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A process for the production of a pearlescent pigment, comprising the steps of: activating surfaces of flaky alumina substrate particles produced by a hydrothermal process by at least one method selected from plasma treatment, ultrasonic treatment, acid treatment, alkali treatment, shock treatment or chemical etching treatment, dispersing in water the flaky alumina substrate particles obtained in the previous step; hydrolyzing in the resulting dispersion a metal salt comprising at least a salt of titanium, allowing the resulting metal hydroxide or metal oxide to deposit on said surfaces of said flaky alumina substrate particles, and then subjecting the resulting deposit to heat treatment to form, on said surfaces of said flaky alumina substrate particles, metal oxide coat layers having a particle size in a range of from 1 to 500 nm. activating surfaces of flaky alumina substrate particles produced by a hydrothermal process by at least one method selected from plasma treatment, ultrasonic treatment, acid treatment, alkali treatment, shock treatment or chemical etching treatment, dispersing in water the flaky alumina substrate particles obtained in the previous step; hydrolyzing in the resulting dispersion a metal salt comprising at least a salt of titanium, allowing the resulting metal hydroxide or metal oxide to deposit on said surfaces of said flaky alumina substrate particles, and then subjecting the resulting deposit to heat treatment to form, on said surfaces of said flaky alumina substrate particles, metal oxide coat layers having a particle size in a range of from 1 to 500 nm.
Gas turbine comprising a compressor, an intermediate casing, at least one combustion chamber, an expansion turbine, and a heat exchanger, wherein the or each combustion chamber is fluidically connected to the expansion turbine via an inner casing that is guided through the internal space of the intermediate casing, wherein the compressor is fluidically separated from the internal space of the intermediate casing by an annular plenum chamber which is connected to an outlet of the compressor and which has a number of discharge lines that, in operation, are connected to the cold side of the heat exchanger, wherein the or each combustion chamber is designed as a silo combustion chamber, characterized in that the or each silo combustion chamber has an inner wall bounding a combustion space and an outer wall, wherein the outer wall surrounds the inner wall forming a cavity, wherein the inner wall transitions into the inner casing and wherein the cavity transitions into the internal space of the intermediate casing.
Handle for a portable tool, the tool comprising an engine for powering said tool placed in one end of a tube and a working tool in the opposite end of said tube; the handle comprising at least two handle sections (20, 21) which are securable around the tube somewhere between the engine and the working tool, the longitudinal direction of said handle being substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction of the tube, characterized in that the front end of said handle is securable around the tube via an elastic ring (18, 19) and the rear end of the handle is securable by at least two elastic elements in order to reduce the transfer of vibrations from the tube to the handle, and that the inside surface of each handle section (20, 21) is provided with at least two recesses, and that each of said elastic elements is shaped to fit in one recess and is placed between the handle section (20, 21) and the tube.
An RF device able to generate a voltage for accelerating charged particles in a synchrocyclotron, the RF device including a resonant cavity comprising: - a conducting pillar of which a first end is linked to an accelerating electrode adapted to accelerate said particles, - a conducting enclosure surrounding the conducting pillar, - a rotary variable capacitor mounted in the conducting enclosure and comprising on the one hand at least one fixed electrode linked galvanically to a second end of the conducting pillar, the second end being opposite from the first end, and on the other hand a rotor comprising at least one moveable electrode, the at least one fixed electrode and the at least one moveable electrode together forming a variable capacitance (Cv) able to cause a resonant frequency of the cavity to vary over time, the rotor being galvanically isolated from the conducting enclosure and from the conducting pillar, and the rotor being coupled capacitively to the conducting enclosure; - at least one bearing for supporting and guiding, in rotation, a shaft of the rotor, each of said bearings comprising a first race and comprising a second race fixed to the shaft of the rotor, wherein each of said bearings is a galvanically isolating bearing. - a conducting pillar of which a first end is linked to an accelerating electrode adapted to accelerate said particles, - a conducting enclosure surrounding the conducting pillar, - a rotary variable capacitor mounted in the conducting enclosure and comprising on the one hand at least one fixed electrode linked galvanically to a second end of the conducting pillar, the second end being opposite from the first end, and on the other hand a rotor comprising at least one moveable electrode, the at least one fixed electrode and the at least one moveable electrode together forming a variable capacitance (Cv) able to cause a resonant frequency of the cavity to vary over time, the rotor being galvanically isolated from the conducting enclosure and from the conducting pillar, and the rotor being coupled capacitively to the conducting enclosure; - at least one bearing for supporting and guiding, in rotation, a shaft of the rotor, each of said bearings comprising a first race and comprising a second race fixed to the shaft of the rotor, wherein each of said bearings is a galvanically isolating bearing.
An electronic device comprising a current blocking structure, wherein the current blocking structure comprises: a) a first p-type semiconductor material layer; and, b) a semiconductor material arrangement comprising an n-type ruthenium doped indium phosphide (Ru-InP) layer; the semiconductor material arrangement and p-type semiconductor material layer forming a first p-n junction; characterized in that the current blocking structure further comprises a layer of undoped intrinsic semiconductor material, which is configured to physically separate the semiconductor material arrangement and the first p-type semiconductor material layer. a) a first p-type semiconductor material layer; and, b) a semiconductor material arrangement comprising an n-type ruthenium doped indium phosphide (Ru-InP) layer;
A water treatment device for the in-line treatment of water, the water treatment device comprised of: a housing comprising an upper housing, a lower housing and a coupler disposed between the upper housing and the lower housing; a large screen; a small screen; and an active-ceramic bead media, wherein the upper housing encloses a first flange unit and a second flange unit, wherein the first flange unit and the second flange unit are further comprised of a plurality of openings and baffles, the openings receiving donut shaped rare-earth magnets allowing the flow of water through the first flange unit and the second flange unit, the flange units being installed with their magnetic fields in opposition approximately 2.5 cm (1 inch) apart, the precise arrangement of the rare earth magnets in the flange units and the space created between the two opposing flange units being suitable to create water movement and magnetic vortexes which alter the surface tension of the water; wherein the lower housing contains the large screen and the small screen wherein the active-ceramic bead media is disposed in the chamber located between the large screen and the small screen, the active-ceramic bead media being suitable to modify the chemical, pH and electromagnetic properties of the water as it passes through the device. a housing comprising an upper housing, a lower housing and a coupler disposed between the upper housing and the lower housing; a large screen; a small screen; and an active-ceramic bead media, wherein the upper housing encloses a first flange unit and a second flange unit, wherein the first flange unit and the second flange unit are further comprised of a plurality of openings and baffles, the openings receiving donut shaped rare-earth magnets allowing the flow of water through the first flange unit and the second flange unit, the flange units being installed with their magnetic fields in opposition approximately 2.5 cm (1 inch) apart, the precise arrangement of the rare earth magnets in the flange units and the space created between the two opposing flange units being suitable to create water movement and magnetic vortexes which alter the surface tension of the water; wherein the lower housing contains the large screen and the small screen wherein the active-ceramic bead media is disposed in the chamber located between the large screen and the small screen, the active-ceramic bead media being suitable to modify the chemical, pH and electromagnetic properties of the water as it passes through the device.
A bioreactor container for insertion into a holding apparatus, comprising: - an at least partially flexible wall, which is shortened in a transport state opposite to a stretching direction at least in part(s); and - a handling device connected to the wall, which is adapted to engage a complementary handling device of a transport device; characterized in that the wall is shortened in a transport state opposite to a stretching direction at least in part(s); and - that a securing device is provided, which in a transport state inhibits stretching of the wall of the bioreactor container along the stretching direction, wherein the container is extendable at least in part(s) along the stretching direction when the securing device is released. - an at least partially flexible wall, which is shortened in a transport state opposite to a stretching direction at least in part(s); and - a handling device connected to the wall, which is adapted to engage a complementary handling device of a transport device; characterized in that the wall is shortened in a transport state opposite to a stretching direction at least in part(s); and - that a securing device is provided, which in a transport state inhibits stretching of the wall of the bioreactor container along the stretching direction, wherein the container is extendable at least in part(s) along the stretching direction when the securing device is released.
A balloon comprising: a first porous membrane configured to begin perfusing at a pressure, the pressure being equal to or greater than that required to reach nominal size, the first porous membrane comprising a first microstructure; and a second porous membrane configured to withstand the hydrostatic load generated by the first membrane upon inflation, the second porous membrane comprising a second microstructure that is different to the first microstructure, wherein the balloon is configured to allow fluid to be transferred through at least a portion of the wall of the balloon when the balloon's maximum working pressure is exceeded such that catastrophic failure is avoided during use, wherein the first porous membrane and the second porous membrane comprise ePTFE. a first porous membrane configured to begin perfusing at a pressure, the pressure being equal to or greater than that required to reach nominal size, the first porous membrane comprising a first microstructure; and a second porous membrane configured to withstand the hydrostatic load generated by the first membrane upon inflation, the second porous membrane comprising a second microstructure that is different to the first microstructure, wherein the balloon is configured to allow fluid to be transferred through at least a portion of the wall of the balloon when the balloon's maximum working pressure is exceeded such that catastrophic failure is avoided during use, wherein the first porous membrane and the second porous membrane comprise ePTFE.
An electronic vapour provision system including: a vaporiser for vaporising liquid for inhalation by a user of the electronic vapour provision system; a power supply comprising a cell or battery for supplying power to the vaporiser; a sensor for measuring the rate of airflow through the electronic vapour provisior system as a result of the inhalation by the user; and a control unit configured to control the power supplied to the vaporiser based in pari on a predicted airflow value, wherein the predicted airflow value is based on the cumulative airflow measured already for a particular inhalation and/or multiple instantaneous measurements of airflow, plus knowledge of a typical airflow rate variation with time. a vaporiser for vaporising liquid for inhalation by a user of the electronic vapour provision system; a power supply comprising a cell or battery for supplying power to the vaporiser; a sensor for measuring the rate of airflow through the electronic vapour provisior system as a result of the inhalation by the user; and a control unit configured to control the power supplied to the vaporiser based in pari on a predicted airflow value, wherein the predicted airflow value is based on the cumulative airflow measured already for a particular inhalation and/or multiple instantaneous measurements of airflow, plus knowledge of a typical airflow rate variation with time.
A non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery, the non-aqueous electrolyte solution comprising: a first lithium salt which is lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (LiFSI); a second lithium salt excluding the lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide; an organic solvent; and a compound represented by Formula 1: wherein, in Formula 1, R 1 to R 3 are each independently hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and A is or wherein, R 4 to R 6 are each independently hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms which is unsubstituted or substituted with at least one fluorine atom, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 8 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 8 carbon atoms which is substituted with at least one fluorine atom, or an alkynyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, wherein a molar ratio of the second lithium salt to the first lithium salt is in a range of 1:1 to 1:2. a first lithium salt which is lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (LiFSI); a second lithium salt excluding the lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide; an organic solvent; and a compound represented by Formula 1: wherein, in Formula 1, R 1 to R 3 are each independently hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and A is or wherein, R 4 to R 6 are each independently hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms which is unsubstituted or substituted with at least one fluorine atom, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 8 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 8 carbon atoms which is substituted with at least one fluorine atom, or an alkynyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, wherein a molar ratio of the second lithium salt to the first lithium salt is in a range of 1:1 to 1:2.
A channel estimation method in a single carrier mobile communication system based on a time division pilot field; said channel estimation method comprising the following steps: step 1, transmitting by a transmitting end a time division pilot sequence having a cyclic prefix; step 2, transforming by a receiving end the time division pilot sequence into frequency domain using a Fast Fourier Transform module, and performing channel estimation to obtain a channel frequency response estimation result; said channel estimation method being characterized by further comprising: step 3, transforming by the receiving end the channel frequency response estimation result back into time domain using an Inverse Fast Fourier Transform module, and obtaining a channel impulse response estimation result, wherein when the length of the channel impulse response estimation result is larger than a maximum delay of the channel, the estimation value or values of said channel impulse response estimation result having an index larger than the maximum delay of the channel among the channel impulse response estimation result is set to zero and obtaining thereby a new channel impulse response estimation result; and step 4, using said new channel impulse response estimation result in an equalization process of the single carrier mobile communication system. step 1, transmitting by a transmitting end a time division pilot sequence having a cyclic prefix; step 2, transforming by a receiving end the time division pilot sequence into frequency domain using a Fast Fourier Transform module, and performing channel estimation to obtain a channel frequency response estimation result; step 3, transforming by the receiving end the channel frequency response estimation result back into time domain using an Inverse Fast Fourier Transform module, and obtaining a channel impulse response estimation result, wherein when the length of the channel impulse response estimation result is larger than a maximum delay of the channel, the estimation value or values of said channel impulse response estimation result having an index larger than the maximum delay of the channel among the channel impulse response estimation result is set to zero and obtaining thereby a new channel impulse response estimation result; and step 4, using said new channel impulse response estimation result in an equalization process of the single carrier mobile communication system.
Method for controlling a fuel feed for initiating the regeneration of a particle filter arranged in the exhaust duct of an internal combustion engine and an NOx storage-type catalytic converter which is arranged upstream of the particle filter in the direction of the exhaust gas and has the purpose of oxidizing hydrocarbons, wherein the initiation of the regeneration of the particle filter and the regeneration of the NOx storage-type catalytic converter are started by after-injection of fuel into at least one combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine or by injection of fuel into the exhaust duct upstream of the NOx storage-type catalytic converter, wherein the output signal of a first lambda probe which is arranged between the NOx storage-type catalytic converter and the particle filter is used as a controlling variable for the regulation of the fuel feed for the regeneration of the particle filter, characterized in that the output signal of a second lambda probe which is arranged upstream of the NOx storage-type catalytic converter is used as a controlling variable for controlling the fuel feed for the regeneration of the NOx storage-type catalytic converter, in that the regulation of the fuel feed for initiating the regeneration of the particle filter and the regulation of the fuel feed for the regeneration of the NOx storage-type catalytic converter are carried out with the same controller with different controlling parameters, in that the output signal of the first lambda probe is applied to the controller for the regeneration of the particle filter, and the output signal of the second lambda probe is applied for the regeneration of the NOx storage-type catalytic converter, wherein the output signal of the second lambda probe is fed to the controller by means of a changeover switch during the regeneration of the NOx storage-type catalytic converter, and the output signal of the first lambda probe is fed in during the regeneration of the particle filter.
Rotary switch with locking device as a control element for electrical appliances, wherein the rotary switch comprises a rotary knob, a shaft and a bearing for the shaft and the locking device comprises two lugs resting against a locking contour under spring force, and wherein the bearing of the shaft is arranged between the rotary knob and the locking device and the locking contour has a plurality of locking depressions arranged opposite one another in each case and elevations, wherein the elevations are embodied to generate a torque peak of the torque exerted onto the shaft by the rotary knob, in order as a result to indicate a particular switching position of the rotary switch; characterised in that the lugs are guided in a plane at right angles to an axis of rotation of the shaft and the latching depressions and elevations of the latching contour are arranged in this plane.
A USB device communication method, comprising: receiving, by a USB device having only one driver being provided with a HID descriptor and a HID report descriptor, a device type query message sent by a peer device; sending, by the USB device according to the HID descriptor and HID report descriptor, a query response message that carries a HID identifier to the peer device, wherein the HID identifier is used to enable the peer device to identify the USB device as a HID device; and encoding and encapsulating, by the USB device, data to be sent to generate a HID packet, and sending the HID packet to the peer device, or receiving a HID packet from the peer device, and decapsulating and decoding the received HID packet, wherein the HID packet carries a data type and data usage manner information, and characterised by further comprising: before starting the process of encoding and encapsulating the data to be sent, the USB device sends a data transmission request message to the peer device, and starting the process of decapsulating and decoding the received HID packet after a data transmission request message sent by the peer device is detected by the USB device. receiving, by a USB device having only one driver being provided with a HID descriptor and a HID report descriptor, a device type query message sent by a peer device; sending, by the USB device according to the HID descriptor and HID report descriptor, a query response message that carries a HID identifier to the peer device, wherein the HID identifier is used to enable the peer device to identify the USB device as a HID device; and encoding and encapsulating, by the USB device, data to be sent to generate a HID packet, and sending the HID packet to the peer device, or receiving a HID packet from the peer device, and decapsulating and decoding the received HID packet, wherein the HID packet carries a data type and data usage manner information, and characterised by further comprising: before starting the process of encoding and encapsulating the data to be sent, the USB device sends a data transmission request message to the peer device, and starting the process of decapsulating and decoding the received HID packet after a data transmission request message sent by the peer device is detected by the USB device. before starting the process of encoding and encapsulating the data to be sent, the USB device sends a data transmission request message to the peer device, and starting the process of decapsulating and decoding the received HID packet after a data transmission request message sent by the peer device is detected by the USB device.
A surgical apparatus for percutaneously accessing and treating a target tissue, the apparatus comprising an ablation probe, a catheter and a handle coupled with the ablation probe and configured to receive the catheter, the catheter having a proximal end and a distal end and defining a lumen for surrounding the ablation probe, the proximal end of the catheter having a port and a tube in fluid communication with the lumen of the catheter for coupling to a vacuum source or a liquid source, whereby coupling to the vacuum source enables air to be suctioned through the tube from the distal end to the proximal end of the lumen around the ablation probe to place the probe in apposition with target tissue, and whereby coupling to the liquid source supplies fluid from the proximal end to the distal end of the lumen around the ablation probe onto at least a portion of the target tissue, characterised in that: the catheter is configured to extend out of, and retract into, a housing unit within the handle and a control unit comprising a rotating wheel or slider is configured to control the extension and retraction of the catheter.