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A method of joining and sealing a vanadium based membrane to a metallic connection section comprising: mounting a section of a vanadium based membrane on a connector formation of the connection section, the connection section being formed of a different metal to the vanadium based membrane, characterised in that the connector formation providing a recess into which the section of the vanadium based membrane is seated and a connection interface in which an end face of the vanadium based membrane is proximate to or substantially abuts an adjoining face of the connector formation; mounting and operating a chiller arrangement in thermal contact with vanadium based membrane proximate the connection interface; heating a filler metal on the connection section to at least the liquidus temperature of the filler metal using a laser beam directed onto the filler metal located on the connection section and having a beam edge positioned at an offset location spaced apart from the connection interface a distance that attenuates direct heating of the vanadium based membrane by the laser beam, and on the connection section, such that the filler metal can flow over the connection interface from the offset location onto the vanadium based membrane; and cooling the filler metal to form a bridging section of filler metal between the vanadium based membrane and the connection section over the connection interface. mounting a section of a vanadium based membrane on a connector formation of the connection section, the connection section being formed of a different metal to the vanadium based membrane, characterised in that the connector formation providing a recess into which the section of the vanadium based membrane is seated and a connection interface in which an end face of the vanadium based membrane is proximate to or substantially abuts an adjoining face of the connector formation; mounting and operating a chiller arrangement in thermal contact with vanadium based membrane proximate the connection interface; heating a filler metal on the connection section to at least the liquidus temperature of the filler metal using a laser beam directed onto the filler metal located on the connection section and having a beam edge positioned at an offset location spaced apart from the connection interface a distance that attenuates direct heating of the vanadium based membrane by the laser beam, and on the connection section, such that the filler metal can flow over the connection interface from the offset location onto the vanadium based membrane; and cooling the filler metal to form a bridging section of filler metal between the vanadium based membrane and the connection section over the connection interface.
A panoramic dental x-ray device, comprising: a support able to rotate about an axis; an x-ray source installed at one end of the support and in front of which is placed a vertical collimation slot so as to produce an elongated X-ray beam; an x-ray detector of elongated shape, installed at an end opposite of the support, placed towards the source and intended to receive the X-rays having traversed a dental arch of a patient placed between the source and the detector; means for control of the support movement so that the source and the detector follow a predetermined trajectory (4, 3); means for acquiring a plurality of images of the dental arch of a patient corresponding to a plurality of positions of the detector and of the source with respect to the dental arch; and means for reconstruction of a panoramic image (1000, 2000) of at least one portion of the patient's dental arch, from the plurality of images; characterised in that the means for reconstruction of the panoramic image comprises means to reconstruct two portions (1001A, 1001B, 2001 A, 2001B) of the image corresponding respectively to two disconnected portions (2A-2E and 2F-2D) of the dental arch from at least some of the acquired images which each contain at least one piece of information concerning the two disconnected portions of the dental arch. a support able to rotate about an axis; an x-ray source installed at one end of the support and in front of which is placed a vertical collimation slot so as to produce an elongated X-ray beam; an x-ray detector of elongated shape, installed at an end opposite of the support, placed towards the source and intended to receive the X-rays having traversed a dental arch of a patient placed between the source and the detector; means for control of the support movement so that the source and the detector follow a predetermined trajectory (4, 3); means for acquiring a plurality of images of the dental arch of a patient corresponding to a plurality of positions of the detector and of the source with respect to the dental arch; and means for reconstruction of a panoramic image (1000, 2000) of at least one portion of the patient's dental arch, from the plurality of images;
A method for direct injection molding an animal chew comprising: introducing resin into an injection molding machine including a modified screw, said modified screw comprising a transition zone having a first length L1 and a feed zone having a second length L2, wherein L1 > 0.5*L2; and wherein said modified screw further comprises a metering zone having a third length L3, wherein L3 > 0.5*L2, and wherein said feed zone has a first channel depth CD1 and said metering zone has a second channel depth CD2, wherein CD1 > 2.0*CD2, forming said resin into an animal chew, wherein said resin comprises starch, wherein said starch is raw starch which has not seen a prior thermal molding history including extrusion and any type of melt processing step where the resin is shaped in the presence of heat. introducing resin into an injection molding machine including a modified screw, said modified screw comprising a transition zone having a first length L1 and a feed zone having a second length L2, wherein L1 > 0.5*L2; and wherein said modified screw further comprises a metering zone having a third length L3, wherein L3 > 0.5*L2, and wherein said feed zone has a first channel depth CD1 and said metering zone has a second channel depth CD2, wherein CD1 > 2.0*CD2, forming said resin into an animal chew, wherein said resin comprises starch, wherein said starch is raw starch which has not seen a prior thermal molding history including extrusion and any type of melt processing step where the resin is shaped in the presence of heat.
A wide-angle constant velocity joint comprising: a first outer yoke and a second outer yoke; a first spider and a second spider hinged to the first outer yoke and to the second outer yoke, respectively; a central core, forming a first inner yoke and a second inner yoke, wherein said first inner yoke and said second inner yoke are connected through the first spider and the second spider to the first outer yoke and to the second outer yoke, respectively; a guide disc engaged in an annular seat formed in the central core and coaxial to a rotation axis of the central core, spherical heads (12.1, 12.2) of the first outer yoke and of the second outer yoke being engaged with said guide disc; a lubricant reservoir in the central core, in communication with said annular seat; characterized by a dosing system (4, 5, 6) for dosing the lubricant from the reservoir to the annular seat. a first outer yoke and a second outer yoke; a first spider and a second spider hinged to the first outer yoke and to the second outer yoke, respectively; a central core, forming a first inner yoke and a second inner yoke, wherein said first inner yoke and said second inner yoke are connected through the first spider and the second spider to the first outer yoke and to the second outer yoke, respectively; a guide disc engaged in an annular seat formed in the central core and coaxial to a rotation axis of the central core, spherical heads (12.1, 12.2) of the first outer yoke and of the second outer yoke being engaged with said guide disc; a lubricant reservoir in the central core, in communication with said annular seat;
A milk sampling device comprising a housing forming an inner space, an inlet opening to the inner space, a deflector member provided with an upper surface mounted in the inner space of the housing in a position below the inlet opening where it is configured to receive and temporarily accumulate milk entering the housing through the inlet opening, a flow passage formed between a periphery edge portion of the deflector member and an inner surface (11a, 12a) of the housing, and a milk sampling passage provided with at least one opening which constitutes a part of the flow passage, characterized in that the upper surface of the deflector member comprises a plurality of upwardly extending members arranged at a distance from each other in the vicinity of the periphery edge portion of the deflector member such that flow channels are formed between adjacent upwardly extending members, wherein the deflector member is arranged in a position in relation to the inlet opening such that a vertical axis extends both through a center position of the inlet opening and a center position of the upper surface of the deflector member.
An aircraft fuselage sidewall comprising: an aircraft sidewall volume delineated by an aircraft skin forming an outboard boundary of the aircraft sidewall volume, a passenger cabin sidewall forming an inboard boundary of the aircraft sidewall volume and fuselage frame structures forming axial boundaries of the aircraft sidewall volume; a flow controller positioned at a portion of the aircraft sidewall volume to selectably control air flow through the aircraft sidewall volume, and a dividing member disposed in the aircraft sidewall volume to divide the aircraft sidewall volume into an inboard volume between the dividing member and the passenger cabin sidewall and an outboard volume between the dividing member and the aircraft skin; wherein the flow controller is configured, during an in-flight situation in which the aircraft skin is cold, to restrict flow of air in the inboard volume to provide insulating properties in the inboard volume, and to allow unrestricted flow of air in the outboard volume; and wherein the flow controller is configured, during a ground situation in which the aircraft skin is hot due to thermal solar energy, to restrict flow of air in the outboard volume to provide insulating properties in the outboard volume, and to allow unrestricted flow of air in the inboard volume. an aircraft sidewall volume delineated by an aircraft skin forming an outboard boundary of the aircraft sidewall volume, a passenger cabin sidewall forming an inboard boundary of the aircraft sidewall volume and fuselage frame structures forming axial boundaries of the aircraft sidewall volume; a flow controller positioned at a portion of the aircraft sidewall volume to selectably control air flow through the aircraft sidewall volume, and a dividing member disposed in the aircraft sidewall volume to divide the aircraft sidewall volume into an inboard volume between the dividing member and the passenger cabin sidewall and an outboard volume between the dividing member and the aircraft skin; wherein the flow controller is configured, during an in-flight situation in which the aircraft skin is cold, to restrict flow of air in the inboard volume to provide insulating properties in the inboard volume, and to allow unrestricted flow of air in the outboard volume; and wherein the flow controller is configured, during a ground situation in which the aircraft skin is hot due to thermal solar energy, to restrict flow of air in the outboard volume to provide insulating properties in the outboard volume, and to allow unrestricted flow of air in the inboard volume.
Method for controlling a filling process of a motor vehicle tank, the method comprising the following method steps: - Determine a geographic location of the motor vehicle tank; - determining, by means of the tank control device, whether the geographical position of the motor vehicle tank is within a predetermined geographical area; characterized by the method step: - Determining a shutdown fill volume dependent on the geographical position of the motor vehicle tank, if the geographical position of the motor vehicle tank is within the predetermined geographical area. - Determine a geographic location of the motor vehicle tank; - determining, by means of the tank control device, whether the geographical position of the motor vehicle tank is within a predetermined geographical area; characterized by the method step: - Determining a shutdown fill volume dependent on the geographical position of the motor vehicle tank, if the geographical position of the motor vehicle tank is within the predetermined geographical area.
Device for controlling the trajectory of a vehicle, comprising, on the one hand, at least one input (43, 44) for receiving at least one quantity representative of one or more deviations (Ψ L, y L) between a reference trajectory and an actual trajectory of the vehicle, and, on the other hand, at least one output for producing, in real time, at least one lock angle setpoint (δ r *) applicable to at least one rear wheel of the vehicle so as to keep said vehicle on and/or bring said vehicle to its reference trajectory, comprising: - at least one module for generating, in real time, said lock angle setpoint (δ r *) varying linearly relative to each deviation (Ψ L, y L) received with a coefficient of proportionality (k Ψ, k y) quantified offline so as to optimise the way of varying the lock angle setpoint (δ r *); - at least one supervision module parameterised offline to activate the generation module when the supervision module detects, in real time, a computed risk of crossing of a threshold by at least one deviation (Ψ L, y L) and which comprises means for determining, in real time, at least one maximum (Ψ L max, y L max) achievable by at least one deviation (Ψ L, y L) in case of activation of the generation module so as to detect said risk of crossing when said achievable maximum (Ψ L max, y L max) is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold value, characterized in that: - the achievable maximum or maxima (Ψ L max, y L max) is/are computed offline by means of a program for searching by convex optimisation for a convergence matrix which satisfies at least one linear matrix inequality such that said achievable maxima (Ψ L max, y L max) are equal to the square roots of the diagonal elements of said convergence matrix. - at least one module for generating, in real time, said lock angle setpoint (δ r *) varying linearly relative to each deviation (Ψ L, y L) received with a coefficient of proportionality (k Ψ, k y) quantified offline so as to optimise the way of varying the lock angle setpoint (δ r *); - at least one supervision module parameterised offline to activate the generation module when the supervision module detects, in real time, a computed risk of crossing of a threshold by at least one deviation (Ψ L, y L) and which comprises means for determining, in real time, at least one maximum (Ψ L max, y L max) achievable by at least one deviation (Ψ L, y L) in case of activation of the generation module so as to detect said risk of crossing when said achievable maximum (Ψ L max, y L max) is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold value, characterized in that: - the achievable maximum or maxima (Ψ L max, y L max) is/are computed offline by means of a program for searching by convex optimisation for a convergence matrix which satisfies at least one linear matrix inequality such that said achievable maxima (Ψ L max, y L max) are equal to the square roots of the diagonal elements of said convergence matrix.
A method for the detection of a fetal chromosomal aneuploidy in a pregnant female comprising i) preparing free-floating DNA from a biological sample comprising fetal and maternal nucleic acids from said pregnant female, ii) amplifying a selected set of target DNA sequences from one or more chromosomes which are suspected to be aneuploid in the fetus, selected from chromosome 13 and/or chromosome 18 and/or chromosome 21 and/or chromosome X and/or chromosome Y, and amplifying a selected set of target DNA sequences from one or more reference chromosomes which are presumed to be euploid in the fetus in at least one quantitative multiplex PCR reaction, wherein the amplified DNA sequences have lengths below 140 base pairs, iii) sequencing of the amplified target DNA sequences and iv) calculating the sum of read counts for all amplified DNA sequences of the one or more chromosomes which are suspected to be aneuploid followed by normalization, against the sum of read counts for all amplified DNA sequences of the one or more reference chromosomes which are presumed to be euploid to determine by statistical methods a set score indicative for the presence of a fetal chromosomal aneuploidy. i) preparing free-floating DNA from a biological sample comprising fetal and maternal nucleic acids from said pregnant female, ii) amplifying a selected set of target DNA sequences from one or more chromosomes which are suspected to be aneuploid in the fetus, selected from chromosome 13 and/or chromosome 18 and/or chromosome 21 and/or chromosome X and/or chromosome Y, and amplifying a selected set of target DNA sequences from one or more reference chromosomes which are presumed to be euploid in the fetus in at least one quantitative multiplex PCR reaction, wherein the amplified DNA sequences have lengths below 140 base pairs, iii) sequencing of the amplified target DNA sequences and iv) calculating the sum of read counts for all amplified DNA sequences of the one or more chromosomes which are suspected to be aneuploid followed by normalization, against the sum of read counts for all amplified DNA sequences of the one or more reference chromosomes which are presumed to be euploid to determine by statistical methods a set score indicative for the presence of a fetal chromosomal aneuploidy.
Method of forming an internal thread in an essentially cylindrical receiver in a body by means of a thread cutter, the receiver having a centre axis, wherein the cylindrical receiver has at least one groove extending essentially in the longitudinal direction, the depth of which as measured from the centre axis is greater than or equal to the outer radius of the thread cutter, and wherein a radially inwardly and axially extending projection is provided in the body downstream of the groove in the circumferential direction, characterised by the following steps: a) inserting the thread cutter into the receiver, the thread cutter having an axial longitudinal recess adjoined in the circumferential direction by radially outwardly projecting blades with cutting edges, wherein a plurality of cutting edges disposed one after the other in the longitudinal direction are provided on the longitudinal recess, wherein at least some of the cutting edges are arranged in such a manner that they are offset from one another in the circumferential direction and wherein the cutting edges are pushed into the groove as the thread cutter is inserted, b) rotating the thread cutter through a maximum of 360° in order to form the entire internal thread in the projection, wherein the cutting edges penetrate into the projection one after the other as the thread cutter is rotated, and c) moving the thread cutter axially out of the receiver, wherein the thread cutter has a plurality of axially extending longitudinal recesses distributed in a uniform manner over the outer circumference and a respective set of cutting edges is provided between every two adjacent longitudinal recesses, characterised in that the cutting edges of a set of cutting edges are arranged in such a manner that they are offset from one another in the circumferential direction. a) inserting the thread cutter into the receiver, the thread cutter having an axial longitudinal recess adjoined in the circumferential direction by radially outwardly projecting blades with cutting edges, wherein a plurality of cutting edges disposed one after the other in the longitudinal direction are provided on the longitudinal recess, wherein at least some of the cutting edges are arranged in such a manner that they are offset from one another in the circumferential direction and wherein the cutting edges are pushed into the groove as the thread cutter is inserted, b) rotating the thread cutter through a maximum of 360° in order to form the entire internal thread in the projection, wherein the cutting edges penetrate into the projection one after the other as the thread cutter is rotated, and c) moving the thread cutter axially out of the receiver,
A fuel cell stack assembly comprising: a plurality of cells each having a fluid coolant conduit; a coolant feed manifold having a first inlet and a second inlet and further being coupled to each fluid coolant conduit for distribution of fluid coolant within each cell; a pump (20, 30, 40, 50) coupled for delivery of fluid coolant to the coolant feed manifold through the first and second inlets (15, 16); and a flow control assembly (21-23, 31-33, 41-43, 50-57) configured to periodically modify the relative flow rates of fluid coolant through the first and second inlets. a plurality of cells each having a fluid coolant conduit; a coolant feed manifold having a first inlet and a second inlet and further being coupled to each fluid coolant conduit for distribution of fluid coolant within each cell; a pump (20, 30, 40, 50) coupled for delivery of fluid coolant to the coolant feed manifold through the first and second inlets (15, 16); and a flow control assembly (21-23, 31-33, 41-43, 50-57) configured to periodically modify the relative flow rates of fluid coolant through the first and second inlets.
Composition comprising at least one polyhydroxyalkanoate and at least one calcium phosphate, said at least one calcium phosphate being in the form of aggregates having an average size comprised between 0.1 μm and 10 μm, preferably between 0.2 μm and 5 μm, said micrometric aggregates being composed of calcium phosphate particles having average dimensions ranging from 0.01 μm to 1.0 μm and a crystallinity degree ranging from 50% to 80%, wherein the average size of the aggregates, the average dimensions of the calcium phosphate particles and the crystallinity degree are measured as indicated in the description.
Method for displaying a fill level of a dustbag in a vacuum cleaner, a differential pressure above the dustbag being determined at least repeatedly such that the differential pressure is checked by means of a validity criterion and the fill level, which is based on the differential pressure value, is shown as a display value only, or the fill level display is only changed when the validity criterion is fulfilled, characterised in that a statistical characteristic value, in particular a standard deviation, of a sequence of differential pressure values is determined, and the validity criterion is fulfilled when the statistical characteristic value falls below a predetermined or predeterminable threshold value.
Polycarbonate polymerized from an aromatic diol monomer, a carbonate precursor and a hydroxy-capping monomer represented by the following Formula 1: wherein R 1 and R 2 each independently represent hydrogen or a C1-C12 alkyl group, X is selected from a C1-C12 alkyl group, a C3-C14 cycloalkyl group, a C1-C12 alkylidene group, a C3-C14 cycloalkylidene group, a C6-C12 aryl group, a C7-C13 arylalkyl group, a C6-C18 arylene group, -O-, -S-, -CO-, and -SO 2 -, Y represents OH or and a and b each independently represent an integer of 1 to 4.