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Method for monitoring a hydraulic brake system for a motor vehicle, - wherein the brake system has the following: - a master brake cylinder with at least one breather hole, - an electrically operated pressure generator, - a simulator, - a simulator valve, and - a main line, - wherein the master brake cylinder is connected to the pressure generator via the main line and the simulator is connected via the simulator valve to the main line between master brake cylinder and pressure generator, characterized in that the method comprises the following steps: - generating a volume flow by means of the pressure generator, wherein the volume flow flows from the pressure generator via the main line to the master brake cylinder and exits the latter via the breather hole, - establishing a volume balance as the difference between the volume that has been discharged from the pressure generator into the main line up to a particular time minus a volume that has exited the master brake cylinder via the breather hole up to the particular time, and - identifying a state of the brake system on the basis of the volume balance or on the basis of a profile with respect to time of the volume balance. - wherein the brake system has the following: - a master brake cylinder with at least one breather hole, - an electrically operated pressure generator, - a simulator, - a simulator valve, and - a main line, - a master brake cylinder with at least one breather hole, - an electrically operated pressure generator, - a simulator, - a simulator valve, and - a main line, - wherein the master brake cylinder is connected to the pressure generator via the main line and the simulator is connected via the simulator valve to the main line between master brake cylinder and pressure generator, characterized in that the method comprises the following steps: - generating a volume flow by means of the pressure generator, wherein the volume flow flows from the pressure generator via the main line to the master brake cylinder and exits the latter via the breather hole, - establishing a volume balance as the difference between the volume that has been discharged from the pressure generator into the main line up to a particular time minus a volume that has exited the master brake cylinder via the breather hole up to the particular time, and - identifying a state of the brake system on the basis of the volume balance or on the basis of a profile with respect to time of the volume balance. - generating a volume flow by means of the pressure generator, wherein the volume flow flows from the pressure generator via the main line to the master brake cylinder and exits the latter via the breather hole, - establishing a volume balance as the difference between the volume that has been discharged from the pressure generator into the main line up to a particular time minus a volume that has exited the master brake cylinder via the breather hole up to the particular time, and - identifying a state of the brake system on the basis of the volume balance or on the basis of a profile with respect to time of the volume balance.
Rear spoiler device for a vehicle having at least one rear door, wherein the rear spoiler device has: an air guide element (7, 8), an adjustment device for adjusting the air guide element (7, 8) between a retracted base position which allows the rear door to be opened, and an extended travel position for extending the contours and aerodynamically guiding the air, wherein the adjustment device is mounted in articulated fashion on both a door-side joint and on a spoiler-side joint, and has an intermediate joint provided between the door-side joint and the spoiler-side joint, wherein an adjustment of the adjustment device from the base position to the travel position leads to a change of an intermediate joint angle (α) formed at the intermediate joint, characterized in that on adjustment from the base position to the travel position, the adjustment device is configured for - a first adjustment travel with collapse of the intermediate joint and enlargement of an effective lever arm (a) relative to an adjustment joint of the air guide element, up to a contact on the air guide element, and a second adjustment travel with contact on the air guide element and with adjustment of the air guide element. an air guide element (7, 8), an adjustment device for adjusting the air guide element (7, 8) between a retracted base position which allows the rear door to be opened, and an extended travel position for extending the contours and aerodynamically guiding the air, wherein the adjustment device is mounted in articulated fashion on both a door-side joint and on a spoiler-side joint, and has an intermediate joint provided between the door-side joint and the spoiler-side joint, wherein an adjustment of the adjustment device from the base position to the travel position leads to a change of an intermediate joint angle (α) formed at the intermediate joint, characterized in that on adjustment from the base position to the travel position, the adjustment device is configured for - a first adjustment travel with collapse of the intermediate joint and enlargement of an effective lever arm (a) relative to an adjustment joint of the air guide element, up to a contact on the air guide element, and - a first adjustment travel with collapse of the intermediate joint and enlargement of an effective lever arm (a) relative to an adjustment joint of the air guide element, up to a contact on the air guide element, and a second adjustment travel with contact on the air guide element and with adjustment of the air guide element.
A compound of formula (Ia) or (Ib): or wherein R 2 is selected from the group consisting of or C 2-5 straight chain alkyl; R 6 is selected from the group consisting of -H, -OH, -NH 2, -OC R or -OCH 2 OC R; R 8 is X is -S-, -O- or -NR 22 -; Z is -CH- or -N-; each R 11 is independently-C R" or-CH 2 OC R"; R 22 is H, CH 3 or CH 2 CH 3; each R is independently C 1-7 straight-chain alkyl or C 1-7 branched alkyl; R" is C 1-7 straight-chain alkyl or C 1-7 branched alkyl; the dashed bonds indicate the presence of an optional ring, which may be saturated or unsaturated.
A cleaning device (10,50,60,70) for cleaning a removable dental appliance, the device comprising: a rotatable upper cleaning brush comprising a plurality of downwardly protruding bristles for cleaning an upper surface of a removable dental appliance; a lower dental appliance holder for holding the dental appliance and which is used in connection with the rotatable upper cleaning brush to limit movement of the dental appliance relative to the rotatable upper cleaning brush; a casing connector for temporarily rotatably interconnecting the rotatable upper cleaning brush and the lower dental appliance holder so as to form a single integrated unit wherein, in use, a cleaning action can be applied to the dental appliance by rotating the rotatable upper cleaning brush and/or the lower dental appliance holder relative to the dental appliance; and the casing connector comprising a generally cylindrical housing for enclosing a cleaning region between the rotatable upper cleaning brush and the lower dental appliance holder, characterised in that the generally cylindrical housing comprises a plurality of perforations so as to permit fluid to flow through the casing connector to the dental appliance held in the cleaning region. a rotatable upper cleaning brush comprising a plurality of downwardly protruding bristles for cleaning an upper surface of a removable dental appliance; a lower dental appliance holder for holding the dental appliance and which is used in connection with the rotatable upper cleaning brush to limit movement of the dental appliance relative to the rotatable upper cleaning brush; a casing connector for temporarily rotatably interconnecting the rotatable upper cleaning brush and the lower dental appliance holder so as to form a single integrated unit wherein, in use, a cleaning action can be applied to the dental appliance by rotating the rotatable upper cleaning brush and/or the lower dental appliance holder relative to the dental appliance; and the casing connector comprising a generally cylindrical housing for enclosing a cleaning region between the rotatable upper cleaning brush and the lower dental appliance holder, characterised in that the generally cylindrical housing comprises a plurality of perforations so as to permit fluid to flow through the casing connector to the dental appliance held in the cleaning region.
A system for saving battery power in a battery powered Wi-Fi device, the system comprising: a battery powered Wi-Fi device configured to transmit a customized beacon frame from the battery powered Wi-Fi device to a Wi-Fi enabled device over a wireless network, wherein the customized beacon frame includes battery status information, BSI, indicating a battery level and a timestamp; and a remote server that forms at least part of the wireless network with the battery powered Wi-Fi device, wherein the battery powered Wi-Fi device is configured to transmit the customized beacon frame to the remote server, and characterised in that the remote server is configured to use the battery status information, BSI, to predict a remaining battery life by comparing a battery level at a first time with a battery level at a second time to obtain a rate of battery usage and extrapolating the rate of battery usage, and to reduce communication to the device to extend the time frame to accomplish a specific activity. a battery powered Wi-Fi device configured to transmit a customized beacon frame from the battery powered Wi-Fi device to a Wi-Fi enabled device over a wireless network, wherein the customized beacon frame includes battery status information, BSI, indicating a battery level and a timestamp; and a remote server that forms at least part of the wireless network with the battery powered Wi-Fi device, wherein the battery powered Wi-Fi device is configured to transmit the customized beacon frame to the remote server, and characterised in that the remote server is configured to use the battery status information, BSI, to predict a remaining battery life by comparing a battery level at a first time with a battery level at a second time to obtain a rate of battery usage and extrapolating the rate of battery usage, and to reduce communication to the device to extend the time frame to accomplish a specific activity.
A method performed by an apparatus including a dynamic vision sensor, DVS, comprising: detecting a marker affixed to a plane within a 3-dimensional, 3D, environment by detecting, using the DVS, a first plurality of light sources of the marker, the first plurality of light sources being arranged in a predetermined shape and blinking at a first frequency, wherein the first plurality of light sources are detected based on the light sources blinking at the first frequency and being arranged in the predetermined shape; detecting, using the DVS, a second plurality of light sources of the marker blinking at a second frequency different from the first frequency, wherein the second plurality of light sources are detected based on the light sources blinking at the second frequency; determining an orientation and an identity of the marker based on the second plurality of light sources; and determining a camera pose for the DVS based on the shape, the orientation, and the identity of the marker. detecting a marker affixed to a plane within a 3-dimensional, 3D, environment by detecting, using the DVS, a first plurality of light sources of the marker, the first plurality of light sources being arranged in a predetermined shape and blinking at a first frequency, wherein the first plurality of light sources are detected based on the light sources blinking at the first frequency and being arranged in the predetermined shape; detecting, using the DVS, a second plurality of light sources of the marker blinking at a second frequency different from the first frequency, wherein the second plurality of light sources are detected based on the light sources blinking at the second frequency; determining an orientation and an identity of the marker based on the second plurality of light sources; and determining a camera pose for the DVS based on the shape, the orientation, and the identity of the marker.
A vehicle comprising: actuators; an actuator controller to operate the actuators according to their corresponding signals; a model predictive controller, MPC, to produce a solution for controlling the actuators; characterised in that the MPC is configured to optimise a cost function (121, 309) over multiple receding horizons, wherein the cost function (121, 309) is composed of a cost accumulated over the multiple receding horizons, such that the cost accumulated over the multiple receding horizons includes a cost accumulated over a first horizon using a dynamics governing a partial position of the vehicle, and a cost accumulated over a second horizon using a model of dynamics of the vehicle governing another partial position, where the first horizon is shorter than the second horizon. actuators; an actuator controller to operate the actuators according to their corresponding signals; a model predictive controller, MPC, to produce a solution for controlling the actuators; characterised in that the MPC is configured to optimise a cost function (121, 309) over multiple receding horizons, wherein the cost function (121, 309) is composed of a cost accumulated over the multiple receding horizons, such that the cost accumulated over the multiple receding horizons includes a cost accumulated over a first horizon using a dynamics governing a partial position of the vehicle, and a cost accumulated over a second horizon using a model of dynamics of the vehicle governing another partial position, where the first horizon is shorter than the second horizon.
A method for scale inhibition treatment of fresh water or brine used in an oil, gas, or geothermal production well or subterranean formation comprising the step of introducing an aqueous scale inhibiting composition into the oil, gas, or geothermal production well or subterranean formation wherein the aqueous scale inhibiting composition comprises a polycarboxylic acid copolymer comprising the following monomers: i) two or more monoethylenically unsaturated acid and/or anhydride and/or one of its salts and ii) styrene sulfonic acid and/or one of its salts, wherein i) the two or more monoethylenically unsaturated acid and/or anhydride and/or one of its salts are a) acrylic acid and b) methacrylic acid and ii) the styrene sulfonic acid and/or one of its salts is 4-styrene sulphonic acid, and wherein ia) the acrylic acid is present in an amount of 50 to 70 weight percent, ib) the methacrylic acid is present in an amount of 15 to 25 weight percent, and ii) styrene sulfonic acid and/or one of its salts is present in an amount of 15 to 25 weight percent, wherein weight percent is based on the total weight of the polymerized monomers. i) two or more monoethylenically unsaturated acid and/or anhydride and/or one of its salts and ii) styrene sulfonic acid and/or one of its salts, i) the two or more monoethylenically unsaturated acid and/or anhydride and/or one of its salts are a) acrylic acid and b) methacrylic acid and a) acrylic acid and b) methacrylic acid ii) the styrene sulfonic acid and/or one of its salts is 4-styrene sulphonic acid, and wherein ia) the acrylic acid is present in an amount of 50 to 70 weight percent, ib) the methacrylic acid is present in an amount of 15 to 25 weight percent, and ii) styrene sulfonic acid and/or one of its salts is present in an amount of 15 to 25 weight percent, wherein weight percent is based on the total weight of the polymerized monomers. ia) the acrylic acid is present in an amount of 50 to 70 weight percent, ib) the methacrylic acid is present in an amount of 15 to 25 weight percent, and ii) styrene sulfonic acid and/or one of its salts is present in an amount of 15 to 25 weight percent,
A transgenic plant cell comprising a heterogeneous nucleic acid molecule encoding an m 6 A demethylase, wherein said m 6 A demethylase has the following two domains: i) N-terminal domain having the function of AlkB oxidation demethylase; and ii) C-terminal domain; wherein said m 6 A demethylase is a fat mass and obesity-associated protein having at least 40%, preferably at least 50%, more preferably at least 60%, more preferably at least 70%, more preferably at least 80%, more preferably at least 90%, more preferably at least 95%, more preferably at least 99%, most preferably 100% identity to any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-4. i) N-terminal domain having the function of AlkB oxidation demethylase; and ii) C-terminal domain;
Valve, in particular for a heat transfer medium flow circuit in a vehicle, comprising at least one valve member and an actuator arrangement assigned to the at least one valve member, wherein: - the at least one valve member comprises a first valve element and, in a first valve position, the first valve element is seated on a first valve seat assigned to the first valve element and, in a second valve position, is lifted off the first valve seat, - the at least one valve member comprises a second valve element and the second valve element is lifted off a second valve seat associated with the second valve element in the first valve position and is seated on the second valve seat in the second valve position, - the actuator arrangement comprises at least one shape memory material actuator (26, 44) constructed with the shape of a helical spring and a biasing unit for biasing the at least one valve member in a first actuating direction (R 1), wherein the at least one valve member is biased into the first valve position by the biasing unit, characterized in that - the actuator arrangement comprises at least two shape memory material actuators (26, 44) which are constructed in the form of a helical spring and are arranged nested in one another, - the at least one valve member can be acted upon by the at least two shape memory material actuators (26, 44) for movement in the same direction of movement to a different extent of movement, - the at least two shape memory material actuators (26, 44) are adapted to displace the at least one valve member in a second actuating direction (R 2) opposite to the prestressing action of the biasing unit. - the at least one valve member comprises a first valve element and, in a first valve position, the first valve element is seated on a first valve seat assigned to the first valve element and, in a second valve position, is lifted off the first valve seat, - the at least one valve member comprises a second valve element and the second valve element is lifted off a second valve seat associated with the second valve element in the first valve position and is seated on the second valve seat in the second valve position, - the actuator arrangement comprises at least one shape memory material actuator (26, 44) constructed with the shape of a helical spring and a biasing unit for biasing the at least one valve member in a first actuating direction (R 1), wherein the at least one valve member is biased into the first valve position by the biasing unit, - the actuator arrangement comprises at least two shape memory material actuators (26, 44) which are constructed in the form of a helical spring and are arranged nested in one another, - the at least one valve member can be acted upon by the at least two shape memory material actuators (26, 44) for movement in the same direction of movement to a different extent of movement, - the at least two shape memory material actuators (26, 44) are adapted to displace the at least one valve member in a second actuating direction (R 2) opposite to the prestressing action of the biasing unit.
A method for detecting defects or foreign material in a blade for a gas turbine engine comprising the steps of: producing a first x-ray image of the blade utilizing a full energy spectrum, producing a second x-ray image of said blade with a beam of only a higher energy portion of said full energy spectrum, subtracting said second x-ray image from said first x-ray image, and using the remainder of said subtracting step to locate the defects or foreign material. producing a first x-ray image of the blade utilizing a full energy spectrum, producing a second x-ray image of said blade with a beam of only a higher energy portion of said full energy spectrum, subtracting said second x-ray image from said first x-ray image, and using the remainder of said subtracting step to locate the defects or foreign material.
Agglomerated anhydrous dicalcium phosphate particles which satisfy both of the following requirements (a) and (b): (a) an average particle diameter measured by a laser diffraction scattering method of 15 to 70 μm and a variation coefficient of the particles for the average particle diameter of not more than 55 %; and (b) an apparent volume weight ratio of 0.5 to 1.5 ml/g. (a) an average particle diameter measured by a laser diffraction scattering method of 15 to 70 μm and a variation coefficient of the particles for the average particle diameter of not more than 55 %; and (b) an apparent volume weight ratio of 0.5 to 1.5 ml/g.
A power transmitter for wirelessly providing power to a power receiver via an inductive power transfer signal; the power transmitter comprising: an output circuit (203, 103) comprising a transmitter coil arranged to generate the power transfer signal in response to a drive signal being applied to the output circuit (203, 103); a driver arranged to generate the drive signal; a first communicator arranged to receive symbols transmitted from the power receiver by load modulation of the power transfer signal, each symbol being represented by a chip sequence being a sequence of modulation load values; the first communicator comprising: a store arranged to store a set of reference chip sequences, each reference chip sequence being linked with a data symbol; a correlator arranged to correlate a first chip sequence received from the power receiver with the set of reference chip sequences; a demodulator arranged to determine a received data symbol as the data symbol linked to a reference chip sequence for which a highest correlation with the first chip sequence is determined; and characterized by each symbol being synchronized with the power transfer signal; and in that the first communicator is arranged to synchronize the sampling of the signal of the output circuit (203, 103) to the power transfer signal. an output circuit (203, 103) comprising a transmitter coil arranged to generate the power transfer signal in response to a drive signal being applied to the output circuit (203, 103); a driver arranged to generate the drive signal; a first communicator arranged to receive symbols transmitted from the power receiver by load modulation of the power transfer signal, each symbol being represented by a chip sequence being a sequence of modulation load values; a store arranged to store a set of reference chip sequences, each reference chip sequence being linked with a data symbol; a correlator arranged to correlate a first chip sequence received from the power receiver with the set of reference chip sequences; a demodulator arranged to determine a received data symbol as the data symbol linked to a reference chip sequence for which a highest correlation with the first chip sequence is determined; and
Water jet surgical device, comprising a liquid feed device, which is controllable by drive signals from a control device in order to dispense a liquid into an attachment line of a surgical instrument with an outlet nozzle, characterized in that at least one measuring device is provided and designed in such a way that, after the liquid feed device has been attached, the measuring device generates measurement signals in order to show, in a display or registration unit, a quantity of liquid actually dispensed from the outlet nozzle of the surgical instrument.