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A vehicle floor tub, comprising: a main panel having a bottom wall, a side wall, and a complex stress region, the complex stress region is located near a junction between the bottom wall and the side wall; a sound damping patch being smaller than the main panel and having a forming feature; and an adhesive layer being in contact with the main panel and the sound damping patch such that the adhesive layer bonds the main panel and the sound damping patch together, wherein the forming feature comprises a relief notch that is located along an outer perimeter of the sound damping patch near the complex stress region and is arranged to prevent some of the stress from the complex stress region from transferring from the main panel to the sound damping patch during a forming process where the main panel and the sound damping patch are formed together into the vehicle floor tub. a main panel having a bottom wall, a side wall, and a complex stress region, the complex stress region is located near a junction between the bottom wall and the side wall; a sound damping patch being smaller than the main panel and having a forming feature; and an adhesive layer being in contact with the main panel and the sound damping patch such that the adhesive layer bonds the main panel and the sound damping patch together, wherein the forming feature comprises a relief notch that is located along an outer perimeter of the sound damping patch near the complex stress region and is arranged to prevent some of the stress from the complex stress region from transferring from the main panel to the sound damping patch during a forming process where the main panel and the sound damping patch are formed together into the vehicle floor tub.
A method (700, 1200) for training a machine learning model characterised by comprising: Determining, for each of one or more federated learning clients (502, 602, 702, 1102), whether a training data of the respective federated learning client fulfils a predetermined similarity criterion to a test data of a federated learning server (501, 601, 701, 1101), and for each of the federated learning clients, if the training data of the respective federated learning client fulfils the predetermined similarity criterion, updating a first version of the machine learning model running on the federated learning server to a second version of the machine learning model using an update which is generated, using the training data of the respective federated learning client, by the respective federated learning client.
A method for programming luminaire position into a visible-light-communication, LCom, -enabled luminaire and broadcasting said position, the method comprising: providing a reference location of an LCom-enabled origin luminaire to a mobile computing device; receiving at a transceiver (170, 908) position information from the mobile computing device, wherein the position information is based on the reference location and an estimated displacement of the mobile computing device from the reference location; and determining the luminaire position of the LCom-enabled luminaire using the position information from the mobile computing device; broadcasting by the LCom-enabled luminaire the determined luminaire position when a confidence level is equal to or greater than a threshold, wherein the confidence level is adjusted based on a comparison of received position information from the mobile computing device with the determined luminaire position; wherein the LCom-enabled luminaire is broadcasting the determined luminaire position to the mobile computing device to provide navigation assistance to a user of the mobile computing device. providing a reference location of an LCom-enabled origin luminaire to a mobile computing device; receiving at a transceiver (170, 908) position information from the mobile computing device, wherein the position information is based on the reference location and an estimated displacement of the mobile computing device from the reference location; and determining the luminaire position of the LCom-enabled luminaire using the position information from the mobile computing device; broadcasting by the LCom-enabled luminaire the determined luminaire position when a confidence level is equal to or greater than a threshold, wherein the confidence level is adjusted based on a comparison of received position information from the mobile computing device with the determined luminaire position; wherein the LCom-enabled luminaire is broadcasting the determined luminaire position to the mobile computing device to provide navigation assistance to a user of the mobile computing device.
A passive thermostatic valve comprising: a first baffle member including a body having a hollow interior defining a flow passage and a discharge port in communication with the flow passage; characterised by a second baffle member extending within the hollow interior of the first baffle member, and a thermal actuator configured to passively move the first baffle member relative to the second baffle member between a plurality of positions influencing a flow through the discharge port and in response to a temperature. a first baffle member including a body having a hollow interior defining a flow passage and a discharge port in communication with the flow passage; characterised by a second baffle member extending within the hollow interior of the first baffle member, and a thermal actuator configured to passively move the first baffle member relative to the second baffle member between a plurality of positions influencing a flow through the discharge port and in response to a temperature.
Method for sorting a mixture of materials, wherein the mixture comprises at least one material, which contains foreign substances or has a specific composition and further comprises at least one fluorescent compound, the process comprising the steps of: i) optionally coarsely and/or finely comminuting the materials; ii) exciting at least one fluorescent compound in the material, which contains foreign substances or has a specific composition and further comprises at least one fluorescent compound; iii) detecting the material containing the excited fluorescent compound, which contains foreign substances or has a specific composition and further comprises at least one fluorescent compound; and iv) separating the detected material, which contains foreign substances or has a specific composition and further comprises at least one fluorescent compound, from the other materials; characterized in that the fluorescent compound comprises Anti-Stokes-crystals or -pigments. i) optionally coarsely and/or finely comminuting the materials; ii) exciting at least one fluorescent compound in the material, which contains foreign substances or has a specific composition and further comprises at least one fluorescent compound; iii) detecting the material containing the excited fluorescent compound, which contains foreign substances or has a specific composition and further comprises at least one fluorescent compound; and iv) separating the detected material, which contains foreign substances or has a specific composition and further comprises at least one fluorescent compound, from the other materials;
An illumination device suitable to illuminate a floor surface, the illumination device comprising: a housing; a light source provided in the housing; and an optical member provided in the housing and having an incidence plane via which light output from the light source enters the optical member, the housing or the optical member including an exit plane from which light passing through the optical member goes out of the housing, the exit plane having an area (S 2) smaller than an area (S 1) of the incidence plane, wherein the housing includes a hole section recessed from a surface of the housing, and the exit plane is located in the hole section, the optical member includes: a focusing lens configured to collect light emitted from the light source; characterized in that the optical member further comprises a light guide configured to guide light collected by the focusing lens to the exit plane, the light guide has a pair of inclined surfaces that are tilted such that a distance between the pair of inclined surfaces decreases toward the front, and the pair of inclined surfaces face each other in a width direction of the exit plane. a housing; a light source provided in the housing; and an optical member provided in the housing and having an incidence plane via which light output from the light source enters the optical member, the housing or the optical member including an exit plane from which light passing through the optical member goes out of the housing, the exit plane having an area (S 2) smaller than an area (S 1) of the incidence plane, wherein the housing includes a hole section recessed from a surface of the housing, and the exit plane is located in the hole section, the optical member includes: a focusing lens configured to collect light emitted from the light source; characterized in that the optical member further comprises a light guide configured to guide light collected by the focusing lens to the exit plane, a focusing lens configured to collect light emitted from the light source; characterized in that the optical member further comprises a light guide configured to guide light collected by the focusing lens to the exit plane, the light guide has a pair of inclined surfaces that are tilted such that a distance between the pair of inclined surfaces decreases toward the front, and the pair of inclined surfaces face each other in a width direction of the exit plane.
An antenna device including: a ground plane including a first surface; an array of spaced apart conductive antenna patches arranged substantially along a second surface that is parallel to and offset from said first surface; wherein the array of spaced apart conductive antenna patches form a self complementary or a checkerboard array of spaced apart conductive antenna patches; a plurality of driving circuits;a plurality of conductive feed interconnections each including a pair of feed conductors, wherein each conductive feed interconnection including the pair of feed conductors is associated with a particular polarization state, connected to an associated driving circuit, and capacitively coupled to two neighbouring conductive antenna patches between pairs of nearest corners, thereby to provide a capacitive coupling between the conductive antenna patches and the driving circuits to electrically drive the conductive antenna patches at the particular polarization state; and wherein each feed conductor of a conductive feed interconnection projects through an aperture in said ground plane and includes a thickness configured to provide a complementary series inductance to said capacitive coupling to improve the impedance matching between the conductive feed interconnections and the conductive antenna patches. a ground plane including a first surface; an array of spaced apart conductive antenna patches arranged substantially along a second surface that is parallel to and offset from said first surface; wherein the array of spaced apart conductive antenna patches form a self complementary or a checkerboard array of spaced apart conductive antenna patches; a plurality of driving circuits;a plurality of conductive feed interconnections each including a pair of feed conductors, wherein each conductive feed interconnection including the pair of feed conductors is associated with a particular polarization state, connected to an associated driving circuit, and capacitively coupled to two neighbouring conductive antenna patches between pairs of nearest corners, thereby to provide a capacitive coupling between the conductive antenna patches and the driving circuits to electrically drive the conductive antenna patches at the particular polarization state; and wherein each feed conductor of a conductive feed interconnection projects through an aperture in said ground plane and includes a thickness configured to provide a complementary series inductance to said capacitive coupling to improve the impedance matching between the conductive feed interconnections and the conductive antenna patches.
Method for packaging small-sized articles, in particular confectionery such as hard or soft caramels, chocolate pieces or the like, in which an article and a packaging material (3a, 4) are combined to a semi-finished product and transported within a packaging device and the semi-finished product is packaged as a finished packaged article, characterized in that the semi-finished product is transported at least partially by grasping the packaging material (3a, 4) without grasping the article.
An arrangement for dehumidifying the interior of an off-shore installation (2a,2b), in particular a wind energy plant, said interior being sealed off or at least substantially sealed off from air exchange with the exterior of said off-shore installation (2a,2b); said dehumidifying arrangement comprising - an air-inlet for allowing intake of air from the exterior of said off-shore installation (2a,2b), - a salt filter, - a dehumidifier unit, - an intake air flow path leading said intake air from said air-inlet to said dehumidifier unit via said salt filter; - a flow path for desalted and dehumidified air leading from said dehumidifier unit to the interior of said off-shore installation (2a,2b); - a regeneration flow path leading air from said interior to an air outlet via said dehumidifier unit wherein said dehumidifying arrangement further comprises - an air mixing unit positioned in said intake air flow path upstream to said salt filter; and - a return flow path arranged to direct a portion of a flow of said desalted and dehumidified air from said dehumidifier unit to said mixing unit; - and/or a first recirculation flow path leading air from said interior to said mixing unit. - an air-inlet for allowing intake of air from the exterior of said off-shore installation (2a,2b), - a salt filter, - a dehumidifier unit, - an intake air flow path leading said intake air from said air-inlet to said dehumidifier unit via said salt filter; - a flow path for desalted and dehumidified air leading from said dehumidifier unit to the interior of said off-shore installation (2a,2b); - a regeneration flow path leading air from said interior to an air outlet via said dehumidifier unit - an air mixing unit positioned in said intake air flow path upstream to said salt filter; and - a return flow path arranged to direct a portion of a flow of said desalted and dehumidified air from said dehumidifier unit to said mixing unit; - and/or a first recirculation flow path leading air from said interior to said mixing unit.
A solar cell, comprising: a first conductive type substrate; an emitter layer of a second conductive type opposite the first conductive type, the emitter layer and the substrate forming a p-n junction; an anti-reflection layer positioned on the emitter layer; a plurality of front electrodes passing through the anti-reflection layer and being electrically connected to the emitter layer, at least one of the plurality of front electrodes including a first front electrode layer (141a1), and a second front electrode layer positioned on an upper surface and a lateral surface of the first front electrode layer (141a1); and a second electrode electrically connected to the substrate, characterized in that the at least one of the plurality of front electrodes includes a plurality of first electrode auxiliaries (141a2) separated from the first front electrode layer (141a1) and positioned around the first front electrode layer (141a1), wherein the second front electrode layer is positioned on an upper surface and a lateral surface of each of the plurality of first electrode auxiliaries (141a2), wherein a width of each of the plurality of first electrode auxiliaries (141a2) is smaller than a width of the first front electrode layer (141a1). a first conductive type substrate; an emitter layer of a second conductive type opposite the first conductive type, the emitter layer and the substrate forming a p-n junction; an anti-reflection layer positioned on the emitter layer; a plurality of front electrodes passing through the anti-reflection layer and being electrically connected to the emitter layer, at least one of the plurality of front electrodes including a first front electrode layer (141a1), and a second front electrode layer positioned on an upper surface and a lateral surface of the first front electrode layer (141a1); and a second electrode electrically connected to the substrate, characterized in that the at least one of the plurality of front electrodes includes a plurality of first electrode auxiliaries (141a2) separated from the first front electrode layer (141a1) and positioned around the first front electrode layer (141a1), wherein the second front electrode layer is positioned on an upper surface and a lateral surface of each of the plurality of first electrode auxiliaries (141a2), wherein a width of each of the plurality of first electrode auxiliaries (141a2) is smaller than a width of the first front electrode layer (141a1).
A temperature sensor apparatus for a water storage apparatus in which an amount of hot water stored can be determined by the vertical position of a hot/cold water boundary, the apparatus comprising: a plurality of temperature sensors for installation at different levels in the water storage apparatus, and a control unit, characterised in that the control unit is arranged to, in use, select one of the temperature sensors to indicate a hot water storage parameter, the parameter relating to the position of the hot/cold water boundary, and to optimise the value of the parameter by selecting a sensor at a different level based on a desired operating condition.
A method of selecting a population of plants with a high energy use efficiency comprising the steps of: a. providing a starting population consisting of a plurality of individual plants which are genetically identical and true-breeding; b. isolating a tissue sample or explant from individual plants of said population in a manner which allows further cultivation of said sampled individual plants; c. optionally, culturing said tissue samples or explants under conditions which activate the metabolism in said plants; d. determining the cellular respiration rate of said individual plants by analyzing said samples of said plants; e. selecting a number of plants wherein said sample exhibits a cellular respiration which is lower, preferably is significantly lower, than the average cellular respiration of samples from said population; f. growing the selected plants and propagating from each of the selected plants a line of cloned progeny plants by vegetative multiplication; g. determining the energy use efficiency for each line of cloned progeny plants; h. selecting a line of cloned plants wherein said energy use efficiency is higher, than the average of the energy use efficiency of all lines of cloned progeny plants, preferably select the line of cloned progeny plants with the highest energy use efficiency; i. growing a population of individual plants from said selected line of cloned progeny plants; and j. reiterating at least once steps b to i on said subsequent population. a. providing a starting population consisting of a plurality of individual plants which are genetically identical and true-breeding; b. isolating a tissue sample or explant from individual plants of said population in a manner which allows further cultivation of said sampled individual plants; c. optionally, culturing said tissue samples or explants under conditions which activate the metabolism in said plants; d. determining the cellular respiration rate of said individual plants by analyzing said samples of said plants; e. selecting a number of plants wherein said sample exhibits a cellular respiration which is lower, preferably is significantly lower, than the average cellular respiration of samples from said population; f. growing the selected plants and propagating from each of the selected plants a line of cloned progeny plants by vegetative multiplication; g. determining the energy use efficiency for each line of cloned progeny plants; h. selecting a line of cloned plants wherein said energy use efficiency is higher, than the average of the energy use efficiency of all lines of cloned progeny plants, preferably select the line of cloned progeny plants with the highest energy use efficiency; i. growing a population of individual plants from said selected line of cloned progeny plants; and j. reiterating at least once steps b to i on said subsequent population.
A shell-and-tube heat exchanger assembly, comprising: a first tubesheet configured for being secured to a shell of the shell-and-tube heat exchanger assembly, the first tubesheet including: a first section and a second section; the second section configured to be secured to a first shell end of the shell; and the first section including a plurality of holes configured to support a respective plurality of aluminum tubes extending through the shell, wherein the first section is configured to limit a galvanic response of the plurality of aluminum tubes when exposed to a chiller water; wherein the first section is a radially inner section and the second section is a radially exterior section; characterized in that: the first section is an insert having a rectangular surface area and is secured to a rectangular cutout in the second section, the first section is press fit into the second section or the first section is welded to the second section, the second section being disc shaped; and a first plenum that is a water-box is secured to the first section, the first section having a surface area that is at least as large as a contact area between the first plenum and the first section. a first section and a second section; the second section configured to be secured to a first shell end of the shell; and the first section including a plurality of holes configured to support a respective plurality of aluminum tubes extending through the shell, wherein the first section is configured to limit a galvanic response of the plurality of aluminum tubes when exposed to a chiller water; wherein the first section is a radially inner section and the second section is a radially exterior section; characterized in that: the first section is an insert having a rectangular surface area and is secured to a rectangular cutout in the second section, the first section is press fit into the second section or the first section is welded to the second section, the second section being disc shaped; and a first plenum that is a water-box is secured to the first section, the first section having a surface area that is at least as large as a contact area between the first plenum and the first section. the first section is an insert having a rectangular surface area and is secured to a rectangular cutout in the second section, the first section is press fit into the second section or the first section is welded to the second section, the second section being disc shaped; and a first plenum that is a water-box is secured to the first section, the first section having a surface area that is at least as large as a contact area between the first plenum and the first section.