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A method for alerting personnel when a main LED lighting component is reaching a predefined near-end-of-life period and a predefined end-of life period, the method comprising: determining when an elapsed illumination time of the main LED lighting component exceeds a first predefined threshold; intermittently illuminating a visible indicator at an illumination frequency and illumination pattern when the elapsed illumination time has exceeded the first predefined threshold, wherein the visible indicator is an LED lighting component different from the main LED lighting component; determining when the elapsed illumination time of the main LED lighting component exceeds a second predefined threshold; and when the elapsed illumination time exceeds the second predefined threshold, (i) disabling the main LED lighting component and (ii) either disabling the visible indicator, changing the illumination frequency of the visible indicator, or changing the illumination pattern of the visible indicator, wherein the first predefined threshold corresponds to the predefined near-end-of-life period for the main LED lighting component, and wherein the second predefined threshold corresponds to the predefined end-of-life limit for the main LED lighting component. determining when an elapsed illumination time of the main LED lighting component exceeds a first predefined threshold; intermittently illuminating a visible indicator at an illumination frequency and illumination pattern when the elapsed illumination time has exceeded the first predefined threshold, wherein the visible indicator is an LED lighting component different from the main LED lighting component; determining when the elapsed illumination time of the main LED lighting component exceeds a second predefined threshold; and when the elapsed illumination time exceeds the second predefined threshold, (i) disabling the main LED lighting component and (ii) either disabling the visible indicator, changing the illumination frequency of the visible indicator, or changing the illumination pattern of the visible indicator, wherein the first predefined threshold corresponds to the predefined near-end-of-life period for the main LED lighting component, and wherein the second predefined threshold corresponds to the predefined end-of-life limit for the main LED lighting component. (i) disabling the main LED lighting component and (ii) either disabling the visible indicator, changing the illumination frequency of the visible indicator, or changing the illumination pattern of the visible indicator, wherein the first predefined threshold corresponds to the predefined near-end-of-life period for the main LED lighting component, and wherein the second predefined threshold corresponds to the predefined end-of-life limit for the main LED lighting component.
A sofa bed that comprises: - a support structure on the floor, - a main seat base arranged in said structure, - a front foldable leg rest, which is fixed to the structure by a first articulation, - a cushioned flexible body which covers the main base and the leg rest, wherein - the first articulation comprises parallel mechanisms configured to provide movement on a vertical plane with the combined movement of folding and forward motion of the leg rest, - the leg rest comprises lower legs, - the cushioned flexible body comprises machined parts and an upper layer of a material, and - comprises foldable support elements located under the cushioned body coinciding with the machined parts, characterized in that said upper layer of a material has greater elasticity than the rest of the cushioned body in an area that coincides with the first articulation. - a support structure on the floor, - a main seat base arranged in said structure, - a front foldable leg rest, which is fixed to the structure by a first articulation, - a cushioned flexible body which covers the main base and the leg rest, wherein - the first articulation comprises parallel mechanisms configured to provide movement on a vertical plane with the combined movement of folding and forward motion of the leg rest, - the leg rest comprises lower legs, - the cushioned flexible body comprises machined parts and an upper layer of a material, and - comprises foldable support elements located under the cushioned body coinciding with the machined parts, characterized in that said upper layer of a material has greater elasticity than the rest of the cushioned body in an area that coincides with the first articulation.
A person-support apparatus including a substantially rectangular support surface and a siderail support member at at least one end of the support surface, the siderail support member (3,5) extending from the support surface to above the support surface, the support member (3,5) having a first surface adjacent to and alongside the support surface, and wherein a second surface of the support member (3, 5) substantially transverse to the first surface and facing away from the support surface has receiving means for receiving and supporting an end of a siderail assembly, the siderail assembly comprising at least one substantially elongate siderail, and engagement means for engaging with and being received by the receiving means, wherein said engagement means is located at or towards an end of the elongate siderail assembly and on a longitudinal surface of the elongate siderail assembly, characterised in that the siderail assembly is insertable and removable from the siderail support member via a locking arrangement
Self-propelling floor cleaning device, comprising a cleaning brush which rotates substantially about a horizontal axis and a corner cleaning brush which rotates substantially about a vertical axis, the floor cleaning device being able to travel over a carpet edge, and the floor cleaning device further having a means for detecting the carpet edge, the floor cleaning device being designed such that a procedure for cleaning the carpet edge or a region adjacent to the carpet edge can be carried out, in which procedure the cleaning device assumes a direction of travel (R or V) which is aligned with the extension of the carpet edge and, with respect to the carpet edge, includes travelling on a floor region in front of the carpet edge, characterised in that a distance from an edge of a housing of the floor cleaning device to the carpet edge can be selected such that the corner cleaning brush travels, with respect to the circular area thereof that is defined by cleaning bristles, in a certain overlap, for example centrally with respect to the carpet edge, however, the distance can also be adjusted such that the carpet edge extends tangentially on the outside of the circular area or as a slight secant with respect to the circular area, or in that the distance can also be selected such that an end region of the cleaning brush which rotates about the horizontal axis cleans the carpet edge, it being possible specifically for an end face of the cleaning brush to be associated with the carpet edge and to travel in contact with or in overlap with the carpet edge.
A system, comprising: a network interface virtualization coordinator, and one or more servers or data storage devices configured to implement virtualized resources; wherein the network interface virtualization coordinator is configured to: receive a request specifying one or more IP addresses for a virtual network interface for a virtualized compute instance implemented via the one or more servers or data storage devices; attach the virtual network interface to the compute instance; and configure routing tables to enable network traffic directed at the one or more IP addresses to be received at the compute instance attached to the virtual network interface. a network interface virtualization coordinator, and one or more servers or data storage devices configured to implement virtualized resources; wherein the network interface virtualization coordinator is configured to: receive a request specifying one or more IP addresses for a virtual network interface for a virtualized compute instance implemented via the one or more servers or data storage devices; attach the virtual network interface to the compute instance; and configure routing tables to enable network traffic directed at the one or more IP addresses to be received at the compute instance attached to the virtual network interface. receive a request specifying one or more IP addresses for a virtual network interface for a virtualized compute instance implemented via the one or more servers or data storage devices; attach the virtual network interface to the compute instance; and configure routing tables to enable network traffic directed at the one or more IP addresses to be received at the compute instance attached to the virtual network interface.
A surface-plasmon-resonance method for determining the dissociation rate constant k d of an antibody from its antigen at the dissociation pH-value, wherein the method comprises the following steps: a) immobilizing at a first pH-value the antibody on a surface plasmon resonance chip to which the antigen of the antibody has been conjugated, b) applying a pH-gradient from the first pH-value to the dissociation pH-value and thereafter maintaining the pH-value at said dissociation pH-value, c) recording the binding signal during the maintaining of the pH-value and calculating therefrom the dissociation rate constant k d of the antibody from its antigen at the dissociation pH-value. a) immobilizing at a first pH-value the antibody on a surface plasmon resonance chip to which the antigen of the antibody has been conjugated, b) applying a pH-gradient from the first pH-value to the dissociation pH-value and thereafter maintaining the pH-value at said dissociation pH-value, c) recording the binding signal during the maintaining of the pH-value and calculating therefrom the dissociation rate constant k d of the antibody from its antigen at the dissociation pH-value.
A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet in which a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment are formed; a refrigerating compartment door opening and closing the refrigerating compartment; an ice bank storing ice therein; a dispenser provided below the ice bank to discharge the ice stored in the ice bank outwards; an ice maker provided in the freezing compartment and making ice; a transfer element connected to one side of the ice maker and transferring the ice made by the ice maker to the ice bank; a first duct connecting an outlet of the transfer element and the ice bank and forming a path for transferring ice; and a second duct connecting the ice bank and the freezing compartment, wherein one of the first duct and the second duct is a cold air supplying duct supplying cold air from the freezing compartment to the ice bank and another thereof is a cold air collecting duct returning the cold air of the ice bank to the freezing compartment, wherein the ice bank is installed on the refrigerating compartment door, characterized by a plurality of ribs protruded from an inner wall of the first duct and extended long along the first duct, wherein the plurality of ribs is formed in a radial shape and guides the made ice to be transferred in the center of the first duct, and the cold air is transferred between the freezing compartment and the ice bank between the ice and the inner wall of the first duct to prevent melting of the ice. a cabinet in which a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment are formed; a refrigerating compartment door opening and closing the refrigerating compartment; an ice bank storing ice therein; a dispenser provided below the ice bank to discharge the ice stored in the ice bank outwards; an ice maker provided in the freezing compartment and making ice; a transfer element connected to one side of the ice maker and transferring the ice made by the ice maker to the ice bank; a first duct connecting an outlet of the transfer element and the ice bank and forming a path for transferring ice; and a second duct connecting the ice bank and the freezing compartment, wherein one of the first duct and the second duct is a cold air supplying duct supplying cold air from the freezing compartment to the ice bank and another thereof is a cold air collecting duct returning the cold air of the ice bank to the freezing compartment, wherein the ice bank is installed on the refrigerating compartment door, characterized by a plurality of ribs protruded from an inner wall of the first duct and extended long along the first duct, wherein the plurality of ribs is formed in a radial shape and guides the made ice to be transferred in the center of the first duct, and the cold air is transferred between the freezing compartment and the ice bank between the ice and the inner wall of the first duct to prevent melting of the ice.
Wiper blade for a window of a motor vehicle, comprising a squeegee blade designed to be pressed against the window that is to be wiped, and at least one structural element of the wiper blade for supporting the squeegee blade over its entire length, said structural element comprising at least one stiffener element, said stiffener element having a connection portion that extends it beyond an axial end of the squeegee blade and comprises a wall bearing means for attachment to a drive system for (4, 6) for rotating the wiper blade, characterized in that said connection portion is formed by the stiffener element folded back on itself at least twice so as to have essentially an "S" shape, in which said wall bearing the attachment means extends at least partially vertically in line with the squeegee blade.
A nip former (27; 27S) for forming a nip between an endless belt (21; 121) and a pressure rotator, the nip former (27; 27S) comprising: a base being made of aluminum and having a nip forming face disposed opposite the nip; and an anodic oxidation coating (27b; 27bS) treated with sealing and configured to coat at least the nip forming face, the anodic oxidation coating (27b; 27bS) having a thickness being not smaller than 22 μm and not greater than 45 μm and a variation in thickness being not greater than 20 percent, the base and the anodic oxidation coating (27b; 27bS) defining a nip forming portion (27d; 27dS) disposed opposite the nip, the nip forming portion (27d; 27dS) having a thickness being not smaller than 0.40 mm and not greater than 1.20 mm. a base being made of aluminum and having a nip forming face disposed opposite the nip; and an anodic oxidation coating (27b; 27bS) treated with sealing and configured to coat at least the nip forming face, the anodic oxidation coating (27b; 27bS) having a thickness being not smaller than 22 μm and not greater than 45 μm and a variation in thickness being not greater than 20 percent, the base and the anodic oxidation coating (27b; 27bS) defining a nip forming portion (27d; 27dS) disposed opposite the nip, the nip forming portion (27d; 27dS) having a thickness being not smaller than 0.40 mm and not greater than 1.20 mm.
A plastic clip comprising a strip of plastic material defining at least one tapered slot, the tapered slot extending from an inlet at an edge of the strip to an internal terminal position in the strip, the width of the tapered slot at the inlet being wider than the width of the tapered slot at the internal terminal position, the tapered slot providing a clamping surface for clamping articles that can be positioned within the tapered slot and holding them in place, wherein the width of the tapered slot tapers by decreasing gradually and continuously from the inlet to the internal terminal position characterized in that the tapered slot has at least in part a serpentine path (6a, 6b, 6c, 6d).
A seismic detection line, comprising: identified elements arranged in a string along the seismic detection line; and a telemetry link connecting the identified elements along the string and configured to convey seismic data from at least one of the identified elements to a data recorder and identification data to a topology controller, wherein each of the identified elements includes a respective first identification unit operatively connected to the telemetry link to provide a respective first identifier to a topology controller, wherein the identified elements include active seismic elements configured to transmit seismic data via the telemetry link to the data recorder, characterized in that the identified elements also include passive elements, said seismic telemetry link going through said passive elements so that telemetry link is not electrically interrupted, said first identification unit of each of the passive and active elements being configured to communicate with the telemetry link for reporting the first respective identifier for a determination of a complete topological view including localization of both passive elements and active seismic elements. identified elements arranged in a string along the seismic detection line; and a telemetry link connecting the identified elements along the string and configured to convey seismic data from at least one of the identified elements to a data recorder and identification data to a topology controller, wherein each of the identified elements includes a respective first identification unit operatively connected to the telemetry link to provide a respective first identifier to a topology controller, wherein the identified elements include active seismic elements configured to transmit seismic data via the telemetry link to the data recorder, characterized in that the identified elements also include passive elements, said seismic telemetry link going through said passive elements so that telemetry link is not electrically interrupted, said first identification unit of each of the passive and active elements being configured to communicate with the telemetry link for reporting the first respective identifier for a determination of a complete topological view including localization of both passive elements and active seismic elements.
A triangular-voltage generator for a class-D amplifier circuit having an input terminal designed to receive a first power supply voltage (V HV) and an output terminal designed to supply a triangular-wave voltage (V TRI) having a repetition period (T S), and including an operational amplifier in an integrator configuration, having a first input, a second input and an output coupled to said output terminal, wherein said second input is designed to receive a reference voltage (V REF), as a function of said first power supply voltage (V HV), and said first input is designed to be selectively and alternately connected to said input terminal during a first half-period (T s /2) of said repetition period (T s), via a first resistor element (R i1), and to a reference terminal (gnd) during a second half-period (T s /2) of said repetition period (T s), via a second resistor element (R i2), further including an integration capacitor connected between said output and said first input of said operational amplifier, designed to be charged by a charging current during said first half-period and discharged by a discharge current during said second half-period; and comprising a resistive divider stage coupled to said input terminal and designed to generate said reference voltage (V REF) as a division, of a division factor (k), of said first power supply voltage (V HV), characterized in that the generator is arranged such that the amplitude of said triangular-wave voltage (V TRI) is directly proportional to the amplitude of said first power supply voltage (V HV) and inversely proportional to the product of the capacitance of said integration capacitor and the resistance of said second resistor element (R i2).
Fluidically operable disc brake system with a plurality of brake cylinder pairs having brake cylinders (3, 4) which, on both sides of a brake disc, are arranged in one or more brake callipers, wherein each brake cylinder (3, 4) comprises a brake piston (5, 6), onto which a spring force, directed towards the brake disc, is exerted by means of a spring device (7, 8), wherein a first and a second fluid connection (P1, P2) are provided on each brake cylinder (3, 4) through which fluid can be supplied to the brake cylinder (4, 5) with which a force opposing the spring force can be exerted onto the brake piston (5, 6) for reducing the brake force caused by the spring force, characterized in that a 2/2 way valve (20, 21) is assigned to respectively one of the first or second fluid connections (P1, P2) of the brake cylinders (4, 5) of the brake cylinder pair, and that the respectively others of the first or second fluid connections (P1, P2) of the brake cylinders (3, 4) of the brake cylinder pair are fluidically connected with each other.
A method comprising: maintaining a slot power connection and an auxiliary power connection for a peripheral card slot (126, 127, 128, 230) in a powered-off state; sensing insertion of a peripheral card (150, 151, 152) into the peripheral card slot (126, 127, 128, 230), characterised in that: responsive to sensing insertion, detecting whether the auxiliary power connection is employed by the peripheral card (150, 151, 152); based at least on detecting the auxiliary power connection is employed by the peripheral card (150, 151, 152), applying current limits selected for the peripheral card (150, 151, 152) to the slot power connection and the auxiliary power connection and concurrently enabling the slot power connection and the auxiliary power connection for the peripheral card (150, 151, 152); and based at least on detecting the auxiliary power connection is not employed by the peripheral card (150, 151, 152), applying a current limit selected for the peripheral card (150, 151, 152) to the slot power connection and enabling only the slot power connection for the peripheral card (150, 151, 152). maintaining a slot power connection and an auxiliary power connection for a peripheral card slot (126, 127, 128, 230) in a powered-off state; sensing insertion of a peripheral card (150, 151, 152) into the peripheral card slot (126, 127, 128, 230), characterised in that: responsive to sensing insertion, detecting whether the auxiliary power connection is employed by the peripheral card (150, 151, 152); based at least on detecting the auxiliary power connection is employed by the peripheral card (150, 151, 152), applying current limits selected for the peripheral card (150, 151, 152) to the slot power connection and the auxiliary power connection and concurrently enabling the slot power connection and the auxiliary power connection for the peripheral card (150, 151, 152); and based at least on detecting the auxiliary power connection is not employed by the peripheral card (150, 151, 152), applying a current limit selected for the peripheral card (150, 151, 152) to the slot power connection and enabling only the slot power connection for the peripheral card (150, 151, 152). responsive to sensing insertion, detecting whether the auxiliary power connection is employed by the peripheral card (150, 151, 152); based at least on detecting the auxiliary power connection is employed by the peripheral card (150, 151, 152), applying current limits selected for the peripheral card (150, 151, 152) to the slot power connection and the auxiliary power connection and concurrently enabling the slot power connection and the auxiliary power connection for the peripheral card (150, 151, 152); and based at least on detecting the auxiliary power connection is not employed by the peripheral card (150, 151, 152), applying a current limit selected for the peripheral card (150, 151, 152) to the slot power connection and enabling only the slot power connection for the peripheral card (150, 151, 152).