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A substance determining apparatus for determining a substance within a fluid, the substance determining apparatus comprising: - particles for being attached to the substance within the fluid, - a binding surface for binding the particles, if the particles have been attached to the substance, wherein the particles are bindable to the binding surface with different kinds of binding, - a sensing unit for sensing the particles on the binding surface, wherein the sensing unit is adapted to generate a temporal sensing signal depending on the bound particles, - a particle release curve determination unit for determining a particle release curve being indicative of a release of bound particles from the binding surface depending on the generated temporal sensing signal, - a binding determination unit for determining a part of the particle release curve caused by particles bound to the binding surface via a predefined kind of binding based on a temporal behaviour of the particle release curve, - a substance determination unit for determining the substance within the fluid based on the determined part of the particle release curve. - particles for being attached to the substance within the fluid, - a binding surface for binding the particles, if the particles have been attached to the substance, wherein the particles are bindable to the binding surface with different kinds of binding, - a sensing unit for sensing the particles on the binding surface, wherein the sensing unit is adapted to generate a temporal sensing signal depending on the bound particles, - a particle release curve determination unit for determining a particle release curve being indicative of a release of bound particles from the binding surface depending on the generated temporal sensing signal, - a binding determination unit for determining a part of the particle release curve caused by particles bound to the binding surface via a predefined kind of binding based on a temporal behaviour of the particle release curve, - a substance determination unit for determining the substance within the fluid based on the determined part of the particle release curve.
A shell and tube heat exchanger comprising: a shell having an outer surface and an inner surface that defines a heat exchange zone; a refrigerant pool zone arranged in the heat exchange zone and comprising a tube bundle; a plurality of tube bundles arranged in the heat exchange zone above the refrigerant pool zone, each of the plurality of the tube bundles including first and second wall members (140, 141) that define a tube channel, and a plurality of tubes arranged in the tube channel, each of the first and second wall members (140, 141) having a first end that extends to a second end that is spaced from the refrigerant pool zone, the plurality of tube bundles being spaced one from another so as to define one or more vapor passages; and a refrigerant distributor, the refrigerant distributor being configured and disposed to deliver a refrigerant onto the plurality of tubes toward the refrigerant pool zone; wherein the plurality of tube bundles are spaced from the inner surface of the shell so as to define first and second outer vapor channels; characterized in that the refrigerant distributor is positioned above the tube channel; a separator plate is arranged in the heat exchange zone between the refrigerant pool zone and the second ends of each of the wall members (140, 141); and a vapor port is formed in the shell above the refrigerant pool zone and close to the separator plate. a shell having an outer surface and an inner surface that defines a heat exchange zone; a refrigerant pool zone arranged in the heat exchange zone and comprising a tube bundle; a plurality of tube bundles arranged in the heat exchange zone above the refrigerant pool zone, each of the plurality of the tube bundles including first and second wall members (140, 141) that define a tube channel, and a plurality of tubes arranged in the tube channel, each of the first and second wall members (140, 141) having a first end that extends to a second end that is spaced from the refrigerant pool zone, the plurality of tube bundles being spaced one from another so as to define one or more vapor passages; and a refrigerant distributor, the refrigerant distributor being configured and disposed to deliver a refrigerant onto the plurality of tubes toward the refrigerant pool zone; wherein the plurality of tube bundles are spaced from the inner surface of the shell so as to define first and second outer vapor channels; characterized in that the refrigerant distributor is positioned above the tube channel; a separator plate is arranged in the heat exchange zone between the refrigerant pool zone and the second ends of each of the wall members (140, 141); and a vapor port is formed in the shell above the refrigerant pool zone and close to the separator plate.
A sensor for an encoder, the sensor comprising: a sensing circuit module operable to generate an output signal related to a sensed characteristic; an active setting module including a first pole width setting stored in a first physical memory location, the first pole width setting associated with a first pole width for the encoder, the first pole width setting accessible from the first physical memory location by the sensing circuit module; an inactive setting module including a second pole width setting stored in a second physical memory location, the second pole width setting associated with a second pole width for the encoder, the second pole width setting not accessible from the second physical memory location by the sensing circuit module; and a sensor interface operable to retrieve the second pole width setting from the second physical memory location in the inactive setting module and write the second pole width setting to the first physical memory location in the active setting module. a sensing circuit module operable to generate an output signal related to a sensed characteristic; an active setting module including a first pole width setting stored in a first physical memory location, the first pole width setting associated with a first pole width for the encoder, the first pole width setting accessible from the first physical memory location by the sensing circuit module; an inactive setting module including a second pole width setting stored in a second physical memory location, the second pole width setting associated with a second pole width for the encoder, the second pole width setting not accessible from the second physical memory location by the sensing circuit module; and a sensor interface operable to retrieve the second pole width setting from the second physical memory location in the inactive setting module and write the second pole width setting to the first physical memory location in the active setting module.
A method for suggesting a lighting device design to a user, the method comprising the steps of: - acquiring, by a server, user interest information relating to a user, from one or more data sources; - determining, by the server, a lighting device design related variable based on the acquired user interest information; - providing, by the server, a lighting device design based on the lighting device design related variable; and - displaying an image of the provided lighting device design. - acquiring, by a server, user interest information relating to a user, from one or more data sources; - determining, by the server, a lighting device design related variable based on the acquired user interest information; - providing, by the server, a lighting device design based on the lighting device design related variable; and - displaying an image of the provided lighting device design.
Frame for an unmanned ground vehicle or UGV, wherein said frame comprises a pair of self-propelled lateral modules, which extend in a longitudinal direction and can be mutually coupled in a transverse direction and in a removable manner; said self-propelled lateral modules being adapted to contribute to create, when assembled, a support structure for a central module, which can be coupled in a removable manner to said frame and is provided with a control system, which is configured to control the movements and the actuation of said self-propelled lateral modules; at least one of said self-propelled lateral modules comprising: - a pair of bearing portions, and - a connection portion, which mutually constrains said bearing portions and is able to permit a relative movement thereof between an extended configuration, in which said bearing portions define a greater longitudinal extension of said self-propelled lateral module, and a compact configuration, in which said bearing portions define a smaller longitudinal extension of said self-propelled lateral module; wherein said connection portion comprises an articulated joint, which connects said bearing portions and is able to permit a mutual rotation between said extended configuration and said compact configuration; wherein said articulated joint is a hinge; said extended configuration and said compact configuration corresponding, in particular, to a substantially spread configuration and to a substantially folded configuration of the bearing portions respectively; characterized in that said hinge defines an hinging axis between said bearing portions oriented in a substantially orthogonal and substantially vertical direction relative to said support structure. - a pair of bearing portions, and - a connection portion, which mutually constrains said bearing portions and is able to permit a relative movement thereof between
A gas sensor assembly (10, 20) with a sealable chamber, comprising: a chamber having an air passage, wherein the chamber is enclosed around the air passage; a gas sensor located within the chamber; an air permeable membrane located within the chamber between the gas sensor and the air passage;the gas sensor assembly being characterized by a tube having a first open end coupled to the chamber at the air passage and having a second open end opposite the first end, wherein the second end of the tube allows for air flow into the tube, and when a level of water in the tube rises to a particular level, air with positive pressure in the chamber prevents the water from penetrating the membrane. a chamber having an air passage, wherein the chamber is enclosed around the air passage; a gas sensor located within the chamber; an air permeable membrane located within the chamber between the gas sensor and the air passage;the gas sensor assembly being characterized by a tube having a first open end coupled to the chamber at the air passage and having a second open end opposite the first end, wherein the second end of the tube allows for air flow into the tube, and when a level of water in the tube rises to a particular level, air with positive pressure in the chamber prevents the water from penetrating the membrane.
A method of making a blast resistant panel comprising: preparing a uniform, self-leveling cementitious aqueous mixture of a) 25-45 weight % inorganic cement binder, b) filler, wherein the filler in the cemetitious aqueous mixture consists of i) silica sand filler having a median particle size of 150- 450 microns, the silica sand filler being at least 35 weight % of the cementitious aqueous mixture, and ii) pozzolanic filler having a median particle size of less than or equal to 50 microns, the pozzolanic filler being 5-15 weight % of the cementitious aqueous mixture, and wherein the pozzolanic filler is silica fume, c) 0.25-5.0 weight % polycarboxylate based self-leveling agent, and d) 6-12 weight % water, adding reinforcing fiber to the aqueous mixture, forming the uniform mixture into a fiber reinforced cementitious panel; curing the fiber reinforced cementitious panel to produce a partially hardened cementitious panel, sanding the surfaces of the partially hardened cementitious panel, cutting the partially hardened cementitious panel to a desired size, curing the partially hardened cementitious panel to a final hardened cementitious panel. preparing a uniform, self-leveling cementitious aqueous mixture of a) 25-45 weight % inorganic cement binder, b) filler, wherein the filler in the cemetitious aqueous mixture consists of i) silica sand filler having a median particle size of 150- 450 microns, the silica sand filler being at least 35 weight % of the cementitious aqueous mixture, and ii) pozzolanic filler having a median particle size of less than or equal to 50 microns, the pozzolanic filler being 5-15 weight % of the cementitious aqueous mixture, and wherein the pozzolanic filler is silica fume, c) 0.25-5.0 weight % polycarboxylate based self-leveling agent, and d) 6-12 weight % water, a) 25-45 weight % inorganic cement binder, b) filler, wherein the filler in the cemetitious aqueous mixture consists of i) silica sand filler having a median particle size of 150- 450 microns, the silica sand filler being at least 35 weight % of the cementitious aqueous mixture, and ii) pozzolanic filler having a median particle size of less than or equal to 50 microns, the pozzolanic filler being 5-15 weight % of the cementitious aqueous mixture, and wherein the pozzolanic filler is silica fume, c) 0.25-5.0 weight % polycarboxylate based self-leveling agent, and d) 6-12 weight % water, adding reinforcing fiber to the aqueous mixture, forming the uniform mixture into a fiber reinforced cementitious panel; curing the fiber reinforced cementitious panel to produce a partially hardened cementitious panel, sanding the surfaces of the partially hardened cementitious panel, cutting the partially hardened cementitious panel to a desired size, curing the partially hardened cementitious panel to a final hardened cementitious panel.
A method of assembling a rotor for an electric motor or generator, the method comprising placing one side of a plurality of soft ferromagnetic material elements onto a circumferential support, wherein the soft ferromagnetic material elements are wedge shaped and comprise three sides, creating a magnetic field for retaining the plurality of soft ferromagnetic material elements to the circumferential support, wherein the one side of the plurality of soft ferromagnetic material elements are arranged to be perpendicular to a line from the centre of the circumferential support and the respective soft ferromagnetic material elements, placing magnets on the soft ferromagnetic material elements such that the second and third sides of each ferromagnetic element are mounted to two magnets arranged in a V shape or to one single C shape magnet, and placing a second circumferential soft ferromagnetic material element over the plurality of magnets such that a surface of the second soft ferromagnetic material element is in contact with the opposite poles of the respective magnets to that in contact with the soft ferromagnetic material elements, and placing a circumferential portion of a rotor over the second soft ferromagnetic material element.
A semiconductor apparatus comprising: an insulated substrate that includes a first surface and a second surface on an opposite side from the first surface; a semiconductor element (12, 13) that is mounted on the first surface of the insulated substrate; and a cooler for cooling the semiconductor element (12, 13), wherein the cooler includes a heat dissipation board having a bonding surface and a heat dissipation surface on an opposite side from the bonding surface, the bonding surface being bonded to the second surface of the insulated substrate, a plurality of fins provided on the heat dissipation surface of the heat dissipation board, and a cooling case having a recess accommodating the plurality of fins, and the heat dissipation surface is provided with a plurality of engagement pieces (221, 222) for positioning that engage portions of an inner wall surface in the recess of the cooling case, wherein when the semiconductor apparatus is seen in a plan view, the plurality of fins are provided within an essentially rectangular region on the heat dissipation surface, the recess of the cooling case has an essentially rectangular shape, characterized in that the plurality of engagement pieces (221, 222) include a pair of engagement pieces (221, 222) engaging corners (242, 243) in the recess that are diagonally opposite from each other. an insulated substrate that includes a first surface and a second surface on an opposite side from the first surface; a semiconductor element (12, 13) that is mounted on the first surface of the insulated substrate; and a cooler for cooling the semiconductor element (12, 13), wherein the cooler includes a heat dissipation board having a bonding surface and a heat dissipation surface on an opposite side from the bonding surface, the bonding surface being bonded to the second surface of the insulated substrate, a plurality of fins provided on the heat dissipation surface of the heat dissipation board, and a cooling case having a recess accommodating the plurality of fins, and the heat dissipation surface is provided with a plurality of engagement pieces (221, 222) for positioning that engage portions of an inner wall surface in the recess of the cooling case, wherein when the semiconductor apparatus is seen in a plan view, the plurality of fins are provided within an essentially rectangular region on the heat dissipation surface, the recess of the cooling case has an essentially rectangular shape,
A natural rubber composition comprising 5 pphr, parts by weight per hundred parts by weight rubber, or less of nanocarbon, wherein the composition is prepared from a nanocarbon dispersion and natural rubber latex by providing a uniform dispersion of nanocarbon in an aqueous medium, and adding the dispersion of nanocarbon to a natural rubber latex, and wherein the nanocarbon has not been subjected to an acid treatment before incorporation into the rubber composition.
Method for fastening a receiving body for an electronic device to an inner rubber layer of a vulcanized tyre, having the following steps: - positioning a contact surface, made of a vulcanized rubber material, of the receiving body on a cutout-free joining portion of the inner rubber layer of the vulcanized tyre by means of a setting tool; - joining the contact surface of the receiving body to the joining portion of the inner rubber layer of the vulcanized tyre by vulcanization of a vulcanization agent which is situated between the contact surface of the receiving body and the joining portion of the inner rubber layer of the vulcanized tyre; wherein the setting tool is heated before and/or during the joining of the receiving body to the joining portion of the inner rubber layer of the vulcanized tyre in order to realize an introduction of heat into the vulcanization agent. - positioning a contact surface, made of a vulcanized rubber material, of the receiving body on a cutout-free joining portion of the inner rubber layer of the vulcanized tyre by means of a setting tool; - joining the contact surface of the receiving body to the joining portion of the inner rubber layer of the vulcanized tyre by vulcanization of a vulcanization agent which is situated between the contact surface of the receiving body and the joining portion of the inner rubber layer of the vulcanized tyre;
A package, comprising: a base structure comprising an electrically insulating material and/or an electrically conductive contact structure; an electronic component embedded in the base structure; a micro electronic system (microelectromechanical system, MEMS) component; and a cover structure, which is mounted on the base structure for at least partially covering the MEMS-component, wherein the cover structure is a printed circuit board or a section thereof, wherein the base structure and the cover structure are connected directly by means of at least one of the group which consists of soldering, mechanical compression, using bonding material, and wherein each of the base structure and the cover structure comprises at least one through hole for providing a fluid connection between the MEMS-component and an environment of the package. a base structure comprising an electrically insulating material and/or an electrically conductive contact structure; an electronic component embedded in the base structure; a micro electronic system (microelectromechanical system, MEMS) component; and a cover structure, which is mounted on the base structure for at least partially covering the MEMS-component, wherein the cover structure is a printed circuit board or a section thereof, wherein the base structure and the cover structure are connected directly by means of at least one of the group which consists of soldering, mechanical compression, using bonding material, and wherein each of the base structure and the cover structure comprises at least one through hole for providing a fluid connection between the MEMS-component and an environment of the package.
A method of reducing output torque deficits during the launch of a vehicle having a continuously variable transmission comprising a variator, wherein the variator has a variable displacement pump and a motor output, and the variator pump is connected to a prime mover, the method comprising the steps of: determining (202,312) a rate of change of ratio in the transmission; predicting (204,316) a required variator motor speed ratio rate of change value on the basis of: (i) the determined rate of change of ratio in the transmission, and (ii) the configuration of the transmission (205,314); and adjusting the speed of the variator motor output so as to achieve the required variator motor speed ratio rate of change value. determining (202,312) a rate of change of ratio in the transmission; predicting (204,316) a required variator motor speed ratio rate of change value on the basis of: (i) the determined rate of change of ratio in the transmission, and (ii) the configuration of the transmission (205,314); and adjusting the speed of the variator motor output so as to achieve the required variator motor speed ratio rate of change value. (i) the determined rate of change of ratio in the transmission, and (ii) the configuration of the transmission (205,314); and adjusting the speed of the variator motor output so as to achieve the required variator motor speed ratio rate of change value.
A spark ignition device, comprising: a generally annular ceramic insulator extending along a longitudinal axis of said spark ignition device; a metal shell surrounding at least a portion of said ceramic insulator, said metal shell extending along said longitudinal axis between a proximal end and a distal end; a center electrode received at least in part in said ceramic insulator and extending coaxially along said longitudinal central axis; the spark ignition device being characterized in that it further comprises a ground electrode having an attachment end fixed by a weld joint to said distal end of said shell and a free end extending from said distal end to provide a spark gap between said center electrode and said ground electrode, said weld joint including a resistance weld joint and a laser weld joint. a generally annular ceramic insulator extending along a longitudinal axis of said spark ignition device; a metal shell surrounding at least a portion of said ceramic insulator, said metal shell extending along said longitudinal axis between a proximal end and a distal end; a center electrode received at least in part in said ceramic insulator and extending coaxially along said longitudinal central axis; the spark ignition device being characterized in that it further comprises a ground electrode having an attachment end fixed by a weld joint to said distal end of said shell and a free end extending from said distal end to provide a spark gap between said center electrode and said ground electrode, said weld joint including a resistance weld joint and a laser weld joint.