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A micro-electromechanical system, MEMS, inertial sensor, comprising: a frame; a waveguide configured to receive a laser light beam and split the laser light beam into first and second portions, the waveguide including a first arm and a second arm through which the first and second portions of the light beam are to respectively pass, a first portion of the first arm and a second portion of the second arm disposed parallel with each other and joined together around respective ends of each arm to recombine the first and second portions of the light beam into a recombined light beam, wherein the first arm is configured to be deformable; and a proof mass comprising two first deformable legs (140, 146) and two second deformable legs (142, 144), wherein the two first deformable legs are attached to the first arm, wherein the first arm runs along the two first deformable legs and the deformation of the first arm is caused by a movement of the first proof mass in response to the inertial change associated with the apparatus, wherein the proof mass is movably affixed to the frame at the ends of the two second deformable legs such that the proof mass is movable at least in one direction relative to the frame and in a perpendicular direction relative to the second arm, wherein a deformation of the first arm results in a change of an optical path length of a portion of the light beam traveling through the first arm, causing a detectable change in light intensity of the recombined light beam outputted by the waveguide. a frame; a waveguide configured to receive a laser light beam and split the laser light beam into first and second portions, the waveguide including a first arm and a second arm through which the first and second portions of the light beam are to respectively pass, a first portion of the first arm and a second portion of the second arm disposed parallel with each other and joined together around respective ends of each arm to recombine the first and second portions of the light beam into a recombined light beam, wherein the first arm is configured to be deformable; and a proof mass comprising two first deformable legs (140, 146) and two second deformable legs (142, 144), wherein the two first deformable legs are attached to the first arm, wherein the first arm runs along the two first deformable legs and the deformation of the first arm is caused by a movement of the first proof mass in response to the inertial change associated with the apparatus, wherein the proof mass is movably affixed to the frame at the ends of the two second deformable legs such that the proof mass is movable at least in one direction relative to the frame and in a perpendicular direction relative to the second arm, wherein a deformation of the first arm results in a change of an optical path length of a portion of the light beam traveling through the first arm, causing a detectable change in light intensity of the recombined light beam outputted by the waveguide.
A method of manufacturing a polyacetal copolymer, the method comprising: a copolymerization step of copolymerizing trioxane as a main monomer (a) and a cyclic ether and/or cyclic formal having at least one carbon-carbon bond as a comonomer (b) in the presence of a nonvolatile protonic acid as a polymerization catalyst (c) to obtain a crude polyacetal copolymer, a grinding step of the crude polyacetal copolymer to obtain a crude polyacetal copolymer using a dry grinder mill, the crude polyacetal copolymer having a through-sieve proportion of 90 parts by weight or more when screened with a sieve having an opening of 11.2 mm, relative to 100 parts by weight of the crude polyacetal copolymer subjected to the screening, a deactivation step of deactivating the polymerization catalyst (c) by adding a basic compound (e) to the post-ground crude polyacetal copolymer, and melt-kneading the mixture to obtain a polymerization catalyst-deactivated polyacetal copolymer, wherein the temperature during the copolymerization is such that a polymerization environmental temperature is maintained at 100°C or less until a conversion percentage reaches 50%, and thereafter is maintained in a temperature range of between 115°C or more and 140°C or less. a copolymerization step of copolymerizing trioxane as a main monomer (a) and a cyclic ether and/or cyclic formal having at least one carbon-carbon bond as a comonomer (b) in the presence of a nonvolatile protonic acid as a polymerization catalyst (c) to obtain a crude polyacetal copolymer, a grinding step of the crude polyacetal copolymer to obtain a crude polyacetal copolymer using a dry grinder mill, the crude polyacetal copolymer having a through-sieve proportion of 90 parts by weight or more when screened with a sieve having an opening of 11.2 mm, relative to 100 parts by weight of the crude polyacetal copolymer subjected to the screening, a deactivation step of deactivating the polymerization catalyst (c) by adding a basic compound (e) to the post-ground crude polyacetal copolymer, and melt-kneading the mixture to obtain a polymerization catalyst-deactivated polyacetal copolymer, wherein the temperature during the copolymerization is such that a polymerization environmental temperature is maintained at 100°C or less until a conversion percentage reaches 50%, and thereafter is maintained in a temperature range of between 115°C or more and 140°C or less.
A processing system configured for use in controlling operation of a camera to collect visualization data (30a-30d) comprising a plurality of images to be composited together to form composite images or 3D models, the processing system comprising and/or being configured to access a data store that stores priority or value data, the priority or value data indicating respective priorities or values of each of a plurality of roads, locations, regions or areas; wherein the processing system is configured to: determine or identify a location; determine the priority or value for the determined or identified location from the priority or value data; the priority or value representing a level of requirement for the visualization data (30a-30d) for the composite images or 3D models; and thereafter control the camera to operate based on the priority or value data and the determined or identified location; and/or present indications to a user operating the processing system and/or camera of locations for which visualization data is of high priority or value or otherwise provide a display indicative of the priority or value data. determine or identify a location; determine the priority or value for the determined or identified location from the priority or value data; the priority or value representing a level of requirement for the visualization data (30a-30d) for the composite images or 3D models; and thereafter control the camera to operate based on the priority or value data and the determined or identified location; and/or present indications to a user operating the processing system and/or camera of locations for which visualization data is of high priority or value or otherwise provide a display indicative of the priority or value data.
Method for controlling an adjustable restoring force on an accelerator pedal of a motor vehicle, in particular of a commercial vehicle, wherein the restoring force acting on the accelerator pedal is variably adjustable depending on topographical data; characterized in that, when travelling on the level a variable pressure point of the accelerator pedal is set in each case such that the vehicle moves at an adjustable, specified first target maximum speed if the driver sets the accelerator pedal to the respective pressure point; and depending on topographical data, a start of an up gradient ahead is determined and before the start of the up gradient ahead the variable pressure point is set such that the vehicle moves at an adjustable, specified second target maximum speed if the driver sets the accelerator pedal to the respective pressure point, wherein the second target maximum speed is greater than the first target maximum speed.
Fluidic device for supplying a fluid of interest, comprising: ∘ a fluidic line for circulation of the fluid of interest, having an inlet intended to receive the fluid of interest at an upstream pressure P in; ∘ a regulator, disposed on the fluidic line, designed to reduce the pressure of the fluid of interest from the upstream pressure to a downstream pressure P out; ∘ a valve, disposed on the fluidic line upstream or downstream of the regulator, having a valve head (13.1) designed to take up a valve opening position and a valve closing position; characterized ∘ in that the valve is designed to be opened or closed by pressure depending on whether a pressure exerted on the valve head (13.1) is substantially equal to the upstream pressure P in or to the downstream pressure P out; ∘ and in that it comprises a distributor which • has a first orifice (14.1) connected to the fluidic line upstream of the regulator, a second orifice (14.2) connected to the fluidic line downstream of the regulator, and a third orifice (14.3), known as the control orifice, connected to the valve head (13.1), and • is designed to open or close the valve depending on whether the control orifice (14.3) is connected to the first orifice (14.1) or to the second orifice (14.2). ∘ a fluidic line for circulation of the fluid of interest, having an inlet intended to receive the fluid of interest at an upstream pressure P in; ∘ a regulator, disposed on the fluidic line, designed to reduce the pressure of the fluid of interest from the upstream pressure to a downstream pressure P out; ∘ a valve, disposed on the fluidic line upstream or downstream of the regulator, having a valve head (13.1) designed to take up a valve opening position and a valve closing position; ∘ in that the valve is designed to be opened or closed by pressure depending on whether a pressure exerted on the valve head (13.1) is substantially equal to the upstream pressure P in or to the downstream pressure P out; ∘ and in that it comprises a distributor which • has a first orifice (14.1) connected to the fluidic line upstream of the regulator, a second orifice (14.2) connected to the fluidic line downstream of the regulator, and a third orifice (14.3), known as the control orifice, connected to the valve head (13.1), and • is designed to open or close the valve depending on whether the control orifice (14.3) is connected to the first orifice (14.1) or to the second orifice (14.2). • has a first orifice (14.1) connected to the fluidic line upstream of the regulator, a second orifice (14.2) connected to the fluidic line downstream of the regulator, and a third orifice (14.3), known as the control orifice, connected to the valve head (13.1), and • is designed to open or close the valve depending on whether the control orifice (14.3) is connected to the first orifice (14.1) or to the second orifice (14.2).
A cooling apparatus for cooling a fluid by means of surface water, the cooling apparatus comprising: - more than one tubes for containing and transporting the fluid in its interior, the exterior of the tube being in operation at least partially submerged in the surface water so as to cool the tube to thereby also cool the fluid characterised in that the cooling apparatus comprises - at least one light source for producing light that hinders fouling on at least part of the submerged exterior and - at least one optic unit for guiding anti-fouling light towards the submerged exterior. - more than one tubes for containing and transporting the fluid in its interior, the exterior of the tube being in operation at least partially submerged in the surface water so as to cool the tube to thereby also cool the fluid characterised in that the cooling apparatus comprises - at least one light source for producing light that hinders fouling on at least part of the submerged exterior and - at least one optic unit for guiding anti-fouling light towards the submerged exterior.
A flexible preform for producing, by heating and shaping, a part based on natural fibers, said preform being characterized in that it is constituted of a core made of a nonwoven of natural fibers, at least one surface of which is bonded to a woven fabric made of natural fibers, the core does not contain a resin to harden the fibers.
An apparatus to detect fluorescence from a sample, said apparatus comprising: a sample plane onto which the sample is arranged; an excitation light unit including at least a light source to illuminate the sample; a detection unit comprising at least a detector having at least 400,000 active detection elements to detect a fluorescence signal from the sample, thereby acquiring an image of the sample; and an image alignment unit configured to generate an aligned image from a plurality of images, showing different spectral information, acquired from a plurality of detected fluorescence signals of the sample obtained under different or substantially different emission conditions. a sample plane onto which the sample is arranged; an excitation light unit including at least a light source to illuminate the sample; a detection unit comprising at least a detector having at least 400,000 active detection elements to detect a fluorescence signal from the sample, thereby acquiring an image of the sample; and an image alignment unit configured to generate an aligned image from a plurality of images, showing different spectral information, acquired from a plurality of detected fluorescence signals of the sample obtained under different or substantially different emission conditions.
A utility knife, comprising: a blade comprising a cutting edge and a tang, the tang comprising a sliding rack; a housing comprising a channel for receiving the blade and the tang thereof, the channel extending to an open end of the housing; a fixed rack associated with the housing, the fixed rack being maintained in a fixed position relative to the housing; a pinion gear comprising one or more sets of teeth (226, 228) and configured to engage with the sliding rack of the tang of the blade and the fixed rack associated with the housing; and an actuator connected to the pinion gear such that the pinion gear engages the actuator, the sliding rack, and the fixed rack, the actuator being configured to move the pinion gear to permit blade deployment and blade retraction through the open end of the housing. a blade comprising a cutting edge and a tang, the tang comprising a sliding rack; a housing comprising a channel for receiving the blade and the tang thereof, the channel extending to an open end of the housing; a fixed rack associated with the housing, the fixed rack being maintained in a fixed position relative to the housing; a pinion gear comprising one or more sets of teeth (226, 228) and configured to engage with the sliding rack of the tang of the blade and the fixed rack associated with the housing; and an actuator connected to the pinion gear such that the pinion gear engages the actuator, the sliding rack, and the fixed rack, the actuator being configured to move the pinion gear to permit blade deployment and blade retraction through the open end of the housing.
A catheter package formed as a multilayer tube for an intermittent catheter, wherein the tube is a cylinder-like element with a substantially circular cross section and the tube material is flexible and has an equivalent water vapour transmission rate below 0.50 g/m 2 /mm/24h as measured with the WVTR method as defined in the description.
Method for the temporal synchronisation of a first and a second radio station in a cellular, non-synchronised radio communication system, wherein the radio communication system further comprises at least one mobile unit, and wherein a connection is established between the at least one mobile unit and the first radio station, characterised in that a first signal propagation time of a first signal originating from the first radio station is determined by the first radio station and transmitted to the mobile unit, that then a time difference is measured by the mobile unit between a reception of the first signal originating from the first radio station and the reception of a second signal originating from the second radio station, that then an initial synchronisation with the second radio station is performed, that then a second signal propagation time of the second signal is determined by the second radio station and is transmitted to the mobile unit, and that then a synchronisation error is determined by the mobile unit from the measured time difference between the reception (ME1, ME2) of the first and second signal (S1, S2), the first signal propagation time and the second signal propagation time.
A method of manufacturing a smoking article that includes a filter segment and a tobacco segment containing a tobacco rod and a cooling segment, comprising preparing a double-length tobacco segment containing a double-length tobacco rod that has a double length of the tobacco rod and that is separable in the central part in the longitudinal direction and two cooling segments in contact with either end of the double-length tobacco rod; separating the double-length tobacco segment in the central part to prepare a pair of separate tobacco segments and inverting the tobacco segments, thereby placing the tobacco segments via a gap to align the longitudinal axes of the tobacco segments and allow the cooling segments to face each other; preparing a double-length filter segment, which has a double length of the filter segment, and placing the double-length filter segment in the gap such that both ends of the double-length filter segment come into contact with the end on the cooling segment side of either of the tobacco segments, thereby preparing a composite segment; integrating the composite segment by wrapping in one tipping paper to produce a double-length smoking article, which has a double length of the smoking article; and cutting the double-length smoking article in the central part in the longitudinal direction to yield smoking articles. preparing a double-length tobacco segment containing a double-length tobacco rod that has a double length of the tobacco rod and that is separable in the central part in the longitudinal direction and two cooling segments in contact with either end of the double-length tobacco rod; separating the double-length tobacco segment in the central part to prepare a pair of separate tobacco segments and inverting the tobacco segments, thereby placing the tobacco segments via a gap to align the longitudinal axes of the tobacco segments and allow the cooling segments to face each other; preparing a double-length filter segment, which has a double length of the filter segment, and placing the double-length filter segment in the gap such that both ends of the double-length filter segment come into contact with the end on the cooling segment side of either of the tobacco segments, thereby preparing a composite segment; integrating the composite segment by wrapping in one tipping paper to produce a double-length smoking article, which has a double length of the smoking article; and cutting the double-length smoking article in the central part in the longitudinal direction to yield smoking articles.
Household dishwasher at least having a container in which liquid can be applied to the items to be washed, a reservoir provided to receive liquid and serving as a heat exchanger, which is arranged in heat-conducting contact with the container, such that heated liquid in the container preheats liquid located in the reservoir which is used for a subprogram of an overall program for cleaning the items to be washed, and at least one component (16-19, 29, 30) enabling and/or at least supporting the normal operation of the reservoir, characterised in that the component (16-19, 29, 30) is an impeller flow meter for metering the quantity of liquid for the reservoir to be filled, wherein the impeller flow meter is integrated into the reservoir.
A method of transmitting signaling in a multiple-input multiple-output, MIMO, communication system utilizing orthogonal frequency division multiplexing, OFDM, comprising: selecting a signaling value from among a plurality of signaling values, wherein the selected signaling value indicates whether additional pilot symbols or data symbols are to be transmitted; selecting a set of pilot symbols from among a plurality of sets of pilot symbols, wherein each of the plurality of sets of pilot symbols corresponds to a different one of the plurality of signaling values, and wherein the selected set of pilot symbols corresponds to the selected signaling value; multiplexing the selected set of pilot symbols on a first set of frequency subbands used for a carrier pilot; and transmitting, as indicated by the selected signaling value, the additional pilot symbols or the data symbols on a second set of frequency subbands concurrently with the selected set of pilot symbols; wherein the selected signaling value indicates a number of subbands used for the additional pilot symbols, and wherein the amount of additional pilot symbols as well as their placement within a protocol data unit, PDU, is based on channel conditions. selecting a signaling value from among a plurality of signaling values, wherein the selected signaling value indicates whether additional pilot symbols or data symbols are to be transmitted; selecting a set of pilot symbols from among a plurality of sets of pilot symbols, wherein each of the plurality of sets of pilot symbols corresponds to a different one of the plurality of signaling values, and wherein the selected set of pilot symbols corresponds to the selected signaling value; multiplexing the selected set of pilot symbols on a first set of frequency subbands used for a carrier pilot; and transmitting, as indicated by the selected signaling value, the additional pilot symbols or the data symbols on a second set of frequency subbands concurrently with the selected set of pilot symbols; wherein the selected signaling value indicates a number of subbands used for the additional pilot symbols, and wherein the amount of additional pilot symbols as well as their placement within a protocol data unit, PDU, is based on channel conditions.