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A synthetic resin stent comprising a stent main section that is formed by synthetic resin fibers into a cylinder, and that can deform from a reduced diameter state to an enlarged diameter state, a restricting mechanism that keeps the stent main section in an enlarged diameter state by restricting the stent main section from reducing when in the enlarged diameter state, and a diameter enlarging mechanism that is connected to the stent main section and that deforms the stent main section from a reduced diameter state to an enlarged diameter state, characterized in that the diameter enlarging mechanism comprises a string-like member for connecting one end to one end side in the axial direction of the stent main section, and extending to the other end side in the axial direction of the stent main section, and the stent main section contracts in the axial direction and expands in diameter by pulling the string-like member toward the other end side, whereby the restricting mechanism comprises a locking part formed in the string-like member, and an annular part annularly formed on the other end side of the stent main section and through which the string-like member is inserted, the locking part comprises a knot part and a loop part formed by tying the string-like member, the loop part is configured to be larger in size than the annular part, and formed so as to swell from the knot part to one end side of the stent main section, and the stent main section is kept in an enlarged diameter state by pulling the string-like member toward the other end side so that the loop part is locked in the annular part. a restricting mechanism that keeps the stent main section in an enlarged diameter state by restricting the stent main section from reducing when in the enlarged diameter state, and a diameter enlarging mechanism that is connected to the stent main section and that deforms the stent main section from a reduced diameter state to an enlarged diameter state, characterized in that the diameter enlarging mechanism comprises a string-like member for connecting one end to one end side in the axial direction of the stent main section, and extending to the other end side in the axial direction of the stent main section, and the stent main section contracts in the axial direction and expands in diameter by pulling the string-like member toward the other end side, whereby the restricting mechanism comprises a locking part formed in the string-like member, and an annular part annularly formed on the other end side of the stent main section and through which the string-like member is inserted, the locking part comprises a knot part and a loop part formed by tying the string-like member, the loop part is configured to be larger in size than the annular part, and formed so as to swell from the knot part to one end side of the stent main section, and the stent main section is kept in an enlarged diameter state by pulling the string-like member toward the other end side so that the loop part is locked in the annular part.
A dishwasher comprising a washing chamber with a sump and a circulation circuit, the circulation circuit comprising the sump, a circulation pump and a spraying device for spraying washing liquid into the washing chamber, the dishwasher further comprising a reservoir adapted to be connected to fresh water mains, wherein a liquid connection is adapted to transfer liquid from the reservoir to the washing chamber, and wherein a return system is adapted to transfer liquid from the washing chamber to the reservoir, characterized in that the reservoir is thermally insulated from the washing chamber, wherein the reservoir comprises two or more tanks (46, 46') arranged adjacent to one or more wall portions (6, 6') of the washing chamber.
An energy storage device comprising: A) an anode region comprising an anode chamber, a current collector, which current collector resides within the anode chamber, and an anolyte; B) a cathode region comprising a cathode chamber, a current collector, which current collector resides within the cathode chamber, and a catholyte; and C) an ion transporting separator disposed between the anode chamber and the cathode chamber; wherein the separator comprises a polyurethane prepared by crosslinking a mixture comprising an isocyanate terminated pre-polymer having a polycarbonate backbone; wherein the energy storage device is a redox flow cell comprising a flowable anolyte and a flowable catholyte. A) an anode region comprising an anode chamber, a current collector, which current collector resides within the anode chamber, and an anolyte; B) a cathode region comprising a cathode chamber, a current collector, which current collector resides within the cathode chamber, and a catholyte; and C) an ion transporting separator disposed between the anode chamber and the cathode chamber; wherein the separator comprises a polyurethane prepared by crosslinking a mixture comprising an isocyanate terminated pre-polymer having a polycarbonate backbone;
A slot antenna, comprising: a dielectric layer having an upper surface and a lower surface, a ground plane disposed on the lower surface of the dielectric layer, an open slot disposed on the ground plane, said open slot having an opening at one end of the slot, a slot feeder, and a resonant circuit disposed on the upper surface of the dielectric layer, wherein the slot feeder stretches across the open slot on the upper surface of the dielectric layer and passes through the dielectric layer, so that one end of the slot feeder is connected to the ground plane, and the other end of the slot feeder is connected to the resonant circuit; the slot antenna is configured to work in a first resonant frequency, a length of the slot antenna does not exceed one fifth of a wavelength of the first resonant frequency, and a width of the slot antenna does not exceed 50% of the length of the slot antenna; the resonant circuit is configured to excite a current on a surface of the ground plane, so that the ground plane becomes a primary radiator, and characterized in that the slot feeder is 1/75 - 1/30 of a wavelength of the first resonance frequency away from the opening of the open slot a dielectric layer having an upper surface and a lower surface, a ground plane disposed on the lower surface of the dielectric layer, an open slot disposed on the ground plane, said open slot having an opening at one end of the slot, a slot feeder, and a resonant circuit disposed on the upper surface of the dielectric layer, wherein the slot feeder stretches across the open slot on the upper surface of the dielectric layer and passes through the dielectric layer, so that one end of the slot feeder is connected to the ground plane, and the other end of the slot feeder is connected to the resonant circuit; the slot antenna is configured to work in a first resonant frequency, a length of the slot antenna does not exceed one fifth of a wavelength of the first resonant frequency, and a width of the slot antenna does not exceed 50% of the length of the slot antenna; the resonant circuit is configured to excite a current on a surface of the ground plane, so that the ground plane becomes a primary radiator, and characterized in that the slot feeder is 1/75 - 1/30 of a wavelength of the first resonance frequency away from the opening of the open slot
A bridge device operable between a master device and a slave device of a communication system, said master device and said slave device arranged for communicating with each other via a parent I 2 C bus and a child I 2 C bus and using the I 2 C protocol, said bridge device comprising - a parent module at one side of said bridge device, said parent module arranged for connecting said parent I 2 C bus and comprising a parent I 2 C transmitter/receiver device and a parent module state machine, - a child module at the opposite side of said bridge device, said child module arranged for connecting said child I 2 C bus and comprising a child I 2 C transmitter/receiver device and a child module state machine, whereby said parent module and said child module each comprise an internal bridge interface to exchange messages between said parent module and said child module, said messages being generated by said parent module state machine or said child module state machine in response to a change of state caused by an event on their respective I 2 C buses, whereby said parent module and said child module are each arranged for translating an I 2 C event to a message and for forwarding said message to the module at the other side of the bridge device via said internal bridge interfaces, said module at the other side being arranged for further transmitting said message as an I 2 C event towards the I 2 C bus at the other side of the bridge device, and whereby said parent module and said child module are further each arranged for holding the communication towards the respective I 2 C bus by stretching a clock line on their respective I 2 C bus until a message, based on an event occurring on the I 2 C bus at the other side of the bridge device and instructing continuation of the communication, is received via said internal bridge interfaces from the module at the other side of the bridge device. - a parent module at one side of said bridge device, said parent module arranged for connecting said parent I 2 C bus and comprising a parent I 2 C transmitter/receiver device and a parent module state machine, - a child module at the opposite side of said bridge device, said child module arranged for connecting said child I 2 C bus and comprising a child I 2 C transmitter/receiver device and a child module state machine,
Method of manufacturing a one-piece hollowed spoke the method having the following steps: a Selecting a work piece, b Initially forging with the work piece being in a mould and forging as an extended and radial shape of a spoke, c Slotting and drawing out by drilling and cutting the spoke as slotted and hollowing the spoke by shrinking, d Injecting of fluid by opening a small hole on the hollow spoke after drawing out and sealing it after injecting the fluid into the spoke, e Further processing by re-forging the spoke containing the fluid to a semi-finished product, f Draining the fluid by drilling a hole on the spoke and draining the fluid, and processing the assembly hole on the spoke. a Selecting a work piece, b Initially forging with the work piece being in a mould and forging as an extended and radial shape of a spoke, c Slotting and drawing out by drilling and cutting the spoke as slotted and hollowing the spoke by shrinking, d Injecting of fluid by opening a small hole on the hollow spoke after drawing out and sealing it after injecting the fluid into the spoke, e Further processing by re-forging the spoke containing the fluid to a semi-finished product, f Draining the fluid by drilling a hole on the spoke and draining the fluid, and processing the assembly hole on the spoke.
A duct cutting and forming apparatus for elbow duct manufacturing machine, comprising: a rotation housing that is provided with a seating groove in a first direction; an eccentric housing that is provided with a cutting roller and a forming roller at both ends, and that is slidably seated inside the seating groove; a rotation drive for applying rotation driving force to the rotation housing; and an eccentric drive for applying driving force for reciprocating the eccentric housing, the apparatus being characterized in that the eccentric drive is configured to rotate in both directions within a range not exceeding 180 degrees in order to reciprocate the eccentric housing. a rotation housing that is provided with a seating groove in a first direction; an eccentric housing that is provided with a cutting roller and a forming roller at both ends, and that is slidably seated inside the seating groove; a rotation drive for applying rotation driving force to the rotation housing; and an eccentric drive for applying driving force for reciprocating the eccentric housing, the apparatus being characterized in that the eccentric drive is configured to rotate in both directions within a range not exceeding 180 degrees in order to reciprocate the eccentric housing.
A gas diffusion electrode comprising a microporous layer on at least one surface of an electrically conductive porous substrate, wherein provided that regions obtained by dividing a cross-section perpendicular to the surface of the microporous layer into three equal parts in a thickness direction are a first region, a second region and a third region from a side of the electrically conductive porous substrate, the fluorine intensity of the third region is 0.8 to 1.2 times the fluorine intensity of the second region, wherein the microporous layer contains carbon black, the carbon black in the third region has a structure index of less than 3.0, and the carbon black in the first region has a structure index of 3.0 or more, the structure index is one obtained by dividing the value of a DBP oil absorption in cc/100g by the value of a BET specific surface area in m 2 /g of carbon black, an electron beam microanalyzer was applied to determine the amount in % by mass of fluorine, the amount of fluorine in % by mass was then defined as the intensity of fluorine, and wherein the microporous layer contains a fluororesin in addition to electrically conductive fine particles. in m 2 /g of carbon black, an electron beam microanalyzer was applied to determine the amount in % by mass of fluorine, the amount of fluorine in % by mass was then defined as the intensity of fluorine, and wherein the microporous layer contains a fluororesin in addition to electrically conductive fine particles.
An active noise reduction, ANR, device (100;200;400) including an earpiece comprising: a plurality of microphones (102;104;202;204;206), wherein each of the plurality of microphones is usable for capturing ambient audio to generate input signals for both an ANR mode of operation and a hear-through mode of operation of the ANR device; and a controller configured to: process a first subset of microphones from the plurality of microphones to generate input signals for the ANR mode of operation, process a second subset of microphones from the plurality of microphones to generate input signals for the hear-through mode of operation, detect that a particular microphone of the second subset is acoustically coupled to an acoustic transducer of the ANR device in the hear-through mode of operation, characterised in that the controller is configured to: in response to the detection, process the input signals from the second subset of microphones without using input signals from the particular microphone. a plurality of microphones (102;104;202;204;206), wherein each of the plurality of microphones is usable for capturing ambient audio to generate input signals for both an ANR mode of operation and a hear-through mode of operation of the ANR device; and a controller configured to: process a first subset of microphones from the plurality of microphones to generate input signals for the ANR mode of operation, process a second subset of microphones from the plurality of microphones to generate input signals for the hear-through mode of operation, detect that a particular microphone of the second subset is acoustically coupled to an acoustic transducer of the ANR device in the hear-through mode of operation, characterised in that the controller is configured to: in response to the detection, process the input signals from the second subset of microphones without using input signals from the particular microphone. process a first subset of microphones from the plurality of microphones to generate input signals for the ANR mode of operation, process a second subset of microphones from the plurality of microphones to generate input signals for the hear-through mode of operation, detect that a particular microphone of the second subset is acoustically coupled to an acoustic transducer of the ANR device in the hear-through mode of operation,
An impeller for a fuel pump, having a number of blades (3,4), wherein: the blades have an incremental angle characterized in that the incremental angle is set by an expression below: Δ θi = 360 N + − 1 i × Am × sin p 1 × 360 N × i × cos P 2 × 360 N × i, where ΔθI is the incremental angle between the blades, N is the total number of blades (N=2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17,...), Am is the distribution magnitude of the inter-blade interval (equally divided angle) (0 < Am < 360/N), i is the order of the blade (i=1, 2, 3,..., N), and P 1 and P 2 are the factors exerting an influence on the cycle (0 < P 1 < N, and 0 ≤ P 2 ≤ N); and the incremental angle has maximum and minimum values a difference of which satisfies an expression: 2 ° ≤ MAX − MIN ≤ 6 °, where MAX is the maximum value, and MIN is the minimum value of the incremental angle. the blades have an incremental angle characterized in that the incremental angle is set by an expression below: Δ θi = 360 N + − 1 i × Am × sin p 1 × 360 N × i × cos P 2 × 360 N × i, where ΔθI is the incremental angle between the blades, N is the total number of blades (N=2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17,...), Am is the distribution magnitude of the inter-blade interval (equally divided angle) (0 < Am < 360/N), i is the order of the blade (i=1, 2, 3,..., N), and P 1 and P 2 are the factors exerting an influence on the cycle (0 < P 1 < N, and 0 ≤ P 2 ≤ N); and the incremental angle has maximum and minimum values a difference of which satisfies an expression: 2 ° ≤ MAX − MIN ≤ 6 °, where MAX is the maximum value, and MIN is the minimum value of the incremental angle.
A method of selectively displaying a plurality of captured image frames on a display device, the method comprising: sequentially capturing image frames on an image detector, prior to receiving a command to capture an image; for each captured image frame, generating raw data representing each captured image frame, prior to receiving the command; converting the raw data representing each captured image frame into a compressed image data file, prior to receiving the command; storing each compressed image data file in a memory device to form a plurality of stored compressed image data files, the plurality of compressed image data files being stored in the memory device prior to receiving the command and until the command is received; and after the command is received, selecting a plurality of the largest compressed image data files from the plurality of stored compressed image data files unless at least one of the following conditions applies: (i) the device has determined low ambient light; and (ii) the device has determined that a flash should be used; and selectively displaying the plurality of image frames associated with the selected plurality of largest compressed image data files in turn, responsive to a second input, and selecting one of the associated plurality of image frames based on a user input. sequentially capturing image frames on an image detector, prior to receiving a command to capture an image; for each captured image frame, generating raw data representing each captured image frame, prior to receiving the command; converting the raw data representing each captured image frame into a compressed image data file, prior to receiving the command; storing each compressed image data file in a memory device to form a plurality of stored compressed image data files, the plurality of compressed image data files being stored in the memory device prior to receiving the command and until the command is received; and after the command is received, selecting a plurality of the largest compressed image data files from the plurality of stored compressed image data files unless at least one of the following conditions applies: (i) the device has determined low ambient light; and (ii) the device has determined that a flash should be used; and selectively displaying the plurality of image frames associated with the selected plurality of largest compressed image data files in turn, responsive to a second input, and selecting one of the associated plurality of image frames based on a user input.
Electrical connector housing, comprising: - a connector body including a fixation element adapted to attach the connector housing to a panel, the connector housing comprising a front side adapted to extend on one side of the panel and a rear side opposite to the front side; the connector body being adapted to receive a plurality of electrical contacts; - a multicontact rear body attached to the connector body and comprising a plurality of holding members (40e, 41e) contributing each to hold one of the electrical contacts; and - at least one ventilation duct (35a, 35b, 37), characterized in that the ventilation duct extends from the front side to the rear side, and comprises a shared portion (33a, 33b) delimited by a portion (29a, 29b, 28) of the multicontact rear body and by a portion (32a, 32b, 36) of the connector body, wherein the shared portion extends in a plane substantially perpendicular to a mating axis of the electrical connector housing. - a connector body including a fixation element adapted to attach the connector housing to a panel, the connector housing comprising a front side adapted to extend on one side of the panel and a rear side opposite to the front side; the connector body being adapted to receive a plurality of electrical contacts; - a multicontact rear body attached to the connector body and comprising a plurality of holding members (40e, 41e) contributing each to hold one of the electrical contacts; and - at least one ventilation duct (35a, 35b, 37), characterized in that the ventilation duct extends from the front side to the rear side, and comprises a shared portion (33a, 33b) delimited by a portion (29a, 29b, 28) of the multicontact rear body and by a portion (32a, 32b, 36) of the connector body, wherein the shared portion extends in a plane substantially perpendicular to a mating axis of the electrical connector housing.
A CT imaging system, comprising: - a source for generating X-ray radiation; - a detector for detecting X-ray radiation; - a control unit for controlling the source and the detector; - a support device for supporting a human subject; and - a processing unit coupled to the detector for receiving a detector signal from the detector representing detected X-ray radiation; wherein the source and the detector are arranged opposite to each other, such that a receiving space is arranged between the source and the detector; wherein the support device is arrangeable at the receiving space, such that X-ray radiation generated by the source transmitted through the human subject is detectable by the detector; wherein the detector is formed and/or configured to simultaneously detect X-ray radiation of a first energy spectrum and of a different, second energy spectrum; wherein the control unit is configured to cause a scout scan of a scout region of interest of the human subject, such that the source is operated only with a first, single X-ray tube acceleration voltage to generate X-ray radiation during the scout scan; wherein the processing unit is configured to determine a scout image of the scout region of interest of the human subject based on a first detector signal of the detector caused by the scout scan; wherein the control unit is configured to cause a main scan of a main region of interest of the human subject subsequently to the scout scan, such that the source is operated only with a second, single X-ray tube acceleration voltage to generate X-ray radiation during the main scan; wherein the processing unit is configured to determine a main image of the main region of interest of the human subject based on a second detector signal of the detector caused by the main scan; and wherein the processing unit is configured to determine a bone mineral density based on the first detector signal and/or the scout image. - a source for generating X-ray radiation; - a detector for detecting X-ray radiation; - a control unit for controlling the source and the detector; - a support device for supporting a human subject; and - a processing unit coupled to the detector for receiving a detector signal from the detector representing detected X-ray radiation;