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A geared turbofan engine comprising: a first spool including a first compressor and a first turbine, wherein the first compressor is immediately before a combustor and the first turbine is immediately after the combustor; a second spool including at least a second turbine disposed axially aft of the first turbine; a first tower shaft engaged to drive the first spool; a second tower shaft engaged to be driven by the second spool; a starter/generator engaged to drive the first tower shaft and be driven by the second tower shaft; an accessory gear box driven by the second tower shaft; a first one-way mechanical clutch disposed between the first tower shaft and the starter/generator, wherein the starter/generator is configured to drive a gear within the accessory gearbox, the gear is configured to drive the first clutch, and the first clutch is configured to drive the first tower shaft to enable the starter/generator to drive the first spool; and a second one-way mechanical clutch disposed between the second tower shaft and the accessory gear box, wherein the same gear is also configured to drive the second one-way mechanical clutch, the second one-way mechanical clutch being engaged to the second tower shaft, the second one-way mechanical clutch is configured not to transmit torque to the second spool when the gear is driving the second one-way mechanical clutch, and the second one-way mechanical clutch is configured to enable the second spool to drive the starter/generator through the same gear. a first spool including a first compressor and a first turbine, wherein the first compressor is immediately before a combustor and the first turbine is immediately after the combustor; a second spool including at least a second turbine disposed axially aft of the first turbine; a first tower shaft engaged to drive the first spool; a second tower shaft engaged to be driven by the second spool; a starter/generator engaged to drive the first tower shaft and be driven by the second tower shaft; an accessory gear box driven by the second tower shaft; a first one-way mechanical clutch disposed between the first tower shaft and the starter/generator, wherein the starter/generator is configured to drive a gear within the accessory gearbox, the gear is configured to drive the first clutch, and the first clutch is configured to drive the first tower shaft to enable the starter/generator to drive the first spool; and a second one-way mechanical clutch disposed between the second tower shaft and the accessory gear box, wherein the same gear is also configured to drive the second one-way mechanical clutch, the second one-way mechanical clutch being engaged to the second tower shaft, the second one-way mechanical clutch is configured not to transmit torque to the second spool when the gear is driving the second one-way mechanical clutch, and the second one-way mechanical clutch is configured to enable the second spool to drive the starter/generator through the same gear.
A seat unit (4,101, 201, 271) for use in a viewing area of a venue comprising: a rear frame (11, 111, 211) comprising two spaced apart members (15, 115, 215) having a fixed back support mounted thereon and a barrier member between the spaced apart members (15, 115, 215), said transverse barrier member being above and behind the back support; a fold away seat pan (21, 121, 221) pivotally mounted with respect to the rear frame (11, 111, 211) on a pair of seat pan pivots (23, 123, 223), said seat pan (21, 121, 221) extending substantially forward of the rear frame (15, 115, 215) when ready for use but vertical adjacent the rear frame (11, 111, 211) when not in use; a footrest (25, 125, 225) pivotally mounted on footrest pivots (27, 127, 227) below the seat pan pivots (23, 123, 223), the footrest (25, 125, 225) moving in tandem with the seat pan (21, 121, 221) from an open position substantially parallel to the seat pan (21, 121, 221) when the seat pan (21, 121, 221) is in use to a vertical position against the rear frame (11, 111, 211) when the seat pan is not in use; and two side frames (43, 133, 243), one each side of the seat pan (21, 121, 221).
A silane of general formula: [R 2 C=CH-G-SiX u Z b v Z c w] n or [R 2 C=CH-SiX u Z b v Z c w] n wherein each occurrence of G is independently chosen from a group consisting of a divalent straight chain alkyl of 2 to 18 carbon atoms; each occurrence of X is independently selected from the group consisting of R 1 O-, R 1 C(=O)O- and -O(R 10 CR 11) f OH, wherein each occurrence of R 1, R 10 and R 11 is independently R; each occurrence of Z b is independently [-O(R 10 CR 11) f O-] 0.5, wherein each occurrence of R 10 and R 11 is independently R; each occurrence of Z c is independently given by -O(R 10 CR 11) f O-wherein each occurrence of R 10 and R 11 is independently R; each occurrence of R is chosen independently from a group consisting of an alkyl of C 1 to C 4 and hydrogen; each occurrence of the subscript f is an integer from 1 to 15, each occurrence of n is an integer from 1 to 100, with the proviso that when n is greater than 1, v is a greater than 0 and all the valences for Z b have a silicon atom bonded to them, each occurrence of the subscript u is an integer from 0 to 3, each occurrence of the subscript v is an integer from 0 to 3, each occurrence of the subscript w is an integer from 0 to 1; with the provisos that u + v +2 w =3 and the silane contains at least one occurrence of Z b or Z c. each occurrence of G is independently chosen from a group consisting of a divalent straight chain alkyl of 2 to 18 carbon atoms; each occurrence of X is independently selected from the group consisting of R 1 O-, R 1 C(=O)O- and -O(R 10 CR 11) f OH, wherein each occurrence of R 1, R 10 and R 11 is independently R; each occurrence of Z b is independently [-O(R 10 CR 11) f O-] 0.5, wherein each occurrence of R 10 and R 11 is independently R; each occurrence of Z c is independently given by -O(R 10 CR 11) f O-wherein each occurrence of R 10 and R 11 is independently R; each occurrence of R is chosen independently from a group consisting of an alkyl of C 1 to C 4 and hydrogen; each occurrence of the subscript f is an integer from 1 to 15, each occurrence of n is an integer from 1 to 100, with the proviso that when n is greater than 1, v is a greater than 0 and all the valences for Z b have a silicon atom bonded to them, each occurrence of the subscript u is an integer from 0 to 3, each occurrence of the subscript v is an integer from 0 to 3, each occurrence of the subscript w is an integer from 0 to 1;
Pneumatic valve arrangement comprising an electronic valve controller for controlling and regulating the pneumatic valve arrangement (VS, VI) for a pneumatic movement task, characterized in that an application for controlling and regulating the valve arrangement (VS, VI) is executably loaded or loadable on the electronic valve controller in order to execute the pneumatic movement task, wherein the valve arrangement is a valve terminal, wherein the valve terminal comprises a plurality of valve discs and wherein in each case one of the valve discs is formed with a plurality of, and preferably four or eight, interconnected pneumatic valves and wherein the valve arrangement comprises a first and a second control circuit (RK1, RK2) - wherein the first control loop is implemented in a respective valve disc of the valve terminal and is intended to process sensor signals of the valve disc; and - wherein the second control circuit is integrated in the electronic valve controller and is intended to process sensor signals of a piston-cylinder sensor unit and/or local measurement signals of a valve-arrangement-internal measurement signal unit and/or valve-arrangement-external process signals of an external sensor unit for control. an application for controlling and regulating the valve arrangement (VS, VI) is executably loaded or loadable on the electronic valve controller in order to execute the pneumatic movement task, wherein the valve arrangement is a valve terminal, wherein the valve terminal comprises a plurality of valve discs and wherein in each case one of the valve discs is formed with a plurality of, and preferably four or eight, interconnected pneumatic valves and wherein the valve arrangement comprises a first and a second control circuit (RK1, RK2) - wherein the first control loop is implemented in a respective valve disc of the valve terminal and is intended to process sensor signals of the valve disc; and - wherein the second control circuit is integrated in the electronic valve controller and is intended to process sensor signals of a piston-cylinder sensor unit and/or local measurement signals of a valve-arrangement-internal measurement signal unit and/or valve-arrangement-external process signals of an external sensor unit for control. - wherein the first control loop is implemented in a respective valve disc of the valve terminal and is intended to process sensor signals of the valve disc; and - wherein the second control circuit is integrated in the electronic valve controller and is intended to process sensor signals of a piston-cylinder sensor unit and/or local measurement signals of a valve-arrangement-internal measurement signal unit and/or valve-arrangement-external process signals of an external sensor unit for control.
A glass sheet, the composition of which is of the lithium aluminosilicate type and comprises at most 1% by weight of sodium oxide, the thickness of which is at most 2 mm, having a surface region under compression obtained by ion exchange and a central region under tension, such that the flexural stress at break in a "ring-on-tripod" test is at least 50 MPa, after Vickers indentation under a load of 120 N and such that its chemical composition comprises the following oxides in the ranges of contents by weight defined below: SiO 2 50-80% Al 2 O 3 12-30% Li 2 O 1-10%.
Sole (100; 200) for a shoe, in particular a sports shoe, comprising: a. a cushioning element (110; 210); and b. a protection element, wherein c. the sole (100; 200) comprises a first partial region and a second partial region, wherein d. the cushioning element (110; 210) comprises a greater stiffness in the first partial region than in the second partial region, wherein e. the cushioning element (110; 210) comprises randomly arranged particles of expanded thermoplastic polyurethane or expanded polyether-block-amide, wherein f. the protection element comprises a plurality of openings and / or regions of thinner material in the second partial region, and wherein g. when treading down with the sole (100; 200) on a ground, the protection element comprises a larger contact area with the ground in the first partial region than in the second partial region. a. a cushioning element (110; 210); and b. a protection element, wherein c. the sole (100; 200) comprises a first partial region and a second partial region, wherein d. the cushioning element (110; 210) comprises a greater stiffness in the first partial region than in the second partial region, wherein e. the cushioning element (110; 210) comprises randomly arranged particles of expanded thermoplastic polyurethane or expanded polyether-block-amide, wherein f. the protection element comprises a plurality of openings and / or regions of thinner material in the second partial region, and wherein g. when treading down with the sole (100; 200) on a ground, the protection element comprises a larger contact area with the ground in the first partial region than in the second partial region.
Vacuum cleaner with a dirt collecting container which comprises a suction inlet and is in flow connection with a suction unit via a filter and a suction extraction line, and with an external air inlet which opens into the suction extraction line and is closable by an external air valve, the external air valve comprising a closing body which in a closing position closing the external air inlet can be acted upon with a holding force by at least one holding element (66, 68) and can be moved against the action of the holding force out of the closing position into a releasing position releasing the external air inlet, and the at least one holding element (66, 68), when acted upon with a certain releasing force, changing abruptly from a first, mechanically stable form in which it acts upon the closing body with the holding force to a second, mechanically unstable form in which it releases the closing body, characterized in that the at least one holding element is configured as a supporting arm (66, 68) which is fixed at one side and engages under the closing body.
An in vitro method to differentiate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) from asthma in a human subject, comprising a) determining the concentration of protein NNMT in a serum, plasma, or whole blood sample, and b) comparing the concentration of protein NNMT determined in step (a) with a reference concentration of protein NNMT, wherein a concentration of protein NNMT above a reference concentration is indicative for COPD. a) determining the concentration of protein NNMT in a serum, plasma, or whole blood sample, and b) comparing the concentration of protein NNMT determined in step (a) with a reference concentration of protein NNMT, wherein a concentration of protein NNMT above a reference concentration is indicative for COPD.
A main rotor blade assembly comprising: a main spar; and a tip spar attached to said main spar at an interface; characterized in that an upper blade skin extends contiguously along said main spar and said tip spar from a root section to a tip section and over said interface; and a lower blade skin extends contiguously along said main spar and said tip spar from said root section to said tip section and over said interface. a main spar; and a tip spar attached to said main spar at an interface; characterized in that an upper blade skin extends contiguously along said main spar and said tip spar from a root section to a tip section and over said interface; and a lower blade skin extends contiguously along said main spar and said tip spar from said root section to said tip section and over said interface.
A curvature limiter device forming a tubular member suitable for adopting a rectilinear position or variable curvature while preventing a radius of curvature that is less than a given minimum radius of curvature (R 0) and thus authorizing a flexible line threaded inside said tubular member to take up a controlled variable degree of curvature or no curvature, said tubular member comprising a plurality of tubular sleeves arranged end-to-end at their longitudinal ends, preferably at least three sleeves, more preferably three to nine sleeves, said sleeves being fastened to one another by fastener-and-hinge pivot devices arranged on the top face of each of said sleeves, at their longitudinal ends, said fastener-and-hinge pivot devices allowing the longitudinal axis XX', X 1 X 1 ' of a first sleeve (5, N) to pivot relative to the longitudinal axis XX', X 2 X 2 ' of a second sleeve (5, N+1) fastened to said first sleeve by means of said fastener-and-hinge device, said pivoting taking place about a hinge axis YY', Y 1 Y 1 ', Y 2 Y 2 ' perpendicular to said two longitudinal axes XX', X 1 X 1 ', X 2 X 2 ' of said first and second sleeves, the two hinge axes YY', Y 1 Y 1 ', Y 2 Y 2 ' of the two fastener-and-hinge devices arranged at the two opposite longitudinal ends of each sleeve preferably being arranged at the same distance L 2 from the longitudinal axis XX', X 1 X 1 ', X 2 X 2 ' of said sleeve, said sleeves further including at their two longitudinal ends respective abutments of complementary shape (7 1, 7 2) arranged against the bottom faces of said sleeves in positions that are substantially diametrically opposite from said fastener-and-hinge devices, the two end faces (7 1 a, 7 2 a) of the two abutments (7 1, 7 2) at the facing longitudinal ends of said first and second sleeves (5, N, N+1) being spaced apart from each other when said tubular member is in a rectilinear position, and presenting a common contact surface when said two abutments are in contact with each other as a result of maximum authorized pivoting (α) of the two bottom faces of said two sleeves towards each other by means of said fastener-and-hinge devices, said curvature limiter device allowing an inverse curvature by upward pivoting of the two sleeves by moving their top faces towards each other, characterized in that said fastener-and-hinge pivot devices do not allow any longitudinal or lateral movement between the various sleeves relative to each other.
A method of controlling a heat exchanger comprising a plurality of thermoelectric coolers, TECs, to maintain a set point temperature of a chamber, the method comprising: receiving temperature data indicative of a temperature of the chamber; and selectively controlling two or more subsets of TECs in the plurality of TECs based on the temperature of the chamber; characterised in selectively controlling the two or more subsets of TECs comprises operating each TEC in a first subset of TECs from the plurality of TECs at or near Q COP max when the temperature of the chamber is within a steady state range including the set point temperature. receiving temperature data indicative of a temperature of the chamber; and selectively controlling two or more subsets of TECs in the plurality of TECs based on the temperature of the chamber; characterised in selectively controlling the two or more subsets of TECs comprises operating each TEC in a first subset of TECs from the plurality of TECs at or near Q COP max when the temperature of the chamber is within a steady state range including the set point temperature.
A flow sensor assembly, comprising: a housing body including an inlet flow port and an outlet flow port, the housing body defining a fluid channel extending between the inlet flow port and the outlet flow port; a flow restrictor positioned in and integrally molded with the fluid channel of the housing body, the flow restrictor is configured to provide a reduced cross-sectional area in the fluid channel to create a predetermined pressure drop through the fluid channel at a given flow rate; characterised by a flash integrally formed with the flow restrictor in the fluid channel, wherein the flash is positioned on an upstream surface or a downstream surface of the flow restrictor, wherein the flash defines an opening that has a cross-sectional area equal to or greater than the reduced cross-sectional area of the flow restrictor. a housing body including an inlet flow port and an outlet flow port, the housing body defining a fluid channel extending between the inlet flow port and the outlet flow port; a flow restrictor positioned in and integrally molded with the fluid channel of the housing body, the flow restrictor is configured to provide a reduced cross-sectional area in the fluid channel to create a predetermined pressure drop through the fluid channel at a given flow rate; characterised by a flash integrally formed with the flow restrictor in the fluid channel, wherein the flash is positioned on an upstream surface or a downstream surface of the flow restrictor, wherein the flash defines an opening that has a cross-sectional area equal to or greater than the reduced cross-sectional area of the flow restrictor.
A fuel cell system comprising a plurality of individual fuel cells, which are combined to form a stack (1a, 1b, 1c), with bipolar plates and channels (3, 22, 23, 32, 33) provided apart from the chemically active surfaces of the individual fuel cells for the supply of the reactants and the discharge of the reaction products to/from the individual fuel cells, and with a cooling channel (3, 21, 31) carrying a cooling fluid for the individual fuel cells, wherein the stack is accommodated in a housing, wherein a free space is formed between the housing and the stack (1a, 1b, 1c), which free space forms an outer channel (3, 21, 22, 23, 31, 32, 33) for at least one of the reactants or the coolant, into which bipolar plates protrude with an end portion thereof, and wherein various media, specifically coolant and at least one of the reactants or reaction products, are guided into various free spaces divided into individual free spaces between the housing and the stack (1a, 1b, 1c); characterised in that the free spaces are divided into individual free spaces by a partition wall (5, 50), and in that the partition wall (5, 50) extends from one housing wall of the housing to an opposite housing wall of the housing.
Tamping unit for a rail tamping machine, having tamping tool pairs formed as vibrating arms and disposed on a carrier which is guided in a height-adjustable manner in a tamping unit frame, the lower tamping pick ends of these tool pairs, which are intended for penetration into a ballast bed, can be driven in opposite directions with a vibrating drive (4, 5) and can be squeezed towards each other hydraulically, wherein each of the tamping tools of a tamping tool pair is allocated a hydraulic cylinder, wherein the hydraulic cylinders (4, 5) form both the squeezing drive and also the vibrating drive of the tamping tools, and hydraulic cylinder actuation valves are provided to actuate the hydraulic cylinders (4, 5), which valves are servo or proportional valves and which are preferably disposed directly on the hydraulic cylinder (4, 5), characterised in that at least one means for determining the through-flow of oil, in particular an oil through-flow sensor, is provided in the hydraulic cylinder oil supply circuit, and that the actuation of the hydraulic cylinders (4, 5) takes place in an oil through-flow-dependent manner in dependence upon oil through-flow data in such a way that a preset squeeze path of the tamping tools can be achieved.
A vehicle comprising: an engine; a first electric motor configured to be able to input or output power; a power split mechanism including a sun gear, a ring gear and a planetary carrier that supports pinion gears, meshing with both the sun gear and the ring gear, such that the pinion gears are rotatable and revolvable, the planetary carrier being coupled to an output shaft of the engine, the sun gear being coupled to a rotary shaft of the first electric motor, the ring gear being coupled to a drive wheel; a second electric motor configured to be able to input or output power to or from the drive wheel; and a control device for the vehicle, configured to set an engine operation range that is determined by a limit value of a rotation speed of the pinion gears of the power split mechanism such that the limit value of the rotation speed of the pinion gears is higher at a high engine rotation and low vehicle speed side than at a low engine rotation and high vehicle speed side, and control operation of the engine based on the set engine operation range. an engine; a first electric motor configured to be able to input or output power; a power split mechanism including a sun gear, a ring gear and a planetary carrier that supports pinion gears, meshing with both the sun gear and the ring gear, such that the pinion gears are rotatable and revolvable, the planetary carrier being coupled to an output shaft of the engine, the sun gear being coupled to a rotary shaft of the first electric motor, the ring gear being coupled to a drive wheel; a second electric motor configured to be able to input or output power to or from the drive wheel; and a control device for the vehicle, configured to set an engine operation range that is determined by a limit value of a rotation speed of the pinion gears of the power split mechanism such that the limit value of the rotation speed of the pinion gears is higher at a high engine rotation and low vehicle speed side than at a low engine rotation and high vehicle speed side, and control operation of the engine based on the set engine operation range.