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A method for launching a structure intended to float in water, including the steps of: loading the structure on a pontoon floating in water, abutting under water at least one support pillar, connected to the structure, while the structure rests on the pontoon floating in water, removing the pontoon while the structure is supported by the at least one support pillar bearing under water, and lowering the structure, still supported by the at least one support pillar, until the structure floats in water, and characterized in that the at least one support pillar is removably connected to the structure, and in that the method further comprises: a step of lowering the pontoon, vertically disengaging the pontoon from the structure, while the structure is supported by the at least one support pillar bearing under water, before removal of the pontoon; and a step of separating the at least one support pillar from the structure once the structure floats in water. loading the structure on a pontoon floating in water, abutting under water at least one support pillar, connected to the structure, while the structure rests on the pontoon floating in water, removing the pontoon while the structure is supported by the at least one support pillar bearing under water, and lowering the structure, still supported by the at least one support pillar, until the structure floats in water, and characterized in that the at least one support pillar is removably connected to the structure, and in that the method further comprises: a step of lowering the pontoon, vertically disengaging the pontoon from the structure, while the structure is supported by the at least one support pillar bearing under water, before removal of the pontoon; and a step of separating the at least one support pillar from the structure once the structure floats in water. a step of lowering the pontoon, vertically disengaging the pontoon from the structure, while the structure is supported by the at least one support pillar bearing under water, before removal of the pontoon; and a step of separating the at least one support pillar from the structure once the structure floats in water.
A flow passage of a turbomachine comprising: a first aerofoil having a first camber; a second aerofoil having a second camber and being spaced from the first aerofoil in a pitch direction (p); and an endwall between the first and second aerofoils, wherein the first and second aerofoils extend from the endwall in a spanwise direction (s) of the aerofoils; a slot is formed in the endwall for removal of boundary layer flow from the endwall, the slot having a length direction (l) and a width direction (w), with the length dimension being greater than the width dimension, and the length direction is more aligned with the direction of the first camber than it is with the pitch direction, wherein the length direction of the slot is within 45 degrees of the direction of the first camber; and the minimum distance between the slot and the camber line of the first aerofoil is in the range of from 0.25 and 4 times the minimum distance between the slot and the camber line of the second aerofoil at all points along the length of the slot, wherein the first and second aerofoils are substantially the same, such that the first camber of the first aerofoil is the same as the second camber of the second aerofoil. a first aerofoil having a first camber; a second aerofoil having a second camber and being spaced from the first aerofoil in a pitch direction (p); and an endwall between the first and second aerofoils, wherein the first and second aerofoils extend from the endwall in a spanwise direction (s) of the aerofoils; a slot is formed in the endwall for removal of boundary layer flow from the endwall, the slot having a length direction (l) and a width direction (w), with the length dimension being greater than the width dimension, and the length direction is more aligned with the direction of the first camber than it is with the pitch direction, wherein the length direction of the slot is within 45 degrees of the direction of the first camber; and the minimum distance between the slot and the camber line of the first aerofoil is in the range of from 0.25 and 4 times the minimum distance between the slot and the camber line of the second aerofoil at all points along the length of the slot, wherein the first and second aerofoils are substantially the same, such that the first camber of the first aerofoil is the same as the second camber of the second aerofoil.
An image-forming apparatus comprising: a first feeding unit configured to perform sheet feeding from a source of sheets using air and for performing handling processing on a stack of sheets to perform air feeding before entering into a ready-to-feed state; and a second feeding unit configured to perform sheet feeding from a source of sheets using a roller; and characterized by further comprising: determination means for determining, when the image-forming apparatus receives a print job that allows feeding from one of said first feeding unit and said second feeding unit, whether or not said first feeding unit has completed the handling processing and has entered into the ready-to-feed state; and control means for: in a case that said determination means determines that said first feeding unit has not completed the handling processing and is not ready to feed a sheet for the print job, causing feeding by said second feeding unit, and in a case that said determination means determines that said first feeding unit has completed the handling processing and is ready to feed a sheet for the print job, causing feeding by said first feeding unit. a first feeding unit configured to perform sheet feeding from a source of sheets using air and for performing handling processing on a stack of sheets to perform air feeding before entering into a ready-to-feed state; and a second feeding unit configured to perform sheet feeding from a source of sheets using a roller; and characterized by further comprising: determination means for determining, when the image-forming apparatus receives a print job that allows feeding from one of said first feeding unit and said second feeding unit, whether or not said first feeding unit has completed the handling processing and has entered into the ready-to-feed state; and control means for: in a case that said determination means determines that said first feeding unit has not completed the handling processing and is not ready to feed a sheet for the print job, causing feeding by said second feeding unit, and in a case that said determination means determines that said first feeding unit has completed the handling processing and is ready to feed a sheet for the print job, causing feeding by said first feeding unit. in a case that said determination means determines that said first feeding unit has not completed the handling processing and is not ready to feed a sheet for the print job, causing feeding by said second feeding unit, and in a case that said determination means determines that said first feeding unit has completed the handling processing and is ready to feed a sheet for the print job, causing feeding by said first feeding unit.
A cathode comprising a blend of λ-MnO 2 and one or more cathode active material, said material comprising a partially delithiated layered nickel oxide having the general chemical formula Li 1-x H y NiO 2 wherein 0.1 ≤ x ≤ 0.9; 0.1 ≤ y ≤ 0.9.
A process for preparing a prepolymer comprising a urethane group and a curable silicon-functional group, which process comprises a) a compound A) with at least one five-membered cyclic monothiocarbonate group and a compound B) with at least one amino group, selected from primary or secondary amino groups or blocked primary or secondary amino groups, and optionally a compound C) with at least one functional group that reacts with a group -SH, are used as starting materials, wherein at least one of the compounds used as starting material comprises a silicon-functional group, and wherein compounds A), B) and optionally C) are processed by b) reacting compounds A) and B) and optionally C) under exclusion of water to obtain a prepolymer with silicon-functional groups that are curable. a) a compound A) with at least one five-membered cyclic monothiocarbonate group and a compound B) with at least one amino group, selected from primary or secondary amino groups or blocked primary or secondary amino groups, and optionally a compound C) with at least one functional group that reacts with a group -SH, are used as starting materials, wherein at least one of the compounds used as starting material comprises a silicon-functional group, and wherein compounds A), B) and optionally C) are processed by and optionally a compound C) with at least one functional group that reacts with a group -SH, are used as starting materials, wherein at least one of the compounds used as starting material comprises a silicon-functional group, and wherein compounds A), B) and optionally C) are processed by b) reacting compounds A) and B) and optionally C) under exclusion of water to obtain a prepolymer with silicon-functional groups that are curable.
A vehicle wiper device comprising: a first blade having an operating range that includes an upper mid region of a vehicle windshield; a second blade having an operating range that includes a lower region of the operating range of the first blade; a blade driving unit that causes each blade to reciprocate within the corresponding operating range on the windshield; and a controller that controls operation of the blade driving unit, characterized in that when a tip end of the second blade moves in a special control region that is disposed within an area of the reciprocation and that is oriented toward a specific region preliminarily specified in the upper mid region, the controller controls the blade driving unit such that a moving speed of the second blade is lower than a moving speed of the second blade when moving in another region. a first blade having an operating range that includes an upper mid region of a vehicle windshield; a second blade having an operating range that includes a lower region of the operating range of the first blade; a blade driving unit that causes each blade to reciprocate within the corresponding operating range on the windshield; and a controller that controls operation of the blade driving unit, characterized in that when a tip end of the second blade moves in a special control region that is disposed within an area of the reciprocation and that is oriented toward a specific region preliminarily specified in the upper mid region, the controller controls the blade driving unit such that a moving speed of the second blade is lower than a moving speed of the second blade when moving in another region.
A method of scheduling downlink and uplink data in a frame for communication between a radio node station, a plurality of half-duplex radio access terminals and a plurality of full duplex radio access terminals, comprising the steps of, in a current frame fr: a) allocating a receive Rx data in a downlink portion for each i th radio access terminal, where 1 ≤ i ≤ n+m at a time t i, n being the total number of half-duplex radio access terminals, m being the total number of full-duplex radio access terminals and t i being a point in the frame marking a start of an Rx data; b) allocating (625, 645) a transmit Tx burst in an uplink portion for each i th radio access terminal, where 1 ≤ i ≤ n+m; c) allocating the first Rx data in the downlink portion to a half-duplex radio access terminal; d) allocating the last Rx data in the downlink portion to a full-duplex radio access terminal; e) allocating the Tx burst for each i th half-duplex radio access terminal starting at a time t i + 1, corresponding to said time t i increased by the duration of said Rx data; f) allocating the Tx burst for each i th full-duplex radio access terminal in the first available time interval not allocated to half-duplex radio access terminals or to another full duplex terminal; and g) if the Tx burst for each i th full-duplex radio access terminal does not fit in said first available time interval, allocating only one portion of such Tx burst in said first available time interval and keeping track that a remaining portion of the Tx burst is to be allocated. a) allocating a receive Rx data in a downlink portion for each i th radio access terminal, where 1 ≤ i ≤ n+m at a time t i, n being the total number of half-duplex radio access terminals, m being the total number of full-duplex radio access terminals and t i being a point in the frame marking a start of an Rx data; b) allocating (625, 645) a transmit Tx burst in an uplink portion for each i th radio access terminal, where 1 ≤ i ≤ n+m; c) allocating the first Rx data in the downlink portion to a half-duplex radio access terminal; d) allocating the last Rx data in the downlink portion to a full-duplex radio access terminal; e) allocating the Tx burst for each i th half-duplex radio access terminal starting at a time t i + 1, corresponding to said time t i increased by the duration of said Rx data; f) allocating the Tx burst for each i th full-duplex radio access terminal in the first available time interval not allocated to half-duplex radio access terminals or to another full duplex terminal; and g) if the Tx burst for each i th full-duplex radio access terminal does not fit in said first available time interval, allocating only one portion of such Tx burst in said first available time interval and keeping track that a remaining portion of the Tx burst is to be allocated.
A compound of Formula: wherein: the two dotted lines represent either two single or two double bonds; Q is: R 1 is F, Cl, -CN, or -CH 3; R 2 is Cl or -CH 3; R 3 is -C(CH 3) 2 OH or -CH 2 CH 2 OH; R a is H or -CH 3; each R b is independently F, Cl, -CH 3, and/or -OCH 3; and n is zero, 1, or 2. the two dotted lines represent either two single or two double bonds; Q is: R 1 is F, Cl, -CN, or -CH 3; R 2 is Cl or -CH 3; R 3 is -C(CH 3) 2 OH or -CH 2 CH 2 OH; R a is H or -CH 3; each R b is independently F, Cl, -CH 3, and/or -OCH 3; and n is zero, 1, or 2.
Infusion group for machines for the preparation of beverage that use prepackaged charges made with the container body in flexible material, comprising an infusion chamber, equipped with means for feeding (161, 171) the infusion liquid and means for dispensing the prepared beverage, consisting of two portions (101, 201) complementary to each other and suitable, once coupled, to accommodate a prepackaged charge of edible material, in which the two portions of said infusion chamber are provided with relative movement with respect to each other, and the movement is suitably guided, and releasable coupling means(111, 213) are provided between the two portions, means being also provided for expelling the exhausted prepackaged charge, actuated when the two portions (101, 201) of said infusion chamber are separated; the two portions both have a semi-lenticular cavity (191, 211) suitable for accommodating the prepackaged charge; the relative movement includes the movement towards and away from each other of the two portions along a direction parallel to the axis of symmetry of the respective cavities; the expulsion means comprise means suitable for temporarily cooperating with the peripheral edge of said prepackaged charge; said axis of symmetry of the housing cavities (191, 211) of said two portions of the infusion chamber is perpendicular to a generic horizontal plane, which is in turn parallel to the support plane of the machine in which said infusion unit is inserted, characterized in that said expulsion means are movable, by means of suitable moving means, (4, 104, 204) along a direction lying on said generic horizontal plane, approaching and moving away from said infusion chamber, said expulsion means being arranged in contact with the infusion chamber at the time of coupling of the two portions (101, 201) of the infusion chamber, and said expulsion means being moved away from said infusion chamber when the said two portions (101, 201) of the same are separated.
Electric drive device of a movable vehicle part, having an electric motor and a planetary gearbox in a housing, wherein the drive input of the electric motor is introduced into the sun gear of the planetary gearbox, wherein the first output shaft is connected to a first element of the planetary gearbox, characterized in that a second output shaft by way of a second element of the planetary gearbox is disposed so as to be able to be shifted in relation to the first output shaft and so as to be concentric with the first output shaft, wherein the first output shaft is connected to a planet carrier, and the second output shaft is connected to a ring gear, and the planet carrier and the ring gear each have means which serve for blocking the planet carrier or the ring gear on the housing.
Sealing strip, in particular an exterior movable window sealing strip for a door of a motor vehicle, comprising: - a first extruded portion, which is configured to press against a movable window of a door of a motor vehicle, and - a second portion, which is adjacent to the first portion, comprises an insert fixed to the first portion and comprises an overmoulding at least partially covering said insert, characterized in that the overmoulding has a cross section that increases or decreases along the longitudinal direction of the second portion. - a first extruded portion, which is configured to press against a movable window of a door of a motor vehicle, and - a second portion, which is adjacent to the first portion, comprises an insert fixed to the first portion and comprises an overmoulding at least partially covering said insert, characterized in that the overmoulding has a cross section that increases or decreases along the longitudinal direction of the second portion.
A switch comprising a blade-type moving contact that extends in a radial direction of a turning center (p) and reciprocates such that a free end of the blade-type moving contact draws a turning locus, and a fixed contact that comes into contact with and separates from the moving contact, the blade-type moving contact and the fixed contact being accommodated in a tank, wherein the moving contact is supported by a movable-side support conductor, the fixed contact is supported by a fixed-side support conductor, the fixed contact has an opening through which the moving contact enters, the opening being opposed to the turning center of the moving contact, characterized in that: an angle formed between the tank center axis and the moving contact located in the fully opened position which is where a longitudinal axis of the moving contact is substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of each end portion of the movable-side support conductors, and an angle formed between the tank center axis and the moving contact located in a fully closed position which is where the moving contact comes into contact with the fixed contact are equal to each other an angle formed between the tank center axis and the moving contact located in the fully opened position which is where a longitudinal axis of the moving contact is substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of each end portion of the movable-side support conductors, and an angle formed between the tank center axis and the moving contact located in a fully closed position which is where the moving contact comes into contact with the fixed contact are equal to each other
An open-celled foam comprising a particulate superabsorbent polymer material within the voids and pores of said open-celled foam, wherein the open-celled foam is obtainable by frothing (a) an aqueous-based polymer dispersion, said polymer dispersion comprising a polyethylene copolymer and an ethylene-acrylic acid copolymer; and (b) from about 5% to about 15% of a foaming composition, said foaming composition comprising at least a foaming agent and a stabilizing agent to form a frothed foam; adding the superabsorbent polymer material to the frothed foam and then shaping and drying the foam.
A temperature distribution determining apparatus for determining a temperature distribution within an object caused by applying energy to the object, wherein the energy is applied by using an energy application element, wherein the energy application element is adapted to measure the temperature at the energy application element, the temperature distribution determining apparatus comprising: - a temperature distribution measuring unit (13, 71) for measuring a first temperature distribution in a first region within the object within a first temperature range, while the energy is applied to the object, wherein the temperature distribution measuring unit (13, 71) comprises an ultrasound probe for acquiring ultrasound data of the first region and an ultrasound thermometry unit for determining the first temperature distribution based on the acquired ultrasound data, - a model providing unit for providing a model describing a model temperature distribution in the first region, in a second region within the object and at the energy application element depending on modifiable model parameters, wherein the second region is closer to the energy application element than the first region, - a temperature distribution estimating unit for estimating a second temperature distribution in the second region within a second temperature range, which is different from the first temperature range, while the energy is applied to the object, by modifying the model parameters such that a deviation of the model temperature distribution from the first temperature distribution in the first region and from the temperature measured at the energy application element is minimized. - a temperature distribution measuring unit (13, 71) for measuring a first temperature distribution in a first region within the object within a first temperature range, while the energy is applied to the object, wherein the temperature distribution measuring unit (13, 71) comprises an ultrasound probe for acquiring ultrasound data of the first region and an ultrasound thermometry unit for determining the first temperature distribution based on the acquired ultrasound data, - a model providing unit for providing a model describing a model temperature distribution in the first region, in a second region within the object and at the energy application element depending on modifiable model parameters, wherein the second region is closer to the energy application element than the first region, - a temperature distribution estimating unit for estimating a second temperature distribution in the second region within a second temperature range, which is different from the first temperature range, while the energy is applied to the object, by modifying the model parameters such that a deviation of the model temperature distribution from the first temperature distribution in the first region and from the temperature measured at the energy application element is minimized.