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A method for locating a node within a wireless mesh network comprising: measuring, by a first node a first calibration count multiplier that represents the counted number of oscillator ticks in a first predefined period of time; measuring, by a second node, a second calibration count multiplier that represents the counted number of oscillator ticks in a second predefined period of time, wherein the first and second predefined periods of time are of equal length; transmitting a first message by the first node; receiving the first message by the second node; transmitting a second message by the second node; receiving the second message by the first node; measuring a first elapsed time from a beginning of transmitting the first message to a beginning of receiving the second message; measuring a second elapsed time from a beginning of receiving the first message to a beginning of transmitting the second message; transmitting a third message by second node containing the second elapsed time; receiving the third message by the first node; and calculating a distance between the first and second nodes based upon the first and second elapsed times and the first and second calibration count multipliers; wherein the second calibration count multiplier is contained in either the second or third message. measuring, by a first node a first calibration count multiplier that represents the counted number of oscillator ticks in a first predefined period of time; measuring, by a second node, a second calibration count multiplier that represents the counted number of oscillator ticks in a second predefined period of time, wherein the first and second predefined periods of time are of equal length; transmitting a first message by the first node; receiving the first message by the second node; transmitting a second message by the second node; receiving the second message by the first node; measuring a first elapsed time from a beginning of transmitting the first message to a beginning of receiving the second message; measuring a second elapsed time from a beginning of receiving the first message to a beginning of transmitting the second message; transmitting a third message by second node containing the second elapsed time; receiving the third message by the first node; and calculating a distance between the first and second nodes based upon the first and second elapsed times and the first and second calibration count multipliers; wherein the second calibration count multiplier is contained in either the second or third message.
A vehicular air conditioner that performs air conditioning of a vehicle interior by blowing air flowing in an air conditioning duct out to the vehicle interior, the vehicular air conditioner comprising: the air conditioning duct; a blower device that blows the air in the air conditioning duct; a filter that collects particulates included in the air flowing in the air conditioning duct; a particulate sensor that detects a particulate concentration of the air flowing in the air conditioning duct; and a determination section that determines whether collecting performance of the filter is reduced based on the particulate concentration detected by the particulate sensor, wherein the determination section has a first threshold concentration set for the particulate concentration detected by the particulate sensor, and a second threshold concentration lower than the first threshold concentration, characterized in that the determination section determines whether the collecting performance of the filter is reduced based on an elapsed time required for the particulate concentration detected by the particulate sensor to reduce from the first threshold concentration to the second threshold concentration, and the determination section reduces the first threshold concentration and the second threshold concentration with increase in air blowing volume of the blower device. the air conditioning duct; a blower device that blows the air in the air conditioning duct; a filter that collects particulates included in the air flowing in the air conditioning duct; a particulate sensor that detects a particulate concentration of the air flowing in the air conditioning duct; and a determination section that determines whether collecting performance of the filter is reduced based on the particulate concentration detected by the particulate sensor, wherein the determination section has a first threshold concentration set for the particulate concentration detected by the particulate sensor, and a second threshold concentration lower than the first threshold concentration, characterized in that the determination section determines whether the collecting performance of the filter is reduced based on an elapsed time required for the particulate concentration detected by the particulate sensor to reduce from the first threshold concentration to the second threshold concentration, and the determination section reduces the first threshold concentration and the second threshold concentration with increase in air blowing volume of the blower device.
A dispensing closure (10; 100) for dispensing a flowable product from a squeeze-type product container comprising: a closure body (20; 120) having an upper deck (34; 134) and a dispensing orifice (36; 136) within said upper deck, said closure body being configured to attach to a product container; a timing piston comprising a tubular piston guide extending downwardly from a bottom surface of said upper deck and a cup-shaped piston body (44; 144) slidably received on said piston guide, said piston body further having a flared neck portion (46; 146), said piston body cooperating with said piston guide to form an enclosed piston chamber the enclosed piston chamber is configured such that its internal volume is not in fluid communication with the product to be dispensed; a timing vent (28; 128) within said upper deck in communication with said piston chamber to allow air to escape said piston chamber; an air intake orifice (30; 130) within said upper deck in communication with said piston chamber to allow air to enter said piston chamber; and a ball valve structure adjacent the bottom surface of the upper deck and cooperating with said air intake orifice for controlling the flow of air through the air intake orifice. a closure body (20; 120) having an upper deck (34; 134) and a dispensing orifice (36; 136) within said upper deck, said closure body being configured to attach to a product container; a timing piston comprising a tubular piston guide extending downwardly from a bottom surface of said upper deck and a cup-shaped piston body (44; 144) slidably received on said piston guide, said piston body further having a flared neck portion (46; 146), said piston body cooperating with said piston guide to form an enclosed piston chamber the enclosed piston chamber is configured such that its internal volume is not in fluid communication with the product to be dispensed; a timing vent (28; 128) within said upper deck in communication with said piston chamber to allow air to escape said piston chamber; an air intake orifice (30; 130) within said upper deck in communication with said piston chamber to allow air to enter said piston chamber; and a ball valve structure adjacent the bottom surface of the upper deck and cooperating with said air intake orifice for controlling the flow of air through the air intake orifice.
A method for grinding a spring with high quality and high efficiency, characterized in that it comprises the steps as follows: Firstly, at least one of an upper grinding wheel and a lower grinding wheel is configured to comprise an inner grinding wheel and an outer grinding wheel, wherein the inner grinding wheel is fitted in the outer grinding wheel; the inner grinding wheel or the outer grinding wheel is driven by a transmission mechanism, the inner grinding wheel and the outer grinding wheel rotating in opposite directions; after a complete spring is fed to a space between the upper grinding wheel and the lower grinding wheel, the complete spring is moved back and forth in the plane of the grinding wheels; at the same time, the grinding wheels are fed and then withdrawn after the spring is well ground; then, the ground spring movement is stopped and it is moved away from the space between the two grinding wheels (1, 2), and finally the complete spring is removed. Firstly, at least one of an upper grinding wheel and a lower grinding wheel is configured to comprise an inner grinding wheel and an outer grinding wheel, wherein the inner grinding wheel is fitted in the outer grinding wheel; the inner grinding wheel or the outer grinding wheel is driven by a transmission mechanism, the inner grinding wheel and the outer grinding wheel rotating in opposite directions; after a complete spring is fed to a space between the upper grinding wheel and the lower grinding wheel, the complete spring is moved back and forth in the plane of the grinding wheels; at the same time, the grinding wheels are fed and then withdrawn after the spring is well ground; then, the ground spring movement is stopped and it is moved away from the space between the two grinding wheels (1, 2), and finally the complete spring is removed.
A method for acquiring and managing by remote server data relating to road disturbances causing vehicles to slow down on at least one road section, wherein - a vehicle onboard device is able to transmit an information frame to the remote server, - the remote server is able to process the same and to send back information that the fatter is able to transmit to the driver of the vehicle to the onboard device characterised in that: - the onboard device periodically receives an information frame from a position determining system, - the onboard device determines the acceleration to which the vehicle is subjected and sends to the remote server an information frame, called a "braking frame" when: a) the acceleration is negative and is greater than a first determined threshold value and b) the variation in the vehicle speed due to said negative acceleration before and after the same, is greater than a second threshold value (δv) - upon receiving the braking frame, the remote server saves the latter in a database called a "braking base". - a vehicle onboard device is able to transmit an information frame to the remote server, - the remote server is able to process the same and to send back information that the fatter is able to transmit to the driver of the vehicle to the onboard device - the onboard device periodically receives an information frame from a position determining system, - the onboard device determines the acceleration to which the vehicle is subjected and sends to the remote server an information frame, called a "braking frame" when: a) the acceleration is negative and is greater than a first determined threshold value and b) the variation in the vehicle speed due to said negative acceleration before and after the same, is greater than a second threshold value (δv) a) the acceleration is negative and is greater than a first determined threshold value and b) the variation in the vehicle speed due to said negative acceleration before and after the same, is greater than a second threshold value (δv) - upon receiving the braking frame, the remote server saves the latter in a database called a "braking base".
An optical system, the optical system comprising - a first optical fiber embedded in a composite material, the first optical fiber comprising side walls extending in a longitudinal direction in contact with the composite material, - a second, external optical fiber having a different optical mode field diameter than the first optical fiber, and - a self-written intermediate waveguide in optical contact with the first and second optical fibers (100, 110) thus forming an optical connection between the first optical fiber and the second optical fiber, wherein the self-written intermediate waveguide is formed in a UV-light curing optical adhesive, the first optical fiber comprises an optical fiber sensor for detecting deformations in the composite material, and only an end face perpendicular to the side walls of the first optical fiber is exposed to the outside of the composite material, said end face of the first optical fiber being in contact with the self-written intermediate waveguide. - a first optical fiber embedded in a composite material, the first optical fiber comprising side walls extending in a longitudinal direction in contact with the composite material, - a second, external optical fiber having a different optical mode field diameter than the first optical fiber, and - a self-written intermediate waveguide in optical contact with the first and second optical fibers (100, 110) thus forming an optical connection between the first optical fiber and the second optical fiber, wherein the self-written intermediate waveguide is formed in a UV-light curing optical adhesive, the first optical fiber comprises an optical fiber sensor for detecting deformations in the composite material, and only an end face perpendicular to the side walls of the first optical fiber is exposed to the outside of the composite material, said end face of the first optical fiber being in contact with the self-written intermediate waveguide.
A cylinder lock for use in a locking arrangement which comprises: a barrel having a through passage and two locks provided one at each end of the through passage and a cam member located between the locks characterized in that a solid single bar member extends between the two locks; two sleeve members located about respective ends of the bar member; and two collar members located about the centre of the bar member, whereby the respective sleeve member and associated collar can be forced along the bar member, thereby allowing the collar member to be activated by the lock to operate the cam member, wherein when the lock is assembled the bar member is located with each end in a recess provided in the respective lock so that the lock surrounds the end of the bar member and each sleeve to locate the bar member securely.
A method of manufacturing a stator including a stator core formed by annularly arranging a plurality of split stator cores each formed by stacking unit steel plates each including a unit yoke portion and a unit stator tooth portion formed to protrude from the unit yoke portion, said split stator cores each including a yoke portion formed by stacking said unit yoke portions and a stator tooth formed by stacking said unit stator tooth portions, comprising the step of: arranging an electromagnetic steel plate between a first die having a hole portion formed in a shape of said unit steel plate and a second die including a projection portion formed in a shape of said unit steel plate, which can be inserted into said hole portion, forming said unit steel plate by said first die and said second die, wherein, in a gap between an inner surface of said first die that defines said hole portion and an outer surface of said projection portion, a gap at a part that forms said unit stator tooth portion is larger than a gap at a part that defines a unit circumferential end surface of said unit yoke portion that is located in a circumferential direction of said stator core. arranging an electromagnetic steel plate between a first die having a hole portion formed in a shape of said unit steel plate and a second die including a projection portion formed in a shape of said unit steel plate, which can be inserted into said hole portion, forming said unit steel plate by said first die and said second die, wherein, in a gap between an inner surface of said first die that defines said hole portion and an outer surface of said projection portion, a gap at a part that forms said unit stator tooth portion is larger than a gap at a part that defines a unit circumferential end surface of said unit yoke portion that is located in a circumferential direction of said stator core.
Hair conditioners for rinsing out of hair, which allow fixing of a hair style, comprising A) dimethicone as silicone B) waxes, preferably microcrystalline cera, C) adhesive polymer, wherein the adhesive polymer is polyisobutene, D) film former, preferably VP/hexadecene copolymer and wherein the ratio of A) to B) is from 2:0.5 to 0.5:3, especially preferably 1:2; the ratio of A) to C) is from 1:4 to 4:0.5, especially preferably 3:1 and the ratio of A) to D) is from 1:4 to 4:0.5, especially preferably 3:1. A) dimethicone as silicone B) waxes, preferably microcrystalline cera, C) adhesive polymer, wherein the adhesive polymer is polyisobutene, D) film former, preferably VP/hexadecene copolymer and wherein
A separating disk adapted to be included in a disk package of a centrifuge rotor of a centrifugal separator, wherein the separating disk has a tapering shape and extends around an axis (x) of rotation and along a tapering rotary symmetric surface (y) along the axis (x) of rotation, wherein the separating disk has an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the separating disk is manufactured of a material, wherein the separating disk is configured in such a way that it creates an interspace between the separating disk and an adjacent separating disk in the disk package and thus comprises first protrusions extending outwardly from the tapering rotary symmetric surface (y) and second protrusions extending inwardly from the tapering rotary symmetric surface (y), wherein each first and second protrusion (31, 32) defines a contact zone adapted to abut an adjacent separating disk in the disk package, wherein the contact zones of the first protrusions are displaced in relation to the contact zones of the second protrusions seen in a normal direction with regard to the outer surface, wherein the first and second protrusions are provided after each other in a peripheral direction of the separating disk, characterized in that the tapering shape and the protrusions (31, 32) of the separating disk have been provided through pressing of a blank of said material against a tool part which has a shape corresponding to the tapering shape with the protrusions (31, 32) of the pressed separating disk.
A method for protection in response to a fault in a mixed power transmission line by controlling a switching device connected to the mixed power transmission line through an Intelligent Electronic Device, the mixed power transmission line comprising two or more sections with at least one overhead section and at least one underground section, each section of the two or more sections being one of an overhead section and an underground section, wherein every two consecutive sections of the mixed power transmission line are connected at a junction, the method being implemented by the IED of the mixed power transmission line, wherein the IED receives a signal from a measurement equipment connected to the mixed power transmission line, the IED performing: detecting a travelling wave from the signal received from the measurement equipment, wherein the travelling wave is generated due to the fault in a section of the two or more sections of the mixed power transmission line; determining a first peak of the travelling wave and at least one a peak width, a rise time and a discharge time of the first peak; identifying the section with the fault based on a comparison of at least one of the peak width, the rise time and the discharge time with a corresponding threshold value of each junction, wherein the corresponding threshold value is predetermined for each junction and is stored in the IED; and controlling the switching device based on the section with the fault identified based on the comparison, for protecting the mixed line. detecting a travelling wave from the signal received from the measurement equipment, wherein the travelling wave is generated due to the fault in a section of the two or more sections of the mixed power transmission line; determining a first peak of the travelling wave and at least one a peak width, a rise time and a discharge time of the first peak; identifying the section with the fault based on a comparison of at least one of the peak width, the rise time and the discharge time with a corresponding threshold value of each junction, wherein the corresponding threshold value is predetermined for each junction and is stored in the IED; and controlling the switching device based on the section with the fault identified based on the comparison, for protecting the mixed line.
A hybrid flow redox battery system comprising an electrochemical cell, an anolyte tank, a catholyte tank, one or more tank separators, a plurality of electrolyte pathways, one or more turbines, and one or more power generation circuits, wherein: the electrochemical cell comprises an ion-exchange membrane positioned between and electrochemically engaged with an anode and a cathode; at least one of the one or more power generation circuits is electrically coupled to the anode and the cathode; the anolyte tank includes an upper anolyte opening and a lower anolyte opening positioned below the upper anolyte opening; the catholyte tank includes an upper catholyte opening and a lower catholyte opening positioned below the upper catholyte opening; one or more of the plurality of electrolyte pathways extend between the upper anolyte opening and the anode and extend between the lower anolyte opening and the anode to fluidly couple the anolyte tank to the anode; one or more of the plurality of electrolyte pathways extend between the upper catholyte opening and the cathode and extend between the lower catholyte opening and the cathode to fluidly couple the catholyte tank to the cathode; the one or more turbines are fluidly coupled to one or more of the plurality of electrolyte pathways; the one or more tank separators are positioned within one or both of the anolyte tank and the catholyte tank; and the one or more tank separators are translatable in a downward direction to induce electrolyte flow from one or both of the lower anolyte opening and the lower catholyte opening through the one or more turbines to hydroelectrically generate power. the electrochemical cell comprises an ion-exchange membrane positioned between and electrochemically engaged with an anode and a cathode; at least one of the one or more power generation circuits is electrically coupled to the anode and the cathode; the anolyte tank includes an upper anolyte opening and a lower anolyte opening positioned below the upper anolyte opening; the catholyte tank includes an upper catholyte opening and a lower catholyte opening positioned below the upper catholyte opening; one or more of the plurality of electrolyte pathways extend between the upper anolyte opening and the anode and extend between the lower anolyte opening and the anode to fluidly couple the anolyte tank to the anode; one or more of the plurality of electrolyte pathways extend between the upper catholyte opening and the cathode and extend between the lower catholyte opening and the cathode to fluidly couple the catholyte tank to the cathode; the one or more turbines are fluidly coupled to one or more of the plurality of electrolyte pathways; the one or more tank separators are positioned within one or both of the anolyte tank and the catholyte tank; and the one or more tank separators are translatable in a downward direction to induce electrolyte flow from one or both of the lower anolyte opening and the lower catholyte opening through the one or more turbines to hydroelectrically generate power.
A composition for use in forming a non-porous enamel cover coat from which baked-on foods can be removed without the need for pyrolysis or highly alkaline cleaners, said composition comprising a glass component comprising from 50% to 75% of a first glass frit and a second glass frit as the balance of said glass component, wherein said first glass frit comprises by weight from 35% to 40 % P 2 O 5, from 25% to 35% Al 2 O 3, from 20% to 30% Li 2 O + Na 2 O + K 2 O, up to 10% B 2 O 3, up to 7% MgO + CaO + SrO + BaO + ZnO, up to 7% TiO 2 + ZrO 2, and up to 4% SiO 2.