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A system for providing alternative communication paths between nodes, the system comprising: first and second Ethernet switches; a third Ethernet switch connected between the first and second Ethernet switches as part of a Layer-2 network; and a fourth Ethernet switch connected between the first and second Ethernet switches as part of the Layer-2 network, characterized in that the alternative communication paths are Layer-2 communication paths and the first Ethernet switch is operative for transmitting Ethernet frames having a destination address of the second Ethernet switch, wherein a first group of the Ethernet frames are carried only over a first communication path from the first Ethernet switch to the second Ethernet via the third Ethernet switch, and wherein a second group of the frames that is non-overlapping with the first group are carried only over a second communication path that is different from the first communication path from the first Ethernet switch to the second Ethernet switch via the fourth Ethernet switch, and wherein the Ethernet frames are assigned to be carried over the first and second communication paths based on the respective results of a hashing function applied to their respective header values in an header field. first and second Ethernet switches; a third Ethernet switch connected between the first and second Ethernet switches as part of a Layer-2 network; and a fourth Ethernet switch connected between the first and second Ethernet switches as part of the Layer-2 network, characterized in that the alternative communication paths are Layer-2 communication paths and the first Ethernet switch is operative for transmitting Ethernet frames having a destination address of the second Ethernet switch, wherein a first group of the Ethernet frames are carried only over a first communication path from the first Ethernet switch to the second Ethernet via the third Ethernet switch, and wherein a second group of the frames that is non-overlapping with the first group are carried only over a second communication path that is different from the first communication path from the first Ethernet switch to the second Ethernet switch via the fourth Ethernet switch, and wherein the Ethernet frames are assigned to be carried over the first and second communication paths based on the respective results of a hashing function applied to their respective header values in an header field.
A tubular element for use in the manufacture of a filter of a smoking article, the tubular element comprising a first and a second layer wound of substantially continuous strips (100, 102) of a cellulose-fibre-based web material, the strips (100, 102) having predetermined thickness and width, wherein the web material is coated on a first surface with an activatable polymer and the first surface of the web material in the first layer faces the first surface of the web material in the second layer, and wherein an external diameter of the tubular element is substantially uniform over a given length.
A method for preparing a reverberation signal for playback using headphones, the reverberation signal corresponding to a virtual sound source signal originating at a specified location in a local listener environment, the method comprising: Generating, using a processor circuit, a reverberation signal for the virtual sound source signal using information about a reference impulse response for a reference environment and information about a local reverberation decay for the local listener environment; characterised by Scaling, using the processor circuit, the reverberation signal for the virtual sound source signal according to a relationship between volume characteristics of the local listener environment and the reference environment. Generating, using a processor circuit, a reverberation signal for the virtual sound source signal using information about a reference impulse response for a reference environment and information about a local reverberation decay for the local listener environment; characterised by Scaling, using the processor circuit, the reverberation signal for the virtual sound source signal according to a relationship between volume characteristics of the local listener environment and the reference environment.
A tape assembly configured to be attached to a rotary connector, comprising: a tape body comprising a plurality of tape portions and a connecting portion integrally formed in the tape body, the plurality of tape portions differing in length in a length direction, and the connecting portion connecting the plurality of tape portions to each other at end portions in a length direction of the plurality of tape portions in a folded state, the plurality of tape portions each comprising openings near both ends in the length direction of each of the plurality of tape portions, the openings being configured to allow the tape body to be attached to the rotary connector. a tape body comprising a plurality of tape portions and a connecting portion integrally formed in the tape body, the plurality of tape portions differing in length in a length direction, and the connecting portion connecting the plurality of tape portions to each other at end portions in a length direction of the plurality of tape portions in a folded state, the plurality of tape portions each comprising openings near both ends in the length direction of each of the plurality of tape portions, the openings being configured to allow the tape body to be attached to the rotary connector.
Dielectric insulation medium comprising a hydrofluoro monoether, characterized in that the hydrofluoro monoether contains at least three carbon atoms.
An introducer for introducing a surgical circular stapler having a handle portion, an elongated shaft protruding from the handle portion, and stapling head coupled to the elongated shaft into a patient, said introducer comprising: a hollow flexible sheath having a distal end and an open proximal end, said hollow flexible sheath sized to receive the stapling head and at least a portion of the elongated shaft therein; a rigid cap assembly attached to said distal end of said hollow flexible sheath, said rigid cap assembly configured to selectively move between a closed position wherein a distal face of the stapling head is covered when inserted therein and an open position wherein said cap assembly may be withdrawn from around the stapling head and elongated shaft; and a release arrangement interfacing with said rigid cap assembly such that upon an application of a release motion thereto, said rigid cap is movable from said closed position to said open position, wherein said release arrangement comprises: a latch member interfacing with said rigid cap assembly; and a release member for application of the release motion coupled to said latch member and being coextensive with said hollow sheath such that a distal portion of said release member is accessible from the handle portion of the circular stapler when the stapling head thereof is inserted through said sheath into a portion of said cap assembly. a hollow flexible sheath having a distal end and an open proximal end, said hollow flexible sheath sized to receive the stapling head and at least a portion of the elongated shaft therein; a rigid cap assembly attached to said distal end of said hollow flexible sheath, said rigid cap assembly configured to selectively move between a closed position wherein a distal face of the stapling head is covered when inserted therein and an open position wherein said cap assembly may be withdrawn from around the stapling head and elongated shaft; and a release arrangement interfacing with said rigid cap assembly such that upon an application of a release motion thereto, said rigid cap is movable from said closed position to said open position, wherein said release arrangement comprises: a latch member interfacing with said rigid cap assembly; and a release member for application of the release motion coupled to said latch member and being coextensive with said hollow sheath such that a distal portion of said release member is accessible from the handle portion of the circular stapler when the stapling head thereof is inserted through said sheath into a portion of said cap assembly. a latch member interfacing with said rigid cap assembly; and a release member for application of the release motion coupled to said latch member and being coextensive with said hollow sheath such that a distal portion of said release member is accessible from the handle portion of the circular stapler when the stapling head thereof is inserted through said sheath into a portion of said cap assembly.
A power tool for tightening a fastener comprising; an angle measurement means for measuring a rotational angle (α) of the fastener, a torque measurement means for measuring the torque delivered to the fastener during tightening, and a motor connected to rotatable parts of the power tool for driving the tightening of the fastener, wherein the power tool comprises or is connected to a processor for calculating a tightening energy (E t) needed to complete tightening of the fastener from the measured rotational angle (α) to a predetermined target angle (α t), a regulator connected to the motor to regulate the rotational speed (ω) of the motor to provide rotational energy (E r) in the form of rotational inertia in the rotatable parts of the power tool to meet the needed tightening energy (E t), and characterised in that the tightening energy is calculated based on the measured rotational angle, the target angle and the stiffness (k) of the joint, and in that the power tool is configured to interrupt the tightening at the predetermined target angle of rotation (α t) of the fastener, the target angle (α t) being defined from snug, at a snug angle (α 0).
A tire comprising a tread surface partitioned into a plurality of land portions (3a, 3b, 4) by a plurality of circumferential grooves (2a, 2b) along an equatorial plane of the tire and tread edges, wherein: among the plurality of land portions (3a, 3b, 4), one or both land portions (3a, 3b) adjacent to the tread edges have a plurality of sipes opening to at least one of either the tread edges or the circumferential grooves (2a, 2b); characterized in that: a tackiness in a watery environment of the one or both land portions (3a, 3b) having the sipes disposed thereon is 1.96 N or less; a tackiness in a 90°C environment of the one or both land portions (3a, 3b) having the sipes disposed thereon is 2.16 N or more; the tackiness refers to a tackiness of the vulcanized rubber of the one or both land portions (3a, 3b) having the sipes disposed thereon, which is a force at a peak time measured by setting a cylindrical-shape probe of 3 mm diameter which is made of stainless steel and a 2 mm thick vulcanized rubber plate fixed to a metallic plate in a watery environment and in a 90°C environment, respectively, pressing the probe on the rubber at a speed of 30 mm/min until the load becomes 2.94 N, maintaining such load for 20 seconds, and pulling away the probe at a speed of 120 mm/min; watery environment refers to a state where a 1 mm thick water film exists directly under the probe when measuring the tackiness, and 90°C environment refers to a state where the temperature of the cylindrical-shape probe and the vulcanized rubber plate is maintained at 90°C in a dry state when measuring the tackiness. a tackiness in a watery environment of the one or both land portions (3a, 3b) having the sipes disposed thereon is 1.96 N or less; a tackiness in a 90°C environment of the one or both land portions (3a, 3b) having the sipes disposed thereon is 2.16 N or more; the tackiness refers to a tackiness of the vulcanized rubber of the one or both land portions (3a, 3b) having the sipes disposed thereon, which is a force at a peak time measured by setting a cylindrical-shape probe of 3 mm diameter which is made of stainless steel and a 2 mm thick vulcanized rubber plate fixed to a metallic plate in a watery environment and in a 90°C environment, respectively, pressing the probe on the rubber at a speed of 30 mm/min until the load becomes 2.94 N, maintaining such load for 20 seconds, and pulling away the probe at a speed of 120 mm/min; watery environment refers to a state where a 1 mm thick water film exists directly under the probe when measuring the tackiness, and 90°C environment refers to a state where the temperature of the cylindrical-shape probe and the vulcanized rubber plate is maintained at 90°C in a dry state when measuring the tackiness.
A surveying instrument comprising: a distance measuring light projecting module configured to project a distance measuring light to an object, a distance measuring light receiving module having a photodetector configured to receive a reflected distance measuring light from said object, and an arithmetic control module configured to control said distance measuring light projecting module and calculate a distance to said object based on a light reception result of said reflected distance measuring light with respect to said photodetector, wherein said distance measuring light projecting module has a pinhole plate which is insertable or removable with respect to an optical axis of said distance measuring light, a pinhole having a predetermined diameter is formed in said pinhole plate, and a light amount and a spread angle of said distance measuring light are changeable based on the insertion or removable of said pinhole plate, characterized in that said distance measuring light projecting module has a reflecting prism (29, 53, 83) having two prisms joined together, a beam splitter film having a predetermined reflectance and transmittance is formed on a joined surface of said reflecting prism, and said reflecting prism is configured to deflect said optical axis of said distance measuring light via said beam splitter film so as to coincide with an optical axis of said reflected distance measuring light, wherein said reflecting prism is tilted with respect to said optical axis of said reflected distance measuring light, such that said distance measuring light, reflected by the beam splitter film, transmits at a slight tilt through a projecting surface of said reflecting prism.
Active material for the manufacture of an electrode, comprising: - a sulfur-based material; - from 1 to 25% by weight of carbon-based nanofillers chosen from carbon nanotubes, carbon nanofibres, graphene or a mixture of these in all proportions, homogeneously dispersed in the body of the sulfur-based material; and characterized in that the active material is provided in the form of a powder comprising particles exhibiting a mean size of less than 150 μm, a median diameter d 50 of between 1 and 60 μm and a median diameter d 90 of less than 100 μm, these characteristics being determined by laser diffraction; and in that the homogeneity of the active material is such that it can be visualized by electron microscopy. - a sulfur-based material; - from 1 to 25% by weight of carbon-based nanofillers chosen from carbon nanotubes, carbon nanofibres, graphene or a mixture of these in all proportions, homogeneously dispersed in the body of the sulfur-based material;
Pre-expanded polypropylene resin particles comprising a polypropylene resin as a substrate resin, the resin particles having an average particle weight of 3 mg/particle or less, and the pre-expanded particles having a dimensional expansion coefficient of 1.5% or more determined with a thermomechanical analyzer at a constant compressive load of 0.1 g during heating from 30°C to 100°C at a temperature increase rate of 10°C/min.
A method of detecting a shelf-plate crack of a shelf which is carrying honeycomb structures, where the shelf-plate crack is a condition of division of the shelf such that it is unable to support the honeycomb structures, the method comprising: a lifting process of lifting the shelf plate having the honeycomb structures mounted on it, using a plurality of lifting portions (11a-11d); characterized by an actual load value measuring process of measuring actual load values applied to the lifting portions by which the shelf plate is lifted, for each of the lifting portions; a total load value calculating process of adding up the plurality of measured actual load values and calculating a total load value; a total load value determining process of comparing a prescribed standard total weight value related to a total weight of the honeycomb structures and the shelf plate to the calculated total load value and determining whether the standard total weight value and the total load value coincide with each other within a predetermined range; an actual load value determining process of comparing a specified load value to the actual load value and determining whether the actual load value is equal to or larger than the specified load value, the specified load value being obtained by multiplying the standard total weight value by a specified coefficient specified in advance depending on the number of the lifting portions; and a shelf-plate crack determining process of determining that the shelf plate having the honeycomb structures mounted on it is cracked when at least one condition of the total load value determining process or the actual load value determining process is not satisfied. a lifting process of lifting the shelf plate having the honeycomb structures mounted on it, using a plurality of lifting portions (11a-11d); characterized by an actual load value measuring process of measuring actual load values applied to the lifting portions by which the shelf plate is lifted, for each of the lifting portions; a total load value calculating process of adding up the plurality of measured actual load values and calculating a total load value; a total load value determining process of comparing a prescribed standard total weight value related to a total weight of the honeycomb structures and the shelf plate to the calculated total load value and determining whether the standard total weight value and the total load value coincide with each other within a predetermined range; an actual load value determining process of comparing a specified load value to the actual load value and determining whether the actual load value is equal to or larger than the specified load value, the specified load value being obtained by multiplying the standard total weight value by a specified coefficient specified in advance depending on the number of the lifting portions; and a shelf-plate crack determining process of determining that the shelf plate having the honeycomb structures mounted on it is cracked when at least one condition of the total load value determining process or the actual load value determining process is not satisfied.
A detector comprising: a semiconductor chip formed with a plurality of photodetector elements and provided with a plurality of output terminals of said photodetector elements on the surface thereof; a circuit substrate provided with a plurality of input terminals to which signals from said output terminals are input; and connecting means for connecting said respective output terminals to said respective input terminals, wherein the interval between said input terminals is set to a smaller dimension than the interval between said output terminals; said circuit substrate comprises signal reading circuits for reading out signals from said input terminals, wherein a region outside a region (R 1) in which said input terminals are formed is surrounded by the signal readout circuits; and wherein each of said photodetector elements is connected to respective output terminals. a semiconductor chip formed with a plurality of photodetector elements and provided with a plurality of output terminals of said photodetector elements on the surface thereof; a circuit substrate provided with a plurality of input terminals to which signals from said output terminals are input; and connecting means for connecting said respective output terminals to said respective input terminals, wherein the interval between said input terminals is set to a smaller dimension than the interval between said output terminals; said circuit substrate comprises signal reading circuits for reading out signals from said input terminals, wherein a region outside a region (R 1) in which said input terminals are formed is surrounded by the signal readout circuits; and wherein each of said photodetector elements is connected to respective output terminals.
Connection element between bars in a spinous reconstruction system comprising: - a main body; - at least a first and a second housing seat for a respective first and a second bar, arranged inside said main body; tightening means for locking said first bar and said second bar in an operative position with respect to said main body, and for preventing relative movements between said first and said second bar, - interference means for at least restraining the free sliding of said first bar or said second bar inside the respective housing seat (3, 4); said first and said second housing seats are in communication with one another, are arranged on parallel planes and extend along axial directions (3a, 4a) transverse to each other characterized in that said interference means and said tightening means act inside a respective housing (10, 8) each extending along a direction (10a, 8a), parallel to each other, orthogonal to the axial direction (3a, 4a) of said first and said second seats. - a main body; - at least a first and a second housing seat for a respective first and a second bar, arranged inside said main body; tightening means for locking said first bar and said second bar in an operative position with respect to said main body, and for preventing relative movements between said first and said second bar, - interference means for at least restraining the free sliding of said first bar or said second bar inside the respective housing seat (3, 4); said first and said second housing seats are in communication with one another, are arranged on parallel planes and extend along axial directions (3a, 4a) transverse to each other
A multi-layered loop material, which comprises at least one support layer and a loop layer supported by the support layer, both the support layer and the loop layer comprising a non-woven, and the non-woven of the support layer being compacted by means of a stamp, characterized in that the non-woven of the support layer is compacted by means of a stamp with a stamp density per unit area of between 10 % and 95 % and the loop layer and the support layer are intermittently connected to one another with a connection density per unit area, which is less than the stamp density per unit area.