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Coupling element for a positioning device, comprising - a central part; - a surrounding part arranged at a distance from the central part and surrounding the central part, wherein the surrounding part has a central section surrounding the central part and two end sections adjoining the central section in a first linear direction; characterized by - a plurality of connecting leaf springs forming the distance, which connect the central part and the central section of the surrounding part to each other, wherein the planes in which the connecting leaf springs are arranged intersect in a centre of the central part; and - a vertical leaf spring arranged parallel to the first linear direction is provided on each of the two end sections of the surrounding part, wherein the planes in which the vertical leaf springs are arranged also intersect in the centre of the central part, so that the connecting leaf springs and the vertical leaf springs are configured to allow the surrounding part to pivot about an axis of rotation passing through the centre of the central part and lying parallel to a third linear direction. - a central part; - a surrounding part arranged at a distance from the central part and surrounding the central part, wherein the surrounding part has a central section surrounding the central part and two end sections adjoining the central section in a first linear direction; - a plurality of connecting leaf springs forming the distance, which connect the central part and the central section of the surrounding part to each other, wherein the planes in which the connecting leaf springs are arranged intersect in a centre of the central part; and - a vertical leaf spring arranged parallel to the first linear direction is provided on each of the two end sections of the surrounding part, wherein the planes in which the vertical leaf springs are arranged also intersect in the centre of the central part, so that the connecting leaf springs and the vertical leaf springs are configured to allow the surrounding part to pivot about an axis of rotation passing through the centre of the central part and lying parallel to a third linear direction.
A gate that has a gate leaf moveable between a closed position, in which it closes a wall opening defined by a reveal, and an open position clearing the wall opening, and at least one cross-over element forming a cross-over between the gate leaf and the wall that has the reveal when the gate leaf is in the closed position, in which the cross-over element, in particular on its outer boundary surface facing away from the space to be closed with the closing element, is at least partially covered by an insulating material arrangement (250, 350, 450, 550) formed from a material designed for thermal insulation, at least one cross-over element is formed by a lateral frame rail that has a contact section that can be placed at least indirectly against a wall that has the reveal, a fastening section extending transversely, in particular approximately perpendicularly to the contact section and serving to fasten a guide rail serving to guide the movement of the gate leaf between the closed position and the open position, and the cross-over element extending from the edge of the contact section facing away from the fastening section towards the gate leaf when in the closed position, and preferably made integrally with the contact section, the insulating material arrangement (250, 350, 450, 550) has an insulating section disposed between the contact section and the wall, the insulating section extends from the cross-over element over substantially the entire width of the contact section to the fastening section of the frame rail, and the insulating material arrangement (250, 350, 450, 550) has a covering strip (352, 452, 552, 652) extending approximately parallel to the cross-over element, characterised in that the insulating material arrangement (250, 350, 450, 550) has, in the closed position, at least one seal arrangement passing from an outside of the covering strip (352, 452, 552, 652) facing away from the cross-over element towards the gate leaf and resting against an outside of the latter in order to seal a cross-over between the outside of the gate leaf and the cross-over element.
Washing machine (1, 1') comprising: a tub, a draining circuit fluidly connected to the tub for draining fluid from the tub, a recirculation circuit fluidly connected to a lower portion of the tub for recirculating fluid from the lower portion of the tub into the tub, and a filter element (28, 28', 28") at an inlet (14, 14') of the recirculation circuit for preventing foreign objects to enter the recirculation circuit, wherein at least one filter aperture (34a-e) of the filter element (28, 28', 28") extends to a lateral border of the filter element (28, 28', 28"), such that the at least one filter aperture (34a-e) comprises an opening (38a-e) in its perimeter and/or the at least one filter aperture (34a-e) forms at least two filter fingers (35a-d, 35a'-d', 35a"-f") spaced one another, characterized in that the at least one filter aperture (34a-e) comprises a shape which is tapered from the opening (38a-e) to a base of the at least one aperture opposite to the opening and/or the at least two filter fingers (35a-d, 35a'-d', 35a"-f") are tapered from a base of each of the filter fingers to the free-end thereof. a tub, a draining circuit fluidly connected to the tub for draining fluid from the tub, a recirculation circuit fluidly connected to a lower portion of the tub for recirculating fluid from the lower portion of the tub into the tub, and a filter element (28, 28', 28") at an inlet (14, 14') of the recirculation circuit for preventing foreign objects to enter the recirculation circuit, wherein at least one filter aperture (34a-e) of the filter element (28, 28', 28") extends to a lateral border of the filter element (28, 28', 28"), such that the at least one filter aperture (34a-e) comprises an opening (38a-e) in its perimeter and/or the at least one filter aperture (34a-e) forms at least two filter fingers (35a-d, 35a'-d', 35a"-f") spaced one another,
A fluid reservoir comprising: a housing defining a cavity to receive a fluid; a conductor to connect with a current source (15a; 15b), wherein the conductor is to provide a current to the fluid; a sensing rod (25b-2) to connect with a sensor to detect an electrical signal from the conductor, wherein the sensing rod (25b-2) extends from a top of the housing to a position in the cavity, and wherein the sensing rod (25b-2) has a first diameter; and a tip (30a-2; 30b-2) disposed at an end of the sensing rod (25b-2) to interact with a surface of the fluid, characterized in that the tip (30b-2) has a second diameter over a uniform portion (32c; 32d; 32e) of the tip (30b-2) adjacent to the sensing rod (25b-2), wherein the second diameter is smaller than the first diameter; and wherein the housing includes a well formed at a bottom of the housing to increase sensitivity of the tip (30b-2) to a volume change, wherein the tip (30b-2) is arranged in the well. a housing defining a cavity to receive a fluid; a conductor to connect with a current source (15a; 15b), wherein the conductor is to provide a current to the fluid; a sensing rod (25b-2) to connect with a sensor to detect an electrical signal from the conductor, wherein the sensing rod (25b-2) extends from a top of the housing to a position in the cavity, and wherein the sensing rod (25b-2) has a first diameter; and a tip (30a-2; 30b-2) disposed at an end of the sensing rod (25b-2) to interact with a surface of the fluid, characterized in that the tip (30b-2) has a second diameter over a uniform portion (32c; 32d; 32e) of the tip (30b-2) adjacent to the sensing rod (25b-2), wherein the second diameter is smaller than the first diameter; and wherein the housing includes a well formed at a bottom of the housing to increase sensitivity of the tip (30b-2) to a volume change, wherein the tip (30b-2) is arranged in the well.
A paravalvular leak resistant prosthetic heart valve system comprising: a stent frame having a surface; a valve structure associated with the stent frame; and a sealing mechanism at least partially extends over the surface of the stent frame, wherein the sealing mechanism comprises: two semi-permeable membranes; and at least one osmotic gradient driving material placed between the two semi-permeable membranes. a stent frame having a surface; a valve structure associated with the stent frame; and a sealing mechanism at least partially extends over the surface of the stent frame, wherein the sealing mechanism comprises: two semi-permeable membranes; and at least one osmotic gradient driving material placed between the two semi-permeable membranes. two semi-permeable membranes; and at least one osmotic gradient driving material placed between the two semi-permeable membranes.
A method for transmitting a physical uplink control channel, PUCCH, in a wireless communication system, the method performed by a user equipment, UE, having a first antenna port and a second antenna port, and comprising: determining the number of antenna ports to be used for transmitting the PUCCH; determining one or more PUCCH resources based on the number of the antenna ports used for transmitting the PUCCH; selecting, by the UE, a transmit power offset among a plurality of transmit power offsets based on the number of the antenna ports used for transmitting the PUCCH and a PUCCH format to be used for transmitting the PUCCH; determining an uplink transmit power of the PUCCH based on the transmit power offset; and transmitting the PUCCH on the determined one or more PUCCH resources at the determined uplink transmit power, wherein the plurality of transmit power offsets include pre-defined and higher layer signaled transmit power offsets. determining the number of antenna ports to be used for transmitting the PUCCH; determining one or more PUCCH resources based on the number of the antenna ports used for transmitting the PUCCH; selecting, by the UE, a transmit power offset among a plurality of transmit power offsets based on the number of the antenna ports used for transmitting the PUCCH and a PUCCH format to be used for transmitting the PUCCH; determining an uplink transmit power of the PUCCH based on the transmit power offset; and transmitting the PUCCH on the determined one or more PUCCH resources at the determined uplink transmit power, wherein the plurality of transmit power offsets include pre-defined and higher layer signaled transmit power offsets.
A swivel assembly having a longitudinal axis and comprising: an upper portion (304, 302); a lower portion that is rotationally coupled to the upper portion, wherein the lower portion has a connector configured to securely engage a cable, wherein the lower portion is configured to remain in electrical communication with the upper portion as the lower portion rotates with respect to the upper portion; a motor disposed between the upper portion (304, 302) and the lower portion and configured to selectively rotate the lower portion; a sensor that is configured to detect torsion in the cable; and a controller in communication with the sensor and the motor, wherein, upon receiving a signal from the sensor indicating a threshold torsion in the cable, the controller is configured to cause the motor to rotate in a direction corresponding to a direction of the torsion in the cable. an upper portion (304, 302); a lower portion that is rotationally coupled to the upper portion, wherein the lower portion has a connector configured to securely engage a cable, wherein the lower portion is configured to remain in electrical communication with the upper portion as the lower portion rotates with respect to the upper portion; a motor disposed between the upper portion (304, 302) and the lower portion and configured to selectively rotate the lower portion; a sensor that is configured to detect torsion in the cable; and a controller in communication with the sensor and the motor, wherein, upon receiving a signal from the sensor indicating a threshold torsion in the cable, the controller is configured to cause the motor to rotate in a direction corresponding to a direction of the torsion in the cable.
A sniffer leak detector for sucking in and analyzing gas, comprising a sniffer probe, a gas-conveying pump connected to the sniffer probe for sucking in the gas through the sniffer probe with atmospheric pressure, a vacuum pump (15, 16) having a gas inlet, the gas inlet having a gas-permeable membrane, and comprising a mass spectrometer connected to the vacuum pump (15, 16) for analyzing the sucked-in gas in a high vacuum, wherein the gas flow sucked in by the gas-conveying pump through the sniffer probe is conducted along the membrane such that the membrane allows part of the gas to flow into the prevacuum of the vacuum pump (15, 16) for the mass-spectrometric analysis of the gas in the high vacuum, characterized in that the membrane is a porous membrane having gas-permeable pores, wherein each pore penetrates the membrane completely and the diameters of the pores are less than or equal to the free path length of air at atmospheric pressure and room temperature, and that the surface ratio of all pores is at least about 20% of the total membrane surface area.
A process for the preparation of biodegradable microparticles of poly(D,L lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) polymer, having a sigmoidal release profile of Risperidone, contained within the microparticles, comprising the following steps: a. preparing an inner oil phase by dissolving the PLGA polymer and Risperidone in an organic solvent, wherein the polymer concentration in the inner oil phase is in the range of 5-8% w/w; b. preparing an outer aqueous phase consisting of water, polyvinyl alcohol, optionally an aqueous buffer solution to adjust the pH to a value that Risperidone appears the lower solubility, and the same organic solvent used in oil phase, wherein the amount of organic solvent added in the outer phase is sufficient to saturate the outer phase; c. emulsifying the inner phase into the outer phase either by mechanical stirring or using a high shear homogenizer; d. transferring the emulsion into a quench media having a temperature set at 5°C and thermostatically controlled; e. separating the resulting hardened microparticles and, optionally washing of the microparticles, and f. drying the microparticles in a single drying step with no further washing and/or drying step. a. preparing an inner oil phase by dissolving the PLGA polymer and Risperidone in an organic solvent, wherein the polymer concentration in the inner oil phase is in the range of 5-8% w/w; b. preparing an outer aqueous phase consisting of water, polyvinyl alcohol, optionally an aqueous buffer solution to adjust the pH to a value that Risperidone appears the lower solubility, and the same organic solvent used in oil phase, wherein the amount of organic solvent added in the outer phase is sufficient to saturate the outer phase; c. emulsifying the inner phase into the outer phase either by mechanical stirring or using a high shear homogenizer; d. transferring the emulsion into a quench media having a temperature set at 5°C and thermostatically controlled; e. separating the resulting hardened microparticles and, optionally washing of the microparticles, and f. drying the microparticles in a single drying step with no further washing and/or drying step.
Method for directed immobilisation of nano- or micro-objects on a substrate surface, comprising a) provision of a rough substrate surface comprising a conductive layer, wherein the roughness of the substrate surface is determined by nanometre-scale elevated structures formed by the application of a paste with a grain size in the nanometre range or through the chemical or galvanic growth of electrically conductive nanostructures, so that the substrate surface has a plurality of elevations with local curvature radii of the dimension of the objects to be immobilised, b) provision of polarisable nano- or micro-objects which have an induced dipole in an alternating electrical field, on or in the vicinity of the substrate surface, c) application of an alternating electrical voltage between the substrate surface and at least one counter electrode, through which an alternating electrical field with local field gradients is generated and the polarised nano- or micro-objects are preferably attracted by the elevations of the substrate surface and aligned with their dipole axis in parallel to the electrical field lines. a) provision of a rough substrate surface comprising a conductive layer, wherein the roughness of the substrate surface is determined by nanometre-scale elevated structures formed by the application of a paste with a grain size in the nanometre range or through the chemical or galvanic growth of electrically conductive nanostructures, so that the substrate surface has a plurality of elevations with local curvature radii of the dimension of the objects to be immobilised, b) provision of polarisable nano- or micro-objects which have an induced dipole in an alternating electrical field, on or in the vicinity of the substrate surface, c) application of an alternating electrical voltage between the substrate surface and at least one counter electrode, through which an alternating electrical field with local field gradients is generated and the polarised nano- or micro-objects are preferably attracted by the elevations of the substrate surface and aligned with their dipole axis in parallel to the electrical field lines.
Dye composition comprising at least one oxidation dye precursor; at least one polycondensate of ethylene oxide and of propylene oxide having the following structure H-(O-CH 2 -CH 2) a -(O-CH(CH 3)-CH 2) b -(O-CH 2 -CH 2) a' -OH in which a and a' range from 2 to 150 and b ranges from 1 to 100, and at least one non-oxyalkylenated mono- or polyglycerolated nonionic surfactant; the non-oxyalkylenated mono- or polyglycerolated nonionic surfactant(s)/polycondensate(s) of formula weight ratio ranging from 1 to 20.
An electronic component mounting substrate comprising: an insulating substrate for mounting an electronic component having one main surface, another main surface opposite to the one main surface, and a side surface; a via conductor disposed in the insulating substrate in a thickness direction of the insulating substrate; and a via pad conductor disposed in the insulating substrate, connected to the via conductor, having a thickness gradually increasing from an outer edge portion toward an inside portion of the via pad conductor, wherein the distances in the thickness direction between the via pad conductor and both the one main surface side and the another main surface side of the insulating substrate, gradually decrease from the outer edge portion toward the inside portion of the via pad conductor, and the via pad conductor comprising a protruding portion protruding from the via conductor in a width direction of the via conductor. an insulating substrate for mounting an electronic component having one main surface, another main surface opposite to the one main surface, and a side surface; a via conductor disposed in the insulating substrate in a thickness direction of the insulating substrate; and a via pad conductor disposed in the insulating substrate, connected to the via conductor, having a thickness gradually increasing from an outer edge portion toward an inside portion of the via pad conductor, wherein the distances in the thickness direction between the via pad conductor and both the one main surface side and the another main surface side of the insulating substrate, gradually decrease from the outer edge portion toward the inside portion of the via pad conductor, and the via pad conductor comprising a protruding portion protruding from the via conductor in a width direction of the via conductor. disposed in the insulating substrate, connected to the via conductor, having a thickness gradually increasing from an outer edge portion toward an inside portion of the via pad conductor, wherein the distances in the thickness direction between the via pad conductor and both the one main surface side and the another main surface side of the insulating substrate, gradually decrease from the outer edge portion toward the inside portion of the via pad conductor, and the via pad conductor comprising a protruding portion protruding from the via conductor in a width direction of the via conductor.
An exhaust gas purification system of an internal combustion engine comprising: an exhaust purification catalyst arranged in an engine exhaust passage, a hydrocarbon feed valve arranged in the engine exhaust passage upstream of the exhaust purification catalyst, and a fuel feed device for feeding fuel to the hydrocarbon feed valve, hydrocarbons being injected from the hydrocarbon feed valve into an exhaust gas along a predetermined injection path, fuel pressure of fuel which is fed to the hydrocarbon feed valve falling when hydrocarbons are injected from the hydrocarbon feed valve; characterized in that: the exhaust gas purification system further comprises control means configured to judge that the injection path is clogged when a temperature rise of the exhaust purification catalyst due to the hydrocarbons fed from the hydrocarbon feed valve is smaller than a predetermined rise and a drop of the fuel pressure of fuel fed to the hydrocarbon feed valve is larger than a predetermined drop. an exhaust purification catalyst arranged in an engine exhaust passage, a hydrocarbon feed valve arranged in the engine exhaust passage upstream of the exhaust purification catalyst, and a fuel feed device for feeding fuel to the hydrocarbon feed valve, hydrocarbons being injected from the hydrocarbon feed valve into an exhaust gas along a predetermined injection path, fuel pressure of fuel which is fed to the hydrocarbon feed valve falling when hydrocarbons are injected from the hydrocarbon feed valve; characterized in that: the exhaust gas purification system further comprises control means configured to judge that the injection path is clogged when a temperature rise of the exhaust purification catalyst due to the hydrocarbons fed from the hydrocarbon feed valve is smaller than a predetermined rise and a drop of the fuel pressure of fuel fed to the hydrocarbon feed valve is larger than a predetermined drop. the exhaust gas purification system further comprises control means configured to judge that the injection path is clogged when a temperature rise of the exhaust purification catalyst due to the hydrocarbons fed from the hydrocarbon feed valve is smaller than a predetermined rise and a drop of the fuel pressure of fuel fed to the hydrocarbon feed valve is larger than a predetermined drop.
An electrostatic charge image development toner containing a plurality of toner particles, wherein the plurality of toner particles are each formed to have resin particulates in a surface layer, the resin particulates each include a particulate core and a coating layer covering the particulate core, the particulate core contains a quaternary ammonium salt functional group-containing resin, and the coating layer contains one or more resins selected from the group consisting of (meth)acrylic resins and styrene-(meth)acrylic resins.