travel groove facing the first rolling element travel groove; and a plurality of rolling elements (50, 50a, 50b) interposed between the first rolling element travel groove and the second rolling element travel groove, wherein the plurality of rolling elements (50, 50a, 50b) include a plurality of hard rolling elements that are disposed at intervals in a circumferential direction, and a plurality of soft rolling elements, at least three or more of which are disposed between the hard rolling elements adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction and which are lower in rigidity than the hard rolling elements, characterised in that the hard rolling elements, are smaller than an elastically deformable size of the soft rolling elements.