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A valve mechanism for mounting on a flow control apparatus, the valve mechanism comprising: a) a valve body having at least one inlet (30,32) in communication with an outlet through a chamber, said valve body further comprising a slot, and b) a valve stem rotatably disposed in said chamber, said valve stem having a back portion comprising a channel, characterized in that the channel has opposed openings (48A, 48B) adapted to engage a rotatable shaft of the control apparatus, the slot in the valve body and said channel are so arranged that when the valve mechanism is in a position permitting fluid flow, the slot and the channel are not aligned so as to prevent disengagement of the valve mechanism from the flow control apparatus and that when the slot and the channel are aligned so as to enable disengagement of the valve mechanism from the flow control apparatus, the valve mechanism is in a position preventing fluid flow. a) a valve body having at least one inlet (30,32) in communication with an outlet through a chamber, said valve body further comprising a slot, and b) a valve stem rotatably disposed in said chamber, said valve stem having a back portion comprising a channel,
A method for operating a security tag of an Electronic Article Surveillance ("EAS") system, comprising: attaching a clip to a curved sidewall of an article such that a central body of the security tag is vertically aligned with a central axis of the curved sidewall; maintaining the vertical alignment by locating first and second flanges, of the security tag against respective opposing surface areas of the curved sidewall, the first and second flanges extending away from respective sides of the central body so as to be symmetrical to one another and shaped to align closely with an exterior contour of the respective surface areas of the curved sidewall; wrapping a securement member of the security tag around an elongate structure of the article which is offset from the curved sidewall in at least one direction and which protrudes away from a main body of the article, the securement member formed of a slender length of flexible material; and locking the securement member in a position wrapped around the elongate structure of the article using a mechanical locking mechanism of the security tag. attaching a clip to a curved sidewall of an article such that a central body of the security tag is vertically aligned with a central axis of the curved sidewall; maintaining the vertical alignment by locating first and second flanges, of the security tag against respective opposing surface areas of the curved sidewall, the first and second flanges extending away from respective sides of the central body so as to be symmetrical to one another and shaped to align closely with an exterior contour of the respective surface areas of the curved sidewall; wrapping a securement member of the security tag around an elongate structure of the article which is offset from the curved sidewall in at least one direction and which protrudes away from a main body of the article, the securement member formed of a slender length of flexible material; and locking the securement member in a position wrapped around the elongate structure of the article using a mechanical locking mechanism of the security tag.
A tire comprising a tread portion having a first tread edge and a second tread edge, the tread portion provided with three main grooves (5, 6, 7) extending continuously in the tire circumferential direction to axially divide the tread portion into four land portions, wherein the three main grooves (5, 6, 7) are a first shoulder main groove disposed between the tire equator and the first tread edge, a second shoulder main groove disposed between the tire equator and the second tread edge, and a crown main groove disposed therebetween, and the four land portions include a first middle land portion between the first shoulder main groove and the crown main groove, and a second middle land portion between the second shoulder main groove and the crown main groove, wherein the first middle land portion is disposed such that the tire equator is located in the ground contact surface of the first middle land portion, each of the first middle land portion and the second middle land portion is provided with a plurality of narrow grooves, and in each of the first middle land portion and the second middle land portion, the narrow grooves include transverse narrow grooves crossing the first middle land portion and the second middle land portion, respectively, and non-transverse narrow grooves extending from the crown main groove and not crossing the first middle land portion and the second middle land portion, respectively, characterized in that each of the first middle land portion and the second middle land portion is provided with a number N1 of the transverse narrow grooves and a number N2 of the non-transverse narrow grooves, and the number N1 is larger than the number N2. the three main grooves (5, 6, 7) are a first shoulder main groove disposed between the tire equator and the first tread edge, a second shoulder main groove disposed between the tire equator and the second tread edge, and a crown main groove disposed therebetween, and the four land portions include a first middle land portion between the first shoulder main groove and the crown main groove, and a second middle land portion between the second shoulder main groove and the crown main groove, wherein the first middle land portion is disposed such that the tire equator is located in the ground contact surface of the first middle land portion, each of the first middle land portion and the second middle land portion is provided with a plurality of narrow grooves, and in each of the first middle land portion and the second middle land portion, the narrow grooves include transverse narrow grooves crossing the first middle land portion and the second middle land portion, respectively, and non-transverse narrow grooves extending from the crown main groove and not crossing the first middle land portion and the second middle land portion, respectively,
A method for evasion assistance for a vehicle, comprising: detecting an evasive maneuver of the vehicle, and applying an additional steering torque to amplify an existing steering torque when the evasive maneuver has been detected, and actuating independent wheel braking (5; 6) of the vehicle to increase a transverse offset of the vehicle, characterized in that the additional steering torque is kept constant up to a point in time (ti), and from this point in time (ti), the additional steering torque is reduced on the one hand, and the independent wheel braking is actuated on the other hand. detecting an evasive maneuver of the vehicle, and applying an additional steering torque to amplify an existing steering torque when the evasive maneuver has been detected, and actuating independent wheel braking (5; 6) of the vehicle to increase a transverse offset of the vehicle, characterized in that the additional steering torque is kept constant up to a point in time (ti), and from this point in time (ti), the additional steering torque is reduced on the one hand, and the independent wheel braking is actuated on the other hand.
A rotor for a hover-capable aircraft, comprising: - a hub rotating about an axis and, in turn, comprising a plurality of blades; - a mast connectable to a power unit of said aircraft and operatively connected to said hub to drive said hub in rotation about said axis; and - an attenuating device to attenuate the transmission of vibrations from said mast to said aircraft parallel to said axis; said attenuating device, in turn, comprising: - a casing; - a first mass free to oscillate parallel to said axis with respect to said casing and elastically connected to said casing; characterized in that said attenuating device is passive and further comprises: - a second mass; - connection means adapted to make said first and second masses (21, 25) integrally movable along said axis when the angular speed (Ω) of said mast assumes a first value (Ω1); and - actuator means activatable to decouple and separate said first and second masses (21, 25) with respect to translation along said axis when said angular speed (Ω) of said mast assumes a second value (Ω2), different from said first value (Ω1). - a hub rotating about an axis and, in turn, comprising a plurality of blades; - a mast connectable to a power unit of said aircraft and operatively connected to said hub to drive said hub in rotation about said axis; and - an attenuating device to attenuate the transmission of vibrations from said mast to said aircraft parallel to said axis; - a casing; - a first mass free to oscillate parallel to said axis with respect to said casing and elastically connected to said casing; - a second mass; - connection means adapted to make said first and second masses (21, 25) integrally movable along said axis when the angular speed (Ω) of said mast assumes a first value (Ω1); and - actuator means activatable to decouple and separate said first and second masses (21, 25) with respect to translation along said axis when said angular speed (Ω) of said mast assumes a second value (Ω2), different from said first value (Ω1).
Tyre with a tread pattern formed of tread pattern elements separated from one another by indentations and comprising lateral faces and contact faces intended to come into contact with the road surface, characterized in that at least a portion of the tread pattern elements of the tread comprises cavities emerging radially on the outside and filled with a felt, in that each cavity emerges at most in two opposed lateral faces of the tread pattern element and in that the fibres of the said felt are selected from the group of textile fibres, inorganic fibres and their mixtures.
A buffering material (32, 1003) comprising: a molded article obtained by molding a sheet-shaped web (100S,S) that contains fibers and a bonding material that bonds the fibers and that has a first surface and a second surface that are opposite to each other, wherein the molded article is molded into a wave shape that has first curved portions projecting on a side of the first surface, second curved portions projecting on a side of the second surface, and intermediate portions located between the first curved portions and the second curved portions; in the intermediate portions, the fibers are oriented in a direction that intersects a plane direction of the molded article, in the intermediate portions, the sheet-shaped web is laminated in a thickness direction of the sheet-shaped web; and when a thickness direction of the sheet-shaped web at the intermediate portions is a first direction (x), a direction in which the first curved portions and the second curved portions are aligned is a second direction (z), and a direction that is orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction is a third direction (y), B > A and B > C, wherein A is the area of a shape of the molded article projected in the first direction (x), B is the area of a shape of the molded article projected in the second direction (z), and C is the area of a shape of the molded article projected in the third direction (y). a molded article obtained by molding a sheet-shaped web (100S,S) that contains fibers and a bonding material that bonds the fibers and that has a first surface and a second surface that are opposite to each other, wherein the molded article is molded into a wave shape that has first curved portions projecting on a side of the first surface, second curved portions projecting on a side of the second surface, and intermediate portions located between the first curved portions and the second curved portions; in the intermediate portions, the fibers are oriented in a direction that intersects a plane direction of the molded article, in the intermediate portions, the sheet-shaped web is laminated in a thickness direction of the sheet-shaped web; and when a thickness direction of the sheet-shaped web at the intermediate portions is a first direction (x), a direction in which the first curved portions and the second curved portions are aligned is a second direction (z), and a direction that is orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction is a third direction (y), B > A and B > C, wherein A is the area of a shape of the molded article projected in the first direction (x), B is the area of a shape of the molded article projected in the second direction (z), and C is the area of a shape of the molded article projected in the third direction (y).
An applicator device for applying a fluid, comprising: a handle having a proximal end and a distal end, the handle comprising: a receptacle at the proximal end of the handle, the receptacle configured to receive a packet containing a fluid and facilitate expulsion of the fluid from the packet; and a flexible lid configured to sealingly enclose the packet within the receptacle and configured to deflect in response to application of exterior pressure enabling application of the exterior pressure to the packet when disposed within the receptacle to thereby compress the packet to release the fluid from the packet; a base oriented at an angle relative to the receptacle and configured to direct flow of the released fluid, the base including a distal opening having an outer portion; and an applicator pad coupled to the base, in fluid communication with an interior portion of the receptacle, wherein a portion of the pad is inserted within the distal opening of the base, and a portion of the pad is wrapped around the outer portion. a handle having a proximal end and a distal end, the handle comprising: a receptacle at the proximal end of the handle, the receptacle configured to receive a packet containing a fluid and facilitate expulsion of the fluid from the packet; and a flexible lid configured to sealingly enclose the packet within the receptacle and configured to deflect in response to application of exterior pressure enabling application of the exterior pressure to the packet when disposed within the receptacle to thereby compress the packet to release the fluid from the packet; a base oriented at an angle relative to the receptacle and configured to direct flow of the released fluid, the base including a distal opening having an outer portion; and an applicator pad coupled to the base, in fluid communication with an interior portion of the receptacle, wherein a portion of the pad is inserted within the distal opening of the base, and a portion of the pad is wrapped around the outer portion. a receptacle at the proximal end of the handle, the receptacle configured to receive a packet containing a fluid and facilitate expulsion of the fluid from the packet; and a flexible lid configured to sealingly enclose the packet within the receptacle and configured to deflect in response to application of exterior pressure enabling application of the exterior pressure to the packet when disposed within the receptacle to thereby compress the packet to release the fluid from the packet; a base oriented at an angle relative to the receptacle and configured to direct flow of the released fluid, the base including a distal opening having an outer portion; and an applicator pad coupled to the base, in fluid communication with an interior portion of the receptacle, wherein a portion of the pad is inserted within the distal opening of the base, and a portion of the pad is wrapped around the outer portion.
An automatic driving device configured to select a route from a first point to a second point and perform an automatic driving of a host vehicle so as to travel along the selected route, the device comprising: a position acquisition unit configured to acquire position information on another automatically-driving vehicle which performs automatic driving; said position acquisition unit being further configured to acquire position information on another manually-driving vehicle; a route searching unit configured to search for a route from the first point to the second point based on map information; a calculation unit configured to calculate a ratio of the number of the other automatically-driving vehicles to a total number of all other vehicles on the route for each route, said total number of all other vehicles being based on the position information on the other automatically-driving vehicle acquired by the position acquisition unit and the position information on the other manually-driving vehicle acquired by the position acquisition unit in a case where a plurality of routes is searched by the route searching unit; a selection unit configured to select the route in which the ratio calculated by the calculation unit is the highest as a route for the host vehicle to travel; and a control unit configured to perform control of the automatic driving of the host vehicle such that the host vehicle travels along the route selected by the selection unit. a position acquisition unit configured to acquire position information on another automatically-driving vehicle which performs automatic driving; said position acquisition unit being further configured to acquire position information on another manually-driving vehicle; a route searching unit configured to search for a route from the first point to the second point based on map information; a calculation unit configured to calculate a ratio of the number of the other automatically-driving vehicles to a total number of all other vehicles on the route for each route, said total number of all other vehicles being based on the position information on the other automatically-driving vehicle acquired by the position acquisition unit and the position information on the other manually-driving vehicle acquired by the position acquisition unit in a case where a plurality of routes is searched by the route searching unit; a selection unit configured to select the route in which the ratio calculated by the calculation unit is the highest as a route for the host vehicle to travel; and a control unit configured to perform control of the automatic driving of the host vehicle such that the host vehicle travels along the route selected by the selection unit.
An inorganic thin film electroluminescent display element, comprising a layer structure comprising: - a first dielectric layer, - a luminescent layer, comprising manganese doped zinc sulfide ZnS:Mn, on the first dielectric layer, and - a second dielectric layer on the luminescent layer, characterized in that each of the first and the second dielectric layers (23, 27) comprises nanolaminate with alternating aluminum oxide Al 2 O 3 and zirconium oxide ZrO 2 sub-layers (24, 25, 28, 29). - a first dielectric layer, - a luminescent layer, comprising manganese doped zinc sulfide ZnS:Mn, on the first dielectric layer, and - a second dielectric layer on the luminescent layer, characterized in that each of the first and the second dielectric layers (23, 27) comprises nanolaminate with alternating aluminum oxide Al 2 O 3 and zirconium oxide ZrO 2 sub-layers (24, 25, 28, 29).
A method of preparing a fluorinated bisphosphonate, comprising: - reacting a compound of the formula with a fluorinating agent in the presence of an acidic HF/base complex and a t -butyl hypohalite ( t -BuOX) to produce a compound of the formula, - and dealkylating the compound of the formula to produce a halofluoromethylenebis(phosphonic acid) of the formula, wherein X is halogen, each R is the same or different and is independently alkyl or benzyl, and the fluorinating agent is H 18 F or a salt thereof, and F of the formulas and is 18 F. - reacting a compound of the formula with a fluorinating agent in the presence of an acidic HF/base complex and a t -butyl hypohalite ( t -BuOX) to produce a compound of the formula, - and dealkylating the compound of the formula to produce a halofluoromethylenebis(phosphonic acid) of the formula, wherein X is halogen, each R is the same or different and is independently alkyl or benzyl, and the fluorinating agent is H 18 F or a salt thereof, and F of the formulas and is 18 F.
A counterweightless elevator comprising a hoistway; a car vertically movable in the hoistway; one or more suspension ropes (2,2'); a rotatable drive member (3,3') engaging said suspension rope(s) each of the suspension rope(s) (2,2') being belt-like and having a first rope section (2a,2a') on the first side of the drive member (3,3') and a second rope section (2b,2b') on the second side of the drive member (3,3'), each rope section (2a,2b;2a',2b') being connected to the car, said first rope section (2a,2a') suspending the car; and a tightening device (4a,4b,4c;4a',4b',4c') arranged to tighten the second rope section (2b,2b'); wherein said second rope section (2b,2b') is connected to a movably mounted tightening member (5a,5b,5c;5a',5b',5c') of the tightening device (4a,4b,4c;4a',4b',4c') of the second rope section (2b,2b'), which tightening member is movable to tighten the second rope section (2b,2b'), and said first rope section (2a,2a') suspending the car is tensioned by the weight of the car, and guided to pass further to said tightening device (4a,4b,4c;4a',4b',4c') of the second rope section (2b,2b') and connected in a force transmitting manner to said movably mounted tightening member (5a,5b,5c;5a',5b',5c') to pull the tightening member (5a,5b,5c;5a',5b',5c') by effect of the rope tension of the first rope section such that the tightening member (5a,5b,5c;5a',5b',5c') moves to tighten the second rope section, characterized in that each of said suspension rope(s) (2,2') comprises a load bearing member (7,7') or a plurality of load bearing members (7,7'), which load bearing member(s) (7,7') is/are made of composite material comprising reinforcing fibers (f) embedded in a polymer matrix (m), which reinforcing fibers (f) are carbon fibers, and in that the first and/or second rope section (2b,2b') passes to the tightening device (4a,4b,4c;4a',4b',4c') turning around its longitudinal axis in the space between the vertical projection of the car and the vertical hoistway inner wall plane. a hoistway; a car vertically movable in the hoistway; one or more suspension ropes (2,2'); a rotatable drive member (3,3') engaging said suspension rope(s) each of the suspension rope(s) (2,2') being belt-like and having a first rope section (2a,2a') on the first side of the drive member (3,3') and a second rope section (2b,2b') on the second side of the drive member (3,3'), each rope section (2a,2b;2a',2b') being connected to the car, said first rope section (2a,2a') suspending the car; and a tightening device (4a,4b,4c;4a',4b',4c') arranged to tighten the second rope section (2b,2b');
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising: providing a semiconductor structure, wherein the semiconductor structure comprises: a semiconductor fin (301, 401) and an interlayer dielectric layer (302, 402) covering the semiconductor fin, the interlayer dielectric layer having an opening (305, 405) exposing a first part of the semiconductor fin, forming a data storage layer (306, 406) at a bottom portion and a side surface of the opening; and filling a conductive material layer (307, 407) in the opening on the data storage layer, characterised in that a side surface of the semiconductor fin is an inclined surface, and the first part of the semiconductor fin exposed by the opening is within the inclined surface. providing a semiconductor structure, wherein the semiconductor structure comprises: a semiconductor fin (301, 401) and an interlayer dielectric layer (302, 402) covering the semiconductor fin, the interlayer dielectric layer having an opening (305, 405) exposing a first part of the semiconductor fin, forming a data storage layer (306, 406) at a bottom portion and a side surface of the opening; and filling a conductive material layer (307, 407) in the opening on the data storage layer, characterised in that a side surface of the semiconductor fin is an inclined surface, and the first part of the semiconductor fin exposed by the opening is within the inclined surface.