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A surgical instrument, comprising: a housing; a shaft extending distally from the housing; an end effector assembly disposed at a distal end of the shaft; a deployable assembly selectively movable relative to the end effector assembly between a storage position and a deployed position; characterized in that the surgical instrument further comprises a selector assembly operably associated with the deployable assembly, the selector assembly including a selector member extending from the housing for manual manipulation thereof, the selector member manually translatable relative to the housing between a first position and a second position, wherein, in the second position of the selector member, the selector member is manually rotatable relative to the housing for transitioning the selector assembly between a first state, wherein the selector member is decoupled relative to the deployable assembly, and a second state, wherein the selector member is coupled to the deployable assembly such that movement of the selector member from the second position to the first position effects movement of the deployable assembly from the storage position to the deployed position. a housing; a shaft extending distally from the housing; an end effector assembly disposed at a distal end of the shaft; a deployable assembly selectively movable relative to the end effector assembly between a storage position and a deployed position; characterized in that the surgical instrument further comprises a selector assembly operably associated with the deployable assembly, the selector assembly including a selector member extending from the housing for manual manipulation thereof, the selector member manually translatable relative to the housing between a first position and a second position, wherein, in the second position of the selector member, the selector member is manually rotatable relative to the housing for transitioning the selector assembly between a first state, wherein the selector member is decoupled relative to the deployable assembly, and a second state, wherein the selector member is coupled to the deployable assembly such that movement of the selector member from the second position to the first position effects movement of the deployable assembly from the storage position to the deployed position.
A dose counting device for use with a medicinal metered dose dispensing device and for converting movement of an actuator into rotational movement of an annular member, the device comprising an actuator having at least one finger that is designed for reciprocal movement comprising an outward stroke and a return stroke, an annular member having a helical thread segment formed about a circumferential arc on a part of its surface, and a drive nut positioned around a radial cross-section of the annular member and having an internal helical rib engaged with said helical thread segment on the annular member whereby rotation of the drive nut about the circumferential arc of the annular member results in rotational movement of the annular member, the outer surface of the drive nut comprising one or more driving surfaces for engagement by said at least one finger on the actuator during said reciprocal movement to cause rotation of the drive nut.
A method performed by a wireless device, the method comprising: receiving a Radio Resource Control, RRC, Reconfiguration message with synchronization information, wherein the RRC Reconfiguration message indicates a condition to trigger a mobility procedure for the wireless device; determining that the condition to trigger a mobility procedure for the wireless device has been met; characterised by in response to determining that the condition to trigger the mobility procedure has been met, starting a timer on which a protection failure mechanism for conditional mobility procedure is based; and determining a failure of the mobility procedure upon expiry of the timer before completion of at least part of the mobility procedure. receiving a Radio Resource Control, RRC, Reconfiguration message with synchronization information, wherein the RRC Reconfiguration message indicates a condition to trigger a mobility procedure for the wireless device; determining that the condition to trigger a mobility procedure for the wireless device has been met; characterised by in response to determining that the condition to trigger the mobility procedure has been met, starting a timer on which a protection failure mechanism for conditional mobility procedure is based; and determining a failure of the mobility procedure upon expiry of the timer before completion of at least part of the mobility procedure.
A digital filter with a pipeline structure including a plurality of memory structures (10, 12) timed by respective clock signals (CLK10, CLK12), wherein each memory structure includes plural processing modules (A10, B10, C10, D10; A12, B12, C12, D12) configured to process input samples (A1, B1, C1, D1), the filter further including: - a phase generator (16; 160 to 168) to align said processing modules (A10, B10, C10, D10; A12, B12, C12, D12) with said input samples (A1, B1, C1, D1) whereby each said input sample is processed by a respective processing module (A10, A12; B10, B12; C10, C12; D10, D12) in said processing structures (10, 12), and - up-sampling and down-sampling buffers activatable when said memory structures (10, 12) are timed by clock signals (CLK10, CLK12) having different frequencies, whereby at least one first clock frequency domain and at least one second clock frequency domain are defined, characterized in that said up-sampling buffer is arranged to convert signal samples between that of the said first clock frequency domain and said second clock frequency domain having a lower clock frequency and that having a higher clock frequency, and said down-sampling buffer is arranged to convert signal samples between that of the said first clock frequency domain and said second clock frequencies frequency domain having a higher clock frequency and that having a lower clock frequency. - a phase generator (16; 160 to 168) to align said processing modules (A10, B10, C10, D10; A12, B12, C12, D12) with said input samples (A1, B1, C1, D1) whereby each said input sample is processed by a respective processing module (A10, A12; B10, B12; C10, C12; D10, D12) in said processing structures (10, 12), and - up-sampling and down-sampling buffers activatable when said memory structures (10, 12) are timed by clock signals (CLK10, CLK12) having different frequencies, whereby at least one first clock frequency domain and at least one second clock frequency domain are defined, characterized in that said up-sampling buffer is arranged to convert signal samples between that of the said first clock frequency domain and said second clock frequency domain having a lower clock frequency and that having a higher clock frequency, and said down-sampling buffer is arranged to convert signal samples between that of the said first clock frequency domain and said second clock frequencies frequency domain having a higher clock frequency and that having a lower clock frequency.
A method of determining a compensation value for the output of a rotor position transducer of an electric machine, the method comprising; repeatedly operating the machine under predetermined conditions and with selected candidate values of compensation applied to the output of the rotor position transducer; recording at least one parameter of the machine as a set of test results for the candidate values of rotor position transducer output compensation; and selecting from the test results a desired value of the rotor position transducer output compensation.
A method for manufacturing a solar cell comprising: forming an emitter region containing impurities of a second conductive type opposite a first conductive type at an entire back surface of a semiconductor substrate containing impurities of the first conductive type; forming a passivation layer (P150, 150) containing impurities of the first conductive type on the emitter region, wherein a concentration of the impurities of the first conductive type contained in the passivation layer is higher than a concentration of the impuritie the second conductive type contained in the emitter region, and the passivation layer (P150, 150) is positioned directly on the emitter region; forming a back surface field, BSF, region containing impurities of the first conductive type at a partial area of the emitter region by irradiating a laser beam onto a first partial area of the passivation layer; forming a plurality of openings in a second partial area of the passivation layer positioned on the emitter region and a third partial area of the passivation layer positioned on the BSF region; forming a first electrode connected to the emitter region through the plurality of openings in the second partial area of the passivation layer; and forming a second electrode connected to the BSF region through the plurality of openings in the third partial area of the passivation layer. forming an emitter region containing impurities of a second conductive type opposite a first conductive type at an entire back surface of a semiconductor substrate containing impurities of the first conductive type; forming a passivation layer (P150, 150) containing impurities of the first conductive type on the emitter region, wherein a concentration of the impurities of the first conductive type contained in the passivation layer is higher than a concentration of the impuritie the second conductive type contained in the emitter region, and the passivation layer (P150, 150) is positioned directly on the emitter region; forming a back surface field, BSF, region containing impurities of the first conductive type at a partial area of the emitter region by irradiating a laser beam onto a first partial area of the passivation layer; forming a plurality of openings in a second partial area of the passivation layer positioned on the emitter region and a third partial area of the passivation layer positioned on the BSF region; forming a first electrode connected to the emitter region through the plurality of openings in the second partial area of the passivation layer; and forming a second electrode connected to the BSF region through the plurality of openings in the third partial area of the passivation layer.
An integrated combustor nozzle, comprising: a combustion liner extending radially between an inner liner segment and an outer liner segment, the combustion liner including a forward end portion, an aft end portion, a first side wall, and a second side wall, the aft end portion of the combustion liner defining a turbine nozzle, the combustion liner defining a cavity forward of the turbine nozzle, wherein the cavity extends between the first side wall and the second side wall; an impingement cooling apparatus positioned within the cavity, characterized in that the impingement cooling apparatus comprises: a flange (310, 311); a plurality of impingement members each extending from a respective opening defined in the flange (310, 311) to a respective closed end, each impingement member defining a plurality of impingement apertures that direct air to impinge upon one of the first side wall and the second side wall; and stand-offs (356, 358) extending from each impingement member of the plurality of impingement members, the stand-offs (356, 358) spacing apart each impingement member of the plurality of impingement members from surrounding surfaces. a combustion liner extending radially between an inner liner segment and an outer liner segment, the combustion liner including a forward end portion, an aft end portion, a first side wall, and a second side wall, the aft end portion of the combustion liner defining a turbine nozzle, the combustion liner defining a cavity forward of the turbine nozzle, wherein the cavity extends between the first side wall and the second side wall; an impingement cooling apparatus positioned within the cavity, characterized in that the impingement cooling apparatus comprises: a flange (310, 311); a plurality of impingement members each extending from a respective opening defined in the flange (310, 311) to a respective closed end, each impingement member defining a plurality of impingement apertures that direct air to impinge upon one of the first side wall and the second side wall; and stand-offs (356, 358) extending from each impingement member of the plurality of impingement members, the stand-offs (356, 358) spacing apart each impingement member of the plurality of impingement members from surrounding surfaces. a flange (310, 311); a plurality of impingement members each extending from a respective opening defined in the flange (310, 311) to a respective closed end, each impingement member defining a plurality of impingement apertures that direct air to impinge upon one of the first side wall and the second side wall; and stand-offs (356, 358) extending from each impingement member of the plurality of impingement members, the stand-offs (356, 358) spacing apart each impingement member of the plurality of impingement members from surrounding surfaces.
A data processing method for multiplying a first operand comprising a plurality of X-bit portions and a second operand comprising at least one Y-bit portion, comprising: generating a plurality of partial products, each partial product comprising a product of a selected X-bit portion of the first operand and a selected Y-bit portion of the second operand; for each partial product, converting the partial product to a redundant representation in dependence on significance indicating information indicative of a significance of the partial product, wherein in said redundant representation the partial product is represented using a plurality of N-bit portions, where in a group of at least two adjacent N-bit portions of the redundant representation, a plurality of overlap bits of a lower N-bit portion of the group have a same significance as a plurality of least significant bits of at least one upper N-bit portion of the group; and adding the plurality of partial products represented in the redundant representation. generating a plurality of partial products, each partial product comprising a product of a selected X-bit portion of the first operand and a selected Y-bit portion of the second operand; for each partial product, converting the partial product to a redundant representation in dependence on significance indicating information indicative of a significance of the partial product, wherein in said redundant representation the partial product is represented using a plurality of N-bit portions, where in a group of at least two adjacent N-bit portions of the redundant representation, a plurality of overlap bits of a lower N-bit portion of the group have a same significance as a plurality of least significant bits of at least one upper N-bit portion of the group; and adding the plurality of partial products represented in the redundant representation.
A device for determining the phase interface level of a multiphase system, comprising: a tank intended to receive a multiphase system comprising at least two fluids having distinct phases (4a, 4b, 4c); a tube vertically immersed inside the tank, said tube being intended to be filled with a fluid at equal pressure with the fluid contained in the tank at the level of a headspace of said tank, the tube comprising a plurality of differential pressure sensors per membrane which are spaced apart vertically from each other along the tube to measure the pressure difference between the fluids contained and stratified in height in the tank and the fluid contained in the tube charaterised in that each differential pressure sensor comprises a corrosion-resistant sealed membrane which is mounted in an orifice of the tube and which is fixed to a Bragg grating optical fiber strain sensor, the strain of said membrane being intended to measure a differential of pressure between, on the one hand, the multiphase mixture contained in the tank and, on the other hand, the fluid contained in the tube; and in that the orifices of the tube in which the membranes of the differential pressure sensors are mounted are positioned on several lateral faces of the tube, each lateral face of the tube being provided with the same number (n) of differential pressure sensors spaced apart at the same pitch (p) in height from a different initial height (H1-H4) from a lower end of the tube in order to increase the spatial resolution of the measurement. a tank intended to receive a multiphase system comprising at least two fluids having distinct phases (4a, 4b, 4c); a tube vertically immersed inside the tank, said tube being intended to be filled with a fluid at equal pressure with the fluid contained in the tank at the level of a headspace of said tank, the tube comprising a plurality of differential pressure sensors per membrane which are spaced apart vertically from each other along the tube to measure the pressure difference between the fluids contained and stratified in height in the tank and the fluid contained in the tube charaterised in that each differential pressure sensor comprises a corrosion-resistant sealed membrane which is mounted in an orifice of the tube and which is fixed to a Bragg grating optical fiber strain sensor, the strain of said membrane being intended to measure a differential of pressure between, on the one hand, the multiphase mixture contained in the tank and, on the other hand, the fluid contained in the tube; and in that the orifices of the tube in which the membranes of the differential pressure sensors are mounted are positioned on several lateral faces of the tube, each lateral face of the tube being provided with the same number (n) of differential pressure sensors spaced apart at the same pitch (p) in height from a different initial height (H1-H4) from a lower end of the tube in order to increase the spatial resolution of the measurement.
A method for combustion of a solid hydrocarbon feed by oxidation-reduction in a chemical loop wherein a redox active mass circulates in particle form, comprising: - feeding the solid hydrocarbon feed in particle form into a conveying zone (140, 240, 340, 440, 540) operating under fluidized bed conditions and opening into a combustion reactor (110, 210, 310, 410, 510), - injecting into said conveying zone (140, 240, 340, 440, 540) a first fluidization gas (106, 206, 306, 406, 506) so as to create a dilute phase of the fluidized bed, while controlling the rate of flow of said gas (106, 206, 306, 406, 506) in such a way that the superficial velocity of the gas in conveying zone (140, 240, 340, 440, 540) is higher than the terminal velocity of the solid hydrocarbon feed particles and the terminal velocity of solid particles present in combustion reactor (110, 210, 310, 410, 510), and while controlling the temperature of said first gas in such a way that the temperature in the dilute phase of the conveying zone is less than or equal to 500°C, - carrying out combustion of the solid hydrocarbon feed from conveying zone (140, 240, 340, 440, 540) through contact with the redox active mass within the fluidized-bed combustion reactor. - feeding the solid hydrocarbon feed in particle form into a conveying zone (140, 240, 340, 440, 540) operating under fluidized bed conditions and opening into a combustion reactor (110, 210, 310, 410, 510), - injecting into said conveying zone (140, 240, 340, 440, 540) a first fluidization gas (106, 206, 306, 406, 506) so as to create a dilute phase of the fluidized bed, while controlling the rate of flow of said gas (106, 206, 306, 406, 506) in such a way that the superficial velocity of the gas in conveying zone (140, 240, 340, 440, 540) is higher than the terminal velocity of the solid hydrocarbon feed particles and the terminal velocity of solid particles present in combustion reactor (110, 210, 310, 410, 510), and while controlling the temperature of said first gas in such a way that the temperature in the dilute phase of the conveying zone is less than or equal to 500°C, - carrying out combustion of the solid hydrocarbon feed from conveying zone (140, 240, 340, 440, 540) through contact with the redox active mass within the fluidized-bed combustion reactor.
A method performed by a remote unit in communication with a network unit, the method comprising: determining whether a number of transmissions of a plurality of transmissions to the network unit has reached a predetermined threshold, wherein each transmission of the plurality of transmissions comprises a request for system information; and in response to the number of transmissions to the network unit reaching the predetermined threshold, performing an action, wherein the action is determining a type of system information being requested by the number of transmissions and inhibiting additional transmissions of the plurality of transmissions with the network unit based on the type of system information. determining whether a number of transmissions of a plurality of transmissions to the network unit has reached a predetermined threshold, wherein each transmission of the plurality of transmissions comprises a request for system information; and in response to the number of transmissions to the network unit reaching the predetermined threshold, performing an action, wherein the action is determining a type of system information being requested by the number of transmissions and inhibiting additional transmissions of the plurality of transmissions with the network unit based on the type of system information.
Flow freezer apparatus for treatment of products, the apparatus comprising: a product carrying unit extending along a longitudinal product conveying direction and being provided with a plurality of openings adapted to allow an upwardly directed flow of gas through said openings and past said products, thereby providing an at least partly fluidized bed of products, a gas treatment means, and a gas circulation means (20, 22, 24, 26), characterized by a first compartment being adapted to guide said flow of gas from said product carrying unit down along a first outer side of the gas treatment means, the gas treatment means having an inlet at a first level and an outlet at a second level, the second level being higher than the first level, thereby providing an upwardly directed flow of gas through the gas treatment means, and the gas circulation means (20, 22, 24, 26) being adapted to draw said gas from the outlet of the gas treatment means downwardly along a second outer side of the gas treatment means transversely opposite to said first outer side, and to provide said upwardly directed flow of gas through said openings of the product carrying unit. a product carrying unit extending along a longitudinal product conveying direction and being provided with a plurality of openings adapted to allow an upwardly directed flow of gas through said openings and past said products, thereby providing an at least partly fluidized bed of products, a gas treatment means, and a gas circulation means (20, 22, 24, 26), characterized by a first compartment being adapted to guide said flow of gas from said product carrying unit down along a first outer side of the gas treatment means, the gas treatment means having an inlet at a first level and an outlet at a second level, the second level being higher than the first level, thereby providing an upwardly directed flow of gas through the gas treatment means, and the gas circulation means (20, 22, 24, 26) being adapted to draw said gas from the outlet of the gas treatment means downwardly along a second outer side of the gas treatment means transversely opposite to said first outer side, and to provide said upwardly directed flow of gas through said openings of the product carrying unit.