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A surgical instrument, comprising: a first jaw; a second jaw movably supported relative to said first jaw for selective movement between open and closed positions relative to said first jaw; means for applying an opening motion to said second jaw; a firing drive shaft rotatably supported in said second jaw; a firing member operably interfacing with said firing drive shaft such that rotation of said firing drive shaft causes said firing member to move between a starting position and an ending position; and an elongate shaft assembly operably interfacing with said first jaw and comprising: a rotary distal power shaft separate and distinct from said firing drive shaft and supported proximal to said first jaw, said distal power shaft configured for selective operable engagement with said firing drive shaft; and a closure member supported for axial travel relative to a proximal end portion of said first jaw, said closure member configured for selective threaded engagement with a portion of said distal power shaft to apply closing and opening motions to at least one of said first and second jaws, characterized in that said firing drive shaft comprises a driven firing gear configured to mesh with a distal drive gear on said distal power shaft when said second jaw is in a fully closed position. a first jaw; a second jaw movably supported relative to said first jaw for selective movement between open and closed positions relative to said first jaw; means for applying an opening motion to said second jaw; a firing drive shaft rotatably supported in said second jaw; a firing member operably interfacing with said firing drive shaft such that rotation of said firing drive shaft causes said firing member to move between a starting position and an ending position; and an elongate shaft assembly operably interfacing with said first jaw and comprising: a rotary distal power shaft separate and distinct from said firing drive shaft and supported proximal to said first jaw, said distal power shaft configured for selective operable engagement with said firing drive shaft; and a closure member supported for axial travel relative to a proximal end portion of said first jaw, said closure member configured for selective threaded engagement with a portion of said distal power shaft to apply closing and opening motions to at least one of said first and second jaws, a rotary distal power shaft separate and distinct from said firing drive shaft and supported proximal to said first jaw, said distal power shaft configured for selective operable engagement with said firing drive shaft; and a closure member supported for axial travel relative to a proximal end portion of said first jaw, said closure member configured for selective threaded engagement with a portion of said distal power shaft to apply closing and opening motions to at least one of said first and second jaws, characterized in that said firing drive shaft comprises a driven firing gear configured to mesh with a distal drive gear on said distal power shaft when said second jaw is in a fully closed position.
Acoustic absorption device for absorbing sound, in particular for an internal combustion engine, comprising: a perforated foil (1, 11, 13, 15, 21, 101) made of metal with a perforation having a perforation percentage of 3 - 5%; and characterised by a non-woven fabric, said non-woven fabric comprising a fibrous tissue, said fibrous tissue comprising mineral fibres, such as silicate fibres and/or glass fibres and/or ceramic fibres, which are twisted; wherein the perforated foil (1, 11, 13, 15, 21, 101) further is at least partially provided with an embossing having an embossed pattern forming a relief-like structure on the surface of the foil (1, 11, 13, 15, 21, 101); wherein the embossed pattern has an embossed depth in the range of 0.2 - 2 mm. a perforated foil (1, 11, 13, 15, 21, 101) made of metal with a perforation having a perforation percentage of 3 - 5%; and characterised by a non-woven fabric, said non-woven fabric comprising a fibrous tissue, said fibrous tissue comprising mineral fibres, such as silicate fibres and/or glass fibres and/or ceramic fibres, which are twisted; wherein the perforated foil (1, 11, 13, 15, 21, 101) further is at least partially provided with an embossing having an embossed pattern forming a relief-like structure on the surface of the foil (1, 11, 13, 15, 21, 101); wherein the embossed pattern has an embossed depth in the range of 0.2 - 2 mm.
Impact cylinder with a cylindrical piston jacket, which circumferentially encloses an inner piston chamber, is closed at a front end by a front impact cylinder plate and at a rear end by a rear impact cylinder plate, a piston arranged in the piston chamber and movable longitudinally displaceably along a longitudinal axis between a front impact position and a rear rest position, which divides the piston chamber into a front chamber facing the front impact cylinder plate and a rear chamber facing the rear impact cylinder plate, an impact rod, an anvil or the like received in the front impact cylinder plate for relative movement, a compression spring arranged between the front impact cylinder plate and the piston, a compressed air reservoir, a connection for supplying a fluid, in particular compressed air, and a resilient control diaphragm for selectively filling the compressed air reservoir and actuating the piston to trigger an impact, CHARACTERIZED IN in that a flange is arranged at a rear end of the piston jacket, in that the compressed air reservoir is arranged behind the flange, in that a feed pipe is arranged inside a flange opening of the flange, which feed pipe extends from the flange opening in the flange to a rear end of the compressed air reservoir CHARACTERIZED IN THAT a fluid-permeable diaphragm support is provided at a rear end of the feed tube. in that a flange is arranged at a rear end of the piston jacket, in that the compressed air reservoir is arranged behind the flange, in that a feed pipe is arranged inside a flange opening of the flange, which feed pipe extends from the flange opening in the flange to a rear end of the compressed air reservoir CHARACTERIZED IN THAT a fluid-permeable diaphragm support is provided at a rear end of the feed tube.
Method for controlling an internal combustion engine, wherein a first engine control unit generates at least one control signal in order to actuate at least one function of the internal combustion engine, wherein a switchover device passes on the at least one control signal of the first engine control unit to the internal combustion engine for actuating the at least one function of the internal combustion engine, wherein the first engine control unit continuously or periodically transmits a sign-of-life signal indicating its functionality to the switchover device, wherein the first engine control unit does not transmit the sign-of-life signal or does not transmit it correctly when an error occurs that puts the proper actuating of the at least one function of the internal combustion engine by the first engine control unit at risk, and wherein the switchover device stops the passing on of the control signals of the first engine control unit to the internal combustion engine and begins to pass on at least one control signal generated by a second engine control unit for actuating the at least one function of the internal combustion engine to the internal combustion engine, if the sign-of-life signal of the first engine control unit is not received or is not correctly received by the switchover device, characterised in that the second engine control unit generates a voltage continuously as a control signal during operation of the internal combustion engine, even when this is not passed on to the internal combustion engine by the switchover device, wherein a current flows based on the voltage when the second engine control unit controls the at least one function of the internal combustion engine, wherein no current flows, when the control signal is not passed on by the switchover device to the internal combustion engine, wherein the second engine control unit monitors the current flow to detect whether it actuates the at least one function of the internal combustion engine if the current exceeds a predetermined threshold value, and wherein the second engine control unit initialises parameters for actuating the at least one function of the internal combustion engine with stored values or releases retained values of the parameters for variation when it detects that it is actuating the at least one function of the internal combustion engine.
An image processing device for generating an output image with reduced distortion from an input image inputted with an aberration distortion and subject to an affine transformation obtained from an image formation optical system, said affine transformation caused by motion of said image formation optical system, the image processing device comprising - a vertex sampling-coordinates operation section comprising an affine transformation section and a high order operation section, wherein the affine transformation section applies a compensating affine transformation on predetermined pixel positions in said output image for compensating said affine transformation caused by motion, and wherein the high order operation section computes a sampling position in said inputted image by a high order polynomial from coordinates obtained by application of said compensating affine transformation to said predetermined pixel positions in said output image for compensation of distortion aberration, - an interpolating calculation section for carrying out interpolation calculation of the sampling position in said inputted image in pixel positions other than said predetermined pixel positions in said output image from a sampling position of predetermined output pixels near this pixel, for joint compensation of distortion aberration and said affine transformation caused by motion for those pixel positions other than said predetermined pixel positions, - a sampling unit for sampling a pixel value of said input image in a sampling position computed via said high order operation section and said interpolating calculation section. - a vertex sampling-coordinates operation section comprising an affine transformation section and a high order operation section, wherein the affine transformation section applies a compensating affine transformation on predetermined pixel positions in said output image for compensating said affine transformation caused by motion, and wherein the high order operation section computes a sampling position in said inputted image by a high order polynomial from coordinates obtained by application of said compensating affine transformation to said predetermined pixel positions in said output image for compensation of distortion aberration, - an interpolating calculation section for carrying out interpolation calculation of the sampling position in said inputted image in pixel positions other than said predetermined pixel positions in said output image from a sampling position of predetermined output pixels near this pixel, for joint compensation of distortion aberration and said affine transformation caused by motion for those pixel positions other than said predetermined pixel positions, - a sampling unit for sampling a pixel value of said input image in a sampling position computed via said high order operation section and said interpolating calculation section.
Supply Air device for controlling supply air flow to a building space, comprising a chamber having a supply air inlet and an air outlet; a first tube in said chamber, connected at an open first end to the supply air inlet, wherein the first tube has a side wall which is permeable to air; a throttle member comprising a second tube with an open end, wherein the second tube is configured to slide telescopically about the fist tube to change a degree of exposure of the side wall to control air flow through said side wall to the outlet, wherein the exposable side wall comprises a layer of porous material through which air is discharged; wherein said second tube has a sound-eliminating sleeve extending axially beyond the open end of the second tube, configured to engage about a rim at the air supply inlet upon closing the valve. a chamber having a supply air inlet and an air outlet; a first tube in said chamber, connected at an open first end to the supply air inlet, wherein the first tube has a side wall which is permeable to air; a throttle member comprising a second tube with an open end, wherein the second tube is configured to slide telescopically about the fist tube to change a degree of exposure of the side wall to control air flow through said side wall to the outlet, wherein the exposable side wall comprises a layer of porous material through which air is discharged; wherein said second tube has a sound-eliminating sleeve extending axially beyond the open end of the second tube, configured to engage about a rim at the air supply inlet upon closing the valve.
A system for estimating thrust from an engine, comprising: a vehicle having a propulsion device that is capable of producing thrust, said propulsion device is attached by at least one mounting structure; a plurality of strain gauges mounted on said mounting structure, said strain gauges for producing signals indicative of stress; at least one accelerometer mounted on one of said propulsion device or vehicle, said accelerometer producing a signal indicative of acceleration; a code segment containing instructions to estimate thrust from strain gauge signals and acceleration signals; and at least one processor in communication with said strain gauges and accelerometer for executing the instructions to estimate thrust from strain gauge signals and said acceleration signals; characterized in that the at least one processor is configured to decompose the strain gauge signals to arrive at a single strain gauge value or a 3-dimensional strain gauge value. a vehicle having a propulsion device that is capable of producing thrust, said propulsion device is attached by at least one mounting structure; a plurality of strain gauges mounted on said mounting structure, said strain gauges for producing signals indicative of stress; at least one accelerometer mounted on one of said propulsion device or vehicle, said accelerometer producing a signal indicative of acceleration; a code segment containing instructions to estimate thrust from strain gauge signals and acceleration signals; and at least one processor in communication with said strain gauges and accelerometer for executing the instructions to estimate thrust from strain gauge signals and said acceleration signals;
A portable radiological cassette comprising a digital ionizing radiation detector in the form of a flat panel, an electronic board ensuring the control of the digital detector, and a casing (20; 32) ensuring the mechanical protection of the detector and of the electronic board, a flat seating in a single piece supporting the detector on a first one of its main faces and the electronic board on a second one of its main faces, the two main faces (35, 36) being opposite, the seating being formed by a heterogeneous stack produced such that the surface thermal conductivity of the seating is greater than the transverse thermal conductivity of the seating, the seating comprising two outer skins (37, 38) which form the two main faces (35, 36), and an inner material which is arranged between the two outer skins (37, 38), the inner material and the two outer skins (37, 38) having a surface area which is substantially equal to that of the detector, the thermal conductivity of the outer skins (37, 38) being greater than the thermal conductivity of the inner material, characterised in that the seating comprises, on the periphery of its main faces (35, 36), a mechanical reinforcement which connects the skins (37, 38), and in that the reinforcement has a thermal conductivity which is greater than the transverse thermal conductivity of the seating defined in the absence of the reinforcement.
A redirecting delivery catheter, comprising: a first longitudinal member having an inner chamber configured to receive a second longitudinal member, an outer surface surrounding the inner chamber, a first region located at a proximal end, a second region located at a distal end, and a length; an opening in the outer surface extending along a portion of the length of the first longitudinal member between the first region and the second region; a deflecting mechanism located proximate to the opening and configured to be capable of transforming from a first position to a second position, wherein the deflecting mechanism is configured to enable the second longitudinal member to access the second region when the deflecting mechanism is in the second position and to deflect the second longitudinal member toward the opening when the deflecting mechanism is in the first position, characterized in that said redirecting delivery catheter further comprises a support element coupled to the deflecting mechanism to support the deflecting mechanism in transforming from the first position to the second position, wherein the support element comprises a compressible circular ring configured to extend around the inner chamber when the deflecting mechanism is in the second position and to compress to a semicircular configuration when the deflecting mechanism is in the first position or wherein the support element comprises a first magnet positioned on the deflecting mechanism to be in contact with a second magnet, positioned on the first longitudinal member, when the deflecting mechanism is in the first position. a first longitudinal member having an inner chamber configured to receive a second longitudinal member, an outer surface surrounding the inner chamber, a first region located at a proximal end, a second region located at a distal end, and a length; an opening in the outer surface extending along a portion of the length of the first longitudinal member between the first region and the second region; a deflecting mechanism located proximate to the opening and configured to be capable of transforming from a first position to a second position, wherein the deflecting mechanism is configured to enable the second longitudinal member to access the second region when the deflecting mechanism is in the second position and to deflect the second longitudinal member toward the opening when the deflecting mechanism is in the first position, characterized in that said redirecting delivery catheter further comprises a support element coupled to the deflecting mechanism to support the deflecting mechanism in transforming from the first position to the second position,
An apparatus for processing a film, the apparatus comprising: a conveyor comprising gripping members that hold opposing edge portions of the film and convey, under influence of a drive member, the film along a machine direction within the apparatus, wherein a portion of the conveyor is configured and arranged to provide diverging paths along which the gripping members move to stretch the film; and an isolated take-away system that receives the film from the conveyor after stretching the film, the take-away system comprising a first set of opposing tracks (140, 141), a second set of opposing tracks (142, 143), a plurality of first gripping members configured and arranged to grasp opposing first take-away regions of the film after a desired amount of stretching and convey the film along the first set opposing tracks (140, 141), and a plurality of second gripping members configured and arranged to grasp opposing second take-away regions of the film and convey the film along the second set of opposing tracks (142, 143), wherein the second take-away regions are nearer a center of the film than the first take-away regions. a conveyor comprising gripping members that hold opposing edge portions of the film and convey, under influence of a drive member, the film along a machine direction within the apparatus, wherein a portion of the conveyor is configured and arranged to provide diverging paths along which the gripping members move to stretch the film; and an isolated take-away system that receives the film from the conveyor after stretching the film, the take-away system comprising a first set of opposing tracks (140, 141), a second set of opposing tracks (142, 143), a plurality of first gripping members configured and arranged to grasp opposing first take-away regions of the film after a desired amount of stretching and convey the film along the first set opposing tracks (140, 141), and a plurality of second gripping members configured and arranged to grasp opposing second take-away regions of the film and convey the film along the second set of opposing tracks (142, 143), wherein the second take-away regions are nearer a center of the film than the first take-away regions.
Computer-implemented method for detecting an obstacle, characterised in that it includes, for at least one telemeter having a plurality of detection axes, from a current position of the telemeter, an uncertainty model on the position of the telemeter and a detection signal delivered by the telemeter, the detection signal being indicative of the position, along each detection axis, of a detection horizon corresponding to said detection axis, the steps of: - calculating, for each point of a space around the telemeter, from the current position of the telemeter, the uncertainty model on the position of the telemeter and the detection signal, of a plurality of corresponding intermediate probabilities of presence, each intermediate probability of presence being associated with a respective orientation (β) of the telemeter among a plurality of predetermined orientations around a current orientation of the telemeter, each orientation being considered free of errors; - for each point of space, calculating a probability of the presence of an obstacle from each corresponding intermediate probability of presence and from an uncertainty model on the orientation of the telemeter; - generating an alert if the probability of the presence of an obstacle in a predetermined zone with respect to the telemeter is greater than or equal to a predetermined alert threshold. - calculating, for each point of a space around the telemeter, from the current position of the telemeter, the uncertainty model on the position of the telemeter and the detection signal, of a plurality of corresponding intermediate probabilities of presence, each intermediate probability of presence being associated with a respective orientation (β) of the telemeter among a plurality of predetermined orientations around a current orientation of the telemeter, each orientation being considered free of errors; - for each point of space, calculating a probability of the presence of an obstacle from each corresponding intermediate probability of presence and from an uncertainty model on the orientation of the telemeter; - generating an alert if the probability of the presence of an obstacle in a predetermined zone with respect to the telemeter is greater than or equal to a predetermined alert threshold.