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A method of producing a wind turbine blade, said method comprising: providing a mould (32, 34) of the desired shape, said mould having a longitudinal direction; laying one or more layers of reinforcement or foam material (2, 4, 6) onto the inner walls of said mould (32, 34); characterized by positioning in the desired position said one or more layers of reinforcement or foam material (2, 4, 6) by using one or more devices (1000, 1000a, 1000b) to climb up an inclined surface at said inner walls of said mould (32, 34), said device comprising: a flexible support comprising a back face and a front face, said back face of said support being adapted to abut on said surface during operation of said device, said flexible support being adapted to conform to the curvature profile of said surface to be climbed, said flexible support being suitably extended so as to distribute across said surface the weight of an operator climbing up said surface during operation of said device, fastening means for fastening said device so that the position of said device with respect to said surface is substantially constant during operation of said device, said fastening means being connected to said support, and climbing elements (400, 600) firmly fixed to said front face of said flexible support, said climbing elements (400, 600) being adapted to allow a user to climb up or be supported at a predetermined position on said surface, wherein said climbing elements (400, 600) comprise a plurality of steps, each step of said plurality of steps protruding outwards from said front face of said support. providing a mould (32, 34) of the desired shape, said mould having a longitudinal direction; laying one or more layers of reinforcement or foam material (2, 4, 6) onto the inner walls of said mould (32, 34); characterized by positioning in the desired position said one or more layers of reinforcement or foam material (2, 4, 6) by using one or more devices (1000, 1000a, 1000b) to climb up an inclined surface at said inner walls of said mould (32, 34), said device comprising: a flexible support comprising a back face and a front face, said back face of said support being adapted to abut on said surface during operation of said device, said flexible support being adapted to conform to the curvature profile of said surface to be climbed, said flexible support being suitably extended so as to distribute across said surface the weight of an operator climbing up said surface during operation of said device, fastening means for fastening said device so that the position of said device with respect to said surface is substantially constant during operation of said device, said fastening means being connected to said support, and climbing elements (400, 600) firmly fixed to said front face of said flexible support, said climbing elements (400, 600) being adapted to allow a user to climb up or be supported at a predetermined position on said surface, wherein said climbing elements (400, 600) comprise a plurality of steps, each step of said plurality of steps protruding outwards from said front face of said support.
A differential precoding method, comprising: initializing a precoding matrix with a first Precoding Matrix Indicator PMI for a channel between a mobile station and a base station; and updating the precoding matrix with a second PMI for the channel and side information for adaptively updating the precoding matrix according to a change speed of a state of the channel, wherein the side information has a quantized scalar value, and wherein the precoding matrix is repeatedly updated with the following Equation G n = G n − 1 * F sub, p a where G(n) is a precoding matrix at an nth time, G(n-1) is a precoding matrix at an n-1st time, F sub,p denotes a factor corresponding to the second PMI "p" in a sub-codebook, * denotes an inter-matrix operator indicating one of a matrix addition, a matrix product, and a Kronecker product, and "a" denotes a value corresponding to the side information. initializing a precoding matrix with a first Precoding Matrix Indicator PMI for a updating the precoding matrix with a second PMI for the channel and side information for adaptively updating the precoding matrix according to a change speed of a state of the channel, wherein the side information has a quantized scalar value, and wherein the precoding matrix is repeatedly updated with the following Equation G n = G n − 1 * F sub, p a where G(n) is a precoding matrix at an nth time, G(n-1) is a precoding matrix at an n-1st time, F sub,p denotes a factor corresponding to the second PMI "p" in a sub-codebook, * denotes an inter-matrix operator indicating one of a matrix addition, a matrix product, and a Kronecker product, and "a" denotes a value corresponding to the side information.
A joint connector, comprising a concave joint and a convex joint, between which a traction force and a compressive force are transmittable, wherein a traction force transmission member is provided between the concave joint and the convex joint to transmit traction force, and a compressive force transmission member is provided between the concave joint and the convex joint to transmit compressive force, the traction force transmission member and the compressive force transmission member are detachably mounted and positioned in the concave joint; wherein the convex joint is connected to the concave joint by a joint bearing, a traction pin is provided in the joint bearing and is configured to transmit the traction force to the traction force transmission member; wherein the traction force transmission member is provided with a support portion matching with an outer periphery of the traction pin, and an end portion of the traction pin is arranged on the support portion; wherein the traction force transmission member has an outer periphery fitted with an inner cavity of the concave joint to allow the traction force transmission member to be radially positioned in the inner cavity of the concave joint after being fitted; characterised in that the traction force transmission member comprises an annular main body and a support claw projecting from a surface of the annular main body, the support portion is formed on the support claw, the annular main body has an outer periphery fitted with the inner cavity of the concave joint.
Method for updating a boot loader stored in a rewritable nonvolatile memory of a device comprising a first processor and a second processor, the first processor being able to execute the boot loader, the method being implemented by the device and comprising a phase of securing the boot, implemented in case of electrical anomaly occurring in the course of an update of the boot loader, the phase of securing the boot being performed by virtue of a backup power supply source ensuring a relay of a main power supply in the presence of the electrical anomaly, the phase of securing the boot comprising the following steps: - halting the update in progress of the boot loader; and - invalidating the boot loader for the first processor so as to disable the first processor when booting; characterized in that the method further comprises a phase of delayed booting of the second processor with respect to the booting of the first processor such that: - when the boot loader is not valid, the device boots in a mode of updating of the boot loader; and - when the boot loader is valid, the device boots with the boot loader so that the first and second processors synchronize with one another, in that, when the boot loader is valid, the first processor boots with the boot loader and the boot loader asks the first processor to boot the second processor and to synchronize with the second processor through exchanges of messages, in that, when the boot loader is not valid, the first processor remains disabled because the boot loader has been invalidated, and in that the second processor verifies when booting whether the first processor performs the exchanges of messages so as to synchronize the first and second processors and, when the second processor does not receive any message from the first processor, the second processor triggers the mode of updating of the boot loader. - halting the update in progress of the boot loader; and - invalidating the boot loader for the first processor so as to disable the first processor when booting; - when the boot loader is not valid, the device boots in a mode of updating of the boot loader; and - when the boot loader is valid, the device boots with the boot loader so that the first and second processors synchronize with one another, in that, when the boot loader is valid, the first processor boots with the boot loader and the boot loader asks the first processor to boot the second processor and to synchronize with the second processor through exchanges of messages, in that, when the boot loader is not valid, the first processor remains disabled because the boot loader has been invalidated, and in that the second processor verifies when booting whether the first processor performs the exchanges of messages so as to synchronize the first and second processors and, when the second processor does not receive any message from the first processor, the second processor triggers the mode of updating of the boot loader.
An ion exchange process for forming a negatively charged nitrate-dopant ion analyte for analysis by a spectrometry analysis instrument, comprising: providing a gas comprising a dopant in both neutral and ionized forms; contacting a nitrate-containing sample with the gas comprising the dopant and thereby desorbing a nitrate ion from the sample to form a negatively charged nitrate-dopant ion analyte and replacing the desorbed nitrate ion with a negatively charged ionized dopant molecule; wherein the dopant is an organic compound comprising two or more carbon atoms and two or more functional groups capable of simultaneous convergent hydrogen bonding with a nitrate ion; or the dopant is an organic compound comprising at least two carbon atoms and only a single functional group capable of hydrogen bonding with a nitrate ion, which group is a -COOH functional group, and where the carbon atom of the -COOH functional group is bonded directly to another carbonyl group; and with the proviso that the dopant is not lactic acid, a lactic acid salt or a compound that forms lactate ions upon ionization. providing a gas comprising a dopant in both neutral and ionized forms; contacting a nitrate-containing sample with the gas comprising the dopant and thereby desorbing a nitrate ion from the sample to form a negatively charged nitrate-dopant ion analyte and replacing the desorbed nitrate ion with a negatively charged ionized dopant molecule; wherein the dopant is an organic compound comprising two or more carbon atoms and two or more functional groups capable of simultaneous convergent hydrogen bonding with a nitrate ion; or the dopant is an organic compound comprising at least two carbon atoms and only a single functional group capable of hydrogen bonding with a nitrate ion, which group is a -COOH functional group, and where the carbon atom of the -COOH functional group is bonded directly to another carbonyl group; and with the proviso that the dopant is not lactic acid, a lactic acid salt or a compound that forms lactate ions upon ionization.
A method for producing carbon materials, said method comprising the steps of: (i) connecting a graphite rod directly to metallic electrodes for applying an intense electric current; (ii) carrying the intense electric current pulverizing the graphite rod with an alternating voltage of 127 or 220VAC through said graphite rod, and (iii) thereby producing carbon materials; wherein said method does not comprise the utilization of an inert atmosphere and a metallic catalyst, and wherein, in step (iii), said carbon materials are single wall nanotubes. (i) connecting a graphite rod directly to metallic electrodes for applying an intense electric current; (ii) carrying the intense electric current pulverizing the graphite rod with an alternating voltage of 127 or 220VAC through said graphite rod, and (iii) thereby producing carbon materials;
Shrinking frame with at least one air inlet connectable to a blower apparatus for feeding of compressed air, with at least one heating chamber connecting to the air inlet and formed by walls, with a heating chamber inlet and a heating chamber outlet, as well as a heating element, preferably electrically heatable, provided between the heating chamber inlet and the heating chamber outlet, by means of which the compressed air flowing through the heating chamber is heated in the heating chamber, wherein the shrinking frame further comprises an air outlet connecting to the heating chamber outlet for the hot air to blow out, wherein, in at least one heating chamber, at a distance from at least one wall of the heating chamber, preferably at a distance from each wall of the heating chamber, at least one partition wall is provided, preferably tubular in shape, which divides the heating chamber into a first part region functioning as a flow channel with an inflow-side inlet opening and an outflow-side outlet opening, and into a second part region, formed by the remainder and functioning as a suction channel for suctioning in secondary air, with an outflow-side suction opening and an inflow-side outlet opening, wherein at least one of the heating elements is arranged in the interior of the flow channel, and wherein assigned to the inflow-side inlet opening of at least one flow channel is at least one compressed air opening, directed towards the inflow-side inlet opening of this flow channel, with at least one side inlet being formed, via which the compressed air introduced from the blower is blown into the inflow-side inlet opening of this flow channel, assigned to this compressed air opening, such that, due to the compressed air flowing into the flow channel, secondary air is suctioned in with it, via the side inlet, into the flow channel.
A controller configured to control a charge on a gate of a synchronous rectification MOSFET having a drain, a source, the gate and a back gate diode, when a current flows in a forward direction of the back gate diode; the controller comprising a regulator configured to control the charge on the gate to regulate a voltage between the drain and the source (Vds) to a first regulation voltage (Vref), and a gate charger configured to supply charge to the gate only during a turn-on phase of the synchronous rectification MOSFET operation characterised in that the gate charger is further configured to regulate said voltage between the drain and the source to a second regulation voltage having a larger absolute value than the absolute value of the first regulation voltage, and in that the gate charger is further configured to, when supplying charge, disable the regulator.
Rollover protection system for motor vehicles, having - a rollover protection system covering - a receiving unit arrangeable on the motor vehicle and - a rollover body arranged adjustably on the receiving unit between a storage position and a rollover position, characterised in that the receiving unit has a fastening device (4a, 4b) for positionally secure arrangement of the rollover protection system covering on the receiving unit, which in the event of activation of the rollover protection system fixes the rollover protection system covering in such a manner in the region surrounding the rollover body that said covering remains in its position in the region directly above the rollover body, in relation to the installed position, even if the rollover body breaches the rollover protection system covering. - a rollover protection system covering - a receiving unit arrangeable on the motor vehicle and - a rollover body arranged adjustably on the receiving unit between a storage position and a rollover position, characterised in that the receiving unit has a fastening device (4a, 4b) for positionally secure arrangement of the rollover protection system covering on the receiving unit, which in the event of activation of the rollover protection system fixes the rollover protection system covering in such a manner in the region surrounding the rollover body that said covering remains in its position in the region directly above the rollover body, in relation to the installed position, even if the rollover body breaches the rollover protection system covering.
A superlattice thermoelectric material having a composition of a following Chemical Formula 1: <Chemical Formula 1> n (D 2 X' 3) m, wherein, in the Chemical Formula 1, A is at least one of Ge, Sn, and Pb, each of X and X' is a chalcogen element, and at least one of S, Se, and Te, D is at least one of Bi and Sb, each of n and m is an integer between 1 and 100, wherein a sum of n and m has a constant value,, characterised in that A or X is at least partially substituted with a dopant, wherein a topologically protected metallic interface is present at an interface between the AX substance and the D 2 X' 3 substance. A is at least one of Ge, Sn, and Pb, each of X and X' is a chalcogen element, and at least one of S, Se, and Te, D is at least one of Bi and Sb, each of n and m is an integer between 1 and 100, wherein a sum of n and m has a constant value,, characterised in that A or X is at least partially substituted with a dopant, wherein a topologically protected metallic interface is present at an interface between the AX substance and the D 2 X' 3 substance.
A buoy comprising a surface unit comprising a sealed tank comprising an inflatable bag, a tubular lateral wall of axis z and a bottom, the tubular wall and the bottom delimiting a volume referred to as the inner volume, the surface unit comprising at least one cartridge enclosing a compressed gas that can be released in such a way as to inflate the inflatable bag such that it functions as a float in an operational configuration of the buoy, the buoy comprising a depth unit connected to the surface unit by a cable, the depth unit and the surface unit being connected when the buoy is in a storage configuration, wherein the gas is confined in the cartridge, and separated when the buoy is in the operational configuration, the sealed tank comprising a projecting container protruding from the bottom and extending away from the inner volume from the bottom, an assembly of at least one element of the buoy being arranged in a volume surrounding the projecting container when the buoy is in the storage configuration, at least one element of the buoy being a winding of the cable, the projecting container delimiting a volume communicating with the internal volume when the buoy is in the storage configuration in which the gas is confined in the cartridge.
A vascular access device, comprising: a body defining a lumen extending therethrough; a single-disk septum in communication with the body, wherein the septum at least substantially seals the lumen extending through the body; and first and second rigid members supporting the septum, and characterized in that the first and second rigid members are biased towards a closed position and secured to the body by means of a first and second spring, respectively, wherein each of the first and second rigid members comprise a lower portion and a top portion, wherein the top portion protects the septum from opening in a direction away from the body when back pressure through the lumen creates a force against an inferior surface of the septum, wherein in response to another force being exerted on the lower portions of the first and second rigid members in a direction towards the body, the first and second rigid members hinge upon a pivot point of the first and second springs, respectively, and the top portions of the first and second rigid members travel away from the body. a body defining a lumen extending therethrough; a single-disk septum in communication with the body, wherein the septum at least substantially seals the lumen extending through the body; and first and second rigid members supporting the septum, and characterized in that the first and second rigid members are biased towards a closed position and secured to the body by means of a first and second spring, respectively, wherein each of the first and second rigid members comprise a lower portion and a top portion, wherein the top portion protects the septum from opening in a direction away from the body when back pressure through the lumen creates a force against an inferior surface of the septum, wherein in response to another force being exerted on the lower portions of the first and second rigid members in a direction towards the body, the first and second rigid members hinge upon a pivot point of the first and second springs, respectively, and the top portions of the first and second rigid members travel away from the body.
A process for the manufacture of a ceramic component comprising the following steps: a) providing expanded graphite and/or a precursor of expanded graphite, b) mixing of a composition comprising the material provided in step a) and one or more materials of the group consisting of carbon fibers and consolidated carbon fiber bundles wherein in the latter, the carbon fibers are embedded in a matrix of amorphous carbon and obtaining a mixture, wherein the composition does not comprise a liquid binder, c) densifying a defined amount of the mixture obtained in step b) in a mold by applying a pressure of at least 3 MPa and, c1) if a precursor of expanded graphite is provided in step a), heating up the densified mixture in the mold to at least 300°C, d) obtaining a green body of the ceramic component and e) subjecting the green body to reactive melt infiltration with a reactive melt comprising liquid silicon or an alloy of silicon, wherein the process neither comprises a step of hardening a binder nor a step of carbonizing the green body of the ceramic component. a) providing expanded graphite and/or a precursor of expanded graphite, b) mixing of a composition comprising the material provided in step a) and one or more materials of the group consisting of carbon fibers and consolidated carbon fiber bundles wherein in the latter, the carbon fibers are embedded in a matrix of amorphous carbon and obtaining a mixture, wherein the composition does not comprise a liquid binder, c) densifying a defined amount of the mixture obtained in step b) in a mold by applying a pressure of at least 3 MPa and, c1) if a precursor of expanded graphite is provided in step a), heating up the densified mixture in the mold to at least 300°C, d) obtaining a green body of the ceramic component and e) subjecting the green body to reactive melt infiltration with a reactive melt comprising liquid silicon or an alloy of silicon, wherein the process neither comprises a step of hardening a binder nor a step of carbonizing the green body of the ceramic component.