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A guide tube for guiding an instrument through a hole within tissue of a patient, the hole being defined by a surface, the guide tube comprising: a cannula member defining a passage extending therethrough along an axis, the passage configured to receive the instrument and guide the instrument through the hole within the tissue of the patient; and an expansion member that is moveably coupled to the cannula member and configured to selectively move radially between a retracted position and an expanded position relative to the axis of the cannula member, the expansion member being configured to be at least partially insertable into the hole when the expansion member is in the retracted position, the expansion member configured to engage with the surface of the hole when the expansion member is in the expanded position, wherein the expansion member includes an outer surface that is configured to engage the surface of the hole; characterized in that the expansion member is configured to move the outer surface radially toward and away from the axis when moving between the retracted and expanded positions, wherein the outer surface is parallel to the axis in a cross section of the expansion member taken along the axis, and the outer surface remains parallel to the axis in the cross section as the expansion member is moved between the retracted and expanded positions. a cannula member defining a passage extending therethrough along an axis, the passage configured to receive the instrument and guide the instrument through the hole within the tissue of the patient; and an expansion member that is moveably coupled to the cannula member and configured to selectively move radially between a retracted position and an expanded position relative to the axis of the cannula member, the expansion member being configured to be at least partially insertable into the hole when the expansion member is in the retracted position, the expansion member configured to engage with the surface of the hole when the expansion member is in the expanded position, wherein the expansion member includes an outer surface that is configured to engage the surface of the hole;
A gas cooler, in particular for an internal combustion engine, comprising a plurality of disc elements extending in one plane and stacked onto each other in parallel, wherein at least one connection region (4, 5) for a fluid is formed as a channel which runs substantially perpendicular to the plane and is designed by flush openings of the disc elements, wherein one pair each of the disc elements stacked onto each other forms a group of first channel-like flow paths for guiding a gaseous fluid, wherein one pair each of the disc elements stacked onto each other forms a group of second channel-like flow paths adjacent to and thermally connected to the first channel-like flow paths for guiding a second, in particular liquid fluid, wherein both the first channel-like flow paths and the second channel-like flow paths run parallel to one another over at least a major part of their length in a longitudinal direction of the gas cooler, characterised in that at least the first channel-like flow paths and the second channel-like flow paths have a wavy course in the longitudinal direction.
An apparatus for reducing nitrogen oxide emissions in a genset comprising an engine and a generator and a shaft coupled to the engine and generator, the apparatus comprising: generator control means for controlling energy transfer between the generator and the shaft; engine control means for controlling energy transfer between the engine and the shaft; the apparatus being characterised in that it further comprises a system control means responsive to a shaft speed correction signal representing a shaft speed correction to reach a desired energy transfer to the shaft, for causing said generator control means to cause the generator to reduce load on the shaft while causing said engine control means to cause the engine to seek a steady state shaft speed associated with said desired energy transfer to the shaft, when said shaft speed correction signal meets a criterion. generator control means for controlling energy transfer between the generator and the shaft; engine control means for controlling energy transfer between the engine and the shaft; the apparatus being characterised in that it further comprises a system control means responsive to a shaft speed correction signal representing a shaft speed correction to reach a desired energy transfer to the shaft, for causing said generator control means to cause the generator to reduce load on the shaft while causing said engine control means to cause the engine to seek a steady state shaft speed associated with said desired energy transfer to the shaft, when said shaft speed correction signal meets a criterion.
A method for assisting an operator of a vehicle approaching traffic lights that allow driving over a stop line in at least a first operating state and do not allow driving over the stop line in a second operating state, wherein - a determination of the position and of the moving direction of the vehicle is performed, - a signal is received in the vehicle, said signal describing the current operating state of the traffic lights and the period of time until a change of the operating state, - a check as to whether the vehicle can reach the stop line at a speed from a predetermined speed range while the traffic lights are in the first operating state is performed in the vehicle on the basis of the received signal, and - depending on the result of the check, a speed of the vehicle is influenced and/or a recommendation for influencing the speed is generated, characterised in that a controllable restoring force is applied to an operating device in order to influence, depending on the result of the check, a driving torque of the vehicle, said operating device being operable by the vehicle operator, wherein the controllable restoring force for being applied to the operating device will be cancelled if the position of the operating device was changed in a direction opposite to the restoring force. - a determination of the position and of the moving direction of the vehicle is performed, - a signal is received in the vehicle, said signal describing the current operating state of the traffic lights and the period of time until a change of the operating state, - a check as to whether the vehicle can reach the stop line at a speed from a predetermined speed range while the traffic lights are in the first operating state is performed in the vehicle on the basis of the received signal, and - depending on the result of the check, a speed of the vehicle is influenced and/or a recommendation for influencing the speed is generated,
A process for the application of a heat flowable adhesive material to a substrate comprising extruding the heat flowable material from an extrusion die wherein the extrusion die and the substrate are moved relative to each other to deposit the heat flowable material on the surface of the substrate and a gas at a temperature in the range 40°C to 150°C is blown at a pressure in the range 1 to 8 bars (0.1 Mpa to 0.8 Mpa) onto the side of the heat flowable material remote from the substrate wherein a distance is provided between the die of the extruder and the surface of the substrate to prevent interaction between them, wherein the hot gas is applied from jets integrated with the extrusion die at a temperature below the activation temperature of the material, characterized in that the distance between the die of the extruder and the surface of the substrate is from 0.5mm to 2cm, wherein the residence time of the material within the extruder is less than 10 minutes preferably less than 5 minutes.
Method for decelerating a motor vehicle during emergency braking, wherein the entire emergency braking is carried out automatically by a longitudinal dynamics system of the motor vehicle, wherein in order to perform emergency braking an overall braking torque is generated automatically by the longitudinal dynamics system of the motor vehicle, and for this purpose a first braking torque is generated, at least as a proportion of the overall braking torque, by an electric motor of an electric drive of the motor vehicle in a time interval (t0 to t3), beginning with the automatic initiation of the emergency braking and for less than the overall time period of the emergency braking, in which the overall braking torque cannot yet be generated solely by a service brake system of the longitudinal dynamics system, characterized in that a first time interval (t0 to t2), in which only the first braking torque is generated and has been built up to a braking torque limit value (B G) at which an anti-lock braking system of the motor vehicle is activated, is for less than a second time interval (t2 to t3), in which the first braking torque and a measurable second braking torque are generated simultaneously.
A method for controlling operation of a plurality of laser diode drivers (110; 204, 212), wherein the method makes use of a plurality of laser diodes (112; 208, 216) driven by the laser diode drivers, wherein each laser diode driver is coupled to at least one laser diode from the plurality of laser diodes, and wherein each of the laser diode drivers is coupled to an optical receiver (108; 206, 214) and includes a processor, the method comprising: using a beam control system to provide an optical signal associated with each of the laser diodes coupled to each one of the plurality of laser diode drivers, wherein the optical signal includes information about a current value for operating each one of the plurality of laser diode drivers, and a duration for which each one of the laser diode drivers is to be turned on; receiving, by each of the corresponding optical receivers, the optical signal using the optical receiver (108; 206, 214); analyzing, by each one of the plurality of laser diode drivers (110; 204, 212), the optical signal to determine the current value and the duration for the laser diode coupled to each of the plurality of laser diode drivers; and operating, by each one of the laser diode drivers, the laser diode coupled to each of the plurality of laser diode drivers based on the current value and the duration. using a beam control system to provide an optical signal associated with each of the laser diodes coupled to each one of the plurality of laser diode drivers, wherein the optical signal includes information about a current value for operating each one of the plurality of laser diode drivers, and a duration for which each one of the laser diode drivers is to be turned on; receiving, by each of the corresponding optical receivers, the optical signal using the optical receiver (108; 206, 214); analyzing, by each one of the plurality of laser diode drivers (110; 204, 212), the optical signal to determine the current value and the duration for the laser diode coupled to each of the plurality of laser diode drivers; and operating, by each one of the laser diode drivers, the laser diode coupled to each of the plurality of laser diode drivers based on the current value and the duration.
A power management system comprising a plurality of lower power management apparatuses each of which is provided for each of a plurality of consumers and an upper power management apparatus that manages the plurality of lower power management apparatuses, wherein: the upper power management apparatus is configured to perform a process according to a power curtailment signal transmitted from a power company managing a power grid, the upper power management apparatus is configured to transmit, to the power company transmitting the power curtailment signal, configuration information of the consumer managed by the upper power management apparatus, characterized in that the configuration information comprises one or more of an amount of power that can be supplied by a dispersed power source provided within the consumer, and a predicted amount of power that can be supplied by the dispersed power source, the power curtailment signal is determined by the power company based on at least one of the amount of power that can be supplied by the dispersed power source and the predicted amount of power that can be supplied by the dispersed power source, and the process according to the power curtailment signal is a process of controlling amount of power consumed by a load provided within the consumer. the upper power management apparatus is configured to perform a process according to a power curtailment signal transmitted from a power company managing a power grid, the upper power management apparatus is configured to transmit, to the power company transmitting the power curtailment signal, configuration information of the consumer managed by the upper power management apparatus, characterized in that the configuration information comprises one or more of an amount of power that can be supplied by a dispersed power source provided within the consumer, and a predicted amount of power that can be supplied by the dispersed power source, the power curtailment signal is determined by the power company based on at least one of the amount of power that can be supplied by the dispersed power source and the predicted amount of power that can be supplied by the dispersed power source, and the process according to the power curtailment signal is a process of controlling amount of power consumed by a load provided within the consumer.
An induction heating device for induction-heating a workpiece on which areas (H1, H2), to be heated are established extending in one direction, comprising: heating coils facing a portion of either of the heated areas (H1, H2), the workpiece is in a shape of a ring and in its cross-sectional view has a base and a protrusion protruding inward from the base; the device being characterized in that: the heated areas (H1, H2) are established on the protrusion endless along the shape of the ring; deformation amount that appears due to thermal expansion on one edge in the width direction of either of the heated areas (H1, H2) is different from that on the other heated areas (H1, H2) when either of the heated areas (H1, H2) is subjected to the induction heating; the heating coils face either of the heated areas (H1, H2) at a heating position; the heating device comprises a relative transfer means and a displacing means; the relative transfer means rotates the workpiece in a shape of the ring; the displacing means changes a relative angle between a face of each of the heating coils and either of the heated areas (H1, H2) so that the face corresponds to either of the heated areas (H1, H2) during the heating period. heating coils facing a portion of either of the heated areas (H1, H2), the workpiece is in a shape of a ring and in its cross-sectional view has a base and a protrusion protruding inward from the base; the device being characterized in that: the heated areas (H1, H2) are established on the protrusion endless along the shape of the ring; deformation amount that appears due to thermal expansion on one edge in the width direction of either of the heated areas (H1, H2) is different from that on the other heated areas (H1, H2) when either of the heated areas (H1, H2) is subjected to the induction heating; the heating coils face either of the heated areas (H1, H2) at a heating position; the heating device comprises a relative transfer means and a displacing means; the relative transfer means rotates the workpiece in a shape of the ring; the displacing means changes a relative angle between a face of each of the heating coils and either of the heated areas (H1, H2) so that the face corresponds to either of the heated areas (H1, H2) during the heating period. the heated areas (H1, H2) are established on the protrusion endless along the shape of the ring; deformation amount that appears due to thermal expansion on one edge in the width direction of either of the heated areas (H1, H2) is different from that on the other heated areas (H1, H2) when either of the heated areas (H1, H2) is subjected to the induction heating; the heating coils face either of the heated areas (H1, H2) at a heating position; the heating device comprises a relative transfer means and a displacing means; the relative transfer means rotates the workpiece in a shape of the ring; the displacing means changes a relative angle between a face of each of the heating coils and either of the heated areas (H1, H2) so that the face corresponds to either of the heated areas (H1, H2) during the heating period.
A vulcanisable composition for forming a nitrosamine free sulphur modified polychloroprene vulcanisate, the vulcanisable composition comprising: - a sulphur-modified polychloroprene copolymer polymerised at least from chloroprene, elemental sulphur and a xanthogen disulphide; and - a non-nucleophilic base wherein the non-nucleophilic base is a bi-or polycyclic amine base, which comprises two, or more than two, joined rings. - a sulphur-modified polychloroprene copolymer polymerised at least from chloroprene, elemental sulphur and a xanthogen disulphide; and - a non-nucleophilic base wherein the non-nucleophilic base is a bi-or polycyclic amine base, which comprises two, or more than two, joined rings.
A routing system for receiving a user request for a metadata response for a content object, the system comprising: a fingerprint reader operable to calculate a fingerprint from attributes of an electronic content signal representing the content object and send the fingerprint to a fingerprint server; the fingerprint server operable to receive the fingerprint calculated from the electronic content signal and provide a first content ID corresponding to a fingerprint to which the calculated fingerprint is matched in a fingerprint database; an ID resolver operable to receive multiple content IDs for the content object, including the first content ID, the multiple content IDs being associated with corresponding metadata sources in a registry database; a rule processor coupled to the ID resolver and operable to execute a rule associated with the content object to determine which of the multiple content IDs have priority and provide a subset of metadata responses associated with the content ID having priority from among the metadata sources associated with the object through the content IDs; and providing the subset of metadata responses to the user. a fingerprint reader operable to calculate a fingerprint from attributes of an electronic content signal representing the content object and send the fingerprint to a fingerprint server; the fingerprint server operable to receive the fingerprint calculated from the electronic content signal and provide a first content ID corresponding to a fingerprint to which the calculated fingerprint is matched in a fingerprint database; an ID resolver operable to receive multiple content IDs for the content object, including the first content ID, the multiple content IDs being associated with corresponding metadata sources in a registry database; a rule processor coupled to the ID resolver and operable to execute a rule associated with the content object to determine which of the multiple content IDs have priority and provide a subset of metadata responses associated with the content ID having priority from among the metadata sources associated with the object through the content IDs; and providing the subset of metadata responses to the user.
A storage controller performing a copy process in which data stored in a copy source storage area including one or more storage volumes is copied to a copy destination storage area including one or more storage volumes corresponding to the copy source storage area, the storage controller characterized by: a command controller that receives a transfer command for giving an instruction for transferring data stored in a first area of the copy source storage area to a second area of the copy source storage area from an information processing apparatus; a transfer processing unit that starts a transfer process in which transfer data from the first area is read and is written into the second area in accordance with reception of the transfer command; and a copy processing unit that starts copying the transfer data into a corresponding area of the copy destination storage area that corresponds to the second area in the copy process together with the starting of the transfer process. a command controller that receives a transfer command for giving an instruction for transferring data stored in a first area of the copy source storage area to a second area of the copy source storage area from an information processing apparatus; a transfer processing unit that starts a transfer process in which transfer data from the first area is read and is written into the second area in accordance with reception of the transfer command; and a copy processing unit that starts copying the transfer data into a corresponding area of the copy destination storage area that corresponds to the second area in the copy process together with the starting of the transfer process.
An electrical power system, comprising: an electricity meter adapted to be connected to power lines on one side and a load on the other side, the electricity meter having a meter housing, a processor, a memory, a communications module, a sensor, and a service disconnect switch secured within said meter housing; and a communication and control system configured and adapted to communicate with the electricity meter to accomplish delayed power reconnection; wherein the communications module of the electricity meter is configured to communicate with a customer-site electrical power generator on the load side of the electricity meter, receive a message indicating a generator frequency of an output of the customer-site electrical power generator, wherein the sensor is configured to sense the frequency on the power lines, and wherein the service disconnect switch is configured to automatically reconnect the load only when the frequency of both the customer-site electrical power generator and the power lines is between an upper frequency bound and a lower frequency bound stored in the memory of the electricity meter. an electricity meter adapted to be connected to power lines on one side and a load on the other side, the electricity meter having a meter housing, a processor, a memory, a communications module, a sensor, and a service disconnect switch secured within said meter housing; and a meter housing, a processor, a memory, a communications module, a sensor, and a service disconnect switch secured within said meter housing; and a communication and control system configured and adapted to communicate with the electricity meter to accomplish delayed power reconnection; wherein the communications module of the electricity meter is configured to communicate with a customer-site electrical power generator on the load side of the electricity meter, receive a message indicating a generator frequency of an output of the customer-site electrical power generator, communicate with a customer-site electrical power generator on the load side of the electricity meter, receive a message indicating a generator frequency of an output of the customer-site electrical power generator, wherein the sensor is configured to sense the frequency on the power lines, and wherein the service disconnect switch is configured to automatically reconnect the load only when the frequency of both the customer-site electrical power generator and the power lines is between an upper frequency bound and a lower frequency bound stored in the memory of the electricity meter.