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A method for detecting the presence or absence of liquid at an electrowetting electrode (120, 122, 124, 135, 160, 162, 2210, 2310, 2410, 2412, 2414, 2422, 2424, 2426, 2510, 2512, 2514, 2522, 2524, 2526, 2542, 2544, 2546) of a plurality of electrowetting electrodes in a droplet actuator, the droplet actuator comprising a bottom substrate and a top substrate configured to form a gap for conducting droplet operations using the electrowetting electrodes, the method comprising: (a) generating an output voltage by an AC power supply for providing an electrowetting voltage to the electrowetting electrodes of the droplet actuator; (b) storing charge produced by the output voltage; (c) superimposing an excitation signal onto the output voltage to produce a superimposed signal; (d) connecting the superimposed signal to an electrowetting (120, 122, 124 etc.) electrode of the plurality of electrowetting electrodes in the droplet actuator; (e) suppressing the output voltage from the power supply when detecting an impedance at the electrode (120, 122, 124, etc); (f) supplying the charge to the droplet actuator to activate the electrode (120, 122, 124, etc) during impedance detection; and (g) measuring the impedance produced by the excitation signal while the output voltage is suppressed, and h) using the impedance measurement to determine the presence or absence of liquid at the electrode (120, 122, 124, etc). (a) generating an output voltage by an AC power supply for providing an electrowetting voltage to the electrowetting electrodes of the droplet actuator; (b) storing charge produced by the output voltage; (c) superimposing an excitation signal onto the output voltage to produce a superimposed signal; (d) connecting the superimposed signal to an electrowetting (120, 122, 124 etc.) electrode of the plurality of electrowetting electrodes in the droplet actuator; (e) suppressing the output voltage from the power supply when detecting an impedance at the electrode (120, 122, 124, etc); (f) supplying the charge to the droplet actuator to activate the electrode (120, 122, 124, etc) during impedance detection; and (g) measuring the impedance produced by the excitation signal while the output voltage is suppressed, and h) using the impedance measurement to determine the presence or absence of liquid at the electrode (120, 122, 124, etc).
A torsion spring assembly, comprising: a torsion spring having a cylindrical spring body of wound spring wire and with a plurality of torsion spring windings, and having first and second torsion spring ends (8, 10) for taking up forces in a direction of rota - tion; and a damping spring abutting the torsion spring on the inner side and having a cylindrical spring body of wound spring wire and with a plurality of damping spring windings, and having first and second damping spring wire ends (24, 26); wherein the damping spring windings have their outer sides extending partially into the space formed between two respectively adjacent tor - sion spring windings; and characterized in that the damping spring windings abut in particular rounded, round or beveled inner abutment areas of respectively adjacent torsion spring windings with substantially radially outwardly directed bias, the damping spring windings have a smaller wire diameter than the tor - sion spring windings; the damping spring has 1 to 3 windings less than the torsion spring; and the damping spring windings extend across a major part of the height of the cylindrical spring body of the torsion spring, from a first end abut - ment section located in front of the first torsion spring wire end, as seen in the direction of rotation, to a second end abutment section located in front of the second torsion spring wire end, as seen in the direction of rota - tion. a torsion spring having a cylindrical spring body of wound spring wire and with a plurality of torsion spring windings, and having first and second torsion spring ends (8, 10) for taking up forces in a direction of rota - tion; and a damping spring abutting the torsion spring on the inner side and having a cylindrical spring body of wound spring wire and with a plurality of damping spring windings, and having first and second damping spring wire ends (24, 26); wherein the damping spring windings have their outer sides extending partially into the space formed between two respectively adjacent tor - sion spring windings; and characterized in that the damping spring windings abut in particular rounded, round or beveled inner abutment areas of respectively adjacent torsion spring windings with substantially radially outwardly directed bias, the damping spring windings have a smaller wire diameter than the tor - sion spring windings; the damping spring has 1 to 3 windings less than the torsion spring; and the damping spring windings extend across a major part of the height of the cylindrical spring body of the torsion spring, from a first end abut - ment section located in front of the first torsion spring wire end, as seen in the direction of rotation, to a second end abutment section located in front of the second torsion spring wire end, as seen in the direction of rota - tion.
A process for degrading a plastic product comprising at least one polyester, the process comprising: a. Submitting the plastic product to a spinning step to obtain fibers of said plastic product; and b. Depolymerizing at least one polyester of said fibers by contacting said fibers with a biological depolymerizing agent which is a depolymerase. a. Submitting the plastic product to a spinning step to obtain fibers of said plastic product; and b. Depolymerizing at least one polyester of said fibers by contacting said fibers with a biological depolymerizing agent which is a depolymerase.
A fire protection system comprising: a wet pipe sprinkler system comprising at least one sprinkler (43, 45), a source of pressurized water and a piping network connecting the at least one sprinkler to the source of pressurized water; characterized in that the system comprises: a nitrogen generator (25, 310) coupled to the wet pipe sprinkler system; and at least one vent coupled to the piping network, the at least one vent operable to allow gas to exit the piping network wherein nitrogen from said nitrogen generator displaces oxygen in said piping network and said at least one vent accomplishes removal of the displaced oxygen to increase the concentration of nitrogen in the piping network to thereby inhibit the rate of oxygen corrosion by reducing oxygen in said piping network, wherein said at least one vent is operable to retain water within the piping network and allow gas to exit the piping network. a wet pipe sprinkler system comprising at least one sprinkler (43, 45), a source of pressurized water and a piping network connecting the at least one sprinkler to the source of pressurized water; characterized in that the system comprises: a nitrogen generator (25, 310) coupled to the wet pipe sprinkler system; and at least one vent coupled to the piping network, the at least one vent operable to allow gas to exit the piping network wherein nitrogen from said nitrogen generator displaces oxygen in said piping network and said at least one vent accomplishes removal of the displaced oxygen to increase the concentration of nitrogen in the piping network to thereby inhibit the rate of oxygen corrosion by reducing oxygen in said piping network, wherein said at least one vent is operable to retain water within the piping network and allow gas to exit the piping network. a nitrogen generator (25, 310) coupled to the wet pipe sprinkler system; and at least one vent coupled to the piping network, the at least one vent operable to allow gas to exit the piping network wherein nitrogen from said nitrogen generator displaces oxygen in said piping network and said at least one vent accomplishes removal of the displaced oxygen to increase the concentration of nitrogen in the piping network to thereby inhibit the rate of oxygen corrosion by reducing oxygen in said piping network, wherein said at least one vent is operable to retain water within the piping network and allow gas to exit the piping network.
A cover anchor clip comprising: a base section that is a rectangular shaped plate body for retention in a foam body, and that is formed with a plurality of through holes into which the foam body enters, the plurality of through holes (36, 38) are lined up along a length direction of the base section in a plurality of rows; and a plurality of anchor portions that are formed standing out from the base section side-by-side in the length direction of the base section, and each of that is configured to anchor an anchored portion fixed to a cover (114, 124) for covering the foam body, wherein: a notch is formed to one edge out of a pair of edges of the base section, the pair of edges extends in the length direction of the base section, characterized in that the notch (16A, 16B) is respectively formed to the pair of edges (18A, 18B) of the base section, and the notches (16A, 16B) are formed at positions asymmetrical to each other about a center line extending in the length direction of the base section as viewed in a plate thickness direction of the base section. a base section that is a rectangular shaped plate body for retention in a foam body, and that is formed with a plurality of through holes into which the foam body enters, the plurality of through holes (36, 38) are lined up along a length direction of the base section in a plurality of rows; and a plurality of anchor portions that are formed standing out from the base section side-by-side in the length direction of the base section, and each of that is configured to anchor an anchored portion fixed to a cover (114, 124) for covering the foam body, wherein: a notch is formed to one edge out of a pair of edges of the base section, the pair of edges extends in the length direction of the base section, characterized in that the notch (16A, 16B) is respectively formed to the pair of edges (18A, 18B) of the base section, and the notches (16A, 16B) are formed at positions asymmetrical to each other about a center line extending in the length direction of the base section as viewed in a plate thickness direction of the base section. a notch is formed to one edge out of a pair of edges of the base section, the pair of edges extends in the length direction of the base section, characterized in that the notch (16A, 16B) is respectively formed to the pair of edges (18A, 18B) of the base section, and the notches (16A, 16B) are formed at positions asymmetrical to each other about a center line extending in the length direction of the base section as viewed in a plate thickness direction of the base section.
An isolated polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence which has at least 92.5% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 3, which comprises SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein the polypeptide has cytoplasmic male sterile activity.
A base station apparatus comprising: a transmitter which is adapted to transmit downlink data to a terminal apparatus on a first component carrier and a second component carrier, wherein a transmission mode is set to support up to two transport blocks on the first component carrrier; a receiver which is adapted to receive from the terminal apparatus a response signal indicative of a plurality of error detection results of the downlink data, wherein, when a semi-persistent scheduling, SPS, is activated for the first component carrier to periodically assign resources, the response signal is mapped to either one of a first physical uplink control channel, PUCCH, resource and a second PUCCH resource respectively indicated by a first PUCCH resource index and a second PUCCH resource index, the first PUCCH resource index is selected from a plurality of PUCCH resource indices by selecting a PUCCH resource index corresponding to a value of a transmission power control, TPC, command for an uplink control channel, and the second PUCCH resource index is selected from the plurality of PUCCH resource indices by selecting another PUCCH resource index which is a value generated by adding 1 to the selected first PUCCH resource index; and a retransmission controller which is adapted to determine necessity of retransmission of the downlink data based on the received response signal and to retransmit the downlink data. a transmitter which is adapted to transmit downlink data to a terminal apparatus on a first component carrier and a second component carrier, wherein a transmission mode is set to support up to two transport blocks on the first component carrrier; a receiver which is adapted to receive from the terminal apparatus a response signal indicative of a plurality of error detection results of the downlink data, wherein, when a semi-persistent scheduling, SPS, is activated for the first component carrier to periodically assign resources, the response signal is mapped to either one of a first physical uplink control channel, PUCCH, resource and a second PUCCH resource respectively indicated by a first PUCCH resource index and a second PUCCH resource index, the first PUCCH resource index is selected from a plurality of PUCCH resource indices by selecting a PUCCH resource index corresponding to a value of a transmission power control, TPC, command for an uplink control channel, and the second PUCCH resource index is selected from the plurality of PUCCH resource indices by selecting another PUCCH resource index which is a value generated by adding 1 to the selected first PUCCH resource index; and a retransmission controller which is adapted to determine necessity of retransmission of the downlink data based on the received response signal and to retransmit the downlink data.
A method of determining time of arrival for determining position of a user terminal or other communication equipment in a wireless network, comprising: receiving at a receiver from a wireless network a signal comprising a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols from a single base station; and extracting (340, 350) pilot signals (362, 372, 402) from the received signal; characterized by determining (660-666, 760-766) a power delay profile for the extracted pilot signals (362, 372, 402); identifying a first path (650, 750) associated with the extracted pilot signals (362, 372, 402) by performing matching pursuit estimation (630, 730) on the power delay profile for the extracted pilot signals (362, 372, 402); and determining a time of arrival (452, 652, 752) based on the identified first path (432, 650, 750). receiving at a receiver from a wireless network a signal comprising a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols from a single base station; and extracting (340, 350) pilot signals (362, 372, 402) from the received signal; characterized by determining (660-666, 760-766) a power delay profile for the extracted pilot signals (362, 372, 402); identifying a first path (650, 750) associated with the extracted pilot signals (362, 372, 402) by performing matching pursuit estimation (630, 730) on the power delay profile for the extracted pilot signals (362, 372, 402); and determining a time of arrival (452, 652, 752) based on the identified first path (432, 650, 750).
Dishwasher, in particular domestic dishwasher, for cleaning dishes, cutlery or similar items to be washed in its container for items to be washed, wherein the dishwasher has a door, which is connected to a motionless region of the dishwasher by way of one or a number of spring units and depending on the opening position can be applied with force in a different kinaesthesia, and wherein the spring unit comprises at least one pull rope and at least one tension spring device connected hereto in an assembled position, characterised in that an end region of the tension spring device, which faces away from the door, with at least one winding (31, 32) engages behind a holding device, said holding device being prefastened, in particular moulded in one piece to the motionless region, in particular to a base carrier disposed below the washing container, that the rear fastening end of the pull rope facing the spring tension device for connection with the tension spring device has a locking and/or coupling element, for instance spring saddle and can be fixed in position to the motionless region, in particular in a receiving channel of the motionless region, by way of one or a number of resiliently expanding holding means, and that the tension spring device is connected to the rear fastening end of the pull rope such that the rear fastening end is disengaged from the motionless region by the tension spring device.
An image forming apparatus comprising: a consumable unit comprising a memory, wherein the consumable unit is a component of the image forming apparatus that may be required to be replaced in a lifespan of the image forming apparatus; a power supply unit configured to provide power to the memory; a control unit configured to: control the power supply unit to provide power to the memory when an event that needs to access the memory happens; access the memory; and control the power supply unit to cut off the power provided to the memory when a process regarding the memory is finished; characterised in that the image forming apparatus further comprises a determination unit configured to determine whether the consumable unit is in a detachable state in which the consumable unit is detachable from a main body of the image forming apparatus; and an output unit configured to output an error message under the control of the control unit, when the consumable unit is determined to be in the detachable state while power is being provided to the memory. a consumable unit comprising a memory, wherein the consumable unit is a component of the image forming apparatus that may be required to be replaced in a lifespan of the image forming apparatus; a power supply unit configured to provide power to the memory; a control unit configured to: control the power supply unit to provide power to the memory when an event that needs to access the memory happens; access the memory; and control the power supply unit to cut off the power provided to the memory when a process regarding the memory is finished; characterised in that the image forming apparatus further comprises a determination unit configured to determine whether the consumable unit is in a detachable state in which the consumable unit is detachable from a main body of the image forming apparatus; and control the power supply unit to provide power to the memory when an event that needs to access the memory happens; access the memory; and control the power supply unit to cut off the power provided to the memory when a process regarding the memory is finished; characterised in that the image forming apparatus further comprises a determination unit configured to determine whether the consumable unit is in a detachable state in which the consumable unit is detachable from a main body of the image forming apparatus; and an output unit configured to output an error message under the control of the control unit, when the consumable unit is determined to be in the detachable state while power is being provided to the memory.
A coupled inductor, comprising: a monolithic magnetic core formed of a powder magnetic material and comprising a bottom portion and a top portion, the top portion being disposed over the bottom portion in a first direction; first, second, third, and fourth terminals; a first winding at least partially embedded in the bottom portion of the monolithic magnetic core, the first winding electrically coupled between the first and second terminals; and a second winding at least partially embedded in the bottom portion of the monolithic magnetic core, the second winding electrically coupled between the third and fourth terminals, the first and second windings disposed in a row in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction, the second winding at least partially physically separated from the first winding within the monolithic magnetic core in the second direction; the first and second windings non-overlapping as seen when the coupled inductor is viewed cross-sectionally in a third direction that is orthogonal to each of the first direction and the second direction; the first and second windings being wound around different respective axes extending in the third direction; the first and second windings non-overlapping with the top portion of the monolithic magnetic core, as seen when the coupled inductor is viewed cross-sectionally in the third direction; and the coupled inductor including no windings embedded in the monolithic magnetic core other than windings embedded in the bottom portion of the monolithic magnetic core. a monolithic magnetic core formed of a powder magnetic material and comprising a bottom portion and a top portion, the top portion being disposed over the bottom portion in a first direction; first, second, third, and fourth terminals; a first winding at least partially embedded in the bottom portion of the monolithic magnetic core, the first winding electrically coupled between the first and second terminals; and a second winding at least partially embedded in the bottom portion of the monolithic magnetic core, the second winding electrically coupled between the third and fourth terminals, the first and second windings disposed in a row in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction, the second winding at least partially physically separated from the first winding within the monolithic magnetic core in the second direction; the first and second windings non-overlapping as seen when the coupled inductor is viewed cross-sectionally in a third direction that is orthogonal to each of the first direction and the second direction; the first and second windings being wound around different respective axes extending in the third direction; the first and second windings non-overlapping with the top portion of the monolithic magnetic core, as seen when the coupled inductor is viewed cross-sectionally in the third direction; and the coupled inductor including no windings embedded in the monolithic magnetic core other than windings embedded in the bottom portion of the monolithic magnetic core.
An endoscope shaft made of a composite tube comprising an external tube and an internal tube softer and/or more resilient compared to the external tube as well as a helical spring for stiffening the composite tube, characterized in that the helical spring in the relaxed state has an outer diameter which is larger than the inner diameter of the internal tube and the helical spring is inserted in the internal tube preferably loosely at a spring bias, whereby it is radially pressed against the internal tube, and that furthermore the radial pressing force is chosen to be so high that the helical spring impresses a structure onto the outside of the external tube through the walls of the internal tube and the external tube.