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An oral care implement comprising: a head; a handle having a distal end and a proximal end, the head connected to the distal end of the handle; the handle comprising a core structure constructed of a first rigid material and an elongated handle body constructed of a second rigid material that does not form a chemical bond with the first material during an injection molding process; the core structure disposed within a through slot of the elongated handle body so that the core structure is exposed on opposite surfaces of the handle; at least one through hole on a first surface of the elongated handle body through which the core structure is exposed and at least one through hole on a second surface of the elongated handle body through which the core structure is exposed, the second surface opposite the first surface; the core structure comprising a first protuberance (240, 241) that extends into the through hole on the first surface of the elongated handle body and a second protuberance (242, 243) that extends into the through hole on the second surface of the elongated handle body; and a grip cover constructed of a resilient material covering the through holes (240, 241, 242, 243) on the first and second surfaces of the elongated handle body, the resilient material forming a chemical bond with the second material during an injection molding process. a head; a handle having a distal end and a proximal end, the head connected to the distal end of the handle; the handle comprising a core structure constructed of a first rigid material and an elongated handle body constructed of a second rigid material that does not form a chemical bond with the first material during an injection molding process; the core structure disposed within a through slot of the elongated handle body so that the core structure is exposed on opposite surfaces of the handle; at least one through hole on a first surface of the elongated handle body through which the core structure is exposed and at least one through hole on a second surface of the elongated handle body through which the core structure is exposed, the second surface opposite the first surface; the core structure comprising a first protuberance (240, 241) that extends into the through hole on the first surface of the elongated handle body and a second protuberance (242, 243) that extends into the through hole on the second surface of the elongated handle body; and a grip cover constructed of a resilient material covering the through holes (240, 241, 242, 243) on the first and second surfaces of the elongated handle body, the resilient material forming a chemical bond with the second material during an injection molding process.
A mode locked fiber laser system arranged to have a lasing bandwidth and a pulse power in CW mode-locked operation, said laser having a linear cavity, said cavity comprising a gain medium, a saturable absorber having a saturation fluence, and filter having a spectral response characterized in that said filter is a fiber Bragg grating shorter than or equal to 10 mm said filter has a bandwidth of less than 3 nm and a main transmission dip of the spectral response having a depth of more than or equal to 3 dB, and is arranged such that substantial CW mode locked operation is obtainable with less than 3 times the saturation fluence impinging on the saturable absorber.
A photovoltaic power generation system, wherein the photovoltaic power generation system comprises a controller and M groups of DC-DC circuits, each group of DC-DC circuits comprise N DC-DC circuits, M is a positive integer, and N is an integer greater than 1; an input end of each DC-DC circuit is configured to connect to at least one photovoltaic unit, and each photovoltaic unit comprises at least one photovoltaic module; and the controller is configured to: control the N DC-DC circuits in each group of DC-DC circuits to sequentially start online IV curve scanning, and control the time interval at which two adjacent DC-DC circuits start online IV curve scanning to be less than the duration of the online IV curve scanning performed by one DC-DC circuit. an input end of each DC-DC circuit is configured to connect to at least one photovoltaic unit, and each photovoltaic unit comprises at least one photovoltaic module; and the controller is configured to: control the N DC-DC circuits in each group of DC-DC circuits to sequentially start online IV curve scanning, and control the time interval at which two adjacent DC-DC circuits start online IV curve scanning to be less than the duration of the online IV curve scanning performed by one DC-DC circuit.
An electrosurgical instrument (200, 240, 260, 280) comprising: a proximal portion comprising a coaxial transmission line for conveying microwave electromagnetic energy; a distal radiating portion; and an intermediate impedance transformer arranged to match an impedance of the coaxial transmission line to an impedance of the distal radiating portion, wherein the distal radiating portion comprises a microwave antenna for emitting the microwave EM energy conveyed by the coaxial transmission line, wherein the distal radiating portion has a maximum outer diameter less than an outer diameter of the coaxial transmission line, characterized in that the distal radiating portion comprises a bipolar structure for delivering radiofrequency energy. a proximal portion comprising a coaxial transmission line for conveying microwave electromagnetic energy; a distal radiating portion; and an intermediate impedance transformer arranged to match an impedance of the coaxial transmission line to an impedance of the distal radiating portion, wherein the distal radiating portion comprises a microwave antenna for emitting the microwave EM energy conveyed by the coaxial transmission line, wherein the distal radiating portion has a maximum outer diameter less than an outer diameter of the coaxial transmission line, characterized in that the distal radiating portion comprises a bipolar structure for delivering radiofrequency energy.
Profiled body for the manufacturing of lamps, comprising at least one seat for housing at least one light emitting device, characterized in that said profiled body comprises at least one portion made of a substantially transparent thermoplastic material to allow the light emission passing through it and at least one portion made of a thermally conductive material, wherein said thermally conductive material comprises a thermoplastic base material and at least one filler of heat-conducting material and the filler of heat-conducting material is selected from graphite, metal, carbon fiber, ceramic, or a combination of one or more thereof, wherein said substantially transparent thermoplastic material is co-extruded with said thermally conductive material, further comprising at least one interface between the at least one portion made of transparent thermoplastic material and the at least one portion made of thermally conductive material, wherein said interface has a curved, or hyperbolic, or parabolic shape, or a combination of flat, or curved, or hyperbolic, or parabolic shape, if seen in the plane of the section of the profiled body.
Vehicle tire for use on construction sites or for the mining sector, having a tread, a tire carcass, tire beads, tire shoulders and side walls, wherein the side walls extend from the tire beads into the tire shoulders, wherein the side walls have different sub-regions and form a protective material layer for the tire carcass, wherein a sub-region of the side wall has a distinct structured surface with regularly arranged side wall elements and a positive component of rubber material of 20% to 70%, wherein the sub-region of the side wall with the structured surface has distinct recesses situated between the regularly arranged side wall elements and is cross-sectionally of lens-shaped form, wherein the outer contour line of the structured surface has a continuous curve profile, and replicates the side wall contour without recesses, and wherein the side wall elements in conjunction with the recesses situated in between increase the elastic characteristics of the outer side of the side wall, whereby the cutting resistance of the side wall with respect to sharp-edged objects is significantly increased, characterized in that the side wall elements of the structured surface are in the form of protruding studs, wherein the studs have a substantially cylindrical design with a constant diameter.
A functionalized diene-based elastomer of formula I where X is a polymer derived from a monomer comprising at least one conjugated diene monomer and optionally at least one vinyl aromatic monomer; Z comprises a multidentate ligand group capable of complexing with a metal ion; Y is a divalent sulfur bonded to both X and Z; and n is the number of -⁅Y-Z] groups bonded to X, characterized in that Z comprises a ligand selected from the group consisting of a substituted bipyridinyl groups, unsubstituted bipyridinyl groups, substituted terpyridinyl groups, unsubstituted terpyridinyl groups, substituted phenanthrolinyl groups, unsubstituted phenanthrolinyl groups, substituted pyrazinyl groups, and unsubstituted pyrazinyl groups.
A display screen comprising: a filter layer having a first side and an opposing second side; a fluorescent layer (400; 500) including a plurality of parallel fluorescent stripes (401, 402, 403; 504, 506, 508); and an attachment layer positioned between an excitation side of the fluorescent layer (400; 500) and the first side of the filter layer to attach the excitation side of fluorescent layer (400; 500) to the filter layer while providing vertical separation between the fluorescent layer (400; 500) and the filter layer, the attachment layer including a plurality of attachment regions that are separated from each other by one or more lateral spacings such that one or more excitation-side low-refraction index gaps are formed between areas of the fluorescent layer (400; 500) and the filter layer with the one or more excitation-side low-refraction index gaps contacting the excitation side of the fluorescent stripes (401, 402, 403; 504, 506, 508), wherein the display screen is configured to make, during display operation, excitation light received on the second side of the filter layer propagate through to the first side of the filter layer, and wherein the display screen is configured to make, during display operation, at least one portion of the excitation light that propagates from the second side of the filter layer travel through the one or more excitation-side low-refraction index gaps to excite the fluorescent stripes (401, 402, 403; 504, 506, 508). a filter layer having a first side and an opposing second side; a fluorescent layer (400; 500) including a plurality of parallel fluorescent stripes (401, 402, 403; 504, 506, 508); and an attachment layer positioned between an excitation side of the fluorescent layer (400; 500) and the first side of the filter layer to attach the excitation side of fluorescent layer (400; 500) to the filter layer while providing vertical separation between the fluorescent layer (400; 500) and the filter layer, the attachment layer including a plurality of attachment regions that are separated from each other by one or more lateral spacings such that one or more excitation-side low-refraction index gaps are formed between areas of the fluorescent layer (400; 500) and the filter layer with the one or more excitation-side low-refraction index gaps contacting the excitation side of the fluorescent stripes (401, 402, 403; 504, 506, 508), wherein the display screen is configured to make, during display operation, excitation light received on the second side of the filter layer propagate through to the first side of the filter layer, and wherein the display screen is configured to make, during display operation, at least one portion of the excitation light that propagates from the second side of the filter layer travel through the one or more excitation-side low-refraction index gaps to excite the fluorescent stripes (401, 402, 403; 504, 506, 508).
Key unit for a lock system of a vehicle, having a transmitter for remotely controlling the lock system, an operating module which has an operating panel or a plurality of operating panels (9, 10, 11) for controlling the transmitter, an installation for opening and closing the lock system, wherein the operating panel or operating panels (9, 10, 11) is/are disposed so as to be recessed in the key unit, characterized by a modular construction, comprising a key container which receives the installation for opening and closing the lock system and in which an elongate flat key is fastened in a pivotable manner, and an attachment which is releasably connected to the key container.
A nozzle for a fan assembly, the nozzle comprising an air inlet; an air outlet; an interior passage for conveying air from the air inlet to the air outlet; an annular inner wall; an outer wall extending about the inner wall, the interior passage being located between the inner wall and the outer wall, the inner wall at least partially defining a bore through which air from outside the nozzle is drawn by air emitted from the air outlet, the air outlet being arranged to direct air over an external surface of the nozzle; a flow control port located downstream from the air outlet and said surface; a flow control chamber for conveying air to the flow control port; and control means for selectively inhibiting a flow of air through the flow control port, characterized in that the flow control port is arranged to direct an air flow over a second external surface of the nozzle.
A driven pulley device for a V-belt type automatic transmission, comprising an inner tube and an outer tube that are slidably fitted together so as to be relatively rotatable around an axis and relatively movable in the direction of the axis, a fixed pulley half that is fixed to the inner tube, a movable pulley half that opposes the fixed pulley half and is fixed to the outer tube, and a torque cam mechanism that is provided between the inner tube and the outer tube so as to make an axial component of force act between the movable pulley half and the fixed pulley half in response to a relative rotational phase difference between the two pulley halves (79, 78), a V belt that transmits rotational power from the drive pulley being sandwiched between conical faces (78a, 79a), opposing each other, of the fixed pulley half and the movable pulley half, wherein the torque cam mechanism is formed from a cam pin and a cam hole in which the cam pin can move, and the cam pin has a flat face that is parallel to the direction of movement, characterized in that there are two or more different shapes for the cam hole (94a, 94b), and in a state in which one cam hole (94a, 94b) is restricting the direction of movement of the cam pin, another cam hole (94b, 94a) is not restricting the direction of movement.
A stray light correction method in an optical sensor arrangement for capturing the immediate surroundings in front of a moving vehicle, which consists of a light emitter and an associated receiver, whereby light signals are emitted by means of the light emitter in periodic time intervals into the field of view of the sensor arrangement for the detection of objects, and reflected components of the light signals incident on the receiver indicate the presence of objects, characterised in that a sampled value is generated from the reflected components of the light signals incident on the receiver, and a correction value for the sampled value is determined in a state in which no object to be recognized is present within a particular distance window in the field of view of the sensor arrangement, the correction value is stored and, for a measured value of a subsequent measurement, the correction value is reduced if the current measured value is less than the stored correction value.
An air intake apparatus suitable for reducing ingestion of particulate matter into an induction system of an internal combustion engine, the apparatus comprising: an air intake duct comprising an inlet (22, 22'), through which air may be drawn into the internal combustion engine; and means (40, 40') external to the duct configured to communicate at least one internal region of the duct at a first pressure with at least one internal region of the duct at a second pressure greater than the first pressure, so as to reduce the difference between the first pressure and the second pressure, wherein the means external to the duct comprises at least one auxiliary pipe (40, 40'), each auxiliary pipe (40, 40') comprising at least two ends, each end comprising at least one opening (36, 36', 38, 38'), a first of the openings (36, 36') being located to open into the internal region of the air intake duct at the first pressure, and a second of the openings (38, 38') being located to open into the internal region of the air intake duct at the second pressure, wherein the first opening (36, 36') is located adjacent a front face of the inlet (22, 22'), and wherein the first opening (36, 36') is located close to a corner region (34, 34') of the air intake duct. an air intake duct comprising an inlet (22, 22'), through which air may be drawn into the internal combustion engine; and means (40, 40') external to the duct configured to communicate at least one internal region of the duct at a first pressure with at least one internal region of the duct at a second pressure greater than the first pressure, so as to reduce the difference between the first pressure and the second pressure, wherein the means external to the duct comprises at least one auxiliary pipe (40, 40'), each auxiliary pipe (40, 40') comprising at least two ends, each end comprising at least one opening (36, 36', 38, 38'), a first of the openings (36, 36') being located to open into the internal region of the air intake duct at the first pressure, and a second of the openings (38, 38') being located to open into the internal region of the air intake duct at the second pressure, wherein the first opening (36, 36') is located adjacent a front face of the inlet (22, 22'), and wherein the first opening (36, 36') is located close to a corner region (34, 34') of the air intake duct.
A microwave heating apparatus comprising: a cavity arranged to receive, in a substantially horizontal browning region, a piece of food to be browned; a browning plate to receive the piece of food to be browned, said browning plate being arranged in the browning region; a microwave source for generating microwaves; and a rotatable antenna arranged at the cavity bottom for supplying the generated microwaves, said antenna being configured to produce at least one radiating lobe pointing towards the browning region such that the intersection between the radiating lobe and the browning region forms a hot spot, thereby forming a ring-shaped heating pattern in the browning region under rotation of the antenna. a cavity arranged to receive, in a substantially horizontal browning region, a piece of food to be browned; a browning plate to receive the piece of food to be browned, said browning plate being arranged in the browning region; a microwave source for generating microwaves; and a rotatable antenna arranged at the cavity bottom for supplying the generated microwaves, said antenna being configured to produce at least one radiating lobe pointing towards the browning region such that the intersection between the radiating lobe and the browning region forms a hot spot, thereby forming a ring-shaped heating pattern in the browning region under rotation of the antenna.
A nonaqueous electrolytic solution which comprises: a nonaqueous solvent, LiPF 6; and a fluorosulfonic acid salt represented by formula; M(FSO 3) x wherein M is a metal atom, N 4, or P 4 where R is either an organic group having 1-12 carbon atoms or a hydrogen atom (not all of the four R's are hydrogen atoms), the R's may be the same or different, and a part or all of the four R's may form a ring in cooperation with the nitrogen atom or phosphorus atom to which the R's have been bonded; when M is a metal atom, x indicates the valence of the metal atom M and is an integer of 1 or larger; and when M is N 4 or P 4, x is 1, wherein the ratio of the molar content of FSO 3 in the nonaqueous electrolytic solution to the molar content of PF 6 in the nonaqueous electrolytic solution is 0.001-1.2.
An apparatus, comprising: a first catheter defining a longitudinal axis and a lumen therethrough; a second catheter extending from a distal end of the lumen, the second catheter including a distal cap; a set of splines having a proximal portion coupled to the distal end of the lumen and a distal portion coupled to the distal cap, each spline including an intermediate portion between the proximal portion and the distal portion, each intermediate portion of the set of splines including a set of electrodes formed on a surface thereof, each electrode of each set of electrodes having an insulated electrical lead associated herewith, each insulated electrical lead disposed in a body of the spline of the set of splines including the electrode associated therewith, the second catheter configured to transition between a first configuration and a second configuration, wherein in the second configuration, each intermediate portion of the set of splines is biased farther away from the longitudinal axis relative to the respective intermediate portion in the first configuration; and a balloon coupled to a distal end of the first catheter, the balloon configured to transition between a deflated configuration and an inflated configuration, characterised in that said balloon is disposed proximal to each set of electrodes. a first catheter defining a longitudinal axis and a lumen therethrough; a second catheter extending from a distal end of the lumen, the second catheter including a distal cap; a set of splines having a proximal portion coupled to the distal end of the lumen and a distal portion coupled to the distal cap, each spline including an intermediate portion between the proximal portion and the distal portion, each intermediate portion of the set of splines including a set of electrodes formed on a surface thereof, each electrode of each set of electrodes having an insulated electrical lead associated herewith, each insulated electrical lead disposed in a body of the spline of the set of splines including the electrode associated therewith, the second catheter configured to transition between a first configuration and a second configuration, wherein in the second configuration, each intermediate portion of the set of splines is biased farther away from the longitudinal axis relative to the respective intermediate portion in the first configuration; and a balloon coupled to a distal end of the first catheter, the balloon configured to transition between a deflated configuration and an inflated configuration, characterised in that said balloon is disposed proximal to each set of electrodes.