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An apparatus for a programmable scheduler, comprising: a scheduling configuration interface (355, 535) coupled to an interface arrangement (320, 350), the interface arrangement being for receiving and outputting packets, whereas the scheduling configuration interface (355, 535) is further coupled to a routing core, wherein the routing core is for providing routing and switching functionality relating to the packets and the interface arrangement (320, 350) is for coupling to the routing core; the scheduling configuration interface (355, 535) is arranged to provide a scheduling configuration, and is programmed to implement a number of scheduling algorithms such that the interface arrangement (320, 350) is able to output packets according to the scheduling configuration; the apparatus is for a programmable scheduler that can dynamically on the fly be reconfigured to support single stage and multi-stage scheduling (410, 420) through the scheduling configuration interface; and wherein parameters relating to the scheduling configuration are received at the scheduling configuration interface (355, 535) to be used to determine the scheduling configuration, the parameters defining a number and relative positions of scheduling stages, a scheduling method applied by the scheduling stages, parameters for the scheduling method, and a position of queues in a scheduling hierarchy. a scheduling configuration interface (355, 535) coupled to an interface arrangement (320, 350), the interface arrangement being for receiving and outputting packets, whereas the scheduling configuration interface (355, 535) is further coupled to a routing core, wherein the routing core is for providing routing and switching functionality relating to the packets and the interface arrangement (320, 350) is for coupling to the routing core; the scheduling configuration interface (355, 535) is arranged to provide a scheduling configuration, and is programmed to implement a number of scheduling algorithms such that the interface arrangement (320, 350) is able to output packets according to the scheduling configuration; the apparatus is for a programmable scheduler that can dynamically on the fly be reconfigured to support single stage and multi-stage scheduling (410, 420) through the scheduling configuration interface; and wherein parameters relating to the scheduling configuration are received at the scheduling configuration interface (355, 535) to be used to determine the scheduling configuration, the parameters defining a number and relative positions of scheduling stages, a scheduling method applied by the scheduling stages, parameters for the scheduling method, and a position of queues in a scheduling hierarchy.
A method comprising lithiating electrodes of a lithium ion battery during its operation, carried out electrochemically between the electrodes and a lithium source which is embedded in the battery, and controllably with respect to a state of health (SoH) of the lithium ion battery, said method further comprising: incorporating the lithium source, having an electric contact connected thereto, within a pouch of the lithium ion battery, wherein the electrodes comprise anodes and/or cathodes of the lithium ion battery and wherein the lithium source is configured as a lithium-containing wire associated with the pouch and in fluid communication with the anodes and/or cathodes.
A printer comprising: an image acquisition unit adapted to acquire an image to be printed from an external device; a printing unit adapted to print the image acquired by the image acquisition unit; a representative color detection unit adapted to divide the image to be printed into a plurality of regions and to detect a representative color of each of the plural regions; a light emitting unit capable of switching colors of light emission; and a light emission controller adapted to control light emission of the light emitting unit, wherein the light emission controller is adapted to cause the light emitting unit to switch colors of the light emission in the order of the representative colors of the regions detected by the representative color detection unit, according to a printing progress of the image to be printed by the printing unit. an image acquisition unit adapted to acquire an image to be printed from an external device; a printing unit adapted to print the image acquired by the image acquisition unit; a representative color detection unit adapted to divide the image to be printed into a plurality of regions and to detect a representative color of each of the plural regions; a light emitting unit capable of switching colors of light emission; and a light emission controller adapted to control light emission of the light emitting unit, wherein the light emission controller is adapted to cause the light emitting unit to switch colors of the light emission in the order of the representative colors of the regions detected by the representative color detection unit, according to a printing progress of the image to be printed by the printing unit.
Plug connector comprising a plug connector housing and a contact carrier which carries contacts, the said plug connector being designed to establish an IP67-sealed connection to a corresponding plug connector socket of an LED lighting module, which has the following: - a plug section for insertion into a corresponding plug connector socket; - a sealing element in the plug section; - a connection section which contains the cable connection region of the contacts, wherein - a functional section which has a pressure compensation chamber is arranged adjacent to the connection section, characterized in that an elastomeric sleeve in the form of a chamber wall of the pressure compensation chamber is formed at least in the functional region, as a result of which the pressure compensation chamber is elastically deformable. - a plug section for insertion into a corresponding plug connector socket; - a sealing element in the plug section; - a connection section which contains the cable connection region of the contacts, wherein - a functional section which has a pressure compensation chamber is arranged adjacent to the connection section, characterized in that an elastomeric sleeve in the form of a chamber wall of the pressure compensation chamber is formed at least in the functional region, as a result of which the pressure compensation chamber is elastically deformable.
A thermoformed article that is formed from a polymeric sheet having a thickness of from about 0.1 to about 100 millimeters, wherein the polymeric sheet contains - a thermoplastic composition that includes a continuous phase that includes a matrix polymer, wherein - a microinclusion additive that possesses a relatively high molecular weight and - a nanoinclusion additive that possesses a relatively high molecular weight are dispersed within the continuous phase in the form of discrete domains, characterized in that the polymeric sheet has been drawn at a temperature that is lower than the glass transition temperature of the matrix polymer prior to being supplied to the thermoforming mold, and wherein a porous network is defined in the composition that includes a plurality of nanopores having an average cross-sectional dimension of about 800 nanometers or less. - a thermoplastic composition that includes a continuous phase that includes a matrix polymer, wherein - a microinclusion additive that possesses a relatively high molecular weight and - a nanoinclusion additive that possesses a relatively high molecular weight are dispersed within the continuous phase in the form of discrete domains,
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image carrying member capable of carrying an image; a paper conveying unit for conveying a paper to said image carrying member; a toner layer forming unit for forming a toner layer having a predetermined width at an outer side of said paper from a position corresponding to an end portion of said paper on a surface of said image carrying member; and a transfer unit for conveying said paper in press-contact with said image carrying member with said formed image and toner layer and transferring said image to said paper, wherein said toner layer forming unit is configured to form a larger number of stacked toner layers as it goes toward said position corresponding to said end portion of said paper in said surface of said image carrying member. an image carrying member capable of carrying an image; a paper conveying unit for conveying a paper to said image carrying member; a toner layer forming unit for forming a toner layer having a predetermined width at an outer side of said paper from a position corresponding to an end portion of said paper on a surface of said image carrying member; and a transfer unit for conveying said paper in press-contact with said image carrying member with said formed image and toner layer and transferring said image to said paper, wherein said toner layer forming unit is configured to form a larger number of stacked toner layers as it goes toward said position corresponding to said end portion of said paper in said surface of said image carrying member.
A microfluidic product pouch assembly for use in a microfluidic chip, comprising: a pouch surrounding an inner chamber and having a rupturing portion; an inner membrane positioned within the inner chamber to form a first cavity and a second cavity; a reagent in a dry form within the first cavity; and a rupturing structure configured to selectively break the rupturing portion, wherein the second cavity houses a diluent which, when said inner membrane is pierced, penetrated and/or broken at approximately the same time or at a time shortly thereafter, as breaking the rupturing portion of the pouch, hydrates the dry reagent. a pouch surrounding an inner chamber and having a rupturing portion; an inner membrane positioned within the inner chamber to form a first cavity and a second cavity; a reagent in a dry form within the first cavity; and a rupturing structure configured to selectively break the rupturing portion, wherein the second cavity houses a diluent which, when said inner membrane is pierced, penetrated and/or broken at approximately the same time or at a time shortly thereafter, as breaking the rupturing portion of the pouch, hydrates the dry reagent.
An irrigator for an endoscopic instrument, the irrigator comprising: a conduit; and an adjustable dispenser terminating in a spout portion; wherein the adjustable dispenser comprises a plurality of beads coupled end-to-end in a chain-like fashion, each bead including a proximal socket portion, a distal ball portion, and an internal longitudinal conduit portion open at both ends; wherein the internal longitudinal conduit portions of the plurality of beads form a continuous lumen from the conduit to the spout portion; wherein the distal ball portion of each bead is of a size and shape selected to snap-fit into the proximal socket portion of an adjacent bead; and wherein dimensions of the snap-fit distal ball portion and the proximal socket portion of the adjacent beads provide a normal force between an inner surface of the proximal socket portion and an outer surface of the distal ball portion, so as to create frictional resistance to rotational movement between the adjacent beads. a conduit; and an adjustable dispenser terminating in a spout portion; wherein the adjustable dispenser comprises a plurality of beads coupled end-to-end in a chain-like fashion, each bead including a proximal socket portion, a distal ball portion, and an internal longitudinal conduit portion open at both ends; wherein the internal longitudinal conduit portions of the plurality of beads form a continuous lumen from the conduit to the spout portion; wherein the distal ball portion of each bead is of a size and shape selected to snap-fit into the proximal socket portion of an adjacent bead; and wherein dimensions of the snap-fit distal ball portion and the proximal socket portion of the adjacent beads provide a normal force between an inner surface of the proximal socket portion and an outer surface of the distal ball portion, so as to create frictional resistance to rotational movement between the adjacent beads.
A system comprising: an external telemetry module that transcutaneously communicates with an implantable medical device; and an external programming device that communicates with the telemetry module and with the implantable medical device through the telemetry module, wherein, when the telemetry module and programming device are coupled, the telemetry module provides a first indication of coupling, to a user, and the programming device provides a second indication of coupling, to the user, that is at least substantially similar to the first indication; characterized in that the telemetry module is configured to provide a first plurality of different indications that include the first indication and the programming device is configured to provide a second plurality of different indications that include the second indication, and wherein at least some of the first plurality of indications and the second plurality of indications are associated with respective ones of a plurality of implantable medical devices that includes the implantable medical device. an external telemetry module that transcutaneously communicates with an implantable medical device; and an external programming device that communicates with the telemetry module and with the implantable medical device through the telemetry module, wherein, when the telemetry module and programming device are coupled, the telemetry module provides a first indication of coupling, to a user, and the programming device provides a second indication of coupling, to the user, that is at least substantially similar to the first indication; characterized in that the telemetry module is configured to provide a first plurality of different indications that include the first indication and the programming device is configured to provide a second plurality of different indications that include the second indication, and wherein at least some of the first plurality of indications and the second plurality of indications are associated with respective ones of a plurality of implantable medical devices that includes the implantable medical device.
A method of managing memory in a programmable integrated circuit, IC, wherein the programmable IC has a processor subsystem and a programmable logic subsystem, the method comprising: configuring a memory map of the programmable IC with an association of a first subset of addresses of a memory address space of the programmable IC to physical memory of the programmable IC; configuring the memory map with an association of a second subset of addresses of the memory address space to a virtual memory block, wherein the second subset of addresses is within a portion of address space of the programmable IC assigned to the physical memory in the programmable logic subsystem; implementing the virtual memory block as a circuit in programmable logic circuitry of the programmable logic subsystem, wherein the circuit that implements the virtual memory block returns a constant value in response to any input address in the second subset of addresses; locking (608, 612, 616) at least a portion of a second-level cache in the processor subsystem of the programmable IC to the second subset of addresses; maintaining coherency between the second-level cache and other caches in the programmable logic subsystem, by means of a snoop control circuit; determining whether or not a requested address is cached in the second-level cache, by means of the snoop control unit; accessing the locked portion of the second-level cache in response to a memory access request from a processor core of the processor subsystem that references an address in the second subset of addresses; and bypassing updating of the physical memory for updates to the locked portion of the second-level cache. configuring a memory map of the programmable IC with an association of a first subset of addresses of a memory address space of the programmable IC to physical memory of the programmable IC; configuring the memory map with an association of a second subset of addresses of the memory address space to a virtual memory block, wherein the second subset of addresses is within a portion of address space of the programmable IC assigned to the physical memory in the programmable logic subsystem; implementing the virtual memory block as a circuit in programmable logic circuitry of the programmable logic subsystem, wherein the circuit that implements the virtual memory block returns a constant value in response to any input address in the second subset of addresses; locking (608, 612, 616) at least a portion of a second-level cache in the processor subsystem of the programmable IC to the second subset of addresses; maintaining coherency between the second-level cache and other caches in the programmable logic subsystem, by means of a snoop control circuit; determining whether or not a requested address is cached in the second-level cache, by means of the snoop control unit; accessing the locked portion of the second-level cache in response to a memory access request from a processor core of the processor subsystem that references an address in the second subset of addresses; and bypassing updating of the physical memory for updates to the locked portion of the second-level cache.
Shoe structure comprising an exterior upper, an interior upper, an insole and an outsole with the interior upper having an upper opening with a peripheral edge at the upper end of the interior upper and a lower opening with a peripheral edge at the lower sole-side end of the interior upper, and with the interior upper having a rear or heel area, two side areas, and a front area with a seam running between the upper and lower openings, characterised in that the seam runs from the upper opening of the one side area over the front area to the lower opening of the other side area.
Heating unit of an installation for producing cement or for processing rock or ores, comprising a chamber for thermally treating material, said chamber having a wall on which a refractory lining is mounted, wherein a plurality of holders, which are cast into the refractory lining, are mounted on the wall, characterized in that a testing means for checking a state of wear of the refractory lining is mounted in the refractory lining, extends through the wall into the refractory lining and is fastened in such a way that it can be removed from the refractory lining.
Funnel-shaped filter for moka coffee maker comprising a cylindrical body provided with a bottom wall, a cannula linked to said bottom wall for the inflow of pressurized water into the cylindrical body and a filtering element said filtering element being translatable inside the cylindrical body between at least one working position in which said filtering element is near said bottom wall and defines, with said cylindrical body, a loading compartment for the coffee powder and an unloading position in which it is apart from the bottom wall, pushing the coffee powder outside of said cylindrical body; - said filtering element comprises a disc-shaped element provided with a plurality of holes and a supporting stem extending from said disc-shaped element inside said cannula; characterized in that - said supporting stem has, in said at least one working position, an extent dimension inside said cannula greater than an extent dimension of said cannula, so that to jut out with respect to said cannula. - said filtering element comprises a disc-shaped element provided with a plurality of holes and a supporting stem extending from said disc-shaped element inside said cannula; characterized in that - said supporting stem has, in said at least one working position, an extent dimension inside said cannula greater than an extent dimension of said cannula, so that to jut out with respect to said cannula.
A filter element having a filter axis comprising: a first end cap defining a central fuel flow opening coaxial with the filter axis and having a first end cap surface and opposite second end surface extending radially between said opening and a peripheral annulus; a substantially cylindrical ring of filter media extending substantially coaxial with the filter axis from the first end cap second surface radially beyond the central fuel flow opening; and a plurality of connector assemblies comprising a connector lug projecting radially beyond and extending circumferentially along said peripheral annulus between first and second circumferential lug ends (113, 114), characterized in that the connector assemblies further comprise a locking latch finger projecting radially from said peripheral annulus and circumferentially spaced from said connector lug first circumferential end, said locking finger being flexible from the peripheral annulus in an axial direction. a first end cap defining a central fuel flow opening coaxial with the filter axis and having a first end cap surface and opposite second end surface extending radially between said opening and a peripheral annulus; a substantially cylindrical ring of filter media extending substantially coaxial with the filter axis from the first end cap second surface radially beyond the central fuel flow opening; and a plurality of connector assemblies comprising a connector lug projecting radially beyond and extending circumferentially along said peripheral annulus between first and second circumferential lug ends (113, 114), characterized in that the connector assemblies further comprise a locking latch finger projecting radially from said peripheral annulus and circumferentially spaced from said connector lug first circumferential end, said locking finger being flexible from the peripheral annulus in an axial direction.
A method for operating a charging connection device for electric vehicles, wherein the charging connection device comprises at least a first interface for drawing electrical energy from a stationary power supply network, at least a second interface (7, 9) for discharging electrical energy to an electric vehicle in a controlled manner and a housing, said housing enclosing a plurality of electrical/electronic components and a charging operation of the electric vehicle being controlled and monitored by means of the electrical/electronic components, wherein at least one temperature value in the interior of the housing is continuously detected by means of at least one temperature sensor, and wherein when a first threshold temperature of the at least one temperature value is exceeded, the maximum permissible charging current is reset from a previously existing initial value to a specific value that is greater than zero but lower than the initial value, characterized in that the charging operation is interrupted when a fixed first interval during which the first threshold temperature has been continuously exceeded has elapsed, and in that with every reduction of the maximum permissible charging current, the start of a second interval is respectively set and when the second interval has elapsed, it is ascertained whether the first threshold temperature has been exceeded, and in that if it has been exceeded, the maximum permissible charging current is further reduced.