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A liquid vapor separator drain valve (LVSDV) assembly for a fuel tank of a vehicle, comprising: a LVSDV adapted to be positioned in the fuel tank, the LVSDV including: an outer housing defining upper and lower chambers separated by a divider member having a vent passage; an upper housing coupled to the outer housing and having a body positioned in the upper chamber thereby partitioning the upper chamber into an outer chamber and an inner chamber, the upper housing defining an upper port adapted to be in communication with a carbon canister, the outer housing defining an external port in communication with the outer chamber and adapted to be in communication with a fill limit vapor valve; and a lower valve movably positioned in the lower chamber and an upper valve movably positioned in the inner chamber, wherein the upper and lower chambers and the upper and lower valves are positioned in a vertically stacked, concentric arrangement; wherein the lower valve is operable to vent fuel vapor from the fuel tank to the upper chamber in a rest position and seal off the vent passage when liquid fuel reaches a lower predetermined level, and the upper valve is operable to vent fuel vapor to the upper port i) from the vent passage and ii) from the external port when liquid fuel is above or below the lower predetermined level, and to seal off the upper port when liquid fuel is above an upper predetermined level greater than the lower predetermined level. an outer housing defining upper and lower chambers separated by a divider member having a vent passage; an upper housing coupled to the outer housing and having a body positioned in the upper chamber thereby partitioning the upper chamber into an outer chamber and an inner chamber, the upper housing defining an upper port adapted to be in communication with a carbon canister, the outer housing defining an external port in communication with the outer chamber and adapted to be in communication with a fill limit vapor valve; and a lower valve movably positioned in the lower chamber and an upper valve movably positioned in the inner chamber, wherein the upper and lower chambers and the upper and lower valves are positioned in a vertically stacked, concentric arrangement; wherein the lower valve is operable to vent fuel vapor from the fuel tank to the upper chamber in a rest position and seal off the vent passage when liquid fuel reaches a lower predetermined level, and the upper valve is operable to vent fuel vapor to the upper port i) from the vent passage and ii) from the external port when liquid fuel is above or below the lower predetermined level, and to seal off the upper port when liquid fuel is above an upper predetermined level greater than the lower predetermined level.
A plasma apparatus for promoting combustion in an internal combustion engine using a valve, which is installed in the internal combustion engine in which the combustion chamber side opening of an intake port or an exhaust port is opened and closed at a given timing with a valve head at the end of a valve stem of an intake valve or an exhaust valve, the intake port is formed in a cylinder head and connects to the combustion chamber to be part of an intake passage, the exhaust port is formed in the cylinder head and connects to the combustion chamber to be part of an exhaust passage, the valve stem fits into a guide hole penetrating from the intake port or the exhaust port to the outer wall of the cylinder head and reciprocating freely, the plasma apparatus comprising: a discharge device with an electrode exposed to the combustion chamber installed in the cylinder head; an antenna installed on the valve face of the valve head; an electromagnetic wave transmission line installed in the valve stem with one end connected to the antenna and the other end, covered with an insulator or dielectric and extending to a power-receiving portion, which is positioned at a location fitting into the guide hole or at a location farther from the valve head in the valve stem; and an electromagnetic wave generator for feeding electromagnetic waves to the power-receiving portion; wherein the plasma apparatus is configured such that discharge is generated with the electrode of the discharge device and the electromagnetic waves fed from the electromagnetic wave generator through the electromagnetic wave transmission line are radiated from the antenna at the compression stroke when the combustion chamber side opening of the intake port or the exhaust port is closed with the valve head. a discharge device with an electrode exposed to the combustion chamber installed in the cylinder head; an antenna installed on the valve face of the valve head; an electromagnetic wave transmission line installed in the valve stem with one end connected to the antenna and the other end, covered with an insulator or dielectric and extending to a power-receiving portion, which is positioned at a location fitting into the guide hole or at a location farther from the valve head in the valve stem; and an electromagnetic wave generator for feeding electromagnetic waves to the power-receiving portion; wherein the plasma apparatus is configured such that discharge is generated with the electrode of the discharge device and the electromagnetic waves fed from the electromagnetic wave generator through the electromagnetic wave transmission line are radiated from the antenna at the compression stroke when the combustion chamber side opening of the intake port or the exhaust port is closed with the valve head.
A device for measuring the power consumption, measuring a real power transmitted by the power line, the power line comprising a first power wire and a second power wire, the device for measuring the power consumption comprising a detecting unit and a calculating unit, the calculating unit electrically coupling to the detecting unit, the calculating unit obtaining a power factor according to a sensing voltage signal and a sensing current signal generated by the detecting unit, the calculating unit obtaining the real power according to the sensing voltage signal, the sensing current signal and the power factor, the detecting unit having an electric field detector and a magnetic field detector, used for being disposed adjacent to the first power wire and the second power wire, wherein the electric field detector has a first electrode and a second electrode, the magnetic field detector has a first coil and a second coil; wherein the first electrode and the first power wire create a first voltage level at the first electrode according to capacitive effect, the second electrode and the second power wire create a second voltage level at the second electrode according to capacitive effect, the sensing voltage signal is the potential difference between the first voltage level and the second voltage level; characterized in that the first coil and the second coil are respectively disposed at a position above the first electrode and the second electrode; and in that the first electrode and the second electrode are respectively disposed at a position above and adjacent to the first power wire and the second power wire, and in that the first coil and the second coil are respectively disposed at a position above and adjacent to the first power wire and the second power wire, winding direction of the first coil is contrary to winding direction of the second coil, the first coil and the second coil are coupled in series based on the same sensing current direction for obtaining the sensing current signal corresponding to the currents on the first power wire and the second power wire.
A method for angle detection and coating analysis comprising: receiving with a digital camera a first image of a light-based protractor positioned adjacent to or on a physical coating surface, wherein the light-based protractor comprises a physical device that aids in a measurement of viewing angles through a use of light reflection, refraction, transmission, scattering, and/or polarization; parsing with a computer processor, the first image to identify the light-based protractor positioned adjacent to or on the physical coating surface; identifying a particular angular indication being displayed by the light-based protractor; mapping the particular angular indication to a particular viewing angle at which the digital camera captured the first image with respect to the light-based protractor; parsing, with a processor, the first image to identify a target color of the physical coating surface; parsing with the computer processor, the first image to identify one or more target coating texture characteristics of the physical coating surface; acessing, within a coating database, one or more coatings associated with the target color, wherein each of the one or more coatings is associated with data structures that indicate angle-specific proposed coating texture characteristics at the particular viewing angle; identifying, within the coating database, a proposed coating that comprises a proposed color that matches the target color and proposed coating characteristics that match the one or more target coating texture characteristics; and displaying, on a user interface, the proposed coating. receiving with a digital camera a first image of a light-based protractor positioned adjacent to or on a physical coating surface, wherein the light-based protractor comprises a physical device that aids in a measurement of viewing angles through a use of light reflection, refraction, transmission, scattering, and/or polarization; parsing with a computer processor, the first image to identify the light-based protractor positioned adjacent to or on the physical coating surface; identifying a particular angular indication being displayed by the light-based protractor; mapping the particular angular indication to a particular viewing angle at which the digital camera captured the first image with respect to the light-based protractor; parsing, with a processor, the first image to identify a target color of the physical coating surface; parsing with the computer processor, the first image to identify one or more target coating texture characteristics of the physical coating surface; acessing, within a coating database, one or more coatings associated with the target color, wherein each of the one or more coatings is associated with data structures that indicate angle-specific proposed coating texture characteristics at the particular viewing angle; identifying, within the coating database, a proposed coating that comprises a proposed color that matches the target color and proposed coating characteristics that match the one or more target coating texture characteristics; and displaying, on a user interface, the proposed coating.
A mechanical interface for the coupling of a module to a module carrier or for the coupling of two modules comprising a first interface component, a second interface component, wherein the interface components (14, 15) are complementary to each other, a positioning means for the repeatable positioning of the second interface component and the first interface component relative to one another in a predetermined position and a holding means for holding the second interface component at the first interface component, wherein the interface has a data transmission means (27a, 27b) for transmitting data between the first interface component and the second interface component and a power transmission means (28a, 28b) for transmitting electrical power between the first interface component and the second interface component, at least one of the interface components (14, 15) has a microcontroller, and the microcontroller is designed for storing data, characterized in that coupling classes are defined in the microcontroller, and that the coupling class is stored for the respective module to be coupled to the interface or for the module carrier, so that the module or the module carrier becomes identifiable and can be checked for compatibility or incompatibility with the work process and / or further module carriers or modules and tools.
An interventional procedure simulation system comprising: a control unit and an interface unit (120, 200), said control unit communicating with said interface unit (120, 200) to simulate handling of at least one instrument interfaced by said interface unit, said instrument being a physical clinical tool that represent a virtual self-expandable device, whose functionality is simulated, wherein the control unit includes a database of vessels, the vessels interconnected in a hierarchy structure, each vessel having a diameter and different stiffness values for different parts of the vessel, and said instrument being realized as a tool expandable in simulated vessels, said control unit being configured to: when said tool is expanded, a simulated geometry of said vessels changes resulting in a fluid flow change in adjacent vessels, said simulated flow change affecting fluid flow changes in adjacent simulated vessels, the system being further configured to recursively calculate said simulated fluid flow in the simulated vessels and the fluid flow changes in said adjacent simulated vessels, the recursive calculation being a function of at least one parameter, wherein at least one parameter is a result of a real time simulation of pressure, flow and fluid resistance, and the system being further configured to provide the simulated fluid flow change, and simulate effect of expansion of said instrument in the simulated vessels in real time by the recursive calculation of said simulated fluid flow through the simulated vessels, characterized in, that the vessels are interconnected in a hierarchy structure and modelled as an electrical resistive network; that _the system is further configured to recursively calculate as in said resistive electrical network; and that in said modelled electrical resistive network potentials correspond to pressure, currents correspond to flow and electrical resistance corresponds to fluid resistance and top of the fluid network models a left ventricle of the heart and a bottom of the network models veins connecting to a right atrium of the heart, where potential is close to zero.
Particle comprising a core of susceptor material and a first coating comprising a first aerosol-forming substrate, wherein the core of susceptor material is coated with the first coating comprising the first aerosol-forming substrate, the particle further comprising a second coating comprising a second aerosol-forming substrate.
Medical instrument comprising a tool portion with a first tool element for engagement with a corresponding second tool element on an implant, further comprising a bone cement container arranged or formed on or in the instrument, characterized in that the instrument is formed entirely in one piece.
An inhalation therapy device having an atomization device, an ampoule retainer for holding an ampoule containing fluid and that has a first part, an opening device for opening the ampoule that contains fluid, characterized in that the ampoule retainer is disposed in a cover of the inhalation therapy device; and the first part of the ampoule retainer is designed to shift the ampoule in the direction of the opening device when the cover is closed in a pushing, turning or screwing motion so as to thus open the ampoule which is in the ampoule retainer so that a fluid contained within the ampoule passes to the atomization device.
Temperature-stable and liquid-tight joint between a first component made of metal and a second component made of ceramic which can be exposed to the temperature effect of an external medium, comprising: - a first adhesive bond between the second component and the first component, and a second adhesive bond, of which the adhesive has a greater elasticity than the adhesive of the first adhesive bond, and which is arranged in such a way that direct contact of the first adhesive bond with the external medium is prevented, wherein - the first component is a receiving sleeve with a through-bore and an intermediate plate which extends transversely therein and has a central throughopening to allow the passage of the second component, and - the second component is fixed in the through-opening by means of the first adhesive bond. - a first adhesive bond between the second component and the first component, and a second adhesive bond, of which the adhesive has a greater elasticity than the adhesive of the first adhesive bond, and which is arranged in such a way that direct contact of the first adhesive bond with the external medium is prevented, wherein - the first component is a receiving sleeve with a through-bore and an intermediate plate which extends transversely therein and has a central throughopening to allow the passage of the second component, and - the second component is fixed in the through-opening by means of the first adhesive bond.
A hinge, comprising: a hinge arm; a hinge cup pivotally connected with respect to the hinge arm and including a receiving room; and at least one resilient member mounted in the receiving room of the hinge cup, the resilient member being a torsion spring configured to provide a resilient force when the hinge cup is pivoted from an opened state to a closed state with respect to the hinge arm, and including a first leg configured to be pressed against the hinge arm, a second leg configured to be pressed against a wall portion of the receiving room, and a coil portion connected between the first leg and the second leg, said resilient member being mounted to the hinge cup via a pin extending through the coil portion; wherein the hinge further comprises a retaining member configured to shield at least a portion of the receiving room of the hinge cup; wherein the retaining member comprises an engaging feature, the engaging feature being a projection, characterized in that the retaining member is configured to be mounted to the at least one resilient member by the engaging feature being engaged with the coil portion of the resilient member. a hinge arm; a hinge cup pivotally connected with respect to the hinge arm and including a receiving room; and at least one resilient member mounted in the receiving room of the hinge cup, the resilient member being a torsion spring configured to provide a resilient force when the hinge cup is pivoted from an opened state to a closed state with respect to the hinge arm, and including a first leg configured to be pressed against the hinge arm, a second leg configured to be pressed against a wall portion of the receiving room, and a coil portion connected between the first leg and the second leg, said resilient member being mounted to the hinge cup via a pin extending through the coil portion; wherein the hinge further comprises a retaining member configured to shield at least a portion of the receiving room of the hinge cup; wherein the retaining member comprises an engaging feature, the engaging feature being a projection, characterized in that the retaining member is configured to be mounted to the at least one resilient member by the engaging feature being engaged with the coil portion of the resilient member.
An environmental sensor (1, 10) for measuring a plurality of physical quantities associated with a surrounding environment, the sensor (1, 10) comprising: a plurality of sensor elements (4a - 4g); a state determination unit configured to determine whether the environmental sensor (1, 10) is in a first state in which the environmental sensor (1, 10) is fixed onto a predetermined installation location, in a second state in which the environmental sensor (1, 10) is away from the installation location or in a third state in which the environmental sensor (1, 10) is at the installation location but not fixed onto the installation location; an operation switch unit configured to switch an operation of each of the sensor elements (4a - 4g) configured to measure the physical quantities based on whether a state determined by the determination unit is the first state or the second state; and the environmental sensor (1, 10) is configured to alert a user when the state determination unit determines that the environmental sensor (1, 10) is in the third state. a plurality of sensor elements (4a - 4g); a state determination unit configured to determine whether the environmental sensor (1, 10) is in a first state in which the environmental sensor (1, 10) is fixed onto a predetermined installation location, in a second state in which the environmental sensor (1, 10) is away from the installation location or in a third state in which the environmental sensor (1, 10) is at the installation location but not fixed onto the installation location; an operation switch unit configured to switch an operation of each of the sensor elements (4a - 4g) configured to measure the physical quantities based on whether a state determined by the determination unit is the first state or the second state; and the environmental sensor (1, 10) is configured to alert a user when the state determination unit determines that the environmental sensor (1, 10) is in the third state.
A heat exchanger for an ice-making machine comprising: a generally cylindrical, tubular body defining a generally cylindrical, internal heat exchange surface; and at least one refrigerant circuit disposed about the outer surface of the tubular body, characterized in that: the at least one refrigerant circuit is defined by a plurality of axially extending members circumferentially disposed about and brazed to the outer surface of the tubular body, each axially extending member comprises a surface having an arcuate shape and further comprises a plurality of refrigerant passages extending the entire length thereof. a generally cylindrical, tubular body defining a generally cylindrical, internal heat exchange surface; and at least one refrigerant circuit disposed about the outer surface of the tubular body, characterized in that: the at least one refrigerant circuit is defined by a plurality of axially extending members circumferentially disposed about and brazed to the outer surface of the tubular body, each axially extending member comprises a surface having an arcuate shape and further comprises a plurality of refrigerant passages extending the entire length thereof.