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An apparatus for providing transparent connection failover, comprising: a first server computer and one or more second server computers executing the same server application (4, 52) and configured for executing communication routines for communicating over a network; and means for migrating the connection endpoint of the server, within said communication routines on said computer servers upon the failure of said first server computer which is replying to requests from a client, so that said one or more second server computers begins replying to requests from said client without said client changing the connection endpoint address of the server from said first server computer to said one or more second server computers; wherein said communication routines are executing a connection-oriented communication protocol (6, 54) over an underlying network communication protocol (26, 64) that carries data over said network; characterized in that said means for migrating the connection endpoint within said communication routines comprises a bridge layer (8, 56) in said first server computer and in said one or more second server computers between said connection-oriented protocol (6, 54) and said underlying network communication protocol (26, 64). a first server computer and one or more second server computers executing the same server application (4, 52) and configured for executing communication routines for communicating over a network; and means for migrating the connection endpoint of the server, within said communication routines on said computer servers upon the failure of said first server computer which is replying to requests from a client, so that said one or more second server computers begins replying to requests from said client without said client changing the connection endpoint address of the server from said first server computer to said one or more second server computers; wherein said communication routines are executing a connection-oriented communication protocol (6, 54) over an underlying network communication protocol (26, 64) that carries data over said network; characterized in that said means for migrating the connection endpoint within said communication routines comprises a bridge layer (8, 56) in said first server computer and in said one or more second server computers between said connection-oriented protocol (6, 54) and said underlying network communication protocol (26, 64).
An extension ladder comprising: sub-ladders each of which comprises: a rung connected to the tubes; and two tubes connected to the rung and telescopically connected to the tubes of an adjacent one of the sub-ladders; cushions each of which comprises: an air bag comprising an open end made with a channel, wherein the air bag is inserted in a corresponding one of the tubes; a slow-release unit being operable to slowly release air from the air bag and comprising: a restraint connected to the open end of the air bag; and a membrane comprising an aperture and being movable between the restraint and the open end of the air bag, with the aperture in communication with the channel. sub-ladders each of which comprises: a rung connected to the tubes; and two tubes connected to the rung and telescopically connected to the tubes of an adjacent one of the sub-ladders; a rung connected to the tubes; and two tubes connected to the rung and telescopically connected to the tubes of an adjacent one of the sub-ladders; cushions each of which comprises: an air bag comprising an open end made with a channel, wherein the air bag is inserted in a corresponding one of the tubes; a slow-release unit being operable to slowly release air from the air bag and comprising: a restraint connected to the open end of the air bag; and a membrane comprising an aperture and being movable between the restraint and the open end of the air bag, with the aperture in communication with the channel. an air bag comprising an open end made with a channel, wherein the air bag is inserted in a corresponding one of the tubes; a slow-release unit being operable to slowly release air from the air bag and comprising: a restraint connected to the open end of the air bag; and a membrane comprising an aperture and being movable between the restraint and the open end of the air bag, with the aperture in communication with the channel. a restraint connected to the open end of the air bag; and a membrane comprising an aperture and being movable between the restraint and the open end of the air bag, with the aperture in communication with the channel.
An ultrasonic clamp coagulator apparatus comprising: a housing; an ultrasonic waveguide positioned within said housing, said ultrasonic waveguide having an end-effector extending distally from said housing; a blade means for cutting tissue and clamping tissue between said blade means and a clamp arm, wherein said blade means comprises an edge defined by the intersection of a first surface and a second surface; and an actuator connected to said clamp arm, said actuator adapted to move said clamp arm with respect to said blade means; characterised in that: in a direction transverse to the distal direction, said first surface is concave and said second surface is not concave. a housing; an ultrasonic waveguide positioned within said housing, said ultrasonic waveguide having an end-effector extending distally from said housing; a blade means for cutting tissue and clamping tissue between said blade means and a clamp arm, wherein said blade means comprises an edge defined by the intersection of a first surface and a second surface; and an actuator connected to said clamp arm, said actuator adapted to move said clamp arm with respect to said blade means; characterised in that: in a direction transverse to the distal direction, said first surface is concave and said second surface is not concave. in a direction transverse to the distal direction, said first surface is concave and said second surface is not concave.
A gas detection apparatus comprising: (a) a transceiver module comprising a laser emitter and a laser receiver, wherein the laser emitter is tunable to emit a laser spectroscopy beam that can detect at least one target gas, and the laser receiver is configured to convert the laser spectroscopy beam into absorption spectroscopy measurement data; (b) at least one reflector module comprising a reflective surface capable of reflecting the laser spectroscopy beam emitted by the laser emitter to the laser receiver; an unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV; and (c) an electronics module communicative with the transceiver module and with a flight computer of the UAV, and comprising a processor and a memory having stored thereon program code executable by the processor to determine a concentration of the target gas from the measurement data received from the transceiver module, and when the determined concentration of the target gas meets or exceeds an alarm threshold, to record the received measurement data and instruct the flight computer to execute a loopback flight plan for the UAV, wherein the loopback flight plan comprises a flight plan that causes the UAV to fly around a location where the target gas concentration was determined to meet or exceed the alarm threshold while continuously monitoring for the presence of the target gas; wherein the transceiver and reflector modules are mountable on parts of the UAV such that the transceiver and reflector modules are spaced apart and the laser emitter and laser receiver have an unimpeded line of sight with the reflecting surface. (a) a transceiver module comprising a laser emitter and a laser receiver, wherein the laser emitter is tunable to emit a laser spectroscopy beam that can detect at least one target gas, and the laser receiver is configured to convert the laser spectroscopy beam into absorption spectroscopy measurement data; (b) at least one reflector module comprising a reflective surface capable of reflecting the laser spectroscopy beam emitted by the laser emitter to the laser receiver; an unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV; and (c) an electronics module communicative with the transceiver module and with a flight computer of the UAV, and comprising a processor and a memory having stored thereon program code executable by the processor to determine a concentration of the target gas from the measurement data received from the transceiver module, and when the determined concentration of the target gas meets or exceeds an alarm threshold, to record the received measurement data and instruct the flight computer to execute a loopback flight plan for the UAV, wherein the loopback flight plan comprises a flight plan that causes the UAV to fly around a location where the target gas concentration was determined to meet or exceed the alarm threshold while continuously monitoring for the presence of the target gas;
A housing of a battery module for a vehicle, comprising: - a base, wherein the base comprises a first side wall, a second side wall opposite to the first side wall, and a central wall extending between, and substantially parallel to, the first side wall and the second side wall; and - a plurality of partitions extending between the first side wall and the second side wall and defining a plurality of compartments within the base, wherein each of the plurality of compartments is configured to receive a corresponding prismatic electrochemical cell of a plurality of prismatic electrochemical cells, wherein one side of each partition of the plurality of partitions is coupled to the first side wall or the second side wall via a movable connection movable between an first position in which a first total volume of the plurality of compartments is defined by the plurality of partitions, and a second position in which a second total volume of the plurality of compartments is defined by the plurality of partitions, the second total volume being smaller than the first total volume, and the other side of each partition of the plurality of partitions is coupled to the central wall via an additional movable connection movable between the first position and the second position, such that each partition is individually movable toward a back wall of the base. - a base, wherein the base comprises a first side wall, a second side wall opposite to the first side wall, and a central wall extending between, and substantially parallel to, the first side wall and the second side wall; and - a plurality of partitions extending between the first side wall and the second side wall and defining a plurality of compartments within the base,
Vehicle, in particular a rail vehicle, with at least two coach bodies (11, 12) coupled together, wherein at least one line bridges a gap between the coach bodies (11, 12), wherein the line is an outwardly electrically insulated high-voltage line, is flexible and guided in the region of the gap between the coach bodies (11, 12) at least in sections by means of a cable guiding device, characterised in that the cable guiding device has a plurality of guiding elements which are mechanically coupled together, which can be pivoted relative to one another in a guiding plane, wherein neighbouring guiding elements are connected in each case by means of a pivot support, the pivot axis of which is arranged perpendicular to the guiding plane and/or vertical, or at least in an angular range between ±10 degrees to the vertical, and wherein the cable guiding device is flexible in the guiding plane and is less flexible in a plane which is perpendicular thereto than in the guiding plane.
Lighting or signaling assembly for automobile vehicles, comprising a plate in transparent optical material forming a screen and at least one light source of the LED type arranged for emitting light rays propagating within the thickness of said transparent optical material, the lighting or signaling assembly comprising: - an element comprising the plate comprising at least one bilateral elongated bulge, of substantially circular overall perpendicular cross-section, having its mean longitudinal axis in the mid-plane of said plate and being adapted to form a light guide, - while the bilateral elongated bulge forming guides are combined with at least one LED placed at least one of the ends of said light guide, and while one or more light guides and one or more LED are arranged to diffuse substantially all of the light emitted by the LED concerned over the entire length of the cylindrical bulge, and from there over substantially the entire surface of the element bordering or surrounding said substantially cylindrical guides, while the bulges forming guides comprise conventional inclusions or irregularities, providing focal points for the diffusion of light and allowing it to be diffused directly outwards. - an element comprising the plate comprising at least one bilateral elongated bulge, of substantially circular overall perpendicular cross-section, having its mean longitudinal axis in the mid-plane of said plate and being adapted to form a light guide, - while the bilateral elongated bulge forming guides are combined with at least one LED placed at least one of the ends of said light guide, and while one or more light guides and one or more LED are arranged to diffuse substantially all of the light emitted by the LED concerned over the entire length of the cylindrical bulge, and from there over substantially the entire surface of the element bordering or surrounding said substantially cylindrical guides, while the bulges forming guides comprise conventional inclusions or irregularities, providing focal points for the diffusion of light and allowing it to be diffused directly outwards.
A ball valve for controlling the flow of fluids in ducts, comprising a hollow valve body which forms in an upper region an access inlet and is provided with at least one open tubular intake portion and at least one open tubular delivery portion for connection to a respective duct portion, a hollow ball-type flow control element accommodated in said hollow valve body, said ball-type element being provided with at least one flow passage and being able to move rotationally between at least one flow intake position and a flow control position, a stem which is integral or adapted to be rendered integral with said ball-type element and can be actuated to allow the rotation of said ball-type element through a preset angle from said intake position to said flow control position and vice versa, sealing means being provided which are arranged between each one of said two open tubular portions (12, 13) and said ball-type element, wherein said sealing means respectively comprise a substantially cylindrical base body made of plastic material which is co-molded around at least one annular stiffening body which forms at least one angular positioning segment, said base body having an internal annular surface designed to face a portion of the outer surface of said ball-type element and a sealing surface, which is arranged opposite with respect to said internal annular surface and is designed to face a respective annular shoulder (121a, 131a) of a respective gasket seat (121, 131), said gasket seat (121, 131) being provided with a longitudinal seat portion (122a, 132a) which is arranged substantially at right angles to said annular shoulder (121a, 131a) and is designed to face an outer surface of said sealing means wherein said at least one annular stiffening body comprises at least one first segment which is arranged, during use, parallel to the rotation axis of said ball-type element and at least one second segment which is arranged, during use, at right angles to the rotation axis of said ball-type element, characterized in that between the outer surface of said sealing means and the respective longitudinal seat portion (122a, 132a) there is provided at least one restrained flow passage for the fluid which is adapted to allow, with said ball-type element in the flow control position, the passage of fluid from said at least one open tubular intake portion toward said hollow valve body, the cross-sectional profile of said annular stiffening body being symmetrical with respect to a plane of symmetry.
A fiber amplifier (100, 400, 400'), comprising a first power amplifier (101, 401, 401'), a wavelength level adjuster (102, 402, 402'), and a controller (103, 404, 404'), wherein the first power amplifier (101, 401, 401') is connected to the wavelength level adjuster (102, 402, 402'); the controller (103, 404, 404') comprises a first input end and a control output end, wherein the first input end is configured to receive an input optical signal of the fiber amplifier, and the control output end is configured to output a first amplification control signal to the first power amplifier, and output an adjustment control signal to the wavelength level adjuster; and the wavelength level adjuster (102, 402, 402') is configured to perform in a dispersion module of the wavelength level adjuster spatial separation on a received optical signal, to obtain multiple single-wavelength signals; perform power adjustment on each the single-wavelength signal based on the adjustment control signal, to obtain multiple separated optical signals after power adjustment, and perform in an aggregation module of the wavelength level adjuster spatial aggregation on the multiple separated optical signals after power adjustment. the controller (103, 404, 404') comprises a first input end and a control output end, wherein the first input end is configured to receive an input optical signal of the fiber amplifier, and the control output end is configured to output a first amplification control signal to the first power amplifier, and output an adjustment control signal to the wavelength level adjuster; and the wavelength level adjuster (102, 402, 402') is configured to perform in a dispersion module of the wavelength level adjuster spatial separation on a received optical signal, to obtain multiple single-wavelength signals; perform power adjustment on each the single-wavelength signal based on the adjustment control signal, to obtain multiple separated optical signals after power adjustment, and perform in an aggregation module of the wavelength level adjuster spatial aggregation on the multiple separated optical signals after power adjustment.
A method for providing telecommunications services in a telecommunications network, the method comprising: obtaining a site footprint of a geographic region comprising a plurality of sites (124, 126, 128), each site of the plurality of sites being associated with a connection type (118, 120, 122) of the telecommunications network; obtaining, from a database of the telecommunications network, a plurality of site identifiers associated with the telecommunications network for the geographic region, each site identifier associated with a corresponding site of the plurality of sites, and wherein each of the plurality of site identifiers comprises a primary site identifier and at least one network source key associated with a connection type to the telecommunications network; generating one or more buildable subgroups within the geographic region, each buildable subgroup comprising sites of the plurality of sites having the same connection type, wherein the sites of each buildable subgroup are separated by less than a threshold distance such that each buildable subgroup defines geospatial boundaries of a contiguous build area of the associated connection type; intersecting the one or more buildable subgroups with geospatial locations of a plurality of sites without the connection type; and generating a telecommunications build plan for providing the connection type to at least one of the plurality of sites without the connection type when a geospatial location of the at least one of the plurality of sites intersects with one or more buildable subgroups. obtaining a site footprint of a geographic region comprising a plurality of sites (124, 126, 128), each site of the plurality of sites being associated with a connection type (118, 120, 122) of the telecommunications network; obtaining, from a database of the telecommunications network, a plurality of site identifiers associated with the telecommunications network for the geographic region, each site identifier associated with a corresponding site of the plurality of sites, and wherein each of the plurality of site identifiers comprises a primary site identifier and at least one network source key associated with a connection type to the telecommunications network; generating one or more buildable subgroups within the geographic region, each buildable subgroup comprising sites of the plurality of sites having the same connection type, wherein the sites of each buildable subgroup are separated by less than a threshold distance such that each buildable subgroup defines geospatial boundaries of a contiguous build area of the associated connection type; intersecting the one or more buildable subgroups with geospatial locations of a plurality of sites without the connection type; and generating a telecommunications build plan for providing the connection type to at least one of the plurality of sites without the connection type when a geospatial location of the at least one of the plurality of sites intersects with one or more buildable subgroups.
An equipment management device managing facility equipments installed in a facility, characterized by comprising: a screen storage storing screen data for each screen for managing the facility equipments, the screen data comprising image data (122a, 122b) of images to be displayed on a management screen and a screen action table that associates a particular region of the management screen, content of an operation accepted from the particular region and content of an action when the management screen is operated; and a screen transmitter transmitting the screen data corresponding to each of the management screens to a display terminal. a screen storage storing screen data for each screen for managing the facility equipments, the screen data comprising image data (122a, 122b) of images to be displayed on a management screen and a screen action table that associates a particular region of the management screen, content of an operation accepted from the particular region and content of an action when the management screen is operated; and a screen transmitter transmitting the screen data corresponding to each of the management screens to a display terminal.