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Retaining element for connecting a functional vehicle component to a vehicle body element, comprising a threaded shank and a head positioned at a first end of the threaded shank and formed integrally with the threaded shank, the head being configured to be coupled in use, by snap or bayonet fitting, to a hole in the body element; the threaded shank being configured to be coupled in use to a retaining device for the component either by rotation, by screwing and unscrewing, or by snap fitting, by pushing in a direction parallel to the shank; the threaded shank being provided over at least a part of its axial length with a continuous or discontinuous thread which projects radially from a cylindrical lateral surface of the shank, on which the thread is wound in helical form; characterized in that the shank is equipped with at least one longitudinal rib which projects radially from said cylindrical lateral surface over a height, measured radially, which is equal to or, preferably, less than that of said thread.
An electric arrangement comprising: - a casing; - a heat generating electric component arranged inside the casing; and - a heat exchanger comprising a three dimensional lattice cell structure, the three dimensional lattice cell structure being arranged to conduct a dielectric cooling fluid from the casing at an exterior side of the casing for heat exchange with an ambient fluid, and back towards the casing for cooling of the electric component. - a casing; - a heat generating electric component arranged inside the casing; and - a heat exchanger comprising a three dimensional lattice cell structure, the three dimensional lattice cell structure being arranged to conduct a dielectric cooling fluid from the casing at an exterior side of the casing for heat exchange with an ambient fluid, and back towards the casing for cooling of the electric component.
Method for producing polyols, characterised in that (i) alkylene oxides other than ethylene oxide or alkylene oxide mixtures containing a maximum of 9 wt.% of ethylene oxide are added to amino group-containing starter compounds in the presence of a catalyst selected from at least one of the group consisting of alkali metal hydroxide, alkali metal hydride, alkaline-earth metal hydride, alkali metal carboxylate, alkaline-earth metal carboxylate and alkaline-earth metal hydroxide, (ii) then the basic catalyst residues are neutralised by adding the stoichiometric amount of one or more monobasic inorganic acids selected from perchloric acid and/or nitric acid and (iii) the salts formed are left in the resulting polyol. (i) alkylene oxides other than ethylene oxide or alkylene oxide mixtures containing a maximum of 9 wt.% of ethylene oxide are added to amino group-containing starter compounds in the presence of a catalyst selected from at least one of the group consisting of alkali metal hydroxide, alkali metal hydride, alkaline-earth metal hydride, alkali metal carboxylate, alkaline-earth metal carboxylate and alkaline-earth metal hydroxide, (ii) then the basic catalyst residues are neutralised by adding the stoichiometric amount of one or more monobasic inorganic acids selected from perchloric acid and/or nitric acid and (iii) the salts formed are left in the resulting polyol.
A method in an electronic device having a display and means for receiving user input, the method comprising: detecting a user input directed at an item displayed on a display, wherein the item is linked to one or more additional items, wherein the one or more additional items are hidden from view, and wherein the one or more additional items comprise one or more sub items that are linked to the item, the item being indicative of a message from a chain of messages and the one or more sub items being indicative of one or more additional messages of the chain of messages; determining whether the user input is a first gesture or a second gesture, wherein the first gesture comprises a first component and a second component, and the second gesture corresponds to the first component of the first gesture; if the detected user input is the first gesture, upon application of the first component of the first gesture selecting the item, displaying on the display the one or more additional items, and upon finishing the first gesture deleting the item and the one or more additional items as a group of items; if the detected user input is only the second gesture, selecting the item, and upon finishing the second gesture deleting the item and no other item. detecting a user input directed at an item displayed on a display, wherein the item is linked to one or more additional items, wherein the one or more additional items are hidden from view, and wherein the one or more additional items comprise one or more sub items that are linked to the item, the item being indicative of a message from a chain of messages and the one or more sub items being indicative of one or more additional messages of the chain of messages; determining whether the user input is a first gesture or a second gesture, wherein the first gesture comprises a first component and a second component, and the second gesture corresponds to the first component of the first gesture; if the detected user input is the first gesture, upon application of the first component of the first gesture selecting the item, displaying on the display the one or more additional items, and upon finishing the first gesture deleting the item and the one or more additional items as a group of items; if the detected user input is only the second gesture, selecting the item, and upon finishing the second gesture deleting the item and no other item.
A method of reducing silicon on a surface of a contact lens, wherein said method comprises reacting the surface of a contact lens comprising at least one silicone component with a fluoride reagent.
An arrangement for adaptively camouflaging objects, comprising at least one panel-like layer, through which air can flow at least partially, wherein the arrangement is configured to regulate air which is taken in from the environment, before or during the supply into the layer, to a temperature which has at least already been ascertained from the background of the object, and wherein cushions, through which air can flow, are provided in the layer, wherein the temperature of each cushion is, if desired, individually regulatable, characterized in that the layer, through which air can flow, is covered by a further layer, which is IR-transparent.
An apparatus for forming surface patterns on polymer articles, in particular made by additive manufacturing, comprising: - a temporary surface softening station of said articles, wherein vapours of a polymer softening substance are kept in contact with the surface of said articles for a prefixed time; and characterized in that it comprises - a pattern imprinting station for imprinting pattern on the softened surface of said articles leaving said temporary surface softening station comprising means for pressure transferring said pattern on their surface. - a temporary surface softening station of said articles, wherein vapours of a polymer softening substance are kept in contact with the surface of said articles for a prefixed time; and characterized in that it comprises - a pattern imprinting station for imprinting pattern on the softened surface of said articles leaving said temporary surface softening station comprising means for pressure transferring said pattern on their surface.
A game controller comprising: a spherical housing; a vibrating section inside the spherical housing and configured to generate a vibration to vibrate the spherical housing; an inertia sensor at a position inside the spherical housing such that a distance from a center of the spherical housing to the inertial sensor is shorter than a distance from the center of the spherical housing to the vibrating section; an operation section having an operation surface that is capable of being depressed, wherein the operation surface is at the spherical housing on an opposite side from the vibrating section with respect to the center of the spherical housing; and a transmission section transmitting, to outside, information regarding an operation on the operation section and information output from the inertia sensor. a spherical housing; a vibrating section inside the spherical housing and configured to generate a vibration to vibrate the spherical housing; an inertia sensor at a position inside the spherical housing such that a distance from a center of the spherical housing to the inertial sensor is shorter than a distance from the center of the spherical housing to the vibrating section; an operation section having an operation surface that is capable of being depressed, wherein the operation surface is at the spherical housing on an opposite side from the vibrating section with respect to the center of the spherical housing; and a transmission section transmitting, to outside, information regarding an operation on the operation section and information output from the inertia sensor.
An implantable medical device comprising a biocompatible, biodegradable material based on segmented linear polyurethane-acrylates and/or segmented crosslinked polyurethane-acrylates, wherein said segmented linear polyurethane-acrylates and/or segmented crosslinked polyurethane-acrylates are based on: A) one or more biocompatible polyols susceptible to hydrolytic and/or enzymatic degradation having a molecular weight of 100 to 20,000 dalton and a number of active hydroxyl groups per molecule of at least two or higher; B) one or more aliphatic diisocyanates and/or aliphatic triisocyanates; C) one or more low molecular weight chain extenders having (i) a molecular weight of 18 to 1000 daltons and (ii) the functionality of at least two or higher; and D) one or more hydroxyacrylates, wherein the biocompatible, biodegradable material is in a solid form having an interconnected porous structure, and wherein creatine is incorporated chemically in the polymer molecule. A) one or more biocompatible polyols susceptible to hydrolytic and/or enzymatic degradation having a molecular weight of 100 to 20,000 dalton and a number of active hydroxyl groups per molecule of at least two or higher; B) one or more aliphatic diisocyanates and/or aliphatic triisocyanates; C) one or more low molecular weight chain extenders having (i) a molecular weight of 18 to 1000 daltons and (ii) the functionality of at least two or higher; and (i) a molecular weight of 18 to 1000 daltons and (ii) the functionality of at least two or higher; and D) one or more hydroxyacrylates,
A connector mateable with a mating connector along a front-rear direction, wherein: the mating connector has a mating lock portion; the connector comprises a housing and a contact; the housing has an upper wall and a lower wall; the housing forms a receiving portion; the receiving portion is configured to receive the mating connector when the connector and the mating connector are mated with each other; the contact is configured to be held by the housing; the contact protrudes in the receiving portion; the contact has a flat shape; the receiving portion is positioned between the upper wall and the lower wall in an up-down direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction; an inner surface of the upper wall is provided with a lock portion and a protrusion portion; the lock portion is configured to lock the mating lock portion to lock a mating of the connector with the mating connector when the connector and the mating connector are mated with each other; the protrusion portion protrudes downward in the up-down direction; and, the contact has an end in the front-rear direction, the housing is formed with a holding portion; characterized in that the holding portion extends in the front-rear direction in the receiving portion and is configured to hold the contact; the holding portion comprises an insulating portion; the insulating portion is positioned at a front end of the holding portion in the front-rear direction; and a front end of the contact is configured to abut against a rear end of the insulating portion. the mating connector has a mating lock portion; the connector comprises a housing and a contact; the housing has an upper wall and a lower wall; the housing forms a receiving portion; the receiving portion is configured to receive the mating connector when the connector and the mating connector are mated with each other; the contact is configured to be held by the housing; the contact protrudes in the receiving portion; the contact has a flat shape; the receiving portion is positioned between the upper wall and the lower wall in an up-down direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction; an inner surface of the upper wall is provided with a lock portion and a protrusion portion; the lock portion is configured to lock the mating lock portion to lock a mating of the connector with the mating connector when the connector and the mating connector are mated with each other; the protrusion portion protrudes downward in the up-down direction; and, the contact has an end in the front-rear direction, the housing is formed with a holding portion; characterized in that the holding portion extends in the front-rear direction in the receiving portion and is configured to hold the contact; the holding portion comprises an insulating portion; the insulating portion is positioned at a front end of the holding portion in the front-rear direction; and a front end of the contact is configured to abut against a rear end of the insulating portion.
A baffle plate for a grill, gas grill, electric grill, pellet grill or charcoal grill having a burner chamber for a heat source, e.g. gas burners, electric heaters or charcoal, characterized in that said baffle plate is designed in such a way that it transforms with increasing incline into a rounded region, which is followed by another inclined region, in that the inclined regions furthermore are angularly beveled toward the burner chamber at support points, in that at least one or more depressions, which have at least one opening at their lowest point, are provided between a front edge and the rounded region, and in that a plurality of openings or slots is provided in the rounded region.
A tire comprising: a tread; a pair of sidewalls extending from both ends in a tire-width direction of the tread towards an inner side in a tire-radial direction; a shoulder region demarcated and formed by a tread end (Te) and a shoulder main groove extending along a tire-circumferential direction, in a tread surface, the shoulder region including a plurality of shoulder transverse grooves extending from the shoulder main groove toward an outer side in the tire-width direction is fixedly set; and a shoulder block row configured by aligning in the tire-circumferential direction a plurality of shoulder blocks demarcated by the tread end (Te), the shoulder main groove and the plurality of shoulder transverse grooves, wherein the sidewall includes a side block row configured by a plurality of side blocks fixedly set side-by-side in the tire-circumferential direction, and protruding from a surface of the sidewall, wherein a circumferential-direction dimension (Lb) of one side block is larger than a circumferential-direction dimension of a region in which one shoulder block and two shoulder transverse grooves demarcating the one shoulder block exist, and wherein the shoulder block row is configured by two types of shoulder blocks (14B1, 14B2) having different sizes of block tread surface alternately arranged in a tire-circumferential direction, characterized in that the two types of shoulder blocks (14B1, 14B2) include a first shoulder block (14B1), and a second shoulder block (14B2) in which a tire-width direction outer end position (28B2) is positioned more to an inner side in a tire-width direction than a tire-width direction outer end position (28B1) of the first shoulder block (14B1). wherein the sidewall includes a side block row configured by a plurality of side blocks fixedly set side-by-side in the tire-circumferential direction, and protruding from a surface of the sidewall, wherein a circumferential-direction dimension (Lb) of one side block is larger than a circumferential-direction dimension of a region in which one shoulder block and two shoulder transverse grooves demarcating the one shoulder block exist, and wherein the shoulder block row is configured by two types of shoulder blocks (14B1, 14B2) having different sizes of block tread surface alternately arranged in a tire-circumferential direction, characterized in that the two types of shoulder blocks (14B1, 14B2) include a first shoulder block (14B1), and a second shoulder block (14B2) in which a tire-width direction outer end position (28B2) is positioned more to an inner side in a tire-width direction than a tire-width direction outer end position (28B1) of the first shoulder block (14B1).
Ventilation device for providing an air flow in a vehicle, wherein the ventilation device comprises an air-guiding arrangement which is connected to at least three air outlets (10, 12) in order to direct the air flow to the air outlets (10, 12), and wherein the ventilation device comprises a vehicle seat and a fastening arrangement fastened to the vehicle seat, wherein the at least three air outlets (10, 12) comprise: - a central air outlet for integrating in a vehicle seat of the vehicle in order to provide a directed air outflow into a ventilation region behind the vehicle seat, - two lateral air outlets (11a, 11b) which, for integrating in the vehicle seat, are arranged laterally with respect to the central air outlet in order to provide a diffuse air outflow into the ventilation region, wherein at least one slat is mounted movably in the outlet region of the central air outlet and/or of the lateral air outlets (11a, 11b) in order to adjust the air flow from the outlet region, wherein the two lateral air outlets (11a, 11b) are arranged on different sides (7a, 7b) opposite the central air outlet and are connected on these opposite sides (7a, 7b) to the air-guiding arrangement, wherein the central air outlet is connected between these sides (7a, 7b) to the air-guiding arrangement in order to arrange the air outlets (11a, 11b, 12) in the vehicle seat in accordance with a U shape, characterized in that a part of the air-guiding arrangement is guided in a longitudinally movable manner in the fastening arrangement, which is fastened to the vehicle seat, and therefore the part of the air-guiding arrangement is designed to be longitudinally adjustable relative to the vehicle seat. - a central air outlet for integrating in a vehicle seat of the vehicle in order to provide a directed air outflow into a ventilation region behind the vehicle seat, - two lateral air outlets (11a, 11b) which, for integrating in the vehicle seat, are arranged laterally with respect to the central air outlet in order to provide a diffuse air outflow into the ventilation region, wherein at least one slat is mounted movably in the outlet region of the central air outlet and/or of the lateral air outlets (11a, 11b) in order to adjust the air flow from the outlet region, wherein the two lateral air outlets (11a, 11b) are arranged on different sides (7a, 7b) opposite the central air outlet and are connected on these opposite sides (7a, 7b) to the air-guiding arrangement, wherein the central air outlet is connected between these sides (7a, 7b) to the air-guiding arrangement in order to arrange the air outlets (11a, 11b, 12) in the vehicle seat in accordance with a U shape, characterized in that a part of the air-guiding arrangement is guided in a longitudinally movable manner in the fastening arrangement, which is fastened to the vehicle seat, and therefore the part of the air-guiding arrangement is designed to be longitudinally adjustable relative to the vehicle seat.
A light emitting diode (10, 30) comprising: an active structure formed of at least p-type and n-type epitaxial layers of Group III nitride (12, 13, 32, 34); an electrically conductive carrier substrate (14, 31); an electrically conductive bonding system (15, 43) joining said active structure to said electrically conductive carrier substrate (14, 31); a first transparent ohmic contact (20, 33) to said active structure adjacent said electrically conductive carrier substrate (14, 31); a second transparent ohmic contact (21, 36) to said active structure opposite said electrically conductive carrier substrate (14, 31); a third ohmic contact (22, 40) to said electrically conductive carrier substrate (14, 31) opposite from said active structure; and a bond pad (24, 42) to said second transparent ohmic contact (21, 36); characterized by a reflective layer between said bond pad (24, 42) and said second transparent ohmic contact (21, 36) for reflecting light off said bond pad (24, 42); wherein at least one of said transparent ohmic contacts (20, 21, 33, 36) comprises a plurality of layers that progress in refractive index with respect to one another to minimize Fresnel loss as light travels through said contact. an active structure formed of at least p-type and n-type epitaxial layers of Group III nitride (12, 13, 32, 34); an electrically conductive carrier substrate (14, 31); an electrically conductive bonding system (15, 43) joining said active structure to said electrically conductive carrier substrate (14, 31); a first transparent ohmic contact (20, 33) to said active structure adjacent said electrically conductive carrier substrate (14, 31); a second transparent ohmic contact (21, 36) to said active structure opposite said electrically conductive carrier substrate (14, 31); a third ohmic contact (22, 40) to said electrically conductive carrier substrate (14, 31) opposite from said active structure; and a bond pad (24, 42) to said second transparent ohmic contact (21, 36); characterized by a reflective layer between said bond pad (24, 42) and said second transparent ohmic contact (21, 36) for reflecting light off said bond pad (24, 42); wherein at least one of said transparent ohmic contacts (20, 21, 33, 36) comprises a plurality of layers that progress in refractive index with respect to one another to minimize Fresnel loss as light travels through said contact.