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A pinch detection sensor, for detecting the occurrence of pinch during closing of a sliding door, comprising: a door front edge rubber including a hollow portion inside, to be attached to a front edge portion of the sliding door in a closing movement direction of the sliding door; and a plurality of linear shape pressure sensing members accommodated in the hollow portion, each linear shape pressure sensing member comprising a tubular elastic body and respective conductor wires spaced apart from each other in an inner side of the tubular elastic body; wherein the door front edge rubber includes, in the hollow portion, a plurality of housing spaces (301, 302, 303), which accommodate the plurality of linear shape pressure sensing members, respectively, characterized in that each of the lengths of the housing spaces (301, 302, 303; 304, 305) in a width direction of the sliding door in the movement direction of the sliding door are greater than the respective diameters of the linear shape pressure sensing members, thereby allowing each of the linear shape pressure sensing members accommodated in its respective housing space (301, 302, 303) to be moved in a width direction of the sliding door within its respective housing space (301, 302, 303; 304, 305), and wherein movements of the linear shape pressure sensing members between the plurality of housing spaces are restricted by a partitioning portion. a door front edge rubber including a hollow portion inside, to be attached to a front edge portion of the sliding door in a closing movement direction of the sliding door; and a plurality of linear shape pressure sensing members accommodated in the hollow portion, each linear shape pressure sensing member comprising a tubular elastic body and respective conductor wires spaced apart from each other in an inner side of the tubular elastic body; wherein the door front edge rubber includes, in the hollow portion, a plurality of housing spaces (301, 302, 303), which accommodate the plurality of linear shape pressure sensing members, respectively, characterized in that each of the lengths of the housing spaces (301, 302, 303; 304, 305) in a width direction of the sliding door in the movement direction of the sliding door are greater than the respective diameters of the linear shape pressure sensing members, thereby allowing each of the linear shape pressure sensing members accommodated in its respective housing space (301, 302, 303) to be moved in a width direction of the sliding door within its respective housing space (301, 302, 303; 304, 305), and wherein movements of the linear shape pressure sensing members between the plurality of housing spaces are restricted by a partitioning portion.
A method of structuring a transmission time frame for Time Division Duplex, TDD, two-way communication over a frequency bandwidth, the transmission time frame being assigned for a first direction of communication and being temporally divided into a plurality of transmission symbols, the method comprising: assigning a fraction of the frequency bandwidth (114, 213, 313) for a selected transmission symbol from the plurality of transmission symbols, to a second direction of communication, the second direction being opposite to the first direction, the majority of the remaining transmission symbols (111, 211, 311) from the plurality of transmission symbols being assigned to the first direction of communication; and wherein the TDD two-way communication over the frequency bandwidth is carried out by a communication device and extends over a plurality of transmission time frames, the step of assigning being performed for at least one of plurality of transmission time frames, characterised in that the method further comprises: communicating, for each of the plurality of transmission time frames, an indication as to whether the step of assigning is being performed for at least one transmission symbol of the respective transmission time frame, wherein the step of communicating is part of a Downlink Control Information, DCI, transmission. assigning a fraction of the frequency bandwidth (114, 213, 313) for a selected transmission symbol from the plurality of transmission symbols, to a second direction of communication, the second direction being opposite to the first direction, the majority of the remaining transmission symbols (111, 211, 311) from the plurality of transmission symbols being assigned to the first direction of communication; and wherein the TDD two-way communication over the frequency bandwidth is carried out by a communication device and extends over a plurality of transmission time frames, the step of assigning being performed for at least one of plurality of transmission time frames, characterised in that the method further comprises: communicating, for each of the plurality of transmission time frames, an indication as to whether the step of assigning is being performed for at least one transmission symbol of the respective transmission time frame, wherein the step of communicating is part of a Downlink Control Information, DCI, transmission.
An electronic expansion valve comprising a valve body whose forward end is provided with a valve portion, a valve seat that forms a variable throttle portion between the valve portion and the valve seat by allowing the valve body to move in an axial direction, and a stepping motor that moves the valve body in accordance with a pulse number, wherein an area of a cross section of a gap formed between the valve portion and the minimum diameter part of the valve seat and that is perpendicular to the axial direction is defined as an opening area and an area ratio between the opening area in which the pulse number has not yet been increased/ decreased and the opening area in which the pulse number has already been increased/ decreased is defined as an opening degree ratio, and a side surface of the valve portion is divided into three or more regions (RA, RB, RC, RD, RE) in the axial direction, the side surface of each region is a side surface shaped in a truncated cone, characterized in that a borderline of each region is disposed on a virtual curved surface in which the opening degree ratio becomes constant.
A lumbar support adjustment mechanism for an articulating bed comprising: a first actuator pivotally attached to an upper body support section with a first bracket, said first actuator including a first ram; a lumbar actuation lever extending from a torque tube rotatable in bearing blocks mounted to the upper body support section and pivotally attached to the first ram; a second actuator pivotally attached to the upper body support section with a second bracket, said second actuator including a second ram; at least one angled lifter arm extending from the torque tube and pivotally attached to at least one lever engaging a lumbar support element through at least one aperture in the upper body support section; an actuation element extending from the at least one lever and connected to the second ram, said actuation element and at least one lever rotating about a pivot point on said at least one angled lifter arm; said lumbar support element extendible with respect to the upper body support section, with the first ram in a first position creating minimal deflection in a lumbar region of a mattress supported on the upper body support section, and said torque tube rotated with the first ram in a second position extending the at least one angled lifter arm through the at least one aperture to elevate the lumbar support element; and, said lumbar support element positionable across an arc from an upper position with respect to the upper body support section with the second ram in a first position to a lower position with respect to the upper body support section with the second ram in a second position. a first actuator pivotally attached to an upper body support section with a first bracket, said first actuator including a first ram; a lumbar actuation lever extending from a torque tube rotatable in bearing blocks mounted to the upper body support section and pivotally attached to the first ram; a second actuator pivotally attached to the upper body support section with a second bracket, said second actuator including a second ram; at least one angled lifter arm extending from the torque tube and pivotally attached to at least one lever engaging a lumbar support element through at least one aperture in the upper body support section; an actuation element extending from the at least one lever and connected to the second ram, said actuation element and at least one lever rotating about a pivot point on said at least one angled lifter arm; said lumbar support element extendible with respect to the upper body support section, with the first ram in a first position creating minimal deflection in a lumbar region of a mattress supported on the upper body support section, and said torque tube rotated with the first ram in a second position extending the at least one angled lifter arm through the at least one aperture to elevate the lumbar support element; and, said lumbar support element positionable across an arc from an upper position with respect to the upper body support section with the second ram in a first position to a lower position with respect to the upper body support section with the second ram in a second position.
A thermal insulation performance measurement apparatus comprising: a heat flux sensor provided with a lower portion adapted to contact one side of a target measurement object; a first heat source having one surface having a same area as an upper surface of the heat flux sensor and contacting the upper surface of the heat flux sensor through the one surface to supply heat to the heat flux sensor; a second heat source provided around the first heat source so that a temperature thereof is maintained at the same temperature as the first heat source and disposed separately from the first heat source by a predetermined distance; and a thermal insulator disposed on the first heat source; wherein the thermal insulation performance measurement apparatus is arranged to measure thermal insulation performance of the target measurement object using heat flux measured from the heat flux sensor. a heat flux sensor provided with a lower portion adapted to contact one side of a target measurement object; a first heat source having one surface having a same area as an upper surface of the heat flux sensor and contacting the upper surface of the heat flux sensor through the one surface to supply heat to the heat flux sensor; a second heat source provided around the first heat source so that a temperature thereof is maintained at the same temperature as the first heat source and disposed separately from the first heat source by a predetermined distance; and a thermal insulator disposed on the first heat source; wherein the thermal insulation performance measurement apparatus is arranged to measure thermal insulation performance of the target measurement object using heat flux measured from the heat flux sensor.
Cytometry method, with in a cytometric measurement a cytometry channel embodied in a sample carrier and containing a sample to be examined being introduced into an optical path, the optical path defining a region of action on the sample carrier and a detector arrangement defining a sensitive region on the sample carrier, characterized - in that the sample carrier consists of a fluorescent, light-transmissive material at least in the region of the cytometry channel and - in that the fluorescent, light-transmissive material is bleached by the action of light before the cytometric measurement, as a result of which the material is optically deactivated, - with a fine adjustment subsequently being carried out by a displacement of the sensitive region on the sample carrier and an evaluation of an output signal of the detector arrangement. - in that the sample carrier consists of a fluorescent, light-transmissive material at least in the region of the cytometry channel and - in that the fluorescent, light-transmissive material is bleached by the action of light before the cytometric measurement, as a result of which the material is optically deactivated, - with a fine adjustment subsequently being carried out by a displacement of the sensitive region on the sample carrier and an evaluation of an output signal of the detector arrangement.
Device for creating a temperature gradient, especially in gaseous media, comprising at least one meander shaped ohmic resistor, at least two opposing insulators having receptacles for the meander turning points of the resistor, at least one casing and at least one elastic element positioned between one of the insulator and the casing, characterized in that in at least one of the insulators the receptacles comprise two slants that form an angle..
An isolated umbilical cord blood cell population enriched in CD34+, CD133+, or CD34+/CD133+ cells for use in a method for treating chronic stroke or brain tissue damage, the method comprising intraparenchymally administering said cell population to a brain of a human subject who has experienced a stroke or brain tissue damage, wherein when the population is for use in treating chronic stroke, the isolated umbilical cord blood cell population is to be administered more than 7 days after the stroke.
A portable electronic device comprising a front face, wherein: the front face is an operating face for operating the portable electronic device; and the operating face includes a display screen, the display screen being a touch screen; characterized by: the portable electronic device having a housing that is in one piece; the front face being concave; the display screen having a concave surface that matches the curvature of the front face; the operating face including the touch screen, a surface of the touch screen being concave; and the portable electronic device comprising a printed wired board that is curved to match the curvature of the front face. the front face is an operating face for operating the portable electronic device; and the operating face includes a display screen, the display screen being a touch screen; the portable electronic device having a housing that is in one piece; the front face being concave; the display screen having a concave surface that matches the curvature of the front face; the operating face including the touch screen, a surface of the touch screen being concave; and the portable electronic device comprising a printed wired board that is curved to match the curvature of the front face.
Oscillation absorber for an object to be protected in the manner of a spatial mass pendulum with a pendulum mass, at least three, preferably four, pendulum rods which are arranged distributed around the pendulum mass and are each coupled at a first coupling point to the object and at a second coupling point to a lower section of the pendulum mass, characterized in that at least two pendulum rods are dimensioned and spread such that the distance between their first coupling points is greater than the distance between their second coupling points, so that during a movement of the pendulum mass its center of gravity is guided by the pendulum rods on the surface of a virtual ellipsoid.
A method for managing a non-volatile memory (LNVM) erasable by block wherein the method comprises an index management of the memory blocks wherein the index indicates, in a first field, for each block whether the block is erased (Erased), and in a second field, whether the block is no more used, and therefore to be erased, characterized in that a memory manager performs a block erasing when the memory is not in use and a block is indicated by the index to be erased and when the index indicates that the number of erased blocks is lower than a predetermined number.
An apparatus for supplying lubricant to a gear assembly in a gas turbine engine, comprising: a valve including a valve inlet configured to be coupled to a source of lubricant and a valve outlet configured to direct lubricant to the gear assembly, the valve being selectively controllable into a plurality of settings for varying an amount of lubricant flowing from the valve inlet to the valve outlet; and a bypass associated with the valve, the bypass having a bypass inlet configured to receive lubricant from the source of lubricant and a bypass outlet configured to direct lubricant to the gear assembly, characterised in that the bypass always permits at least a minimum amount of lubricant to flow to the gear assembly independent of a setting of the valve, and in that the bypass comprises a flow restrictor that controls an amount of lubricant that flows through the bypass. a valve including a valve inlet configured to be coupled to a source of lubricant and a valve outlet configured to direct lubricant to the gear assembly, the valve being selectively controllable into a plurality of settings for varying an amount of lubricant flowing from the valve inlet to the valve outlet; and a bypass associated with the valve, the bypass having a bypass inlet configured to receive lubricant from the source of lubricant and a bypass outlet configured to direct lubricant to the gear assembly, characterised in that the bypass always permits at least a minimum amount of lubricant to flow to the gear assembly independent of a setting of the valve, and in that the bypass comprises a flow restrictor that controls an amount of lubricant that flows through the bypass.
A rotor structure for a rotary electric machine in which an inner surface of a hollow rotor core and an outer surface of a shaft inserted into a hole of the rotor core are fitted together by mutual engagement between a projection and a recess to compose a rotor, the rotor structure comprising: a first retainer brought into contact with one axial end of the rotor core; a second retainer brought into contact with a surface of the first retainer opposite, in the axial direction, to a surface in contact with the rotor core so as to fix the first retainer and the rotor core to the shaft; a third retainer provided at another axial end of the rotor core; and a flange provided on the shaft and brought into contact with a surface of the third retainer opposite, in the axial direction, to a surface in contact with the rotor core; characterized in that a coefficient of static friction of a first sliding surface between the first retainer and the second retainer is smaller than any other sliding surface provided in the rotor. a first retainer brought into contact with one axial end of the rotor core; a second retainer brought into contact with a surface of the first retainer opposite, in the axial direction, to a surface in contact with the rotor core so as to fix the first retainer and the rotor core to the shaft; a third retainer provided at another axial end of the rotor core; and a flange provided on the shaft and brought into contact with a surface of the third retainer opposite, in the axial direction, to a surface in contact with the rotor core; characterized in that a coefficient of static friction of a first sliding surface between the first retainer and the second retainer is smaller than any other sliding surface provided in the rotor.
Hearing system comprising a housing, an earpiece, and an earpiece tube connected to the housing and the earpiece, characterised in that an earpiece tube connector is provided in the earpiece tube between a housing-side segment of the earpiece tube and an earpiece-side segment of the earpiece tube, which connects a housing-side segment of the earpiece tube to an earpiece-side segment of the earpiece tube, the earpiece tube connector being configured to form an electrically conducting connection that is mechanically stable in respect of release and allows variable and reversible longitudinal displacement and rotation of the two segments (6, 7) of the earpiece tube in relation to one another.
Capacitor pack for a motor-vehicle power electronic module of the type comprising a plurality of capacitors (17, 42), a busbar of positive polarity and a busbar of negative polarity which are held together without electrical contact by means of an insulating holder and are intended to be electrically connected to a positive terminal (HV+) and to a negative terminal (HV-), respectively, of said power electronic module, said busbar of positive polarity and said busbar of negative polarity comprising, respectively, a positive plate (31, 32) for assembly with the capacitors (17, 42) and a negative plate (33, 34) for assembly with the capacitors (17, 42), characterized in that it comprises an LC differential filter which is incorporated within said capacitor pack and is capable of being connected to an onboard network of said motor vehicle.
A liquid level gauging system comprising a fluid storage tank and a reflector target (100;200,300;400;500;600) disposed in the fluid storage tank, the reflector target comprising: a reflector (104...604) defining a tapered reflector surface (106...606), the reflector (104...604) including an apex opening (103...603) and an opposed base opening (101...601); the perimeter of the base opening (101...601) is larger than the perimeter of the apex opening (103...603); the tapered reflector surface (106...606) extends between the openings forming a tapered passage (105...605) between the two openings; the apex opening (103...603) and the base opening (101...601) are aligned such that a center of the base opening (101...601) and a center of the apex opening (103...603) define a vertical axis; and characterized in that the apex opening (103...603) is disposed higher along the vertical axis within the fluid storage tank than the base opening (101...601) and wherein the tapered reflector surface is configured to resist the accumulation of surface bubbles on the reflector surface by movement of bubbles along the reflector surface out through the apex opening. a reflector (104...604) defining a tapered reflector surface (106...606), the reflector (104...604) including an apex opening (103...603) and an opposed base opening (101...601); the perimeter of the base opening (101...601) is larger than the perimeter of the apex opening (103...603); the tapered reflector surface (106...606) extends between the openings forming a tapered passage (105...605) between the two openings; the apex opening (103...603) and the base opening (101...601) are aligned such that a center of the base opening (101...601) and a center of the apex opening (103...603) define a vertical axis; and characterized in that the apex opening (103...603) is disposed higher along the vertical axis within the fluid storage tank than the base opening (101...601) and wherein the tapered reflector surface is configured to resist the accumulation of surface bubbles on the reflector surface by movement of bubbles along the reflector surface out through the apex opening.