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A protection system for a wind turbine power system connected to a power grid, the wind turbine power system having a generator with a stator and a rotor and a power converter having a rotor-side converter, a grid-side converter, and a DC link configured therebetween, the protection system comprising: a main brake circuit having at least one brake resistive element and at least one brake switch element, the brake resistive element coupled to at least one of the DC link of the power converter, windings of the rotor of the generator, or windings of the stator of the generator via the brake switch element; a battery system coupled to the generator via a battery switch element, wherein the battery system is coupled to two phases or three phases of the rotor, the battery system comprising a battery resistive element; and a controller configured to disconnect the power converter and the generator from the power grid and connect at least one of the main brake circuit or the battery system to the generator in response to detecting an electromagnetic torque loss event so as to generate an EM torque. a main brake circuit having at least one brake resistive element and at least one brake switch element, the brake resistive element coupled to at least one of the DC link of the power converter, windings of the rotor of the generator, or windings of the stator of the generator via the brake switch element; a battery system coupled to the generator via a battery switch element, wherein the battery system is coupled to two phases or three phases of the rotor, the battery system comprising a battery resistive element; and a controller configured to disconnect the power converter and the generator from the power grid and connect at least one of the main brake circuit or the battery system to the generator in response to detecting an electromagnetic torque loss event so as to generate an EM torque.
An exhaust gas purifying catalyst comprising a substrate that defines a gas passage through which an exhaust gas flows, a lower catalyst layer that is formed on a surface of the substrate, and an upper catalyst layer that is formed on a surface of the lower catalyst layer, characterized in that the lower catalyst layer includes a lower catalytic precious metal comprised of at least one of Pt and Pd, and a lower-layer carrier that supports the lower catalytic precious metal; the upper catalyst layer includes an upper catalytic precious metal which contains Rh, and an upper-layer carrier that supports the upper catalytic precious metal, the upper-layer carrier comprises an inorganic mixed oxide that contains Ce, Zr, Al, Nd, and at least one element selected from the group consisting of rare earth elements other than Ce; wherein the inorganic mixed oxide has interior regions containing a mixed aggregate composed of first particles comprising Ce and Zr in a form of a composite oxide, and second particles comprising Al in a form of alumina, and has cover layers containing Nd that cover surfaces of the respective interior regions, and wherein the inorganic mixed oxide is prepared using a coprecipitation method, wherein a mixed aqueous solution containing nitrates of elements such as Ce and Zr that constitute the first particles and nitrates of elements such as Al that constitute second particles is prepared; ammonia water or the like is added to this solution to precipitate an oxide precursor; the oxide precursor is then calcined to form secondary particles in which the first particles and second particles are mixed to form a mixed aggregate; and the secondary particles are then mixed in an aqueous solution of neodymium nitrate, stirred and then calcined.
A vital sign monitoring system comprising: a segmented electrode forming an in-plane electrode array, wherein the electrode comprises a skin adhering contact layer mounted on a skin facing side of the electrode, and wherein the segmented electrode comprises multiple electrode segments (101, 103); a deformation sensor arranged for identifying deformation information of the electrode; and a signal processor arranged to receive a vital sign signal from the electrode and process the deformation information to remove artefacts from the vital sign signal; characterised in that the signal processor is arranged to select that electrode segment that has a lowest deformation of all electrode segments of the electrode and measure the vital sign signal using the selected electrode segment. a segmented electrode forming an in-plane electrode array, wherein the electrode comprises a skin adhering contact layer mounted on a skin facing side of the electrode, and wherein the segmented electrode comprises multiple electrode segments (101, 103); a deformation sensor arranged for identifying deformation information of the electrode; and a signal processor arranged to receive a vital sign signal from the electrode and process the deformation information to remove artefacts from the vital sign signal; characterised in that the signal processor is arranged to select that electrode segment that has a lowest deformation of all electrode segments of the electrode and measure the vital sign signal using the selected electrode segment.
A system for adaptively releasing at least one of a lubricant and a cosmetic, comprising: a razor cartridge; at least one sensing unit configured to detect a property of at least one of skin, air, water and a chemical agent in a region adjacent to the razor cartridge; and a processing unit configured to control a release of the at least one of the lubricant and the cosmetic based at least on the property detected by the at least one sensing unit, characterized in that a smart polymer provided on the razor cartridge and selectively responsive to a characteristic external stimulus by undergoing at least one of physical and chemical change; wherein the processing unit is configured to control the release of the at least one of the lubricant and the cosmetic by providing the characteristic external stimulus to cause the smart polymer to undergo at least one of a physical change and a chemical change. a razor cartridge; at least one sensing unit configured to detect a property of at least one of skin, air, water and a chemical agent in a region adjacent to the razor cartridge; and a processing unit configured to control a release of the at least one of the lubricant and the cosmetic based at least on the property detected by the at least one sensing unit, characterized in that a smart polymer provided on the razor cartridge and selectively responsive to a characteristic external stimulus by undergoing at least one of physical and chemical change; wherein the processing unit is configured to control the release of the at least one of the lubricant and the cosmetic by providing the characteristic external stimulus to cause the smart polymer to undergo at least one of a physical change and a chemical change.
Heat exchanger comprising a closed chamber inside which are arranged ribbed welded plates defining between them interpenetrating independent circuits in which fluids are intended to flow, the side walls (20, 21, 22, 23) delimiting said chamber being fixed to vertical rails inserted into vertical angle irons, being characterized by the fact that said plates include, in each corner, an edge that fits into slots formed on the vertical angle irons.
A control method for controlling power functions within a vehicle telematics control unit comprising: accessing stored voltage information for a battery included in a vehicle; determining a present voltage characteristic of the battery based on measurements of voltage; determining whether a difference exists between the stored voltage information and the present voltage characteristic; converting an operational state of a vehicle telematics control unit responsive to determining that a difference exists; accessing threshold information associated with the battery; and comparing the present voltage characteristic of the battery to the threshold information; characterized by further comprising: accessing stored information including a preset first time; determining whether the present voltage characteristic of the battery is kept higher than a threshold voltage indicated by the threshold information for the preset first time; and generating a control signal responsive to determining that the present voltage characteristic of the battery is kept higher than the threshold voltage for the preset first time. accessing stored voltage information for a battery included in a vehicle; determining a present voltage characteristic of the battery based on measurements of voltage; determining whether a difference exists between the stored voltage information and the present voltage characteristic; converting an operational state of a vehicle telematics control unit responsive to determining that a difference exists; accessing threshold information associated with the battery; and comparing the present voltage characteristic of the battery to the threshold information; accessing stored information including a preset first time; determining whether the present voltage characteristic of the battery is kept higher than a threshold voltage indicated by the threshold information for the preset first time; and generating a control signal responsive to determining that the present voltage characteristic of the battery is kept higher than the threshold voltage for the preset first time.
A preform shaping apparatus comprising: a rigid mold having a corrugated shape corresponding to a corrugated shape of a preform; and a pressurizing jig configured to press an unshaped material of the preform to the rigid mold at different positions and different timings, wherein the pressurizing jig includes: - closed inner vacuum bags respectively disposed on positions, corresponding to the different positions, between the mold and the material; and - an outer vacuum bag for sealing the material, on which the inner vacuum bags have been disposed, from an outside of the inner vacuum bags and the material, wherein the pressurizing jig is configured to press the material to the mold using an atmospheric pressure, by evacuating an area sealed by the outer vacuum bag and evacuating insides of the inner vacuum bags at the different timings. a rigid mold having a corrugated shape corresponding to a corrugated shape of a preform; and a pressurizing jig configured to press an unshaped material of the preform to the rigid mold at different positions and different timings, wherein the pressurizing jig includes: - closed inner vacuum bags respectively disposed on positions, corresponding to the different positions, between the mold and the material; and - an outer vacuum bag for sealing the material, on which the inner vacuum bags have been disposed, from an outside of the inner vacuum bags and the material, - closed inner vacuum bags respectively disposed on positions, corresponding to the different positions, between the mold and the material; and - an outer vacuum bag for sealing the material, on which the inner vacuum bags have been disposed, from an outside of the inner vacuum bags and the material, wherein the pressurizing jig is configured to press the material to the mold using an atmospheric pressure, by evacuating an area sealed by the outer vacuum bag and evacuating insides of the inner vacuum bags at the different timings.
Compound with the formula or the salts, solvates or stereoisomers thereof, where R 1 is selected from H, a C 1- C 5 alkyl group optionally substituted in one or more positions by one or more groups selected from cycloalkyl, hydroxyl, amines, amides, oxo, cyano, halogens, aryl, or a C 2 -C 5 alkenyl group optionally substituted by one or more groups selected from halogen, hydroxyl, carboxyl, cyano, carbonyl, acyl, amino, nitro; R 2 is a C 5 -C 15 alkyl group optionally substituted in one or more positions by one or more groups selected from cycloalkyl, hydroxyl, amines, amides, oxo, cyano, halogens, aryl; R 3 is selected from H, halogen, a C 1 -C 5 alkyl group optionally substituted in one or more positions by one or more groups selected from cycloalkyl, hydroxyl, amines, amides, oxo, cyano, halogens, aryl, or a C 1 -C 5 - -alkyl group optionally substituted in one or more positions by one or more groups selected from cycloalkyl, hydroxyl, amines, amides, oxo, cyano, halogens, aryl; n is a value between 1 and 4, R 4, R 5 and R 6 are independently selected from H or a C 1 -C 5 alkyl group optionally substituted in one or more positions by one or more groups selected from cycloalkyl, hydroxyl, amines, amides, oxo, cyano, halogens, aryl, provided that, when R 1 is ethyl or H and R 3, R 4, R 5 and R 6 are H, R 2 cannot be heptyl, for use in the treatment and/or prevention of a disease selected from neurodegenerative diseases or inflammatory diseases.
A path planning method for a vehicle, the method comprising: obtaining a risk map of a surrounding environment of the vehicle, wherein the risk map is formed based on an actuation capability of the vehicle and a location of free-space areas in the surrounding environment, the actuation capability including an uncertainty estimation for the actuation capability and the location of free-space areas comprising an uncertainty estimation for the estimated location of free-space areas; wherein the risk map comprises a risk parameter for each of a plurality of area segments comprised in the surrounding environment of the vehicle; obtaining at least one candidate path for the vehicle; determining a total risk value for each candidate path based on the risk parameters of a set of area segments intersected by the at least one path; selecting a candidate path, of the at least one candidate path, fulfilling a risk value criterion; and generating, at an output, a first signal indicative of the selected candidate path. obtaining a risk map of a surrounding environment of the vehicle, wherein the risk map is formed based on an actuation capability of the vehicle and a location of free-space areas in the surrounding environment, the actuation capability including an uncertainty estimation for the actuation capability and the location of free-space areas comprising an uncertainty estimation for the estimated location of free-space areas; wherein the risk map comprises a risk parameter for each of a plurality of area segments comprised in the surrounding environment of the vehicle; obtaining at least one candidate path for the vehicle; determining a total risk value for each candidate path based on the risk parameters of a set of area segments intersected by the at least one path; selecting a candidate path, of the at least one candidate path, fulfilling a risk value criterion; and generating, at an output, a first signal indicative of the selected candidate path.
An apparatus comprising: a satellite navigation system receiver configured to identify a position of an aircraft using navigation signals received from a satellite navigation system; a satellite communications transceiver; a number of antennas for the satellite navigation system receiver and the satellite communications transceiver; a processor configured to generate position information identifying the position of the aircraft as identified by the satellite navigation system receiver and send the position information to a receiving station via a communications satellite in a low Earth orbit using the satellite communications transceiver, wherein the processor is configured to generate and send the position information automatically at a rate; and a housing attached to the aircraft on an outside of the aircraft, wherein the satellite navigation system receiver, the satellite communications transceiver, the number of antennas, and the processor are hermetically sealed within the housing, wherein a footprint of the housing on the outside of the aircraft matches a footprint on the outside of the aircraft of an antenna for an emergency locator transmitter that was removed from the aircraft before the housing was attached to the aircraft. a satellite navigation system receiver configured to identify a position of an aircraft using navigation signals received from a satellite navigation system; a satellite communications transceiver; a number of antennas for the satellite navigation system receiver and the satellite communications transceiver; a processor configured to generate position information identifying the position of the aircraft as identified by the satellite navigation system receiver and send the position information to a receiving station via a communications satellite in a low Earth orbit using the satellite communications transceiver, wherein the processor is configured to generate and send the position information automatically at a rate; and a housing attached to the aircraft on an outside of the aircraft, wherein the satellite navigation system receiver, the satellite communications transceiver, the number of antennas, and the processor are hermetically sealed within the housing, wherein a footprint of the housing on the outside of the aircraft matches a footprint on the outside of the aircraft of an antenna for an emergency locator transmitter that was removed from the aircraft before the housing was attached to the aircraft.
Intelligent satellite data node (20, 24) for use in a satellite, comprising a data processing unit and comprising a data storage unit, further comprising at least one space-qualified data interface for a data connection (12, 18) to a subsystem (10, 14), especially a payload or avionics, and/or to an on-board computer, whereby said data node (20, 24) for each interface comprises a corresponding connector (230, 234, 244, 248, 252, 256, 274, 278, 284, 288, 294), and whereby said data storage unit is configured to store a plurality of data sheets, and whereby said data processing unit is configured, by employing said data sheet, to convert a data stream of said subsystem (10, 14) to a standardized data stream with a standard format which is defined in said data node (20, 24) and to transmit said standardized data stream to said on-board computer via said data interface.
Food container element configured to enclose food being processed by at least one rotating tool of a kitchen appliance, wherein the food container element includes a flow-breaker for perturbing a circulation of the food when being processed, wherein the flow breaker is configured to be detachably fixed in an interior of the food container element, the food container element exhibiting a form fitting configuration providing for or contributing to the detachable fixing of the flow breaker element, wherein the form fitting configuration comprises at least one fin-and-groove structure comprising one or more fin/s (101, 202) and one or more groove/s (102, 201), the fin/s configured to be inserted into a respective one of the groove/s, wherein - at least one of the fin/s protrudes from the flow breaker and/or - at least one of the groove/s extends in the flow breaker being characterised in that in a fixed state of the flow breaker, which is inserted in a direction coaxial to a rotation direction of the tool, one or more of the fin/s and/or groove/s extend in the same direction. the food container element exhibiting a form fitting configuration providing for or contributing to the detachable fixing of the flow breaker element, wherein the form fitting configuration comprises at least one fin-and-groove structure comprising one or more fin/s (101, 202) and one or more groove/s (102, 201), the fin/s configured to be inserted into a respective one of the groove/s, wherein - at least one of the fin/s protrudes from the flow breaker and/or - at least one of the groove/s extends in the flow breaker being characterised in that in a fixed state of the flow breaker, which is inserted in a direction coaxial to a rotation direction of the tool, one or more of the fin/s and/or groove/s extend in the same direction. - at least one of the fin/s protrudes from the flow breaker and/or - at least one of the groove/s extends in the flow breaker being characterised in that in a fixed state of the flow breaker, which is inserted in a direction coaxial to a rotation direction of the tool, one or more of the fin/s and/or groove/s extend in the same direction.
In vitro method for the detection of Procalcitonin as defined in SEQ ID NO: 1 or a fragment thereof comprising amino acid residues 3-116 of SEQ ID NO: 1 in a biological sample derived from a bodily fluid obtained from a subject, comprising the steps of: a. contacting said sample with at least two antibodies or functional fragments thereof directed against different epitopes within Procalcitonin, and b. qualitatively or quantitatively detecting binding of said at least two antibodies to Procalcitonin or said fragment thereof, wherein binding indicates the presence or concentration of Procalcitonin or said fragment in said sample, wherein at least one antibody or functional fragment thereof is directed against an epitope comprised in the sequence spanning amino acid residues 25 to 37 of Procalcitonin, wherein the antibody is produced by a hybridoma cell line that is deposited at the DSMZ under accession number DSM ACC2993, and wherein one other antibody or functional fragment thereof is directed against an epitope comprised in the sequence spanning amino acid residues 96 to 116 of Procalcitonin or an epitope comprised in the sequence spanning amino acid residues 60 to 91 of Procalcitonin, and wherein said other antibody or functional fragment thereof is a monoclonal antibody. a. contacting said sample with at least two antibodies or functional fragments thereof directed against different epitopes within Procalcitonin, and b. qualitatively or quantitatively detecting binding of said at least two antibodies to Procalcitonin or said fragment thereof, wherein binding indicates the presence or concentration of Procalcitonin or said fragment in said sample,
Method for detecting a blocked state of an ultrasonic sensor of a motor vehicle, in which a current actual value of at least one oscillation parameter of the ultrasonic sensor is recorded and, in order to detect the blocked state, is compared with at least one limit value by means of an evaluation device, wherein an actual value of a resonant frequency and/or an actual value of a decay time of the ultrasonic sensor is/are recorded as the actual value of the at least one oscillation parameter, wherein a probability value indicating the current probability of the blocked state of the ultrasonic sensor is determined by the evaluation device on the basis of a measurement variable of at least one sensor (8 to 14) that differs from the ultrasonic sensor, and the blocked state is additionally detected taking into account the probability value, characterized in that the process of taking the probability value into account comprises determining the limit value on the basis of the probability value, wherein the limit value is determined in such a manner that a difference between the limit value, on the one hand, and a nominal value of the oscillation parameter, on the other hand, is set to be lower for a higher probability value than for a lower probability value.