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Method for producing a pipeline (10, 70) provided with a flange (40, 40a), in particular a brake pipeline or fuel pipeline for a motor vehicle, comprising the following method steps: providing a pipeline (10, 70) comprising an inner pipe extending in an axial direction (x), a coating covering the inner pipe and an end segment terminating at an end face of the pipeline (10, 70); performing a decoating on the end segment along a first decoating segment to a first layer thickness (Δ 1) such that the surface of the end segment produces a first coefficient of friction (μ 1) in the region of the first decoating segment; performing a decoating on the end segment along at least a second decoating segment to a constant second layer thickness (Δ 2) which is greater than the first layer thickness (Δ 1), such that the surface of the end segment produces a second coefficient of friction (μ 2) in the region of the second decoating segment which is smaller than first coefficient of friction (μ 1); forming the end segment to form a flange (40, 40a) having a face sealing surface (41, 41a) and a contact surface (42, 42a) facing away from the sealing surface (41, 41a), such that the first decoating segment forms the sealing surface (41, 41a) and the second decoating segment forms the contact surface (42, 42a), the transition from the first decoating segment to the second decoating segment being located in the region of the greatest outer diameter of the flange (40, 40a). providing a pipeline (10, 70) comprising an inner pipe extending in an axial direction (x), a coating covering the inner pipe and an end segment terminating at an end face of the pipeline (10, 70); performing a decoating on the end segment along a first decoating segment to a first layer thickness (Δ 1) such that the surface of the end segment produces a first coefficient of friction (μ 1) in the region of the first decoating segment; performing a decoating on the end segment along at least a second decoating segment to a constant second layer thickness (Δ 2) which is greater than the first layer thickness (Δ 1), such that the surface of the end segment produces a second coefficient of friction (μ 2) in the region of the second decoating segment which is smaller than first coefficient of friction (μ 1); forming the end segment to form a flange (40, 40a) having a face sealing surface (41, 41a) and a contact surface (42, 42a) facing away from the sealing surface (41, 41a), such that the first decoating segment forms the sealing surface (41, 41a) and the second decoating segment forms the contact surface (42, 42a), the transition from the first decoating segment to the second decoating segment being located in the region of the greatest outer diameter of the flange (40, 40a).
A path adaptation method for a self-driving vehicle, comprising: navigating the vehicle on a planned path through an environment; and while navigating the planned path: determining a location of the vehicle relative to the path; projecting the vehicle's travel, including: generating a three-dimensional shape representing the vehicle and projecting the vehicle shape from the vehicle location along the planned path to form a plurality of projections; and combining the plurality of projections into a three-dimensional path projection along the planned path; acquiring object information representing an object shape from one or more sensors; and determining if the object shape overlaps the three-dimensional path projection (260, 270) and: if so, adjusting the vehicle navigation; or if not, continuing the vehicle navigation along the planned path. navigating the vehicle on a planned path through an environment; and while navigating the planned path: determining a location of the vehicle relative to the path; projecting the vehicle's travel, including: generating a three-dimensional shape representing the vehicle and projecting the vehicle shape from the vehicle location along the planned path to form a plurality of projections; and combining the plurality of projections into a three-dimensional path projection along the planned path; acquiring object information representing an object shape from one or more sensors; and determining if the object shape overlaps the three-dimensional path projection (260, 270) and: if so, adjusting the vehicle navigation; or if not, continuing the vehicle navigation along the planned path. determining a location of the vehicle relative to the path; projecting the vehicle's travel, including: generating a three-dimensional shape representing the vehicle and projecting the vehicle shape from the vehicle location along the planned path to form a plurality of projections; and combining the plurality of projections into a three-dimensional path projection along the planned path; generating a three-dimensional shape representing the vehicle and projecting the vehicle shape from the vehicle location along the planned path to form a plurality of projections; and combining the plurality of projections into a three-dimensional path projection along the planned path; acquiring object information representing an object shape from one or more sensors; and determining if the object shape overlaps the three-dimensional path projection (260, 270) and: if so, adjusting the vehicle navigation; or if not, continuing the vehicle navigation along the planned path. if so, adjusting the vehicle navigation; or if not, continuing the vehicle navigation along the planned path.
A light based tissue treatment device comprising: an optical fiber light guide for receiving a pulsed incident light beam; an optical arrangement at a light exit end of the optical fiber, comprising: a focusing lens having a central region aligned with the incident light beam; a graded refractive index lens downstream of the central region; a microchip laser oscillator which receives as input pump light the output of the graded refractive index lens; an optical amplifier for amplifying the output of the microchip laser oscillator and for providing a pulsed laser treatment output; and a reflector for reflecting light passing through the focusing lens around the central region to the optical amplifier to form amplifier pump light. an optical fiber light guide for receiving a pulsed incident light beam; an optical arrangement at a light exit end of the optical fiber, comprising: a focusing lens having a central region aligned with the incident light beam; a graded refractive index lens downstream of the central region; a microchip laser oscillator which receives as input pump light the output of the graded refractive index lens; an optical amplifier for amplifying the output of the microchip laser oscillator and for providing a pulsed laser treatment output; and a reflector for reflecting light passing through the focusing lens around the central region to the optical amplifier to form amplifier pump light. a focusing lens having a central region aligned with the incident light beam; a graded refractive index lens downstream of the central region; a microchip laser oscillator which receives as input pump light the output of the graded refractive index lens; an optical amplifier for amplifying the output of the microchip laser oscillator and for providing a pulsed laser treatment output; and a reflector for reflecting light passing through the focusing lens around the central region to the optical amplifier to form amplifier pump light.
A propeller fan, comprising: a rotatable boss; a plurality of blades formed on an outer periphery of the boss; and a bellmouth arranged so as to surround the plurality of blades at a trailing edge side of each of the blades and to not surround a region of the plurality of blades on an upstream side, wherein the blade shape, when seen in the blade cross section in the radial direction, includes a bending portion that bulges toward the upstream side, characterized in that a bend of the bending portion of the blade at an inner side of the bellmouth, the blade side surrounded by the bellmouth, being set to be gentler than a bend of the bending portion of the blade at an outer side of the bellmouth, the blade side not surrounded by the bellmouth. a rotatable boss; a plurality of blades formed on an outer periphery of the boss; and a bellmouth arranged so as to surround the plurality of blades at a trailing edge side of each of the blades and to not surround a region of the plurality of blades on an upstream side, wherein the blade shape, when seen in the blade cross section in the radial direction, includes a bending portion that bulges toward the upstream side,
An aerosol-generating device for use with an aerosol-generating article, the device comprising a receiving chamber for removably receiving at least a portion of the aerosol-generating article, the receiving chamber having an inner surface and a center axis, wherein along the center axis the inner surface comprises a first axial portion, a second axial portion and an intermediate axial portion located between the first axial portion and the second axial portion, wherein the first axial portion comprises a plurality of first protrusions and the second axial portion comprises a plurality of second protrusions, wherein the plurality of first protrusions and the plurality of second protrusions are configured to contact a first support element and a second support element of the aerosol-generating article, respectively, for retention of the aerosol-generating article in the receiving chamber, wherein the plurality of first protrusions and the plurality of second protrusions extend in a direction towards the center axis beyond the intermediate axial portion, characterized in that the intermediate axial portion has a length of at least 20% of the overall length of the inner surface or of the receiving chamber in the direction of the center axis and is configured to surround a substrate element of the aerosol-generating article when the article is received in the receiving chamber.
A pneumatic tire comprising a reinforcing layer comprising a plurality of aligned reinforcing cords or wires that are coated with a rubber composition, characterised in that a film layer, an elastomer layer, and a film layer comprising ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer, are sequentially laminated on the tire inner surface side of reinforcing layer, and the product of Young's modulus Eb (MPa) and thickness Gb (mm) of film layer is equal to or more than 5 kN/m. a film layer, an elastomer layer, and a film layer comprising ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer,
Seal label for a seal, having an outer label layer having an outer supporting layer, and an inner label layer having an inner supporting layer, which, in contact with each other in areas, overlap with each other in an overlap region, and, across the overlap region, form a first piece of initial opening evidence via a colour layer that cracks when the outer label layer is first pulled away from the inner label layer, wherein an information region is provided in the overlap region, which contains information (17a, 17b) covered so as not to be visible from the outside, which is exposed after an initial opening.
Filter device, with a filter housing comprising a filter bowl and a removable housing lid part, said filter housing receiving a filter element, which separates an unfiltered medium side from a filtrate side, and with a bypass valve device that comprises a valve closing element, which is preloaded by a closing spring into a closing position lying on a valve seat part and, if the filter element is blocked, moves into a position in which it releases a fluid channel from the unfiltered medium side to the filtrate side, bypassing the filter element, the valve closing element and the closing spring being arranged on the lid part and the valve seat part being located on an element cap of the filter element, said cap comprising a receiving part forming an edging for the end, facing the lid part, of the filter material of the filter element, the element cap of the filter element comprising a receiving part in the form of a flat circular ring at the edging for the facing end of the filter material, a guide part extending axially into the inside of the filter element forming the unfiltered medium side being connected to the inner circumference of said circular ring, the valve seat part being formed on said guide part, characterised in that the filter housing comprises a filter head and in that the guide part takes the form of a hollow cone, the tapered end of which has an opening and extends into the inside of the filter element and forms the sealing edge of the valve closing element at the edge of said opening.
A block copolymer comprising: a first polymer block; and a second polymer block, the second polymer block comprising a polymer backbone chain and pendant polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon groups, wherein the pendant polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon groups are covalently linked to the polymer backbone chain by molecular linkers that comprise a thioester bond and further wherein the polycyclic aromatic hydrogen groups comprise multiple C 6 rings. a first polymer block; and a second polymer block, the second polymer block comprising a polymer backbone chain and pendant polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon groups, wherein the pendant polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon groups are covalently linked to the polymer backbone chain by molecular linkers that comprise a thioester bond and further wherein the polycyclic aromatic hydrogen groups comprise multiple C 6 rings.
A composition for remediation of soil, sludge, wastewater, or groundwater containing contaminants including hydrocarbons and halogenated compounds, comprising: a first bioremediation material comprising activated carbon and at least one organism capable of degrading a first contaminant which includes a hydrocarbon; a second bioremediation material comprising at least one organism differing from the organism of said first bioremediation material and capable of degrading a second contaminant which includes a halogenated compound; characterized in that said composition comprises a time release material combined with the first and second bioremediation materials, comprising: an organic compound; and a third bioremediation material comprising at least one organism capable of degrading the organic compound for use by the organisms of at least one of the first and second bioremediation materials during the degrading of the first and second contaminants and in that the degrading of the organic compound by the organisms of the third bioremediation material is performed over a time period of at least 20 days. a first bioremediation material comprising activated carbon and at least one organism capable of degrading a first contaminant which includes a hydrocarbon; a second bioremediation material comprising at least one organism differing from the organism of said first bioremediation material and capable of degrading a second contaminant which includes a halogenated compound; characterized in that said composition comprises a time release material combined with the first and second bioremediation materials, comprising: an organic compound; and a third bioremediation material comprising at least one organism capable of degrading the organic compound for use by the organisms of at least one of the first and second bioremediation materials during the degrading of the first and second contaminants and in that the degrading of the organic compound by the organisms of the third bioremediation material is performed over a time period of at least 20 days. an organic compound; and a third bioremediation material comprising at least one organism capable of degrading the organic compound for use by the organisms of at least one of the first and second bioremediation materials during the degrading of the first and second contaminants and in that the degrading of the organic compound by the organisms of the third bioremediation material is performed over a time period of at least 20 days.
A method of controlling an operation of an inlet valve system arranged in connection with each cylinder of an internal combustion piston engine, which method comprises during the operation of the engine steps of 1) Monitoring at least one parameter relating to engine load conditions, 2) Controlling, using a primary control procedure, a closing timing of an inlet valve of the inlet valve system in response to the at least one parameter obtained in the step 1), and 3) Feeding charge air into the said cylinder via the inlet valve of the inlet valve system when the inlet valve is open, and by using a secondary control procedure the closing timing of the inlet valve of the inlet valve system is controlled in response to at least one parameter relating to engine load conditions independently from and with higher priority than by using the primary control procedure. characterized in that the primary control procedure closes the inlet valve within a first range between a first crank angle value and a second crank angle value in respect to the bottom dead center and that secondary procedure closes the inlet valve within a second range between a third crank angle and a fourth crank angle in respect to the bottom dead center, which third crank angle is outside, and closer to the bottom dead center than, the first range. 1) Monitoring at least one parameter relating to engine load conditions, 2) Controlling, using a primary control procedure, a closing timing of an inlet valve of the inlet valve system in response to the at least one parameter obtained in the step 1), and 3) Feeding charge air into the said cylinder via the inlet valve of the inlet valve system when the inlet valve is open,
Aircraft light, comprising an LED, and a device for generating an air flow for cooling the LED, the device for generating the air flow comprising - a channel (12,56) extending between an inlet portion upstream of the air flow to be generated and an outlet portion downstream of the air flow to be generated, - wherein the channel (12,56) comprises at least two substantially opposite side surfaces, - a first bendable air ventilating blade (10,58) arranged within the channel (12,56) and having an overall longitudinal extension substantially coinciding with the extension of the channel (12,56), with a first longitudinal end (24,62) arranged upstream of the air ventilating blade (10,58) flow to be generated and a second end (28,70) arranged downstream of the air flow to be generated, - wherein the first air ventilating blade (10,58) has a first end (24,62) fixedly arranged and has its second end (28,70) reciprocatingly arranged, - driving means (32,34,36,66,68) for reciprocating the second end (28,70) of the air ventilating blade (10,58) in a direction between the two substantially opposite side surfaces of the channel (12,56), and - at least a second air ventilating blade (10,58) arranged within the channel (12, 56) beside the first air ventilating blade (10,58), wherein the driving means (32,34,36,66,68) is adapted to inversely reciprocate the air ventilating blades (10,58) of the respective pair of adjacent air ventilating blades (10,58). - a channel (12,56) extending between an inlet portion upstream of the air flow to be generated and an outlet portion downstream of the air flow to be generated, - wherein the channel (12,56) comprises at least two substantially opposite side surfaces, - a first bendable air ventilating blade (10,58) arranged within the channel (12,56) and having an overall longitudinal extension substantially coinciding with the extension of the channel (12,56), with a first longitudinal end (24,62) arranged upstream of the air ventilating blade (10,58) flow to be generated and a second end (28,70) arranged downstream of the air flow to be generated, - wherein the first air ventilating blade (10,58) has a first end (24,62) fixedly arranged and has its second end (28,70) reciprocatingly arranged, - driving means (32,34,36,66,68) for reciprocating the second end (28,70) of the air ventilating blade (10,58) in a direction between the two substantially opposite side surfaces of the channel (12,56), and - at least a second air ventilating blade (10,58) arranged within the channel (12, 56) beside the first air ventilating blade (10,58), wherein the driving means (32,34,36,66,68) is adapted to inversely reciprocate the air ventilating blades (10,58) of the respective pair of adjacent air ventilating blades (10,58).
Method for selecting a relay device from a plurality of relay devices in a network, comprising the following steps: - obtaining from each relay device of said plurality of relay devices a number of parameters associated with the relay device; - calculating for each relay device of the plurality of relay devices an indication of the suitability of the relay device based on the obtained number of parameters; - selecting a relay device to be used based on the calculated indications; characterized in that the number of parameters includes a service parameter indicating the type of a relay device, and wherein for each relay device of said plurality of relay devices a service priority value is determined based on the type of relay device, and this service priority value is used to calculate the indication for this relay device. - obtaining from each relay device of said plurality of relay devices a number of parameters associated with the relay device; - calculating for each relay device of the plurality of relay devices an indication of the suitability of the relay device based on the obtained number of parameters; - selecting a relay device to be used based on the calculated indications;
An electrode substrate, comprising: a substrate; a first pattern unit on the substrate; a second pattern unit on the substrate; and an electrode formed of a metal material in an upper part of the second pattern unit, wherein the second pattern unit has a width formed larger than that of the first pattern unit, so that the difference in width results in a difference in a wet etching process to remove a metal material deposited on the upper part of the first pattern unit, but to leave the metal material deposited on the upper part of the second pattern unit partially so that the electrode is formed. a substrate; a first pattern unit on the substrate; a second pattern unit on the substrate; and an electrode formed of a metal material in an upper part of the second pattern unit, wherein the second pattern unit has a width formed larger than that of the first pattern unit, so that the difference in width results in a difference in a wet etching process to remove a metal material deposited on the upper part of the first pattern unit, but to leave the metal material deposited on the upper part of the second pattern unit partially so that the electrode is formed.
A method to detect the presence of gut inflammation associated with spondyloarthritis in a patient, comprising the steps of: - determining the abundance of the Dialister genus in a biological sample of said patient, wherein the biological sample is a mucosal biopsy sample, a stool sample, a sample of the lumen content or an oral sample; - if said abundance in said sample is at least 3-fold higher than that in a control sample of a healthy subject, then concluding that said patient has gut inflammation associated with spondyloarthritis. - determining the abundance of the Dialister genus in a biological sample of said patient, wherein the biological sample is a mucosal biopsy sample, a stool sample, a sample of the lumen content or an oral sample; - if said abundance in said sample is at least 3-fold higher than that in a control sample of a healthy subject, then concluding that said patient has gut inflammation associated with spondyloarthritis.