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A system for reducing multicast IP packet bandwidth in a local area network carrying Internet protocol television traffic, the system comprising: a layer-2 switch having a control channel and a plurality of data ports; a slave digital home communication terminal, DHCT, coupled to a first data port of the plurality of data ports; and a master DHCT coupled to the layer-2 switch control channel, the master DHCT comprising: logic for requesting the layer-2 switch, over the control channel, to operate in a first configuration wherein the layer-2 switch is configured to associate a first layer-2 multicast address with the first data port, examine incoming layer-2 multicast packets, and forward the examined layer-2 multicast packets on the first data port only if the layer-2 destination address is the first layer-2 multicast address. a layer-2 switch having a control channel and a plurality of data ports; a slave digital home communication terminal, DHCT, coupled to a first data port of the plurality of data ports; and a master DHCT coupled to the layer-2 switch control channel, the master DHCT comprising: logic for requesting the layer-2 switch, over the control channel, to operate in a first configuration wherein the layer-2 switch is configured to associate a first layer-2 multicast address with the first data port, examine incoming layer-2 multicast packets, and forward the examined layer-2 multicast packets on the first data port only if the layer-2 destination address is the first layer-2 multicast address. logic for requesting the layer-2 switch, over the control channel, to operate in a first configuration wherein the layer-2 switch is configured to associate a first layer-2 multicast address with the first data port, examine incoming layer-2 multicast packets, and forward the examined layer-2 multicast packets on the first data port only if the layer-2 destination address is the first layer-2 multicast address.
A pessary used for treating the prolapse of uterus, comprising: a cylindrical sheet-like member, which is un-deformable in the axial direction but deformable in the radial direction, characterized by the sheet-like member including: a plurality of first silicone portions discontinuously provided in the circumferential direction at intervals of a gap having a predetermined length; and a plurality of second silicone portions provided in a gap between the first silicone portions, wherein the second silicone portions are softer than the first silicone portions, and deformable in the radial direction. a cylindrical sheet-like member, which is un-deformable in the axial direction but deformable in the radial direction, characterized by the sheet-like member including: a plurality of first silicone portions discontinuously provided in the circumferential direction at intervals of a gap having a predetermined length; and a plurality of second silicone portions provided in a gap between the first silicone portions, wherein the second silicone portions are softer than the first silicone portions, and deformable in the radial direction.
A connector comprising: a body having an orifice formed therethrough; a skirt laterally extending about a periphery of said body preferably by an amount at least equal to a distance across a shortest width of said body, wherein said skirt further comprises: a first portion extending from said body; characterised in that said skirt further comprises a second portion extending from said first portion, said second portion being tapered; and a flat wire connector pad bonded to said skirt and having tapered sidewalls, wherein the second portion of the skirt tapers at an angle substantially equal to the angle of the tapered sidewalls such that there is a smooth transition between said second portion and said tapered sidewalls. a body having an orifice formed therethrough; a skirt laterally extending about a periphery of said body preferably by an amount at least equal to a distance across a shortest width of said body, wherein said skirt further comprises: a first portion extending from said body; characterised in that said skirt further comprises a second portion extending from said first portion, said second portion being tapered; and a first portion extending from said body; characterised in that said skirt further comprises a second portion extending from said first portion, said second portion being tapered; and a flat wire connector pad bonded to said skirt and having tapered sidewalls, wherein the second portion of the skirt tapers at an angle substantially equal to the angle of the tapered sidewalls such that there is a smooth transition between said second portion and said tapered sidewalls.
A manufacturing method for a casting having at least one microchannel, - at least one fiber being fixed in a cavity (1.3) of a casting tool, so that the at least one fiber extends in the cavity (1.3) at a distance from a wall of the cavity (1.3) and at least one end of the at least one fiber lies outside the cavity (1.3), - a casting material being introduced into the cavity (1.3) and the at least one fiber being encapsulated by the casting material, - a casting formed from the casting material being removed from the cavity (1.3), the at least one end of the at least one fiber protruding from the casting, - the at least one fiber being pulled out of the casting, at least one core mark being provided in the cavity (1.3) and at least one of the fibers being deflected by means of the at least one core mark and/or at least one wire being provided in the cavity (1.3) for fixing and/or for deflecting the fiber, the at least one wire being formed from aluminum or from a material suitable for being materially bonded to the casting material or for going into solution with the casting material and/or the at least one fiber being infiltrated with a temperature-stable matrix material for producing dimensional stability for the fiber having a curved or angled course. - at least one fiber being fixed in a cavity (1.3) of a casting tool, so that the at least one fiber extends in the cavity (1.3) at a distance from a wall of the cavity (1.3) and at least one end of the at least one fiber lies outside the cavity (1.3), - a casting material being introduced into the cavity (1.3) and the at least one fiber being encapsulated by the casting material, - a casting formed from the casting material being removed from the cavity (1.3), the at least one end of the at least one fiber protruding from the casting, - the at least one fiber being pulled out of the casting, at least one core mark being provided in the cavity (1.3) and at least one of the fibers being deflected by means of the at least one core mark and/or at least one wire being provided in the cavity (1.3) for fixing and/or for deflecting the fiber, the at least one wire being formed from aluminum or from a material suitable for being materially bonded to the casting material or for going into solution with the casting material and/or the at least one fiber being infiltrated with a temperature-stable matrix material for producing dimensional stability for the fiber having a curved or angled course.
Process for the liquid phase oxidation of ethylbenzene into ethylbenzene hydroperoxide, wherein the ethylbenzene hydroperoxide concentration is kept below 20 wt.% on the basis of the total weight of the reaction mixture, and wherein styrene and/or a styrene derivative is fed to the ethylbenzene, wherein said styrene derivative is a styrene in which one or more of the unsubstituted carbon atoms of styrene is or are substituted by a halogen atom and/or an alkyl group, said alkyl group being a straight or branched alkyl group comprising from 1 to 10 carbon atoms.
A semiconductor sintered body comprising a polycrystalline body, wherein the polycrystalline body includes silicon or a silicon alloy, an average particle size of crystal grains forming the polycrystalline body is 1 μm or less but not less than 1 nm, and the semiconductor sintered body has an electrical conductivity of 50,000 S/m or higher and a thermal conductivity of 10 W/m-K or less. wherein the polycrystalline body includes silicon or a silicon alloy, an average particle size of crystal grains forming the polycrystalline body is 1 μm or less but not less than 1 nm, and the semiconductor sintered body has an electrical conductivity of 50,000 S/m or higher and a thermal conductivity of 10 W/m-K or less.
A method performed by a user equipment, the method comprising: receiving at the user equipment, from a source radio access network, RAN, node with which the user equipment has a connection, a message indicating that the connection is to be suspended and indicating a resume identifier usable by the user equipment to resume the connection after the connection is suspended; while the connection is suspended, transmitting from the user equipment to a target RAN node a request to resume the connection, wherein the request includes the resume identifier; and characterised by: transmitting from the user equipment to the target RAN node an indication of a public land mobile network, PLMN, with which the resume identifier is associated, wherein the resume identifier is unique within the PLMN; wherein the indication (28-1, 28-2, 38-4) of the PLMN with which the resume identifier is associated comprises an index of a specific PLMN identity in a list of PLMN identities, wherein each PLMN identity in the list has an associated index. receiving at the user equipment, from a source radio access network, RAN, node with which the user equipment has a connection, a message indicating that the connection is to be suspended and indicating a resume identifier usable by the user equipment to resume the connection after the connection is suspended; while the connection is suspended, transmitting from the user equipment to a target RAN node a request to resume the connection, wherein the request includes the resume identifier; and characterised by: transmitting from the user equipment to the target RAN node an indication of a public land mobile network, PLMN, with which the resume identifier is associated, wherein the resume identifier is unique within the PLMN; wherein the indication (28-1, 28-2, 38-4) of the PLMN with which the resume identifier is associated comprises an index of a specific PLMN identity in a list of PLMN identities, wherein each PLMN identity in the list has an associated index.
An imaging apparatus for diagnosis with which a first probe provided with a first transmitting and receiving unit for repeating electric signal transmission and reception, and a second probe provided with a second transmitting and receiving unit for repeating optical signal transmission and reception are configured to be connected detachably, respectively, said imaging apparatus for diagnosis being configured to obtain a reflected signal inside a body cavity from the first or the second transmitting and receiving unit by rotationally operating the first or the second transmitting and receiving unit inside the body cavity, and which is configured to generate a tomographic image inside the body cavity based on the obtained reflected signal, the imaging apparatus comprising a scanner unit configured to connect detachably with the first probe and the second probe; an electric rotary connector carrying out transmission of the electric signal with respect to the first transmitting and receiving unit in a state of rotationally operating the first transmitting and receiving unit; an optical rotary connector carrying out transmission of the optical signal with respect to the second transmitting and receiving unit in a state of rotationally operating the second transmitting and receiving unit, and wherein the electric rotary connector includes a metal surface mounted on a rotational drive unit side and a brush (524, 525) mounted on a fixed unit side, and the brush (534, 525) is operable between a contact position sliding on the metal surface and a non-contact position which non-contacts with the metal surface, characterized in that the imaging apparatus further comprises a motor for operating the brush between a contact position and a non-contact position, and an operation mode obtaining unit which is configured to discriminate whether the first probe or the second probe is connected to the scanner unit, and to input the discrimination results to the motor control unit for brush operation which controls the motor for operating the brush between a contact position and a non-contact position, such that in case the first probe is connected to the scanner unit, the brush is operable in the contact position and in case the second probe is connected to the scanner unit the brush is operable in the non-contact position.
A LiDAR system, comprising: a signal generator for generating an output signal having a variable frequency; a modulation circuit for receiving the output signal from the signal generator and applying the output signal from the signal generator to an optical signal to generate an envelope- modulated optical signal having a frequency-modulated modulation envelope; optical transmission elements (278, 280) for transmitting the envelope-modulated optical signal into a region; optical receiving elements (254, 256) for receiving reflected optical signals from the region; and receive signal processing circuitry for receiving the reflected optical signals and using quadrature detection to process the reflected optical signals; wherein the frequency of the output signal is controlled to vary according to a ramp between a first frequency and a second frequency; wherein the ramp comprises a plurality of frequency steps between the first and second frequencies; and characterised in that the plurality of frequency steps varies in frequency in a pseudo-random fashion between the first frequency and the second frequency. a signal generator for generating an output signal having a variable frequency; a modulation circuit for receiving the output signal from the signal generator and applying the output signal from the signal generator to an optical signal to generate an envelope- modulated optical signal having a frequency-modulated modulation envelope; optical transmission elements (278, 280) for transmitting the envelope-modulated optical signal into a region; optical receiving elements (254, 256) for receiving reflected optical signals from the region; and receive signal processing circuitry for receiving the reflected optical signals and using quadrature detection to process the reflected optical signals; wherein the frequency of the output signal is controlled to vary according to a ramp between a first frequency and a second frequency; wherein the ramp comprises a plurality of frequency steps between the first and second frequencies; and characterised in that the plurality of frequency steps varies in frequency in a pseudo-random fashion between the first frequency and the second frequency.
A photovoltaic power plant intended to be connected to a single-phase or polyphase electrical network, wherein an effective voltage of at least one phase is greater than or equal to 3 kV, the photovoltaic power plant comprising at least a first field of photovoltaic modules (34, 60, 110) directly connected to a first inverter and a second field of photovoltaic modules (34, 60, 110) directly connected to a second inverter, the first and second inverters being series-connected, the first inverter being connected to the electrical network, each photovoltaic module of the first field of photovoltaic modules having a breakdown voltage greater than or equal to 20 kV, and wherein there is no galvanic isolation between the network and the first and second fields of photovoltaic modules, characterized in that each photovoltaic module (34; 60; 110) of the first field rests on a support and comprises photovoltaic cells and a holding device (66; 114; 120) for keeping an air film (68; 116; 122) between the support and the photovoltaic cells.
A system for cooling a metal-ceramic substrate including a component side and a cooling side opposite thereto, comprising - a metallic cooling structure having incorporated at least one fluid channel for guiding a fluid through the cooling structure and - a distribution structure made of plastic material for supplying the fluid channel with the fluid, the cooling structure, on its outer side facing the distribution structure, including an inlet opening and an outlet opening separated from the inlet opening, the inlet opening and the outlet opening being connected to each other via the fluid channel, and the fluid channel being designed such that the fluid located in the incorporated cooling structure is guided from the input opening in the direction of the component side and is deflected within the cooling structure, wherein a plurality of fluid channels, each having an input opening, are arranged adjacent to each other, as viewed in a row direction, and/or the distribution structure is designed for supplying the fluid to a plurality of input openings. - a metallic cooling structure having incorporated at least one fluid channel for guiding a fluid through the cooling structure and - a distribution structure made of plastic material for supplying the fluid channel with the fluid,
Method for voltage clamping in a generator device comprising a rectifier circuit, wherein - for identifying the presence of a load dump for each half-cycle of the phase voltage of the generator device, a check is made to determine whether said phase voltage exceeds a predefined threshold value, characterized in that - in the case of identifying the presence of a load dump, by means of a voltage limiter, the phase voltage is decreased to a predefined voltage value which is less than the threshold value, such that electronic devices continue to operate stably and the power loss converted in the rectifier is reduced. - for identifying the presence of a load dump for each half-cycle of the phase voltage of the generator device, a check is made to determine whether said phase voltage exceeds a predefined threshold value, characterized in that - in the case of identifying the presence of a load dump, by means of a voltage limiter, the phase voltage is decreased to a predefined voltage value which is less than the threshold value, such that electronic devices continue to operate stably and the power loss converted in the rectifier is reduced.
A collective-protection device for scaffolding that is provided with one or more platforms or footwalks, said device being characterized in that it comprises, in combination: - a fixed guide; - a sliding guard-rail, which is able to slide parallel to the scaffolding to open or close access to a loading area; and - a first gate for access, along the platform of the scaffolding, to the area; wherein said collective-protection device is provided with means for obligate blocking and unblocking of said gate with respect to the guard-rail when this is in conditions of opening and closing, respectively, access to the area. - a fixed guide; - a sliding guard-rail, which is able to slide parallel to the scaffolding to open or close access to a loading area; and - a first gate for access, along the platform of the scaffolding, to the area; wherein said collective-protection device is provided with means for obligate blocking and unblocking of said gate with respect to the guard-rail when this is in conditions of opening and closing, respectively, access to the area.
A screwdriver device for a threaded plug comprising a structure which extends along an axis and includes a head and a shank connected to a first end of the head, wherein the head has a second end which opens onto a cavity suitable for containing a head of a plug, wherein along the axis the cavity comprises at least a first portion having a lateral surface which has a first profile and at least a second portion having a lateral surface which has a second profile which is not coincident with the first profile, wherein the first profile of the lateral surface of the first portion has substantially the shape of a concave regular polygon, the screwdriver device being characterised in that the second profile of the lateral surface of the second portion is substantially circular, wherein the lateral surface of the second portion has a plurality of recesses which extend in the direction of the axis of the screwdriver device and are distributed along the circumference of the second profile.
A method for the production of expanded glass by means of expanding through thermal treatment of particles, preferably granulate particles, consisting of a starting mixture, wherein the starting mixture comprises glass dust grains, preferably waste-glass dust grains, and binders, preferably water glass, as well as expanding agents which expand the particles during thermal treatment, wherein grains of broken minerals are used as expanding agents, preferably rock dust grains, with bound water or carbon dioxide, wherein the particles are introduced into a furnace, wherein the particles are heated to at least a critical temperature of the grains of broken minerals which is greater than or equal to a softening temperature of the particles, wherein at the critical temperature of the grains of broken minerals the surfaces of the grains of broken minerals become plastic and the grains of broken minerals are expanded as a result of the bound water or carbon dioxide, and the expanded grains of broken minerals expand the respective particle on their part, and wherein the surfaces of the glass dust grains become plastic at the softening temperature of the particles and respectively form a closed surface of the particles, characterized in that the method comprises the following steps: - conveying the particles in a furnace shaft of the furnace along a conveying path through a plurality of heating zones arranged separately from each other along the conveying path, preferably by gravity; - discharging the expanded particles from the furnace shaft, - wherein, upon detection of a first reduction in the temperature of the particles between two successive positions along the conveying path, which first reduction corresponds to the reduction in the temperature accompanying the isenthalpic expansion, heating elements along the remaining conveying path are regulated depending on the critical temperature of the grains of broken minerals and/or the softening temperature of the particles so that the temperature of the expanded particles does not rise again to or above the critical temperature. - conveying the particles in a furnace shaft of the furnace along a conveying path through a plurality of heating zones arranged separately from each other along the conveying path, preferably by gravity; - discharging the expanded particles from the furnace shaft, - wherein, upon detection of a first reduction in the temperature of the particles between two successive positions along the conveying path, which first reduction corresponds to the reduction in the temperature accompanying the isenthalpic expansion, heating elements along the remaining conveying path are regulated depending on the critical temperature of the grains of broken minerals and/or the softening temperature of the particles so that the temperature of the expanded particles does not rise again to or above the critical temperature.