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A grooming device for removing and collecting loose hair from an animal having a furry coat or other object to be groomed, comprising: at least one comb portion having teeth engageable with hair of an animal having a furry coat or of another object to be groomed; a hair collection chamber connected to said at least one comb portion, said hair collection chamber including an interior defined by a plurality of surfaces including two side walls (524, 526); a handle portion operatively connected to said hair collection chamber and said at least one comb portion; a rotatable dowel disposed between the two side walls (524, 526) of the hair collection chamber, said at least one comb portion connected to the dowel whereby said at least one comb portion is rotated as the dowel is rotated; a scraper mounted to an inside of a wall of the hair collection chamber; and a drive mechanism (510; 542; 570, 576, 578, 580, 582) mounted to the hair collection chamber, exteriorly of the chamber, characterized in that a rotatable barrel is also disposed between the two side walls (524, 526) of the hair collection chamber, the rotatable dowel fitting within the rotatable barrel, and the rotatable barrel having a slit along an outer wall thereof configured to receive at least the teeth of said at least one comb portion; the scraper has at least a portion thereof disposed tangentially to an outer surface of the rotatable barrel; and the drive mechanism (510; 542; 570, 576, 578, 580, 582) is aligned with an elongated axis of the dowel and configured to rotate the rotatable dowel and said at least one comb portion with said rotatable dowel. at least one comb portion having teeth engageable with hair of an animal having a furry coat or of another object to be groomed; a hair collection chamber connected to said at least one comb portion, said hair collection chamber including an interior defined by a plurality of surfaces including two side walls (524, 526); a handle portion operatively connected to said hair collection chamber and said at least one comb portion; a rotatable dowel disposed between the two side walls (524, 526) of the hair collection chamber, said at least one comb portion connected to the dowel whereby said at least one comb portion is rotated as the dowel is rotated; a scraper mounted to an inside of a wall of the hair collection chamber; and a drive mechanism (510; 542; 570, 576, 578, 580, 582) mounted to the hair collection chamber, exteriorly of the chamber, characterized in that a rotatable barrel is also disposed between the two side walls (524, 526) of the hair collection chamber, the rotatable dowel fitting within the rotatable barrel, and the rotatable barrel having a slit along an outer wall thereof configured to receive at least the teeth of said at least one comb portion; the scraper has at least a portion thereof disposed tangentially to an outer surface of the rotatable barrel; and the drive mechanism (510; 542; 570, 576, 578, 580, 582) is aligned with an elongated axis of the dowel and configured to rotate the rotatable dowel and said at least one comb portion with said rotatable dowel.
A method for operation by a vehicle control device, the method comprising: receiving, from a traffic management device, a first positioning request message comprising information indicating a vehicle system identity; sending to a location server a second positioning request message comprising information indicating the vehicle system identity; receiving positioning information for the vehicle system from the location server; and on condition that a difference between the positioning information received from the location server and network-reported positioning information exceeds a tolerance value, sending to the traffic management device a positioning report message comprising information indicating the vehicle system identity and the difference. receiving, from a traffic management device, a first positioning request message comprising information indicating a vehicle system identity; sending to a location server a second positioning request message comprising information indicating the vehicle system identity; receiving positioning information for the vehicle system from the location server; and on condition that a difference between the positioning information received from the location server and network-reported positioning information exceeds a tolerance value, sending to the traffic management device a positioning report message comprising information indicating the vehicle system identity and the difference.
A carbon seal assembly comprising: a stator fixable to a static component; a rotor fixable to a rotating component rotatable relative to the static component; a carbon ring disposed between the stator and the rotor; a spring configured to move the carbon ring fore and aft between the stator and the rotor; and a diaphragm operatively attached to the stator and to the spring and carbon ring combination; characterized by further comprising a casing in which at least one of the spring and the carbon ring is at least partially disposed, wherein the diaphragm is attached to the casing; a limit stop extending from one of the stator and the rotor toward the other of the stator and the rotor, the limit stop being configured to engage with the casing to limit movement of the carbon ring in the fore and aft directions and to allow high pressure air between the diaphragm and the stator; and wherein one of the casing and the limit stop has a fore stop (132, 134) and an aft stop (132, 134) extending radially from the one of the casing and the limit stop, and the other of the casing and the limit stop has a lip extending radially from the other of the casing and the limit stop in an opposite direction to the fore stop (132, 134) and the aft stop (132, 134) such that the lip is positioned between the fore stop (132, 134) and the aft stop (132, 134). a stator fixable to a static component; a rotor fixable to a rotating component rotatable relative to the static component; a carbon ring disposed between the stator and the rotor; a spring configured to move the carbon ring fore and aft between the stator and the rotor; and a diaphragm operatively attached to the stator and to the spring and carbon ring combination; characterized by further comprising a casing in which at least one of the spring and the carbon ring is at least partially disposed, wherein the diaphragm is attached to the casing; a limit stop extending from one of the stator and the rotor toward the other of the stator and the rotor, the limit stop being configured to engage with the casing to limit movement of the carbon ring in the fore and aft directions and to allow high pressure air between the diaphragm and the stator; and wherein one of the casing and the limit stop has a fore stop (132, 134) and an aft stop (132, 134) extending radially from the one of the casing and the limit stop, and the other of the casing and the limit stop has a lip extending radially from the other of the casing and the limit stop in an opposite direction to the fore stop (132, 134) and the aft stop (132, 134) such that the lip is positioned between the fore stop (132, 134) and the aft stop (132, 134).
A terminal configured to communicate using a shorter time interval than a subframe, the terminal comprising: a transmission section configured to transmit uplink, UL, data without a UL grant from a radio base station; and a control section configured to control allocation of the UL data, wherein the control section is configured to allocate the UL data to resources of the time interval by applying frequency hopping. a transmission section configured to transmit uplink, UL, data without a UL grant from a radio base station; and a control section configured to control allocation of the UL data, wherein the control section is configured to allocate the UL data to resources of the time interval by applying frequency hopping.
A communication method, comprising: obtaining, by a network device, state information of current communication with a terminal device; characterized by determining, by the network device, a transmission time sequence of the terminal device based on the state information, wherein the transmission time sequence of the terminal device indicates duration from a time point at which the terminal device receives data to a time point at which the terminal device sends a response to the data; and sending, by the network device to the terminal device, indication information used to indicate the transmission time sequence. obtaining, by a network device, state information of current communication with a terminal device; characterized by determining, by the network device, a transmission time sequence of the terminal device based on the state information, wherein the transmission time sequence of the terminal device indicates duration from a time point at which the terminal device receives data to a time point at which the terminal device sends a response to the data; and sending, by the network device to the terminal device, indication information used to indicate the transmission time sequence.
An apparatus (110, 300) comprising means (310, 320) for: - processing an instruction to limit an accuracy of a first sensor in accordance with a resolution requirement of a property measured by the first sensor, - determining, using a sensor management dataset, at least two second sensors which are capable of estimating the property, and - causing lowering, responsive to the instruction, of resolution of data produced by the at least two second sensors, an extent of resolution lowering being determined based on the resolution requirement and the sensor management dataset, wherein the property is location and wherein the at least two second sensors comprise a wireless local area network receiver, and wherein the apparatus is configured to cause the lowering of resolution by adding access point names not detected to a list of access point names detected by the wireless local area network receiver, or by deleting all access point names from a list of access point names detected by the wireless local area network receiver. - processing an instruction to limit an accuracy of a first sensor in accordance with a resolution requirement of a property measured by the first sensor, - determining, using a sensor management dataset, at least two second sensors which are capable of estimating the property, and - causing lowering, responsive to the instruction, of resolution of data produced by the at least two second sensors, an extent of resolution lowering being determined based on the resolution requirement and the sensor management dataset, wherein the property is location and wherein the at least two second sensors comprise a wireless local area network receiver, and wherein the apparatus is configured to cause the lowering of resolution by adding access point names not detected to a list of access point names detected by the wireless local area network receiver, or by deleting all access point names from a list of access point names detected by the wireless local area network receiver.
Modular multilevel converter having a multiplicity of submodules (1_1, 1_2, 6_n) that each have at least two electronic switching elements (202, 206) and an electrical energy store, and having a control device for the submodules, wherein an optical output of the control device is connected to an input of a passive optical distributor by means of a first optical fibre, and a multiplicity of outputs (415, 418, 421) of the passive optical distributor are connected to an optical input (428, 434, 440) of a respective one of the submodules (1_1, 1_2, 6_n) by means of a respective second optical fibre (425, 431, 437), and - the control device has a multiplicity of optical inputs (456, 465, 474), and an optical output (450, 459, 468) of each of the submodules (1_1, 1_2, 6_n) is connected to one of the optical inputs (456, 465, 474) of the control device by means of a third optical fibre (453, 462, 471), characterized in that - each of the outputs (450, 459, 468) of the submodules (1_1, 1_2, 6_n) is connected to a different one of the optical inputs (456, 465, 474) of the control device. - the control device has a multiplicity of optical inputs (456, 465, 474), and an optical output (450, 459, 468) of each of the submodules (1_1, 1_2, 6_n) is connected to one of the optical inputs (456, 465, 474) of the control device by means of a third optical fibre (453, 462, 471), characterized in that - each of the outputs (450, 459, 468) of the submodules (1_1, 1_2, 6_n) is connected to a different one of the optical inputs (456, 465, 474) of the control device.
A solid-state laser device comprising: a resonator composed of a pair of mirrors (11,12); a laser rod disposed in the resonator, the laser rod comprising an antireflection film on an end surface thereof and having a chamfered portion at a peripheral edge of the end surface; and an end-surface protection member that is disposed at a position facing the end surface of the laser rod, that is attached to and covering an end portion of the laser rod, that has an opening defining portion that forms an opening whose diameter is smaller than a diameter of an outer periphery of the end surface, and that limits a laser light path region in the end surface of the laser rod to a region inside of the outer periphery of the end surface. a resonator composed of a pair of mirrors (11,12); a laser rod disposed in the resonator, the laser rod comprising an antireflection film on an end surface thereof and having a chamfered portion at a peripheral edge of the end surface; and an end-surface protection member that is disposed at a position facing the end surface of the laser rod, that is attached to and covering an end portion of the laser rod, that has an opening defining portion that forms an opening whose diameter is smaller than a diameter of an outer periphery of the end surface, and that limits a laser light path region in the end surface of the laser rod to a region inside of the outer periphery of the end surface.
A system of a semi-autonomous driving vehicle for transitioning from an autonomous driving mode to a manual driving mode, the system comprising a navigation system adapted to determine a route (202, 204, 206, 402, 404, 406) to a destination (208, 408); characterized by: a vehicle head unit adapted to receive data that comprises information related to a geographic zone in which autonomous driving is discouraged or prohibited along the determined route (202, 204, 206, 402, 404, 406) to the destination (208, 408); a processor configured to process the received data to determine if the semi-autonomous driving vehicle in autonomous driving mode is approaching a geographic zone in which autonomous driving is discouraged or prohibited; and a means for issuing a notification to the driver of the semi-autonomous driving vehicle requesting the driver to manually drive the semi-autonomous driving vehicle in response to a determination that the semi-autonomous driving vehicle is approaching the geographic zone in which autonomous driving is discouraged or prohibited; means for determining whether the driver has assumed manual control of the semi-autonomous driving vehicle; means for performing a minimal risk maneuver to prevent autonomous driving in the geographic zone in which autonomous driving is discouraged or prohibited in response to a determination that the driver has not assumed manual control of the semi-autonomous driving vehicle. a vehicle head unit adapted to receive data that comprises information related to a geographic zone in which autonomous driving is discouraged or prohibited along the determined route (202, 204, 206, 402, 404, 406) to the destination (208, 408); a processor configured to process the received data to determine if the semi-autonomous driving vehicle in autonomous driving mode is approaching a geographic zone in which autonomous driving is discouraged or prohibited; and a means for issuing a notification to the driver of the semi-autonomous driving vehicle requesting the driver to manually drive the semi-autonomous driving vehicle in response to a determination that the semi-autonomous driving vehicle is approaching the geographic zone in which autonomous driving is discouraged or prohibited; means for determining whether the driver has assumed manual control of the semi-autonomous driving vehicle; means for performing a minimal risk maneuver to prevent autonomous driving in the geographic zone in which autonomous driving is discouraged or prohibited in response to a determination that the driver has not assumed manual control of the semi-autonomous driving vehicle.
A composite comprising: a fiber-reinforced composite material which is composed of reinforcing fibers and a resin composition that contains a polypropylene-based resin and a modified polyolefin-based resin; and a metal member which is joined and fixed to the fiber-reinforced composite material by welding, the polypropylene-based resin having a tensile modulus of not less than 1 GPa, the modified polyolefin-based resin being modified with at least one kind of monomer which is selected from the group consisting of carboxylic acid group-containing vinyl monomers and epoxy group-containing vinyl monomers, and modified with a conjugated diene compound in an amount of 0.01 parts by weight to 10 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the polyolefin-based resin, a weight ratio: between the polypropylene-based resin and the modified polyolefin-based resin in the resin composition being 90:10 to 40:60, and the arithmetic average roughness, Ra, of a surface of the metal member to which surface the fiber-reinforced composite material is joined is 0.08 μm to 1 μm. a fiber-reinforced composite material which is composed of reinforcing fibers and a resin composition that contains a polypropylene-based resin and a modified polyolefin-based resin; and a metal member which is joined and fixed to the fiber-reinforced composite material by welding, the polypropylene-based resin having a tensile modulus of not less than 1 GPa, the modified polyolefin-based resin being modified with at least one kind of monomer which is selected from the group consisting of carboxylic acid group-containing vinyl monomers and epoxy group-containing vinyl monomers, and modified with a conjugated diene compound in an amount of 0.01 parts by weight to 10 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the polyolefin-based resin, the polypropylene-based resin having a tensile modulus of not less than 1 GPa, the modified polyolefin-based resin being modified with at least one kind of monomer which is selected from the group consisting of carboxylic acid group-containing vinyl monomers and epoxy group-containing vinyl monomers, and modified with a conjugated diene compound in an amount of 0.01 parts by weight to 10 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the polyolefin-based resin, a weight ratio: between the polypropylene-based resin and the modified polyolefin-based resin in the resin composition being 90:10 to 40:60, and the arithmetic average roughness, Ra, of a surface of the metal member to which surface the fiber-reinforced composite material is joined is 0.08 μm to 1 μm.
Method for producing a molding for replicating a structure of a biological tissue, comprising the following steps: - Providing of a plastically deformable film; - Subjecting the film to a pressure in order to press it into a mold, the mold comprising formations (03, 06) for pit-like depressions, for recesses and for notches, wherein the pit-like depressions are formed in the plane of extension of the film, while the recesses each border on at least one of the pit-like depressions and each have a bottom, at which they are opened, so that each time an opening is produced, and the notches form at least one film hinge in the film; and - Folding of the formed film to produce a stack comprising at least two layers of the film, the film hinge forming the folding edge for the folding, whereby the pit-like depressions are closed along their direction of extension by a neighboring layer of the stack and form a capillary, and whereby at least two of the opened recesses are arranged one on top of the other and form a canal arranged perpendicular to the plane of extension of the film. - Providing of a plastically deformable film; - Subjecting the film to a pressure in order to press it into a mold, the mold comprising formations (03, 06) for pit-like depressions, for recesses and for notches, wherein the pit-like depressions are formed in the plane of extension of the film, while the recesses each border on at least one of the pit-like depressions and each have a bottom, at which they are opened, so that each time an opening is produced, and the notches form at least one film hinge in the film; and - Folding of the formed film to produce a stack comprising at least two layers of the film, the film hinge forming the folding edge for the folding, whereby the pit-like depressions are closed along their direction of extension by a neighboring layer of the stack and form a capillary, and whereby at least two of the opened recesses are arranged one on top of the other and form a canal arranged perpendicular to the plane of extension of the film.
A process of reconstituting an active oxidation catalyst from a deactivated oxidation catalyst comprising a titanosilicate having deposited thereon one or more catalytic metals comprising gold, or gold in combination with silver, a platinum group metal, a lanthanide metal, or a mixture thereof, and, optionally, one or more promoter metals, the process comprising: (a) pretreating in a gas phase with oxygen the deactivated oxidation catalyst comprising a titanosilicate having deposited thereon one or more catalytic metals and, optionally, one or more promoter metals at a temperature greater than 250°C and less than 850°C; (b) contacting the oxidant-treated oxidation catalyst with aqua regia under conditions sufficient to obtain a titanosilicate substantially free of the one or more catalytic metals and optional one or more promoter metals; (c) washing the titanosilicate from step (b) under conditions sufficient to remove residual acid and reclaim the titanosilicate; (d) optionally, drying the reclaimed titanosilicate; (e) optionally, calcining the reclaimed titanosilicate obtained from step (c) or (d); and (f) depositing one or more catalytic metals and optionally one or more promoter metals onto the reclaimed titanosilicate under conditions sufficient to obtain the reconstituted oxidation catalyst. (a) pretreating in a gas phase with oxygen the deactivated oxidation catalyst comprising a titanosilicate having deposited thereon one or more catalytic metals and, optionally, one or more promoter metals at a temperature greater than 250°C and less than 850°C; (b) contacting the oxidant-treated oxidation catalyst with aqua regia under conditions sufficient to obtain a titanosilicate substantially free of the one or more catalytic metals and optional one or more promoter metals; (c) washing the titanosilicate from step (b) under conditions sufficient to remove residual acid and reclaim the titanosilicate; (d) optionally, drying the reclaimed titanosilicate; (e) optionally, calcining the reclaimed titanosilicate obtained from step (c) or (d); and (f) depositing one or more catalytic metals and optionally one or more promoter metals onto the reclaimed titanosilicate under conditions sufficient to obtain the reconstituted oxidation catalyst.