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A spacecraft comprising: a plurality of sub-systems (321, 322, 323, 324) for controlling operations of the spacecraft; and a deployable spacecraft body comprising a plurality of panels (101, 102) and a plurality of hinges (111, 112, 113, 114, 115) each connecting adjacent ones of the plurality of panels, the hinges being arranged to permit the plurality of panels to be folded into a stowed configuration and unfolded into a deployed configuration, wherein the plurality of sub-systems are fixed to and supported by one or more of the plurality of panels, characterised in that the plurality of panels comprises a plurality of interior panels and a plurality of peripheral panels, wherein the plurality of peripheral panels are arranged around a circumference of the body in the deployed configuration, wherein the plurality of interior panels have shapes such that in the deployed configuration the plurality of interior panels substantially fill available space between the plurality of peripheral panels, thereby providing a flat, planar structure that has a substantially continuous surface in the deployed configuration. a plurality of sub-systems (321, 322, 323, 324) for controlling operations of the spacecraft; and a deployable spacecraft body comprising a plurality of panels (101, 102) and a plurality of hinges (111, 112, 113, 114, 115) each connecting adjacent ones of the plurality of panels, the hinges being arranged to permit the plurality of panels to be folded into a stowed configuration and unfolded into a deployed configuration, wherein the plurality of sub-systems are fixed to and supported by one or more of the plurality of panels, characterised in that the plurality of panels comprises a plurality of interior panels and a plurality of peripheral panels, wherein the plurality of peripheral panels are arranged around a circumference of the body in the deployed configuration, wherein the plurality of interior panels have shapes such that in the deployed configuration the plurality of interior panels substantially fill available space between the plurality of peripheral panels, thereby providing a flat, planar structure that has a substantially continuous surface in the deployed configuration.
Tubing element for a heat exchanger means, said tubing element being substantially flat, rigid and elongated and having a first side wall and a second side wall being arranged substantially parallel to each other, whereby the tubing element has a plurality of fins on at least one of the outer surfaces (42, 52) of the first side wall and/or of the second side wall, wherein the tubing element comprises at least one covering wall (70, 80), and the fins are at least partially covered by said at least one covering wall (70, 80), whereby the tubing element is at least partially tilted and sloped and at least partially helically wound and twisted so as to form at least a part of a helical structure, whereby the helical structure has an overall cylindrical structure and is formed in a cylindrical shape.
A pipetting apparatus for pulsed dispensing, with the intermediary of a variable-pressure working gas, of small metered-liquid doses of no more than 1 μl from a larger metered-liquid quantity furnished in the pipetting apparatus, the pipetting apparatus encompassing: - a pipetting conduit at least partly filled with working gas; - a pressure-modifying apparatus (14, 22) for modifying the pressure of the working gas; and - a control apparatus for applying control to the pressure-modifying apparatus (14, 22), the control apparatus being embodied to apply control to the pressure-modifying apparatus (14, 22) so as to generate in the pipetting conduit, with respect to a reference holding pressure in the pipetting conduit which is necessary for immovable holding of the metered-liquid quantity, an overpressure pulse having a pulse duration of no more than 40 ms, characterized in that the control apparatus is further embodied to apply control to the pressure modification apparatus (14, 22), prior to generation of the overpressure pulse in the pipetting conduit with respect to the reference holding pressure, so as to generate a negative pressure, to thereby move, prior to generation of the overpressure pulse, a metered-liquid quantity received in the pipetting apparatus a little way into the pipetting apparatus and away from a pipetting opening, so that a pipetting-opening-proximal meniscus discharging a small metered-liquid dose of no more than 1 μl during the pulsed dispensation is located within a receiving space of the pipetting apparatus at a distance from the pipetting opening. - a pipetting conduit at least partly filled with working gas; - a pressure-modifying apparatus (14, 22) for modifying the pressure of the working gas; and - a control apparatus for applying control to the pressure-modifying apparatus (14, 22),
A method of scheduling communications in a multi-node wireless mesh network including a first network device and a second network device, the method comprising: defining a communication timeslot of a predetermined duration; defining a first superframe including a first number of the communication timeslots; defining a second superframe including a second number of the communication timeslots; aligning the first superframe with the second superframe, so that one of the communication timeslots of the first superframe begins simultaneously with one of the communication timeslots of the second superframe; and associating the first and the second superframes with a network schedule for the multi-node wireless mesh network, the multi-node wireless mesh network operating in conjunction with a process plant, wherein: at least one of the first network device or the second network performs a physical control function included in a control loop corresponding to a process being controlled by the process plant, the first network device and the second network device each transmit data according to the network schedule, and the data transmitted by the at least one of the first network device or the second network device is used to control the process. defining a communication timeslot of a predetermined duration; defining a first superframe including a first number of the communication timeslots; defining a second superframe including a second number of the communication timeslots; aligning the first superframe with the second superframe, so that one of the communication timeslots of the first superframe begins simultaneously with one of the communication timeslots of the second superframe; and associating the first and the second superframes with a network schedule for the multi-node wireless mesh network, the multi-node wireless mesh network operating in conjunction with a process plant, wherein: at least one of the first network device or the second network performs a physical control function included in a control loop corresponding to a process being controlled by the process plant, the first network device and the second network device each transmit data according to the network schedule, and the data transmitted by the at least one of the first network device or the second network device is used to control the process. at least one of the first network device or the second network performs a physical control function included in a control loop corresponding to a process being controlled by the process plant, the first network device and the second network device each transmit data according to the network schedule, and the data transmitted by the at least one of the first network device or the second network device is used to control the process.
A method for geometric calibration of a volume imaging apparatus, the method comprising: (a) disposing a calibration phantom in a radiation path that includes a subject positioned between an x-ray source and a detector, wherein the calibration phantom has a plurality of radio-opaque markers formed of a marker material; (b) in a repeated sequence, at each of a plurality of relative positional relationships of the x-ray source to the detector: (i) acquiring 2D projection image data for the subject and the calibration phantom, wherein the 2D projection image data distinguishes at least first and second x-ray energy distributions (SS L, SS H); (ii) calculating source-to-detector geometry of the imaging apparatus corresponding to the acquired 2D projection image data for the first and second x-ray energy distributions (SS L, SS H); and (c) reconstructing and displaying a 3D volume image of the subject according to acquired anatomy image data from the subject and calculated source-to-detector geometry within the plurality of 2D projection images. (a) disposing a calibration phantom in a radiation path that includes a subject positioned between an x-ray source and a detector, wherein the calibration phantom has a plurality of radio-opaque markers formed of a marker material; (b) in a repeated sequence, at each of a plurality of relative positional relationships of the x-ray source to the detector: (i) acquiring 2D projection image data for the subject and the calibration phantom, wherein the 2D projection image data distinguishes at least first and second x-ray energy distributions (SS L, SS H); (ii) calculating source-to-detector geometry of the imaging apparatus corresponding to the acquired 2D projection image data for the first and second x-ray energy distributions (SS L, SS H); and (i) acquiring 2D projection image data for the subject and the calibration phantom, wherein the 2D projection image data distinguishes at least first and second x-ray energy distributions (SS L, SS H); (ii) calculating source-to-detector geometry of the imaging apparatus corresponding to the acquired 2D projection image data for the first and second x-ray energy distributions (SS L, SS H); and (c) reconstructing and displaying a 3D volume image of the subject according to acquired anatomy image data from the subject and calculated source-to-detector geometry within the plurality of 2D projection images.
A halogen-free flame retardant mixture system for glass fiber reinforced nylon, characterized in that: the raw material composition by weight percentage comprises: Aluminum diethylphosphinate 40∼90%; Aluminum orthophosphite 8∼30%; Melamine metal phosphite 1∼20%; zinc Stannate 1∼10%.
An apparatus for making a fibrous-containing and/or particle-containing nonwoven, said apparatus comprising a spinning unit with a spinning head, a forming surface that is movable in a conveying direction, and a channel positioned between the spinning head and the movable forming surface, and formed between at least two transverse walls (14a; 14b), that extend transverse to the conveying direction and that are in the vicinity of the movable forming surface, or that are in frictional contact with the movable forming surface, the spinning unit being adapted for spinning a stream of polymeric filaments or fibres passing through said channel and deposited onto said forming surface, the apparatus further comprising supplying means adapted for blowing at least one stream of cooling gas and fibrous material and/or particles inside said channel in the vicinity of the spinning head and towards the stream of hot polymeric filaments or fibres inside said channel, said at least one stream of cooling gas enabling simultaneously to cool the stream of hot fibres or filaments produced by the spinning unit and to transport and blow the fibrous material and/or particles inside said channel and into said stream of hot polymeric filaments or fibres inside said channel.
A pneumatic tire comprising, on a tread surface, a plurality of circumferential main grooves (2, 2a, 2b, 2c) extending in a tire circumferential direction, and a plurality of land portions (3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) defined between circumferential main grooves adjacent in a tire width direction among the plurality of circumferential main grooves or by the circumferential main grooves and tread edges, wherein the land portions comprise a plurality of widthwise grooves extending in the tire width direction and are divided into a plurality of blocks by the widthwise grooves, at least one widthwise sipe extending in the tire width direction is included within the blocks, hard rubber with a higher elastic modulus than that of tread rubber is disposed in a tire radial region including at least an opening to the tread surface of a wall defining the widthwise sipe, and characterized in that microfabrication is applied in at least one region of the tread surface surrounding at least a portion of the opening of the widthwise sipe to the tread surface, wherein the widthwise sipe includes a widened portion, at a groove bottom side, in which a sipe width is larger than at the tread surface side. the land portions comprise a plurality of widthwise grooves extending in the tire width direction and are divided into a plurality of blocks by the widthwise grooves, at least one widthwise sipe extending in the tire width direction is included within the blocks, hard rubber with a higher elastic modulus than that of tread rubber is disposed in a tire radial region including at least an opening to the tread surface of a wall defining the widthwise sipe, and characterized in that microfabrication is applied in at least one region of the tread surface surrounding at least a portion of the opening of the widthwise sipe to the tread surface, wherein the widthwise sipe includes a widened portion, at a groove bottom side, in which a sipe width is larger than at the tread surface side.
An air conditioner comprising: at least one indoor unit; an electric heat pump, EHP, outdoor unit connected with the at least one indoor unit, and having a first compressor driven by using electric power, and a first outdoor heat exchanger; and a gas heat pump, GHP, outdoor unit connected with the at least one indoor unit, and having an engine part driven by using a combustion gas, a second compressor driven by receiving driving force from the engine part, and a second outdoor heat exchanger, wherein the GHP outdoor unit comprises an engine part circulation pipe in which a refrigerant flowing through the EHP outdoor unit can be introduced and then supplied to the engine part in order to heat the engine part. at least one indoor unit; an electric heat pump, EHP, outdoor unit connected with the at least one indoor unit, and having a first compressor driven by using electric power, and a first outdoor heat exchanger; and a gas heat pump, GHP, outdoor unit connected with the at least one indoor unit, and having an engine part driven by using a combustion gas, a second compressor driven by receiving driving force from the engine part, and a second outdoor heat exchanger, wherein the GHP outdoor unit comprises an engine part circulation pipe in which a refrigerant flowing through the EHP outdoor unit can be introduced and then supplied to the engine part in order to heat the engine part.
Method for filling liquid crystal cells with a medium comprising at least one liquid crystalline material, the liquid crystal cells comprising two substrates joined together with a peripheral seal so that a cavity is formed, wherein the liquid crystal cells comprise at least one fill opening, the method comprising the steps of a) placing at least one liquid crystal cell inside a vacuum chamber, b) evacuating the vacuum chamber, c) contacting the at least one fill opening with the medium comprising at least one liquid crystalline material after evacuation of the vacuum chamber has been completed, and d) raising the pressure in the vacuum chamber, wherein the rising pressure in the vacuum chamber causes the medium to fill the cavity inside the at least one liquid crystal cell, characterized in that a signal indicating the amount of oxygen remaining inside the vacuum chamber is provided by means of an oxygen sensor mounted inside the vacuum chamber and completion of the evacuation of the vacuum chamber is determined based on said signal. a) placing at least one liquid crystal cell inside a vacuum chamber, b) evacuating the vacuum chamber, c) contacting the at least one fill opening with the medium comprising at least one liquid crystalline material after evacuation of the vacuum chamber has been completed, and d) raising the pressure in the vacuum chamber, wherein the rising pressure in the vacuum chamber causes the medium to fill the cavity inside the at least one liquid crystal cell,
A garden tool comprising: a housing; a cutting tool; a rotary working shaft for mounting the cutting tool; and a braking mechanism capable of changing the garden tool between a non-working braking state and a working non-braking state, wherein the braking mechanism comprises: a working wheel assembly including an inner wheel fixed radially to the working shaft and a rotary driven outer wheel enclosing the inner wheel substantially coaxially, wherein in the working non-braking state the outer wheel drives the inner wheel and the rotary working shaft rotationally; a first brake member connected to the inner wheel at a distal end; a second brake member fastened to the housing, wherein the first brake member is separated from the second brake member in the working non-braking state and the first brake member is in contact with the second brake member during the non-working braking state; and a resilient spring member seated in the inner wheel and connected to a proximal end of the first brake member in a manner such that the resilient spring member has a tendency to bias the first brake member into contact with the second brake member. a housing; a cutting tool; a rotary working shaft for mounting the cutting tool; and a braking mechanism capable of changing the garden tool between a non-working braking state and a working non-braking state, wherein the braking mechanism comprises: a working wheel assembly including an inner wheel fixed radially to the working shaft and a rotary driven outer wheel enclosing the inner wheel substantially coaxially, wherein in the working non-braking state the outer wheel drives the inner wheel and the rotary working shaft rotationally; a first brake member connected to the inner wheel at a distal end; a second brake member fastened to the housing, wherein the first brake member is separated from the second brake member in the working non-braking state and the first brake member is in contact with the second brake member during the non-working braking state; and a resilient spring member seated in the inner wheel and connected to a proximal end of the first brake member in a manner such that the resilient spring member has a tendency to bias the first brake member into contact with the second brake member. a working wheel assembly including an inner wheel fixed radially to the working shaft and a rotary driven outer wheel enclosing the inner wheel substantially coaxially, wherein in the working non-braking state the outer wheel drives the inner wheel and the rotary working shaft rotationally; a first brake member connected to the inner wheel at a distal end; a second brake member fastened to the housing, wherein the first brake member is separated from the second brake member in the working non-braking state and the first brake member is in contact with the second brake member during the non-working braking state; and a resilient spring member seated in the inner wheel and connected to a proximal end of the first brake member in a manner such that the resilient spring member has a tendency to bias the first brake member into contact with the second brake member.
A rubber composition comprising from 30 to 50 parts by mass of carbon black having a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area of from 100 to 130 m 2 /g, from 25 to 40 parts by mass of carbon black having a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area of from 37 to 60 m 2 /g, from 1.5 to 2.2 parts by mass of sulfur as a pure sulfur content, and from 110 to 200 mass% of a sulfenamide-based vulcanization accelerator relative to the pure sulfur content in 100 parts by mass of diene rubber containing from 30 to 60 parts by mass of isoprene rubber and from 40 to 70 parts by mass of butadiene rubber.
Process of catalytic fluorination in gas phase of product 1,1,1,2,3-pentachloropropane and/or 1,1,2,2,3-pentachloropropane into product 2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene in presence of a catalyst and oxygen, wherein the catalyst is chromium-based catalyst further comprising a co-catalyst selected from Ni, Co, Zn, Mn or mixtures thereof, and wherein said co-catalyst is present in an amount from 1-10 wt% of said fluorination catalyst.
An antenna apparatus for a radio transceiver of a wireless communication terminal having a housing comprising four side edges, the antenna apparatus comprising: a transparent antenna (210, 220, 230) configured in a form of a ring or a partial ring,, the transparent antenna (210, 220, 230) comprising: a transparent substrate; and a conductive mesh on the transparent substrate, wherein the conductive mesh provides conductivity and is configured as a radiating element, wherein the transparent antenna (210, 220, 230) is configured to transmit and receive wireless signals for the transceiver, and wherein the transparent antenna is configured so that at least a majority of incident light passes through it, characterized in that the transparent antenna (210, 220, 230) is configured to cover in part at least three of the four side edges of the housing, the antenna apparatus further comprises a dielectric frame (415, 425), covering the conductive mesh at the respective side edges, and a parasitic element (414, 424) disposed on the dielectric frame (415, 425) and electrically coupled to the conductive mesh. a transparent antenna (210, 220, 230) configured in a form of a ring or a partial ring,, the transparent antenna (210, 220, 230) comprising: a transparent substrate; and a conductive mesh on the transparent substrate, a transparent substrate; and a conductive mesh on the transparent substrate, wherein the conductive mesh provides conductivity and is configured as a radiating element, wherein the transparent antenna (210, 220, 230) is configured to transmit and receive wireless signals for the transceiver, and wherein the transparent antenna is configured so that at least a majority of incident light passes through it, characterized in that the transparent antenna (210, 220, 230) is configured to cover in part at least three of the four side edges of the housing, the antenna apparatus further comprises a dielectric frame (415, 425), covering the conductive mesh at the respective side edges, and a parasitic element (414, 424) disposed on the dielectric frame (415, 425) and electrically coupled to the conductive mesh.
A device for positioning an implant (2, 20, 200) comprising: - an instrument for gripping the implant (2, 20, 200) comprising two portions (9, 10, 30a, 30b) capable of assuming a position for supporting the implant (2, 20, 200) and an open position enabling the implant (2, 20, 200) to be gripped, or released, once same has been implanted, and - an element for locking the portions (9, 10, 30a, 30b) in the implant supporting position, with the locking element comprising hooking means (13, 130) so designed as to engage with complementary hooking means provided in a receiving cavity formed by the portions (9, 10, 30a, 30b) in the implant supporting position, with said means forming a sliding connection. - an instrument for gripping the implant (2, 20, 200) comprising two portions (9, 10, 30a, 30b) capable of assuming a position for supporting the implant (2, 20, 200) and an open position enabling the implant (2, 20, 200) to be gripped, or released, once same has been implanted, and - an element for locking the portions (9, 10, 30a, 30b) in the implant supporting position, with the locking element comprising hooking means (13, 130) so designed as to engage with complementary hooking means provided in a receiving cavity formed by the portions (9, 10, 30a, 30b) in the implant supporting position, with said means forming a sliding connection.