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A fluid gear pump comprising: a first gear constructed and arranged to rotate about a first axis, the first gear including a concentrically disposed first hub portion and a plurality of first teeth radially projecting and circumferentially spaced about the first hub portion, the first hub portion being formed of a ceramic material; a second gear operably coupled to the first gear for rotation about a second axis, the second gear including a concentrically disposed second hub portion and a plurality of second teeth radially projecting and circumferentially spaced about the second hub portion, wherein at a time in operation the plurality of first teeth and the plurality of second teeth contact at first contact point and a second contact point to create a backlash volume interposed between the first contact point and the second contact point; a first bearing abutting and coaxial to the first hub portion; and a second bearing abutting and coaxial to the second hub portion; wherein the first teeth of the first gear include a portion formed of metal and a portion formed of a silicon-aluminum-oxygen-nitrogen (SiAlON) ceramic or of partially stabilized zirconia. a first gear constructed and arranged to rotate about a first axis, the first gear including a concentrically disposed first hub portion and a plurality of first teeth radially projecting and circumferentially spaced about the first hub portion, the first hub portion being formed of a ceramic material; a second gear operably coupled to the first gear for rotation about a second axis, the second gear including a concentrically disposed second hub portion and a plurality of second teeth radially projecting and circumferentially spaced about the second hub portion, wherein at a time in operation the plurality of first teeth and the plurality of second teeth contact at first contact point and a second contact point to create a backlash volume interposed between the first contact point and the second contact point; a first bearing abutting and coaxial to the first hub portion; and a second bearing abutting and coaxial to the second hub portion; wherein the first teeth of the first gear include a portion formed of metal and a portion formed of a silicon-aluminum-oxygen-nitrogen (SiAlON) ceramic or of partially stabilized zirconia.
A communication device for wirelessly communicating with a sensor, the communication device comprising: - a receiver for receiving signals, - an amplifier for amplifying the received signals, - a transmitter for transmitting signals, - a controller for controlling the receiver and the transmitter, wherein the controller is operable in a first mode, in which the controller controls the receiver for receiving signals over time and determines signal strength values over time, wherein a signal strength value is indicative of a strength of the amplified received signal, and in a second mode in which the controller controls the transmitter for transmitting signals to the sensors and the receiver for receiving signals based on the determined signal strength values, wherein the controller is adapted to determine a temporal position of a beginning of a predefined pattern in the signal strength values, which have been determined over time, by determining when at least one of the following conditions is fulfilled: a) a signal strength value is larger than a predefined first threshold and b) a derivative of the signal strength values is larger than a predefined second threshold value, thereby to indicate when another communication device, in close proximity to the communication device, transmits signals, and to control the transmitter for transmitting signals to the sensor and the receiver for receiving signals from the sensor based on the determined temporal position. - a receiver for receiving signals, - an amplifier for amplifying the received signals, - a transmitter for transmitting signals, - a controller for controlling the receiver and the transmitter, wherein the controller is operable in a first mode, in which the controller controls the receiver for receiving signals over time and determines signal strength values over time, wherein a signal strength value is indicative of a strength of the amplified received signal, and in a second mode in which the controller controls the transmitter for transmitting signals to the sensors and the receiver for receiving signals based on the determined signal strength values, wherein the controller is adapted to determine a temporal position of a beginning of a predefined pattern in the signal strength values, which have been determined over time, by determining when at least one of the following conditions is fulfilled: a) a signal strength value is larger than a predefined first threshold and b) a derivative of the signal strength values is larger than a predefined second threshold value, thereby to indicate when another communication device, in close proximity to the communication device, transmits signals, and to control the transmitter for transmitting signals to the sensor and the receiver for receiving signals from the sensor based on the determined temporal position.
A cleaning robot comprising: a battery; a moving unit; a cleaning unit; a power converting unit which converts and outputs power supplied from the battery into a first voltage driving the moving unit and a second voltage driving the cleaning unit; and a control unit which supplies power having the first voltage to the moving unit so as to drive the moving unit and supplies power having the second voltage to the cleaning unit so as to perform a cleaning operation, characterised in that, when the cleaning robot moves on an already cleaned area of the cleaning area, the control unit interrupts the power supply from the power converting unit to the cleaning unit when a moving distance to be travelled on the already cleaned area exceeds a reference distance, and/or when an estimated moving time on the already cleaned area exceeds a reference time. a battery; a moving unit; a cleaning unit; a power converting unit which converts and outputs power supplied from the battery into a first voltage driving the moving unit and a second voltage driving the cleaning unit; and a control unit which supplies power having the first voltage to the moving unit so as to drive the moving unit and supplies power having the second voltage to the cleaning unit so as to perform a cleaning operation, characterised in that, when the cleaning robot moves on an already cleaned area of the cleaning area, the control unit interrupts the power supply from the power converting unit to the cleaning unit when a moving distance to be travelled on the already cleaned area exceeds a reference distance, and/or when an estimated moving time on the already cleaned area exceeds a reference time.
An agent for use in suppressing the sudden elevation of blood alcohol concentration after ingestion of an alcoholic beverage, comprising a dextrin as an active ingredient, wherein the dextrin is at least one selected from indigestible dextrins, wherein the indigestible dextrins are obtained by degradation of pyrodextrins with an acid or an amylolytic enzyme, wherein the pyrodextrins are dry-heat degradation products of starch obtained by heating a starch to a temperature in the range from 120 to 200°C in the presence of an inorganic acid or an organic acid.
A brake shoe with brake pads for a disc brake comprising a carrier element, and a first brake pad segment mountable on the carrier element and a second brake pad segment mountable on the carrier element, wherein the first brake pad segment and the second brake pad segment are differently formed to form a friction profile, in particular differ from one another with respect to material composition, force application and/or shape, wherein the first brake pad segment and the second brake pad segment are reversibly exchangeable, characterised in that the coefficient of friction of the second brake pad segment is 2 to 3 times the coefficient of friction of the first brake pad segment.
A dressing for treating a tissue site with negative pressure, the dressing comprising: a cover having an aperture; a first layer comprising a plurality of standoffs and at least one fluid passage; a second layer comprising a plurality of fluid elastomeric valves; and a third layer comprising a treatment aperture; wherein the cover, the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer are assembled in a stacked relationship with the first layer and the second layer disposed between the cover and the third layer, at least some of the elastomeric valves are exposed through the treatment aperture, the aperture in the cover is fluidly coupled to at least one fluid passage in the first layer, and the standoffs are disposed adjacent to the second layer and form a plurality of spaces between the first layer and the second layer. a cover having an aperture; a first layer comprising a plurality of standoffs and at least one fluid passage; a second layer comprising a plurality of fluid elastomeric valves; and a third layer comprising a treatment aperture; wherein the cover, the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer are assembled in a stacked relationship with the first layer and the second layer disposed between the cover and the third layer, at least some of the elastomeric valves are exposed through the treatment aperture, the aperture in the cover is fluidly coupled to at least one fluid passage in the first layer, and the standoffs are disposed adjacent to the second layer and form a plurality of spaces between the first layer and the second layer.
A process for preparing a cyclic dehydration product comprising: contacting a sugar alcohol with a mixed-acid catalyst reaction mixture containing a reducing Bronsted acid, having a pKa of 1.0-1.5, in combination with a Lewis acid having a pKa ≤ 0, at a temperature for a sufficient time to dehydrate and ring close said sugar alcohol to a corresponding cyclic dehydration product of the sugar alcohol in a product mixture, wherein said Lewis acid is selected from the group consisting of: aluminum trifluoromethanesulfonate (Al(OTf) 3), gallium trifluoromethanesulfonate (Ga(OTf) 3), bismuth trifluormethanesulfonate (Bi(OTf) 3), scandium trifluoromethanesulfonate (Sc(OTf) 3), indium trifluoromethanesulfonate (In(OTf) 3), tin triflate (Sn(OTf) 2), and hafnium triflate (Hf(OTf) 4); wherein said sugar alcohol is sorbitol and said cyclic dehydration product is isosorbide; and wherein said reducing Bronsted acid is phosphonic acid (H 3 PO 3). wherein said sugar alcohol is sorbitol and said cyclic dehydration product is isosorbide; and wherein said reducing Bronsted acid is phosphonic acid (H 3 PO 3).
An integrated circuit, comprising: a first die lying within a first geometric plane and comprising a first circuit and a first switch circuit (1012, 1014), and a first signal path between the first circuit and first switch circuit, the first switch circuit and the first signal path electrically coupled to the first circuit; a second die lying within a second geometric plane that is different from the first geometric plane, the second die comprising a second circuit and a second switch circuit (1006, 1008), and a second signal path between the second circuit and second switch circuit, the second switch circuit electrically coupled to the second circuit and the second signal path; and a third signal path routed from the first switch circuit to the second switch circuit, and electrically coupling the first switch circuit to the second switch circuit; wherein each of the first switch circuit and second switch circuit comprises a dynamically programmable switch, characterized in that the dynamically programmable switches are configured to dynamically couple the first signal path to - and decouple the first signal path from - the second signal path, the first signal path being a test signal path and the second signal path being a test signal path. a first die lying within a first geometric plane and comprising a first circuit and a first switch circuit (1012, 1014), and a first signal path between the first circuit and first switch circuit, the first switch circuit and the first signal path electrically coupled to the first circuit; a second die lying within a second geometric plane that is different from the first geometric plane, the second die comprising a second circuit and a second switch circuit (1006, 1008), and a second signal path between the second circuit and second switch circuit, the second switch circuit electrically coupled to the second circuit and the second signal path; and a third signal path routed from the first switch circuit to the second switch circuit, and electrically coupling the first switch circuit to the second switch circuit; wherein each of the first switch circuit and second switch circuit comprises a dynamically programmable switch, characterized in that the dynamically programmable switches are configured to dynamically couple the first signal path to - and decouple the first signal path from - the second signal path, the first signal path being a test signal path and the second signal path being a test signal path.
An electrical harness assembly comprising: an electrical harness comprising a flexible printed circuit having a plurality of conductive tracks, and a terminating region at which each conductive track terminates at a receiving hole, each receiving hole being electrically connected to its respective electrical track; an electrical connector comprising elongate terminals each having a first end received in one of the receiving holes, thereby forming a connection formation at which the elongate terminals are electrically connected with the conductive tracks, and a second end presented for connection to a complimentary connector; and characterised by further comprising an encapsulating body that continuously surrounds the connection formation in a single, continuous, body and is in direct contact with the connection formation to form a non-releasable body around the connection formation and thereby permanently seal the connection formation therein. an electrical harness comprising a flexible printed circuit having a plurality of conductive tracks, and a terminating region at which each conductive track terminates at a receiving hole, each receiving hole being electrically connected to its respective electrical track; an electrical connector comprising elongate terminals each having a first end received in one of the receiving holes, thereby forming a connection formation at which the elongate terminals are electrically connected with the conductive tracks, and a second end presented for connection to a complimentary connector; and characterised by further comprising an encapsulating body that continuously surrounds the connection formation in a single, continuous, body and is in direct contact with the connection formation to form a non-releasable body around the connection formation and thereby permanently seal the connection formation therein.
A binder composition for improved mortars and coatings, comprising a first standard mineral constituent selected from the group consisting of cements, masonry binders, pozzolanic and hydraulic binders, plaster and mixtures thereof and a second constituent based on powdered slaked lime, wherein said second constituent based on powdered slaked lime has a specific surface measured by nitrogen absorption manometry after vacuum degassing at 190°C for at least two hours and calculated according to the BET method which is lower than 12 m 2 /g, advantageously lower than 11 m 2 /g, especially lower than 10 m 2 /g, preferably lower than 9 m 2 /g, and wherein said second constituent is present in an amount equal to or greater than 12% by weight, preferably equal to or greater than 15% by weight, particularly equal to or greater than 20% by weight, in particular equal to or greater than 30% by weight, advantageously equal to or greater than 40% by weight and equal to or lower than 80% by weight, advantageously equal to or lower than 70% by weight, in particular equal to or lower than 60% by weight, based on the total weight of said binder composition.
A computer-implemented method for a node to obtain a credential from a group of specialized nodes, each of the specialized nodes having a private key share of a group private key, wherein the method comprises: sending a request, from the node to a plurality of the specialized nodes, for the credential, wherein the node has an identifier, wherein the number of the requested plurality of the specialized nodes is less than the number of the specialized nodes in the group of the specialized nodes and further wherein the identifier includes an identifier string identifying the node and a role string identifying the role of the group of specialized nodes; receiving, from each node in the plurality of the specialized nodes, a portion of a secret point generated by that node from the identifier and that node's private key share; and generating the secret point by combining the received portions of the secret point, and wherein the secret point comprises the group private key times a map-to-point hash of the identifier, and the credential comprises the identifier and the secret point, and wherein none of the specialized nodes nor the node is required to obtain a complete copy of the group private key; and wherein: the node is not a member of the specialized group of nodes. sending a request, from the node to a plurality of the specialized nodes, for the credential, wherein the node has an identifier, wherein the number of the requested plurality of the specialized nodes is less than the number of the specialized nodes in the group of the specialized nodes and further wherein the identifier includes an identifier string identifying the node and a role string identifying the role of the group of specialized nodes; receiving, from each node in the plurality of the specialized nodes, a portion of a secret point generated by that node from the identifier and that node's private key share; and generating the secret point by combining the received portions of the secret point, and wherein the secret point comprises the group private key times a map-to-point hash of the identifier, and the credential comprises the identifier and the secret point, and wherein none of the specialized nodes nor the node is required to obtain a complete copy of the group private key; and wherein: the node is not a member of the specialized group of nodes.
A method for controlling a vapour compression system, the vapour compression system comprising at least one compressor (2, 16), a heat rejecting heat exchanger, a high pressure expansion device (4, 15, 17), a receiver, an evaporator expansion device, an evaporator and a gas bypass valve, arranged in a refrigerant path, the method comprising the steps of: - registering that the gas bypass valve is malfunctioning or saturated, - obtaining a pressure value for a pressure prevailing inside the receiver, and - controlling the vapour compression system in order to control a gaseous refrigerant supply to the receiver to adjust the pressure prevailing inside the receiver to reach a target pressure level. - registering that the gas bypass valve is malfunctioning or saturated, - obtaining a pressure value for a pressure prevailing inside the receiver, and - controlling the vapour compression system in order to control a gaseous refrigerant supply to the receiver to adjust the pressure prevailing inside the receiver to reach a target pressure level.
A method, comprising: receiving, at a guest program, an indication of a processor event from a hypervisor; in response to receiving the indication of the processor event, accessing event handling information at a specified region of memory; and processing the processor event based on the event handling information, wherein the guest program comprises a secure layer and a non-secure layer, and receiving the indication of the processor event comprises receiving the indication of the processor event at the secure layer of the guest program; and wherein the secure layer provides the event handling information to the non-secure layer only when the event handling information complies with specified security protocols. receiving, at a guest program, an indication of a processor event from a hypervisor; in response to receiving the indication of the processor event, accessing event handling information at a specified region of memory; and processing the processor event based on the event handling information, wherein the guest program comprises a secure layer and a non-secure layer, and receiving the indication of the processor event comprises receiving the indication of the processor event at the secure layer of the guest program; and wherein the secure layer provides the event handling information to the non-secure layer only when the event handling information complies with specified security protocols.
Production machine or machine tool with a plurality of components (MM1, MM2, MM3, TM, MMSx.y, DMSx.y) comprised by it, wherein the components (MM1, MM2, MM3, TM, MMSx.y, DMSx.y) are connected together in a network and have communication links between each other for the purpose of real-time communication with a cycle time which is prescribed or can be prescribed, characterised in that at least one of the components (MM1, MM2, MM3, TM, MMSx.y, DMSx.y) functions as a layer-3 switch, by means of the component (MM1, MM2, MM3, TM, MMSx.y, DMSx.y) which functions as a layer-3 switch telegrams received from another component (MM1, MM2, MM3, TM, MMSx.y, DMSx.y) can be stored temporarily and a temporarily stored telegram can be forwarded at a time point which is prescribed relative to the cycle time, and the time point which is prescribed relative to the cycle time can be determined in conjunction with a runup of the production machine or machine tool and can be issued to the component (MM1, MM2, MM3, TM, MMSx.y, DMSx.y) concerned.
An inkjet head configured to eject inkjet ink, said inkjet head comprising a piezoelectric layer formed of a thin film and a diaphragm, wherein said piezoelectric layer includes a perovskite-type compound and an absolute value of a product of a piezoelectric constant d 31 of said piezoelectric layer and a Young's modulus of said piezoelectric layer is 10 [C/m 2] to 15 [C/m 2], characterized in that said perovskite-type compound includes a lead zirconate titanate-based compound and includes donor ions and acceptor ions, said donor ions include one or more kinds of ions selected from the group consisting of La, Nb, Ta, and W, said acceptor ions include one or more kinds of ions selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co, and Mn, and a difference in mol% ratio between said donor ions and said acceptor ions is 1 mol% or less.