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A filter element for an air filter device of a motor vehicle, comprising a frame at least sectionally surrounding a filter material of the filter element, wherein the frame includes a front wall extending essentially perpendicular to an insertion direction, in which the filter element can be inserted into an accommodation space of a housing of the air filter device, wherein at least one fastening element, on which a cover of the air filter device formed for closing the accommodation space can be fixed, is disposed on a front side of the front wall, characterised in that a plate-shaped base body of the front wall has a narrow side, beyond which a holding tab of the filter element formed separately from the at least one fastening element protrudes, wherein, by introducing the holding tab into a holding recess provided on sides of the housing of the air filter device, the filter element can be secured against movement in or opposing the insertion direction, wherein the at least one fastening element can be inserted into a socket-shaped holding section of a closure element disposed on the cover, wherein, by rotating the closure element about an axis of rotation, the at least one fastening element encircled by the holding section can be interlocked with the closure element of the cover, or the at least one fastening element has a socket-shaped holding section into which a closure element disposed on the cover can be inserted, wherein, by rotating the closure element about an axis of rotation, the at least one closure element of the cover encircled by the holding section can be interlocked with the fastening element.
Method for operating a flowmeter having a measuring tube, wherein the flow ( d) of a medium through the measuring tube is measured, characterized in that, in each case, a continuous dwell time of the measured flow ( d) greater than or equal to a flow threshold ( d s) is assigned to a flow interval ( Δt D,1, Δt D,2) and a flow volume ( V 1, V 2) is determined from the measured flow ( d) in the flow interval ( Δt D,1, Δt D,2), that, in each case, a continuous dwell time of the measured flow ( d) less than the flow threshold ( d s) is assigned to a zero flow interval ( Δt N,1), that, in each case, a deviation volume of the flow volume ( V 1, V 2) in one of the flow intervals ( Δt D,1, Δt D,2) from a reference flow volume is deter-mined and the deviation volume is compared to a threshold deviation vol-ume, and that, if the deviation volume in one of the flow intervals ( Δt D,1, Δt D,2) is less than the threshold deviation volume, a zero flow through the measuring tube is determined and compensated using the measured flow ( d) in the zero flow interval ( Δt N,1) directly preceding the flow interval ( Δt D,1, Δt D,2).
A method for refining copper concentrate, wherein the method comprises using a suspension smelting furnace comprising a reaction shaft, and a settler, wherein the reaction shaft of the suspension smelting furnace is provided with a concentrate burner for feeding copper concentrate such as copper sulfide concentrate and/or copper matte and additionally at least reaction gas into the reaction shaft of the suspension smelting furnace to obtain a blister layer containing blister and a first slag layer containing slag on top of the blister layer in the settler of the suspension smelting furnace, and using a slag cleaning furnace, and feeding copper concentrate and additionally at least reaction gas into the reaction shaft of the suspension smelting furnace to obtain a blister layer containing blister and a first slag layer containing slag on top of the blister layer in the settler of the suspension smelting furnace, characterized by feeding slag from the first slag layer in the settler of the suspension smelting furnace and blister from the blister layer in the settler of the suspension smelting furnace from the suspension smelting furnace into the slag cleaning furnace, treating blister and slag in the slag cleaning furnace with a reduction agent to obtain a bottom metal layer containing bottom metal copper and a second slag layer containing slag on top of the bottom metal layer layer in the slag cleaning furnace, discharging bottom metal copper from the bottom metal layer in the slag cleaning furnace, and discharging slag from the second slag layer in the slag cleaning furnace.
A device for switching a radio frequency, RF, signal, comprising: a plurality of field-effect transistor, FET, unit cell circuits (308, 310) configured as a FET stack, each FET unit cell circuit comprising a FET; a body bias network filter circuit coupled to a body node of each FET unit cell circuit of the FET stack; and a body filter included in the plurality of FET unit cell circuits, the body filter having a drain-source circuit, the drain-source circuit comprising a divider circuit (324, 336) defining a virtual node, the body filter including a body filter capacitance between a body node of the FET and the virtual node. a plurality of field-effect transistor, FET, unit cell circuits (308, 310) configured as a FET stack, each FET unit cell circuit comprising a FET; a body bias network filter circuit coupled to a body node of each FET unit cell circuit of the FET stack; and a body filter included in the plurality of FET unit cell circuits, the body filter having a drain-source circuit, the drain-source circuit comprising a divider circuit (324, 336) defining a virtual node, the body filter including a body filter capacitance between a body node of the FET and the virtual node.
A process for producing a surface-treated gallium arsenide substrate, the process comprising the following steps as defined in the specified sequence: a) providing a gallium arsenide substrate; b) oxidation treatment of at least one surface of the gallium arsenide substrate in dry condition by means of UV radiation and/or ozone gas; c)-1 contacting the at least one surface of the gallium arsenide substrate with alkaline aqueous solution, c)-2 subsequently contacting the at least one surface of the gallium arsenide substrate with water, and subsequently c)-3 contacting the at least one surface of the gallium arsenide substrate with acidic aqueous solution, optionally in the presence of an oxidizing agent; and subsequently c)-4 contacting the at least one surface of the gallium arsenide substrate with water; and d) Marangoni drying of the gallium arsenide substrate. a) providing a gallium arsenide substrate; b) oxidation treatment of at least one surface of the gallium arsenide substrate in dry condition by means of UV radiation and/or ozone gas; c)-1 contacting the at least one surface of the gallium arsenide substrate with alkaline aqueous solution, c)-2 subsequently contacting the at least one surface of the gallium arsenide substrate with water, and subsequently c)-3 contacting the at least one surface of the gallium arsenide substrate with acidic aqueous solution, optionally in the presence of an oxidizing agent; and subsequently c)-4 contacting the at least one surface of the gallium arsenide substrate with water; and d) Marangoni drying of the gallium arsenide substrate.
A liquid droplet production apparatus comprising: a nozzle plate, comprising: a flexible substrate having a linear array of nozzles that extend through said nozzle plate, said nozzles being arranged in at least one line along a longitudinal axis of the nozzle plate, forming thereby a nozzle bearing region, characterized in that the substrate is curved so as to impart an increased longitudinal stiffness to it; a means for supplying liquid to at least the nozzle bearing region of one face of the nozzle plate; and an actuator for vibrating the plate whereby to cause liquid droplets to be ejected from the other side of the plate; wherein at least one of the actuator and nozzle plate is at least partially slotted along its length, with slots perpendicular to the nozzle plate and to the longitudinal axis. a nozzle plate, comprising: a flexible substrate having a linear array of nozzles that extend through said nozzle plate, said nozzles being arranged in at least one line along a longitudinal axis of the nozzle plate, forming thereby a nozzle bearing region, characterized in that the substrate is curved so as to impart an increased longitudinal stiffness to it; a means for supplying liquid to at least the nozzle bearing region of one face of the nozzle plate; and an actuator for vibrating the plate whereby to cause liquid droplets to be ejected from the other side of the plate; wherein at least one of the actuator and nozzle plate is at least partially slotted along its length, with slots perpendicular to the nozzle plate and to the longitudinal axis.
A method of separating product excreted externally of living cells from liquids, larger particles of growth media and debris in which the product exists within a container, wherein the container has a neck defining an opening to the container, and the product has a size small enough that it can be measured by molecular weight, the method comprising the steps of: fastening a cap over the opening of the container to form a fluid-tight connection and passing fluid contents of the container through a filter assembly in the cap, by applying a negative pressure downstream of the filter assembly to draw product through the filter assembly, wherein the product passes through a cap outlet that is located downstream of the filter assembly; wherein the filter is a graded porosity filter; wherein the contents of the container have not been centrifuged; the filter assembly having a frit upstream of the graded porosity filter; and wherein the cap has a vent opening extending through the cap with a vent tube connected to the portion of the cap defining the vent opening. fastening a cap over the opening of the container to form a fluid-tight connection and passing fluid contents of the container through a filter assembly in the cap, by applying a negative pressure downstream of the filter assembly to draw product through the filter assembly, wherein the product passes through a cap outlet that is located downstream of the filter assembly; wherein the filter is a graded porosity filter; wherein the contents of the container have not been centrifuged; the filter assembly having a frit upstream of the graded porosity filter; and wherein the cap has a vent opening extending through the cap with a vent tube connected to the portion of the cap defining the vent opening.
An apparatus for simultaneously analyzing physical and chemical characteristics of particles in multiple streams of particles, the apparatus comprising: (a) means for forming a plurality of independent focused streams of particles; (b) at least one optical excitation source; (c) a first radio-frequency source having a first radio-frequency output; (d) a second radio-frequency source having a second radio-frequency output; (e) an optical, or acousto-optical, combining device (16, 20, 22, 26, 28, 34) configured for combining said first radio-frequency output and said second radio-frequency output into an optical interrogation beam having a spatially distributed beat frequency; (f) an optical system (38, 56, 58, 60, 62) configured for directing said optical interrogation beam having a spatially distributed beat frequency across said plurality of focused streams of particles so that said spatially distributed beat frequency simultaneously spans said plurality of focused streams of particles; and (g) an optical detector (42, 44) configured for registering in parallel fluorescence of particles, within said plurality of focused streams of particles, at different modulation frequencies within said spatially distributed beat frequency. (a) means for forming a plurality of independent focused streams of particles; (b) at least one optical excitation source; (c) a first radio-frequency source having a first radio-frequency output; (d) a second radio-frequency source having a second radio-frequency output; (e) an optical, or acousto-optical, combining device (16, 20, 22, 26, 28, 34) configured for combining said first radio-frequency output and said second radio-frequency output into an optical interrogation beam having a spatially distributed beat frequency; (f) an optical system (38, 56, 58, 60, 62) configured for directing said optical interrogation beam having a spatially distributed beat frequency across said plurality of focused streams of particles so that said spatially distributed beat frequency simultaneously spans said plurality of focused streams of particles; and (g) an optical detector (42, 44) configured for registering in parallel fluorescence of particles, within said plurality of focused streams of particles, at different modulation frequencies within said spatially distributed beat frequency.
An aircraft tailcone comprising: a tailcone fuselage, a turbomachine compartment inside the tailcone fuselage, a turbomachine housed inside the turbomachine compartment, a RAM air intake on the tailcone fuselage for an ingestion of RAM air towards an interior of the turbomachine compartment, at least one inlet flap operable reciprocately from an open position in which ingestion of RAM air is allowed, and a closed position in which RAM air ingestion is prevented, wherein the inlet flap is configured such that in its open position, the inlet flap is located at least partially inside the tailcone fuselage, and in its closed position a surface of the inlet flap is substantially flush with a tailcone fuselage surface, characterized in that the RAM air intake extends annularly along an entire perimeter of the tailcone fuselage. a tailcone fuselage, a turbomachine compartment inside the tailcone fuselage, a turbomachine housed inside the turbomachine compartment, a RAM air intake on the tailcone fuselage for an ingestion of RAM air towards an interior of the turbomachine compartment, at least one inlet flap operable reciprocately from an open position in which ingestion of RAM air is allowed, and a closed position in which RAM air ingestion is prevented, wherein the inlet flap is configured such that in its open position, the inlet flap is located at least partially inside the tailcone fuselage, and in its closed position a surface of the inlet flap is substantially flush with a tailcone fuselage surface, characterized in that the RAM air intake extends annularly along an entire perimeter of the tailcone fuselage.
A vehicle comprising: a vehicle drive source; a preceding vehicle information acquiring device configured to acquire preceding vehicle information relating to a preceding vehicle, including a parameter relating to a distance between vehicles which becomes greater the wider the distance between a host vehicle and the preceding vehicle; and an electronic control unit configured to control the vehicle drive source, in which vehicle, an internal combustion engine is provided as the vehicle drive source and the electronic control unit is configured to initiate an idle reduction mode where the internal combustion engine is made to automatically stop when a preset engine stop condition stands and the electronic control unit is characterized by being further configured when the parameter becomes a first predetermined value or more during the idle reduction mode, to continue the idle reduction mode if the preceding vehicle is decelerating or has stopped and to make the internal combustion engine automatically restart if the preceding vehicle is accelerating or is running at an equal speed. a vehicle drive source; a preceding vehicle information acquiring device configured to acquire preceding vehicle information relating to a preceding vehicle, including a parameter relating to a distance between vehicles which becomes greater the wider the distance between a host vehicle and the preceding vehicle; and an electronic control unit configured to control the vehicle drive source, in which vehicle, an internal combustion engine is provided as the vehicle drive source and the electronic control unit is configured to initiate an idle reduction mode where the internal combustion engine is made to automatically stop when a preset engine stop condition stands and the electronic control unit is characterized by being further configured when the parameter becomes a first predetermined value or more during the idle reduction mode, to continue the idle reduction mode if the preceding vehicle is decelerating or has stopped and to make the internal combustion engine automatically restart if the preceding vehicle is accelerating or is running at an equal speed.
Apparatus for dispensing colorants for paint, comprising a plurality of assemblies, each assembly comprising a container for holding a liquid, a pump, a valve, at least one dispense opening (23, 24), and comprising a controller arranged to operate the pump and the valve to withdraw liquid from the container and to dispense liquid via the dispense opening (23, 24) and to operate the pump and the valve to purge liquid from the pump to the container via the dispense opening (23, 24), characterized in that the valve, in a further position, closes at least the pump, wherein the controller is arranged to establish whether the liquid inside the pump is compressible or expandable.
A system for converting distributed renewable energy into usable energy, said renewable energy being produced by both photovoltaic generators and generators producing renewable energy of types other than photovoltaic, the generators being coupled with each other in series or in parallel creating a direct current grid terminated with a DC/AC converting unit with a power equalling the sum of powers produced by said generators, said unit converting the electric energy of direct voltage into electric energy of alternating voltage and being coupled with the alternating current power supply grid and with a DC voltage bus to which, through controller modules (3,4, 5,6), renewable energy generators (8, 9) as well as a battery pack charging module and an electric vehicle recharging station module are coupled wherein the DC/AC converting unit of the system is coupled bidirectionally with at least one MPPT controller module adapted to co-operate with renewably energy generators, and the DC/AC converting unit is coupled bidirectionally with the battery pack charging controller module, wherein the modules of said MPPT controllers (3, 5) are coupled electrically and bidirectionally with each other, and the battery pack charging controller module is coupled electrically and bidirectionally with the vehicle charging station controller module powered from a local alternating voltage source, wherein the DC/AC converting unit is connected electrically and bidirectionnally through a PC type computer with local IT network, said unit is adapted to function, apart from converting electric energy with DC voltage into electric energy of alternating current AC, as a means of managing operation of all distributed renewable energy modules (3, 5) of the system, converting the energy into AC usable energy, measuring and controlling the electric energy transferred to the local AC voltage source, communicating with the local IT network, and exchanging data on relevant technical parameters of the system.
A method of cache state management to preserve user experience with a mobile application on a mobile device (150, 250, 350, 450) while conserving resources in a wireless network, the method comprising: detecting a content source, with which the mobile device (150, 250, 350, 450) interacts, as having content suitable for caching; storing content received from the content source as cache elements in a local cache (185, 285, 785) on the mobile device (150, 250, 350, 450); wherein, the cache elements are associated with state information for use when responding to polling requests made at the mobile device with the cache elements to preserve user experience; wherein the state information includes a time interval between polling requests initiated by the mobile application on the mobile device (150, 250, 350, 450);wherein the state information including the time interval is created on a per mobile device basis and tracked on a per mobile application basis; identifying the content source to a proxy server remote from and in wireless communication with the mobile device (150, 250, 350, 450) such that the proxy server monitors the content source for new or changed data; wherein the time interval between polling requests is employed by the proxy server in monitoring the content source for new or changed content. detecting a content source, with which the mobile device (150, 250, 350, 450) interacts, as having content suitable for caching; storing content received from the content source as cache elements in a local cache (185, 285, 785) on the mobile device (150, 250, 350, 450); wherein, the cache elements are associated with state information for use when responding to polling requests made at the mobile device with the cache elements to preserve user experience; wherein the state information includes a time interval between polling requests initiated by the mobile application on the mobile device (150, 250, 350, 450);wherein the state information including the time interval is created on a per mobile device basis and tracked on a per mobile application basis; identifying the content source to a proxy server remote from and in wireless communication with the mobile device (150, 250, 350, 450) such that the proxy server monitors the content source for new or changed data; wherein the time interval between polling requests is employed by the proxy server in monitoring the content source for new or changed content.
A method for manufacturing a sheet-shaped fiber-reinforced resin molding material containing a plurality of cut fiber bundles and a resin impregnated between filaments of the cut fiber bundles, the method comprising: an integrated material manufacturing step for obtaining an integrated material by collecting a sheet-shaped fiber bundle aggregate obtained by arranging and spreading a plurality of consecutive fiber bundles in a width direction, wherein in the integrated material manufacturing step, the fiber bundle aggregate is split in the width direction by separation and then collected, wherein the separation is performed by intermittent separation at a predetermined interval in the longitudinal direction of the consecutive fiber bundle, wherein the intermittent separation in the longitudinal direction of the consecutive fiber bundle is performed such that a condition of Formula described below is satisfied and the cut fiber bundles are obtained by cutting the consecutive fiber bundle at an interval in the longitudinal direction. 1 ≤ a / L (provided that, in the above Formula, a represents a length of a separated part in the consecutive fiber bundle and L represents an interval at which the consecutive fiber bundle is cut.) an integrated material manufacturing step for obtaining an integrated material by collecting a sheet-shaped fiber bundle aggregate obtained by arranging and spreading a plurality of consecutive fiber bundles in a width direction, wherein in the integrated material manufacturing step, the fiber bundle aggregate is split in the width direction by separation and then collected, wherein the separation is performed by intermittent separation at a predetermined interval in the longitudinal direction of the consecutive fiber bundle, wherein the intermittent separation in the longitudinal direction of the consecutive fiber bundle is performed such that a condition of Formula described below is satisfied and the cut fiber bundles are obtained by cutting the consecutive fiber bundle at an interval in the longitudinal direction. 1 ≤ a / L (provided that, in the above Formula, a represents a length of a separated part in the consecutive fiber bundle and L represents an interval at which the consecutive fiber bundle is cut.)