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A method comprising: determining, at a radio module of an apparatus, whether a transmitter of said apparatus, having a discontinuous mode, has information to transmit; causing a power amplifier of said transmitter to enter a low power state of said discontinuous mode, in response to determining that said transmitter has no information to transmit; and characterised by providing a configurable time delay between said determining that said transmitter has no information to transmit and said causing of the power amplifier to enter said low power state. determining, at a radio module of an apparatus, whether a transmitter of said apparatus, having a discontinuous mode, has information to transmit; causing a power amplifier of said transmitter to enter a low power state of said discontinuous mode, in response to determining that said transmitter has no information to transmit; and characterised by providing a configurable time delay between said determining that said transmitter has no information to transmit and said causing of the power amplifier to enter said low power state.
A load sensor comprising: a flange member capable of deflecting when receiving, at a load receiving portion (P 1), a load from a front side in an axial direction; a support member capable of supporting the flange member from a rear side in the axial direction, at a support portion (P 2, P 3, P 4,) displaced from the load receiving portion (P 1) in a radial direction orthogonal to the axial direction; and a displacement detecting mechanism configured to detect a relative movement amount by which the flange member and the support member move relative to each other; characterized in that the load sensor further comprises a variable detection sensitivity mechanism enabling the relative movement amount with respect to a change of the load applied to the flange member to be larger in a low load range in which the load is equal to or lower than a predetermined load value than in a high load range in which the load is higher than the predetermined load value, wherein the variable detection sensitivity mechanism comprises an elastic member disposed between the flange member and the support member, and configured such that, while the load is equal to or lower than the predetermined load value, the elastic member can be expanded and compressed according to a magnitude of the load so as to allow the flange member and the support member to move relative to each other in directions in which the elastic member is expanded and compressed. a flange member capable of deflecting when receiving, at a load receiving portion (P 1), a load from a front side in an axial direction; a support member capable of supporting the flange member from a rear side in the axial direction, at a support portion (P 2, P 3, P 4,) displaced from the load receiving portion (P 1) in a radial direction orthogonal to the axial direction; and a displacement detecting mechanism configured to detect a relative movement amount by which the flange member and the support member move relative to each other; characterized in that the load sensor further comprises a variable detection sensitivity mechanism enabling the relative movement amount with respect to a change of the load applied to the flange member to be larger in a low load range in which the load is equal to or lower than a predetermined load value than in a high load range in which the load is higher than the predetermined load value, wherein the variable detection sensitivity mechanism comprises an elastic member disposed between the flange member and the support member, and configured such that, while the load is equal to or lower than the predetermined load value, the elastic member can be expanded and compressed according to a magnitude of the load so as to allow the flange member and the support member to move relative to each other in directions in which the elastic member is expanded and compressed.
A surgical instrument, comprising: a first member comprising an inner surface defining an arcuate groove (28; 30); a second member comprising a first portion including an inner surface defining an aperture and a second portion extending from the first portion and including a plurality of spaced apart teeth configured to slidably engage the groove (28; 30); a third member positioned in the aperture, the third member comprising an inner surface defining a passageway defining a first longitudinal axis, the inner surface of the third member including a flange extending perpendicular to the first longitudinal axis; a fourth member positioned in the passageway and comprising a lip that engages the flange, the lip extending at an acute angle relative to a second longitudinal axis defined by the fourth member; and a fifth member rotatably disposed in the passageway and comprising a first end surface that engages a second end surface of the fourth member defined by the lip, wherein the fourth member is movable between a first configuration in which the first and second end surfaces are spaced apart and the fourth member extends perpendicular to the first longitudinal axis and a second configuration in which the first end surface engages the second end surface and the fourth member extends at an acute angle relative to the first longitudinal axis. a first member comprising an inner surface defining an arcuate groove (28; 30); a second member comprising a first portion including an inner surface defining an aperture and a second portion extending from the first portion and including a plurality of spaced apart teeth configured to slidably engage the groove (28; 30); a third member positioned in the aperture, the third member comprising an inner surface defining a passageway defining a first longitudinal axis, the inner surface of the third member including a flange extending perpendicular to the first longitudinal axis; a fourth member positioned in the passageway and comprising a lip that engages the flange, the lip extending at an acute angle relative to a second longitudinal axis defined by the fourth member; and a fifth member rotatably disposed in the passageway and comprising a first end surface that engages a second end surface of the fourth member defined by the lip, wherein the fourth member is movable between a first configuration in which the first and second end surfaces are spaced apart and the fourth member extends perpendicular to the first longitudinal axis and a second configuration in which the first end surface engages the second end surface and the fourth member extends at an acute angle relative to the first longitudinal axis.
A multi-game ticket assembly, comprising: a single continuous substrate comprising a front surface and a rear surface, the substrate further comprising a middle section and opposite end sections folded inwardly against the middle section along fold lines between the middle section and respective end section; a portion of the front surface of each end section adhered to the front surface of the middle section, characterized in that each of the end sections having a game area defined by lines of weakness in the substrate except along the fold line between the end section and the middle section, each game area further comprising a first game printed on the rear surface thereof and a second separate game printed on the front surface thereof; wherein the first games of the end sections are adjacent and accessible to a player from a front aspect of the ticket assembly, and the second game of each end section is accessible to the player by separating the game area from its respective end section along the lines of weakness and folding the game area outwardly away from the middle section; wherein the middle section is folded along a center fold line such that the first games are facing each other in a folded configuration of the middle section and are accessible to the player by unfolding the middle section; and wherein the portion of the front surface of each end section is permanently adhered to the front surface of the middle section along a border region, the game areas defined within the border region and unattached to the front surface of the middle region. a single continuous substrate comprising a front surface and a rear surface, the substrate further comprising a middle section and opposite end sections folded inwardly against the middle section along fold lines between the middle section and respective end section; a portion of the front surface of each end section adhered to the front surface of the middle section, each of the end sections having a game area defined by lines of weakness in the substrate except along the fold line between the end section and the middle section, each game area further comprising a first game printed on the rear surface thereof and a second separate game printed on the front surface thereof; wherein the first games of the end sections are adjacent and accessible to a player from a front aspect of the ticket assembly, and the second game of each end section is accessible to the player by separating the game area from its respective end section along the lines of weakness and folding the game area outwardly away from the middle section; wherein the middle section is folded along a center fold line such that the first games are facing each other in a folded configuration of the middle section and are accessible to the player by unfolding the middle section; and wherein the portion of the front surface of each end section is permanently adhered to the front surface of the middle section along a border region, the game areas defined within the border region and unattached to the front surface of the middle region.
A wheel, comprising: a hub having an axis of symmetry that extends in a first direction; a first annular rim and a second annular rim; a wheel body that extends radially away from the hub to one of the first annular rim or the second annular rim; an annular ring of rollers comprising a plurality of rollers arranged in a ring and affixed to an outer surface of one of the first annular rim or the second annular rim, at least one roller among the plurality of rollers having a rotational axis of freedom about an axle secured to the outer surface; and characterized by a pinion ring, wherein the pinion ring comprises a plurality of pinion rods that extend in the first direction between and separate an inner surface of the first annular rim and an inner surface of the second annular rim. a hub having an axis of symmetry that extends in a first direction; a first annular rim and a second annular rim; a wheel body that extends radially away from the hub to one of the first annular rim or the second annular rim; an annular ring of rollers comprising a plurality of rollers arranged in a ring and affixed to an outer surface of one of the first annular rim or the second annular rim, at least one roller among the plurality of rollers having a rotational axis of freedom about an axle secured to the outer surface; and characterized by a pinion ring, wherein the pinion ring comprises a plurality of pinion rods that extend in the first direction between and separate an inner surface of the first annular rim and an inner surface of the second annular rim.
A control device for an internal combustion engine which can be supplied with fuels of different alcohol concentrations, comprising: a cylinder internal pressure sensor that detects a cylinder internal pressure; cylinder internal fresh air amount calculating means that calculates a cylinder internal fresh air amount based on the cylinder internal pressure detected by the cylinder internal pressure sensor; actual heat release amount calculating means that calculates an actual heat release amount (Qd) based on the cylinder internal pressure detected by the cylinder internal pressure sensor; target heat release amount calculating means that calculates a target heat release amount (Qt) in a predetermined excess air ratio from the cylinder internal fresh air amount calculated by the cylinder internal fresh air amount calculating means; and feedback means that feeds a comparison amount of the actual heat release amount and the target heat release amount back to a fuel injection amount so that the actual heat release amount calculated by the actual heat release amount calculating means corresponds to the target heat release amount. a cylinder internal pressure sensor that detects a cylinder internal pressure; cylinder internal fresh air amount calculating means that calculates a cylinder internal fresh air amount based on the cylinder internal pressure detected by the cylinder internal pressure sensor; actual heat release amount calculating means that calculates an actual heat release amount (Qd) based on the cylinder internal pressure detected by the cylinder internal pressure sensor; target heat release amount calculating means that calculates a target heat release amount (Qt) in a predetermined excess air ratio from the cylinder internal fresh air amount calculated by the cylinder internal fresh air amount calculating means; and feedback means that feeds a comparison amount of the actual heat release amount and the target heat release amount back to a fuel injection amount so that the actual heat release amount calculated by the actual heat release amount calculating means corresponds to the target heat release amount.
A centrifugal separator having a device for the transformation of kinetic energy of a liquid rotating in a discharge chamber around a rotational axis to pressure energy, comprising a discharge element for the discharge of liquid out of the discharge chamber, which discharge element has a radially outer part shaped as a body of revolution about the rotational axis and arranged to be located in a rotating liquid body in said discharge chamber, at least one outlet channel formed in the discharge element and having an inlet opening located in a surface of the body of revolution and elongated in the liquid flow direction, the inlet opening connecting to the interior of an outlet tube via said outlet channel, wherein said outlet channel having a defined axial height (h) and a defined width (w), and wherein a defined aspect ratio h/w being larger than 1 in an outer first part of said outlet channel and decreasing to smaller than 1 in an inner second part of said outlet channel, characterized in that the height (h) decreases inwardly along the length of said outlet channel.
An autoinjector comprising a lower body receiving a tank, said tank containing fluid product and comprising a piston and a needle, such as a pre-filled syringe, a central body fixed to said lower body and an actuating sleeve comprising a contact end designed to make contact with the body of the user, said actuating sleeve being moveable in said lower body between a projected position, in which said actuating sleeve at least partially projects out of said lower body and an actuation position, in which said actuating sleeve is axially moved towards the interior of said lower body, characterized in that said actuating sleeve comprises a flexible foot that is deformed on the one hand radially and on the other hand laterally relative to said central body and cooperating with said central body when said actuating sleeve is moved from its projected position towards its actuation position then from its return actuation position towards its projected position.
A manufacturing method of a permanent magnet comprising steps of wet-milling magnet material in an organic solvent together with an organometallic compound expressed with a structural formula of M- n M including at least one of neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium and terbium, each being a rare earth element, R representing a substituent group consisting of a straight-chain or branched-chain hydrocarbon, and n representing the valence of the metal of metalloid; to obtain magnet powder of the magnet material currently milled and to make the organometallic compound adhered to particle surfaces of the magnet powder; compacting the magnet powder having the organometallic compound adhered to particle surfaces thereof so as to form a compact body; calcining the compact body in hydrogen atmosphere so as to obtain a calcined body of which residual carbon content is reduced in comparison with before calcining the compact body, wherein the step of calcining causes thermal decomposition of the organometallic compound and removes R so as to reduce residual carbon content; and sintering the calcined body, wherein the permanent magnet is Nd-Fe-B based, and the permanent magnet includes Nd within a range of 25 through 37 wt%, Fe within a range of 60 through 75 wt%, B within a range of 1 through 2 wt%, and M within a range of 0.1 through 10.0 wt%.
Proton-conducting membrane for fuel cell constituted of inorganic particles bonded, covalently, to polymer chains (referred to as first chains) constituted of at least one polymer carrying proton-exchanging groups, optionally in the form of salts, said particles also being bonded to polymer chains (referred to as second chains) constituted of at least one fluorinated polymer not carrying proton-exchanging groups, with the bond between the particles and said second chains corresponding to one of the following alternatives: - said second chains are bonded to the particles via organic spacer groups; or - said second chains are bonded to first chains via organic spacer groups; or - a portion of said second chains is bonded to the particles via organic spacer groups while the other portion of said second chains is bonded to first chains via organic spacer groups. - said second chains are bonded to the particles via organic spacer groups; or - said second chains are bonded to first chains via organic spacer groups; or - a portion of said second chains is bonded to the particles via organic spacer groups while the other portion of said second chains is bonded to first chains via organic spacer groups.
A catheter assembly for deploying an endoluminal sleeve, the catheter assembly comprising: a balloon catheter having a distal portion and a proximal portion; a balloon disposed at the distal portion of the balloon catheter, the balloon expandable from a deflated configuration to an expanded configuration; and an endoluminal sleeve disposed about the distal portion of the balloon catheter, the endoluminal sleeve having a rolled portion, and an unrolled portion that is disposed about the balloon, the expanded configuration of the balloon expanding the unrolled portion of the balloon while leaving the rolled portion unexpanded; characterised by a thread disposed in the rolled portion of the endoluminal sleeve and extending from within the rolled portion toward the proximal portion of the balloon catheter. a balloon catheter having a distal portion and a proximal portion; a balloon disposed at the distal portion of the balloon catheter, the balloon expandable from a deflated configuration to an expanded configuration; and an endoluminal sleeve disposed about the distal portion of the balloon catheter, the endoluminal sleeve having a rolled portion, and an unrolled portion that is disposed about the balloon, the expanded configuration of the balloon expanding the unrolled portion of the balloon while leaving the rolled portion unexpanded; characterised by a thread disposed in the rolled portion of the endoluminal sleeve and extending from within the rolled portion toward the proximal portion of the balloon catheter.
A method for wireless communication, comprising: providing separate control channels for each of downlink grant information and uplink grant information; encoding the control channels with an identifier known only to receiving nodes that are configured to decode the control channels with the identifier; conveying information to the receiving nodes such that the identifier is known to the receiving nodes; spanning the control channels over multiple resource blocks; and conveying span information of the control channels to the receiving nodes. providing separate control channels for each of downlink grant information and uplink grant information; encoding the control channels with an identifier known only to receiving nodes that are configured to decode the control channels with the identifier; conveying information to the receiving nodes such that the identifier is known to the receiving nodes; spanning the control channels over multiple resource blocks; and conveying span information of the control channels to the receiving nodes.
A vehicle notification device comprising: a plurality of vibrators (EX1, EX2, EX3, EX4) independently disposed in a seat; a storage unit configured to store a plurality of pieces of signal data that are different in a combination of an initial frequency and a target frequency; and a signal generator configured to randomly extract one of the pieces of signal data stored in the storage unit by the number of the vibrators (EX1, EX2, EX3, EX4) and to generate a plurality of sweep signals corresponding to the number of the vibrators (EX1, EX2, EX3, EX4), each of the sweep signals being generated by changing a frequency from the initial frequency to the target frequency of the extracted piece of signal data in cycles, wherein a plurality of notification vibrations whose frequencies change in different frequency ranges are outputted from a plurality of positions of the seat by outputting the sweep signals generated by the signal generator, individually from the vibrators (EX1, EX2, EX3, EX4). a plurality of vibrators (EX1, EX2, EX3, EX4) independently disposed in a seat; a storage unit configured to store a plurality of pieces of signal data that are different in a combination of an initial frequency and a target frequency; and a signal generator configured to randomly extract one of the pieces of signal data stored in the storage unit by the number of the vibrators (EX1, EX2, EX3, EX4) and to generate a plurality of sweep signals corresponding to the number of the vibrators (EX1, EX2, EX3, EX4), each of the sweep signals being generated by changing a frequency from the initial frequency to the target frequency of the extracted piece of signal data in cycles, wherein a plurality of notification vibrations whose frequencies change in different frequency ranges are outputted from a plurality of positions of the seat by outputting the sweep signals generated by the signal generator, individually from the vibrators (EX1, EX2, EX3, EX4).