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An intervertebral fusion cage comprising: a first end plate and a second end plate, which are configured to be in contact with adjacent vertebral bodies; a distal movable block fixed in a state in which the distal movable block is movable relative to a plate slope portion formed on an end of the first end plate and a plate slope portion formed on an end of the second end plate; a proximal movable block fixed in a state in which the proximal movable block is movable relative to a plate slope portion formed on another end of the first end plate and a plate slope portion formed on another end of the second end plate; an adjustment member rotatably fixed to the proximal movable block and screwed to the distal movable block to adjust a distance between the distal movable block and the proximal movable block; a first guide portion formed on the first end plate toward the second end plate; a second guide portion formed on the second end plate toward the first end plate to limit, by sliding between the first guide portion and the second guide portion, a movement direction in which the first end plate and the second end plate are moved close to or away from each other; a bone screw configured to be inserted into bone screw holes formed in the first end plate and the second end plate; and a locking member (112,114) configured to be fastened to the proximal movable block to prevent separation of the bone screw, wherein the first guide portion and the second guide portion support a load in a length or width direction of the first end plate and the second end plate. a first end plate and a second end plate, which are configured to be in contact with adjacent vertebral bodies; a distal movable block fixed in a state in which the distal movable block is movable relative to a plate slope portion formed on an end of the first end plate and a plate slope portion formed on an end of the second end plate; a proximal movable block fixed in a state in which the proximal movable block is movable relative to a plate slope portion formed on another end of the first end plate and a plate slope portion formed on another end of the second end plate; an adjustment member rotatably fixed to the proximal movable block and screwed to the distal movable block to adjust a distance between the distal movable block and the proximal movable block; a first guide portion formed on the first end plate toward the second end plate; a second guide portion formed on the second end plate toward the first end plate to limit, by sliding between the first guide portion and the second guide portion, a movement direction in which the first end plate and the second end plate are moved close to or away from each other; a bone screw configured to be inserted into bone screw holes formed in the first end plate and the second end plate; and a locking member (112,114) configured to be fastened to the proximal movable block to prevent separation of the bone screw, wherein the first guide portion and the second guide portion support a load in a length or width direction of the first end plate and the second end plate.
A process for fiber loading by creating calcium carbonate in situ from calcium hydroxide and carbon dioxide, comprising the steps of a. providing an aqueous pulp suspension in a process for making paper, board or pulp; b. adding a calcium compound selected from the group consisting of calcium hydroxide and calcium oxide into the pulp suspension; c. adding carbon dioxide to the pulp suspension in an amount corresponding to the stoichiometric amount or more relative to the calcium compound; d. adding an alkaline alkali metal compound to the pulp suspension in a sub stoichiometric catalytic amount relative to the calcium compound for promoting calcium carbonate precipitation in said pulp suspension; and e. after calcium carbonate precipitation, dewatering the resultant fiber loaded suspension to provide a fibrous web comprising calcium carbonate filler and an aqueous phase depleted of calcium ions. a. providing an aqueous pulp suspension in a process for making paper, board or pulp; b. adding a calcium compound selected from the group consisting of calcium hydroxide and calcium oxide into the pulp suspension; c. adding carbon dioxide to the pulp suspension in an amount corresponding to the stoichiometric amount or more relative to the calcium compound; d. adding an alkaline alkali metal compound to the pulp suspension in a sub stoichiometric catalytic amount relative to the calcium compound for promoting calcium carbonate precipitation in said pulp suspension; and e. after calcium carbonate precipitation, dewatering the resultant fiber loaded suspension to provide a fibrous web comprising calcium carbonate filler and an aqueous phase depleted of calcium ions.
A preform for blow moulding to form a container, the preform being formed of a thermoplastic material, the preform comprising a neck finish at an open end of the preform, an elongate body section and a closed end, wherein the body section has elongate, longitudinally extending inner and outer surfaces (18,20) each centered about a longitudinal axis (L-L) of the preform, the inner and outer surfaces (18,20) defining therebetween a wall of the body section, wherein the wall of the body section has at least one locally thickened portion (24,26) along the body section, the locally thickened portion (24,26) being thicker than adjacent first and second thinner portions (28,30;32,34) at respective opposite longitudinal ends of the thickened portion (24,26), the thickened portion (24,26) having an inner surface portion (36,38) which is nearer to the longitudinal axis (L-L) than respective first and second inner surface portions (40,42;44,46) of the first and second thinner portions (28,30;32,34), characterized in that the wall thickness changes between the locally thickened portion and the adjacent first and second thinner portions (28,30;32,34) are smoothly continuously inclined in the longitudinal direction, with first and second inclined inner faces (48,50;52,54), each at a respective first and second blend angle (α,β) relative to the longitudinal axis (L-L), for the respective first and second inner surface portions (40,42;44,46) extending away from the locally thickened portion (24,26), and wherein at least one of the first and second thinner portions (28,30;32,34) comprises a part of a longitudinally extending thickened element which, along its length, is thicker than laterally adjacent regions (64,66) of the wall on respective opposite lateral sides of the element, and wherein the element comprises a radially inwardly directed angular segment.
Header for a heat exchanger, the header comprising at least one header plate and a cover which together delimit an internal space, and at least one partition which divides the internal space into two sections (11a, 11b), the header comprising an internal face bounding the internal space and an external face oriented towards the outside of the header, the internal face comprising at least one recess for receiving the partition, characterized in that the internal face comprises at least one cavity and a projection, the projection being interposed between the cavity and the recess for receiving the partition, and in that the projection forms a means for holding the partition in position along a partition plane which is orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of extent of the header.
A particle separation system to remove particulate matter from an exterior air flow for use with an environmental control system, the particle separation system comprising: a fan to accelerate the exterior air flow; a particle separation device, the particle separation device comprising: a curved airflow path with an inner radius and an outer radius, the curved air flow path to receive the exterior air flow; a particle passage disposed along the inner radius to receive the particulate matter from the exterior air flow; a circumferential volute to receive the particulate matter from the particle passage; and a duct to transport the particulate matter from the circumferential volute to a downstream region, and characterized in that said curved airflow path is configured to direct the exterior airflow up to 180 degrees from its original flow direction, reversing the direction of the exterior air flow, wherein the particle separation device further comprises a heat exchanger to receive the exterior air flow from the curved air flow path and said downstream region is disposed downstream of the heat exchanger. a curved airflow path with an inner radius and an outer radius, the curved air flow path to receive the exterior air flow; a particle passage disposed along the inner radius to receive the particulate matter from the exterior air flow; a circumferential volute to receive the particulate matter from the particle passage; and a duct to transport the particulate matter from the circumferential volute to a downstream region, and characterized in that said curved airflow path is configured to direct the exterior airflow up to 180 degrees from its original flow direction, reversing the direction of the exterior air flow, wherein the particle separation device further comprises a heat exchanger to receive the exterior air flow from the curved air flow path and said downstream region is disposed downstream of the heat exchanger.
An apparatus to support and/or lift a wind turbine component inside the wind turbine nacelle, said apparatus comprises: at least a tool which comprises a manually operated linear actuator and a mounting device of said linear actuator connectable to an element of the nacelle frame of said wind turbine nacelle so that said linear actuator is duly located with respect to the wind turbine component for performing said supporting and/or lifting, characterized in that said mounting device comprises two wedges (63, 63') to be joined to the element of the nacelle frame and a supporting plate of the linear actuator, each wedge (63, 63') comprising a back part (65, 65') and a front part (67, 67') with respect to the wind turbine component configured to be joined so that the element of the nacelle frame is clamped between them: said supporting plate being configured to be joined to the front part (67, 67') of said two wedges (63, 63'). at least a tool which comprises a manually operated linear actuator and a mounting device of said linear actuator connectable to an element of the nacelle frame of said wind turbine nacelle so that said linear actuator is duly located with respect to the wind turbine component for performing said supporting and/or lifting, characterized in that said mounting device comprises two wedges (63, 63') to be joined to the element of the nacelle frame and a supporting plate of the linear actuator, each wedge (63, 63') comprising a back part (65, 65') and a front part (67, 67') with respect to the wind turbine component configured to be joined so that the element of the nacelle frame is clamped between them: said supporting plate being configured to be joined to the front part (67, 67') of said two wedges (63, 63').
A display assembly, comprising a display panel and a fingerprint recognition module located on a light-emitting surface of the display panel, wherein the fingerprint recognition module comprises a plurality of fingerprint recognition units, and each fingerprint recognition unit comprises at least one phototransistor and one switch transistor; the phototransistor comprises a first active layer, a first gate, a first source, and a first drain, a material for making the first active layer comprises an organic semiconductor material, and in a direction perpendicular to the display assembly, the first drain and the first gate partially overlap to form a first capacitor; the switch transistor comprises a second active layer, a second gate, a second source, and a second drain; and the fingerprint recognition module comprises a first metal layer, wherein the first source, the first drain, the second source, and the second drain are all located at the first metal layer, and the first drain is connected to the second source. the phototransistor comprises a first active layer, a first gate, a first source, and a first drain, a material for making the first active layer comprises an organic semiconductor material, and in a direction perpendicular to the display assembly, the first drain and the first gate partially overlap to form a first capacitor; the switch transistor comprises a second active layer, a second gate, a second source, and a second drain; and the fingerprint recognition module comprises a first metal layer, wherein the first source, the first drain, the second source, and the second drain are all located at the first metal layer, and the first drain is connected to the second source.
A camera calibration device configured to be mounted in a vehicle, and configured to execute calibration on a plurality of cameras capturing an ambient environment of the vehicle, comprising: a video acquisition unit that acquires videos captured by the plurality of cameras; a feature extraction unit that extracts a predetermined feature quantity from the videos; a posture estimation unit that estimates a posture of the vehicle on the basis of the predetermined feature quantity; a translation correction unit that corrects a camera translation parameter in a direction parallel to the ground surface on the basis of information obtained from a calibration executed in the past; and a camera parameter calculation unit that calculates the camera parameters related to the postures of the plurality of cameras with respect to the ground surface on the basis of the posture of the vehicle and the parameter obtained by the translation correction unit, wherein the posture estimation unit includes a pitch angle estimation unit that estimates a pitch angle of the vehicle on the basis of the predetermined feature quantity and a roll angle/height/rotation center estimation unit that estimates a roll angle, a height, and a rotation center of the vehicle on the basis of the predetermined feature quantity. a video acquisition unit that acquires videos captured by the plurality of cameras; a feature extraction unit that extracts a predetermined feature quantity from the videos; a posture estimation unit that estimates a posture of the vehicle on the basis of the predetermined feature quantity; a translation correction unit that corrects a camera translation parameter in a direction parallel to the ground surface on the basis of information obtained from a calibration executed in the past; and a camera parameter calculation unit that calculates the camera parameters related to the postures of the plurality of cameras with respect to the ground surface on the basis of the posture of the vehicle and the parameter obtained by the translation correction unit, wherein the posture estimation unit includes a pitch angle estimation unit that estimates a pitch angle of the vehicle on the basis of the predetermined feature quantity and a roll angle/height/rotation center estimation unit that estimates a roll angle, a height, and a rotation center of the vehicle on the basis of the predetermined feature quantity.
Welding wire conveyor device comprising a shaft and a fastener assigned to the shaft for connecting the shaft to a hub-shaped component in the form of a roller, the fastener having an, in particular cylindrical, cavity which is open on at least one side, in which cavity an actuating element (3, 23) is arranged, characterised in that the actuating element (3, 23) has an axial portion (8, 28) having a radially tapering dimension, along which portion an engagement means (6,26) extending radially relative to the actuating element (3, 23) slides, and which is arranged in an axially movable manner in such a way that, in a first axial position of the actuating element (3, 23) which secures the connection, the engagement means (6, 26) is connected in an interlocking manner to the hub-shaped component, and in that, in a second axial position of the actuating element (3, 23) which releases the connection, the engagement means (6, 26) is out of the interlocking fit, a blocking element formed as a leading edge on the actuating element (3, 23) being provided to restrict the axial movement of the actuating element (3, 23), and the blocking effect occurring when a face of the engagement means (6, 26) bears against the leading edge.
A method for silaging and for preserving vegetable raw materials and vegetable raw material mixtures, characterized in that the silaging and preserving is at least partially carried out in the presence of at least one added organic acid and/or a salt, alcohol and aldehyde thereof, wherein the organic acid is selected from the group consisting of resin acids and hop acids.
A process for producing a proton-conducting membrane, said process comprising: mixing (i) 5% to 60% by volume of an electrically nonconductive inorganic powder having a good acid absorption capacity, the powder comprising nanosize particles; (ii) 5% to 50% by volume of a polymeric binder that is chemically compatible with acid, oxidizer and fuel; and (iii) 10 to 90% by volume of an acid or aqueous acid solution, wherein said mixing is conducted at various rate steps, thereby producing a mixture; continuously casting said mixture on rolled paper or a non-woven matrix at ambient temperature; drying said casted mixture at a temperature of greater than 100°C, thereby forming a dry film; and laminating a plurality of said dry films together under pressure and thereafter extracting pore-former out of pores of the dry films; wherein said proton-conducting membrane has an average pore size of less than 30 nanometers. mixing (i) 5% to 60% by volume of an electrically nonconductive inorganic powder having a good acid absorption capacity, the powder comprising nanosize particles; (ii) 5% to 50% by volume of a polymeric binder that is chemically compatible with acid, oxidizer and fuel; and (iii) 10 to 90% by volume of an acid or aqueous acid solution, wherein said mixing is conducted at various rate steps, thereby producing a mixture; continuously casting said mixture on rolled paper or a non-woven matrix at ambient temperature; drying said casted mixture at a temperature of greater than 100°C, thereby forming a dry film; and laminating a plurality of said dry films together under pressure and thereafter extracting pore-former out of pores of the dry films; wherein said proton-conducting membrane has an average pore size of less than 30 nanometers.
An electromagnetic sensor, comprising: a header (106, 214); an anode (120, 204) connected to a first terminal (110, 220), the anode (120, 204) in electrical isolation from the header; a cathode (122, 206) connected to a second terminal (114, 210), the cathode (122, 206) in electrical isolation from the header; a conductive case (102, 218) including a window transparent to electromagnetic energy, the conductive case (102, 218) enclosing the anode (120, 204) and the cathode (122, 206) and hermetically sealed to the header (106, 214); and an insulative sleeve (104, 202) disposed between the cathode (122, 206) and the conductive case(102, 218), wherein the first terminal (110, 220) and the second terminal (114, 210) extend outside the conductive case (102,218); characterised in that the case (102, 218) has an interior surface having a form factor to which the sleeve (104, 202) is sized to fit such that the sleeve (104, 202) is sandwiched between the case (102, 218) and the header (106, 214) and substantially restricted from movement.
An antibody or fragment thereof that binds human Anx-A1 having the amino acid sequence shown in Fig. 2A(i), comprising Complementarity Determining Regions (CDRs) VLCDR1, VLCDR2, VLCDR3, VHCDR1, VHCDR2 and VHCDR3 according to Kabat of an antibody produced by the hybridoma cell line deposited with the European Collection of Cell Cultures (ECACC) on 3 June 2010 as Accession No. 10060301.
Steam generator unit with a power-to-heat function which can be optionally activated, comprising a steam boiler with a gas chamber and a water chamber for generating water vapour using a fluid heating medium, wherein water is fed via a first controllable feed water connection, and the water vapour exits through a steam boiler outlet, wherein an electrode vaporizer unit is provided with at least one switchable heating electrode which projects into a pressure vessel which comprises in each case a gas chamber and a water chamber, characterized in that in each case the gas and water chambers (24, 44 and 25, 45 respectively) of the steam boiler and the electrode vaporizer unit are fluidically connected to one another, wherein the fluidic connection the two water chambers (25, 45) can be controlled by means of a valve, the gas chamber of the electrode vaporizer unit comprises a controllable outlet, and the electrode vaporizer unit has a second controllable feed water connection.
A method of adjusting a clutch torque of an automated starting clutch of a vehicle, in particular an agricultural utility vehicle, which includes at least one drive engine and a transmission coupled thereto and providing a steplessly variable output drive speed, wherein the starting clutch is activated by way of the deflection of a clutch pedal and the vehicle is caused to be set in movement by overcoming a slope holding moment of the starting clutch, characterised in that overcoming different slope holding moments (M HH) of the starting clutch is always effected at approximately the same position (Δφ x,22 x) of the clutch pedal.
A modular aquarium filter comprising: a plurality of cylindrical cartridges connected in series, each of said plurality of cylindrical cartridges having a top end and a bottom end, each of said plurality of cylindrical cartridges including an inlet at said top end, and an outlet at the other end, wherein a last in said plurality of cylindrical cartridges engages an endplate including an outlet; wherein said bottom end of said last in said plurality of cylindrical cartridges is closed off by said endplate; wherein each of said plurality of cylindrical cartridges contains a helical flow director; characterized in that at least one of said plurality of cylindrical cartridges contains biological filtering media and another of said plurality of cartridges contains chemical or mechanical filtering media. a plurality of cylindrical cartridges connected in series, each of said plurality of cylindrical cartridges having a top end and a bottom end, each of said plurality of cylindrical cartridges including an inlet at said top end, and an outlet at the other end, wherein a last in said plurality of cylindrical cartridges engages an endplate including an outlet; wherein said bottom end of said last in said plurality of cylindrical cartridges is closed off by said endplate; wherein each of said plurality of cylindrical cartridges contains a helical flow director; characterized in that at least one of said plurality of cylindrical cartridges contains biological filtering media and another of said plurality of cartridges contains chemical or mechanical filtering media.
A cutting tool comprising a holder body having a pocket, a cutting insert and a nozzle, said nozzle having a single through hole for a fastening member, said nozzle having a forward end, a rear end and a bottom face, said through hole extending between the bottom face and an opposite top face, at least one internal coolant channel being provided in the nozzle and extending from a first opening to a second opening, said first opening connecting to a coolant supply conduit in the holder body, said second opening serving as exit for the coolant at the forward end, wherein the at least one coolant channel and the first opening are spaced from the through hole, and wherein a single fastening member or screw secures both the cutting insert and the nozzle, characterized in that the cutting tool comprises a clamping means in the shape of an L-shaped locking member, wherein the cutting insert is clamped in the pocket by means of the L-shaped locking member projecting into a hole of the cutting insert, and wherein the nozzle bottom face is spaced from the cutting insert in assembled state.