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An electrostatic chuck comprising: an electrode; and a surface layer activated by a voltage in the electrode to form an electric charge to electrostatically clamp a substrate to the electrostatic chuck, the surface layer being characterized by - including a plurality of protrusions arranged in a trigonal pattern and extending to a height above portions of the surface layer surrounding the protrusions to support the substrate upon the protrusions during electrostatic clamping of the substrate, the protrusions being substantially equally spaced across the surface layer as measured by a center to center distance between pairs of neighboring protrusions; and - comprising: (i) a dielectric comprising a bulk resistivity greater than about 10 12 ohm-cm such that the electrostatic chuck is a Coulombic chuck, and (ii) a charge control surface layer having a surface resistivity in the range of from about 1 x 10 8 ohms/square to about 1 x 10 11 ohms/square. an electrode; and a surface layer activated by a voltage in the electrode to form an electric charge to electrostatically clamp a substrate to the electrostatic chuck, the surface layer being characterized by - including a plurality of protrusions arranged in a trigonal pattern and extending to a height above portions of the surface layer surrounding the protrusions to support the substrate upon the protrusions during electrostatic clamping of the substrate, the protrusions being substantially equally spaced across the surface layer as measured by a center to center distance between pairs of neighboring protrusions; and - comprising: (i) a dielectric comprising a bulk resistivity greater than about 10 12 ohm-cm such that the electrostatic chuck is a Coulombic chuck, and (ii) a charge control surface layer having a surface resistivity in the range of from about 1 x 10 8 ohms/square to about 1 x 10 11 ohms/square. - including a plurality of protrusions arranged in a trigonal pattern and extending to a height above portions of the surface layer surrounding the protrusions to support the substrate upon the protrusions during electrostatic clamping of the substrate, the protrusions being substantially equally spaced across the surface layer as measured by a center to center distance between pairs of neighboring protrusions; and - comprising: (i) a dielectric comprising a bulk resistivity greater than about 10 12 ohm-cm such that the electrostatic chuck is a Coulombic chuck, and (ii) a charge control surface layer having a surface resistivity in the range of from about 1 x 10 8 ohms/square to about 1 x 10 11 ohms/square.
Laser melting process for additively manufacturing a component, comprising one or more sequences of applying material in layers to a platform (111, 211) located in a work area, characterized in that, before the start of a first sequence, a base segment plate is arranged so as to be detachably securable in the work area by means of one or more centring screws via spacers, wherein a first material layer is applied directly to one side of the base segment plate and bonded thereto, and wherein the base segment plate constitutes a constituent part of the finished component and the base segment plate, together with the layer structure attached thereto, is rotated out of the work area after the end of a sequence such that the layer structure is located between the platform and the base segment plate and is arranged detachably in the work region again, before a further sequence of applying material in layers is carried out, wherein a first material layer is applied directly to the other side of the base segment plate and bonded thereto, wherein the sequences comprise repeatedly carrying out the following steps in a manner staggered over time: (a) applying a superficial layer of pourable granular material/powder to a work area above a platform (111, 211); and (b) bonding the powder of the layer applied in step (a) along a predefined profile corresponding to a sectional contour of the component. (a) applying a superficial layer of pourable granular material/powder to a work area above a platform (111, 211); and (b) bonding the powder of the layer applied in step (a) along a predefined profile corresponding to a sectional contour of the component.
A method of manufacturing a spark plug comprising: a rod-shaped center electrode extending in an axial direction; a tubular insulator having an axial hole and holding the center electrode in the axial hole; a tubular metallic shell having an end surface and an inner circumferential surface, a gap being formed between the inner circumferential surface and a forward end portion of the insulator; and a ground electrode welded to the end surface, the method comprising: a welding step of welding the ground electrode to the end surface; the method being characterized by: a shaping step which is performed after the welding step so as to form the inner circumferential surface, through shaping, on the metallic shell having the ground electrode welded to the end surface of the metallic shell. a rod-shaped center electrode extending in an axial direction; a tubular insulator having an axial hole and holding the center electrode in the axial hole; a tubular metallic shell having an end surface and an inner circumferential surface, a gap being formed between the inner circumferential surface and a forward end portion of the insulator; and a ground electrode welded to the end surface, the method comprising: a welding step of welding the ground electrode to the end surface; the method being characterized by: a shaping step which is performed after the welding step so as to form the inner circumferential surface, through shaping, on the metallic shell having the ground electrode welded to the end surface of the metallic shell. a welding step of welding the ground electrode to the end surface; the method being characterized by: a shaping step which is performed after the welding step so as to form the inner circumferential surface, through shaping, on the metallic shell having the ground electrode welded to the end surface of the metallic shell.
A roof window comprising a frame, a sash, and a pane, in which the frame comprises a set of frame members including a top frame member, two side frame members (22, 23) and a bottom frame member and the sash comprises a set of sash members including a top sash member, two side sash members (32, 33) and a bottom sash member, and the sash is configured to be tophung during normal use in that the sash is intended to be rotated about a substantially horizontal hinge axis at or near the top frame member and top sash member, the sash being openable relative to the frame from a closed position to an open position within a predefined opening angle by means of an operating assembly in a mounted condition of the roof window, the operating assembly comprising a sash fitting, a spindle part with a spindle connected to a socket fitting via a nut part, the sash fitting being connected to the bottom sash member and the socket fitting being connected to the bottom frame member in a mounted condition of the operating assembly such that upon rotation of the spindle part relative to the nut part, the bottom sash member is moved relative to the bottom frame member, characterised in that in a supply condition of the roof window, the sash fitting is connected to the bottom sash member of the roof window whereas the spindle part with the nut part and the socket fitting are provided separately from the roof window, and in that in the supply condition of the roof window, a transportation fitting is connected to the sash fitting and to the bottom frame member such that the sash is held stationary relative to the frame. the frame comprises a set of frame members including a top frame member, two side frame members (22, 23) and a bottom frame member and the sash comprises a set of sash members including a top sash member, two side sash members (32, 33) and a bottom sash member, and the sash is configured to be tophung during normal use in that the sash is intended to be rotated about a substantially horizontal hinge axis at or near the top frame member and top sash member, the sash being openable relative to the frame from a closed position to an open position within a predefined opening angle by means of an operating assembly in a mounted condition of the roof window, the operating assembly comprising a sash fitting, a spindle part with a spindle connected to a socket fitting via a nut part, the sash fitting being connected to the bottom sash member and the socket fitting being connected to the bottom frame member in a mounted condition of the operating assembly such that upon rotation of the spindle part relative to the nut part, the bottom sash member is moved relative to the bottom frame member, characterised in that in a supply condition of the roof window, the sash fitting is connected to the bottom sash member of the roof window whereas the spindle part with the nut part and the socket fitting are provided separately from the roof window, and in that in the supply condition of the roof window, a transportation fitting is connected to the sash fitting and to the bottom frame member such that the sash is held stationary relative to the frame.
A method to obtain a modified isolated peptide or polypeptide with reduced capacity to activate NKT cells comprising the steps of: a. identification of at least one CD1d restricted NKT cell epitope within the natural amino acid sequence of said peptide wherein said epitope comprises the [FWTHY]-X 2 X 3 -[ILMV]-X 5 X 6 -[FWTHY] motif with hydrophobic amino acid residues in position P1 and/or P7 b. elimination of at least one CD1d-restricted NKT epitope by substituting or deletion of at least one hydrophobic aminoacid residue in position P1 and/or P7 with a non-hydrophobic residue or by addition of at least one amino acid in any location within said epitope. a. identification of at least one CD1d restricted NKT cell epitope within the natural amino acid sequence of said peptide wherein said epitope comprises the [FWTHY]-X 2 X 3 -[ILMV]-X 5 X 6 -[FWTHY] motif with hydrophobic amino acid residues in position P1 and/or P7 b. elimination of at least one CD1d-restricted NKT epitope by substituting or deletion of at least one hydrophobic aminoacid residue in position P1 and/or P7 with a non-hydrophobic residue or by addition of at least one amino acid in any location within said epitope.
A driver assistance system comprising: an image sensor mounted to a vehicle to have a field of view forward of the vehicle and configured to acquire image data; a radar mounted to the vehicle to have a field of sensing toward the outside of the vehicle and configured to acquire radar data; and a controller including at least one processor, communicatively connected to the image sensor and radar, and configured to process the image data acquired by the image sensor and the radar data acquired by the radar, wherein the controller detects a stationary obstacle, which is located in a stationary manner ahead of the vehicle, based on at least one of the image data or the radar data, determines a monitoring range around a location of the stationary obstacle based on the radar data, identifies an object present within the monitoring range based on the radar data, determines the object as a collision candidate based on a speed of the object in a direction toward a lane along which the vehicle travels, and determines whether the collision candidate is a pedestrian based on image data of the object acquired by the image sensor, said driver assistance system being characterized in that: the controller is further configured to update the monitoring range based on a distance between the vehicle and the stationary obstacle. an image sensor mounted to a vehicle to have a field of view forward of the vehicle and configured to acquire image data; a radar mounted to the vehicle to have a field of sensing toward the outside of the vehicle and configured to acquire radar data; and a controller including at least one processor, communicatively connected to the image sensor and radar, and configured to process the image data acquired by the image sensor and the radar data acquired by the radar, wherein the controller detects a stationary obstacle, which is located in a stationary manner ahead of the vehicle, based on at least one of the image data or the radar data, determines a monitoring range around a location of the stationary obstacle based on the radar data, identifies an object present within the monitoring range based on the radar data, determines the object as a collision candidate based on a speed of the object in a direction toward a lane along which the vehicle travels, and determines whether the collision candidate is a pedestrian based on image data of the object acquired by the image sensor, said driver assistance system being characterized in that: the controller is further configured to update the monitoring range based on a distance between the vehicle and the stationary obstacle.
The use of an absorptive element to be applied to human or animal skin surfaces in the area of wounds, consisting of a) an outer sheath that is permeable to fluid substances, and b) an inner layer that is surrounded by the sheath and that consists essentially of a mixture of an amount of highly osmotically active substances, namely, superabsorber particles, with an amount of osmotically relatively weak or osmotically inactive substances such as cellulose, whereby c) more than 40% by weight of the inner layer consists of osmotically active substances, so that the inner layer is filled up with osmotically active substances in such a way that an osmotic pressure can be exerted onto a wound with the wound fluids present therein and, via this pressure, the wound fluid can be withdrawn from the organism that is to be treated, as a result of which an interstitial normohydration of tissue can be promoted in the superficial wound region as well as in the deep tissue in that the body's own fluids are conveyed into the absorptive element in the flow direction towards the skin surface of the patient, for the production of a bandage by means of which the superabsorber particles withdraw wound exudate out of the wound bed. a) an outer sheath that is permeable to fluid substances, and b) an inner layer that is surrounded by the sheath and that consists essentially of a mixture of an amount of highly osmotically active substances, namely, superabsorber particles, with an amount of osmotically relatively weak or osmotically inactive substances such as cellulose, c) more than 40% by weight of the inner layer consists of osmotically active substances,
Apparatus (5, 20, 50) adapted to generate pure torsional-mode ultrasonic vibrations, comprising a co-axially aligned array of piezo-electric elements having a substantially co-axially extending first conversion element (1, 53) mounted directly to said array, wherein said first conversion element comprises a cross-sectional inhomogeneity of generally helical symmetry extending from adjacent a proximal end of the first conversion element to adjacent a distal end of the first conversion element.
A system for relieving high blood sugar factor of diabetes, comprising an energy wave generator, the energy wave generator including a user interface, a control unit, a database, an energy wave output unit with a set of electrode sheets and an energy wave's frequency control mode, the energy wave's frequency control mode including multiple controls in multiple energy wave generation periods respectively, the multiple controls acting on the energy wave generator configured to generate and emit energy waves each with a corresponding base frequency and a corresponding energy density in the multiple energy wave generation periods to effect on a body of a diabetic patient, the energy density of each energy wave being calculated by one corresponding base frequency (freq.) between 1∼18150Hz, a sweep bandwidth (Width) of the corresponding base frequency, an emission rate (D%) and a total time of emission in a duty cycle, so that the energy waves with the corresponding energy densities within values of 0.99∼7.25, the value of the energy density of each energy wave based on the corresponding base frequency being calculated by the following formula: ED=log 10 (freq. ×D% × (2Width + 1) × +1); characterized in that the multiple controls are a 1st control and a 9th control, the 1st and 9th controls act on the energy wave generator in the multiple energy wave generation periods to output two sets of energy waves with corresponding 1st and 9th sets of base frequencies between 18150∼4990 Hz and 35∼15 Hz respectively, and with corresponding 1st and 9th sets of energy densities between 2.46∼6.28 and 1.41∼4.48 respectively, or in that the multiple controls are a 1st, a 3rd, a 5th, a 7th and a 9th control, the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th control act on the energy wave generator in the multiple energy wave generation periods to output five sets of energy waves with corresponding 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th sets of base frequencies between 18150∼4990 Hz, 890∼720 Hz, 310∼90 Hz, 20∼5 Hz and 35∼15 Hz respectively, and with corresponding 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th sets of energy densities between 2.46∼6.28, 2.21∼7.21, 1.85∼6.15, 1.39∼3.62 and 1.41∼4.48 respectively, or in that the multiple controls are a 1st, a 2nd, a 3rd, a 4th, a 5th, a 6th, a 7th, a 8th and a 9th control, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th controls act on the energy wave generator in the multiple energy wave generation periods outputs nine sets of energy waves with corresponding 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th sets of base frequencies between 18150∼4990 Hz, 2130∼1230 Hz, 890∼720 Hz, 620∼455 Hz, 310∼90 Hz, 45∼1 Hz, 20∼5Hz, 15∼5Hz and 35∼15 Hz respectively, and with corresponding 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th sets of energy densities between 2.46∼6.28, 2.28∼7.25, 2.21∼7.21, 2.14∼7.02, 1.85∼6.15, 0.99∼5.20, 1.39∼3.62, 1.39∼3.62 and 1.41∼4.48 respectively.
Amplification system comprising: • a crest factor reduction module configured to clip the input signal and • a digital pre-distortion module configured to pre-distort the clipped signal and • at least one power amplifier configured to amplify the pre-distorted signal and within this amplification system; • the crest factor reduction module is configured to pass an information representing a Peak Average Ratio of the input signal to the digital pre-distortion module and to the power amplifier, and • the crest factor reduction module is configured to dynamically adapt a clipping radius according to a load factor and/or a modulation of the input signal and • the digital pre-distortion module being configured to pre distort the clipped signal based on the information this amplification system also comprising • a drain bias controller, providing a drain bias voltage, based on the information, to the power amplifier; and • a gate bias controller, providing a gate bias voltage, based on the information, to the power amplifier. • a crest factor reduction module configured to clip the input signal and • a digital pre-distortion module configured to pre-distort the clipped signal and • at least one power amplifier configured to amplify the pre-distorted signal and within this amplification system; • the crest factor reduction module is configured to pass an information representing a Peak Average Ratio of the input signal to the digital pre-distortion module and to the power amplifier, and • the crest factor reduction module is configured to dynamically adapt a clipping radius according to a load factor and/or a modulation of the input signal and • the digital pre-distortion module being configured to pre distort the clipped signal based on the information • a drain bias controller, providing a drain bias voltage, based on the information, to the power amplifier; and • a gate bias controller, providing a gate bias voltage, based on the information, to the power amplifier.
A method comprising: receiving, by one or more processors, a request to operate a vehicle in an autonomous driving mode; in response to receiving the request, accessing protocol data and using the protocol data to assess, by the one or more processors, (i) the status of the vehicle's environment, (ii) the vehicle, and systems of the vehicle, and (iii) a driver of the vehicle; generating, by the one or more processors, a set of tasks based on a plurality of preventative conditions identified from the assessments, wherein a task of the set of tasks includes properly buckling a seat belt, each task of the set of tasks being assigned a priority level; selecting a first task based on the priority levels of the set of tasks; displaying, by the one or more processors on a display of the vehicle, the first task and one or more other tasks of the set of tasks in an ordered sequence; only upon determining that all of the tasks of the set of tasks are completed, allowing, by the one or more processors, the vehicle to switch from a manual driving mode to the autonomous driving mode. receiving, by one or more processors, a request to operate a vehicle in an autonomous driving mode; in response to receiving the request, accessing protocol data and using the protocol data to assess, by the one or more processors, (i) the status of the vehicle's environment, (ii) the vehicle, and systems of the vehicle, and (iii) a driver of the vehicle; generating, by the one or more processors, a set of tasks based on a plurality of preventative conditions identified from the assessments, wherein a task of the set of tasks includes properly buckling a seat belt, each task of the set of tasks being assigned a priority level; selecting a first task based on the priority levels of the set of tasks; displaying, by the one or more processors on a display of the vehicle, the first task and one or more other tasks of the set of tasks in an ordered sequence; only upon determining that all of the tasks of the set of tasks are completed, allowing, by the one or more processors, the vehicle to switch from a manual driving mode to the autonomous driving mode.
A method of increasing the luminescence efficiency of titanium-doped oxide crystal, suitable as a laser material, selected from crystal matrices Al 2 O 3, Y 3 Al 5 O 12, YAlO 3, MgAlO 4, LaMgAl 11 O 10, characterised in that it comprises the step of tempering the oxide crystal at a temperature from 1750 °C to 50 °C below the melting point of the oxide crystal in protecting atmosphere containing at least 40 volume percent of hydrogen and containing aluminium suboxide Al 2 O gas with a constant partial pressure, whereas the constant partial pressure of aluminium suboxide Al 2 O gas is achieved by surrounding titanium-doped oxide crystals in the tempering furnace by blanks from non-doped sapphire.
An anti-theft booth, particularly for parking spaces for two-wheeled vehicles such as bicycles and the like, which comprises two opposite accesses (11, 12), each of which is closed by one or two leaves (13, 14, 15, 16) that are moved by corresponding movement means, characterized in that in said anti-theft booth, means are provided for detecting the presence of a person and means for detecting the presence of a two-wheeled vehicle such as a bicycle and the like.
A composition for 3D printing comprising ceramic particles, and magnetic particles characterised by having at least two magnetic domains, wherein the magnetic domains are irregularly arranged when an external magnetic field is absent and wherein when an external magnetic field is applied, the magnetic directions of the magnetic domains are aligned, whereby the magnetic particles are magnetized, wherein the magnetic particles have an average particle size in a range of 20 to 300 nm.
A thermal barrier coating composition consisting of, by mole percent: 8% to 30% YO 1.5; 8% to 30% YbO 1.5 or GdO 1.5 or combination thereof; 8% to 30% TaO 2.5; 0% to 10% HfO 2; less than 1% unavoidable trace and/or impurity constituents; and a balance of ZrO 2. 8% to 30% YO 1.5; 8% to 30% YbO 1.5 or GdO 1.5 or combination thereof; 8% to 30% TaO 2.5; 0% to 10% HfO 2; less than 1% unavoidable trace and/or impurity constituents; and a balance of ZrO 2.