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A method of drilling a subterranean well, comprising formulating a drilling fluid wherein the drilling fluid includes a brine phase as the continuous phase of the drilling fluid and wherein the brine phase includes water and at least one alkali metal salt of a polytungstate anion or heteropolytungstate anion as the major component of the brine phase other than water, the polytungstate or heteropolytungstate anion having the formula [A n+ W m O k] x- in which A is selected from the group consisting of group IV elements, group V elements, transition metal elements, and rare earth elements; W is tungsten, O is oxygen, m is an integer from 6 to 18, k is an integer from 24 to 62, and x is from 1 to 10 depending on the selections of A, m, and k; and circulating the drilling fluid in the subterranean well.
Hydropneumatic pressure accumulator, in particular a pulsation damper, with an accumulator housing and a moveable separating element (20; 48), which separates a gas working chamber containing a pressurised working gas from a fluid chamber in the accumulator housing, wherein a gas supply chamber containing an additional volume of the pressurised working gas is provided, said supply chamber being connected to the gas working chamber by means of a connecting line, which contains a non-return valve which opens when the pressure in the gas supply chamber exceeds the pressure in the gas working chamber, wherein the gas supply chamber is provided in the accumulator housing, wherein the accumulator housing extends along a longitudinal axis, wherein a separating wall running transversely in relation to the longitudinal axis divides the accumulator housing into the gas supply chamber adjacent to one axial end of the accumulator housing and the gas working chamber and wherein the separating wall comprises a through passage to form the connecting line, wherein the separating wall is installed fully in the accumulator housing and characterised in that the separating wall is fixed to the inner wall of the accumulator housing.
A method of localized repair to a damaged thermal barrier, the method comprising the following step: a) subjecting a part coated by a damaged thermal barrier to electrophoresis treatment, the part being made of an electrically conductive material, the damaged thermal barrier comprising a ceramic material and having at least one damaged zone that is to be repaired, the part being present in an electrolyte comprising a suspension of particles in a liquid medium, the particles in the non-agglomerated state having a mean size lying in the range 20 nm to 1 μm, a ceramic coating being deposited by electrophoresis in the damaged zone in order to obtain a repaired thermal barrier for use at temperatures higher than or equal to 1000°C, the particles being made of a material different from the ceramic material present in the damaged thermal barrier, the method comprising prior to step a), a step of forming the particles by performing a sol-gel method, the drying step of said sol-gel method being performed by supercritical drying. a) subjecting a part coated by a damaged thermal barrier to electrophoresis treatment, the part being made of an electrically conductive material, the damaged thermal barrier comprising a ceramic material and having at least one damaged zone that is to be repaired, the part being present in an electrolyte comprising a suspension of particles in a liquid medium, the particles in the non-agglomerated state having a mean size lying in the range 20 nm to 1 μm, a ceramic coating being deposited by electrophoresis in the damaged zone in order to obtain a repaired thermal barrier for use at temperatures higher than or equal to 1000°C,
A method for producing surface functionalised semiconductor nanoparticles for incorporation into a silicone polymer material, the method comprising: synthesising growing semiconductor nanoparticles by reacting one or more nanoparticle precursor compounds in a nanoparticle surface binding ligand incorporating a nanoparticle binding group and a silicone polymer binding group, said reaction being effected under conditions permitting growth of the semiconductor nanoparticles and binding of said surface binding ligand to the growing semiconductor nanoparticles to produce said surface functionalised semiconductor nanoparticles. synthesising growing semiconductor nanoparticles by reacting one or more nanoparticle precursor compounds in a nanoparticle surface binding ligand incorporating a nanoparticle binding group and a silicone polymer binding group, said reaction being effected under conditions permitting growth of the semiconductor nanoparticles and binding of said surface binding ligand to the growing semiconductor nanoparticles to produce said surface functionalised semiconductor nanoparticles.
A method of manufacturing a chlorous acid aqueous solution, comprising the step of: generating chlorous acid by trapping chlorine dioxide (ClO 2) with aqueous solution A comprising one of an inorganic acid, inorganic acid salt, organic acid, and organic acid salt, two or more types thereof or a combination thereof, wherein the chlorine dioxide (ClO 2) is provided as gas and a pH of the aqueous solution A is 11.0 or less and 6.0 or greater, wherein TAL of the aqueous solution A is 20 to 2000 mL per 100 g of sample, and wherein the TAL is found by an amount of 0.1N-HCl titration from an initial pH at or below pH of 11.0 to a pH of 4. generating chlorous acid by trapping chlorine dioxide (ClO 2) with aqueous solution A comprising one of an inorganic acid, inorganic acid salt, organic acid, and organic acid salt, two or more types thereof or a combination thereof, wherein the chlorine dioxide (ClO 2) is provided as gas and a pH of the aqueous solution A is 11.0 or less and 6.0 or greater, wherein TAL of the aqueous solution A is 20 to 2000 mL per 100 g of sample, and wherein the TAL is found by an amount of 0.1N-HCl titration from an initial pH at or below pH of 11.0 to a pH of 4.
Sensor arrangement, comprising a sensor body and two connection wires (1, 2), for measuring the temperature of a medium in a motor vehicle, wherein the sensor body is electrically and thermally insulated from the medium by means of a covering which completely surrounds the sensor body, wherein the sensor body is in thermally conductive contact with the medium substantially by means of the connection wires (1, 2), characterized in that each connection wire (1, 2) is electrically conductively connected to a contact base by means of a separate connection contact (5, 6), wherein a sensor signal can be tapped off from the contact base, at least one part of the at least one connection contact (5, 6) is not surrounded by the covering, and is therefore in direct thermally conductive contact with the medium, the electrically insulating covering is composed of a material such as a thermosetting plastic or a thermoplastic, and the connection contact (5, 6) establishes thermal contact with the medium by means of an apparatus, wherein the contact surface of the apparatus, which surface is not surrounded by the covering and is therefore in direct thermally conductive contact with the medium, is larger than the contact surface of the connection contact (5, 6).
Household device with a control unit and a user interface for selecting a level from multiple levels for adjusting an incremental adjustable operating parameter, wherein the control unit is designed to use at least one assignment function to determine the operating parameter as a function of the selected level, wherein the user interface comprises at least one adjustment unit for changing the assignment function, characterised by a plurality of operating parameters, each with an assignment function, wherein the adjustment unit is designed for simultaneously changing the assignment functions of all operating parameters.
An acoustic generator comprising: an exciter that receives an input of an electrical signal and is caused to vibrate; a film-like vibrating plate on which the exciter is mounted and that is caused to vibrate by the vibration of the exciter; a resin layer that is provided to cover the exciter and a surface of the vibrating plate on which the exciter is mounted, the resin layer being integrated with the vibrating plate and the exciter; and, at least one damper mounted on a surface of the resin layer to contact with both of at least one pair of two adjacent portions with different stiffnesses in a plan view, wherein a principal surface of the exciter has a rectangle shape, said at least one pair is a pair of a first portion including the exciter and a second portion not including the exciter in a plan view, and at least one of the dampers is provided on the surface of the resin layer to contact with a longitudinal side or a short-direction side of an outline of the first portion. an exciter that receives an input of an electrical signal and is caused to vibrate; a film-like vibrating plate on which the exciter is mounted and that is caused to vibrate by the vibration of the exciter; a resin layer that is provided to cover the exciter and a surface of the vibrating plate on which the exciter is mounted, the resin layer being integrated with the vibrating plate and the exciter; and, at least one damper mounted on a surface of the resin layer to contact with both of at least one pair of two adjacent portions with different stiffnesses in a plan view, wherein a principal surface of the exciter has a rectangle shape, said at least one pair is a pair of a first portion including the exciter and a second portion not including the exciter in a plan view, and at least one of the dampers is provided on the surface of the resin layer to contact with a longitudinal side or a short-direction side of an outline of the first portion.
Orthodontic expander comprising a left body and a right body each provided with means for anchoring to the teeth of a dental arch and with through holes oriented along a pre-defined expansion direction (d), a pair of guides inserted in said holes so as to cause the sliding of said bodies (1, 2) along the same guides, and elastic thrust means preloaded acting between said bodies (1, 2) to provide a thrust directed in said expansion direction in the orientation of moving away of said bodies (1, 2), wherein: - the two ends of each guide have a larger section, that are chamfered parts, providing on both ends of each guide, a diametrical enlargement which limits the sliding of the bodies (1, 2) on the guides, wherein - the sliding of the body on the guides is limited by the abutment provided by the chamfered parts against an external edge of the internal section of the holes, - said guides and said bodies (1, 2) have means for limiting the expansion of said elastic means that are respective surfaces of the chamfered parts and external edge engaging with each other to limit the expansion of the elastic means, limiting said sliding to a maximum predetermined sliding value such that the preloading of said thrust means is greater than zero at this maximum predetermined sliding value such that the thrust exercised by the elastic means is greater than zero at said maximum predetermined sliding value; - said means for limiting the expansion of said elastic means block the discharge of said elastic means at a value included between 3/4 and 2/3 of their maximum extension, corresponding to a value between 3/4 and 2/3 of the complete discharge, and - wherein said larger section portions of said guides do not pass through corresponding external edges of said holes. - the two ends of each guide have a larger section, that are chamfered parts, providing on both ends of each guide, a diametrical enlargement which limits the sliding of the bodies (1, 2) on the guides, wherein - the sliding of the body on the guides is limited by the abutment provided by the chamfered parts against an external edge of the internal section of the holes, - said guides and said bodies (1, 2) have means for limiting the expansion of said elastic means that are respective surfaces of the chamfered parts and external edge engaging with each other to limit the expansion of the elastic means, limiting said sliding to a maximum predetermined sliding value such that the preloading of said thrust means is greater than zero at this maximum predetermined sliding value such that the thrust exercised by the elastic means is greater than zero at said maximum predetermined sliding value; - said means for limiting the expansion of said elastic means block the discharge of said elastic means at a value included between 3/4 and 2/3 of their maximum extension, corresponding to a value between 3/4 and 2/3 of the complete discharge, and - wherein said larger section portions of said guides do not pass through corresponding external edges of said holes.
A thermosetting resin composition consisting of the following components in parts by weight: 50-150 parts of a cyanate, 30-120 parts of an epoxy resin, 20-70 parts of allyl benzene-maleic anhydride, 20-100 parts of a polyphenyl ether, 30-100 parts of a halogen-free flame retardant, 0.05-5 parts of a curing accelerator, and 50-200 parts of a filler; the allyl benzene-maleic anhydride has the following chemical structural formula: wherein x is 1-4, 6 and 8; n is 1-12; x and n are both integers.
A superhydrophobic surface comprising: a plurality of microfeatures extending away from a substrate and oriented orthogonal to a surface of the substrate, wherein adjacent microfeatures define spaces there between; a gas generator disposed on or embedded in the substrate or disposed on the side of the microfeatures, wherein the height to pitch ratio of the microfeatures, the gas fraction of the superhydrophobic surface, and the contact angle of water on the surface between the microfeatures are such that the gas grows in a continuous layer filling the microfeatures; and characterized in that the gas generator comprises an electrode or a chemical reactant which is configured to, when contacted by water invading said spaces, automatically generate a gas by electrolysis or a chemical reaction, respectively, within the respective spaces and to automatically stop gas generation when water is expelled from the spaces by the generated gas. a plurality of microfeatures extending away from a substrate and oriented orthogonal to a surface of the substrate, wherein adjacent microfeatures define spaces there between; a gas generator disposed on or embedded in the substrate or disposed on the side of the microfeatures, wherein the height to pitch ratio of the microfeatures, the gas fraction of the superhydrophobic surface, and the contact angle of water on the surface between the microfeatures are such that the gas grows in a continuous layer filling the microfeatures; and characterized in that the gas generator comprises an electrode or a chemical reactant which is configured to, when contacted by water invading said spaces, automatically generate a gas by electrolysis or a chemical reaction, respectively, within the respective spaces and to automatically stop gas generation when water is expelled from the spaces by the generated gas.
A method of making a connector for a fluid line connector assembly, comprising the steps of: molding a connector body having a ramp, wherein the connector body and its ramp have an outer skin and an inner core, wherein the inner core extends through the ramp to a sacrificial portion formed at least partially from the outer skin; and severing the sacrificial portion from the ramp, characterized in that the molding step further comprises molding 20 the connector body as a one-piece body having a generally cylindrical shape that extends axially from one axial end to the ramp which is located at a second axial end, with the ramp extending radially outwardly to the sacrificial portion.
A closure device for at least one sling of a cable, wherein the cable sling is formed from a first cable section and a second cable section (210, 220), and wherein the closure device comprises: a locking sleeve, through which the first and second cable sections (210, 220) can be fed; and a clamping sleeve, through which the first and second cable sections (210, 220) can be fed, wherein the locking sleeve is formed with an external thread and the clamping sleeve is formed with a complimentary internal thread, or vice versa, so that the two sleeves can be screwed together, characterized in that the locking sleeve and the clamping sleeve, with the cable sections which are fed through both sleeves, are fixable in variably adjustable relative positions to each other for reclamping the cable sling around a line by partially unscrewing the screw connection between the locking sleeve and the clamping sleeve to a greater distance (d); and cable securing means are provided for locking the first and second cable sections (210, 220) in the locking sleeve in such a manner that the cable sling will not loosen. a locking sleeve, through which the first and second cable sections (210, 220) can be fed; and a clamping sleeve, through which the first and second cable sections (210, 220) can be fed, wherein the locking sleeve is formed with an external thread and the clamping sleeve is formed with a complimentary internal thread, or vice versa, so that the two sleeves can be screwed together, characterized in that the locking sleeve and the clamping sleeve, with the cable sections which are fed through both sleeves, are fixable in variably adjustable relative positions to each other for reclamping the cable sling around a line by partially unscrewing the screw connection between the locking sleeve and the clamping sleeve to a greater distance (d); and cable securing means are provided for locking the first and second cable sections (210, 220) in the locking sleeve in such a manner that the cable sling will not loosen.
A battery comprising at least two electrochemical cells (1a, 1b) of prismatic format, wherein the electrochemical cells are separated by a rigid wedge having a hardness greater than or equal to 90 Shore A according to the standard ASTM D 2240 and by a flexible wedge having a hardness of up to 60 Shore A according to the standard ASTM D 2240, the rigid wedge and the flexible wedge being electrically insulating, the flexible wedge comprising a material whereof the thermal conductivity is less than or equal to 0.5 W/(m.K).
A human condition detecting apparatus (1, 2), comprising: first stimulus applying means for applying a stimulus for acquisition of reference information to a subject; second stimulus applying means for applying a stimulus for acquisition of condition information to the subject; stimulus reaction detecting means for detecting reactions of the subject to the stimulus applied by the first stimulus applying means and to the stimulus applied by the second stimulus applying means, by a physiological index of the subject; and condition determining means (41, 42) for comparing a physiological response of the subject to the stimulus applied by the first stimulus applying means, with a physiological response of the subject to the stimulus applied by the second stimulus applying means, and for determining a condition of the subject, based on a change between the physiological responses, wherein the stimulus for acquisition of reference information and the stimulus for acquisition of condition information are of the same kind with variation in a parameter. first stimulus applying means for applying a stimulus for acquisition of reference information to a subject; second stimulus applying means for applying a stimulus for acquisition of condition information to the subject; stimulus reaction detecting means for detecting reactions of the subject to the stimulus applied by the first stimulus applying means and to the stimulus applied by the second stimulus applying means, by a physiological index of the subject; and condition determining means (41, 42) for comparing a physiological response of the subject to the stimulus applied by the first stimulus applying means, with a physiological response of the subject to the stimulus applied by the second stimulus applying means, and for determining a condition of the subject, based on a change between the physiological responses, wherein the stimulus for acquisition of reference information and the stimulus for acquisition of condition information are of the same kind with variation in a parameter.
An aircraft instrument display system for imaging, on a bit-mapped display formed of a multiplicity of individually addressable pixels at locations throughout the display and actuatable to create images on the display, aircraft flight information based on aircraft and environmental sensor data that is input to the display system, the system comprising a primary video graphics processor for generating graphics video imaging information; said primary video graphics processor having an associated potential failure thread; a graphics rendering processor means operatively connected to said primary video graphics processor for providing a graphics rendering function; an integrity checking processor means operatively connected to said graphics rendering processor for providing an integrity checking function verifying proper functionality of said primary video graphics processor, said primary video graphics processor generating a graphical display of said aircraft flight information for use by flight crew of the aircraft in operating the aircraft from said graphics video imaging information, said integrity checking processor means providing a switching control signal output based on the integrity of said graphical display; video switch means having first and second inputs and an output, said first input being operatively connected to said integrity checking processor means for receiving said control signal there from and being responsive thereto and said second input being operatively connected to said primary video graphics processor for receiving said graphics video imaging information there from, and said output being operatively connected to said display for providing graphical displayable information to said display for providing said graphical display in response to said switching control signal; and a secondary video graphics processor operatively connected between said integrity checking processor means and an input to said video switch means for generating graphics video imaging information, said secondary video graphics processor having a different potential failure thread from said primary video graphics processor said video switch output switching between said primary video graphics imaging information and said secondary video graphics imaging information in response to said control signal for avoiding a common failure thread and providing said graphical display even when said integrity checking processor means detects a mismatch condition for said primary video graphics processor; whereby critical display data availability is maintained.