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A particulate matter processing apparatus in which a processing part with an electrode installed therein is arranged in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine, wherein particulate matter is caused to aggregate by generating a potential difference between the electrode and the processing part, said apparatus comprising: a power supply that is connected to said electrode and applies a voltage thereto; a current detection device that detects an electric current which passes through said electrode; characterized in that said apparatus comprising: an insulation part (4, 51, 55) that insulates electricity between said processing part and said exhaust passage; an estimation device that estimates an amount of aggregation of the particulate matter based on the electric current detected by said current detection device at the time when the voltage is applied to said electrode by means of said power supply; an air fuel ratio detection device that detects or estimates an air fuel ratio of an exhaust gas which flows through said exhaust passage; and a prohibition device that prohibits the estimation by said estimation device in cases where the air fuel ratio detected or estimated by said air fuel ratio detection device is a rich air fuel ratio. a power supply that is connected to said electrode and applies a voltage thereto; a current detection device that detects an electric current which passes through said electrode; an insulation part (4, 51, 55) that insulates electricity between said processing part and said exhaust passage; an estimation device that estimates an amount of aggregation of the particulate matter based on the electric current detected by said current detection device at the time when the voltage is applied to said electrode by means of said power supply; an air fuel ratio detection device that detects or estimates an air fuel ratio of an exhaust gas which flows through said exhaust passage; and a prohibition device that prohibits the estimation by said estimation device in cases where the air fuel ratio detected or estimated by said air fuel ratio detection device is a rich air fuel ratio.
A cutting method for making a through-hole (51, 52) through a piece of fibrous or cellular insulating material, characterized in that the method comprises: placing the piece of insulating material against a holder having a bearing surface provided with a passing hole, a first end surface of the piece of insulating material bearing against the bearing surface of the holder, arranging a cutting tool (15, 115, 215, 60, 62, 315, 415, 515, 615) on the side of a second end surface of the piece of insulating material opposite the first end surface, the cutting tool having a sharp edge (24, 124, 224) oriented towards the second end surface of the piece of insulating material, guiding the cutting tool in translation in a through direction (19, 119) linking the second end surface to the first end surface of the piece of insulating material, pushing the cutting tool in the through direction until the sharp edge reaches the passing hole, such that the cutting tool passes through the second end surface, a mass of the piece of insulating material located between the second end surface and the first end surface, and the first end surface, imparting a vibration movement to the cutting tool (15, 115, 215, 60, 62, 315, 415, 515, 615) during the entire movement through the piece of insulating material, withdrawing the cutting tool from the piece of insulating material in the through direction. placing the piece of insulating material against a holder having a bearing surface provided with a passing hole, a first end surface of the piece of insulating material bearing against the bearing surface of the holder, arranging a cutting tool (15, 115, 215, 60, 62, 315, 415, 515, 615) on the side of a second end surface of the piece of insulating material opposite the first end surface, the cutting tool having a sharp edge (24, 124, 224) oriented towards the second end surface of the piece of insulating material, guiding the cutting tool in translation in a through direction (19, 119) linking the second end surface to the first end surface of the piece of insulating material, pushing the cutting tool in the through direction until the sharp edge reaches the passing hole, such that the cutting tool passes through the second end surface, a mass of the piece of insulating material located between the second end surface and the first end surface, and the first end surface, imparting a vibration movement to the cutting tool (15, 115, 215, 60, 62, 315, 415, 515, 615) during the entire movement through the piece of insulating material, withdrawing the cutting tool from the piece of insulating material in the through direction.
A damper device comprising a cylinder with a piston that separates the cylinder in a first chamber and a second chamber, which chambers can be filled with a hydraulic fluid, the damper device further comprising a bypass channel (60; 160) between said first and second chamber and a valve member connected thereto, said valve member comprising: a coil unit for generating a magnetic field; a substantially closed magnetic loop for guiding the magnetic field generated by the coil unit, the magnetic loop comprising a guide member (36; 136) and a closing member (37; 137), said closing member being moveable relative to the guide member in a first direction for opening and closing the bypass channel, said magnetic loop further comprising a first gap between the guide member and closing member for allowing said movement of the closing member; a spring device (39, 40; 139, 140) arranged to place the closing member under spring bias in said first direction; a non-magnetic spacer arranged in the first gap and connected to the closing member and/or the guide member; wherein driving the coil unit generates a magnetic force acting on the closing member urging it to move against the spring bias towards the guide member thereby lowering the first gap; characterized in that the magnetic loop has a first magnetic reluctance attributed to the first gap and a second magnetic reluctance attributed to a remainder of the magnetic loop, wherein the magnetic loop is configured such that the second magnetic reluctance increases at least during part of the movement of the closing member towards the guide member. a coil unit for generating a magnetic field; a substantially closed magnetic loop for guiding the magnetic field generated by the coil unit, the magnetic loop comprising a guide member (36; 136) and a closing member (37; 137), said closing member being moveable relative to the guide member in a first direction for opening and closing the bypass channel, said magnetic loop further comprising a first gap between the guide member and closing member for allowing said movement of the closing member; a spring device (39, 40; 139, 140) arranged to place the closing member under spring bias in said first direction; a non-magnetic spacer arranged in the first gap and connected to the closing member and/or the guide member; wherein driving the coil unit generates a magnetic force acting on the closing member urging it to move against the spring bias towards the guide member thereby lowering the first gap;
A neuromuscular electrical stimulation system comprising a lead system having one or more electrodes coupled to a programmable pulse generator and a fixation anchor, characterized in that said lead system having one or more electrodes is configured to be implanted in or adjacent to tissue associated with local segmental control of the lumbar spine, and the pulse generator is programmed with a pulse frequency, magnitude and duration to episodically deliver electrical stimulation to said one or more electrodes to induce contraction of the multifidus and thereby improve muscle strength or endurance of the multifidus to alleviate pain, the fixation anchor being suitable for anchoring along the boney structures of the spine.
A windshield wiper system blade assembly, comprising: a composite frame; and a blade that has a length which is normally, i.e. in an unstretched state, shorter than a corresponding length of the composite frame, the blade comprising first and second ends (151, 152) attachable to corresponding first and second ends (141, 142) of the composite frame, respectively; characterised in that: the windshield wiper system blade assembly further comprises: a holder element, wherein the composite frame is received within the holder element; and a body extending between the first and second ends (151, 152) of the blade and formed to define a cutout for receiving a corresponding portion of the holder element. a composite frame; and a blade that has a length which is normally, i.e. in an unstretched state, shorter than a corresponding length of the composite frame, the blade comprising first and second ends (151, 152) attachable to corresponding first and second ends (141, 142) of the composite frame, respectively; characterised in that: the windshield wiper system blade assembly further comprises: a holder element, wherein the composite frame is received within the holder element; and a body extending between the first and second ends (151, 152) of the blade and formed to define a cutout for receiving a corresponding portion of the holder element. a holder element, wherein the composite frame is received within the holder element; and a body extending between the first and second ends (151, 152) of the blade and formed to define a cutout for receiving a corresponding portion of the holder element.
A direct conversion receiver device for receiving in-phase, I, and quadrature, Q, signals, the direct conversion receiver device comprising: a blind IQ balance circuit configured to balance the I and Q signals without a pilot signal comprising a first stage configured to generate an intermediate amplitude balanced Q signal based upon the I and Q signals, and a second stage coupled to said first stage and configured to generate phased balanced I and Q signals based upon the intermediate amplitude balanced Q signal and the I signal; and a mixer coupled to said blind IQ balance circuit and configured to generate I and Q baseband signals using an operational frequency, the operational frequency being near zero intermediate frequency based upon bandwidth and modulation of the I and Q signals, wherein said operational frequency is less than half of a spacing value between the I and Q signals and an adjacent channel. a blind IQ balance circuit configured to balance the I and Q signals without a pilot signal comprising a first stage configured to generate an intermediate amplitude balanced Q signal based upon the I and Q signals, and a second stage coupled to said first stage and configured to generate phased balanced I and Q signals based upon the intermediate amplitude balanced Q signal and the I signal; and a mixer coupled to said blind IQ balance circuit and configured to generate I and Q baseband signals using an operational frequency, the operational frequency being near zero intermediate frequency based upon bandwidth and modulation of the I and Q signals, wherein said operational frequency is less than half of a spacing value between the I and Q signals and an adjacent channel.
A sheet molding compound comprising: a thickened product of a resin composition comprising a vinyl ester resin, a thickener, a polymerization initiator, a polymerization inhibitor and isobornyl methacrylate; and a reinforcing fiber. a thickened product of a resin composition comprising a vinyl ester resin, a thickener, a polymerization initiator, a polymerization inhibitor and isobornyl methacrylate; and a reinforcing fiber.
Sealing arrangement, for sealing a radial gap between relatively rotatable inner and outer components, whereby the inner component is rotational about an axis of rotation (a) and the outer component is coaxially arranged around the inner component, the sealing arrangement comprising: • a dynamic seal part that is mountable to the inner component; • a static seal part that is mountable to the outer component; • first and second labyrinth seals (5, 6), each of which is formed by a gap between at least one set of opposing surfaces on the static and dynamic seal parts; and • a lip seal, which is arranged radially between the first and the second labyrinth seal, wherein the lip seal comprises a sealing lip which is connected to the dynamic seal part and which bears against a radially oriented counterface on the static seal part, provided on a radially outer surface of a cylindrical portion of the static seal part, and wherein the sealing lip has a longitudinal extension in a radial cross section that extends towards the rotation axis (a) at an angle (α) of between 10° and 80°, characterized in that the first labyrinth seal is at least partly formed by an annular gap between a radially inner surface of the cylindrical portion and a cylindrical mounting portion of the dynamic seal part that is mountable to the inner component; and the dynamic seal part comprises a protrusion that extends in a radially outward direction from the cylindrical mounting portion, at an axially inner side of the seal arrangement, which protrusion radially overlaps the annular gap of the first labyrinth seal. • a dynamic seal part that is mountable to the inner component; • a static seal part that is mountable to the outer component; • first and second labyrinth seals (5, 6), each of which is formed by a gap between at least one set of opposing surfaces on the static and dynamic seal parts; and • a lip seal, which is arranged radially between the first and the second labyrinth seal, wherein the lip seal comprises a sealing lip which is connected to the dynamic seal part and which bears against a radially oriented counterface on the static seal part, provided on a radially outer surface of a cylindrical portion of the static seal part, and wherein the sealing lip has a longitudinal extension in a radial cross section that extends towards the rotation axis (a) at an angle (α) of between 10° and 80°, the first labyrinth seal is at least partly formed by an annular gap between a radially inner surface of the cylindrical portion and a cylindrical mounting portion of the dynamic seal part that is mountable to the inner component; and the dynamic seal part comprises a protrusion that extends in a radially outward direction from the cylindrical mounting portion, at an axially inner side of the seal arrangement, which protrusion radially overlaps the annular gap of the first labyrinth seal.
An array of helical springs (12, 13, 14) housed parallel to each other in individual retaining pouches formed between two faces folded one above the other of a flexible, elongate flexible fabric, and limited by connecting lines (9, 10) securing the two faces to each other and comprising transverse connecting lines parallel to the longitudinal axes of the helical springs and an opposite longitudinal connecting line substantially parallel to the longitudinal folding zone of the two faces, according to which each pouch contains a helical spring made up of two spring parts (12, 13) connected to each other in series by at least one turn with a smaller diameter, each transverse connecting line is divided, in a zone situated between two adjacent pouches and at the level of each turn of smaller diameter, into two parts connected to each other by two connecting lines spaced apart from each other to define a closed contour elongated parallel to the transverse connecting line, and a recess in the form of a window elongated parallel to the transverse connecting line is formed by removing interlining material between the two connecting lines.
A robotic vacuum cleaner, comprising: a. a main body having a front, top and bottom; b. a vacuum source positioned at the front of the main body; c. a plurality of sensor elements (46, 48) mounted to the main body, the plurality of sensor elements (46, 48) comprising a LIDAR mounted atop the robotic vacuum cleaner and other sensors; d. a first pair of diagonally opposed wheel assemblies and a second pair of diagonally opposed wheel assemblies that collectively form a holonomic drive, whereby the wheels are oriented at 45 degrees with respect to a longitudinal axis of the robotic cleaner and whereby the diagonally opposed wheels have a collinear axis, each wheel assembly comprising: i. a motor; ii. a drive wheel connected to the motor; iii. an encoder; iv. and a motor controller; and e. a main controller that receives odometry data from the motor controller in regard to the movement of the wheel, and data from the plurality of sensors (46, 48), and provides electronic navigation control to the wheel assemblies based on the received odometry data and the data from the plurality of sensors (46, 48); f. wherein the robotic vacuum cleaner is configured such that it can drive in a given direction and move in a different direction, while maintaining an assigned orientation. a. a main body having a front, top and bottom; b. a vacuum source positioned at the front of the main body; c. a plurality of sensor elements (46, 48) mounted to the main body, the plurality of sensor elements (46, 48) comprising a LIDAR mounted atop the robotic vacuum cleaner and other sensors; d. a first pair of diagonally opposed wheel assemblies and a second pair of diagonally opposed wheel assemblies that collectively form a holonomic drive, whereby the wheels are oriented at 45 degrees with respect to a longitudinal axis of the robotic cleaner and whereby the diagonally opposed wheels have a collinear axis, each wheel assembly comprising: i. a motor; ii. a drive wheel connected to the motor; iii. an encoder; iv. and a motor controller; and i. a motor; ii. a drive wheel connected to the motor; iii. an encoder; iv. and a motor controller; and e. a main controller that receives odometry data from the motor controller in regard to the movement of the wheel, and data from the plurality of sensors (46, 48), and provides electronic navigation control to the wheel assemblies based on the received odometry data and the data from the plurality of sensors (46, 48); f. wherein the robotic vacuum cleaner is configured such that it can drive in a given direction and move in a different direction, while maintaining an assigned orientation.
A method of imaging a sample using high speed dynamic mode atomic force microscopy, wherein the method comprises: scanning a tip of a cantilever probe over a surface of the sample; regulating a vibration amplitude of the tip to remain constant at a set point value (A set), via a first signal generated in a first feedback controller; measuring a mean tapping deflection per time period of the tip; regulating the mean tapping deflection by maintaining the mean tapping deflection around a desired value, via a second signal generated in a second feedback controller, by regulating the averaged vertical position of the cantilever in each tapping period closely around a desired value; tracking and measuring an adjustment to the measured mean tapping deflection during the regulating; and generating a topography image of the sample based on the height of a point on the surface of the sample with respect to the height of a fixed reference point based on the first signal, the second signal, and the measured adjustment of the mean tapping deflection of the cantilever probe. scanning a tip of a cantilever probe over a surface of the sample; regulating a vibration amplitude of the tip to remain constant at a set point value (A set), via a first signal generated in a first feedback controller; measuring a mean tapping deflection per time period of the tip; regulating the mean tapping deflection by maintaining the mean tapping deflection around a desired value, via a second signal generated in a second feedback controller, by regulating the averaged vertical position of the cantilever in each tapping period closely around a desired value; tracking and measuring an adjustment to the measured mean tapping deflection during the regulating; and generating a topography image of the sample based on the height of a point on the surface of the sample with respect to the height of a fixed reference point based on the first signal, the second signal, and the measured adjustment of the mean tapping deflection of the cantilever probe.
A compound of formula wherein R 1 and R 2 are independently selected from the group consisting of halogen, CN, C 1-3 -alkyl and C 1-4 -alkyl-O-; A is selected from the group consisting of phenyl, substituted with R 3 and optionally substituted with R 4, 2-pyridyl, optionally substituted with R 5, 3-pyridyl, optionally substituted with R 6 and 2-thiazolyl, optionally substituted with R 7; and wherein R 3, R 4, R 5, R 6 and R 7 are independently selected from the group consisting of halogen, CN, C 1-3 -alkyl and C 1-4 -alkyl-O- or a salt thereof. R 1 and R 2 are independently selected from the group consisting of halogen, CN, C 1-3 -alkyl and C 1-4 -alkyl-O-; A is selected from the group consisting of phenyl, substituted with R 3 and optionally substituted with R 4, 2-pyridyl, optionally substituted with R 5, 3-pyridyl, optionally substituted with R 6 and 2-thiazolyl, optionally substituted with R 7; and wherein R 3, R 4, R 5, R 6 and R 7 are independently selected from the group consisting of halogen, CN, C 1-3 -alkyl and C 1-4 -alkyl-O- or a salt thereof.
An isolated protein having alkaline phosphatase activity, wherein said protein comprises an amino acid sequence of 365 consecutive amino acids having at least 98% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 5 as indicated in Figure 1, an amino acid sequence of 65 consecutive amino acids, having at least 98% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 6 as indicated in Figure 1, and an amino acid sequence of 54 consecutive amino acids having at least 98% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 7 as indicated in Figure 1, wherein the full length protein comprises an amino acid sequence having at least 98% sequence identity with the full length amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 as indicated in Figure 1, with the proviso that the amino acid at position 279 is leucine, the amino acid at position 328 is valine and the amino acid at position 478 is leucine.
A dry food composition comprising (a) viable lactic acid-producing bacteria from one or more live bacteria strains; and (b) viable lactate utilizing, propionic acid-producing bacteria from one or more live bacteria strains; and (c) optionally prebiotics; for use in the treatment of digestive diseases or disorders selected from the group consisting of colics, intestinal discomfort, intestinal pain, visceral sensitivity and intestinal cramp. (a) viable lactic acid-producing bacteria from one or more live bacteria strains; and (b) viable lactate utilizing, propionic acid-producing bacteria from one or more live bacteria strains; and (c) optionally prebiotics;