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A hydraulic tappet of an internal combustion engine, comprising: - a rocker oscillating about a respective axis of oscillation to control the movement of at least one valve, the rocker having, at a relative arm, a through cavity extending with axial symmetry having a central axis skew relative to the axis of oscillation, the cavity having an inner wall, a lower outlet and an upper outlet longitudinally opposite each other, - a plunger slidably engaged in the cavity and emerging from it partially at the relative lower outlet, the plunger being configured to engage with a respective pushing element of the at least one valve, - a check valve unit designed to adjust a flow of oil circulating inside the cavity, the valve unit comprising a main body positioned inside the cavity for closing the relative upper outlet, - an annular sealing unit mounted outside the plunger and designed to guarantee the dynamic seal between the plunger and the inner wall of the cavity during the sliding of the plunger, wherein the check valve unit is of the normally open type. - a rocker oscillating about a respective axis of oscillation to control the movement of at least one valve, the rocker having, at a relative arm, a through cavity extending with axial symmetry having a central axis skew relative to the axis of oscillation, the cavity having an inner wall, a lower outlet and an upper outlet longitudinally opposite each other, - a plunger slidably engaged in the cavity and emerging from it partially at the relative lower outlet, the plunger being configured to engage with a respective pushing element of the at least one valve, - a check valve unit designed to adjust a flow of oil circulating inside the cavity, the valve unit comprising a main body positioned inside the cavity for closing the relative upper outlet, - an annular sealing unit mounted outside the plunger and designed to guarantee the dynamic seal between the plunger and the inner wall of the cavity during the sliding of the plunger, wherein the check valve unit is of the normally open type.
A method of manufacturing a dressing assembly comprising a shaped dressing bolster for use with a reduced pressure treatment system, the method comprising the steps of: providing a medical bolster material; forming a shaped dressing bolster having a first surface and a second, inward-facing surface, wherein the shaped dressing bolster is formed from the medical bolster material and has a comfort layer coupled to the second, inward facing surface; wherein the shaped dressing bolster is operable to distribute reduced pressure and to evenly distribute a radial, compressive force; wherein the step of forming the shaped dressing bolster comprises forming the shaped dressing bolster with an oblique extremity; and wherein the step of forming the shaped dressing bolster comprises: providing a block of reticulated foam having a density greater than 20 kg/m 3; cutting the block of reticulated foam to a desired height; laminating the comfort layer to the block of reticulated foam; and cutting the block of reticulated foam with a die or by hand with a router to form the shaped dressing bolster. providing a medical bolster material; forming a shaped dressing bolster having a first surface and a second, inward-facing surface, wherein the shaped dressing bolster is formed from the medical bolster material and has a comfort layer coupled to the second, inward facing surface; wherein the shaped dressing bolster is operable to distribute reduced pressure and to evenly distribute a radial, compressive force; wherein the step of forming the shaped dressing bolster comprises forming the shaped dressing bolster with an oblique extremity; and wherein the step of forming the shaped dressing bolster comprises: providing a block of reticulated foam having a density greater than 20 kg/m 3; cutting the block of reticulated foam to a desired height; laminating the comfort layer to the block of reticulated foam; and cutting the block of reticulated foam with a die or by hand with a router to form the shaped dressing bolster. providing a block of reticulated foam having a density greater than 20 kg/m 3; cutting the block of reticulated foam to a desired height; laminating the comfort layer to the block of reticulated foam; and cutting the block of reticulated foam with a die or by hand with a router to form the shaped dressing bolster.
Steering column for a motor vehicle, with a steering spindle which is mounted rotatably about its axis of rotation in a casing tube, wherein the casing tube is guided in a guide clamp so as to be displaceable along the longitudinal axis of the steering spindle, wherein, in the event of an axial shock action, the casing tube is displaceable, with energy being absorbed, and interacts in this case with at least one energy absorption element (18, 118) which is a web which is at least partially destroyed by the interaction with an impact element during a movement of the casing tube caused by the axial shock action, characterized in that the web is produced from a plastic and/or fibre composite.
Method for complex treatment of phosphogypsum comprising breaking up of phosphogypsum and its washing with a solution of sulphuric acid, concentration 2 - 15%, and stirring at 50 - 80°C, wherein the resultant mixture is separated into a liquid fraction and a sediment containing mostly calcium sulphate characterized in that metals are precipitated from the liquid fraction, mainly lanthanides, phosphates and sulphates of metals soluble in diluted sulphuric acid, and the sediment containing mostly calcium sulphate is converted in the presence of ammonia liquor and carbon dioxide to ammonium sulphate and calcium carbonate, wherein filtered and dried sediment of calcium carbonate is dissolved in a 15 - 30% solution of nitric acid while stirring continuously, and then the resultant CO 2 is recirculated and used in the first-phase conversion of the sediment, and the resultant mixture is separated into a solution of calcium nitrate with dissolved metals and a sediment of fluorides and silicates with metal precipitate, the sediment of fluorides and silicates with metal precipitate is hot solubilized at 100°C in concentrated sulphuric acid to obtain hydrogen fluoride and a mixture which is separated into a sediment of silicates containing metals and calcium sulphate and a solution of metals dissolved in concentrated sulphuric acid, then the sediment of silicates with metals and calcium sulphate is converted in the presence of ammonia liquor and carbon dioxide to obtain ammonium sulphate as a finished product and calcium carbonate with silicates containing metals.
Device for recording information in at least one information volume in a track in a recordable area on a record carrier, which information volume comprises a start zone, a data zone and an end zone, which device comprises recording means for recording marks representing the information and control means for recording and retrieving the information volume, characterized in that the control means comprise session means for constituting the information volume by recording a session, the session comprising intro data constituting the start zone, the data zone and closure data constituting the end zone, which recording comprises opening the session by recording - a first buffer zone in a first area at the beginning of the intro data, and - at least one session control block (SDCB) in a second area of the intro data after the first buffer zone, the session control block (SDCB) comprising volume data indicative of the status and the contents of the session, and closing the session by recording - session control data indicating that the information volume is closed in a third area of the intro data after the second area, and - the closure data after the last information recorded in the data zone, and detecting means for retrieving the session control block from said intro data. - a first buffer zone in a first area at the beginning of the intro data, and - at least one session control block (SDCB) in a second area of the intro data after the first buffer zone, the session control block (SDCB) comprising volume data indicative of the status and the contents of the session, - session control data indicating that the information volume is closed in a third area of the intro data after the second area, and - the closure data after the last information recorded in the data zone, and
A position estimation apparatus (10A, 10B) comprising: an identification information provision unit which provides temporarily issued prescribed identification information to a target terminal; a data acquisition unit which acquires transmission data transmitted from a communication terminal (30X, 30Y, 30Z) receiving a wireless signal; and a position estimation unit which estimates a position of the target terminal, in the case where identification information included in the transmission data is the prescribed identification information notified to the communication terminal (30X, 30Y, 30Z) from the target terminal by the wireless signal, based on position information of the communication terminal (30X, 30Y, 30Z), characterized in that, in the case where a prescribed expiration condition has been satisfied after issuing the prescribed identification information, the identification information provision unit causes the prescribed identification information to expire. an identification information provision unit which provides temporarily issued prescribed identification information to a target terminal; a data acquisition unit which acquires transmission data transmitted from a communication terminal (30X, 30Y, 30Z) receiving a wireless signal; and a position estimation unit which estimates a position of the target terminal, in the case where identification information included in the transmission data is the prescribed identification information notified to the communication terminal (30X, 30Y, 30Z) from the target terminal by the wireless signal, based on position information of the communication terminal (30X, 30Y, 30Z), characterized in that, in the case where a prescribed expiration condition has been satisfied after issuing the prescribed identification information, the identification information provision unit causes the prescribed identification information to expire.
Hard material insert for a tool, which insert is configured in the form of a segment and comprises a flat polycrystalline diamond layer which has, in the plane of the layer, a main cutting edge having, at least in some sections, a radius R, and having a base edge which is disposed opposite the main cutting edge and is rectilinear at least in some sections, wherein, in a transitional region (X, X') from the main cutting edge to the base edge, the minimum radius of curvature K is greater than R/20, characterised in that the main cutting edge is configured discontinuously with convex and concave transitional regions (X, X') within the main cutting edge.
A contacting probe system, comprising: a printed circuit board (206; 700) having a first side and a second side that is opposite the first side; at least one pair of flat brush contacts, said pair comprising a first flat brush contact (202, 702) and a second flat brush contact (204, 704) surface-mounted to respective first and second microstrip lines, said first and second microstrip lines provided on the first side of the PCB (206; 700), the first and second flat brush contacts having respective first and second flat brush contact tips located in close proximity and mounted opposing each other; a transmission line (212; 712) embedded in said PCB for coupling each pair of first and second flat brush contacts to an external interface; and at least one plated through eyelet (208; 708) that extends through said PCB between said first and second sides and that electrically connects said first and second microstrip lines and said transmission line, wherein the or each plated through eyelet (208; 708) is located centrally between the first and second flat brush contacts of each of the at least one pair of flat brush contacts such that there are equal electrical lengths from each of the first and second brush contact tips to the transmission line in order to assure in-phase signal to both of the first and second flat brush contacts, and wherein a ground plane is formed on said second side of said PCB and said ground plane is provided with a relief area about each plated through eyelet for electrical isolation. a printed circuit board (206; 700) having a first side and a second side that is opposite the first side; at least one pair of flat brush contacts, said pair comprising a first flat brush contact (202, 702) and a second flat brush contact (204, 704) surface-mounted to respective first and second microstrip lines, said first and second microstrip lines provided on the first side of the PCB (206; 700), the first and second flat brush contacts having respective first and second flat brush contact tips located in close proximity and mounted opposing each other; a transmission line (212; 712) embedded in said PCB for coupling each pair of first and second flat brush contacts to an external interface; and at least one plated through eyelet (208; 708) that extends through said PCB between said first and second sides and that electrically connects said first and second microstrip lines and said transmission line, wherein the or each plated through eyelet (208; 708) is located centrally between the first and second flat brush contacts of each of the at least one pair of flat brush contacts such that there are equal electrical lengths from each of the first and second brush contact tips to the transmission line in order to assure in-phase signal to both of the first and second flat brush contacts, and wherein a ground plane is formed on said second side of said PCB and said ground plane is provided with a relief area about each plated through eyelet for electrical isolation.
A method of determination by a computer server of errors in calculating a position calculated by user receivers (2113, 2223) of positioning signals received from at least one constellation of satellites (114, 119, 121, 123) in a determined geographical zone (210, 220), said method comprising: determining a list of contributing receivers Ri ( 2111, 2112, 2221, 2222) of positioning signals situated in the geographical zone Zj ( 210, 220), a precise position of said contributing receivers not being known a priori; receiving, from each of the contributing receivers Ri, code Ci and phase Φi data of at least one channel of the contributing receiver; calculating, for each of the contributing receivers Ri, a first ionospheric error Ii applicable to the contributing receiver Ri on the basis of the code Ci and phase Φi data of the contributing receiver; calculating (3230, 3240) a second ionospheric error I(Zj) applicable in the geographical zone Zj, on the basis of the first ionospheric errors Ii applicable to the contributing receivers Ri; and making values of the calculated second ionospheric errors available to the user receivers. determining a list of contributing receivers Ri ( 2111, 2112, 2221, 2222) of positioning signals situated in the geographical zone Zj ( 210, 220), a precise position of said contributing receivers not being known a priori; receiving, from each of the contributing receivers Ri, code Ci and phase Φi data of at least one channel of the contributing receiver; calculating, for each of the contributing receivers Ri, a first ionospheric error Ii applicable to the contributing receiver Ri on the basis of the code Ci and phase Φi data of the contributing receiver; calculating (3230, 3240) a second ionospheric error I(Zj) applicable in the geographical zone Zj, on the basis of the first ionospheric errors Ii applicable to the contributing receivers Ri; and making values of the calculated second ionospheric errors available to the user receivers.
A light-emitting textile element with a free connection system which has a structure that comprises at least one electroluminescent lamp made up of: - a substrate layer; - a first electrode; - an active dielectric layer; - an intermediate electroluminescent layer, made up of an electroluminescent material, such as Zinc sulfide; - a second electrode; - a transparent conductive layer; and - an upper reflective layer that is joined to the substrate layer, the upper layer presenting spaces along the entire extension of the textile element, prepared to receive, at any point of said extension, the insertion of individual metal pins of an extractable connecting part that provides connection to the electronic control system and electrical power for its operation, and which is coupled to a desired point of the textile element, characterized in that the first electrode and the second electrode are conductive bands, both of which being arranged parallel to each other directly on the substrate. - a substrate layer; - a first electrode; - an active dielectric layer; - an intermediate electroluminescent layer, made up of an electroluminescent material, such as Zinc sulfide; - a second electrode; - a transparent conductive layer; and - an upper reflective layer that is joined to the substrate layer,
A lid for closing a container, the lid housing a spoilage monitoring device (2, characterized in that the spoilage monitoring device is a tactile spoilage monitoring device comprising a reservoir containing a digestor fluid and a tray containing a digestible material, and having a tactile pattern formed in a base of the tray and covered by the digestible material; wherein the lid comprises two relatively movable parts: a first part having an indentation adapted to receive a projection of a second part, the projection defining a cavity into which the tactile spoilage monitoring device is received, and wherein an axial movement of the parts causes irreversible activation of the device such that the fluid is absorbed by the digestible material liquefying it over a period of time, after which a user is able to feel the tactile pattern.
Fully solid layer battery, comprising an anode current collector, an anode electrode film, an electrolyte film, a cathode electrode film, a cathode current collector, characterised in that the anode current collector and the cathode current collector are made from aluminium foil, said aluminium foil being possibly thinned by electropolishing, and in that the electrode films and the electrolyte film were deposited by means of electrophoresis.
A method comprising: at a first hearing assistance device: receiving a first connectable advertisement from a second hearing assistance device; responsive to receiving the first connectable advertisement, establishing a first wireless connection after a connection interval with a second hearing assistance device, wherein the first hearing assistance device serves as a master device and wherein the connection interval is a time interval requested by the primary or secondary device before a data packet exchange sequence; and sending a second connectable advertisement during the connection interval; receiving a connection request from a host device in response to the second connectable advertisement; and responsive to the connection request, abandoning the wireless connection with the second hearing assistance device, and establishing a second wireless connection with the host device; wherein the first hearing assistance device, the second hearing assistance device and the host device communicate with each other using Bluetooth Low Energy, BLE. receiving a first connectable advertisement from a second hearing assistance device; responsive to receiving the first connectable advertisement, establishing a first wireless connection after a connection interval with a second hearing assistance device, wherein the first hearing assistance device serves as a master device and wherein the connection interval is a time interval requested by the primary or secondary device before a data packet exchange sequence; and sending a second connectable advertisement during the connection interval; receiving a connection request from a host device in response to the second connectable advertisement; and responsive to the connection request, abandoning the wireless connection with the second hearing assistance device, and establishing a second wireless connection with the host device;
A bread slicer comprising a cutter drivable along a cutting plane to cut successive slices of a loaf of bread which is moved across the cutting plane in a direction of movement in order to receive the slices on a bagging pallet extending in a receiving position in a receiving compartment of the slicer, said receiving compartment extending adjacent the cutting plane and having an access opening for removing a sliced loaf, said opening being closable by a cover when slicing the bread into slices, wherein the bagging pallet has a first end remote from the cutting plane and a second end between said first end and the cutting plane, said bagging pallet being displaceable between said receiving position and a bagging position in which at least said first end is elevated relative to the receiving position of the pallet, and the displacement of the pallet defining a path for the front end of the sliced bread received by said pallet, this slicer being characterized in that the cover has a bearing surface for supporting the slices of the bread, in particular said front end of the bread, during the movement of the bagging pallet from the receiving position to the bagging position when the cover is closed, this bearing surface being movable together with the cover to release the access opening when the cover is open.
A prosthetic heart valve for replacing a native valve, comprising: a collapsible and expandable stent having a proximal end and a distal end, the stent including end struts that meet to form horseshoe-shaped ends disposed at the proximal end, each horseshoe-shaped end having a partial slot; a valve assembly disposed within the stent, the valve assembly including a plurality of leaflets; and a cuff annularly disposed about the stent and having a surplus portion capable of forming a sealing structure at the proximal end of the stent, the sealing structure having a deployed condition with a diameter in the deployed condition greater than a diameter of the proximal end of the stent, the sealing structure comprising a toroid formed by rolling the surplus portion upon itself, the toroid being coupled to at least some of the horseshoe-shaped ends via a plurality of locking sutures tied around the partial slots and the sealing ring to keep the sealing ring from unfurling. a collapsible and expandable stent having a proximal end and a distal end, the stent including end struts that meet to form horseshoe-shaped ends disposed at the proximal end, each horseshoe-shaped end having a partial slot; a valve assembly disposed within the stent, the valve assembly including a plurality of leaflets; and a cuff annularly disposed about the stent and having a surplus portion capable of forming a sealing structure at the proximal end of the stent, the sealing structure having a deployed condition with a diameter in the deployed condition greater than a diameter of the proximal end of the stent, the sealing structure comprising a toroid formed by rolling the surplus portion upon itself, the toroid being coupled to at least some of the horseshoe-shaped ends via a plurality of locking sutures tied around the partial slots and the sealing ring to keep the sealing ring from unfurling.
An aerodynamic control device comprising: means defining an opening (6A, 6B) and arranged so as to decrease resistance caused by the turbulence generated by a helmet part attached to a rear portion of the helmet or integrated with the rear portion of the helmet so that the helmet part protrudes backwardly from the helmet, characterised in that the aerodynamic control device further comprises a thin plate member arranged to be adjacent to a rear spoiler and to combine with the rear spoiler to define the said opening (6A, 6B), and wherein the thin plate member is arranged to be connected to a rear end portion of the rear spoiler.