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Energy storage assembly comprising a plurality of cells connected in series, wherein the series connection of the cells is connected to a power output of the energy storage assembly, and comprising a control unit, wherein at least some of the cells (Z1, Z2,...Zn) connected in series are connected to the power output (5, 6) and the control unit (BMS-C) by way of potential-free controlled converter and control units (IR1, IR2,...IRn) respectively connected in parallel, such that, during the charging, discharging and charge-reversing operations, each of the cells (Z1, Z2,...Zn) is operated according to the individual performance characteristics of this cell (Z1, Z2,...Zn) by means of selective current drains by the converter and control units (IR1, IR2,...IRn) and a total current flowing at the power output of the energy storage assembly (5, 6) is formed by a base current flowing through the series connection of the cells (Z1, Z2,...Zn) and by additional currents, which are drained from the individual cells (Z1, Z2,...Zn) depending on their capacity, characterized in that, in the case of a charging operation, it is established by means of the control unit (BMS-C) when the voltage of one of the cells (Z1, Z2,...Zn) approaches a cell-individual end-of-charge voltage and in that, in this case, the respectively assigned converter and control unit (IR1, IR...IRn) is made to direct the energy that is supplied by the base current but is superfluous once the cell-individual end-of-charge voltage is reached past this cell and return it into the overall system.
A method of monitoring a parameter of a hydrocarbon well or pipeline, the method comprising: introducing a tracer into the hydrocarbon well or pipeline; producing a fluid from the hydrocarbon well or pipeline; and analysing the fluid to determine if the tracer is present in the fluid; characterised in that the tracer comprises a halogenated alkoxylated-benzoic acid, an alkoxylated benzene sulfonic acid, a salt of a halogenated alkoxylated-benzoic acid or a salt of an alkoxylated benzene sulfonic acid. introducing a tracer into the hydrocarbon well or pipeline; producing a fluid from the hydrocarbon well or pipeline; and analysing the fluid to determine if the tracer is present in the fluid;
A blade unit for a safety razor, comprising: a blade housing; a plurality of blades disposed within the blade housing to expose respective cutting edges suitable for shaving; and a blade carrier supporting the plurality of blades; the blade housing having a base on which the blade carrier is supported; the plurality of blades and the blade carrier being displaceable downwards towards the base of the blade housing during shaving, wherein an amount of downward displacement of the plurality of blades and the blade carrier is limited by one or more protrusions (68, 70) extending upwards from the base of the blade housing; and wherein the blade carrier comprises a rack on which the plurality of blades is mounted and flexible legs that allow the downward displacement of the plurality of blades and the rack, the flexible legs comprising pairs of flexible legs, the legs of each pair being connected together by a connecting member; characterised in that: at least one of the protrusions is a connecting member-engaging protrusion arranged to engage the connecting member in order to limit the downward displacement of the plurality of blades and the blade carrier. a blade housing; a plurality of blades disposed within the blade housing to expose respective cutting edges suitable for shaving; and a blade carrier supporting the plurality of blades; the blade housing having a base on which the blade carrier is supported; the plurality of blades and the blade carrier being displaceable downwards towards the base of the blade housing during shaving, wherein an amount of downward displacement of the plurality of blades and the blade carrier is limited by one or more protrusions (68, 70) extending upwards from the base of the blade housing; and wherein the blade carrier comprises a rack on which the plurality of blades is mounted and flexible legs that allow the downward displacement of the plurality of blades and the rack, the flexible legs comprising pairs of flexible legs, the legs of each pair being connected together by a connecting member; characterised in that: at least one of the protrusions is a connecting member-engaging protrusion arranged to engage the connecting member in order to limit the downward displacement of the plurality of blades and the blade carrier.
Tyre stud (1, 1') for anchoring in a tyre stud hole of a tread of a pneumatic vehicle tyre, having a non-metallic tyre stud body (2, 2') with a base flange (4, 4'), and having a tyre stud pin composed of hard metal anchored in the tyre stud body (2, 2'), which tyre stud pin projects with one end portion thereof beyond the tyre stud body (2, 2') and is anchored with its second end portion within the tyre stud body (2, 2') in a first tyre stud body part (8, 11b) composed of a first, non-metallic material, wherein that portion of the tyre stud pin which extends within the tyre stud body (2, 2') between the end portions is held in at least one further tyre stud body part (2a, 11a) composed of a second, non-metallic material, characterized in that the first tyre stud body part (8, 11b), in which one end portion of the tyre stud pin is anchored, consists of thermoplastic or thermosetting plastic or of hard vulcanized rubber, wherein the further tyre stud body part (2a, 11a), in which that portion of the tyre stud pin which extends within the tyre stud body (2, 2') between the end portions of the tyre stud pin is held, consists of abrasion-resistant and cut-resistant vulcanized rubber material or of a thermoplastic vulcanizate.
A laser device for the selective treatment of acne comprising: a laser source terminating in an optical collimator, which supplies a laser beam; said laser source comprises a switch which allows impulses of said laser beam of pre-defined duration to be transmitted; an opto-mechanical interface comprising a lens focusing the laser beam received from the optical collimator; an optical fibre connected to said opto-mechanical interface; and said device comprises a handpiece connected to said optical fibre characterized in that said optical fibre has a length greater than 15 m; and wherein said handpiece comprises an optical zoom system which allows the diameter of the laser beam emerging from said handpiece to be varied from 0.5 mm to 5 mm.
Pair of heat exchanger plates (A, B) comprising two heat exchanger plates that are spaced apart from one another, these being designated first and second heat exchanger plate, and of which the central panels (A 0, B 0) are parallel to one another (A; B), each of said plates comprising a central panel (A 0; B 0) with at least four sides (A 1, A 2, A 3, A 4; B 1, B 2, B 3, B 4), said central panel being preferably quadrilateral, or quadrilateral with truncated corners, and such that: - a first side (A 1; B 1) of the central panel is inclined with respect to said central panel (A 0; B 0) and forms a first joining panel (J A; J B), - the opposite side (A 3; B 3) to said first side (A 1; B 1) is flat, said pair of heat exchanger plates (A, B) being such that - the first joining panel (J A) of said first heat exchanger plate and the first joining panel (J B) of said second heat exchanger plate are arranged in such a way as to face one another, - the first joining panel (J A) of said first heat exchanger plate is fastened directly to the central panel (B 0) of said second heat exchanger plate on said opposite flat side (B 3), - the first joining panel (J B) of said second heat exchanger plate is fastened directly to the central panel (A 0) of said first heat exchanger plate on said opposite flat side (A 3), - said first joining panels (J A; J B) are made from a first part (A 5; B 5) and from a second part (A 6; B 6) extending from said first part, said first part forming an angle (α) with the central panel (A 0; B 0) and said second part being parallel to the central panel, - the space between said first and second heat exchanger plates forms a first canal for receiving a first flow of fluid (F 1). - a first side (A 1; B 1) of the central panel is inclined with respect to said central panel (A 0; B 0) and forms a first joining panel (J A; J B), - the opposite side (A 3; B 3) to said first side (A 1; B 1) is flat, said pair of heat exchanger plates (A, B) being such that - the first joining panel (J A) of said first heat exchanger plate and the first joining panel (J B) of said second heat exchanger plate are arranged in such a way as to face one another, - the first joining panel (J A) of said first heat exchanger plate is fastened directly to the central panel (B 0) of said second heat exchanger plate on said opposite flat side (B 3), - the first joining panel (J B) of said second heat exchanger plate is fastened directly to the central panel (A 0) of said first heat exchanger plate on said opposite flat side (A 3), - said first joining panels (J A; J B) are made from a first part (A 5; B 5) and from a second part (A 6; B 6) extending from said first part, said first part forming an angle (α) with the central panel (A 0; B 0) and said second part being parallel to the central panel, - the space between said first and second heat exchanger plates forms a first canal for receiving a first flow of fluid (F 1).
An aqueous composition comprising one or more anionic surfactants and further comprising dispersed particles that comprise a polyurethane, wherein said polyurethane is a reaction product of a group of reactants, wherein GR1 comprises one or more aromatic polyisocyanates and a polyol component, wherein said polyol component comprises (a) 50% to 99% by weight, based on the weight of said polyol component, one or more polyester polyols, (b) 0.1% to 10% by weight, based on the weight of said polyol component, one or more diols having a hydrophilic side chain, wherein the hydrophilic side chain comprises bonded units of ethylene oxide, and (c) 0.9% to 40% by weight, based on the weight of said polyol component, one or more polyols different from (a) and (b); wherein the sum of the amounts of (a), (b) and (c), by weight based on the weight of the polyol component, is 100%. (a) 50% to 99% by weight, based on the weight of said polyol component, one or more polyester polyols, (b) 0.1% to 10% by weight, based on the weight of said polyol component, one or more diols having a hydrophilic side chain, wherein the hydrophilic side chain comprises bonded units of ethylene oxide, and (c) 0.9% to 40% by weight, based on the weight of said polyol component, one or more polyols different from (a) and (b);
A multi-rate filter system comprising: an input channel configured to receive an input signal; an output channel configured to output a filtered signal; a cascade of multi-rate filter blocks coupled between the input channel and the output channel, wherein at least one of the multi-rate filter blocks after a first multi-rate filter block in said cascade comprises: a bandselector (BS i) comprising a bandselector input, a highpass bandselector output, a lowpass bandselector output connected to a subsequent multi-rate filter block, and a downsampler connected between the bandselector input and the lowpass bandselector output; a signal processing block (AP i) coupled to the highpass bandselector output, the signal processing block comprising a linear filter component; and a bandcombiner (US i) connected to the signal processing block (AP i), the bandcombiner comprising two bandcombiner inputs, a bandcombiner output, and an upsampler, the first bandcombiner input connected to the signal processing block, the second bandcombiner input connected to a subsequent multi-rate filter block, and the bandcombiner output connected to a prior multi-rate filter block, the upsampler connected between the bandcombiner inputs and the bandcombiner output. an input channel configured to receive an input signal; an output channel configured to output a filtered signal; a cascade of multi-rate filter blocks coupled between the input channel and the output channel, wherein at least one of the multi-rate filter blocks after a first multi-rate filter block in said cascade comprises: a bandselector (BS i) comprising a bandselector input, a highpass bandselector output, a lowpass bandselector output connected to a subsequent multi-rate filter block, and a downsampler connected between the bandselector input and the lowpass bandselector output; a signal processing block (AP i) coupled to the highpass bandselector output, the signal processing block comprising a linear filter component; and a bandcombiner (US i) connected to the signal processing block (AP i), the bandcombiner comprising two bandcombiner inputs, a bandcombiner output, and an upsampler, the first bandcombiner input connected to the signal processing block, the second bandcombiner input connected to a subsequent multi-rate filter block, and the bandcombiner output connected to a prior multi-rate filter block, the upsampler connected between the bandcombiner inputs and the bandcombiner output.
Household microwave appliance (1; 11), - having a solid-state amplifier with a HF transistor, a control facility for actuating the HF transistor and at least one temperature detector (7; 12), which is coupled to the control facility, - wherein the at least one temperature detector (7; 12) is arranged and configured for sensing a temperature of the HF transistor, and - the control facility is configured to actuate the household microwave appliance (1; 11) on the basis of an occurrence of an event which can be determined by temperature measurement data measured by the temperature detector (7; 12), to trigger at least one action, - said at least one action comprising a triggering of at least one countermeasure for lowering a temperature at the HF transistor, characterised in that - the at least one temperature detector is an IR detector (7; 12), - the at least one countermeasure comprises changing at least one HF parameter. - having a solid-state amplifier with a HF transistor, a control facility for actuating the HF transistor and at least one temperature detector (7; 12), which is coupled to the control facility, - wherein the at least one temperature detector (7; 12) is arranged and configured for sensing a temperature of the HF transistor, and - the control facility is configured to actuate the household microwave appliance (1; 11) on the basis of an occurrence of an event which can be determined by temperature measurement data measured by the temperature detector (7; 12), to trigger at least one action, - said at least one action comprising a triggering of at least one countermeasure for lowering a temperature at the HF transistor, - the at least one temperature detector is an IR detector (7; 12), - the at least one countermeasure comprises changing at least one HF parameter.
A vehicle front assembly including: a bumper cover, a cross beam extending in a first direction between two extremities, one or more absorbers (15, 17), arranged between the cross beam and the bumper cover in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, a reinforcement, which is more rigid than the bumper cover, concealed by the bumper cover, and directly connected to the bumper cover, including an impact plate arranged offset in a third direction, orthogonal to the first and second directions, above a corresponding lateral extremity among the two lateral extremities of the cross beam.
Silencer for use on a compressor, comprising a housing having inlet and outlet openings (15, 19) which are connected by a flow passage extending in the housing and having silencing properties, and a mounting flange which surrounds the inlet opening and is adapted to be connected by securing means to a flange provided at the compressed-air outlet of the compressor to mount the silencer on the compressor, characterized in that the mounting flange is mounted rotatably on the housing of the silencer and that means are provided with which the mounting flange can be fixed in any angular position on the housing, on the side of the housing lying opposite the mounting flange an abutment plate is provided and tension means connecting the abutment plate to the mounting flange are provided with which the mounting flange and the abutment plate can be braced against the housing to fix them unrotatably, and that thereafter on the mounting flange a tubular flange core is provided which extends from the inlet opening into the housing and in its peripheral wall has at least one window through which compressed air flowing at the inlet opening into the flange core can flow into the silencing flow path of the housing.
A liquid drug transfer device for use with an infusion bag (40A; 40B) containing an infusion liquid and having an injection port (41A; 41B), the injection port terminating in an injection port tip (44A; 44B) containing a self-sealing plug (46A; 46B) with an exposed plug surface (47A; 47B), the injection port tip having a trailing injection port rim (48A; 48B), the liquid drug transfer device comprising an open ended housing having a longitudinal housing axis and including a universal injection port connector, said universal injection port connector having a longitudinal connector axis co-directional with said longitudinal housing axis and a closed support ring defining a horizontal plane transverse to said longitudinal connector axis, said support ring having a multitude of connector members each resiliently flexibly mounted thereon and having a free connector member end converging towards a connector aperture underlying said support ring from a direction of said open ended housing, the universal injection port connector being arranged such that on forced sliding insertion of the injection port tip (44A; 44B) through said connector aperture into said open ended housing, the injection port tip outwardly flexes said multitude of connector members from their non-flexed position relative to said connector axis for snapping behind the trailing injection port rim (48A; 48B), thereby precluding outward sliding withdrawal of the injection port tip from said open ended housing in a reverse direction to said forced sliding insertion, characterized in that the multitude of connector members are curved such that said universal injection port connector assumes an overall bowl like shape.
A method of measuring cytolytic activity comprising: a) providing a device capable of monitoring cell-substrate impedance operably connected to an impedance analyzer, wherein said device comprises two or more wells for receiving cells; b) adding target cells to at least two wells, wherein at least one well is a control well and at least one well is a test well; c) adding effector cells to said test well; d) monitoring impedance of said control and said test wells before and after adding said effector cells and optionally determining a cell index from said impedance, wherein said monitoring said impedance comprises measuring said impedance during at least two time points; and e) quantifying a number of target cells in both said test well and control well before and after adding said effector cells; and f) determining viability of said target cells in said test well at a given time point after said adding effector cells by comparing number of target cells between said test well and said control well at said given time point. a) providing a device capable of monitoring cell-substrate impedance operably connected to an impedance analyzer, wherein said device comprises two or more wells for receiving cells; b) adding target cells to at least two wells, wherein at least one well is a control well and at least one well is a test well; c) adding effector cells to said test well; d) monitoring impedance of said control and said test wells before and after adding said effector cells and optionally determining a cell index from said impedance, wherein said monitoring said impedance comprises measuring said impedance during at least two time points; and e) quantifying a number of target cells in both said test well and control well before and after adding said effector cells; and f) determining viability of said target cells in said test well at a given time point after said adding effector cells by comparing number of target cells between said test well and said control well at said given time point.
Mobile construction machine having - at least one communication interface for communication with a mobile input device for user input of user commands for operating the construction machine, and - at least one control unit for converting the user commands entered via the input device and communicated via the communication interface into control signals for machine components (5, 6, 7) of the construction machine, - at least one monitoring device for monitoring the mobile input device in accordance with predefined monitoring criteria, wherein the monitoring device is designed to trigger a stop function depending on the monitoring result, characterised by at least one identification transmitter for transferring identification data of the construction machine to the mobile input device, wherein the control unit is configured to enable the operation of the construction machine depending on the identification data, wherein one of the monitoring criteria provides a time limit in such a way that the stop function is triggered after a predetermined period of time has elapsed from the transfer of the identification data and/or the stop function is triggered after no user commands have been entered via the mobile input device for a predetermined period of time, wherein the stop function provides for at least partially blocking the input of the user commands at the input device and/or communication of the user commands and/or conversion of the user commands into control signals, stopping at least one function of the construction machine and/or triggering an emergency stop of the construction machine. - at least one communication interface for communication with a mobile input device for user input of user commands for operating the construction machine, and - at least one control unit for converting the user commands entered via the input device and communicated via the communication interface into control signals for machine components (5, 6, 7) of the construction machine, - at least one monitoring device for monitoring the mobile input device in accordance with predefined monitoring criteria, wherein the monitoring device is designed to trigger a stop function depending on the monitoring result,