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A sonde for use in an inground tool having an inground tool housing that defines an inground tool cavity such that the inground tool cavity is exposed to an ambient pressure environment which surrounds the inground tool during an inground operation, said sonde comprising: a pressure sensor having a pressure sensor body; a sonde housing assembly including an at least generally cylindrical and elongated main body having first and second opposing ends and having an exterior configuration that is receivable within said inground tool cavity and said sonde housing assembly, at least partially defines a sonde interior and is further configured for receiving the pressure sensor body of the pressure sensor in a pressure sealed engagement such that the sonde interior is pressure sealed from the ambient pressure environment and the pressure sensor produces a pressure signal responsive to said ambient pressure environment outside of the sonde housing assembly and further including first and second end caps that are receivable by said first and second ends, respectively, of said main body, in pressure sealing engagement with the main body such that the first end cap is configured to receive the pressure sensor body of said pressure sensor in said pressure sealed engagement and said second end cap is configured for pressure sealing said second end of the main body; and a sonde electronics package that is supported within the sonde interior and is at least configured to receive said pressure signal and transfer a corresponding pressure signal from the sonde. a pressure sensor having a pressure sensor body; a sonde housing assembly including an at least generally cylindrical and elongated main body having first and second opposing ends and having an exterior configuration that is receivable within said inground tool cavity and said sonde housing assembly, at least partially defines a sonde interior and is further configured for receiving the pressure sensor body of the pressure sensor in a pressure sealed engagement such that the sonde interior is pressure sealed from the ambient pressure environment and the pressure sensor produces a pressure signal responsive to said ambient pressure environment outside of the sonde housing assembly and further including first and second end caps that are receivable by said first and second ends, respectively, of said main body, in pressure sealing engagement with the main body such that the first end cap is configured to receive the pressure sensor body of said pressure sensor in said pressure sealed engagement and said second end cap is configured for pressure sealing said second end of the main body; and a sonde electronics package that is supported within the sonde interior and is at least configured to receive said pressure signal and transfer a corresponding pressure signal from the sonde.
A method used in electrical investigation of geological formations surrounding a borehole comprising: determining a grid of iso-parameter lines in a two-dimensional plane, the parameter being an electrical parameter characterizing the geological formation, wherein the electrical parameter is a resistivity of the geological formation, or a conductivitiy of the geological formation, or a function of the resistivity of the geological formation, injecting in a localized manner a survey current (I S) into a selected zone of the geological formations surrounding the borehole, and measuring a measured value of a quantity characterizing the electrical parameter of the selected zone based on the survey current, wherein the measured value is affected by at least one other parameter, and interpolating an interpolated electrical parameter value of the selected zone based on the measured value and the grid of iso-parameter lines such that the iso-parameter lines compensate for the at least one other parameter based on the measured value of the quantity characterizing the electrical parameter. determining a grid of iso-parameter lines in a two-dimensional plane, the parameter being an electrical parameter characterizing the geological formation, wherein the electrical parameter is a resistivity of the geological formation, or a conductivitiy of the geological formation, or a function of the resistivity of the geological formation, injecting in a localized manner a survey current (I S) into a selected zone of the geological formations surrounding the borehole, and measuring a measured value of a quantity characterizing the electrical parameter of the selected zone based on the survey current, wherein the measured value is affected by at least one other parameter, and interpolating an interpolated electrical parameter value of the selected zone based on the measured value and the grid of iso-parameter lines such that the iso-parameter lines compensate for the at least one other parameter based on the measured value of the quantity characterizing the electrical parameter.
Combination of a metering device with a destination appliance, wherein the metering device (10, 10a, 10b, 10c) is designed to meter and supply media (13a, 13b, 13c) to the destination appliance (11, 11a, 11b, 11c, 11d, 11e, 11f) and is arranged separately from the destination appliance, wherein the metering device is connected to at least one container (12a, 12b, 12c) which is filled with a medium, characterised in that the metering device has a control unit which, after receiving a request signal from a control device of the destination appliance, carries out a metering process and to this end, with the aid of a pump (23, 23a, 23b, 23c), withdraws a predetermined volume of medium from the container and conveys said volume to the destination appliance, wherein the control unit is assigned a first communication interface which, after completion of the metering process, transmits information regarding the fact that the metering process has been carried out to a second communication interface of the control device of the destination appliance.
A processor comprising: a plurality of registers (120; 740); an execution unit (755-1, 755-2,..., 755-N) to execute a call instruction of a calling process, the call instruction to initiate execution of a code sequence (305; 326) at a higher privilege level than the calling process, the code sequence to be stored in a protected memory page not executable at the user privilege level; and a register of the plurality of registers (120; 740) to store a target address accessible at the higher privilege level; wherein the execution unit (755-1, 755-2,..., 755-N) is to perform an authentication operation based, at least in part, on examination of a stack, wherein responsive to a successful authentication, the execution unit (755-1, 755-2,..., 755-N) is to execute the code sequence and modify the stack at the higher privilege level, and wherein responsive to a failed authentication, the execution unit (755-1, 755-2,..., 755-N) is to prevent execution of the code sequence at the higher privilege level and trigger a fault or an interrupt or alert a supervisory program. a plurality of registers (120; 740); an execution unit (755-1, 755-2,..., 755-N) to execute a call instruction of a calling process, the call instruction to initiate execution of a code sequence (305; 326) at a higher privilege level than the calling process, the code sequence to be stored in a protected memory page not executable at the user privilege level; and a register of the plurality of registers (120; 740) to store a target address accessible at the higher privilege level; wherein the execution unit (755-1, 755-2,..., 755-N) is to perform an authentication operation based, at least in part, on examination of a stack, wherein responsive to a successful authentication, the execution unit (755-1, 755-2,..., 755-N) is to execute the code sequence and modify the stack at the higher privilege level, and wherein responsive to a failed authentication, the execution unit (755-1, 755-2,..., 755-N) is to prevent execution of the code sequence at the higher privilege level and trigger a fault or an interrupt or alert a supervisory program.
An ultrasound image generating system for generating an image of an object, wherein the ultrasound image generating system comprises: - an ultrasound data provisioning unit (4, 5) for providing raw ultrasound data of the object, which data have been acquired by means of an ultrasound imaging modality, - a trained unit provisioning unit for providing a unit trained by machine learning, which is adapted to generate an ultrasound image of an object on the basis of raw ultrasound data of the object, which image does not correspond to the ultrasound imaging modality that was used to acquire the raw ultrasound data, and - an image generating unit for generating the image of the object using the provided trained unit, on the basis of the provided raw ultrasound data of the object. - an ultrasound data provisioning unit (4, 5) for providing raw ultrasound data of the object, which data have been acquired by means of an ultrasound imaging modality, - a trained unit provisioning unit for providing a unit trained by machine learning, which is adapted to generate an ultrasound image of an object on the basis of raw ultrasound data of the object, which image does not correspond to the ultrasound imaging modality that was used to acquire the raw ultrasound data, and - an image generating unit for generating the image of the object using the provided trained unit, on the basis of the provided raw ultrasound data of the object.
A system for detecting mechanical failure of a connection between a variable differential transformer and a controlled element having a controlled element housing, comprising: a variable differential transformer comprising a housing encapsulating a first coil; a bore in the housing for the variable differential transformer, wherein the bore is adjacent to the first coil; a core disposed in the bore; a shaft connectible between the core, at a first end, and the controlled element, at a second end, wherein the shaft comprises a break point where the shaft is likely to break, said break point being proximate to the controlled element housing; and a biasing element connected to the shaft, a biasing element housing disposed around the biasing element, wherein, responsive to a break in the shaft at the break point the biasing element is adapted to move the core away from the controlled element housing to an out-of-range position detectable by the first coil and the biasing element housing is adapted to move together with the shaft after the break in the shaft. a variable differential transformer comprising a housing encapsulating a first coil; a bore in the housing for the variable differential transformer, wherein the bore is adjacent to the first coil; a core disposed in the bore; a shaft connectible between the core, at a first end, and the controlled element, at a second end, wherein the shaft comprises a break point where the shaft is likely to break, said break point being proximate to the controlled element housing; and a biasing element connected to the shaft, a biasing element housing disposed around the biasing element, wherein, responsive to a break in the shaft at the break point the biasing element is adapted to move the core away from the controlled element housing to an out-of-range position detectable by the first coil and the biasing element housing is adapted to move together with the shaft after the break in the shaft.
Method for selective recovery of at least one rare earth metal TR1, with an atomic number at least equal to 62, from an acid aqueous phase A1 stemming from the processing of spent or scrapped permanent magnets and comprising one or more rare earth(s) TR1, transition metals and a strong acid concentration ranging from 0.2 mol/L to 6 mol/L, which method comprises: a) extracting the rare earth(s) TR1 from the aqueous phase A1, by contacting the aqueous phase A1 with an organic phase not miscible with water, which comprises a diglycolamide having a total number of carbon atoms at least equal to 24 as an extractant, in an organic diluent, and then separating the aqueous and organic phases; b) washing the organic phase obtained at the end of step a), by contacting the organic phase with an acid aqueous phase A2, which comprises a strong acid identical with the strong acid of the aqueous phase A1, at a concentration at most equal to the strong acid concentration of the aqueous phase A1, and then separating the aqueous and organic phases; and c) stripping the rare earth(s) TR1 from the organic phase obtained at the end of step b), by contacting the organic phase with an acid aqueous phase A3 which has a pH at least equal to 3, and then separating the aqueous and organic phases. a) extracting the rare earth(s) TR1 from the aqueous phase A1, by contacting the aqueous phase A1 with an organic phase not miscible with water, which comprises a diglycolamide having a total number of carbon atoms at least equal to 24 as an extractant, in an organic diluent, and then separating the aqueous and organic phases; b) washing the organic phase obtained at the end of step a), by contacting the organic phase with an acid aqueous phase A2, which comprises a strong acid identical with the strong acid of the aqueous phase A1, at a concentration at most equal to the strong acid concentration of the aqueous phase A1, and then separating the aqueous and organic phases; and c) stripping the rare earth(s) TR1 from the organic phase obtained at the end of step b), by contacting the organic phase with an acid aqueous phase A3 which has a pH at least equal to 3, and then separating the aqueous and organic phases.
A method for treating a fluid waste, comprising adding one or more process additives to the fluid waste in an amount sufficient to change the wasteform chemistry, said method comprising: one or more of the following addition steps: adding one or more dispersant or a deflocculant to the waste to change the rheology of the fluid; adding one or more additives to decrease the reactive metal components; adding one or more special additives to bind fission products and decrease volatilization of toxic or radioactive elements or species during thermal treatment; and adding one or more additives to target and react with the fine particle size component of the waste to decrease dusting and immobilize components in a durable phase, mixing the fluid waste to form a slurry; wherein the fluid waste comprises a spent fuel pond sludge, a radioactive sludge, or other toxic sludges or slurries. adding one or more dispersant or a deflocculant to the waste to change the rheology of the fluid; adding one or more additives to decrease the reactive metal components; adding one or more special additives to bind fission products and decrease volatilization of toxic or radioactive elements or species during thermal treatment; and adding one or more additives to target and react with the fine particle size component of the waste to decrease dusting and immobilize components in a durable phase, mixing the fluid waste to form a slurry; wherein the fluid waste comprises a spent fuel pond sludge, a radioactive sludge, or other toxic sludges or slurries.
A vehicle (100, 300) that can travel at a speed greater than a critical Mach number for the vehicle, the vehicle comprising a plurality of ultraviolet energy sources (208, 214, 304, 310) associated with a structure of the vehicle, characterized in that the structure is an interior structure (206, 308) of the vehicle, and in that the vehicle further comprises a plurality of light pipes (210, 216, 306, 324) that are coupled to the plurality of ultraviolet energy sources and that transport ultraviolet energy (212, 316) from the plurality of ultraviolet energy sources past an exterior (202, 322) of the vehicle around a selected location of the vehicle to create a plasma around the selected location.
A mobile communications device comprising: a near field communication "NFC" device; a movement determining device; and a processor coupled with the NFC device and the movement determining device, the processor being configured for selectively switching between a first operating mode in which the NFC device is enabled for NFC communication, and a second operating mode, and when switched to the second operating mode: enabling the NFC device for NFC communication until the mobile communications device moves beyond a threshold distance away from an initial location based upon the movement determining device; and disabling the NFC device thereafter. a near field communication "NFC" device; a movement determining device; and a processor coupled with the NFC device and the movement determining device, the processor being configured for selectively switching between a first operating mode in which the NFC device is enabled for NFC communication, and a second operating mode, and when switched to the second operating mode: enabling the NFC device for NFC communication until the mobile communications device moves beyond a threshold distance away from an initial location based upon the movement determining device; and disabling the NFC device thereafter.
A system comprising: an appliance device comprising a first functionality and operative to receive content, wherein the content is associated with a set of commands related to the first functionality and a set of commands related to a second functionality, wherein the appliance device is further operable to execute the set of commands related to the first functionality; and an external device comprising the second functionality and operative to receive the content and the set of commands related to the second functionality from the appliance device, wherein the external device is selectively connectable to the appliance device and to a display device, and wherein the external device is further operable to execute the set of commands related to the second functionality to modify the content, and to transmit the modified content to the display device, characterized in that the external device receives user interface code corresponding to the second functionality, the user interface functionality being offloaded from the appliance device by transmitting the user interface code from the appliance device to the external device. an appliance device comprising a first functionality and operative to receive content, wherein the content is associated with a set of commands related to the first functionality and a set of commands related to a second functionality, wherein the appliance device is further operable to execute the set of commands related to the first functionality; and an external device comprising the second functionality and operative to receive the content and the set of commands related to the second functionality from the appliance device, wherein the external device is selectively connectable to the appliance device and to a display device, and wherein the external device is further operable to execute the set of commands related to the second functionality to modify the content, and to transmit the modified content to the display device, characterized in that the external device receives user interface code corresponding to the second functionality, the user interface functionality being offloaded from the appliance device by transmitting the user interface code from the appliance device to the external device.
AC gas shielding metal welding method with continually fed welding wire (116, 216) and a predefined welding cycle for which the polarity between the welding wire (116, 216) and the workpiece (113, 213) changes and a re-ignition device for generating an ignition auxiliary tension for supporting the re-ignition of the electric arc burning under inert gas shielding after a polarity change, wherein the presence of an electric arc or of a short circuit is monitored, characterized in that, after the non re-ignition of the electric arc has been detected during a polarity change from a welding wire with a negative polarity to a welding wire with a positive polarity (116, 216), the predefined welding cycle is interrupted and the polarity is switched back and forth as long as the electric arc re-ignites during a polarity change from a welding wire with a negative polarity to a welding wire with a positive polarity, wherein an ignition voltage pulse with a pulse height < 1,5 KV is made available by means of the re-ignition device for each polarity change for re-igniting the electric arc for a polarity change from a welding wire with a negative polarity to a welding wire with a positive polarity (116, 216).
A plunger pump (1, 1A - 1D) comprising: a pump body having a cylinder hole; a lid member configured to seal one end of the cylinder hole; a plunger (40, 40A - D) which is slidably attached within the cylinder hole, one end of the plunger (40, 40A - D) defining a pump chamber between the one end and the lid member and the other end of the plunger (40, 40A - D) abutting against a driving member; and a coil spring which is disposed within the pump chamber and presses the plunger (40, 40A - D) toward the driving member side, wherein: when the plunger (40, 40A - D) reciprocally moves in an axial direction within the cylinder hole, fluid sucked into the pump chamber from a suction port is ejected from an ejection port of the pump chamber; and the lid member has a spherical shape and one end of the coil spring is received by a surface of the lid member, characterized in that the one end of the coil spring is guided by the surface of the lid member so that a shaft center of the coil spring and a center of the lid member are adjusted so as to be aligned. a pump body having a cylinder hole; a lid member configured to seal one end of the cylinder hole; a plunger (40, 40A - D) which is slidably attached within the cylinder hole, one end of the plunger (40, 40A - D) defining a pump chamber between the one end and the lid member and the other end of the plunger (40, 40A - D) abutting against a driving member; and a coil spring which is disposed within the pump chamber and presses the plunger (40, 40A - D) toward the driving member side, wherein: when the plunger (40, 40A - D) reciprocally moves in an axial direction within the cylinder hole, fluid sucked into the pump chamber from a suction port is ejected from an ejection port of the pump chamber; and the lid member has a spherical shape and one end of the coil spring is received by a surface of the lid member, characterized in that the one end of the coil spring is guided by the surface of the lid member so that a shaft center of the coil spring and a center of the lid member are adjusted so as to be aligned. when the plunger (40, 40A - D) reciprocally moves in an axial direction within the cylinder hole, fluid sucked into the pump chamber from a suction port is ejected from an ejection port of the pump chamber; and the lid member has a spherical shape and one end of the coil spring is received by a surface of the lid member, characterized in that the one end of the coil spring is guided by the surface of the lid member so that a shaft center of the coil spring and a center of the lid member are adjusted so as to be aligned.
A liquid separator for a gas flow charged with liquid, having an inner volume, which has at least one baffle element and a collection area for the separated liquid, characterized in that a heat-conducting element made of a material with good heat conductivity is arranged in the collection area and protrudes in the direction of the at least one baffle element into the gas flow in the inner volume, wherein the baffle element is made from a material which conducts heat less well than the heat-conducting element.