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An impeller for a catheter pump, the impeller comprising: a hub having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion; and a single row of blades extending from the hub, the single row of blades comprising two or three blades, each blade transitionable between a stored position and a deployed position; wherein each blade extends from a fixed end at the hub to an opposite free end and comprises: a distal blade angle (α) defined between a plane perpendicular to the free end of the blade near a distal end of the blade and a plane perpendicular to the hub; a proximal blade angle (y) defined between a plane perpendicular to the free end of the blade near a proximal end of the blade and a plane perpendicular to the hub; and a middle blade angle (β) defined between a plane perpendicular to the free end of the blade at a middle portion of the blade and a plane perpendicular to the hub, wherein the distal blade angle (α) is larger than the middle blade angle (β), characterized in that the middle blade angle (β) is larger than the proximal blade angle (γ). a hub having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion; and a single row of blades extending from the hub, the single row of blades comprising two or three blades, each blade transitionable between a stored position and a deployed position; wherein each blade extends from a fixed end at the hub to an opposite free end and comprises: a distal blade angle (α) defined between a plane perpendicular to the free end of the blade near a distal end of the blade and a plane perpendicular to the hub; a proximal blade angle (y) defined between a plane perpendicular to the free end of the blade near a proximal end of the blade and a plane perpendicular to the hub; and a middle blade angle (β) defined between a plane perpendicular to the free end of the blade at a middle portion of the blade and a plane perpendicular to the hub, wherein the distal blade angle (α) is larger than the middle blade angle (β), characterized in that the middle blade angle (β) is larger than the proximal blade angle (γ). a distal blade angle (α) defined between a plane perpendicular to the free end of the blade near a distal end of the blade and a plane perpendicular to the hub; a proximal blade angle (y) defined between a plane perpendicular to the free end of the blade near a proximal end of the blade and a plane perpendicular to the hub; and a middle blade angle (β) defined between a plane perpendicular to the free end of the blade at a middle portion of the blade and a plane perpendicular to the hub, wherein the distal blade angle (α) is larger than the middle blade angle (β), characterized in that the middle blade angle (β) is larger than the proximal blade angle (γ).
A lubricant scavenge arrangement provided on a chamber having an outer wall and configured to house a lubricated rotative component for rotation about an axis, comprising a substantially elongate channel provided in a substantially arcuate region of the wall, the channel being open to the chamber over its entire length (A-B) between an inlet end and an outlet end, said inlet end and said outlet end being angularly spaced apart around said axis, characterized in that: the channel is tapered such that its width (w), measured in a direction substantially parallel to the axis, narrows towards the outlet end; and the channel has a substantially concave sidewall which, in use, presents a curved compression surface to an oil flow in the channel in order to decelerate the oil flow. the channel is tapered such that its width (w), measured in a direction substantially parallel to the axis, narrows towards the outlet end; and the channel has a substantially concave sidewall which, in use, presents a curved compression surface to an oil flow in the channel in order to decelerate the oil flow.
A needle assembly attachment and removal device comprising: a case having a base (4.1) and a longitudinal axis; a carriage axially movable with the case from a first position to a second position; a carrier rotatably coupled to the carriage and adapted to hold a needle assembly; a gearing arrangement (7, 8) rotatably coupled to the carriage and adapted to rotate the carrier in a first rotational direction as the carriage moves from the first position to the second position and in a second rotational direction as the carriage moves from the second position to the first position; a compression spring adapted to engage a spring stop (4.2) formed on the base (4.1), the compression spring being energized when the carriage is in the second position; wherein the carriage includes a resilient pin (11.3) adapted to engage a retaining groove (4.3) in the case, wherein as the carriage moves from the first position to the second position, the pin (11.3) enters a first portion of the retaining groove (4.3) and deflects toward a longitudinal axis of the case, and wherein when the pin (11.3) engages a second portion of the retaining groove (4.3), the carriage is locked in the second position, and wherein when the pin (11.3) is engaged in the second portion of the retaining groove (4.3), an axial force on the carriage directed toward the base (4.1) causes the pin (11.3) to disengage the second portion and enter a third portion of the retaining groove (4.3) which allows the carriage to return to the first position. a case having a base (4.1) and a longitudinal axis; a carriage axially movable with the case from a first position to a second position; a carrier rotatably coupled to the carriage and adapted to hold a needle assembly; a gearing arrangement (7, 8) rotatably coupled to the carriage and adapted to rotate the carrier in a first rotational direction as the carriage moves from the first position to the second position and in a second rotational direction as the carriage moves from the second position to the first position; a compression spring adapted to engage a spring stop (4.2) formed on the base (4.1), the compression spring being energized when the carriage is in the second position; wherein the carriage includes a resilient pin (11.3) adapted to engage a retaining groove (4.3) in the case, wherein as the carriage moves from the first position to the second position, the pin (11.3) enters a first portion of the retaining groove (4.3) and deflects toward a longitudinal axis of the case, and wherein when the pin (11.3) engages a second portion of the retaining groove (4.3), the carriage is locked in the second position, and wherein when the pin (11.3) is engaged in the second portion of the retaining groove (4.3), an axial force on the carriage directed toward the base (4.1) causes the pin (11.3) to disengage the second portion and enter a third portion of the retaining groove (4.3) which allows the carriage to return to the first position.
Knitted piece, on the external side of which one or a plurality of dissimilarly bright and dark regions (9 - 12, 13 - 16) which transition continuously into one another are formed, and which has a basic knitted fabric consisting of at least one basic knitted fabric yarn, wherein the basic knitted fabric is embodied as a knitted compression fabric, characterized in that at least one elastic weft or support yarn is inserted or knitted into the knitted compression fabric, and said basic knitted fabric is embodied as a thin, sheer knitted fabric that is transparent in a worn position.
A seismic streamer system comprising: a streamer device including a recovery module configured for coupling to a seismic streamer deployed in a water column, the recovery module comprising an actuator coupled to a positive buoyancy element; a controller configured to trigger the actuator to deploy the positive buoyancy element in response to a recovery condition being met; and an interface configured for receiving an external recovery signal indicating that the recovery condition is met; a steering or depth control device configured to be coupled to the seismic streamer, the steering or depth control device configured to generate the external recovery signal for communication to the streamer device, wherein the interface is configured to receive the external control signal wirelessly via an inductive or capacitive signal, or a combination thereof; wherein the positive buoyancy element is configured to raise at least a portion of the seismic streamer to a surface of the water column, when the recovery condition is met. a streamer device including a recovery module configured for coupling to a seismic streamer deployed in a water column, the recovery module comprising an actuator coupled to a positive buoyancy element; a controller configured to trigger the actuator to deploy the positive buoyancy element in response to a recovery condition being met; and an interface configured for receiving an external recovery signal indicating that the recovery condition is met; a controller configured to trigger the actuator to deploy the positive buoyancy element in response to a recovery condition being met; and an interface configured for receiving an external recovery signal indicating that the recovery condition is met; a steering or depth control device configured to be coupled to the seismic streamer, the steering or depth control device configured to generate the external recovery signal for communication to the streamer device, wherein the interface is configured to receive the external control signal wirelessly via an inductive or capacitive signal, or a combination thereof; wherein the positive buoyancy element is configured to raise at least a portion of the seismic streamer to a surface of the water column, when the recovery condition is met.
A memory device comprising: a nonvolatile semiconductor memory having a plurality of physical storage areas that includes a user area, which is an area externally accessible using a command, and are divided into plurality of management units; and a control unit configured to control the nonvolatile semiconductor memory, characterized in that the control unit is adapted to receive a control command having a first argument to designate a sequential write area (SeqW-AU) and to receive a read command or a write command, to assign a management unit represented by an address of the read command or the write command as the sequential write area using the first argument, and to change memory access control including at least one of control of the time representing that the write command is being processed, control to maintain data in unwritten areas, and control of a cache by judging whether an address of a memory access command to access the user area indicates access in the sequential write area whose size is equivalent to the management unit. a nonvolatile semiconductor memory having a plurality of physical storage areas that includes a user area, which is an area externally accessible using a command, and are divided into plurality of management units; and a control unit configured to control the nonvolatile semiconductor memory, characterized in that the control unit is adapted to receive a control command having a first argument to designate a sequential write area (SeqW-AU) and to receive a read command or a write command, to assign a management unit represented by an address of the read command or the write command as the sequential write area using the first argument, and to change memory access control including at least one of control of the time representing that the write command is being processed, control to maintain data in unwritten areas, and control of a cache by judging whether an address of a memory access command to access the user area indicates access in the sequential write area whose size is equivalent to the management unit.
A mobile terminal, comprising an application processor, AP, a touch display screen, and a fingerprint recognition device having a fingerprint recognition area in a first area of the touch display screen adapted to detect a first touch operation; the touch display screen being configured to synchronously wake up both the AP and the fingerprint recognition device and to instruct the AP to light up the first area, upon detecting a second touch operation in a second area and that the terminal is in a screen-off state, wherein the second area is an area of the touch display screen other than the first area and has a larger size than the first area; the touch display screen being configured to instruct the fingerprint recognition device to collect fingerprint data of a user upon detecting the first touch operation of the user in the first area lighted up; the fingerprint recognition device being configured to collect the fingerprint data and send the fingerprint data to the AP; and the AP being configured to compare the fingerprint data with preset fingerprint template data in the mobile terminal, and to light up the whole touch display screen and unlock a lock-screen interface when the fingerprint data is matched with the fingerprint template data. the touch display screen being configured to synchronously wake up both the AP and the fingerprint recognition device and to instruct the AP to light up the first area, upon detecting a second touch operation in a second area and that the terminal is in a screen-off state, wherein the second area is an area of the touch display screen other than the first area and has a larger size than the first area; the touch display screen being configured to instruct the fingerprint recognition device to collect fingerprint data of a user upon detecting the first touch operation of the user in the first area lighted up; the fingerprint recognition device being configured to collect the fingerprint data and send the fingerprint data to the AP; and the AP being configured to compare the fingerprint data with preset fingerprint template data in the mobile terminal, and to light up the whole touch display screen and unlock a lock-screen interface when the fingerprint data is matched with the fingerprint template data.
High contrast, wide viewing angle LCD light switching element comprising two crossed polarizers (P, A), an electrically controlled optical birefringent LC cell including a layer of highly twisted liquid crystal enclosed between two boundary glass plates (1a a, 1a b), said plates (1a a, 1a b) being on an inner side covered by transparent electrodes (1b a, 1b b) and alignment layers (1c a, 1c b), and a c-plate negative-birefringent compensating layer built-in between the boundary glass plates (1a a, 1a b) and either one of the crossed polarizers (P, A), wherein the layer of highly twisted liquid crystal is formed with a twist angle of at least nearly 180° and that the crossed polarizers are oriented with respect to a liquid crystal surface alignment direction determined by the alignment layers (1c a, 1c b) so that only a single mode of light propagation is selected and that the main axis of the negative-birefringent layer is oriented parallel to the normal to the LC cell boundary glass plates (1a a, 1a b), an absolute value of the birefringence of said layer being equal to a difference between an absolute value of a positive-birefringence of a homeotropically aligned part of the layer of highly twisted liquid crystal formed in an optically closed state of the LC cell and an absolute value of a negative-birefringence of the crossed polarizers (P,A) in order to compensate for an angular dependence of the homeotropically aligned part in the LC cell, wherein the optically closed state is achieved by driving the LC cell with a driving voltage exceeding 2 x a switching threshold voltage Vth of the LC cell.
Hard shell case, comprising two hard shells (1a, 1b), wherein a first hard shell comprises a receiving compartment in which a rechargeable battery for charging an external electrical device is received, wherein the first hard shell comprises an external opening via which the battery can be inserted into the receiving compartment in an insertion direction (X-Y), wherein the receiving compartment comprises a fastening means which, in a closed position, holds the battery in the receiving compartment in a releasable form-fitting manner, and wherein the receiving compartment comprises in the interior a support plate for supporting the battery, wherein the support plate is subjected to a restoring force via at least one restoring means, wherein the restoring force is directed counter to the insertion direction (X-Y), and wherein the restoring means is arranged on an end face of the receiving compartment opposite the opening of the first hard shell and forms a stop for the support plate in the receiving compartment. wherein a first hard shell comprises a receiving compartment in which a rechargeable battery for charging an external electrical device is received, wherein the first hard shell comprises an external opening via which the battery can be inserted into the receiving compartment in an insertion direction (X-Y), wherein the receiving compartment comprises a fastening means which, in a closed position, holds the battery in the receiving compartment in a releasable form-fitting manner, and wherein the receiving compartment comprises in the interior a support plate for supporting the battery, wherein the support plate is subjected to a restoring force via at least one restoring means, wherein the restoring force is directed counter to the insertion direction (X-Y), and wherein the restoring means is arranged on an end face of the receiving compartment opposite the opening of the first hard shell and forms a stop for the support plate in the receiving compartment.
An electrostatic atomizer comprising: a spray site for electrostatically atomizing matter by electrically affecting the matter; a spray electrode electrically connectable to the spray site; a reference electrode being arranged such that when a voltage is applied between the spray electrode and the reference electrode, the matter to be electrostatically atomized is atomized from the spray site, wherein the reference electrode is adapted to produce particles of opposite charge to those atomized from the spray site; and a power supply adapted to apply a voltage between the spray electrode and the reference electrode, monitor an electrical property of the spray site, and adjust the voltage to be applied between the spray electrode and the reference electrode according to a monitored electrical property of the spray site, wherein the spray electrode and the reference electrode are further arranged that an electrical charge of the matter to be atomized from the spray site is counterbalanced by a substantially equal amount of opposite electrical charge on the particles produced at the reference electrode, and wherein in use the power supply monitors current at the spray site by measuring current only at the reference electrode, since the current at the reference electrode, represented by the production of particles of opposite charge, represents the current at the spray site. a spray site for electrostatically atomizing matter by electrically affecting the matter; a spray electrode electrically connectable to the spray site; a reference electrode being arranged such that when a voltage is applied between the spray electrode and the reference electrode, the matter to be electrostatically atomized is atomized from the spray site, wherein the reference electrode is adapted to produce particles of opposite charge to those atomized from the spray site; and a power supply adapted to apply a voltage between the spray electrode and the reference electrode, monitor an electrical property of the spray site, and adjust the voltage to be applied between the spray electrode and the reference electrode according to a monitored electrical property of the spray site, wherein the spray electrode and the reference electrode are further arranged that an electrical charge of the matter to be atomized from the spray site is counterbalanced by a substantially equal amount of opposite electrical charge on the particles produced at the reference electrode, and wherein in use the power supply monitors current at the spray site by measuring current only at the reference electrode, since the current at the reference electrode, represented by the production of particles of opposite charge, represents the current at the spray site.
A mobile device, comprising: a chassis comprising a back panel and sidewalls defining an interior space; a display panel connected to the chassis opposite the back panel; an actuator assembly comprising a first actuator and a second actuator stacked on the first actuator, the first actuator being rigidly coupled to the back panel and being configured to vibrate in a plane parallel to the back panel, and the second actuator being rigidly coupled to the display panel and configured to apply a force to the display panel in a direction normal to the plane of the display panel; one or more layers (320, 322a, 322b) including a layer of a compliant material arranged between the first actuator and the second actuator, the layer of compliant material mechanically coupling the first actuator to the second actuator and having a compliance in a direction parallel to a plane of vibration of the first actuator sufficiently low to decouple vibrations of the first actuator from the second actuator; and an electronic control module housed in the interior space and in communication with the actuator assembly, the electronic control module being programmed to independently activate the first and second actuators (314, 312), wherein activation of the first actuator generates a haptic vibration in the chassis and activation of the second actuator generates a haptic vibration in the display panel. a chassis comprising a back panel and sidewalls defining an interior space; a display panel connected to the chassis opposite the back panel; an actuator assembly comprising a first actuator and a second actuator stacked on the first actuator, the first actuator being rigidly coupled to the back panel and being configured to vibrate in a plane parallel to the back panel, and the second actuator being rigidly coupled to the display panel and configured to apply a force to the display panel in a direction normal to the plane of the display panel; one or more layers (320, 322a, 322b) including a layer of a compliant material arranged between the first actuator and the second actuator, the layer of compliant material mechanically coupling the first actuator to the second actuator and having a compliance in a direction parallel to a plane of vibration of the first actuator sufficiently low to decouple vibrations of the first actuator from the second actuator; and an electronic control module housed in the interior space and in communication with the actuator assembly, the electronic control module being programmed to independently activate the first and second actuators (314, 312), wherein activation of the first actuator generates a haptic vibration in the chassis and activation of the second actuator generates a haptic vibration in the display panel.
A process for preparing a highly polymerized aromatic polycarbonate resin, which comprises a highly polymerizing step for reacting an aromatic polycarbonate prepolymer with 1,3-adamantanedimethanol in the presence of a transesterification catalyst to obtain a highly polymerized aromatic polycarbonate resin, wherein the weight average molecular weight of the highly polymerized aromatic polycarbonate resin is 5000 or more higher than the weight average molecular weight of the aromatic polycarbonate prepolymer wherein the weight average molecular weight of the highly polymerized aromatic polycarbonate resin and the weight average molecular weight of the aromatic polycarbonate prepolymer are determined utilizing the procedure and equipment as specified in the description.