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A flow battery stack system, comprising: an inlet manifold having a tortuous inlet first passage and a tortuous inlet second passage; an outlet manifold having a tortuous outlet first passage and a tortuous outlet second passage; and a plurality of flow battery cells arranged between the inlet manifold and the outlet manifold, each flow battery cell comprising a separator arranged between a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer, wherein the flow battery cells are axially connected between the inlet manifold and the outlet manifold, and said system is configured such that a first solution comprising a first reversible redox couple reactant is directed from the inlet first passage through the flow battery cells to the outlet first passage, thereby wetting the first electrode layers. an inlet manifold having a tortuous inlet first passage and a tortuous inlet second passage; an outlet manifold having a tortuous outlet first passage and a tortuous outlet second passage; and a plurality of flow battery cells arranged between the inlet manifold and the outlet manifold, each flow battery cell comprising a separator arranged between a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer, wherein the flow battery cells are axially connected between the inlet manifold and the outlet manifold, and said system is configured such that a first solution comprising a first reversible redox couple reactant is directed from the inlet first passage through the flow battery cells to the outlet first passage, thereby wetting the first electrode layers.
Device for clamping a rim of a vehicle wheel, comprising at least four clamping elements which can be moved with respect to the rim and comprise clamping arms and support elements having support surfaces on which a rim flange of the rim can be placed, wherein the clamping arms are rotatably mounted, about their longitudinal axis, in the clamping elements, and have clamping fingers at the end that protrude beyond the support surfaces, which fingers have clamping surfaces which can be brought into clamping contact with the placeable rim flange, characterised in that the clamping fingers have a first vertical clamping region and a second clamping region which is adjacent thereto and forms the clamping surface, the second region being inclined with respect to the first region and the first and/or second clamping region (15, 16) of the clamping fingers are or is flat or concave.
Reversible plough with a plough frame which is fastenable rotatably and/or pivotably to a headstock for connecting the reversible plough to an agricultural tractor, and with rows of ploughshares (8, 9) which are arranged on opposite sides of the plough frame and have plough bodies, wherein, by means of a rotational movement of the plough frame initiated via a driving device, either the one or the other row of ploughshares (8, 9) is transferable into the operating position or into the non-operating position thereof, and wherein each plough body is supported on the plough frame so as to be pivotable counter to the force of a tension-force generator as an overload protection element, characterized in that the tension-force generator as an overload protection element of at least the first plough body in the working direction of travel of the reversible plough has a greater tension force than the tension-force generator of the final plough body in the working direction of travel of the reversible plough.
A method for a tap-proof exchange of key material between a sender and a receiver in a glass fiber network, wherein one or more intermediate stations are located on a route between the sender and the receiver which divide the route accordingly in two or more sections wherein each intermediate station comprises a receiver unit, a sender unit and at least one optical fiber amplifier, wherein time sequentially, starting from the sender, for each section, at least two photons are entangled pairwise with one another and each photon is sent via a respective quantum channel (130a, 130b) of a respective glass fiber (150a, 150b) with a wavelength λ EQSE over the respective section, wherein the at least respective two quantum channels on the respective section are disjunct relative to one another, and wherein, at a randomly selected time and for a randomly selected duration, the key material is sent in a key transmission phase from the sender to the receiver via at least one data channel wherein each data channel is superimposed for each section on one of the at least respective two disjunct quantum channels (130a, 130b) by random selection, wherein the at least one data channel is amplified sectionwise by the respective at least one optical fiber amplifier wherein each intermediate station comprises at least one optical switch that is controlled by at least one control logic which has a functional connection to at least one power sensor wherein at each of the intermediate stations there is provided at least one variable optical attenuator which ensures that, outside the key transmission phase, a respective Bell measurement at the immediately following intermediate station on the way to the receiver or at the receiver, is not disturbed by a signal noise caused by the respective at least one optical fiber amplifier wherein the at least optical one switch, the at least one optical fiber amplifier and the at least one variable optical attenuator are connected in series.
A method for measuring an object using a machine tool carrying a scanning probe, the machine tool being arranged to drive the scanning probe along a pre-programmed scan path relative to the object and the scanning probe being arranged to collect probe data describing a spatial relationship of the surface of the object relative to the scanning probe whilst the scan path is traversed, the method comprising the steps of; a) driving the scanning probe along the scan path whilst collecting probe data, b) analysing the probe data collected in step (a) to determine an offset of the object, the offset of the object being a translation and/or rotation and/or scaling of the object, c) translating and/or rotating and/or scaling the scan path relative to the object by a known amount and repeating steps (a) and (b) to re-determine the offset of the object, and d) generating an error map or function that describes the difference between the re-determined offset and an offset expected to result from the applied translation and/or rotation and/or scaling of the scan path relative to the object. a) driving the scanning probe along the scan path whilst collecting probe data, b) analysing the probe data collected in step (a) to determine an offset of the object, the offset of the object being a translation and/or rotation and/or scaling of the object, c) translating and/or rotating and/or scaling the scan path relative to the object by a known amount and repeating steps (a) and (b) to re-determine the offset of the object, and d) generating an error map or function that describes the difference between the re-determined offset and an offset expected to result from the applied translation and/or rotation and/or scaling of the scan path relative to the object.
Method for setting the position of at least one element (10a, 10b, 11, 25, 28) of a motor vehicle, said motor vehicle comprising at least three acquisition systems (30, 32, 34) for acquiring a sound signal, an actuator suitable for modifying the position of said element (10a, 10b, 11, 25, 28) and a control unit suitable for driving said actuator, said method comprising, when said at least three acquisition systems (30, 32, 34) have received a sound signal emitted by an individual present in the motor vehicle, steps of: - determination, by the control unit, of the position of the mouth of said individual as a function of parameters of reception of said sound signal by said at least three acquisition systems (30, 32, 34), and - setting by the actuator of the position of said element (10a, 10b, 11, 25, 28) on the basis of a command generated by the control unit as a function of the determined position of the mouth of the individual. - determination, by the control unit, of the position of the mouth of said individual as a function of parameters of reception of said sound signal by said at least three acquisition systems (30, 32, 34), and - setting by the actuator of the position of said element (10a, 10b, 11, 25, 28) on the basis of a command generated by the control unit as a function of the determined position of the mouth of the individual.
An emergency exit door for an aircraft cabin with an opening-assist mechanism and an opening/closing device comprising a control lever that can be operated selectively firstly to unlock the door and to enable the opening-assist mechanism of the door to operate, and secondly to lock the door, this door being characterized in that the control lever includes an adaptation mechanism for the lever arm thereof, this adaptation mechanism being moveable between at least two positions: an opening-action position and a closing-action position, the lever arm of the control lever in the opening-action position being shorter than the lever arm (LF1, LF2) of the control lever in the closing-action position.
A method for accessing a smart camera, applied by a system comprising a terminal and a server, comprising: detecting, by the terminal, access media for accessing a first smart camera; generating, by the terminal, a first access request corresponding to the access media if it is detected that the access media is local area network, wherein the first access request carries an access password; and sending, by the terminal, the first access request to the first smart camera, such that the first smart camera accepts an access after verifying the access password in the first access request successfully; wherein the access password is a token issued by the server; and the method further comprises: generating periodically, by the server, the token; issuing, by the server, the token and a validity period; sending, by the server, the token simultaneously to the first smart camera and the terminal; receiving, by the terminal, the token and the validity period of the token issued by the server; judging, by the terminal, whether the validity period of the token has passed; and when the validity period of the token has not passed, determining, by the terminal, the token as the access password, updating, by the terminal, the token stored previously, and adding, by the terminal, the token in the first access request. detecting, by the terminal, access media for accessing a first smart camera; generating, by the terminal, a first access request corresponding to the access media if it is detected that the access media is local area network, wherein the first access request carries an access password; and sending, by the terminal, the first access request to the first smart camera, such that the first smart camera accepts an access after verifying the access password in the first access request successfully; wherein the access password is a token issued by the server; and the method further comprises: generating periodically, by the server, the token; issuing, by the server, the token and a validity period; sending, by the server, the token simultaneously to the first smart camera and the terminal; receiving, by the terminal, the token and the validity period of the token issued by the server; judging, by the terminal, whether the validity period of the token has passed; and when the validity period of the token has not passed, determining, by the terminal, the token as the access password, updating, by the terminal, the token stored previously, and adding, by the terminal, the token in the first access request. generating periodically, by the server, the token; issuing, by the server, the token and a validity period; sending, by the server, the token simultaneously to the first smart camera and the terminal; receiving, by the terminal, the token and the validity period of the token issued by the server; judging, by the terminal, whether the validity period of the token has passed; and when the validity period of the token has not passed, determining, by the terminal, the token as the access password, updating, by the terminal, the token stored previously, and adding, by the terminal, the token in the first access request.
A device for suture thread cutting, comprising: a handle (45, 302, 510); a stationary external element (35, 316, 502) having a proximal end connected to said handle; a movable cutter (40, 314, 504) having a cutting edge, and wherein said cutter is operatively connected to said handle to move said cutting edge between a first position and a second position within said external element; characterized by a suture channel (75, 254, 430, 539) at the distal end of said external element; said suture channel including a distal portion extending proximally and a diagonal portion extending from the distal portion diagonally with respect to a long axis of the cutter; said suture channel fitted and shaped for holding a suture thread; an aligning element (324, 507), connected to a distal end of said stationary external element comprising a U-shaped opening (446, 532) fitted to the distal end of said suture channel; a distal flange (408, 756) on said cutter, said distal flange having a gap at a circumference of said distal flange, said gap comprising said cutting edge, and wherein in said first position the suture thread is retained within the suture channel and in said second position the suture thread is cut between said cutting edge and said suture channel. a handle (45, 302, 510); a stationary external element (35, 316, 502) having a proximal end connected to said handle; a movable cutter (40, 314, 504) having a cutting edge, and wherein said cutter is operatively connected to said handle to move said cutting edge between a first position and a second position within said external element; characterized by a suture channel (75, 254, 430, 539) at the distal end of said external element; said suture channel including a distal portion extending proximally and a diagonal portion extending from the distal portion diagonally with respect to a long axis of the cutter; said suture channel fitted and shaped for holding a suture thread; an aligning element (324, 507), connected to a distal end of said stationary external element comprising a U-shaped opening (446, 532) fitted to the distal end of said suture channel; a distal flange (408, 756) on said cutter, said distal flange having a gap at a circumference of said distal flange, said gap comprising said cutting edge, and wherein in said first position the suture thread is retained within the suture channel and in said second position the suture thread is cut between said cutting edge and said suture channel.
A hearth comprising a fixed part that frames an opening to a combustion chamber, a moving part across from said opening and a sealing device, said moving part comprising a wall and means for the translational sliding of said wall allowing to free an access to the opening, said hearth being characterized in that the sealing device comprises a seal positioned on the fixed part that frames the opening and means for pressing said seal on the moving part that are configured to be activated only when the opening is obstructed, thereby preventing the rubbing of the seal against the moving part when the wall slides.
Pistol, capable to fire a plurality of rounds, with a magazine and having central weapon plane, comprising - a barrel, which comprises at least a barrel block and a chamber, - a slide, comprising a breech guide, which is designed to move on a guide rail of a frame of the pistol and on which a socket having a breech face is formed, whereby the barrel block comprises at least one recess on each side, and centering rails are formed on the inside of the breech guide so as to be complementary to the recesses in terms of form and function. - a barrel, which comprises at least a barrel block and a chamber, - a slide, comprising a breech guide, which is designed to move on a guide rail of a frame of the pistol and on which a socket having a breech face is formed, whereby
A method for manufacturing a SiC single crystal in which an SiC single crystal is grown from an Si solution of C in a crucible, employing alternate repetition between a high supersaturation growth period in which growth is progressed while keeping the degree of supersaturation of C in the Si solution at the growth boundary between the growing SiC single crystal and the Si solution higher than a maximum critical value at which flat growth can be maintained, and a low supersaturation growth period in which growth is progressed while keeping the degree of supersaturation lower than the critical value, wherein the ratio Sb/Sa, between the value Sa which is the difference between the high degree of supersaturation and the critical value integrated over a continuous time during the high supersaturation growth period, and the value Sb which is the difference between the low degree of supersaturation and the critical value integrated over a continuous time during the low supersaturation growth period, is ≥ 1.25.
A method for detecting a clinically latent placental insufficiency, comprising determining the amount and/or expression of prokineticin 1 and/or its receptor PKR1 and/or PKR2 in a biological sample from a pregnant subject to be examined, and/or from a pregnancy, and wherein furthermore the ratio of the amount and/or expression of prokineticin 1 and bFGF is determined, and wherein a ratio based on bFGF>PK1 indicates a placental immaturity, and a ratio based on bFGF<PK1 indicates a placental hypermaturity.
A blocking bar for a load securing system with lashing points, comprising at least two telescopic sections (4, 5) which are linearly movable relative to one another and two end fittings (2, 3) arranged at opposite ends of the blocking bar for engaging in each case in a lashing point, and a spring element which is arranged in the blocking bar and coupled to the telescopic sections (4, 5) and which is configured to force the telescopic sections (4, 5) into an extended position, wherein a locking unit is provided which is configured to releasably lock the telescopic sections (4, 5) in a retracted position for inserting the blocking bar into two opposite lashing points, wherein the spring element has a movably mounted spring rod which is displaced out of a spring housing by a spring force, characterized in that the spring housing and the spring rod comprise a bistable latching mechanism as a locking unit.
Self-drilling expanding anchor bolt, comprising a drill bit for drilling, an anchor rod connected to the drill bit, and an expanding sleeve surrounding the anchor rod, the anchor rod having an expansion cone at a first end adjoining the drill bit, having a neck region behind and contiguous with the expansion cone, and having a threaded segment at a second end of the neck region remote from the drill bit, wherein the expansion cone expands the expanding sleeve in a radial direction when the expansion cone is pulled into the expanding sleeve, characterized in that a transition part is provided between the drill bit and the expansion cone of the anchor rod, the maximum diameter of the transition part being smaller than the hole diameter of a drilled hole formed by the drill bit.
A fluid sensor for determining at least one parameter of a fluid of a wellbore, the fluid sensor comprising: a base specially adapted for positioning in the wellbore, the base comprising insulation; a base electrode operatively positioned in the insulation; and a raised electrode (229a-e) having at least one base portion and at least one raised portion, the at least one base portion operatively positioned in the insulation, the at least one raised portion positioned a distance above the base electrode such that a space is defined therebetween for the passage of the wellbore fluid therethrough; wherein a voltage applied across the base electrode and the raised electrode (229a-e) generates a current therebetween whereby at least one parameter of the wellbore fluid may be determined. a base specially adapted for positioning in the wellbore, the base comprising insulation; a base electrode operatively positioned in the insulation; and a raised electrode (229a-e) having at least one base portion and at least one raised portion, the at least one base portion operatively positioned in the insulation, the at least one raised portion positioned a distance above the base electrode such that a space is defined therebetween for the passage of the wellbore fluid therethrough; wherein a voltage applied across the base electrode and the raised electrode (229a-e) generates a current therebetween whereby at least one parameter of the wellbore fluid may be determined.
A telecommunications wall fixture comprising: a seat portion configured for mounting to a wall, the seat portion defining a mounting surface generally parallel to the wall when mounted; a cable storage spool rotatably mounted to the seat portion for storage and deployment of cable, wherein the cable storage spool, in a stored configuration, is stored within the seat portion and the cable storage spool is oriented to have a rotation axis generally perpendicular to the mounting surface; and a device (52, 152, 252, 352) for re-orienting the rotation axis of the spool from being generally perpendicular to the mounting surface to being generally non-perpendicular to the mounting surface, wherein the re-orientation device (52, 152, 252, 352) further comprises a first end for mounting on the seat portion, the first end configured to receive at least a portion of a shaft that is used to initially mount the spool to the seat portion such that spool is oriented for rotation along a plane parallel to the mounting surface and a second end configured to removably receive the spool and orient the spool for rotation along a plane generally non-parallel to the mounting surface for deployment of cable. a seat portion configured for mounting to a wall, the seat portion defining a mounting surface generally parallel to the wall when mounted; a cable storage spool rotatably mounted to the seat portion for storage and deployment of cable, wherein the cable storage spool, in a stored configuration, is stored within the seat portion and the cable storage spool is oriented to have a rotation axis generally perpendicular to the mounting surface; and a device (52, 152, 252, 352) for re-orienting the rotation axis of the spool from being generally perpendicular to the mounting surface to being generally non-perpendicular to the mounting surface, wherein the re-orientation device (52, 152, 252, 352) further comprises a first end for mounting on the seat portion, the first end configured to receive at least a portion of a shaft that is used to initially mount the spool to the seat portion such that spool is oriented for rotation along a plane parallel to the mounting surface and a second end configured to removably receive the spool and orient the spool for rotation along a plane generally non-parallel to the mounting surface for deployment of cable.