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A tool positioning apparatus comprising: a cone section comprising a plurality of slips (15, 17) and an inner diameter having a plurality of grooves (16A, 16B) formed therein for engagement with complementary protrusions of a member inserted into the cone section; a mandrel section comprising a plurality of protrusions (11, 13) extending therefrom, wherein the mandrel section is engaged with the cone section through compression of the plurality of slips by the plurality of protrusions; and characterised by the cone section comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the plurality of grooves comprises a first groove having a no-go shoulder facing the first end and a second groove having a no-go shoulder facing the second end. a cone section comprising a plurality of slips (15, 17) and an inner diameter having a plurality of grooves (16A, 16B) formed therein for engagement with complementary protrusions of a member inserted into the cone section; a mandrel section comprising a plurality of protrusions (11, 13) extending therefrom, wherein the mandrel section is engaged with the cone section through compression of the plurality of slips by the plurality of protrusions; and characterised by the cone section comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the plurality of grooves comprises a first groove having a no-go shoulder facing the first end and a second groove having a no-go shoulder facing the second end.
A pre-collapsed capacitive micro-machined transducer cell comprising: - a substrate, - a membrane, wherein a cavity is formed between the membrane and the substrate, the membrane comprising a hole and an edge portion surrounding the hole, - at least part of a stress layer on the membrane, the stress layer having a predetermined stress value with respect to the membrane, the stress layer being adapted to provide a bending moment on the membrane in a direction towards the substrate such that the edge portion of the membrane is collapsed to the substrate (12; characterized in that the stress layer comprises a hole. - a substrate, - a membrane, wherein a cavity is formed between the membrane and the substrate, the membrane comprising a hole and an edge portion surrounding the hole, - at least part of a stress layer on the membrane, the stress layer having a predetermined stress value with respect to the membrane, the stress layer being adapted to provide a bending moment on the membrane in a direction towards the substrate such that the edge portion of the membrane is collapsed to the substrate (12;
Method of providing a route to an in-vehicle navigation system having a navigation database, comprising the following steps performed at an external computing center having a navigation database: calculating the route from road data including road segments (Rs); determining decision points (Dp) on the route, wherein at least two road segments (Rs) are connected to each other at each of the decision points (Dp); storing data of the determined decision points (Dp) in a memory; and encoding the route based on the stored data of the determined decision points (Dp); and characterized in that the road segments (Rs) are hierarchically classified in ranks and wherein determining the decision points (Dp) comprises identifying all decision points (Dp) of the route and ignoring those decision points (Dp) at which two road segments (Rs) of the route connect to each other and at which only additional road segments (Rs) are connected that are of a lower rank as compared to the two road segments (Rs) of the route. calculating the route from road data including road segments (Rs); determining decision points (Dp) on the route, wherein at least two road segments (Rs) are connected to each other at each of the decision points (Dp); storing data of the determined decision points (Dp) in a memory; and encoding the route based on the stored data of the determined decision points (Dp); and characterized in that the road segments (Rs) are hierarchically classified in ranks and wherein determining the decision points (Dp) comprises identifying all decision points (Dp) of the route and ignoring those decision points (Dp) at which two road segments (Rs) of the route connect to each other and at which only additional road segments (Rs) are connected that are of a lower rank as compared to the two road segments (Rs) of the route.
A photoacoustic apparatus comprising: a light source; a receiving element configured to receive, at a plurality of positions, a photoacoustic wave generated by irradiation of a subject with pulsed light generated by the light source, and output a time-series reception signal corresponding to the pulsed light; a signal data obtaining unit configured to: obtain information that is based on a shape of the subject, determine, on the basis of the information that is based on the shape of the subject, a first period and a second period different from the first period, for the time-series reception signal, generate reception signal data by reducing a data amount of the time-series reception signal output from the receiving element in the first period, and store the reception signal data; and an information obtaining unit configured to obtain information about the subject on the basis of the reception signal data stored in the signal data obtaining unit. a light source; a receiving element configured to receive, at a plurality of positions, a photoacoustic wave generated by irradiation of a subject with pulsed light generated by the light source, and output a time-series reception signal corresponding to the pulsed light; a signal data obtaining unit configured to: obtain information that is based on a shape of the subject, determine, on the basis of the information that is based on the shape of the subject, a first period and a second period different from the first period, for the time-series reception signal, generate reception signal data by reducing a data amount of the time-series reception signal output from the receiving element in the first period, and store the reception signal data; and obtain information that is based on a shape of the subject, determine, on the basis of the information that is based on the shape of the subject, a first period and a second period different from the first period, for the time-series reception signal, generate reception signal data by reducing a data amount of the time-series reception signal output from the receiving element in the first period, and store the reception signal data; and an information obtaining unit configured to obtain information about the subject on the basis of the reception signal data stored in the signal data obtaining unit.
A method of obtaining an immunosuppressive cell, the method comprising culturing a precursor cell that is capable of differentiating into a dendritic cell, wherein the precursor cell is a human CD14+ monocyte or a mouse bone marrow cell; culturing the precursor cell in a medium that contains a GRO-γ or GRO-α chemokine for a sufficient period of time to allow the precursor cell to differentiate to a dendritic cell, wherein the dendritic cell exhibits an immunosuppressive phenotype, thereby obtaining the immunosuppressive cell, the medium being (i) a mesenchymal stem cell -conditioned medium or (ii) α - MEM completed medium or (iii) RPMI-1640 medium.
A method of imaging with an optical system including imaging optics, characterized by a diffraction-limited resolution volume, the method comprising: in a sample comprising a plurality of transformable optical labels distributed in at least a portion of the sample with a density greater than an inverse of the diffraction-limited resolution volume of the imaging optics, activating, with an activating environmental parameter other than electromagnetic energy, a sparse subset of the labels from an inactivated state in which the labels radiate little, if any, radiation at a wavelength characteristic of an activated and excited label, when exposed to excitation radiation, to an activated state from which detectable emission of radiation is emitted when the labels are exposed to excitation radiation in the portion of the sample, controlling the activation such that the density of the labels in the sparse subset is less than the inverse of the diffraction-limited resolution volume; exciting a portion of the labels in the sparse subset of labels, by using excitation radiation; detecting fluorescence radiation emitted from the activated and excited labels in the sparse subset of labels with the optical system; and determining locations of activated and excited labels in the sparse subset of labels with a sub-diffraction-limited accuracy based on the detected radiation emitted from the activated and excited labels; deactivating activated labels and repeating the above steps to determine the locations of more labels within the sample; and combining the determined locations of the labels from the different sparse subsets to build up a superresolution image of the sample.
A heat pump apparatus comprising a cooling circuit and a heating and/or domestic hot water system, wherein the cooling circuit includes an evaporator, a variable speed compressor, a condenser comprising a connection for the heating and/or domestic hot water system, an expansion valve and a power electronics unit for controlling the compressor speed, the heating and/or domestic hot water system includes a power electronics heat exchanger for cooling the power electronics unit, the power electronics heat exchanger includes an inflow channel, an outflow channel, and a plurality of connection pipes from the inflow channel to the outflow channel, the power electronics unit is coupled with the connection pipes of the power electronics heat exchanger for cooling, the inflow channel of the power electronics heat exchanger is coupled to a heating and/or domestic hot water system return, and the outflow channel of the power electronics heat exchanger is coupled with the condenser connection for the heating and/or domestic hot water system, such that a heat transfer medium flowing through the heating and/or domestic hot water system can flow through the power electronics heat exchanger and the condenser, and that the heat transfer medium flowing back from the heating and/or domestic hot water system return is used for cooling the power electronics.
A container for cleaning and sterilizing a menstrual cup, comprising: a vessel with an open-top having a bottom, side walls defining an inner cavity for holding a cleaning liquid and for receiving a menstrual cup having gripping means; a lid closing the open-top; the container being made of materials suitable for exposure to microwave radiation, characterized in that the lid comprises holding means for connecting the menstrual cup to the lid with the gripping means, wherein the lid can be fitted on the open-top in a first mounting position with the holding means directed towards the inner cavity such that, when attached to the lid, the menstrual cup projects at least partially into the inner cavity, and wherein the lid can be fitted in a second mounting position with the lid reversed and the holding means directed away from the inner cavity such that, when attached to the lid, the menstrual cup projects outwardly. a lid closing the open-top; the container being made of materials suitable for exposure to microwave radiation, characterized in that the lid comprises holding means for connecting the menstrual cup to the lid with the gripping means, wherein the lid can be fitted on the open-top in a first mounting position with the holding means directed towards the inner cavity such that, when attached to the lid, the menstrual cup projects at least partially into the inner cavity, and wherein the lid can be fitted in a second mounting position with the lid reversed and the holding means directed away from the inner cavity such that, when attached to the lid, the menstrual cup projects outwardly.
A portable terminal comprising: a window provided on a front surface of the portable terminal, and including a transparent region for transmitting an image and an opaque Black Mark BM, region provided surrounding the transparent region; and a near field wireless communication antenna device; characterised in that the antenna device is disposed in a portion of the BM region; the antenna device comprising: a plurality of flexible printed circuit board layers arranged for stacking at a portion of the BM region; a plurality of conductive antenna patterns each comprising a single turn loop provided for the plurality of flexible printed circuit board layers, respectively; and a plurality of through holes through which conductive antenna patterns of the plurality of conductive antenna patterns on adjacent flexible printed circuit board layers are connected to each other such that the plurality of conductive antenna patterns are electrically connected to each other so as to define a loop antenna. a window provided on a front surface of the portable terminal, and including a transparent region for transmitting an image and an opaque Black Mark BM, region provided surrounding the transparent region; and a near field wireless communication antenna device; characterised in that the antenna device is disposed in a portion of the BM region; the antenna device comprising: a plurality of flexible printed circuit board layers arranged for stacking at a portion of the BM region; a plurality of conductive antenna patterns each comprising a single turn loop provided for the plurality of flexible printed circuit board layers, respectively; and a plurality of through holes through which conductive antenna patterns of the plurality of conductive antenna patterns on adjacent flexible printed circuit board layers are connected to each other such that the plurality of conductive antenna patterns are electrically connected to each other so as to define a loop antenna. a plurality of flexible printed circuit board layers arranged for stacking at a portion of the BM region; a plurality of conductive antenna patterns each comprising a single turn loop provided for the plurality of flexible printed circuit board layers, respectively; and a plurality of through holes through which conductive antenna patterns of the plurality of conductive antenna patterns on adjacent flexible printed circuit board layers are connected to each other such that the plurality of conductive antenna patterns are electrically connected to each other so as to define a loop antenna.
A removable bridge system for attachment to a plurality of dental implants, each implant having an implant body fixedly received inside a jawbone of an individual and an implant head projected from said jawbone, the system comprising a plurality of abutments, each comprising a seat portion formed with a shape conforming with a shape of a corresponding implant head and allowing fixedly positioning of the abutment to the implant, and an abutment head; at least one of said abutments is configured as a locking abutment and comprises a locking portion; a bridge generally conforming with dental parameters of the individual, having a bottom surface formed with a receiving apertures, each aperture shaped so as to snugly fit over a corresponding abutment head; and the bridge further comprises a locking arrangement for removably locking the bridge to said abutments, and comprising one or more locks, having a locking pin, for releasable locking engagement over at least one locking abutment, characterized in that, in a locked position of the locking arrangement, the bridge is spaced from the locking pin, thereby directing loads borne by the bridge to the abutments without subjecting said locking arrangement to said loads.
A hinge assembly for permitting the pivoting movement of a first portion of an electronic device with respect to a second portion of an electronic device, comprising: at least one pair of mounting brackets (42, 44) comprising a first mounting bracket and a second mounting bracket; a helical sleeve having a first end connected to the first mounting bracket and a second end that is free; a cylindrical shaft having a first end connected to the second mounting bracket; the helical sleeve having a diameter such that when the helical sleeve is mounted onto the shaft, there is an interference fit between the free end of the sleeve and the shaft, wherein the free end of the helical sleeve is slidingly and frictionally engaged with the cylindrical shaft, and wherein the helical sleeve is made up of loops arranged in a helix, and wherein, when the shaft rotates in a first direction, the loops progressively tighten about the shaft resulting in increasing frictional forces with respect to the shaft, and when the shaft rotates in the opposite direction, the loops progressively loosen about the shaft. at least one pair of mounting brackets (42, 44) comprising a first mounting bracket and a second mounting bracket; a helical sleeve having a first end connected to the first mounting bracket and a second end that is free; a cylindrical shaft having a first end connected to the second mounting bracket; the helical sleeve having a diameter such that when the helical sleeve is mounted onto the shaft, there is an interference fit between the free end of the sleeve and the shaft, wherein the free end of the helical sleeve is slidingly and frictionally engaged with the cylindrical shaft, and wherein the helical sleeve is made up of loops arranged in a helix, and wherein, when the shaft rotates in a first direction, the loops progressively tighten about the shaft resulting in increasing frictional forces with respect to the shaft, and when the shaft rotates in the opposite direction, the loops progressively loosen about the shaft.
A polarization delivery system comprising: a substrate; a parahydrogen production system comprising a microreactor that is configured to process hydrogen based on a request from a magnetic resonance imaging or nuclear magnetic resonance system and produce processed hydrogen including parahydrogen; and a hyperpolarization and conversion system comprising a spin transfer device that is configured to receive the processed hydrogen from the microreactor and transfer spin order from the processed hydrogen to the substrate. a substrate; a parahydrogen production system comprising a microreactor that is configured to process hydrogen based on a request from a magnetic resonance imaging or nuclear magnetic resonance system and produce processed hydrogen including parahydrogen; and a hyperpolarization and conversion system comprising a spin transfer device that is configured to receive the processed hydrogen from the microreactor and transfer spin order from the processed hydrogen to the substrate.
An assist grip assembly comprising: a user handle; and an object hook pivotally coupled to the user handle; and a pivot-control mechanism enabling dependent rotation, in which the object hook and the user handle move together, and permitting independent rotation, in which the object hook and the user handle move freely with respect to one another, wherein the pivot-control mechanism includes a mating shaft that extends from the user handle and includes a first pivot-stop surface and a second pivot-stop surface, and a receiving cavity that is formed in the object hook, having a flex retainer disposed therein, and partially defined by a first wall surface and a second wall surface, the flex retainer engaging the mating shaft during the dependent rotation, the flex retainer releasing the mating shaft to permit the independent rotation, characterized in that the pivot-control mechanism permits the mating shaft to rotate between a first pivot position and a second pivot position, the first wall surface engaging the first pivot-stop surface in the first pivot position, the second wall surface engaging the second pivot-stop surface in the second position. a user handle; and an object hook pivotally coupled to the user handle; and a pivot-control mechanism enabling dependent rotation, in which the object hook and the user handle move together, and permitting independent rotation, in which the object hook and the user handle move freely with respect to one another, wherein the pivot-control mechanism includes a mating shaft that extends from the user handle and includes a first pivot-stop surface and a second pivot-stop surface, and a receiving cavity that is formed in the object hook, having a flex retainer disposed therein, and partially defined by a first wall surface and a second wall surface, the flex retainer engaging the mating shaft during the dependent rotation, the flex retainer releasing the mating shaft to permit the independent rotation, characterized in that the pivot-control mechanism permits the mating shaft to rotate between a first pivot position and a second pivot position, the first wall surface engaging the first pivot-stop surface in the first pivot position, the second wall surface engaging the second pivot-stop surface in the second position.
Thermocompensated spiral spring for a mechanical timepiece oscillator, comprising an elastically flexible strand (2; 102; 202; 302; 402; 502; 602) extending in a spiral line (l), this elastically flexible strand (2; 102; 202; 302; 402; 502; 602) comprising: - at least one portion in a first material, namely in monocrystalline silicon, and - at least one separation layer in a second material, namely in silicon oxide, the portion in monocrystalline silicon being mechanically bonded to the separation layer in silicon oxide, characterized in that it comprises at least one portion in a third material different from monocrystalline silicon and from silicon oxide, and in that the separation layer in silicon oxide separates the portion in monocrystalline silicon from the portion in the third material, this portion in the third material being mechanically bonded to the separation layer in silicon oxide. - at least one portion in a first material, namely in monocrystalline silicon, and - at least one separation layer in a second material, namely in silicon oxide,
Steam bar for use in a shrink tunnel, comprising a supply device for supplying steam and openings (O1-O10) for discharging steam, characterised in that openings (O1-O10) with different opening cross-sections for discharging steam are used in different areas of the steam bar, wherein the openings arranged nearer to the supply device have a bigger cross-section than the openings arranged further away from the supply device.
A method for operating a hydrogen generator, the method comprising: producing a hydrogen-containing gas from a source gas fed from a hydrodesulfurizer and reforming water with a reformer; feeding part of the hydrogen-containing gas to the hydrodesulfurizer as a recycle gas, and removing a sulfur compound contained in the source gas with the hydrodesulfurizer; condensing water vapor contained in the recycle gas with a condenser disposed on a recycle-gas channel through which the recycle gas flows, and separating the resulting condensed water from the recycle-gas channel; and regulating an amount of reforming water fed to the reformer on a basis of a temperature of the reformer, wherein the amount of reforming water fed to the reformer is regulated on a basis of the temperature of the reformer and at least one selected from a flow rate of the recycle gas and a temperature of the condenser. producing a hydrogen-containing gas from a source gas fed from a hydrodesulfurizer and reforming water with a reformer; feeding part of the hydrogen-containing gas to the hydrodesulfurizer as a recycle gas, and removing a sulfur compound contained in the source gas with the hydrodesulfurizer; condensing water vapor contained in the recycle gas with a condenser disposed on a recycle-gas channel through which the recycle gas flows, and separating the resulting condensed water from the recycle-gas channel; and regulating an amount of reforming water fed to the reformer on a basis of a temperature of the reformer, wherein the amount of reforming water fed to the reformer is regulated on a basis of the temperature of the reformer and at least one selected from a flow rate of the recycle gas and a temperature of the condenser.