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A fastener system for EME protection of fasteners in a composite structure, the fastener system comprising; a shank; a threaded portion on a first end of the shank terminating in a lead-in portion and; a head on a second end of the shank; wherein the shank is adapted for electrical intimate conductive contact with an inner surface of an interference fit hole in a composite when the fastener is fitted therein, characterized in that the shank has a roughened main body with peaks and valleys and further comprising a lubricious coating on the main body said coating polished for exposure of the peaks to maintain electrical conductive contact, while remaining present in the valleys for lubricious insertion into the interference fit hole. a shank; a threaded portion on a first end of the shank terminating in a lead-in portion and; a head on a second end of the shank; wherein the shank is adapted for electrical intimate conductive contact with an inner surface of an interference fit hole in a composite when the fastener is fitted therein, characterized in that the shank has a roughened main body with peaks and valleys and further comprising a lubricious coating on the main body said coating polished for exposure of the peaks to maintain electrical conductive contact, while remaining present in the valleys for lubricious insertion into the interference fit hole.
A distributor comprising: a first conduit; where the first conduit has a hot oil inlet port for charging a hot oil into the distributor; a second conduit; where the first conduit lies inside the second conduit to define a first annular space therebetween; where the second conduit has an exit port for removing the hot oil from the distributor; a plurality of plate stacks disposed around the second conduit to define a narrowing second annular space from top to bottom of the distributor; wherein the second annular space is in contact with an inlet port that receives a polymer solution; where each successive plate stack has smaller inner diameter and smaller outer diameter than the plate stack located above it; where each plate stack (112A, 112B, 112C) comprises a plurality of plates; where the plurality of plates further define a plurality of conduits, each conduit having a varying width over its length and extending radially outwards from the second annular space, where the plurality of conduits is in fluid communication with the second annular space; and where the distributor is operated at a pressure and a temperature effective to promote separation of a solvent from a polymer solution during transport of the polymer solution through the distributor. a first conduit; where the first conduit has a hot oil inlet port for charging a hot oil into the distributor; a second conduit; where the first conduit lies inside the second conduit to define a first annular space therebetween; where the second conduit has an exit port for removing the hot oil from the distributor; a plurality of plate stacks disposed around the second conduit to define a narrowing second annular space from top to bottom of the distributor; wherein the second annular space is in contact with an inlet port that receives a polymer solution; where each successive plate stack has smaller inner diameter and smaller outer diameter than the plate stack located above it; where each plate stack (112A, 112B, 112C) comprises a plurality of plates; where the plurality of plates further define a plurality of conduits, each conduit having a varying width over its length and extending radially outwards from the second annular space, where the plurality of conduits is in fluid communication with the second annular space; and where the distributor is operated at a pressure and a temperature effective to promote separation of a solvent from a polymer solution during transport of the polymer solution through the distributor.
Bale measuring method for a rectangular baler comprising the steps of: - measuring a movement of a binding material (41, 42, 43, 44) that is being tied around a bale; - using the measured movement (L M) of the binding material (41, 42, 43, 44) to calibrate a measurement and calculation tool (11, 12, 13) for measuring a movement of the bale in the baler and for calculating a length of the bale based on said measurement; - determining the length of the bale (L B) using the calibrated measurement and calculation tool (11, 12, 13) as the bale moves backward in the baler (33, 34), and characterised by - said calibrating comprises determining at least one calibration parameter, wherein the measurement and calculation tool (11, 12, 13) comprises a measuring wheel which engages in the crop material and rotates as crop material is being moved in the baler; and wherein a number of rotations of the measuring wheel is counted as the bale moves backward in the baler and the length of the bale (L B) is determined based on said number of rotations and said at least one calibration parameter. - measuring a movement of a binding material (41, 42, 43, 44) that is being tied around a bale; - using the measured movement (L M) of the binding material (41, 42, 43, 44) to calibrate a measurement and calculation tool (11, 12, 13) for measuring a movement of the bale in the baler and for calculating a length of the bale based on said measurement; - determining the length of the bale (L B) using the calibrated measurement and calculation tool (11, 12, 13) as the bale moves backward in the baler (33, 34), and characterised by - said calibrating comprises determining at least one calibration parameter, wherein the measurement and calculation tool (11, 12, 13) comprises a measuring wheel which engages in the crop material and rotates as crop material is being moved in the baler; and wherein a number of rotations of the measuring wheel is counted as the bale moves backward in the baler and the length of the bale (L B) is determined based on said number of rotations and said at least one calibration parameter.
Non-transformed cells expressing an endogenous ion channel and/or transporter polypeptide for use in the treatment of a neurological disorder in a subject in need thereof, wherein the non-transformed cells are implanted in the course of said treatment, and are selected from the group consisting of fibroblasts, skeletal myoblasts and endothelial cells.
A truck, comprising a driver cab for accommodating passengers and a cargo body for loading cargos, which are separated from each other, wherein the driver cab comprises: a supporting plate, arranged at the top of the driver cab to serve as a top wall of the driver cab; and a movable top cover having a front edge and a rear edge, arranged over the supporting plate and being movable between a retracted position and an expanded position; wherein, in the retracted position, the front edge and the rear edge of the movable top cover are adjacent to the supporting plate;, in the expanded position, the front edge of the movable top cover is adjacent to the supporting plate, and the rear edge is away from the supporting plate, so that a windward side of the movable top cover is formed into a slope surface with a low front and a high rear along a forward direction of the truck, and a rest space for a passenger to lie flat is formed between the movable top cover and the supporting plate, characterized in that the driver cab further comprises one or more stoppers arranged at the upper surface of the supporting plate around a preset lie-flat area in the rest space, wherein at least one of the one or more stoppers extends along a lateral direction of the truck and is arranged on a left side and/or a right side of the lie-flat area, wherein the at least one stopper is preferably provided on its surface facing to the lie-flat area with a buffer layer made of an elastic material. a supporting plate, arranged at the top of the driver cab to serve as a top wall of the driver cab; and a movable top cover having a front edge and a rear edge, arranged over the supporting plate and being movable between a retracted position and an expanded position; wherein, in the retracted position, the front edge and the rear edge of the movable top cover are adjacent to the supporting plate;, in the expanded position, the front edge of the movable top cover is adjacent to the supporting plate, and the rear edge is away from the supporting plate, so that a windward side of the movable top cover is formed into a slope surface with a low front and a high rear along a forward direction of the truck, and a rest space for a passenger to lie flat is formed between the movable top cover and the supporting plate, characterized in that the driver cab further comprises one or more stoppers arranged at the upper surface of the supporting plate around a preset lie-flat area in the rest space, wherein at least one of the one or more stoppers extends along a lateral direction of the truck and is arranged on a left side and/or a right side of the lie-flat area, wherein the at least one stopper is preferably provided on its surface facing to the lie-flat area with a buffer layer made of an elastic material.
A method of making an implant component for a joint of a patient, comprising: obtaining an anatomical dimension associated with the patient; deriving information regarding an anatomical feature of the joint based, at least in part, on the anatomical dimension and an anatomical relationship correlation; designing an implant component based, at least in part, on the derived information regarding the anatomical feature; measuring the anatomical feature to determine measured information regarding the anatomical feature; comparing the measured information regarding the anatomical feature to the derived information regarding the anatomical feature; wherein if there is substantially no difference between the measured information regarding the anatomical feature and the derived information regarding the anatomical feature, designing the implant component is based, at least in part, on at least one of the measured information regarding the anatomical feature and the derived information regarding the anatomical feature, and if the measured information regarding the anatomical feature is substantially different from the derived information regarding the anatomical feature, the method further comprises providing an alert to the designer of the implant. obtaining an anatomical dimension associated with the patient; deriving information regarding an anatomical feature of the joint based, at least in part, on the anatomical dimension and an anatomical relationship correlation; designing an implant component based, at least in part, on the derived information regarding the anatomical feature; measuring the anatomical feature to determine measured information regarding the anatomical feature; comparing the measured information regarding the anatomical feature to the derived information regarding the anatomical feature; wherein if there is substantially no difference between the measured information regarding the anatomical feature and the derived information regarding the anatomical feature, designing the implant component is based, at least in part, on at least one of the measured information regarding the anatomical feature and the derived information regarding the anatomical feature, and if the measured information regarding the anatomical feature is substantially different from the derived information regarding the anatomical feature, the method further comprises providing an alert to the designer of the implant.
An elevator, comprising: a car movable within a hoistway; two racks extending along the hoistway, each rack having a toothed profile with wave troughs and wave crests; two drives, each mounted in proximity to one of the racks so as to interact with the rack to move the car, each drive comprising: a roller pinion unit fixedly mounted on a shaft and having a predetermined number of roller pinions arranged in a circle around the shaft and extending parallel to the shaft, the roller pinion unit interacting with the toothed profile of the rack; and a motor unit configured to rotate the shaft; CHARACTERISED IN further comprising a tension member interconnecting the drives, wherein the car is supported by a pulley box on the tension member. a car movable within a hoistway; two racks extending along the hoistway, each rack having a toothed profile with wave troughs and wave crests; two drives, each mounted in proximity to one of the racks so as to interact with the rack to move the car, each drive comprising: a roller pinion unit fixedly mounted on a shaft and having a predetermined number of roller pinions arranged in a circle around the shaft and extending parallel to the shaft, the roller pinion unit interacting with the toothed profile of the rack; and a motor unit configured to rotate the shaft; a roller pinion unit fixedly mounted on a shaft and having a predetermined number of roller pinions arranged in a circle around the shaft and extending parallel to the shaft, the roller pinion unit interacting with the toothed profile of the rack; and a motor unit configured to rotate the shaft; CHARACTERISED IN further comprising a tension member interconnecting the drives, wherein the car is supported by a pulley box on the tension member.
A radon gas sensor instrument comprising: a diffusion chamber with conductive walls and with a sensor disposed within the diffusion chamber and a regulated voltage source; characterised by further comprising: a microcontroller; and a charge pump arranged to take its input from the regulated voltage source and to provide a charge pump output potential of greater magnitude than the potential of said input; wherein the charge pump output is arranged to provide an electric field between the sensor and the conductive walls of the diffusion chamber; wherein the regulated voltage source is provided by the microcontroller; and wherein the regulated voltage source is also arranged to power an LCD display of the instrument. a diffusion chamber with conductive walls and with a sensor disposed within the diffusion chamber and a regulated voltage source; characterised by further comprising: a microcontroller; and a charge pump arranged to take its input from the regulated voltage source and to provide a charge pump output potential of greater magnitude than the potential of said input; a microcontroller; and a charge pump arranged to take its input from the regulated voltage source and to provide a charge pump output potential of greater magnitude than the potential of said input; wherein the charge pump output is arranged to provide an electric field between the sensor and the conductive walls of the diffusion chamber; wherein the regulated voltage source is provided by the microcontroller; and wherein the regulated voltage source is also arranged to power an LCD display of the instrument.
A fixture (110, 210, 310, 410, 510) configured for masking a femoral component during a surface coating process, the femoral component comprising an articular side, a bone facing side, and a peripheral edge defining an intersection between the articular side and bone facing side, the bone facing side having a first planar surface having a first perimeter and a second planar surface having a second perimeter, the perimeters of the first and second planar surfaces (116a, 116b) defining at least a portion of the peripheral edge of the femoral component, the fixture (110, 210, 310, 410, 510) comprising: a first panel (118a, 218a, 318a, 418a, 518a) having a first interface surface defining a first perimeter of the first panel (118a, 218a, 318a, 418a, 518a), the first perimeter of the first panel (118a, 218a, 318a, 418a, 518a) having substantially the same shape as the first perimeter of the first planar surface of the femoral component; and a second panel (118b, 218b, 318b, 418b, 518b) connected to the first panel (118a, 218a, 318a, 418a, 518a) and having a second interface surface defining a second perimeter of the second panel (118b, 218b, 318b, 418b, 518b), the second perimeter of the second panel (118b, 218b, 318b, 418b, 518b) having substantially the same shape as the second perimeter of the second planar surface of the femoral component, wherein, when the fixture (110, 210, 310, 410, 510) is mounted to the bone facing side of the femoral component, the first interface surface is configured to engage the first planar surface of the femoral component and cover an entirety thereof, and the second interface surface is configured to engage the second planar surface of the femoral component and cover an entirety thereof. a first panel (118a, 218a, 318a, 418a, 518a) having a first interface surface defining a first perimeter of the first panel (118a, 218a, 318a, 418a, 518a), the first perimeter of the first panel (118a, 218a, 318a, 418a, 518a) having substantially the same shape as the first perimeter of the first planar surface of the femoral component; and a second panel (118b, 218b, 318b, 418b, 518b) connected to the first panel (118a, 218a, 318a, 418a, 518a) and having a second interface surface defining a second perimeter of the second panel (118b, 218b, 318b, 418b, 518b), the second perimeter of the second panel (118b, 218b, 318b, 418b, 518b) having substantially the same shape as the second perimeter of the second planar surface of the femoral component, wherein, when the fixture (110, 210, 310, 410, 510) is mounted to the bone facing side of the femoral component, the first interface surface is configured to engage the first planar surface of the femoral component and cover an entirety thereof, and the second interface surface is configured to engage the second planar surface of the femoral component and cover an entirety thereof.
A catalytically inactive carbohydrate-binding PNGase F protein, said protein having a plurality of amino acid mutations compared to a corresponding wild-type PNGase F protein, said plurality of mutations comprising (a) at least one first mutation that eliminates the catalytic activity of the PNGase F protein; and (b) at least one second mutation that (i) enhances binding affinity to an N-linked glycan; and (ii) adds binding specificity to an O-linked glycan, the catalytically inactive carbohydrate-binding PNGase F protein comprising mutations at amino acid positions D57, D60, I156, G192, E206, and R248 in Elizabethkingia meningosepticum PNGase F (SEQ ID NO: 1), or a corresponding position in a homologous PNGase F sequence, wherein the corresponding wild-type protein comprises a protein selected from the group consisting of PNGase F from Elizabethkingia meningosepticum (SEQ ID NO:1), PNGase F-II from Elizabethkingia meningosepticum (SEQ ID NO:3), PNGase F from Bacteroides fragilis (SEQ ID NO:4), and PNGase F from Elizabethkingia miricola (SEQ ID NO:5). (a) at least one first mutation that eliminates the catalytic activity of the PNGase F protein; and (b) at least one second mutation that (i) enhances binding affinity to an N-linked glycan; and (ii) adds binding specificity to an O-linked glycan, the catalytically inactive carbohydrate-binding PNGase F protein comprising mutations at amino acid positions D57, D60, I156, G192, E206, and R248 in Elizabethkingia meningosepticum PNGase F (SEQ ID NO: 1), or a corresponding position in a homologous PNGase F sequence, wherein the corresponding wild-type protein comprises a protein selected from the group consisting of PNGase F from Elizabethkingia meningosepticum (SEQ ID NO:1), PNGase F-II from Elizabethkingia meningosepticum (SEQ ID NO:3), PNGase F from Bacteroides fragilis (SEQ ID NO:4), and PNGase F from Elizabethkingia miricola (SEQ ID NO:5). (i) enhances binding affinity to an N-linked glycan; and (ii) adds binding specificity to an O-linked glycan,
A method for verifying and signing software, comprising: receiving from a client computer a request for a verification signature for software; receiving from the client computer an identifier of the software to be verified; requesting information from the client computer related to the software; determining whether the software is trustworthy based upon the information provided by the client computer; and, if the software is trustworthy, sending to the client computer a new verification method and a new signature for the software for use by the client computer in verifying the software. receiving from a client computer a request for a verification signature for software; receiving from the client computer an identifier of the software to be verified; requesting information from the client computer related to the software; determining whether the software is trustworthy based upon the information provided by the client computer; and, if the software is trustworthy, sending to the client computer a new verification method and a new signature for the software for use by the client computer in verifying the software.
Display mechanism (3; 5; 6; 7) for a timepiece comprising a frame (300; 500; 600; 700), an aperture (307; 507; 607; 707) which is fixed relative to the frame and a first (3051; 5051; 6051; 7051) and a second (3052; 5052; 6052; 7052) coplanar display discs each bearing indications, said mechanism (3; 5; 6; 7) allowing the indications of the first and second discs to be displayed alternately through said aperture.
A turbine body comprising a steel member as a shaft of a turbine, a TiAl-based alloy member as a turbine wheel, and a Ni-based brazing filler metal via which the steel member and the TiAl-based alloy member are joined to each other, wherein the steel member is composed of a structural steel material which is a manganese steel, a manganese-chrome steel, a chrome steel, a chrome-molybdenum steel, a nickel-chrome steel or a nickel-chrome-molybdenum steel and contains Fe as the main constituent element, 0.30 to 0.45 wt% of C, 0.85 to 1.25 wt% of Cr, 0.30 to 1.65 wt% of Mn, at most 0.030 wt% of P and at most 0.030 wt% of S, optionally Ni or Mo as an additive element, and N at a level of unavoidable impurities, or a martensitic stainless steel material containing Fe as the main constituent element, at most 0.15 wt% of C, 11.5 to 13 wt% of Cr, at most 1.00 wt% of Si, at most 1.25 wt% of Mn and at most 0.060 wt% of P, optionally S, Ni, Mo or Pb as an additive element, and N at a level of unavoidable impurities, and the steel member has a carbide and a nitride having a carbon and a nitrogen, respectively, bonded to at least one of the alloy elements including Cr at least on a side of a boundary with the Ni-based brazing filler metal in the steel material and has a homogenized structure and has a carbide spheroidized by thermal treatment, the TiAl-based alloy member is composed of a TiAl-based alloy containing Ti as the main constituent element and 28 to 35 wt% of A1 and optionally Nb, Cr, Mn, Si, W, C or B as an additive element and having an intermetallic compound TiAl as a main phase, and diffusion of C and N to the Ni-based brazing filler metal adjacent to the TiAl-based alloy member is suppressed by the carbide and the nitride.
Composition comprising a mixture of apo-transferrin (ApoTf) and holo-transferrin (HoloTf) for use in treatment of a Hypoxia Inducible Factor -related pathological condition wherein the condition is a neurodegenerative disease selected from the group consisting of Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease and Amylotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.