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An assembly for a wind turbine, comprising: a shaft, a radially outer portion of the shaft comprising at least one engagement formation; and a retention mechanism (156; 176) moveable radially between: a radially inward position in which the retention mechanism (156; 176) can engage the at least one engagement formation, such that rotation of the shaft is constrained; and a radially outward position in which the retention mechanism (156; 176) cannot engage the engagement formation, thereby allowing rotation of the shaft, characterized in that the assembly comprises a main shaft housing, said shaft extending within the main shaft housing and wherein the main shaft housing further comprises: a first bearing; and a second bearing axially spaced apart from the first bearing; wherein the shaft is at least partly supported by the first bearing and the second bearing for rotation relative to the main shaft housing, and the retention mechanism (156; 176) is positioned between the first bearing and the second bearing. a shaft, a radially outer portion of the shaft comprising at least one engagement formation; and a retention mechanism (156; 176) moveable radially between: a radially inward position in which the retention mechanism (156; 176) can engage the at least one engagement formation, such that rotation of the shaft is constrained; and a radially outward position in which the retention mechanism (156; 176) cannot engage the engagement formation, thereby allowing rotation of the shaft, characterized in that the assembly comprises a main shaft housing, said shaft extending within the main shaft housing and a radially inward position in which the retention mechanism (156; 176) can engage the at least one engagement formation, such that rotation of the shaft is constrained; and a radially outward position in which the retention mechanism (156; 176) cannot engage the engagement formation, thereby allowing rotation of the shaft, characterized in that the assembly comprises a main shaft housing, said shaft extending within the main shaft housing and wherein the main shaft housing further comprises: a first bearing; and a second bearing axially spaced apart from the first bearing; wherein the shaft is at least partly supported by the first bearing and the second bearing for rotation relative to the main shaft housing, and the retention mechanism (156; 176) is positioned between the first bearing and the second bearing. a first bearing; and a second bearing axially spaced apart from the first bearing; wherein the shaft is at least partly supported by the first bearing and the second bearing for rotation relative to the main shaft housing, and the retention mechanism (156; 176) is positioned between the first bearing and the second bearing.
A printing apparatus comprising: an apparatus main body that has a transportation unit adapted to transport a recording medium and a liquid droplet ejection head adapted to eject an ink onto the recording medium; a curing unit; and a support mechanism (6, 7, 8) adapted to connect the apparatus main body and the curing unit, and to displaceably support the curing unit to be in an unfolded state and to be in a folded state; characterized in that the curing unit includes a curing heater adapted to heat and cure the ink on the recording medium; and a depth, which is the total length of the apparatus main body and the curing unit in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the apparatus main body, in the folded state is shorter than that in the unfolded state. an apparatus main body that has a transportation unit adapted to transport a recording medium and a liquid droplet ejection head adapted to eject an ink onto the recording medium; a curing unit; and a support mechanism (6, 7, 8) adapted to connect the apparatus main body and the curing unit, and to displaceably support the curing unit to be in an unfolded state and to be in a folded state; characterized in that the curing unit includes a curing heater adapted to heat and cure the ink on the recording medium; and a depth, which is the total length of the apparatus main body and the curing unit in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the apparatus main body, in the folded state is shorter than that in the unfolded state.
An ophthalmic preparation for use in the treatment of irritation or damage to conjunctival or corneal epithelial cells resulting from Sjögren's syndrome, said ophthalmic preparation comprising an aqueous solution of glycerol, characterized in that said ophthalmic preparation comprises an aqueous solution containing 2.5% (w/v) glycerol, 0.015% (w/v) sodium hyaluronate, and 0.015% Carbomer 981, said solution buffered to a pH of approximately 7.
Guide profile (100,..., 106) for a window or a door, with a roller shutter box which is connectable to a vertical outer frame profile, in particular to a lateral vertical outer frame profile or to a central post profile, and which has at least one laterally open guide recess (A, B), wherein it has an inner profile, in particular which is connectable directly or indirectly to the outer frame profile and has an outer profile which is fastened or is at least fastenable to the inner profile from the outside, in particular by latching, wherein the outer profile has at least one region which is open to the side and inwards, in particular which is bounded by a guide base and a guide side wall, characterized in that the open region in combination with the inner profile is filled by an outwardly projecting region of the inner profile, in which the guide recess is formed.
A method of recording multimodal user interaction with an item in a networked system, the networked system comprising at least one server device connected to at least one client device across at least one network, the method comprising the steps of generating a data record comprising data representative of the item, the data including at least image data depicting the item; generating and associating a unique identifier code with the data record, wherein associating at least the image data in the data record with the unique identifier code defines an avatar of the item in the networked system; distributing one or more copies of the avatar to the or each client device; encoding the unique identifier code into a machine-readable tag and securing the tag to each physical embodiment of the item outside the networked system; generating and storing a user account for each user of the networked system, each user account having at least one respective type selected from a group comprising at least an item provider and an item consumer; and authenticating access of each client device to the networked system through logging each user's client device into the user's respective user account; at the or each client device, logging digital user interaction with the avatar and analogue user interaction with the physical item, wherein logging analogue user interaction comprises reading the machine-readable tag with the client device; and matching and recording each logged user interaction against the item data record at the or each server device. generating and associating a unique identifier code with the data record, wherein associating at least the image data in the data record with the unique identifier code defines an avatar of the item in the networked system; distributing one or more copies of the avatar to the or each client device; encoding the unique identifier code into a machine-readable tag and securing the tag to each physical embodiment of the item outside the networked system; generating and storing a user account for each user of the networked system, each user account having at least one respective type selected from a group comprising at least an item provider and an item consumer; and authenticating access of each client device to the networked system through logging each user's client device into the user's respective user account; at the or each client device, logging digital user interaction with the avatar and analogue user interaction with the physical item, wherein logging analogue user interaction comprises reading the machine-readable tag with the client device; and matching and recording each logged user interaction against the item data record at the or each server device.
Road finishing machine with a height-adjustable screed mounted to a chassis of the road finishing machine for laying a paving layer, and at least one retainer device for supporting and positioning at least one sensor unit, the retainer device comprising at least one supporting arm module, at least one sensor module including the sensor unit, and at least one link that may be movably positioned at the supporting arm module to which the sensor module may be mounted and which mounts the sensor module to the supporting arm module, wherein the sensor module comprises a retainer with a mounting plate, characterized in that the mounting plate is without tools releasably mounted to the link, and that the sensor module may be mounted to the link in various assembly angles with respect to the horizontal line.
A vehicle detection system comprising a control unit, an environment detection system that is adapted to detect objects (4, 5, 6; 17, 18) outside a vehicle, and a driver attentiveness detection system that is adapted to detect eye gaze direction of a driver, where the control unit is adapted to acquire data regarding detected objects (4, 5, 6; 17, 18) from the environment detection system, and to acquire eye gaze direction data from the driver attentiveness detection system, the eye gaze direction data comprising an eye gaze direction vector ( v), where the control unit is adapted to estimate to which extent a detected object is occupying a driver's field of view by means of a combination of the acquired data, where the control unit is adapted to define the driver's field of view by means of the acquired eye gaze direction data, and to represent the field of view with at least one cone having a corresponding base, characterized in that the base comprises a pattern of sample points (13; 13 A, 13 B), where the sample points (13; 13 A, 13 B) represent the effective field of view, where the control unit is adapted to estimate to which extent a detected object is occupying a driver's field of view by determining how many sample points that coincide with the detected object, wherein there are at least two field of views (10A, 10B) with a corresponding base (26, 27) and base area (S A, S B), where each base area (S A, S B) comprises a corresponding sub-pattern of sample points (13 A, 13 B), where at least two sub-patterns of sample points (13 A, 13 B) have mutually different pattern density, where a more remote base area (S B) has a denser sub-pattern of sample points (13 B) than a less remote base area (S A).
A composite structure having a surface, which surface has at least a portion made of a surface resin composition, and comprising a fibrous material selected from the group consisting of non-woven structures, textiles, fibrous battings and combinations thereof, said fibrous material being impregnated with a matrix resin composition, wherein the matrix resin composition and the surface resin composition are independently selected from polyamide compositions comprising a blend of a semi-aromatic semi-crystalline polyamide with a semi-aromatic amorphous polyamide.
Heat exchanger, wherein the heat exchanger is designed as a plate heat exchanger, wherein the heat exchanger has partition walls, wherein the heat exchanger has first regions between the partition walls for a first medium and second regions between the partition walls for a second medium, wherein the first regions and the second regions are separated by a plurality of partition walls, wherein first regions and second regions are arranged alternately between two neighbouring partition walls, wherein connecting elements are arranged in the first region between the partition walls, wherein the connecting elements have an elongate cross-section, wherein the connecting elements are arranged in the longitudinal direction parallel to the direction of flow of the first medium, wherein the connecting elements have a cross-section parallel to the partition walls, wherein the cross-section parallel to the longitudinal direction and perpendicular to the partitions has a mirror symmetry, characterised in that the connecting element between two partitions has a cross-section which tapers towards the centre between the partitions, wherein the connecting element has a length which is at least 20% shorter in the centre.
A method of copper electroplating in the manufacture of printed circuit boards and IC substrates comprising, in this order, the steps of a. providing a multilayer laminate comprising a dielectric core layer having an inner copper layer attached to both sides thereon and at least one dielectric outer layer attached to the inner copper layer on both sides of the dielectric core layer, the at least one dielectric outer layer having an outer copper layer attached to the opposite side of the at least one dielectric outer layer, b. forming at least one through-hole and at least one blind micro via, c. depositing a first copper layer by flash plating and d. filling the at least one blind micro via and conformally plate the at least one through-hole with copper in one step, wherein copper is electroplated in step d. from an aqueous acidic copper plating bath comprising 12 to 20 g/l ferrous ions and 2 to 6 g/l ferric ions by pulse reverse plating comprising a first cycle of at least one forward pulse wherein the duration of the at least one first forward pulse is in the range of 2 to 40 ms and at least one reverse pulse wherein the duration of the at least one first reverse pulse is in the range of 2 to 8 ms and a second cycle of at least one forward pulse wherein the duration of the at least one forward pulse in the second cycle is in the range of 2 to 40 ms and at least one reverse pulse wherein the duration of the at least one reverse pulse in the second cycle is in the range of 1 to 4 ms applied in a single plater pass and wherein the pulse reverse plating parameters applied in step d. comprise in the first cycle a peak current density of at least one first forward pulse in the range of 3 to 7 A/dm 2 and a peak current density of at least one first reverse pulse in the range of 20 to 40 A/dm 2. a. providing a multilayer laminate comprising a dielectric core layer having an inner copper layer attached to both sides thereon and at least one dielectric outer layer attached to the inner copper layer on both sides of the dielectric core layer, the at least one dielectric outer layer having an outer copper layer attached to the opposite side of the at least one dielectric outer layer, b. forming at least one through-hole and at least one blind micro via, c. depositing a first copper layer by flash plating and d. filling the at least one blind micro via and conformally plate the at least one through-hole with copper in one step,
An electrolyte solution for a lithium-sulfur battery comprising a lithium salt and a non-aqueous solvent which in turn comprises: (i) tetrahydrofuran or tetrahydropyran unsubstituted or substituted with a C1 to C4 alkyl group or alkoxy group; and (ii) a linear ether represented by the formula R-O-(CH 2 CH 2 O) x -CH 2 CH 3, wherein R is a C1 to C6 alkyl group or a C6 to C12 aryl group, and x is 1 or 2. (i) tetrahydrofuran or tetrahydropyran unsubstituted or substituted with a C1 to C4 alkyl group or alkoxy group; and (ii) a linear ether represented by the formula R-O-(CH 2 CH 2 O) x -CH 2 CH 3, wherein R is a C1 to C6 alkyl group or a C6 to C12 aryl group, and x is 1 or 2.
A method for isolating, enriching, and analyzing circulating melanoma cells in a blood sample which comprises a mixed cell population suspected of containing circulating melanoma cells and which has been isolated from a patient with metastatic melanoma disease, the method comprising: a) enriching a fraction of the sample using magnetic particles conjugated to an antibody specific for the melanoma cell adhesion molecule, the fraction containing the circulating melanoma cells; b) confirming structural integrity of the rare circulating melanoma cells to be intact, wherein said structural integrity is determined by the nucleic acid dye DAPI, and a Phycoerythrin conjugated monoclonal antibody for High Molecular Weight Melanoma Associated Antigen wherein said structural integrity is further confirmed by exclusion of co-enriched leukocytes and circulating endothelial cells using Allophycocyanin conjugated monoclonal CD45 and CD34 antibodies; c) adding FITC labeled anti-Ki67 to determine the proportion of circulating melanoma cells in active cell cycle. a) enriching a fraction of the sample using magnetic particles conjugated to an antibody specific for the melanoma cell adhesion molecule, the fraction containing the circulating melanoma cells; b) confirming structural integrity of the rare circulating melanoma cells to be intact, wherein said structural integrity is determined by the nucleic acid dye DAPI, and a Phycoerythrin conjugated monoclonal antibody for High Molecular Weight Melanoma Associated Antigen wherein said structural integrity is further confirmed by exclusion of co-enriched leukocytes and circulating endothelial cells using Allophycocyanin conjugated monoclonal CD45 and CD34 antibodies; c) adding FITC labeled anti-Ki67 to determine the proportion of circulating melanoma cells in active cell cycle.
A single-use delivery device comprising: a manually deformable liquid container defining an inner chamber, the container having a distal end, a body, a proximal end, and an outlet on the distal end; a tip projecting from the outlet on the distal end of the container, the tip in fluid communication with the inner chamber of the container; and characterised in comprising a primer element positioned on the body of the deformable liquid container, the primer element in form of/being a convex-shaped collapsible button disposed on the body of the deformable liquid container, the convex-shaped collapsible button having a volume that matches a volume of air bubbles contained in the deformable liquid container, the convex-shaped collapsible button assuming a concave surface upon manually depression by a user for removing one or more air bubbles from the chamber, said primer element being attached to and in fluid communication with the deformable container and the container, the tip and the primer element being collapsible to minimize dead space in the delivery device. a manually deformable liquid container defining an inner chamber, the container having a distal end, a body, a proximal end, and an outlet on the distal end; a tip projecting from the outlet on the distal end of the container, the tip in fluid communication with the inner chamber of the container; and characterised in comprising a primer element positioned on the body of the deformable liquid container, the primer element in form of/being a convex-shaped collapsible button disposed on the body of the deformable liquid container, the convex-shaped collapsible button having a volume that matches a volume of air bubbles contained in the deformable liquid container, the convex-shaped collapsible button assuming a concave surface upon manually depression by a user for removing one or more air bubbles from the chamber, said primer element being attached to and in fluid communication with the deformable container and the container, the tip and the primer element being collapsible to minimize dead space in the delivery device.
A fuel cell system, comprising: a fuel cell; a catalytic reactor having a sulfur oxidation catalyst having platinum and iron; wherein the catalytic reactor is configured to contact a sulfur-containing hydrocarbon fuel and an oxidant with the sulfur oxidation catalyst; wherein the sulfur oxidation catalyst is configured to oxidize sulfur-containing compounds to form sulfur oxides; and wherein the iron concentration in the catalyst is in the range of 0.5% to 40% by weight; and a sulfur oxide trap fluidly disposed between the catalytic reactor and the fuel cell, wherein the sulfur oxide trap is configured to capture the sulfur oxides, wherein the catalytic reactor and the sulfur oxide trap are operative to remove sulfur-containing compounds from the sulfur-containing hydrocarbon fuel prior to supplying the hydrocarbon fuel to the fuel cell. a fuel cell; a catalytic reactor having a sulfur oxidation catalyst having platinum and iron; wherein the catalytic reactor is configured to contact a sulfur-containing hydrocarbon fuel and an oxidant with the sulfur oxidation catalyst; wherein the sulfur oxidation catalyst is configured to oxidize sulfur-containing compounds to form sulfur oxides; and wherein the iron concentration in the catalyst is in the range of 0.5% to 40% by weight; and a sulfur oxide trap fluidly disposed between the catalytic reactor and the fuel cell, wherein the sulfur oxide trap is configured to capture the sulfur oxides, wherein the catalytic reactor and the sulfur oxide trap are operative to remove sulfur-containing compounds from the sulfur-containing hydrocarbon fuel prior to supplying the hydrocarbon fuel to the fuel cell.
An electronic access control device comprising: a radio communication module configured to perform a wireless data exchange with a mobile device over a direct wireless communication link between the radio communication module and the mobile device; an access confirmation module, executable on a processor of the mobile device and comprising computer program code configured to control the processor of the mobile device to receive from a user of the mobile device a confirmation instruction and to transmit to the radio communication module of the access control device a confirmation message responsive to the confirmation instruction; and a controller connected to the radio communication module and configured to control the radio communication module to transmit the access confirmation module via the direct wireless communication link to the mobile device, and, upon reception of a confirmation message from the mobile device via the direct wireless communication link, to generate an access control signal, using an access key received from the mobile device via the direct wireless communication link. a radio communication module configured to perform a wireless data exchange with a mobile device over a direct wireless communication link between the radio communication module and the mobile device; an access confirmation module, executable on a processor of the mobile device and comprising computer program code configured to control the processor of the mobile device to receive from a user of the mobile device a confirmation instruction and to transmit to the radio communication module of the access control device a confirmation message responsive to the confirmation instruction; and a controller connected to the radio communication module and configured to control the radio communication module to transmit the access confirmation module via the direct wireless communication link to the mobile device, and, upon reception of a confirmation message from the mobile device via the direct wireless communication link, to generate an access control signal, using an access key received from the mobile device via the direct wireless communication link.