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A tube element including at least one hinge structure configured to allow bending of the tube element about the at least one hinge structure, the at least one hinge structure comprising a slotted structure comprising a convex section and a concave section, the slotted structure being configured to allow opposite tube element portions of said hinge, separated from one another by a first slot, to bend to a predetermined maximum angle by rotating said at least one hinge, the convex section and concave section of said hinge at either side of said slotted structure being attached to one another by one or more fracture elements designed such as to break once the convex section is rotated relative to the concave section with a predetermined force, the one or more fracture elements being designed such that after being fractured they leave two fracture element portions (89a, 89b), characterised in that the hinge is designed such that, after the one or more fracture elements are fractured into two opposing fracture element portions (89a, 89b), at least some of said fracture element portions (89a, 89b) will contact another opposing fracture element portion (89a, 89b) at any bending angle smaller than the predetermined maximum bending angle. the at least one hinge structure comprising a slotted structure comprising a convex section and a concave section, the slotted structure being configured to allow opposite tube element portions of said hinge, separated from one another by a first slot, to bend to a predetermined maximum angle by rotating said at least one hinge, the convex section and concave section of said hinge at either side of said slotted structure being attached to one another by one or more fracture elements designed such as to break once the convex section is rotated relative to the concave section with a predetermined force, the one or more fracture elements being designed such that after being fractured they leave two fracture element portions (89a, 89b), characterised in that the hinge is designed such that, after the one or more fracture elements are fractured into two opposing fracture element portions (89a, 89b), at least some of said fracture element portions (89a, 89b) will contact another opposing fracture element portion (89a, 89b) at any bending angle smaller than the predetermined maximum bending angle.
An electronic device comprising: a substrate; a gate electrode on the substrate; a ferroelectric layer between the substrate and the gate electrode, wherein the ferroelectric layer is crystallized; and a carbon layer between the substrate and the ferroelectric layer, the carbon layer having an sp 2 bonding structure and includes nanocrystalline graphene including nano-sized crystals, wherein the nano-sized crystals in the nanocrystalline graphene have a size of 0.5 nm to 100 nm and the nanocrystalline graphene contains 1 atomic percent (at%) to 20 at% of hydrogen and has a ratio of carbon having an sp 2 bonding structure to total carbon of 50 % to 99 %. a substrate; a gate electrode on the substrate; a ferroelectric layer between the substrate and the gate electrode, wherein the ferroelectric layer is crystallized; and a carbon layer between the substrate and the ferroelectric layer, the carbon layer having an sp 2 bonding structure and includes nanocrystalline graphene including nano-sized crystals, wherein the nano-sized crystals in the nanocrystalline graphene have a size of 0.5 nm to 100 nm and the nanocrystalline graphene contains 1 atomic percent (at%) to 20 at% of hydrogen and has a ratio of carbon having an sp 2 bonding structure to total carbon of 50 % to 99 %.
Road finishing machine with a tractor and with a screed hinged to the tractor to be towed behind the tractor, wherein a main control platform of the road finishing machine is provided at the tractor, the main control platform offering space for an operator and comprising operational controls for controlling functions of the road finishing machine; and the main control platform has a roof, wherein a lighting unit with a light source is provided at the roof, characterized in that the lighting unit comprises a housing which accommodates the light source and has a reflector, wherein the reflector is configured to reflect light emitted by the light source into a working area of the screed, so that the working area of the screed is illuminated indirectly. a main control platform of the road finishing machine is provided at the tractor, the main control platform offering space for an operator and comprising operational controls for controlling functions of the road finishing machine; and the main control platform has a roof, wherein a lighting unit with a light source is provided at the roof, characterized in that the lighting unit comprises a housing which accommodates the light source and has a reflector, wherein the reflector is configured to reflect light emitted by the light source into a working area of the screed, so that the working area of the screed is illuminated indirectly.
Modified atmosphere, skin or vacuum packaging machine comprising first feed means adapted for feeding a first film to the machine, second feed means adapted for feeding a second film to the machine, a sealing station where the vacuum is formed and/or the modified atmosphere is introduced between both films (30, 31) and the second film is sealed to the first film to obtain a package, and displacement means (20, 40) adapted for moving the first film in a driving direction, characterized in that the displacement means (20, 40) are configured for moving at least the first film a driving distance from an initial position, holding down and driving at least the first film in the driving direction to an end position, said displacement means (20, 40) being configured for subsequently returning to the initial position when the machine is in operating mode, wherein the displacement means (20, 40) comprise at least one fixed bearing (22, 29) and at least one movable bearing (21, 28) movable in the driving direction with respect to said fixed bearing (22, 29), each fixed bearing (22, 29) comprising at least one support (24, 27) on which the first film is arranged and at least one hold-down plate (23, 26) configured for pressing the first film against the corresponding support (24, 27) keeping the first film in a specific position when the machine is in operating mode, and each movable bearing (21, 28) comprising at least one support (44, 47) on which the first film is arranged and at least one hold-down plate (43, 46) configured for pressing the first film against the corresponding support (44, 47) when the machine is operating in forward movement mode, wherein the hold-down plates (23, 26, 43, 46) press on non-formed areas of the first film, said non-formed areas forming the border of the corresponding package to be obtained, the machine further comprising punching means disposed upstream of the sealing station and adapted for punching the first film in a non-formed area, said punching means making at least one hole and/or a notch in said non-formed area, at the intersection of the non-formed areas.
A hard non-dairy cheese composition comprising a combination of two or more different dietary fibers; flour, non-animal protein, and lipid, wherein the composition is devoid of hydrocolloids and modified starches, and wherein the composition has a moisture content of between 25 wt% to 45 wt%, and wherein one of the dietary fibers is pea cell wall fiber and the other dietary fiber is potato fiber.
An X-ray radiation beamforming apparatus, including: at least three field emission electron sources and one or more associated electrode structures housed in one or more vacuum enclosures; a radiofrequency, RF, source and an RF controller configured to produce a plurality of individually controlled phase delayed RF signals; an RF matching circuit configured to match each of the at least three field emission electron sources with one of the plurality of individually controlled phase delayed signals to generate a plurality of RF modulated electron currents at the same frequency and phase delay of each of the plurality of phase delayed RF signals; one or more target anodes housed in the one or more vacuum enclosures, wherein a voltage potential between the one or more target anodes and the at least three field emission electron sources accelerates the plurality of RF modulated electron currents to produce X-rays whose intensity is modulated by the RF signal, so that RF modulated X-ray radiation is generated at the same frequency and phase delay of each of the plurality of phase delayed RF signals, and wherein the RF controller is configured to produce a plurality of individually controlled phase delayed signals to implement a predefined beamforming radiation pattern, wherein beamforming describes a shaping of the X-ray intensity in space and time where the X-ray radiation only add to increase the X-ray signal at specific locations. at least three field emission electron sources and one or more associated electrode structures housed in one or more vacuum enclosures; a radiofrequency, RF, source and an RF controller configured to produce a plurality of individually controlled phase delayed RF signals; an RF matching circuit configured to match each of the at least three field emission electron sources with one of the plurality of individually controlled phase delayed signals to generate a plurality of RF modulated electron currents at the same frequency and phase delay of each of the plurality of phase delayed RF signals; one or more target anodes housed in the one or more vacuum enclosures, wherein a voltage potential between the one or more target anodes and the at least three field emission electron sources accelerates the plurality of RF modulated electron currents to produce X-rays whose intensity is modulated by the RF signal, so that RF modulated X-ray radiation is generated at the same frequency and phase delay of each of the plurality of phase delayed RF signals, and wherein the RF controller is configured to produce a plurality of individually controlled phase delayed signals to implement a predefined beamforming radiation pattern, wherein beamforming describes a shaping of the X-ray intensity in space and time where the X-ray radiation only add to increase the X-ray signal at specific locations.
A patch base comprising gelatin, polyvinyl alcohol, a methyl acrylate/2-ethylhexyl acrylate copolymer, and L-menthyl glyceryl ether, wherein relative to the total mass of the base, the content of the gelatin is 1.5 to 6% by mass, the content of the polyvinyl alcohol is 0.5 to 8% by mass, and the content of the methyl acrylate/2-ethylhexyl acrylate copolymer is 0.5 to 13% by mass.
A bundled tube fuel nozzle assembly comprising: a fuel plenum body comprising a forward plate extending in a radial direction, an aft plate axially spaced from the forward plate and extending in a radial direction, an outer sleeve extending in an axial direction between the forward plate and the aft plate, and a fuel plenum defined by the forward plate, the aft plate and the outer sleeve; a cap plate axially spaced from the aft plate, an air plenum defined between the aft plate and the cap plate; a plurality of mixing tubes extending through the fuel plenum body, each of the mixing tubes comprising an air inlet, a fuel port in fluid communication with the fuel plenum, and an outlet downstream of the aft plate; and at least one resonator positioned between the aft plate and the cap plate surrounding at least one mixing tube of the plurality of mixing tubes, the at least one resonator comprising a first sidewall extending in a radial direction, a second sidewall axially spaced from the first sidewall and extending in a radial direction, an outer wall extending in an axial direction between the first sidewall and the second sidewall, a resonator chamber defined by the first sidewall, the second sidewall, and the outer wall, at least one inlet into the resonator chamber in fluid communication with the air plenum; wherein the at least one mixing tube surrounded by the at least one resonator comprises an opening in fluid communication with the resonator chamber. a fuel plenum body comprising a forward plate extending in a radial direction, an aft plate axially spaced from the forward plate and extending in a radial direction, an outer sleeve extending in an axial direction between the forward plate and the aft plate, and a fuel plenum defined by the forward plate, the aft plate and the outer sleeve; a cap plate axially spaced from the aft plate, an air plenum defined between the aft plate and the cap plate; a plurality of mixing tubes extending through the fuel plenum body, each of the mixing tubes comprising an air inlet, a fuel port in fluid communication with the fuel plenum, and an outlet downstream of the aft plate; and at least one resonator positioned between the aft plate and the cap plate surrounding at least one mixing tube of the plurality of mixing tubes, the at least one resonator comprising a first sidewall extending in a radial direction, a second sidewall axially spaced from the first sidewall and extending in a radial direction, an outer wall extending in an axial direction between the first sidewall and the second sidewall, a resonator chamber defined by the first sidewall, the second sidewall, and the outer wall, at least one inlet into the resonator chamber in fluid communication with the air plenum; wherein the at least one mixing tube surrounded by the at least one resonator comprises an opening in fluid communication with the resonator chamber.
An electronic printing device in the form of a hand stamp, comprising a housing in which an electronic printing unit cartridge is received, which is associated with an electronic control unit for setting a print image and whose lower printing head is arranged to generate a print image through the open housing bottom side on a document over which the housing is moved, wherein there is provided a slide cover which is disposed to be displaceable between a closing or rest position, in which it covers the lower printing head of the cartridge, and an open or printing position, in which the lower printing head of the cartridge is exposed, characterized in that the slide cover is directly disposed on the housing bottom side in a displaceable manner, said slide cover being guided in control slots (25, 26) laterally provided on the housing and in which it engages by guide pins (23, 24).
Laminated glass pane, in particular a front pane for a motor vehicle, comprising at least two glass layers (8, 10), a film arranged between the two glass layers (8, 10), a metallic layer arranged on the first or the second glass layer (8, 10), wherein the metallic layer has a recess, and at least one first black printing raster covering the recess of the metallic layer at least in regions, wherein the laminated glass pane has at least one antenna structure arranged between the two glass layers (8, 10), and the antenna structure is covered by the at least one black printing raster.
A supercharging apparatus for a combustion engine, comprising - an electrically drivable compressor which has a compressor housing, • in which a compressor wheel is arranged, which compressor wheel is fastened on one end of a rotor shaft, and • which has a compressor housing rear wall which is adjacent to a compressor wheel rear and is fastened on the compressor housing; - an electric motor comprising a shaft which is connected to the rotor shaft; and - a stator winding, characterized in that said stator winding comprises a line formed from a multiplicity of litz wires (22, 23, 24), wherein - the litz wires (22, 23, 24) of the line have a first degree of twisting in an end winding region of the stator winding and have a second degree of twisting in a magnetically active section (I, II, III, IV), wherein the first degree of twisting is higher than the second degree of twisting, and wherein by the twisting of the litz wires (22, 23, 24) of the line in the end winding region a targeted change in the sequence of litz wires (22, 23, 24) between subsequent magnetically active sections of a multiplicity of magnetic sections (I, II, III, IV) is performed such that each litz wire (22, 23, 24) experiences the same induction at a respective point in time when a rotor is rotated within the stator winding. - an electrically drivable compressor which has a compressor housing, • in which a compressor wheel is arranged, which compressor wheel is fastened on one end of a rotor shaft, and • which has a compressor housing rear wall which is adjacent to a compressor wheel rear and is fastened on the compressor housing; • in which a compressor wheel is arranged, which compressor wheel is fastened on one end of a rotor shaft, and • which has a compressor housing rear wall which is adjacent to a compressor wheel rear and is fastened on the compressor housing; - an electric motor comprising a shaft which is connected to the rotor shaft; and - a stator winding, characterized in that said stator winding comprises a line formed from a multiplicity of litz wires (22, 23, 24), wherein - the litz wires (22, 23, 24) of the line have a first degree of twisting in an end winding region of the stator winding and have a second degree of twisting in a magnetically active section (I, II, III, IV), wherein the first degree of twisting is higher than the second degree of twisting, and wherein by the twisting of the litz wires (22, 23, 24) of the line in the end winding region a targeted change in the sequence of litz wires (22, 23, 24) between subsequent magnetically active sections of a multiplicity of magnetic sections (I, II, III, IV) is performed such that each litz wire (22, 23, 24) experiences the same induction at a respective point in time when a rotor is rotated within the stator winding.
A method for capturing digital image data comprising: analyzing motion between at least a first image of a scene of interest and a second image of the scene of interest to obtain two or more indicators of motion within the scene of interest; and adjusting one or more configuration parameters used by an image sensor to capture images of the scene of interest as a function of a weighted sum of the two or more indicators of motion within the scene based on the analysis; wherein the two or more indicators of motion are selected from a set comprising luminance differences between the first image and the second image, 1-dimensional projection differences between the first image and the second image, pixel value differences between the first image and the second image, histogram differences between the first image and the second image, and motion vectors between the first image and the second image; and wherein adjusting one or more configuration parameters used by the image sensor to capture images comprises adjusting at least one of a gain of the image sensor and an exposure time during which the image sensor is exposed to the scene of interest. analyzing motion between at least a first image of a scene of interest and a second image of the scene of interest to obtain two or more indicators of motion within the scene of interest; and adjusting one or more configuration parameters used by an image sensor to capture images of the scene of interest as a function of a weighted sum of the two or more indicators of motion within the scene based on the analysis; wherein the two or more indicators of motion are selected from a set comprising luminance differences between the first image and the second image, 1-dimensional projection differences between the first image and the second image, pixel value differences between the first image and the second image, histogram differences between the first image and the second image, and motion vectors between the first image and the second image; and wherein adjusting one or more configuration parameters used by the image sensor to capture images comprises adjusting at least one of a gain of the image sensor and an exposure time during which the image sensor is exposed to the scene of interest.
A method of transmitting digital information over an optical channel. comprising the steps of: processing input digital information bits to generate a corresponding electrical orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) signal waveform; applying a modulation to intensity of an optical carrier corresponding with the electrical OFDM signal waveform to produce an optical signal; and transmitting the optical signal over the optical channel to a receiver which includes an optical intensity detector, characterized in that the modulation has an amplitude and a bias level selected such that: negative excursions of a waveform of the optical signal are clipped at a minimum output optical power level whereby said optical signal waveform is asymmetrically-limited in amplitude; and an increase in the bias level and/or a decrease in the amplitude to reduce clipping at the minimum output optical power level results in a corresponding reduction of quality of an OFDM signal of equivalent optical power detected at the receiver by the optical intensity detector. processing input digital information bits to generate a corresponding electrical orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) signal waveform; applying a modulation to intensity of an optical carrier corresponding with the electrical OFDM signal waveform to produce an optical signal; and transmitting the optical signal over the optical channel to a receiver which includes an optical intensity detector, characterized in that the modulation has an amplitude and a bias level selected such that: negative excursions of a waveform of the optical signal are clipped at a minimum output optical power level whereby said optical signal waveform is asymmetrically-limited in amplitude; and an increase in the bias level and/or a decrease in the amplitude to reduce clipping at the minimum output optical power level results in a corresponding reduction of quality of an OFDM signal of equivalent optical power detected at the receiver by the optical intensity detector. negative excursions of a waveform of the optical signal are clipped at a minimum output optical power level whereby said optical signal waveform is asymmetrically-limited in amplitude; and an increase in the bias level and/or a decrease in the amplitude to reduce clipping at the minimum output optical power level results in a corresponding reduction of quality of an OFDM signal of equivalent optical power detected at the receiver by the optical intensity detector.
A composite pipe configured for use in extracting hydrocarbons from subsea reservoirs having a pipe wall comprising a composite material formed of at least a matrix and a plurality of reinforcing fibres embedded within the matrix, wherein the matrix material comprises a polyether ether ketone, the pipe being characterized in that the pipe wall comprises a local variation in construction in at least one longitudinal section such that the fibre construction in one longitudinal section of the pipe wall is different from the fibre construction of the composite material in a different longitudinal section, wherein at least one longitudinal portion comprises a local variation in the distribution density of the reinforcing fibres within the matrix material. the pipe being characterized in that the pipe wall comprises a local variation in construction in at least one longitudinal section such that the fibre construction in one longitudinal section of the pipe wall is different from the fibre construction of the composite material in a different longitudinal section, wherein at least one longitudinal portion comprises a local variation in the distribution density of the reinforcing fibres within the matrix material.