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Friction-stir tool, comprising a first tool body for providing a first shoulder, a pin formation projecting from the first tool body and having a smaller outer diameter compared to the outer diameter of the first tool body, and a second tool body connected by the pin formation to the first tool body for providing a second shoulder so that the friction-stir tool is configured as a two-shoulder tool, wherein the pin formation has a material distribution in cross section that is different from a uniform circular distribution, characterized in that the first tool body, the pin formation and the second tool body together are integrally formed from a monolithic or one-piece block in such a manner that the pin formation has at least three pins projecting from the first tool body.
Piezo-actuator module, comprising an actuator base, an actuator head and, arranged between the actuator base and the actuator head, a piezo-actuator comprising a multiplicity of electrode layers (21, 22), wherein the piezo-actuator is adjacent to the actuator base in relation to a longitudinal axis of the piezo-actuator module, and wherein contact means (31, 32) are provided, which are led through the actuator base and rigidly connected to contact pads of the piezo-actuator, said contact pads being arranged at a distance (a) from the actuator base, wherein the piezo-actuator has metallization layers (24; 24a) at the circumference of the piezo-actuator, said metallization layers being electrically conductively connected to the electrode layers (21, 22), wherein the metallization layers (24; 24a), on the side facing away from the piezo-actuator, are connected at least regionally to electrically conductive, flexible metal grids, wherein the metal grids form the contact pads and the contact pads are arranged movably in the region of the contact means (31, 32) connected thereto, characterized in that a separating layer is arranged at least in the region of each contact pad between the metallization layer (24; 24a) and the metal grid, said separating layer preventing a connection between the metallization layer (24; 24a) and the metal grid.
An image-capturing apparatus, comprising: an image sensor that performs image-capturing; a controller that performs an extraction control for extracting a first image and a second image from a captured image captured by the image sensor, the first image being displayed on a first display section while the second image is being simultaneously displayed on a second display section; and a data amount adjuster that adjusts data amounts of the first image and the second image according to vehicle information acquired from a vehicle, wherein the first image is an image of a region situated further rearward than a region just behind the rear of the vehicle, the second image is an image of a region just behind the rear of the vehicle, and wherein the vehicle information includes a traveling direction or a vehicle speed of the vehicle, wherein the data amount adjuster adjusts the data amount of the second image by restricting output of the second image, or the data amount adjuster adjusts the data amount of the first image by compressing the first image, or the data amount of the second image by compressing the second image. an image sensor that performs image-capturing; a controller that performs an extraction control for extracting a first image and a second image from a captured image captured by the image sensor, the first image being displayed on a first display section while the second image is being simultaneously displayed on a second display section; and a data amount adjuster that adjusts data amounts of the first image and the second image according to vehicle information acquired from a vehicle, wherein the first image is an image of a region situated further rearward than a region just behind the rear of the vehicle, the second image is an image of a region just behind the rear of the vehicle, and wherein the vehicle information includes a traveling direction or a vehicle speed of the vehicle, wherein the data amount adjuster adjusts the data amount of the second image by restricting output of the second image, or the data amount adjuster adjusts the data amount of the first image by compressing the first image, or the data amount of the second image by compressing the second image.
A material comprising: a first region, a fiber region, and a second region continuously in a thickness direction; the first region and the second region being each independently a resin layer including from 20 to 100 mass% of a thermoplastic resin component and from 80 to 0 mass% of reinforcing fibers; the fiber region including from 20 to 100 mass% of thermoplastic resin fibers and from 80 to 0 mass% of reinforcing fibers; the thermoplastic resin component included in the first region and the thermoplastic resin component included in the second region each independently having a crystallization energy during temperature increase of 2 J/g or greater, measured by differential scanning calorimetry; and the thermoplastic resin fibers included in the fiber region having a crystallization energy during temperature increase of less than 1 J/g, measured by differential scanning calorimetry; wherein the crystallization energy during temperature increase is a value measured by using a differential scanning calorimeter in a nitrogen stream while heating is performed from 25°C to a temperature that is 20°C higher than a melting point of the thermoplastic resin component or the thermoplastic resin fibers at a temperature increase rate of 10°C/min. a first region, a fiber region, and a second region continuously in a thickness direction; the first region and the second region being each independently a resin layer including from 20 to 100 mass% of a thermoplastic resin component and from 80 to 0 mass% of reinforcing fibers; the fiber region including from 20 to 100 mass% of thermoplastic resin fibers and from 80 to 0 mass% of reinforcing fibers; the thermoplastic resin component included in the first region and the thermoplastic resin component included in the second region each independently having a crystallization energy during temperature increase of 2 J/g or greater, measured by differential scanning calorimetry; and the thermoplastic resin fibers included in the fiber region having a crystallization energy during temperature increase of less than 1 J/g, measured by differential scanning calorimetry; wherein the crystallization energy during temperature increase is a value measured by using a differential scanning calorimeter in a nitrogen stream while heating is performed from 25°C to a temperature that is 20°C higher than a melting point of the thermoplastic resin component or the thermoplastic resin fibers at a temperature increase rate of 10°C/min.
A method of supplying a destination address to control routing of data through a network performed by a network address resolution equipment, the method comprising - receiving address describing data from a first user via a source terminal that is coupled to the network; - determining in a control circuit whether the address describing data is sufficient to resolve an address of a destination; - if it has been determined that the address describing data is sufficient to resolve the address, routing data through the network from the source terminal directed at the address resolved from the address describing data; and if not - transmitting a confirmation request from the control circuit to at least one further terminal over the network, the confirmation request requesting confirmation whether information derived from the address describing data relates to the further terminal and/or confirmation whether the information relates to a second user of the further terminal, - receiving a response to the confirmation request from the further terminal to the control circuit; - routing data through the network from the source terminal directed at the address of the further terminal or the second user dependent on whether the response confirms that the information from the address describing data relates to the further terminal or the second user. - receiving address describing data from a first user via a source terminal that is coupled to the network; - determining in a control circuit whether the address describing data is sufficient to resolve an address of a destination; - if it has been determined that the address describing data is sufficient to resolve the address, routing data through the network from the source terminal directed at the address resolved from the address describing data; and if not - transmitting a confirmation request from the control circuit to at least one further terminal over the network, the confirmation request requesting confirmation whether information derived from the address describing data relates to the further terminal and/or confirmation whether the information relates to a second user of the further terminal, - receiving a response to the confirmation request from the further terminal to the control circuit; - routing data through the network from the source terminal directed at the address of the further terminal or the second user dependent on whether the response confirms that the information from the address describing data relates to the further terminal or the second user.
A flame shield for a battery of an electric vehicle, in particular a lithium-ion battery, characterized in that it comprises at least one flame-resistant layer that is able to maintain a temperature drop of at least 350° C, more preferably at least 500° C and even more preferably at least 600° C in a Bunsen-burner test as described herein, lasting 5 minutes and whereby the flame resistant layer consists of a porous fibrous non-woven impregnated with polyurethane, wherein the fibers comprised in the porous fibrous non-woven have a melting temperature of at least 1100° C, wherein the polyurethane does not comprise any flame retardant and wherein the polyurethane impregnates the porous fibrous-non woven in such a way that the flame-resistant layer is impervious to air-flow.
A filter having air channels formed using an electret sheet formed from a film comprising a thermoplastic resin; the electret sheet having voids inside; a porosity of the electret sheet being from 5 to 60%; an air channel cross-sectional ratio of the filter being from 10 to 99%; and a volume charge density of the filter being from 10 to 5000 nC/cm 3, wherein the filter has a channel structure selected from the group consisting of: (i) the channel structure is obtained by alternately laminating an electret sheet processed into a wave shape by corrugation and an electret sheet with a flat shape not subjected to corrugation and then adhering or fusing the sheets; (ii) the channel structure has a shape in which electret sheets of the same shape processed into a wave shape or a pleated shape are laminated and the contact points or contact surfaces of both sheets are adhered to one another; (iii) the channel structure has a shape in which an electret sheet processed into a pleated shape and an electret sheet with a flat shape not subjected to such processing are alternately laminated and the contact points or contacts surfaces of both sheets are adhered to one another; and (iv) the filter has undulations or a protruding structure such as a pillar structure or a rib structure between two electret sheets. (i) the channel structure is obtained by alternately laminating an electret sheet processed into a wave shape by corrugation and an electret sheet with a flat shape not subjected to corrugation and then adhering or fusing the sheets; (ii) the channel structure has a shape in which electret sheets of the same shape processed into a wave shape or a pleated shape are laminated and the contact points or contact surfaces of both sheets are adhered to one another; (iii) the channel structure has a shape in which an electret sheet processed into a pleated shape and an electret sheet with a flat shape not subjected to such processing are alternately laminated and the contact points or contacts surfaces of both sheets are adhered to one another; and (iv) the filter has undulations or a protruding structure such as a pillar structure or a rib structure between two electret sheets.
Electrode system for actuating a process of sterilization of a product constituted by a non-distilled or demineralized liquid solution contained in a rigid or flexible container; said electrode system comprising two half-shells (4, 5) that can be coupled together and closed on each other, shaped in a manner so as to define at least one internal chamber shaped so as to contain at least one container and its liquid solution to be sterilized; said half-shells being respectively the power-supplied electrode and the counter-electrode at reference potential, and characterized in that it comprises: a. ducts, which arrive inside the chamber through relative inlet hole, from outside the system; said ducts being connected to at least one means for supplying a counter-pressure in the internal chamber, b. at least one perimeter gasket on at least one of the half-shells (4, 5) for maintaining the half-shells galvanically isolated and for opposing the counter-pressure pressure, c. a high-frequency generator connected to said half-shells (4, 5). a. ducts, which arrive inside the chamber through relative inlet hole, from outside the system; said ducts being connected to at least one means for supplying a counter-pressure in the internal chamber, b. at least one perimeter gasket on at least one of the half-shells (4, 5) for maintaining the half-shells galvanically isolated and for opposing the counter-pressure pressure, c. a high-frequency generator connected to said half-shells (4, 5).
A bacterium of the species Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis strain 420 for use in treating one or more of the following diseases and conditions (a) to (g) in a mammal: (a) treating diabetes; (b) treating metabolic syndrome; (c) treating impaired glucose tolerance; (d) normalising insulin sensitivity; (e) increasing fed insulin secretion; (f) decreasing fasted insulin secretion; (g) treating obesity, controlling weight gain, inducing weight loss, lowering body fat mass and/or lowering mesenteric fat mass. (a) treating diabetes; (b) treating metabolic syndrome; (c) treating impaired glucose tolerance; (d) normalising insulin sensitivity; (e) increasing fed insulin secretion; (f) decreasing fasted insulin secretion; (g) treating obesity, controlling weight gain, inducing weight loss, lowering body fat mass and/or lowering mesenteric fat mass.
Central module for a three-phase electrical switching device, the central module comprising a central plinth intended to support a central switch module and a front face comprising control/command members for the switching device, the central plinth comprising: - lateral fixing means placed on each side of the central plinth and capable of fixing, removably to the central module, two lateral plinths (21, 31) intended to each bear a lateral switch module (25, 35), and - an actuation mechanism intended to actuate the central switch module of the switching device, characterized in that the central plinth furthermore comprises: - rear fixing means placed at the rear of the central plinth and capable of fixing, removably to the central module, a rear plinth intended to bear two rear switch modules (45, 55), and - means for transmitting movements of the actuation mechanism to the rear plinth and side plinths (21, 31) when the latter are fixed to the central module, to be able to actuate other switch modules (25, 35, 45) of the switching device. - lateral fixing means placed on each side of the central plinth and capable of fixing, removably to the central module, two lateral plinths (21, 31) intended to each bear a lateral switch module (25, 35), and - an actuation mechanism intended to actuate the central switch module of the switching device, - rear fixing means placed at the rear of the central plinth and capable of fixing, removably to the central module, a rear plinth intended to bear two rear switch modules (45, 55), and - means for transmitting movements of the actuation mechanism to the rear plinth and side plinths (21, 31) when the latter are fixed to the central module, to be able to actuate other switch modules (25, 35, 45) of the switching device.
A method for heating at least one selected portion of an object, comprising the steps of projecting an energy beam onto a surface of the object (100; 102; 306; 401, 402) so as to produce a primary spot on the surface, and repetitively scanning the beam in two dimensions in accordance with a scanning pattern so as to establish an effective spot on the surface, the effective spot having a two-dimensional energy distribution, displacing the effective spot in relation to the surface of the object to progressively heat the at least one selected portion of the object; wherein the scanning pattern comprises a plurality of interconnected curved segments, and wherein the scanning pattern comprises at least three lobes (221, 222, 223, 224). projecting an energy beam onto a surface of the object (100; 102; 306; 401, 402) so as to produce a primary spot on the surface, and repetitively scanning the beam in two dimensions in accordance with a scanning pattern so as to establish an effective spot on the surface, the effective spot having a two-dimensional energy distribution, displacing the effective spot in relation to the surface of the object to progressively heat the at least one selected portion of the object; wherein the scanning pattern comprises a plurality of interconnected curved segments, and wherein the scanning pattern comprises at least three lobes (221, 222, 223, 224).
A servo amplifier device that incorporates a control drive circuit configured to control and drive a motor, the servo amplifier device comprising: a housing that houses the control drive circuit; an attachment portion for attaching the housing to an installation member; a DC power supply connection unit connected with a DC power supply line to be supplied with DC power; a communication connector connected with an external controller to be supplied with a communication signal; a motor driving connector connected with a drive line for driving the motor; and a display unit disposed with a display member, wherein the housing has a box shape having a pair of first surfaces facing each other and each having a largest area, the communication connector and the motor driving connector are disposed on a pair of second surfaces (114b, 114t) perpendicular to the first surfaces and facing each other, on a pair of third surfaces (112, 113) perpendicular to the first surfaces and the second surfaces (114b, 114t) and facing each other, the attachment portion is disposed on a back surface side with one of the third surfaces (112, 113) being as a back surface, and the display unit and the DC power supply connection unit are disposed on a front surface with another one of the third surfaces (112, 113) being as the front surface. a housing that houses the control drive circuit; an attachment portion for attaching the housing to an installation member; a DC power supply connection unit connected with a DC power supply line to be supplied with DC power; a communication connector connected with an external controller to be supplied with a communication signal; a motor driving connector connected with a drive line for driving the motor; and a display unit disposed with a display member, wherein the housing has a box shape having a pair of first surfaces facing each other and each having a largest area, the communication connector and the motor driving connector are disposed on a pair of second surfaces (114b, 114t) perpendicular to the first surfaces and facing each other, on a pair of third surfaces (112, 113) perpendicular to the first surfaces and the second surfaces (114b, 114t) and facing each other, the attachment portion is disposed on a back surface side with one of the third surfaces (112, 113) being as a back surface, and the display unit and the DC power supply connection unit are disposed on a front surface with another one of the third surfaces (112, 113) being as the front surface.
A device for bringing into contact a mobile conductor onboard a hanger of a vehicle of a mechanical lift installation connected to a cable by the hanger, with a conductor connected to an end station (2, 3) of the mechanical lift installation, characterized in that the device comprises at least one suspension means of the conductor, connected to the end station (2, 3) by a pivot connection allowing to contact the mobile conductor with the conductor connected to the end station, whatever the inclination of the hanger.
A fresh water generation method comprising: feeding raw water or pretreated water thereof as feed water by applying a pressure into a semipermeable membrane module using a booster pump (8, 8a, 8b), thereby separating the feed water into a concentrate and a permeate having a low concentration, wherein a scale inhibitor having a reducing function is dosed intermittently or continuously upstream of the semipermeable membrane module, thereby inhibiting scale generation and maintaining an oxidation-reduction potential of at least either the feed water or the concentrate to a threshold value or lower, wherein at least either the feed water of the semipermeable membrane module or the concentrate has the oxidation-reduction potential of 100 mV to 500 mV or a halogen concentration of 0.2 mg/L or lower, wherein a reductant is dosed after dosing the scale inhibitor and wherein an oxidant is dosed during water intake or pretreatment, and the reductant is dosed at a location downstream therefrom and also upstream from the semipermeable membrane module.
A method of making an article of footwear, comprising: providing a last (205; 405; 505; 1205; 1405; 1505; 1605; 1705; 1805; 1905; 2005; 2105; 2205; 2605; 2705; 2805; 2905; 3005; 3105; 3405; 3505) shaped to resemble a human foot; forming at least a first footwear component at least in part from a susceptor material that is thermally reactive to an electromagnetic field; covering at least a portion of the last (205; 405; 505; 1205; 1405; 1505; 1605; 1705; 1805; 1905; 2005; 2105; 2205; 2605; 2705; 2805; 2905; 3005; 3105; 3405; 3505) with two or more footwear components, wherein the two or more footwear components includes the first footwear component and a second footwear component; and applying an electromagnetic field to the susceptor material, causing induction heating of the susceptor material; characterized by joining the two or more footwear components by melding the two or more footwear components with the induction heating; wherein the first footwear component formed of a susceptor material is at least one of a panel of an upper of the article of footwear, a heel counter, a toe cap, a support plate of a midsole, and a ground-contacting sole component. providing a last (205; 405; 505; 1205; 1405; 1505; 1605; 1705; 1805; 1905; 2005; 2105; 2205; 2605; 2705; 2805; 2905; 3005; 3105; 3405; 3505) shaped to resemble a human foot; forming at least a first footwear component at least in part from a susceptor material that is thermally reactive to an electromagnetic field; covering at least a portion of the last (205; 405; 505; 1205; 1405; 1505; 1605; 1705; 1805; 1905; 2005; 2105; 2205; 2605; 2705; 2805; 2905; 3005; 3105; 3405; 3505) with two or more footwear components, wherein the two or more footwear components includes the first footwear component and a second footwear component; and applying an electromagnetic field to the susceptor material, causing induction heating of the susceptor material; characterized by joining the two or more footwear components by melding the two or more footwear components with the induction heating; wherein the first footwear component formed of a susceptor material is at least one of a panel of an upper of the article of footwear, a heel counter, a toe cap, a support plate of a midsole, and a ground-contacting sole component.