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A method of enabling reduced power consumption in wireless devices (106, 202, 300, 302, 304) operating in a neighbor aware network, comprising: generating, by a wireless device (106, 202, 300, 302, 304), a first message, the first message indicating beacon transmit window information, the beacon transmit window information indicating a first time interval when one or more beacon messages are transmittable by the wireless device (106, 202, 300, 302, 304) or other wireless devices (106, 202, 300, 302, 304); and transmitting the first message on the neighbor aware network, wherein the beacon transmit window information further indicates a periodicity or a duration of a beacon transmit interval. generating, by a wireless device (106, 202, 300, 302, 304), a first message, the first message indicating beacon transmit window information, the beacon transmit window information indicating a first time interval when one or more beacon messages are transmittable by the wireless device (106, 202, 300, 302, 304) or other wireless devices (106, 202, 300, 302, 304); and transmitting the first message on the neighbor aware network, wherein the beacon transmit window information further indicates a periodicity or a duration of a beacon transmit interval.
A counter ejector disposed at a downstream part of a box former, the counter ejector comprising: a hopper that is configured to receive a sheet-shaped corrugated board box being transferred and forwarded from an upstream side from underneath; and a blower (52,53,55,56) that is configured to downwardly blow air to the hopper from above the corrugated board box, the blower being configured to change a blowing area to be blown along a transfer direction of the corrugated board box, and to blow air to the blowing area corresponding to at least a front-end portion and a rear-end portion of the hopper in the transfer direction if the corrugated board box has a possible maximum size in the transfer direction, characterized in that the blower (52,53,55,56) comprises a fixed blower fixed to a position corresponding to the rear-end portion of the hopper in the transfer direction and a movable blower being movable at the front-end portion of the hopper in the transfer direction in accordance with a size of the corrugated board box. a hopper that is configured to receive a sheet-shaped corrugated board box being transferred and forwarded from an upstream side from underneath; and a blower (52,53,55,56) that is configured to downwardly blow air to the hopper from above the corrugated board box, the blower being configured to change a blowing area to be blown along a transfer direction of the corrugated board box, and to blow air to the blowing area corresponding to at least a front-end portion and a rear-end portion of the hopper in the transfer direction if the corrugated board box has a possible maximum size in the transfer direction, characterized in that the blower (52,53,55,56) comprises a fixed blower fixed to a position corresponding to the rear-end portion of the hopper in the transfer direction and a movable blower being movable at the front-end portion of the hopper in the transfer direction in accordance with a size of the corrugated board box.
A composition for intravaginal delivery, the composition comprising: glycol chitin having a degree of acetylation of at least 80%; and progesterone; the composition has a pH from 3.5 to 5.5, and exhibits a gelation temperature from 30°C to 36°C. glycol chitin having a degree of acetylation of at least 80%; and progesterone; the composition has a pH from 3.5 to 5.5, and exhibits a gelation temperature from 30°C to 36°C.
Hair-styling appliance comprising: - a main body including a handle extending longitudinally along a first axis (P-P'), - an accessory intended to come into contact with the hair so as to style same, said accessory extending longitudinally along a second axis (A-A'), - a drive motor for rotating the accessory about said second axis (A-A') so that the hair can be wound around said accessory, characterised in that said accessory is movable between at least two position, each allowing the rotation of the accessory about said second axis (A-A'): - a first position in which said second axis (A-A') and the first axis (P-P') form a straight angle therebetween, - a second position in which the second axis (A-A') and the first axis (P-P') form an angle different from the straight angle therebetween. - a main body including a handle extending longitudinally along a first axis (P-P'), - an accessory intended to come into contact with the hair so as to style same, said accessory extending longitudinally along a second axis (A-A'), - a drive motor for rotating the accessory about said second axis (A-A') so that the hair can be wound around said accessory, - a first position in which said second axis (A-A') and the first axis (P-P') form a straight angle therebetween, - a second position in which the second axis (A-A') and the first axis (P-P') form an angle different from the straight angle therebetween.
A rotatable shaft comprising a fluid duct which extends through a single bore in the shaft, said fluid duct provided with at least two chambers each extending axially along at least a part of the length of the single bore characterised in that the fluid duct comprises an exterior pipe (53,54) and interior pipe (53,55) which together form at least two chambers (53a,53b).
A medical instrument comprising an interface for electrically connecting a drive unit with the medical instrument, the interface having a plurality of electrical contacts (111a, 111b, 111c, 113) arranged in a connecting surface, wherein at least one of the contacts in the connecting surface is electrically isolated from the remaining contacts (111a, 111b, 111c) by means of a recess that is provided in the connecting surface or an elevation that is provided in the connecting surface, characterized in that the recess or the elevation extends from an edge of the connecting surface to an opposite edge of the connecting surface, the connecting surface, except of the recess or the elevation, is formed planar, and in that the electrical contacts (111a, 111b, 111c, 113) are aligned flatly with the connecting surface.
An optical receiver, comprising: a plurality of single mode optical ports; a multi-mode optical combiner coupled to the plurality of single mode optical ports and configured to combine a plurality of single mode optical signals received at the plurality of single mode optical ports into a single multi-mode optical signal, each received single mode optical signal having a distinct optical mode, wherein at least two of the plurality of single mode optical signals that are combined have optical frequencies sufficiently close enough for optical beat interference, and wherein the multi-mode optical combiner is configured such that each of the single mode optical signals received at the plurality of single mode optical ports excites a different non-interfering modal pattern in the multi-mode optical signal; a multi-mode optical fiber coupled to the combiner and configured to output power in a plurality of modal patterns via the multi-mode optical signal in said multi-mode optical fiber; and a photo detector coupled to the multi-mode optical fiber and formed large enough to detect a total optical power of the multi-mode optical signal without optical beat interference in a detector output signal; and an amplifier coupled to receive an output of the photo detector. a plurality of single mode optical ports; a multi-mode optical combiner coupled to the plurality of single mode optical ports and configured to combine a plurality of single mode optical signals received at the plurality of single mode optical ports into a single multi-mode optical signal, each received single mode optical signal having a distinct optical mode, wherein at least two of the plurality of single mode optical signals that are combined have optical frequencies sufficiently close enough for optical beat interference, and wherein the multi-mode optical combiner is configured such that each of the single mode optical signals received at the plurality of single mode optical ports excites a different non-interfering modal pattern in the multi-mode optical signal; a multi-mode optical fiber coupled to the combiner and configured to output power in a plurality of modal patterns via the multi-mode optical signal in said multi-mode optical fiber; and a photo detector coupled to the multi-mode optical fiber and formed large enough to detect a total optical power of the multi-mode optical signal without optical beat interference in a detector output signal; and an amplifier coupled to receive an output of the photo detector.
A mobile terminal, comprising: a wireless communication unit configured to wireless communicate with a video upload service; a camera; a touchscreen configured to display a preview image received from the camera before recording a video; and a controller configured to: control the touchscreen to display, on the preview image, an item indicating the video upload service; when the item is selected, control the camera to start the recording of the image received from the camera into a video; control the camera to record the video to meet a video upload requirement of the video upload service corresponding to the selected item; and control the wireless communication unit to upload the recorded video to the video upload service corresponding to the selected item. a wireless communication unit configured to wireless communicate with a video upload service; a camera; a touchscreen configured to display a preview image received from the camera before recording a video; and a controller configured to: control the touchscreen to display, on the preview image, an item indicating the video upload service; when the item is selected, control the camera to start the recording of the image received from the camera into a video; control the camera to record the video to meet a video upload requirement of the video upload service corresponding to the selected item; and control the wireless communication unit to upload the recorded video to the video upload service corresponding to the selected item. control the touchscreen to display, on the preview image, an item indicating the video upload service; when the item is selected, control the camera to start the recording of the image received from the camera into a video; control the camera to record the video to meet a video upload requirement of the video upload service corresponding to the selected item; and control the wireless communication unit to upload the recorded video to the video upload service corresponding to the selected item.
A method for determining the leakage inductance of a transformer (28, 29) of an LLC resonant converter (19; 49; 69; 79; 89) for a lighting means (3; 5), wherein the LLC resonant converter (19; 49; 69; 79; 89) has a primary-side circuit (20; 50; 70; 80; 90) and a secondary-side circuit that is galvanically separated therefrom, wherein the transformer has a primary coil and a secondary coil, wherein the primary-side circuit (20; 50; 70; 80; 90) of the LLC resonant converter (19; 49; 69; 79; 89) has an LLC resonant circuit connected to the transformer (28, 29) and a half-bridge circuit (21, 22) connected to the LLC resonant circuit, wherein the method comprises: a) Out of the rest state of the LLC resonant converter (19; 49; 69; 79; 89) activation of a first switch of the half-bridge circuit (21, 22); b) Detection of a voltage at a measurement resistor (R s) in series with the primary coil of the transformer (28, 29); c) Processing, in a control device, of the detected voltage, wherein the processing comprises a detection of an increase in the detected voltage over a time period, which from the exceeding (start) of a lower reference voltage (Vrefu) to the reaching (stop) of an upper reference voltage (Vrefo) is evaluated for determining the leakage inductance. a) Out of the rest state of the LLC resonant converter (19; 49; 69; 79; 89) activation of a first switch of the half-bridge circuit (21, 22); b) Detection of a voltage at a measurement resistor (R s) in series with the primary coil of the transformer (28, 29); c) Processing, in a control device, of the detected voltage, wherein the processing comprises a detection of an increase in the detected voltage over a time period, which from the exceeding (start) of a lower reference voltage (Vrefu) to the reaching (stop) of an upper reference voltage (Vrefo) is evaluated for determining the leakage inductance.
A ventricular assist device, comprising: a pump including a housing having an inlet, an outlet and a moveable element disposed in the housing for urging blood from the inlet to the outlet; an outflow cannula having a proximal end attached to the pump housing, a distal end remote from the pump housing, an interior bore defining a longitudinal axis in communication with the outlet of the pump housing, and at least one outlet aperture communicating with the interior bore remote from the pump housing, the outflow cannula defining a tapered tip at its distal end, and the at least one outlet aperture includes a plurality of outlet apertures disposed in the tapered tip and spaced circumferentially around the axis of the interior bore; and at least one sensor mounted to the outflow cannula and configured to detect a parameter of blood flowing at least one from the group consisting of through the outflow cannula and about an exterior of the outflow cannula. a pump including a housing having an inlet, an outlet and a moveable element disposed in the housing for urging blood from the inlet to the outlet; an outflow cannula having a proximal end attached to the pump housing, a distal end remote from the pump housing, an interior bore defining a longitudinal axis in communication with the outlet of the pump housing, and at least one outlet aperture communicating with the interior bore remote from the pump housing, the outflow cannula defining a tapered tip at its distal end, and the at least one outlet aperture includes a plurality of outlet apertures disposed in the tapered tip and spaced circumferentially around the axis of the interior bore; and at least one sensor mounted to the outflow cannula and configured to detect a parameter of blood flowing at least one from the group consisting of through the outflow cannula and about an exterior of the outflow cannula.
A method of performing droplet operations on a droplet in a droplet actuator, comprising: (a) providing a droplet actuator comprising a top substrate (312, 1512) and a bottom substrate (310, 1510) separated to form a droplet operations gap (314, 1514), wherein the droplet actuator further comprises an arrangement of droplet operations electrodes (316, 1530) arranged for conducting droplet operations thereon; (b) filling the droplet operations gap (314, 1514) of the droplet actuator with a filler fluid; (c) providing a droplet in the droplet operations gap (314, 1514); and (d) conducting multiple droplet operations on the droplet in the droplet operations gap (314, 1514), wherein the droplet is transported through the filler fluid in the droplet operations gap (314, 1514); characterised by: (e) adjusting a height of the droplet operations gap to prevent loss of contact between the droplet and an electrical ground (318, 610, 1532) while conducting the multiple droplet operations on the droplet in the droplet operations gap (314, 1514); wherein preventing loss of contact between the droplet and the electrical ground (318, 610, 1532) permits completion of the multiple droplet operations without interruption by bubble formation in the filler fluid in the droplet operations gap (314, 1514). (a) providing a droplet actuator comprising a top substrate (312, 1512) and a bottom substrate (310, 1510) separated to form a droplet operations gap (314, 1514), wherein the droplet actuator further comprises an arrangement of droplet operations electrodes (316, 1530) arranged for conducting droplet operations thereon; (b) filling the droplet operations gap (314, 1514) of the droplet actuator with a filler fluid; (c) providing a droplet in the droplet operations gap (314, 1514); and (d) conducting multiple droplet operations on the droplet in the droplet operations gap (314, 1514), wherein the droplet is transported through the filler fluid in the droplet operations gap (314, 1514); characterised by: (e) adjusting a height of the droplet operations gap to prevent loss of contact between the droplet and an electrical ground (318, 610, 1532) while conducting the multiple droplet operations on the droplet in the droplet operations gap (314, 1514);
A pinch valve with a housing which comprises an inlet opening, an outlet opening and a control opening for connecting to a pressure medium, wherein the inlet and the outlet opening are connected together by way of a passage, wherein the passage comprises at least two sections having a different cross section, and a valve sleeve connected to the inlet and the outlet opening and disposed in such a way that the sleeve forms a valve channel between the inlet and the outlet opening, wherein when a pressure medium is applied to the control opening the valve sleeve moves such that the channel cross section is reduced or closed off between the inlet and the outlet opening, wherein the housing is designed in at least two parts, one housing part of which forming the section having the smaller passage cross section and the other housing part forming the section having the larger passage cross section, wherein the housing consists of an essentially cylindrical housing main part and at least one pressing zone ring, wherein the pressing zone ring comprises a flange which sits against the end of the housing main part and which can be pushed at least partially into the housing main part, at least one sleeve cap with a cap opening is provided for placement onto the inlet or outlet opening, wherein the sleeve cap comprises an essentially flat cap base and an essentially cylindrical extension with a conical outer surface abutting said cap base, and wherein the pressing zone ring comprises an essentially conical inner surface at least in sections, the surface matching the conical outer surface of the extension, wherein the conical surfaces are designed such that the valve sleeve can be pinched between the conical outer surface of the extension on the one hand and the conical inner surface of the pressing zone ring on the other hand, characterised in that the sleeve cap can be screwed onto a housing part and an O ring is provided which sits against the end of the housing main part and against the flange of the pressing zone ring in order to seal the pressing zone ring against the housing main part.
A composition comprising: (i) 0.01 to 10 wt % of a branched cationic conditioning surfactant; selected from structure 1, wherein: • R 1 and R 2 comprise linear alkyl chains, saturated or unsaturated, with carbon-carbon chain lengths of from C 4 to C 20; • R 3 comprises an alkyl chain having a carbon-carbon chain length of from C 1 to C 4, preferably C 1 to C 2; • R 4 comprises a proton or an alkyl chain having a carbon-carbon chain length of from C 1 to C 4, preferably C 1 to C 2; and • n has a range of from 0 to 10; • m has a range of from 1 to 6, preferably selected from 1 and 2; • X Θ is an organic or inorganic anion; (ii) 0.1 to 10 wt % of a linear fatty material comprising linear carbon-carbon chains, selected from a fatty alcohol, an alkoxylated fatty alcohol, a fatty acid and mixtures thereof; (iii) 0.1 to 5 wt % of a cationic structurant, having a charge density at pH 7 of 0.1 to 2.5; and (iv) a particulate benefit agent selected from conditioning actives, which are silicone emulsions; wherein the molar ratio of branched cationic surfactants (i) to linear fatty material (ii) is in the range of from 1:20 to 1:1. (i) 0.01 to 10 wt % of a branched cationic conditioning surfactant; selected from structure 1, wherein: • R 1 and R 2 comprise linear alkyl chains, saturated or unsaturated, with carbon-carbon chain lengths of from C 4 to C 20; • R 3 comprises an alkyl chain having a carbon-carbon chain length of from C 1 to C 4, preferably C 1 to C 2; • R 4 comprises a proton or an alkyl chain having a carbon-carbon chain length of from C 1 to C 4, preferably C 1 to C 2; and • n has a range of from 0 to 10; • m has a range of from 1 to 6, preferably selected from 1 and 2; • X Θ is an organic or inorganic anion; • R 1 and R 2 comprise linear alkyl chains, saturated or unsaturated, with carbon-carbon chain lengths of from C 4 to C 20; • R 3 comprises an alkyl chain having a carbon-carbon chain length of from C 1 to C 4, preferably C 1 to C 2; • R 4 comprises a proton or an alkyl chain having a carbon-carbon chain length of from C 1 to C 4, preferably C 1 to C 2; and • R 3 comprises an alkyl chain having a carbon-carbon chain length of from C 1 to C 4, preferably C 1 to C 2; • R 4 comprises a proton or an alkyl chain having a carbon-carbon chain length of from C 1 to C 4, preferably C 1 to C 2; and • n has a range of from 0 to 10; • m has a range of from 1 to 6, preferably selected from 1 and 2; • X Θ is an organic or inorganic anion; (ii) 0.1 to 10 wt % of a linear fatty material comprising linear carbon-carbon chains, selected from a fatty alcohol, an alkoxylated fatty alcohol, a fatty acid and mixtures thereof; (iii) 0.1 to 5 wt % of a cationic structurant, having a charge density at pH 7 of 0.1 to 2.5; and (iv) a particulate benefit agent selected from conditioning actives, which are silicone emulsions;
Method for creating a soldered connection, in which an electronic component is connected to a circuit carrier, the soldered connection consisting of two components (18; 18a; 18b, 20) having different melting points, a first component (18; 18a; 18b) containing at least metal particles and a second component containing at least a soldering agent, characterized in that, in a first step, first the first component (18; 18a; 18b), containing the metal particles, is applied to the circuit carrier, in that, after the first step, in a second step, the component is arranged in operative connection with the first component (18; 18a; 18b), and in that, in a third step, a heat treatment of the first component (18; 18a; 18b) is performed, by which the material of the first component (18; 18a; 18b) sinters to form a metal grid structure with cavities, and in that, following the third step, in a fourth step, the second component with the soldering agent is brought into operative connection with the first component (18; 18a; 18b) in the connecting region of the first component (18; 18a; 18b) to the component.