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A control system for an internal combustion engine, the internal combustion engine including an exhaust passage and a limiting current gas sensor, the limiting current gas sensor including a pumping cell arranged in the exhaust passage, exhaust gas in the exhaust passage being introduced to the pumping cell, comprising: an electronic control unit (30, 31) configured to: (i) execute step-up operation for increasing a voltage applied between a pair of electrodes (56A, 56B) of a pumping cell of the limiting current gas sensor configured to receive exhaust gas from the exhaust gas passage of the internal combustion engine, from a first voltage to a second voltage higher than the first voltage to cause adsorption of a sulfur component of the exhaust gas to one of the pair of electrodes (56A, 56B); characterized in that the control unit is further configured to: (ii) execute step-down operation for, after completion of the step-up operation, reducing the applied voltage from the second voltage to a third voltage lower than the second voltage to cause re-oxidation of the adsorbed sulfur component from the one of the pair of electrodes (56A, 56B); (iii) acquire an air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas a plurality of times within a first period from a start of the step-up operation to a start of the step-down operation; (iv) acquire a first waveform characteristic, the first waveform characteristic corresponding to current flowing between the pair of electrodes (56A, 56B) within a second period in which the step-down operation is executed; and (v) estimate an actual concentration of sulfur in fuel of the internal combustion engine by using the first waveform characteristic and the plurality of acquired air-fuel ratios. (i) execute step-up operation for increasing a voltage applied between a pair of electrodes (56A, 56B) of a pumping cell of the limiting current gas sensor configured to receive exhaust gas from the exhaust gas passage of the internal combustion engine, from a first voltage to a second voltage higher than the first voltage to cause adsorption of a sulfur component of the exhaust gas to one of the pair of electrodes (56A, 56B); characterized in that the control unit is further configured to: (ii) execute step-down operation for, after completion of the step-up operation, reducing the applied voltage from the second voltage to a third voltage lower than the second voltage to cause re-oxidation of the adsorbed sulfur component from the one of the pair of electrodes (56A, 56B); (iii) acquire an air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas a plurality of times within a first period from a start of the step-up operation to a start of the step-down operation; (iv) acquire a first waveform characteristic, the first waveform characteristic corresponding to current flowing between the pair of electrodes (56A, 56B) within a second period in which the step-down operation is executed; and (v) estimate an actual concentration of sulfur in fuel of the internal combustion engine by using the first waveform characteristic and the plurality of acquired air-fuel ratios.
A process for preparing a thermoplastic polymer foam, the process comprising: (a) providing a foamable composition comprising a thermoplastic polymer and a blowing agent, wherein the blowing agent comprises from 95% to 1% by weight Z-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene and from 1% to 95% by weight 2-chloropropane; and wherein the thermoplastic polymer is selected from the group consisting of polystyrene homopolymer, a polystyrene copolymer, and styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer, or a blend thereof, and (b) expanding the foamable composition to produce the thermoplastic polymer foam. (a) providing a foamable composition comprising a thermoplastic polymer and a blowing agent, wherein the blowing agent comprises from 95% to 1% by weight Z-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene and from 1% to 95% by weight 2-chloropropane; and wherein the thermoplastic polymer is selected from the group consisting of polystyrene homopolymer, a polystyrene copolymer, and styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer, or a blend thereof, and (b) expanding the foamable composition to produce the thermoplastic polymer foam.
An apparatus comprising: two or more receiver sub-systems, each receiver sub-system comprising: a receive circuit configured to receive symbols of a codeword of a vector signaling code on a respective receive sub-channel, each receive sub-channel comprising a plurality of signal lines, wherein codewords received in any adjacent signaling interval are different; a data decoder configured to decode the received symbols of the codeword into a set of bits; a data history post-decoder configured to receive the set of bits, and to produce received reduced-modulus sub-system data based on the received set of bits and a set of prior received bits; and, a global decoder configured to receive the received reduced-modulus sub-system data from each of the two or more receiver sub-systems and to reconstitute the received reduced-modulus sub-system data into a set of output data. two or more receiver sub-systems, each receiver sub-system comprising: a receive circuit configured to receive symbols of a codeword of a vector signaling code on a respective receive sub-channel, each receive sub-channel comprising a plurality of signal lines, wherein codewords received in any adjacent signaling interval are different; a data decoder configured to decode the received symbols of the codeword into a set of bits; a data history post-decoder configured to receive the set of bits, and to produce received reduced-modulus sub-system data based on the received set of bits and a set of prior received bits; and, a receive circuit configured to receive symbols of a codeword of a vector signaling code on a respective receive sub-channel, each receive sub-channel comprising a plurality of signal lines, wherein codewords received in any adjacent signaling interval are different; a data decoder configured to decode the received symbols of the codeword into a set of bits; a data history post-decoder configured to receive the set of bits, and to produce received reduced-modulus sub-system data based on the received set of bits and a set of prior received bits; and, a global decoder configured to receive the received reduced-modulus sub-system data from each of the two or more receiver sub-systems and to reconstitute the received reduced-modulus sub-system data into a set of output data.
An electromechanical circular stapling instrument, comprising: a handle assembly; an elongated portion extending distally from the handle assembly and comprising a channel extending along a longitudinal axis, a distal opening, a first opening and a second opening; the distal, first and second openings communicating with the channel; a trocar assembly including a distal tip for penetrating tissue, the trocar assembly configured for releasable engagement with the elongated portion through the distal opening; and a first retention member and a second retention member configured to be inserted in the first and second openings to releasably couple the trocar assembly with the elongated portion, each of the first retention member and the second retention member configured to engage a flat portion of the trocar assembly, and wherein the first retention member is configured to engage the second retention member. a handle assembly; an elongated portion extending distally from the handle assembly and comprising a channel extending along a longitudinal axis, a distal opening, a first opening and a second opening; the distal, first and second openings communicating with the channel; a trocar assembly including a distal tip for penetrating tissue, the trocar assembly configured for releasable engagement with the elongated portion through the distal opening; and a first retention member and a second retention member configured to be inserted in the first and second openings to releasably couple the trocar assembly with the elongated portion, each of the first retention member and the second retention member configured to engage a flat portion of the trocar assembly, and wherein the first retention member is configured to engage the second retention member.
An elevator car for an elevator system comprising: an elevator car panel; at least one battery pocket disposed in the elevator car panel; and at least one battery removably positioned in the at least one battery pocket, configured such that inspection, maintenance, replacement and/or repair of the at least one battery may be performed without entry into a hoistway of the elevator system; characterized in that the battery is removable from the battery pocket by a technician at a landing floor of the elevator system. an elevator car panel; at least one battery pocket disposed in the elevator car panel; and at least one battery removably positioned in the at least one battery pocket, configured such that inspection, maintenance, replacement and/or repair of the at least one battery may be performed without entry into a hoistway of the elevator system; characterized in that the battery is removable from the battery pocket by a technician at a landing floor of the elevator system.
An apparatus (100; 400) for varying amplitude and phase of signals along at least one signal path suitable to be a signal path in a beam forming architecture, the apparatus comprising: an input for receiving an input signal; an output for providing an output signal; a splitter configured to split the input signal into a plurality of phase shifted signals; a plurality of attenuators (20, 200; 500) controllable by corresponding control signals and configured to attenuate the plurality of phase shifted signals, each attenuator (20; 200; 500) comprising multiple transmission lines (210, 211,...; 510, 511,...) along the signal path and a plurality of current paths (220, 221,...; 520, 521,...) individually controllable by the corresponding control signals, wherein each current path (220; 520) of the plurality of current paths (220, 221,...; 520, 521,...) is arranged between adjacent transmission lines (210, 211; 510, 511) and is configured to lower an amplitude of a signal propagating along the signal path depending on one of the control signals, the transmission lines (210, 211,...; 510, 511,...) being configured to provide an impedance matching along the signal path; and an adder configured to add the attenuated signals and to provide the added signals as the output signal, wherein the splitter is configured to generate as phase shifted signals from the input signal four quadrature vector signals (i+, i-, q+, q-) and to provide each of the quadrature vector signals (i+, i-, q+, q-) to one respective attenuator of the plurality of attenuators (20, 200; 500). an input for receiving an input signal; an output for providing an output signal; a splitter configured to split the input signal into a plurality of phase shifted signals; a plurality of attenuators (20, 200; 500) controllable by corresponding control signals and configured to attenuate the plurality of phase shifted signals, each attenuator (20; 200; 500) comprising multiple transmission lines (210, 211,...; 510, 511,...) along the signal path and a plurality of current paths (220, 221,...; 520, 521,...) individually controllable by the corresponding control signals, wherein each current path (220; 520) of the plurality of current paths (220, 221,...; 520, 521,...) is arranged between adjacent transmission lines (210, 211; 510, 511) and is configured to lower an amplitude of a signal propagating along the signal path depending on one of the control signals, the transmission lines (210, 211,...; 510, 511,...) being configured to provide an impedance matching along the signal path; and an adder configured to add the attenuated signals and to provide the added signals as the output signal, wherein the splitter is configured to generate as phase shifted signals from the input signal four quadrature vector signals (i+, i-, q+, q-) and to provide each of the quadrature vector signals (i+, i-, q+, q-) to one respective attenuator of the plurality of attenuators (20, 200; 500).
A differential MEMS-readout circuit comprising: a first input bonding pad, which represents a first capacitance; wherein the first capacitance comprises the first input bonding pad as a first contact pin and a second contact pin (C1-1); a second input bonding pad, which represents a second capacitance; wherein the second capacitance comprises the second input bonding pad as a first contact pin and a second contact pin (C2-1); and a differential-readout amplifier section comprising a first input connected to the first contact pin of the first capacitance and a second input connected to the first contact pin of the second capacitance, wherein the differential-readout amplifier section comprises a first and a second transistor circuit (32, 34) and characterized in that each of the second contact pins (C1-1, C2-1) of the first and second capacitances (C1, C2) is either connected to an output of the first transistor circuit or to an ouput of the second transistor circuit by using switches. a first input bonding pad, which represents a first capacitance; wherein the first capacitance comprises the first input bonding pad as a first contact pin and a second contact pin (C1-1); a second input bonding pad, which represents a second capacitance; wherein the second capacitance comprises the second input bonding pad as a first contact pin and a second contact pin (C2-1); and a differential-readout amplifier section comprising a first input connected to the first contact pin of the first capacitance and a second input connected to the first contact pin of the second capacitance, wherein the differential-readout amplifier section comprises a first and a second transistor circuit (32, 34) and characterized in that each of the second contact pins (C1-1, C2-1) of the first and second capacitances (C1, C2) is either connected to an output of the first transistor circuit or to an ouput of the second transistor circuit by using switches.
A cooling system of an internal combustion engine, comprising: a first flow passage circulating a cooling medium through an internal combustion engine and a radiator; a second flow passage branching from the first flow passage to circulate the cooling medium to a first heat exchanging portion which is different from the radiator and which is an EGR cooler or an exhaust heat recovery portion; a third flow passage provided separately from the first flow passage to circulate the cooling medium from the internal combustion engine to a second heat exchanging portion which is a heater core; a flow control valve provided at a branching portion from the first flow passage to the second flow passage and configured to adjust an amount of the cooling medium supplied to each of the first flow passage and the second flow passage by a control of an electric actuator; a first on-off valve provided in series with the second heat exchanging portion at the third flow passage and opening and closing the third flow passage by a control of an electromagnetic solenoid; and a control portion controlling the flow control valve and the first on-off valve based on a heating state of the cooling medium, characterized in that the control portion includes a malfunction determining portion determining a malfunction of the flow control valve, the control portion performing a control for opening the first on-off valve in a case where the malfunction determining portion determines the malfunction. a first flow passage circulating a cooling medium through an internal combustion engine and a radiator; a second flow passage branching from the first flow passage to circulate the cooling medium to a first heat exchanging portion which is different from the radiator and which is an EGR cooler or an exhaust heat recovery portion; a third flow passage provided separately from the first flow passage to circulate the cooling medium from the internal combustion engine to a second heat exchanging portion which is a heater core; a flow control valve provided at a branching portion from the first flow passage to the second flow passage and configured to adjust an amount of the cooling medium supplied to each of the first flow passage and the second flow passage by a control of an electric actuator; a first on-off valve provided in series with the second heat exchanging portion at the third flow passage and opening and closing the third flow passage by a control of an electromagnetic solenoid; and a control portion controlling the flow control valve and the first on-off valve based on a heating state of the cooling medium, characterized in that the control portion includes a malfunction determining portion determining a malfunction of the flow control valve, the control portion performing a control for opening the first on-off valve in a case where the malfunction determining portion determines the malfunction.
A method for wireless communications, comprising: receiving, from a stronger cell, a first signal for determining a cell identity of the stronger cell; receiving, from a weaker cell, a second signal for determining a cell identity of the weaker cell, wherein the second signal observes interference from the first signal; sampling multiple bursts of the first and second signals; cancelling out at least a portion of the first signal; determining at least one sequence of the second signal based on sampled bursts of the second signal after reducing effects of at least a portion of the sampled bursts of the second signal overlapping interference from a portion of the first signal that is not cancelled. receiving, from a stronger cell, a first signal for determining a cell identity of the stronger cell; receiving, from a weaker cell, a second signal for determining a cell identity of the weaker cell, wherein the second signal observes interference from the first signal; sampling multiple bursts of the first and second signals; cancelling out at least a portion of the first signal; determining at least one sequence of the second signal based on sampled bursts of the second signal after reducing effects of at least a portion of the sampled bursts of the second signal overlapping interference from a portion of the first signal that is not cancelled.
A method of manufacturing a rack shaft comprising the steps of: providing a blank that is equipped with a first shaft portion, a second shaft portion, and a machining target portion, which is located between the first shaft portion and the second shaft portion, and molding a plurality of rack teeth, which are aligned in an axial direction of the blank, on the machining target portion by forging the machining target portion while gripping the first and second shaft portions, wherein a volume per unit length of at least one of a first end portion of the machining target portion, which is close to the first shaft portion, and a second end portion of the machining target portion, which is close to the second shaft portion, is greater than a volume per unit length of an intermediate portion in the axial direction of the machining target portion, characterized in that the plurality of rack teeth are molded on the first end portion, the second end portion, and the intermediate portion of the machining target portion. providing a blank that is equipped with a first shaft portion, a second shaft portion, and a machining target portion, which is located between the first shaft portion and the second shaft portion, and molding a plurality of rack teeth, which are aligned in an axial direction of the blank, on the machining target portion by forging the machining target portion while gripping the first and second shaft portions, wherein a volume per unit length of at least one of a first end portion of the machining target portion, which is close to the first shaft portion, and a second end portion of the machining target portion, which is close to the second shaft portion, is greater than a volume per unit length of an intermediate portion in the axial direction of the machining target portion, characterized in that the plurality of rack teeth are molded on the first end portion, the second end portion, and the intermediate portion of the machining target portion.
An aqueous dispersion of colored particles comprising a polymer having at least a unit of a monomer derived from a dye having a polymerizable unsaturated group, wherein the weight average molecular weight of the colored particles is from 300,000 to 3,000,000.
An alternating pressure mattress system that comprises a first compressor; a mattress, having a plurality of cells lying transversely with respect to a length of the mattress and disposed in side by side relationship along the length of the mattress between first and second ends thereof, the cells being divided into at least four groups of cells, a first and second (A', B') of said groups of cells being located in a first section of the mattress and a third and fourth (A, B) of said groups of cells being located in a second section of the mattress, wherein said first section of said mattress is located at said first end of said mattress, a pump unit comprising said first compressor, first, second, third and fourth connectors, a plurality of valves configured to control the flow of air to and from said compressor and through said first, second, third and fourth connectors; and a control unit configured to control said valves and said compressor to cyclically inflate and deflate mattress cells attached to said connectors; characterised in that said cells attached to said first and second connectors (A', B') are arranged to be deflated by active evacuation of the air from said cells by the pump unit; and said cells attached to said third and fourth connectors (A, B) are arranged to be deflated by passive allowance of the air in the cells to vent to atmosphere, no active evacuation being arranged, whereby cells attached to said third and fourth connectors provide some residual support to a patient on the mattress when they are deflated.
A method for power management in a head-mounted display system that includes sensors and an integrated processor, comprising: selecting a desired battery life for the head-mounted display system, wherein the head-mounted display system is capable of displaying content to eyes of a wearer; determining a relative prioritization of a plurality of operational functions provided by the head-mounted display system, wherein the relative prioritization is based on the selected desired battery life and at least one of the plurality of operational functions is displaying content; and causing the head-mounted display system to reduce the displaying of content from both eyes to only one eye of the wearer based on the relative prioritization. selecting a desired battery life for the head-mounted display system, wherein the head-mounted display system is capable of displaying content to eyes of a wearer; determining a relative prioritization of a plurality of operational functions provided by the head-mounted display system, wherein the relative prioritization is based on the selected desired battery life and at least one of the plurality of operational functions is displaying content; and causing the head-mounted display system to reduce the displaying of content from both eyes to only one eye of the wearer based on the relative prioritization.
A contactor element for an optical fiber connector, comprising a front part within which a single ferrule is housed and fixed, a rear part within which a spring is housed, and an alignment tube, the rear part being shaped to allow the passage therein of an optical fiber, the front part being removably fixed to the rear part, the front part being shaped to fit at least partially within the rear part so that the spring pushes the front part and the rear part in opposite directions, the front part being provided with a locking portion (6, 7, 8) shaped so as to allow a fixed but separable positional coupling with one end of the alignment tube.