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A gas turbine engine structure comprising: a structure body spanning a radially inner platform and a radially outer platform, the structure body having a leading edge, a trailing edge, a first pressure surface connecting the leading edge to the trailing edge, and a second suction surface connecting the leading edge to the trailing edge; characterised by a first passage interior to said structure body wherein said first passage is connected to a corresponding outer diameter passage through said radially outer platform and a fluid outlet in said radially inner platform, to allow a fluid to pass through the structure; and a second passage interior to said structure body, wherein said second passage is approximately aligned with said first passage, said second passage is disposed between said first passage and one of said first pressure surface and said second suction surface, and said second passage insulates said first passage from heat transfer through said one of said first pressure surface and said second suction surface; wherein said outer diameter passage is configured to be connected to a coolant source, said first passage is connected to a plenum in said radially inner platform, said plenum is configured to provide a coolant flow to said second passage, and said plenum includes the fluid outlet, which is configured to outlet a portion of fluid in said first passage to another engine system. a structure body spanning a radially inner platform and a radially outer platform, the structure body having a leading edge, a trailing edge, a first pressure surface connecting the leading edge to the trailing edge, and a second suction surface connecting the leading edge to the trailing edge; characterised by a first passage interior to said structure body wherein said first passage is connected to a corresponding outer diameter passage through said radially outer platform and a fluid outlet in said radially inner platform, to allow a fluid to pass through the structure; and a second passage interior to said structure body, wherein said second passage is approximately aligned with said first passage, said second passage is disposed between said first passage and one of said first pressure surface and said second suction surface, and said second passage insulates said first passage from heat transfer through said one of said first pressure surface and said second suction surface; wherein said outer diameter passage is configured to be connected to a coolant source, said first passage is connected to a plenum in said radially inner platform, said plenum is configured to provide a coolant flow to said second passage, and said plenum includes the fluid outlet, which is configured to outlet a portion of fluid in said first passage to another engine system.
An apparatus for treating an eye having a cornea, the apparatus comprising: a cornea profiling system to measure a profile of a posterior surface of the cornea; a laser to generate a laser beam; and a processor comprising a tangible medium coupled to the laser and configured to receive data from the cornea profiling system, the tangible medium embodying instructions to cause the processor to determine an incision profile based on the posterior surface of the cornea, characterised in that the cornea profiling apparatus is configured to identify folds of the posterior surface of the cornea and wherein the tangible medium comprises instructions to cause the processor to define the incision profile with folds similar to the Surface folds of the posterior surface of the cornea to inhibit resection of lamella of the stroma of the cornea.
A device for storing heat energy/cold energy, comprising - a container comprising a wall comprising a first interface suitable for letting a fluid into the device and a second interface suitable for letting the fluid out of the device, - a plurality of storage elements arranged in said container and configured to store heat energy/cold energy supplied by the fluid, which container has at least one perforated internal wall (105, 105 1, 105 2, 105 3, 105 4, 105 5) comprising openings of dimensions smaller than the dimensions of the storage elements and defining a first compartment (13 1) and at least one second compartment (13 2) in the container, the plurality of storage elements being distributed in the first compartment (13 1) and in said at least one second compartment (13 2), characterized in that the device comprises drainage holes (30 1, 30 2, 30 3, 30 4) for draining condensates out of the storage device, which drainage holes (30 1, 30 2, 30 3, 30 4) are distinct from the first and second interfaces (110, 111) and are made in the wall of the container at the lowest level of the wall of said container, and in that each compartment (13 1, 13 2) has a drainage hole (30 1, 30 2, 30 3, 30 4). - a container comprising a wall comprising a first interface suitable for letting a fluid into the device and a second interface suitable for letting the fluid out of the device, - a plurality of storage elements arranged in said container and configured to store heat energy/cold energy supplied by the fluid, which container has at least one perforated internal wall (105, 105 1, 105 2, 105 3, 105 4, 105 5) comprising openings of dimensions smaller than the dimensions of the storage elements and defining a first compartment (13 1) and at least one second compartment (13 2) in the container, the plurality of storage elements being distributed in the first compartment (13 1) and in said at least one second compartment (13 2), characterized in that the device comprises drainage holes (30 1, 30 2, 30 3, 30 4) for draining condensates out of the storage device, which drainage holes (30 1, 30 2, 30 3, 30 4) are distinct from the first and second interfaces (110, 111) and are made in the wall of the container at the lowest level of the wall of said container, and in that each compartment (13 1, 13 2) has a drainage hole (30 1, 30 2, 30 3, 30 4).
A semi-transparent thin film photovoltaic device comprising at least: - a transparent substrate; - a front electrode made of an electrically conductive and transparent material and disposed on the transparent substrate; - one or more photoactive layers called absorber; - a back electrode made of a stack of at least: ∘ an oxidizable metallic conductive layer in contact with said absorber; ∘ a metallic barrier layer homogeneously deposited on the whole of said metallic conductive layer and allowing to suppress the appearance of a native oxide of said metallic conductive layer; - a metallic contact layer; - a contact zone of the type back electrode/metal contact layer; wherein the thickness E1 of said metallic barrier layer is greater than 5% of the thickness E2 of said metallic conductive layer and is greater than 5 nm. - a transparent substrate; - a front electrode made of an electrically conductive and transparent material and disposed on the transparent substrate; - one or more photoactive layers called absorber; - a back electrode made of a stack of at least: ∘ an oxidizable metallic conductive layer in contact with said absorber; ∘ a metallic barrier layer homogeneously deposited on the whole of said metallic conductive layer and allowing to suppress the appearance of a native oxide of said metallic conductive layer; ∘ an oxidizable metallic conductive layer in contact with said absorber; ∘ a metallic barrier layer homogeneously deposited on the whole of said metallic conductive layer and allowing to suppress the appearance of a native oxide of said metallic conductive layer; - a metallic contact layer; - a contact zone of the type back electrode/metal contact layer; wherein the thickness E1 of said metallic barrier layer is greater than 5% of the thickness E2 of said metallic conductive layer and is greater than 5 nm.
A process for modifying dihydrate gypsum, comprising: a calcination step of subjecting the dihydrate gypsum as a starting raw material to calcination at a calcination temperature from 100°C to 250 °C to convert the dihydrate gypsum into hemihydrate gypsum, a recrystallization step comprising forming the obtained hemihydrate gypsum into a slurry in the presence of a surfactant and/or a defoaming agent, wherein a solid concentration of the slurry is set from 10 to 50 wt%, and hydrating and recrystallizing the hemihydrate gypsum in the presence of the surfactant and/or the defoaming agent into dihydrate gypsum, and a step of separating, from a slurry after completion of the recrystallization step, the modified dihydrate gypsum by an elutriation method, wherein in the recrystallization step, the surfactant and/or the defoaming agent is incorporated in a range of from 0.01 to 0.2 wt% in total based on the dihydrate gypsum as the raw material. a calcination step of subjecting the dihydrate gypsum as a starting raw material to calcination at a calcination temperature from 100°C to 250 °C to convert the dihydrate gypsum into hemihydrate gypsum, a recrystallization step comprising forming the obtained hemihydrate gypsum into a slurry in the presence of a surfactant and/or a defoaming agent, wherein a solid concentration of the slurry is set from 10 to 50 wt%, and hydrating and recrystallizing the hemihydrate gypsum in the presence of the surfactant and/or the defoaming agent into dihydrate gypsum, and a step of separating, from a slurry after completion of the recrystallization step, the modified dihydrate gypsum by an elutriation method, wherein in the recrystallization step, the surfactant and/or the defoaming agent is incorporated in a range of from 0.01 to 0.2 wt% in total based on the dihydrate gypsum as the raw material.
An optical data bus transceiver comprising: a transmitter connected to an optical bus and configured, in conjunction with another transmitter (112', 120), to produce on the optical bus a summation signal during a first interval and a disambiguation signal during a second interval; and a receiver configured to receive the summation signal, wherein the summation signal comprises a summation of separate data signals from each of the transceiver transmitter and the other transmitter (112', 120), and wherein the disambiguation signal comprises information to resolve bit ambiguities in the summation signal, a bit ambiguity resulting from a summation of data bits in each of the respective data signals during a symbol period of the first interval, characterised by: the optical data bus transceiver configured to subtract from the summation signal the separate data signal of the optical data bus transceiver transmitter, the subtraction regenerating the separate data signal of the other transmitter (112', 120) to produce the disambiguation signal. a transmitter connected to an optical bus and configured, in conjunction with another transmitter (112', 120), to produce on the optical bus a summation signal during a first interval and a disambiguation signal during a second interval; and a receiver configured to receive the summation signal, the optical data bus transceiver configured to subtract from the summation signal the separate data signal of the optical data bus transceiver transmitter, the subtraction regenerating the separate data signal of the other transmitter (112', 120) to produce the disambiguation signal.
Lighting device for a motor vehicle or for a motor vehicle headlamp system, the lighting device comprising: - a luminous means for generating and emitting light, - a light guide, wherein the light of the illuminant is coupled into the light guide and is coupled out at an outcoupling surface of the light guide, wherein the light guide has a first region and a curved region which adjoins the first region wherein the decoupling surface extends over the first and the curved region and is formed such that the light beams are oriented parallel to each other after decoupling from the first region, - a first optical element having a light input surface comprising a first portion and a second portion adjacent to the first portion, the first optical element being arranged with respect to the light guide such that light coupled out from the first region of the light guide is incident on the first portion of the light incident surface of the first optical element, and light coupled out from the curved portion of the light guide is incident on a partial portion of the second portion of the light incident surface of the first optical element, characterized in that the illumination device comprises a second optical element which is arranged between the curved region of the light guide and the second portion of the light entrance surface of the first optical element and is adapted to deflect light which is coupled out of the curved region of the light guide in such a way that the light, after passing through the second optical element, is deflected by the first optical element, light coupled out of the curved portion of the light guide in such a way that the light, after passing through the second optical element, impinges on the entire second portion of the light entrance surface of the first optical element. - a luminous means for generating and emitting light, - a light guide, wherein the light of the illuminant is coupled into the light guide and is coupled out at an outcoupling surface of the light guide, wherein the light guide has a first region and a curved region which adjoins the first region wherein the decoupling surface extends over the first and the curved region and is formed such that the light beams are oriented parallel to each other after decoupling from the first region, - a first optical element having a light input surface comprising a first portion and a second portion adjacent to the first portion, the first optical element being arranged with respect to the light guide such that light coupled out from the first region of the light guide is incident on the first portion of the light incident surface of the first optical element, and light coupled out from the curved portion of the light guide is incident on a partial portion of the second portion of the light incident surface of the first optical element,
Inspection system (100, 200, 300, 400) for detecting a particle and a scratch in a wall of a transparent cylinder having a longitudinal axis and a diameter, the inspection system comprising: - a light source (120, 220, 320, 420) able to illuminate a transparent cylinder, - a mask (110, 210, 310, 410) able to block at least part of the light coming from the light source, the light source (120, 220, 320, 420) and the mask (110, 210, 310, 410) being arranged such that, when the transparent cylinder is positioned in the system for inspection, the light source, the mask and the transparent cylinder are substantially aligned along an inspection axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said transparent cylinder and the mask (110, 210, 310, 410) is interposed between the light source (120, 220, 320, 420) and the transparent cylinder so as to prevent direct illumination from the light source of a first portion of the transparent cylinder having a width smaller than the diameter of the transparent cylinder while allowing illumination of a second portion of the transparent cylinder, - image acquisition means substantially aligned with the light source and the mask along the inspection axis, opposite the mask relative to the transparent cylinder, for acquiring an image of an illuminated portion and a non-illuminated portion of the transparent cylinder, the mask and the image acquisition means being configured so that a scratch present in the wall of the transparent cylinder, located in the second portion of the transparent cylinder, is visible by the acquisition means under direct illumination, and a particle present in the wall of the transparent cylinder, located in the first portion of said transparent cylinder and indirectly illuminated by light refracted by the second portion of the transparent cylinder, is visible by the acquisition means by contrast with the mask, wherein the mask is acting as a dark background. - a light source (120, 220, 320, 420) able to illuminate a transparent cylinder, - a mask (110, 210, 310, 410) able to block at least part of the light coming from the light source, the light source (120, 220, 320, 420) and the mask (110, 210, 310, 410) being arranged such that, when the transparent cylinder is positioned in the system for inspection, the light source, the mask and the transparent cylinder are substantially aligned along an inspection axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said transparent cylinder and the mask (110, 210, 310, 410) is interposed between the light source (120, 220, 320, 420) and the transparent cylinder so as to prevent direct illumination from the light source of a first portion of the transparent cylinder having a width smaller than the diameter of the transparent cylinder while allowing illumination of a second portion of the transparent cylinder, - image acquisition means substantially aligned with the light source and the mask along the inspection axis, opposite the mask relative to the transparent cylinder, for acquiring an image of an illuminated portion and a non-illuminated portion of the transparent cylinder,
A process for production of a mat or film comprising the steps of: passing a flow of one or more gaseous reactants into a reactor; reacting the one or more gaseous reactants within a reaction zone of the reactor to form an aerogel, wherein the gaseous reactants include a carbon source and a catalyst precursor decomposable into a catalyst; agglomerating the aerogel into an agglomerate; and applying a force to the agglomerate to displace it continuously away from the reaction zone whilst forming it into the mat or film. passing a flow of one or more gaseous reactants into a reactor; reacting the one or more gaseous reactants within a reaction zone of the reactor to form an aerogel, wherein the gaseous reactants include a carbon source and a catalyst precursor decomposable into a catalyst; agglomerating the aerogel into an agglomerate; and applying a force to the agglomerate to displace it continuously away from the reaction zone whilst forming it into the mat or film.
A stud to structure construction comprising: a weldable fastener having a fastener head with a first thickness along an axial direction of the fastener head, said fastener head having a first side and an opposite coupling side; an annular weldment portion disposed on the coupling side having a second thickness along the axial direction of the fastener head, said second head thickness being about 20% to about 35% of the first head thickness; a solid cylindrical shank disposed on the first side of the head and having an exterior surface, a portion of the exterior surface being threaded; characterized by a laminate with metal having a top laminate layer and a bottom laminate layer and an intermediate polymer layer coupled to the top laminate layer and the bottom laminate layer; and a weld fastening the fastener head to the laminate and partially coupling the top laminate layer to the bottom laminate layer. a weldable fastener having a fastener head with a first thickness along an axial direction of the fastener head, said fastener head having a first side and an opposite coupling side; an annular weldment portion disposed on the coupling side having a second thickness along the axial direction of the fastener head, said second head thickness being about 20% to about 35% of the first head thickness; a solid cylindrical shank disposed on the first side of the head and having an exterior surface, a portion of the exterior surface being threaded; characterized by a laminate with metal having a top laminate layer and a bottom laminate layer and an intermediate polymer layer coupled to the top laminate layer and the bottom laminate layer; and a weld fastening the fastener head to the laminate and partially coupling the top laminate layer to the bottom laminate layer.
A ratchet strap and buckle assembly comprising: - an adjustment ratchet strap comprising a ratchet strap end, and a plurality of ratchet teeth arranged thereon; and - a single-piece buckle having a locking tooth and a flexible top element; wherein the single-piece buckle comprises: - a passageway for receiving the ratchet strap end to be inserted therein, and - the flexible top element is configured to engage with at least one of the plurality of ratchet teeth using the locking tooth upon insertion of the adjustment ratchet strap, and characterized by - a small protruding ledge formed in a dividing channel, and a corresponding extension in an end of the locking tooth that are operable to regulate movement of the flexible top element; - moulded-in channels in the sides of the buckle that are operable to stabilise the adjustment ratchet strap inside the buckle and prevent inadvertently triggering release of the adjustment ratchet strap from the single-piece buckle through a general movement thereof, - the adjustment ratchet strap and the single-piece buckle comprising ladderlock bars (19A, 19B) for attachment of webbing therewith. - an adjustment ratchet strap comprising a ratchet strap end, and a plurality of ratchet teeth arranged thereon; and - a single-piece buckle having a locking tooth and a flexible top element; - a passageway for receiving the ratchet strap end to be inserted therein, and - the flexible top element is configured to engage with at least one of the plurality of ratchet teeth using the locking tooth upon insertion of the adjustment ratchet strap, and characterized by - a small protruding ledge formed in a dividing channel, and a corresponding extension in an end of the locking tooth that are operable to regulate movement of the flexible top element; - moulded-in channels in the sides of the buckle that are operable to stabilise the adjustment ratchet strap inside the buckle and prevent inadvertently triggering release of the adjustment ratchet strap from the single-piece buckle through a general movement thereof, - the adjustment ratchet strap and the single-piece buckle comprising ladderlock bars (19A, 19B) for attachment of webbing therewith.
A composition for use in treating a neurological disease in a patient in need thereof, wherein the composition comprises a recombinant AAV9 (rAAV9), and the use comprises delivering the composition to the patient by intrathecal, intracisternal or intracerebroventricular injection in combination with a non-ionic, low-osmolar contrast agent, wherein the rAAV9 comprises an rAAV9 genome including a therapeutic polynucleotide, wherein the rAAV9 genome is a single-stranded genome and/or the rAAV9 genome is a self-complementary genome and wherein the neurological disease is CLN1 disease, CLN2 disease, CLN3 disease, CLN4 disease, CLN5 disease, CLN6 disease, or CLN8 disease.
A method of producing a rubber compound comprising silica; said method comprising a step of dispersing the silica in a polymer base, and a following step of mixing the previously formed mixture with curing agents; the method being characterized in that the step of dispersing the silica in the polymer base comprises the following sequence of operations: - soaking said polymer base in a liquid silica precursor to form a swollen polymer; - adding said swollen polymer to an organic solvent, and continually stirring the swollen polymer solution; - adding water and a silica synthesizing catalyst to the swollen polymer solution; - precipitating a polymer gel matrix by adding a precipitating agent; - separating and washing the precipitated polymer gel matrix. - soaking said polymer base in a liquid silica precursor to form a swollen polymer; - adding said swollen polymer to an organic solvent, and continually stirring the swollen polymer solution; - adding water and a silica synthesizing catalyst to the swollen polymer solution; - precipitating a polymer gel matrix by adding a precipitating agent; - separating and washing the precipitated polymer gel matrix.