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An intraocular lens comprising a clear optic and an actuator for actuating change in curvature in at least a portion of the clear optic, the clear optic comprising a polymer substrate (130, 140; 315, 316) on both sides of the actuator, wherein the actuator comprises pairs of negative and positive transparent electrodes (314, 312, 310, 308) and a stack of electroactive material layers (EAMs) (311, 313, 309), characterized in that the EAMs being interdigitated with the transparent electrodes to form a multimorph and being at least partially in contact with the transparent electrodes, and wherein change in curvature from a resting state towards an actuated state is formed by applying voltage between the transparent electrodes, wherein adjacent ones of the transparent electrodes of the stack of electroactive material layers (EAMs) with the interdigitated transparent electrodes are oppositely charged.
A surgical forceps, comprising: an end effector assembly including: first and second jaw members (110, 120), at least one of the first or second jaw members movable relative to the other between first and second positions, at least one of the first or second jaw members including: a jaw frame defining a channel therein; an insulative member disposed within the channel of the jaw frame, the insulative member having a top portion, a base portion coupled to the top portion, and a body portion extending between the top portion and the base portion, wherein a width of the body portion is less than a width of the top portion and a width of the base portion so as to define an I-shaped cross-section for the insulative member, and a pair of longitudinal grooves between the top portion and the base portion on opposite sides of the body portion; an electrically-conductive plate having a tissue contacting surface and a plurality of folded side portions, the electrically-conductive plate disposed on the top portion of the insulative member and folded about the insulative member such that the plurality of folded side portions is folded into respective ones of the pair of longitudinal grooves; and an outer insulative housing enclosing the jaw frame, the outer insulative housing including a tissue contacting surface defining an opening, wherein at least a portion of the electrically-conductive plate is accessible through the opening of the outer insulative housing to treat tissue. a jaw frame defining a channel therein; an insulative member disposed within the channel of the jaw frame, the insulative member having a top portion, a base portion coupled to the top portion, and a body portion extending between the top portion and the base portion, wherein a width of the body portion is less than a width of the top portion and a width of the base portion so as to define an I-shaped cross-section for the insulative member, and a pair of longitudinal grooves between the top portion and the base portion on opposite sides of the body portion; an electrically-conductive plate having a tissue contacting surface and a plurality of folded side portions, the electrically-conductive plate disposed on the top portion of the insulative member and folded about the insulative member such that the plurality of folded side portions is folded into respective ones of the pair of longitudinal grooves; and an outer insulative housing enclosing the jaw frame, the outer insulative housing including a tissue contacting surface defining an opening, wherein at least a portion of the electrically-conductive plate is accessible through the opening of the outer insulative housing to treat tissue.
A method for operating a communication device for remotely controlling an actuator for a movable equipment of the building comprising the steps consisting in: a) receiving a first signal according to a determined configuration communication mode (MCi), b) defining an operational communication mode depending on at least one part of the content of the first received signal, c) receiving a second signal according to an operational communication mode, d) interpreting the second received signal in accordance with the operational communication mode, so as to identify the control data in the second received signal; and in which the definition of the operational communication mode comprises: - a downloading step of the parameters for defining the operational communication mode; and/or - a downloading step (E739, E740) of a software component. a) receiving a first signal according to a determined configuration communication mode (MCi), b) defining an operational communication mode depending on at least one part of the content of the first received signal, c) receiving a second signal according to an operational communication mode, d) interpreting the second received signal in accordance with the operational communication mode, so as to identify the control data in the second received signal; - a downloading step of the parameters for defining the operational communication mode; and/or - a downloading step (E739, E740) of a software component.
A method of processing a video signal, the video signal comprising a plurality of frames, the method comprising: receiving at a jitter buffer the frames of the video signal, each frame comprising: visual information content, wherein the visual information content of the video signal is the portion of the video signal that is to be displayed when the video signal is played out; and a mark indicating a respective sensitivity of the frame to variations in the rate at which the fames of the video signal are played out; outputting the frames from the jitter buffer at a variable output rate to account for jitter in the received frames, and wherein the variations in the output rate are controlled in dependence upon the marks of the frames; characterised in that the marks have been generated by analysis (S202, 106, 108) of the visual information content to determine and transmit a respective sensitivity of each of the frames of the video signal to variations in the rate at which frames of the video signal are played out. receiving at a jitter buffer the frames of the video signal, each frame comprising: visual information content, wherein the visual information content of the video signal is the portion of the video signal that is to be displayed when the video signal is played out; and a mark indicating a respective sensitivity of the frame to variations in the rate at which the fames of the video signal are played out; visual information content, wherein the visual information content of the video signal is the portion of the video signal that is to be displayed when the video signal is played out; and a mark indicating a respective sensitivity of the frame to variations in the rate at which the fames of the video signal are played out; outputting the frames from the jitter buffer at a variable output rate to account for jitter in the received frames, and wherein the variations in the output rate are controlled in dependence upon the marks of the frames; characterised in that the marks have been generated by analysis (S202, 106, 108) of the visual information content to determine and transmit a respective sensitivity of each of the frames of the video signal to variations in the rate at which frames of the video signal are played out. the variations in the output rate are controlled in dependence upon the marks of the frames; characterised in that the marks have been generated by analysis (S202, 106, 108) of the visual information content to determine and transmit a respective sensitivity of each of the frames of the video signal to variations in the rate at which frames of the video signal are played out.
Cooling system, in particular for use on board an aircraft, the cooling system comprising: - a first cooling circuit allowing circulation of a two-phase refrigerant therethrough, - a first evaporator disposed in the first cooling circuit, - a first condenser disposed in the first cooling circuit, and - a first heat sink adapted to provide cooling energy to the first condenser, - a second cooling circuit allowing circulation of a two-phase refrigerant therethrough, - a second evaporator disposed in the second cooling circuit, - a second condenser disposed in the second cooling circuit, - a second heat sink adapted to provide cooling energy to the second condenser, and - a cooling energy transfer arrangement which is adapted to transfer cooling energy provided by the first heat sink and/or the first condenser to the second cooling circuit or to transfer cooling energy provided by the second heat sink and/or the second condenser to the first cooling circuit, characterized in that the cooling energy transfer arrangement comprises a heat exchanger which is adapted to be connected to the first cooling circuit such that refrigerant exiting the first condenser is thermally coupled to the refrigerant flowing through the second cooling circuit and to be connected to the second cooling circuit such that refrigerant exiting the second condenser is thermally coupled to the refrigerant flowing through the first cooling circuit while maintaining a hermetic separation of the first and the second cooling circuit (12a, 12b). - a first cooling circuit allowing circulation of a two-phase refrigerant therethrough, - a first evaporator disposed in the first cooling circuit, - a first condenser disposed in the first cooling circuit, and - a first heat sink adapted to provide cooling energy to the first condenser, - a second cooling circuit allowing circulation of a two-phase refrigerant therethrough, - a second evaporator disposed in the second cooling circuit, - a second condenser disposed in the second cooling circuit, - a second heat sink adapted to provide cooling energy to the second condenser, and - a cooling energy transfer arrangement which is adapted to transfer cooling energy provided by the first heat sink and/or the first condenser to the second cooling circuit or to transfer cooling energy provided by the second heat sink and/or the second condenser to the first cooling circuit, characterized in that the cooling energy transfer arrangement comprises a heat exchanger which is adapted to be connected to the first cooling circuit such that refrigerant exiting the first condenser is thermally coupled to the refrigerant flowing through the second cooling circuit and to be connected to the second cooling circuit such that refrigerant exiting the second condenser is thermally coupled to the refrigerant flowing through the first cooling circuit while maintaining a hermetic separation of the first and the second cooling circuit (12a, 12b).
Method of assembling parts (P1 and P2) made from composite materials by means of a riveting member of the type comprising firstly an insert and secondly a sleeve adapted to at least partially contain the insert and having an end provided with a head, - a hole passing through the materials to be assembled being produced, - the sleeve being introduced and held in the hole with its head in abutment on the rims of the end of the hole, characterised in that: - the sleeve has a tubular end able to be deformed with a view to constituting a bulb on one side of the materials to be assembled, - the sleeve is introduced and held in the hole so that its tubular end projects therefrom on the other side, said method consists of: - using a sleeve the hollow core of which has two different sections (231 and 232), a first section starting from the tubular end to be deformed having a first diameter and a second section starting at the end of the first section and with a lesser diameter, - using an insert not having a functional axial bearing surface for purposes of radial swelling of the sleeve in a hole but the diameter of which is able to allow housing thereof without deformation in the first section of the hollow core and able to allow forcible housing thereof in the second section, - axially introducing the insert in the sleeve so that the latter swells radially inside the hole at its small section and the recess defined by this small section is occupied by said insert, - and providing, by means of a riveting die, a pressure at the end of the sleeve to be deformed on its first section in order to ensure folding thereof by centrifugal radial extension. - a hole passing through the materials to be assembled being produced, - the sleeve being introduced and held in the hole with its head in abutment on the rims of the end of the hole, - the sleeve has a tubular end able to be deformed with a view to constituting a bulb on one side of the materials to be assembled, - the sleeve is introduced and held in the hole so that its tubular end projects therefrom on the other side, - using a sleeve the hollow core of which has two different sections (231 and 232), a first section starting from the tubular end to be deformed having a first diameter and a second section starting at the end of the first section and with a lesser diameter, - using an insert not having a functional axial bearing surface for purposes of radial swelling of the sleeve in a hole but the diameter of which is able to allow housing thereof without deformation in the first section of the hollow core and able to allow forcible housing thereof in the second section, - axially introducing the insert in the sleeve so that the latter swells radially inside the hole at its small section and the recess defined by this small section is occupied by said insert, - and providing, by means of a riveting die, a pressure at the end of the sleeve to be deformed on its first section in order to ensure folding thereof by centrifugal radial extension.
A method for producing a submersible motor-driven pump, comprising a cylinder-like pot housing, which forms an interior space between an open base surface and a top surface axially opposite the base surface and comprises a connector opening provided in the pot housing, a motor that is provided in the interior space and comprises a cylinder-like stator comprising a plurality of windings and a first connector that is connected to ends of the windings and is provided with at least one radially resilient latching tab, and comprising the steps of: gripping the first connector from outside the pot housing through the connector opening, inserting the first connector from the interior space into the connector opening, and latching the at least one latching tab to the pot housing. a cylinder-like pot housing, which forms an interior space between an open base surface and a top surface axially opposite the base surface and comprises a connector opening provided in the pot housing, a motor that is provided in the interior space and comprises a cylinder-like stator comprising a plurality of windings and a first connector that is connected to ends of the windings and is provided with at least one radially resilient latching tab, and comprising the steps of: gripping the first connector from outside the pot housing through the connector opening, inserting the first connector from the interior space into the connector opening, and latching the at least one latching tab to the pot housing. gripping the first connector from outside the pot housing through the connector opening, inserting the first connector from the interior space into the connector opening, and latching the at least one latching tab to the pot housing.
An air deflector at a front corner of a cab of a freight vehicle, comprising a swirl generator which converts an air flow induced by the vehicle's forward movement to a swirling flow (v) which follows a side of the vehicle situated adjacent to the corner and prevents dirtying of the side from below, characterised in that the swirl generator comprises a duct which is open downwards, is connected to the cab corner, extends curvingly round the corner from the cab front to the cab side and comprises partly an upper end surface and partly opposite sides (58, 60) which are directed downwards, at least one of these sides having a free lower end edge, which duct constitutes an air space between the corner of the cab and the corner of an underlying chassis of the vehicle, which cab and chassis are sprung relative to one another.
An ophthalmic medical system comprising: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a tomographic image of an object to be examined based on a combined beam generated by combining a return beam returning from the object to be examined illuminated with a measuring beam and a reference beam corresponding to the measuring beam; a focus position changing unit (135-3, 135-5) configured to change a focus position of the measuring beam on the object to be examined; an optical-path-length difference changing unit configured to change a difference in optical path length between the measuring beam and the reference beam; an instruction unit configured to instruct a change of the focus position; and a control unit characterized in that, the control unit is configured, when the instruction unit instructs a change of focus position, to control the focus position changing unit not to change the focus position during a control of the optical-path-length difference changing unit, such that the difference in optical path length is within a predetermined range and to control the focus position changing unit in accordance with the change instructed by the instruction unit after completion of the control of the optical-path-length difference changing unit. an acquisition unit configured to acquire a tomographic image of an object to be examined based on a combined beam generated by combining a return beam returning from the object to be examined illuminated with a measuring beam and a reference beam corresponding to the measuring beam; a focus position changing unit (135-3, 135-5) configured to change a focus position of the measuring beam on the object to be examined; an optical-path-length difference changing unit configured to change a difference in optical path length between the measuring beam and the reference beam; an instruction unit configured to instruct a change of the focus position; and a control unit characterized in that, the control unit is configured, when the instruction unit instructs a change of focus position, to control the focus position changing unit not to change the focus position during a control of the optical-path-length difference changing unit, such that the difference in optical path length is within a predetermined range and to control the focus position changing unit in accordance with the change instructed by the instruction unit after completion of the control of the optical-path-length difference changing unit.
A method for producing flexible or elastic wood fiber insulant products, which has steps as follows: - providing wood fibers which have been produced in a refiner, - providing multicomponent fibers having an inner and an outer component, the outer component melting or starting to melt at a melting temperature at which the inner component does not melt or start to melt, - providing a mixture of wood fibers and multicomponent fibers, - heating the mixture to a temperature at which the outer component melts or starts to melt, and - joining the multicomponent fibers to one another and to the wood fibers on cooling of the mixture, wherein wood fibers used comprise hardwood fiber bundles, more particularly beechwood fiber bundles, and multicomponent fibers used comprise biodegradable multicomponent fibers, characterized in that a renewable material is used for the inner component and that the multicomponent fibers are mixed with the wood fibers with a pin roll and/or in a hammer mill without sieve before introduction into a mold or scattering onto a press belt. - providing wood fibers which have been produced in a refiner, - providing multicomponent fibers having an inner and an outer component, the outer component melting or starting to melt at a melting temperature at which the inner component does not melt or start to melt, - providing a mixture of wood fibers and multicomponent fibers, - heating the mixture to a temperature at which the outer component melts or starts to melt, and - joining the multicomponent fibers to one another and to the wood fibers on cooling of the mixture, wherein wood fibers used comprise hardwood fiber bundles, more particularly beechwood fiber bundles, and multicomponent fibers used comprise biodegradable multicomponent fibers, characterized in that a renewable material is used for the inner component and that the multicomponent fibers are mixed with the wood fibers with a pin roll and/or in a hammer mill without sieve before introduction into a mold or scattering onto a press belt.
A wearable electronic device assembly, comprising: an electronic device; a strap attached to the device for attaching the device to a wearer, the strap having two end regions arranged to be brought together in overlapping configuration; and a connector comprising first and second parts configured to be secured together with the two overlapping end regions of the strap extending between them, thereby to secure the two overlapping end regions of the strap together; the first part of the connector comprising a projection arranged to extend through or adjacent to the strap; and the second part of the connector comprising a main body having an aperture to receive the projection of the first part therein, and a securement part retained by and movable with respect to the main body between a release position and a securement position; wherein the projection has an engagement protrusion configured to engage with the main body and/or with the securement part when the securement part is in its securement position, to retain the projection in the aperture of the second part of the connector and thereby secure the first part of the connector to the second part of the connector.
A receiver assembly for a handgun, the receiver assembly comprising: - an upper receiver portion, wherein the upper receiver portion has a guide rail for receiving a slide assembly, wherein the upper receiver portion has a magazine compartment for receiving a magazine, wherein the magazine compartment defines a magazine insertion direction, wherein when the handgun is in use, the magazine may be pushed into the magazine compartment in the magazine insertion direction; - a lower receiver portion, wherein the lower receiver portion can be slid onto the upper receiver portion in the magazine entry direction and can be coupled thereto; - a locking mechanism for coupling the lower receiver portion to the upper receiver portion, wherein the locking mechanism comprises a structurally independent locking element, characterized in that the locking element has a contact projection which engages in a form-fitting manner in the lower receiver portion, and the locking element has a locking projection which engages in a form-fitting manner in the upper receiver portion. - an upper receiver portion, wherein the upper receiver portion has a guide rail for receiving a slide assembly, wherein the upper receiver portion has a magazine compartment for receiving a magazine, wherein the magazine compartment defines a magazine insertion direction, wherein when the handgun is in use, the magazine may be pushed into the magazine compartment in the magazine insertion direction; - a lower receiver portion, wherein the lower receiver portion can be slid onto the upper receiver portion in the magazine entry direction and can be coupled thereto; - a locking mechanism for coupling the lower receiver portion to the upper receiver portion, wherein the locking mechanism comprises a structurally independent locking element, characterized in that the locking element has a contact projection which engages in a form-fitting manner in the lower receiver portion, and the locking element has a locking projection which engages in a form-fitting manner in the upper receiver portion.