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A method of producing a rotor of a motor, comprising the steps of: press-fitting a ring-shaped rotor magnet into a cylindrical cover, which is composed of a non-magnetic material and which has an opening section from which a flange is extended inward, so as to cover an outer circumference of the rotor magnet; coaxially setting the rotor magnet, which has been covered with the cover, and a rotor shaft in a molding die; and insert-molding said members (3, 4, 1) set in the molding die so as to expose an outer circumference of the cover and cover both end parts and an inner circumference of the rotor magnet with molding resin; characterized in that the method further comprises the step of: magnetizing the rotor magnet, with using a concave section formed in an edge part of the outer circumference of the cover as a reference position for magnetization, after performing said insert-molding step. press-fitting a ring-shaped rotor magnet into a cylindrical cover, which is composed of a non-magnetic material and which has an opening section from which a flange is extended inward, so as to cover an outer circumference of the rotor magnet; coaxially setting the rotor magnet, which has been covered with the cover, and a rotor shaft in a molding die; and insert-molding said members (3, 4, 1) set in the molding die so as to expose an outer circumference of the cover and cover both end parts and an inner circumference of the rotor magnet with molding resin; characterized in that the method further comprises the step of: magnetizing the rotor magnet, with using a concave section formed in an edge part of the outer circumference of the cover as a reference position for magnetization, after performing said insert-molding step.
An external system for communicating with an implantable medical device, comprising: a data telemetry coil for communicating data to the implantable medical device; a charging coil for providing power to charge a battery in the implantable medical device during a charging session, wherein the charging coil additionally communicates data to the implantable medical device during the charging session; and data telemetry circuitry, wherein the data telemetry circuitry is adapted to be coupled to the data telemetry coil if the external system is not engaged in a charging session. a data telemetry coil for communicating data to the implantable medical device; a charging coil for providing power to charge a battery in the implantable medical device during a charging session, wherein the charging coil additionally communicates data to the implantable medical device during the charging session; and data telemetry circuitry, wherein the data telemetry circuitry is adapted to be coupled to the data telemetry coil if the external system is not engaged in a charging session.
Radically polymerisable dental material, characterised in that it comprises at least one photochromic compound of Formula, in which the variables have the following meanings: X, Y are each S; R 1, R 2 are each methyl; R 5; R 6 together form a -(CH 2) n - group, wherein n is 3 and wherein one or more H atoms may be replaced in the -(CH 2) n - group by F; R 7, R 9 independently of each other are each H or a C 1 -C 3 alkyl group; R 8, R 10 independently of each other are each a C 1 -C 6 alkyl group that may be interrupted by O or -O-C(=O)-NH-, and which may carry a terminal radically polymerisable group, at least one radically polymerisable monomer and at least one initiator for radical polymerisation. X, Y are each S; R 1, R 2 are each methyl; R 5; R 6 together form a -(CH 2) n - group, wherein n is 3 and wherein one or more H atoms may be replaced in the -(CH 2) n - group by F; R 7, R 9 independently of each other are each H or a C 1 -C 3 alkyl group; R 8, R 10 independently of each other are each a C 1 -C 6 alkyl group that may be interrupted by O or -O-C(=O)-NH-, and which may carry a terminal radically polymerisable group,
A pneumatic fastener, comprising: a housing; a handle coupled to the housing, the handle defining an inlet channel for delivering compressed gas to the housing; a trigger valve in communication with the inlet channel and configured to actuate the pneumatic fastener; a fastener driving assembly disposed within the housing, the fastener driving assembly including a cylinder and a piston that reciprocates within the cylinder to drive a fastener; a valve piston coupled to the fastener driving assembly, wherein actuation of the valve piston causes compressed air to drive the piston within the cylinder to drive the fastener; an outer cap coupled to the housing; and an inner cap disposed at least partially within the outer cap, the inner cap comprising a sidewall, and the inner cap including an opening in communication with the trigger valve for porting the compressed air to a region above the valve piston; characterised in that the opening comprises at least one opening in the sidewall. a housing; a handle coupled to the housing, the handle defining an inlet channel for delivering compressed gas to the housing; a trigger valve in communication with the inlet channel and configured to actuate the pneumatic fastener; a fastener driving assembly disposed within the housing, the fastener driving assembly including a cylinder and a piston that reciprocates within the cylinder to drive a fastener; a valve piston coupled to the fastener driving assembly, wherein actuation of the valve piston causes compressed air to drive the piston within the cylinder to drive the fastener; an outer cap coupled to the housing; and an inner cap disposed at least partially within the outer cap, the inner cap comprising a sidewall, and the inner cap including an opening in communication with the trigger valve for porting the compressed air to a region above the valve piston; characterised in that the opening comprises at least one opening in the sidewall.
An apparatus comprising: at least one image sensor, and a light guide element comprising a plurality of input diffraction gratings configured to couple a plurality of incident beams of light into the light guide element and at least one output diffraction grating configured to couple the plurality of beams of light out of the light guide element to the at least one image sensor to enable a plurality of images to be captured, wherein the input diffraction gratings and the at least one output diffraction gratings have the same periodic spacing.
A banknote validator comprising; a housing having a banknote receiving module and a banknote acceptance module; an electronic circuit board including banknote sensing means (102, 104); and a banknote path, formed through said modules with said banknote receiving module defining an upstream section of the banknote path, and the banknote acceptance module defining a downstream section of the banknote path; wherein the banknote receiving module and the banknote acceptance module include banknote guide means (38, 48) forming the banknote path in the respective modules, and wherein the banknote path passes through an aperture in the circuit board.
An object for in vivo use in modulating the morphology, proliferation, biochemical functioning, differentiation, attachment, migration, signaling, and/or cell death of a cell population by physical stimulation, comprising a surface part provided with one or more topographies, wherein the topography comprises a surface provided with a regular pattern of protrusions, which protrusions comprise one or more protrusion elements, which protrusion elements are defined as surface portions elevated above the surface having a top surface area and a circumferential side face connecting the top surface area with the surface,_ wherein each protrusion element has a maximum height of between 0.5 and 50 μm above the surface, and wherein a) the average distance between adjacent protrusions is between 0.5 and 50 μm; b) the top surface area of the protrusion is between 1 and 6000 μm 2; and c) the protrusions cover between 3 and 90 % of the surface, wherein the shape of a top-view of the protrusion is a complex shape, which complex shape is defined as a combination of multiple overlapping or adjacent basic shapes, selected from circular, oval, triangular, square, rectangular, trapezoid, pentagonal, hexagonal, heptagonal or octagonal shapes. a) the average distance between adjacent protrusions is between 0.5 and 50 μm; b) the top surface area of the protrusion is between 1 and 6000 μm 2; and c) the protrusions cover between 3 and 90 % of the surface,
An optical antenna system having at least a first reflector and a primary radiating opening which illuminates the first reflector, the primary radiating opening having a slender form which extends in a first plane, the first reflector having at least two different curves (CD, C0) along two orthogonal planes which correspond respectively to the first plane and a second centre plane (Π 0) which intersects with the primary radiating opening at a first intersection point located at a central point of the primary radiating opening, the optical system being such that, in the first plane which contains the primary radiating opening, the first curve of the first reflector defines a first focal point which is located at the rear of the primary radiating opening, the first focal point being contained in the centre plane Π 0, and in that in the second centre plane Π 0 the second curve of the first reflector alone defines, in the first plane, a second focal point which is different from the first focal point, which is located at the central point of the primary radiating opening, characterised in that, for different planes Π θ which are perpendicular to the first plane which contains the primary radiating opening, each plane Π θ being obtained by a rotation of the second centre plane Π 0 by a given angle θ and including the first focal point, the different planes Π θ intersecting with the primary radiating opening at different intersection points, respectively, which are remote from the second focal point, the first reflector further comprises, in each plane Π θ, a given curve (Cθ) which is different from the second curve, and in that in the different planes Π θ, the different curves (Cθ) of the first reflector define different focal points (Fθ) which are located at the different intersection points, respectively, between the different planes Π θ and the primary radiating opening.
An overload protection device having a housing which is provided for attachment to a handling device and a tool respectively, having a retainer disposed movably on the housing to attach a tool and a handling device respectively, having a preloading device to generate a preloading force between the housing and the retainer which urges the retainer to a home position and having switchgear by means of which a switching signal is generable when the retainer leaves its home position, characterized in that magnets and a magnetic conductor magnetizable by said magnets are provided on the housing or on the retainer, that the switchgear includes at least one magnetic field sensor sensing the magnetic field of the magnetic conductor, wherein when the retainer leaves its home position the magnetic field sensor senses a change in the magnetic field of the magnetic conductor and then generates a switching signal.
An information processing system, comprising: a pattern unit configured to have a predetermined pattern formed by a surface treatment, or to have a function to display the pattern; an imaging unit configured to capture an image of an object and the pattern; and a calculation unit configured to calculate distance information between the imaging unit and the object by using the image including the pattern and the object, obtained by the imaging unit; wherein the pattern unit is configured to have an object area on which the object is to be placed and a background area outside of the object area on which the pattern is formed or displayed; and the object is not overlapped with the pattern in the image including the pattern and the object; characterised in that the calculation unit is configured to calculate synthesis non-similarity in which non-similarity of brightness values for each pixel in the image including the pattern and the object are calculated along a plurality of directional paths from the pixel and the directional paths are aggregated, to calculate the parallax corresponding to said every pixel at least in the image area of the object. a pattern unit configured to have a predetermined pattern formed by a surface treatment, or to have a function to display the pattern; an imaging unit configured to capture an image of an object and the pattern; and a calculation unit configured to calculate distance information between the imaging unit and the object by using the image including the pattern and the object, obtained by the imaging unit; wherein the pattern unit is configured to have an object area on which the object is to be placed and a background area outside of the object area on which the pattern is formed or displayed; and the object is not overlapped with the pattern in the image including the pattern and the object; characterised in that the calculation unit is configured to calculate synthesis non-similarity in which non-similarity of brightness values for each pixel in the image including the pattern and the object are calculated along a plurality of directional paths from the pixel and the directional paths are aggregated, to calculate the parallax corresponding to said every pixel at least in the image area of the object.
A method of efficiently and consistently vaporizing a predetermined volume of a liquid medicant from a hand-held device (20; 100; 200; 300; 400), comprising: a. consistently metering a predetermined volume of a liquid to a heating element (150, 152); and b. supplying a precise amount of power from a power supply to heat the heating element (150, 152) for a precise duration of time such that the combination of the precise amount of power and the precise duration of time heats the heating element (150, 152) to a minimum required temperature for a minimum required time to completely vaporize the predetermined volume of the liquid. a. consistently metering a predetermined volume of a liquid to a heating element (150, 152); and b. supplying a precise amount of power from a power supply to heat the heating element (150, 152) for a precise duration of time such that the combination of the precise amount of power and the precise duration of time heats the heating element (150, 152) to a minimum required temperature for a minimum required time to completely vaporize the predetermined volume of the liquid.
A system for facilitating deployment of an endoluminal prosthesis, the system comprising: a delivery sheath; a distal prosthesis having a compressed delivery state and an expanded state and being loaded in its delivery state into a peel-away sheath and being moveable proximally relative to the peel-away sheath; wherein the peel-away sheath is sized and configured to abut and mate with the delivery sheath so that the distal prosthesis is moveable from within the peel-away sheath into the delivery sheath lumen while remaining in its delivery state. a delivery sheath; a distal prosthesis having a compressed delivery state and an expanded state and being loaded in its delivery state into a peel-away sheath and being moveable proximally relative to the peel-away sheath; wherein the peel-away sheath is sized and configured to abut and mate with the delivery sheath so that the distal prosthesis is moveable from within the peel-away sheath into the delivery sheath lumen while remaining in its delivery state.
Valve drive for variable actuation of an inlet valve and an outlet valve of a single combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, comprising - a first operative connection between a valve activation device and the inlet valve; - a second operative connection between the valve activation device and the outlet valve, wherein - an interrupter element is assigned to the first operative connection and second operative connection and is set up to interrupt the operative connections (11, 11') temporarily, wherein - the first operative connection and the second operative connection are connected to the same interrupter, in such a way that - the first operative connection and the second operative connection can be interrupted temporarily by the interrupter element. - a first operative connection between a valve activation device and the inlet valve; - a second operative connection between the valve activation device and the outlet valve, wherein - an interrupter element is assigned to the first operative connection and second operative connection and is set up to interrupt the operative connections (11, 11') temporarily, wherein - the first operative connection and the second operative connection are connected to the same interrupter, in such a way that - the first operative connection and the second operative connection can be interrupted temporarily by the interrupter element.
A microscope slide for histological or cytological use with a non-inverted optical microscope, comprising a substantially flat elongated body, said body comprising a first surface and a second surface spaced from the first surface, the body defining an aperture through the body, wherein the second surface is substantially flat and an optically transparent coverslip is mounted on said second surface to cover said aperture, wherein the coverslip has a thickness in the range 0.05 - 0.25mm, and wherein the coverslip has a sample-receiving surface accessible through the aperture and an opposite surface for viewing a specimen.
A method for detecting fault or cross-bedding planes - hereinafter, "fault" planes (52, 62, 72) - in subsurface petroleum reservoir formations with bi-axial anisotropy - one axis perpendicular to the formation's bedding planes, the other perpendicular to the fault planes (52, 62, 72) - from conductivity/resistivity measurements made in a well using a multi-component, tri-axial induction well logging tool, comprising: (a) expressing a formation conductivity tensor with components as measured by the well logging tool, wherein each component of said tensor is expressed as a combination of the conductivity components: (i) conductivity normal to bedding plane σ nb, (ii) conductivity parallel to bedding plane σ pb, (iii) conductivity normal to fault plane σ nf, (iv) conductivity parallel to fault plane σ pf, (b) inverting the expression for the formation conductivity tensor to obtain σ nb, σ pb, σ nf, and σ pf from the measured conductivity data; and (c) detecting one or more fault planes (52, 62, 72) from indications of biaxial anisotropy in the inversion results. (a) expressing a formation conductivity tensor with components as measured by the well logging tool, wherein each component of said tensor is expressed as a combination of the conductivity components: (i) conductivity normal to bedding plane σ nb, (ii) conductivity parallel to bedding plane σ pb, (iii) conductivity normal to fault plane σ nf, (iv) conductivity parallel to fault plane σ pf, (i) conductivity normal to bedding plane σ nb, (ii) conductivity parallel to bedding plane σ pb, (iii) conductivity normal to fault plane σ nf, (iv) conductivity parallel to fault plane σ pf, (b) inverting the expression for the formation conductivity tensor to obtain σ nb, σ pb, σ nf, and σ pf from the measured conductivity data; and (c) detecting one or more fault planes (52, 62, 72) from indications of biaxial anisotropy in the inversion results.
A process for making food granules comprising a lipid, salt, starch, a hygroscopic food material and optionally dry spices, the process comprising the steps of: a) coating the hygroscopic food material with the lipid or part of the lipid; b) mixing the coated hygroscopic food material with the salt, the starch and optionally the dry spices; c) adjusting the moisture content of the mixture of step b) to a water content of 7 - 13 wt% (wet weight) by adding water and/or an aqueous composition to result in a wet mass; d) cold extruding the wet mass through a sieve into granules at a temperature below 35°C; e) drying the granules to a moisture content of 1 - 7 wt% (wet weight). a) coating the hygroscopic food material with the lipid or part of the lipid; b) mixing the coated hygroscopic food material with the salt, the starch and optionally the dry spices; c) adjusting the moisture content of the mixture of step b) to a water content of 7 - 13 wt% (wet weight) by adding water and/or an aqueous composition to result in a wet mass; d) cold extruding the wet mass through a sieve into granules at a temperature below 35°C; e) drying the granules to a moisture content of 1 - 7 wt% (wet weight).
A vaccine vector comprising a first polynucleotide sequence encoding an Apicomplexan Rhomboid polypeptide optionally expressed on the surface of the vaccine vector, wherein the Rhomboid polypeptide consists of SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 37, or an immunogenic fragment of SEQ ID NO: 2 comprising amino acids 1-11, 18-27, or 31-43 of SEQ ID NO: 2 and further comprising a second polynucleotide sequence encoding an immunostimulatory polypeptide, wherein the immunostimulatory polypeptide is expressed on the surface of the vaccine vector, wherein the vaccine vector effects an immune response against an Apicomplexan parasite in a subject, and wherein the immune response is a protective immune response.
A biodegradable polyester composition, characterized in that, it comprises following components in parts by weight: i) 60 to 100 parts of biodegradable aliphatic-aromatic polyester; ii) 0 to 40 parts of polylactic acid; iii) 0 to 35 parts of an organic filler and/or an inorganic filler; iv) 0 to 1 part of a copolymer which contains epoxy group and is based on styrene, acrylate and/or methacrylate; wherein, based on a total weight of the biodegradable polyester composition, a weight content of tetrahydrofuran is 3ppm-200ppm; and based on the total weight of the biodegradable polyester composition, a weight content of cyclopentanone is 0.5ppm-85ppm. i) 60 to 100 parts of biodegradable aliphatic-aromatic polyester; ii) 0 to 40 parts of polylactic acid; iii) 0 to 35 parts of an organic filler and/or an inorganic filler; iv) 0 to 1 part of a copolymer which contains epoxy group and is based on styrene, acrylate and/or methacrylate;
A method for producing a sheet, the method comprising: transporting a fluidized resin by a plurality of gear pumps connected to each other in series; molding the transported fluidized resin into a sheet shape by a spinneret, characterized in that among the plurality of gear pumps, a gear pump on the most downstream side is operated such that a volumetric efficiency thereof is 90.0% or more, and a gear pump other than the gear pump on the most downstream side is operated such that a volumetric efficiency thereof is 50.0% or more and less than 90.0%, and the plurality of gear pumps is operated such that a differential pressure between the plurality of gear pumps is 7.0 MPa or less; wherein the differential pressure between the plurality of gear pumps is an absolute value of a difference between a pressure measured at an outlet side of a gear pump on an upstream side and a pressure measured at an inlet side of a gear pump on a downstream side which is adjacent to the gear pump on an upstream side. transporting a fluidized resin by a plurality of gear pumps connected to each other in series; molding the transported fluidized resin into a sheet shape by a spinneret, characterized in that among the plurality of gear pumps, a gear pump on the most downstream side is operated such that a volumetric efficiency thereof is 90.0% or more, and a gear pump other than the gear pump on the most downstream side is operated such that a volumetric efficiency thereof is 50.0% or more and less than 90.0%, and the plurality of gear pumps is operated such that a differential pressure between the plurality of gear pumps is 7.0 MPa or less;