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Protection circuitry (30; 30a; 30b) for a boost converter coupled between input and output nodes for driving a load coupled to the output node, the circuitry comprising: a first circuit path including the boost converter; a first circuit configured for monitoring a circuit parameter with respect to the output node, the first circuit including a second circuit path connected to the output node, and a unidirectional current source configured for supplying unidirectional current to the output node through the second circuit path, the circuit parameter being caused by the unidirectional current having a voltage proximate to, or lower than, an input voltage of the boost converter; and a second circuit including a switch in the first circuit path, the second circuit being configured for controlling the switch to couple together the input node with respect to the output node and enabling the boost converter only if the monitored circuit parameter has a predetermined value. a first circuit path including the boost converter; a first circuit configured for monitoring a circuit parameter with respect to the output node, the first circuit including a second circuit path connected to the output node, and a unidirectional current source configured for supplying unidirectional current to the output node through the second circuit path, the circuit parameter being caused by the unidirectional current having a voltage proximate to, or lower than, an input voltage of the boost converter; and a second circuit including a switch in the first circuit path, the second circuit being configured for controlling the switch to couple together the input node with respect to the output node and enabling the boost converter only if the monitored circuit parameter has a predetermined value.
A gas burner arrangement for a gas-cooking appliance, particularly a gas hob, comprising at least one gas burner adapted to receive a fuel flow from a fuel supply and for providing a fuel-supplied flame to a cooking vessel, at least one support arranged to support the cooking vessel above the gas burner, particularly above the fuel-supplied flame, a thermocouple adapted to generate a thermocouple signal depending on the thermal state of said thermocouple, and a control unit connected to the thermocouple, the control unit being adapted to receive the thermocouple signal and to process said thermocouple signal to an output signal, wherein the control unit is capable of determining if the cooking vessel is placed on the support above the fuel-supplied flame dependent on the thermocouple signal, characterised in that the control unit comprises a comparator and is adapted to generate the output signal dependent on the comparison of the thermocouple signal to at least one predetermined set value stored in the control unit, wherein said predetermined set value is a threshold value to which the thermocouple signal is compared, and wherein the control unit is capable of comparing the thermocouple signal to the at least one first predetermined set value for at least one first predetermined amount of time, and wherein the output signal generated by the control unit is indicative for a state in which a cooking vessel is placed on the support if the thermocouple signal for the first predetermined amount of time is lower than the at least one first predetermined set value, and wherein the thermocouple is arranged adjacent to the gas burner and at a position which is below a cooking vessel to be placed on the support, the thermocouple being arranged such that the point of contact between the fuel-supplied flame and the thermocouple differs between the situation of the cooking vessel being placed on the support compared to the situation of no cooking vessel being placed on the support.
A composite coating comprising: a resin including a polymer network; and inorganic nanoparticles disposed within the resin, wherein the composite coating has a refractive index greater than 1.7 and a glass transition temperature greater than 60°C, characterized in that the polymer network comprises polymers comprising from 25 wt% to 60 wt% repeat units derived from a trifunctional acrylic or methacrylic monomers or oligomers, at least 40 wt % repeat units derived from bifunctional acrylic or methacrylic monomers or oligomers, and, optionally up to 10 wt% repeat units derived from monofunctional monomers or oligomers. a resin including a polymer network; and inorganic nanoparticles disposed within the resin, wherein the composite coating has a refractive index greater than 1.7 and a glass transition temperature greater than 60°C, characterized in that the polymer network comprises polymers comprising from 25 wt% to 60 wt% repeat units derived from a trifunctional acrylic or methacrylic monomers or oligomers, at least 40 wt % repeat units derived from bifunctional acrylic or methacrylic monomers or oligomers, and, optionally up to 10 wt% repeat units derived from monofunctional monomers or oligomers.
A method for determining α-Gal xenoantigen in glutaraldehyde-fixed tissues comprising at least the steps of: - subjecting a sample of a fixed tissue to an inactivation treatment with homocysteic acid; - detecting α-Gal epitope by means of an ELISA immunoassay with a primary anti α-Gal monoclonal antibody; - quantifying the α-Gal epitope by means of detection by absorbance at 450 nm of the signal generated by free amount of said anti α-Gal monoclonal antibody reacted with a secondary peroxidase-conjugated antibody and comparison with a calibration line. - subjecting a sample of a fixed tissue to an inactivation treatment with homocysteic acid; - detecting α-Gal epitope by means of an ELISA immunoassay with a primary anti α-Gal monoclonal antibody; - quantifying the α-Gal epitope by means of detection by absorbance at 450 nm of the signal generated by free amount of said anti α-Gal monoclonal antibody reacted with a secondary peroxidase-conjugated antibody and comparison with a calibration line.
A machine for applying support tabs to a sheet material, comprising a support tab applicator assembly adapted to engage a first side of the sheet material along a longitudinal length of the sheet material to apply a first portion of a support tab thereto, the support tab being configured to receive a suspension member; a support tab finisher assembly adapted to engage a second side of the sheet material along the longitudinal length to apply a second portion of the support tab thereto opposite the first portion of the support tab, wherein the support tab finisher assembly includes a press plate adapted to move to engage the first side of the sheet material and an underside support adapted to engage the second side of the sheet material, where a portion of the sheet material to which the support tab applicator assembly applies the first portion of the support tab is thereby engaged between the press plate and the underside support during application of the second portion of the support tab; and a hole punch assembly adapted to cut a hole through the sheet material and the support tab, the hole being for receiving the suspension member.
A printing medium adapted for jetting out toward a subject to be printed in a droplet form, comprising a medium (120, 710, 720, 920, 1020), wherein the medium contains numerous charged particles dispersed therein, wherein inter-particle distances of the particles in the medium (120, 710, 720, 920, 1020) are controlled by applying energy as well as at least one of an electric field or a magnetic field to the medium (120, 710, 720, 920, 1020); wherein the inter-particle distances of the particles are fixed to reflect light at wavelengths corresponding to said inter-particle distances; and wherein the medium (120, 710, 720, 920, 1020) is dispersed in a light transmissible material (730, 930, 1030), characterised in that the inter-particle distances of the particles are fixed by blocking the energy application to the medium (120, 710, 720, 920, 1020) and the fixation of the inter-particle distances of the particles is released by reapplying only the energy to the medium (120, 710, 720, 920, 1020).
A hollow core photonic crystal fiber, PCF, comprising an outer cladding region (1, 11, 21, 41) and hollow tubes (2, 12a, 12b, 22, 42) surrounded by said outer cladding region, wherein each of said hollow tubes is fused to said outer cladding region to form a ring defining an inner cladding region and a hollow core region (4, 14, 24, 44) surrounded by said inner cladding region, wherein said hollow core region has a core diameter D from about 10 μm to about 100 μm, wherein said hollow tubes are not touching each other and wherein said hollow tubes are free of a nested sub tube, wherein each of said hollow tubes has an average outer diameter d2 and an average inner diameter d1, wherein d1/d2 is equal to or larger than about 0.8, such as equal to or larger than about 0.85, such as equal to or larger than about 0.9, characterized in that the photonic crystal fiber comprises exactly 7 hollow tubes and wherein the average outer tube diameter relative to the core diameter d2/D is between 0.5 and 0.75. region (1, 11, 21, 41) and hollow tubes (2, 12a, 12b, 22, 42) surrounded by said outer cladding region, wherein each of said hollow tubes is fused to said outer cladding region to form a ring defining an inner cladding region and a hollow core region (4, 14, 24, 44) surrounded by said inner cladding region, wherein said hollow core region has a core diameter D from about 10 μm to about 100 μm, wherein said hollow tubes are not touching each other and wherein said hollow tubes are free of a nested sub tube, wherein each of said hollow tubes has an average outer diameter d2 and an average inner diameter d1, wherein d1/d2 is equal to or larger than about 0.8, such as equal to or larger than about 0.85, such as equal to or larger than about 0.9, characterized in that the photonic crystal fiber comprises exactly 7 hollow tubes and wherein the average outer tube diameter relative to the core diameter d2/D is between 0.5 and 0.75.
A gear shift operation device for a vehicle to which a multiple-stage automatic transmission is mounted, the gear shift operation device comprising: a control lever configured to be manually operated in a range switchable mode, whereby a range position is switched at least between a D-range where automatic transmission is performed and an R-range, and manually operated in a manual transmission mode, whereby a gear change is performed, wherein an operation reaction force when the control lever is manually operated is set larger when the gear change is performed in the manual transmission mode than when the range position is switched in the range switchable mode, and wherein the control lever is of a momentary type in which the control lever is automatically returned to the neutral return position of the manual transmission mode after a gear change is requested in the manual transmission mode, characterized in that the control lever is of a momentary type in which the control lever is automatically returned to the neutral return position of the range switchable mode after the range position is switched in the range switchable mode. a control lever configured to be manually operated in a range switchable mode, whereby a range position is switched at least between a D-range where automatic transmission is performed and an R-range, and manually operated in a manual transmission mode, whereby a gear change is performed, wherein an operation reaction force when the control lever is manually operated is set larger when the gear change is performed in the manual transmission mode than when the range position is switched in the range switchable mode, and wherein the control lever is of a momentary type in which the control lever is automatically returned to the neutral return position of the manual transmission mode after a gear change is requested in the manual transmission mode, characterized in that the control lever is of a momentary type in which the control lever is automatically returned to the neutral return position of the range switchable mode after the range position is switched in the range switchable mode.
A large-gap-seal assembly for a piggable isolation tool comprising: a plurality of spaced apart gap segments located on a sidewall of an elastomer core; and a plurality of structural segments located above the gap segments, each structural segment adjoining an adjacent structural segment along opposing longitudinal edges when the elastomer core is in an inactivated size, a longitudinal centerline of each gap segment lying approximately below the opposing longitudinal edges; characterized in that said large gap seal assembly further comprises a glide plate located on a plug pressure head surface of the structural segment. a plurality of spaced apart gap segments located on a sidewall of an elastomer core; and a plurality of structural segments located above the gap segments, each structural segment adjoining an adjacent structural segment along opposing longitudinal edges when the elastomer core is in an inactivated size, a longitudinal centerline of each gap segment lying approximately below the opposing longitudinal edges;
- A spin-stabilised projectile comprising a body enclosing a payload formed by a group of sub-projectiles which can be dispersed over a trajectory under the action of a pyrotechnic charge integral with a rear part of the body, the body carrying at its front part a ballistic warhead provided with a breaking groove, the payload being entirely ejected from the body by projecting toward the front of the projectile a piston slidably mounted in the body, the payload being arranged between the piston and a front thrust plate which bears against the warhead, the pyrotechnic charge being composed of a detonation relay intended to detonate and to produce a shock wave that will spread through the piston, the payload and the front thrust plate, said relay being separated from the payload by the piston, the piston comprising a recess covering and surrounding the detonation relay, the latter being not directly in contact with the piston.
A control device for a working vehicle performing both a digging operation and a loading operation wherein the loading operation comprises of scooping up a load by a bucket or loading the load onto a loading body, wherein the working vehicle comprises: a boom cylinder that actuates the boom;a first pump that supplies hydraulic oil to the boom cylinder; and a loading operation detection unit that detects whether a loading operation is being performed; characterised in that the control unit (212, 213) is configured to execute fluid amount reduction control of reducing the amount of hydraulic oil supplied from the first pump to the boom cylinder, when first digging operation conditions and are both satisfied and at least one of second digging operation conditions or that it is not detected that the loading operation is being performed is also satisfied wherein the first digging operation conditions are the following conditions and: a gear ratio designated for a transmission is a predetermined gear ratio, and/or a detected vehicle speed is equal to or lower than a predetermined vehicle speed; and an fluid pressure on a bottom side of the cylinder exceeds a predetermined value and wherein the second digging operation conditions are the following conditions and: a boom lever is operated to raise the boom; and an angle of the boom is equal or greater than a predetermined angle. a boom cylinder that actuates the boom;a first pump that supplies hydraulic oil to the boom cylinder; and a loading operation detection unit that detects whether a loading operation is being performed; characterised in that the control unit (212, 213) is configured to execute fluid amount reduction control of reducing the amount of hydraulic oil supplied from the first pump to the boom cylinder, when first digging operation conditions and are both satisfied and at least one of second digging operation conditions or that it is not detected that the loading operation is being performed is also satisfied wherein the first digging operation conditions are the following conditions and: a gear ratio designated for a transmission is a predetermined gear ratio, and/or a detected vehicle speed is equal to or lower than a predetermined vehicle speed; and an fluid pressure on a bottom side of the cylinder exceeds a predetermined value and wherein the second digging operation conditions are the following conditions and: a boom lever is operated to raise the boom; and an angle of the boom is equal or greater than a predetermined angle. a gear ratio designated for a transmission is a predetermined gear ratio, and/or a detected vehicle speed is equal to or lower than a predetermined vehicle speed; and an fluid pressure on a bottom side of the cylinder exceeds a predetermined value and wherein the second digging operation conditions are the following conditions and: a boom lever is operated to raise the boom; and an angle of the boom is equal or greater than a predetermined angle.
A power actuator for a door latch, the power actuator comprising: a housing; a reversible motor, mounted to the housing and operable to drive a worm; a worm gear, rotatably mounted to the housing and driven by the worm, the worm gear being rotatable between a first and a second angular position upon actuation of the motor; a centering spring, mounted to the housing, for urging the worm gear to a neutral position intermediate the first and second angular positions when the motor is disengaged; a transfer lever, pivotally mounted to the housing and movable between a first and second positions, the transfer lever being kinematically coupled to the worm gear via a lost motion connection thereby enabling the transfer lever to be moved between the first and second positions without driving the worm gear when the worm gear is in the neutral position; and a toggle mechanism pivotally connected to the transfer lever and slidably mounted to the housing, the toggle mechanism operable to urge the transfer lever to the nearest of the first and second positions when the transfer lever is between the first and second positions, wherein the toggle mechanism includes: - a locking lever, the locking lever being slidably located in a slot within the housing adjacent the transfer lever, the locking lever further being pivotable between a locked and an unlocked position; and - a locking spring connected at one end to the locking lever and at the other end to the transfer lever, wherein pivoting the transfer lever pivots the locking lever and the locking spring urges both the locking lever and the transfer lever towards their current position when each lever has completed less than half of its pivot and towards their destination position when each lever has completed more than half of its pivot. - a locking lever, the locking lever being slidably located in a slot within the housing adjacent the transfer lever, the locking lever further being pivotable between a locked and an unlocked position; and - a locking spring connected at one end to the locking lever and at the other end to the transfer lever,
Thiol-modified macromolecule derivatives having the general formula or: Wherein, R 1 and R 2 are independently selected from an alkylene group, a substituted alkylene group, an arylene group and a polyether backbone; P is the residue of macromolecule with side carboxyl groups as denoted by *; said thiolated macromolecular derivatives have the molecular weight from 1000 to 5,000,000.
An apparatus for providing an in-vivo assessment of relative movement of an implant in a living being, the apparatus comprising: a first assembly positioned within the living being and comprising a passive electrical resonant circuit; and a second assembly positioned within the living being and spaced from the first assembly; wherein the first assembly is configured to be selectively electromagnetically coupled to an ex-vivo source of RF energy and, in response to the electromagnetic coupling, to generate an output signal having a characteristic frequency that is dependent upon a distance between the first assembly and the second assembly, characterised by the passive electrical resonant circuit being housed in a substantially non-permeable enclosure formed wholly from a single material selected from the group consisting of glass, fused-silica, low temperature glass, ceramics, quartz, pyrex, sapphire, or sintered zirconia, wherein the non-permeable enclosure is operable to ensure that the original capacitance changes less than 10 percent over the accumulated time over which measurements will be taken. a first assembly positioned within the living being and comprising a passive electrical resonant circuit; and a second assembly positioned within the living being and spaced from the first assembly; wherein the first assembly is configured to be selectively electromagnetically coupled to an ex-vivo source of RF energy and, in response to the electromagnetic coupling, to generate an output signal having a characteristic frequency that is dependent upon a distance between the first assembly and the second assembly, characterised by the passive electrical resonant circuit being housed in a substantially non-permeable enclosure formed wholly from a single material selected from the group consisting of glass, fused-silica, low temperature glass, ceramics, quartz, pyrex, sapphire, or sintered zirconia, wherein the non-permeable enclosure is operable to ensure that the original capacitance changes less than 10 percent over the accumulated time over which measurements will be taken.
A polymersome composition comprising: (a) 0.1 to 50 mass % of a water-soluble alcohol; and (b) 0.1 to 20 mass % of a polymersome comprising a block-type alkylene oxide derivative represented by the following formula as the membrane component: R 1 O-[ 1 m n]-R 2 wherein AO is an oxybutylene group, EO is an oxyethylene group, m and 1 + n are the average addition mole numbers for the oxybutylene group and the oxyethylene group, respectively, and 1 ≤ m ≤ 70, 1 ≤ 1 + n ≤ 70; the percentage of the oxyethylene groups with respect to the sum of the oxybutylene groups and the oxyethylene groups is 20 to 80 mass %; the addition pattern of the oxybutylene groups and the oxyethylene groups is block-type; and R 1 and R 2 are identical or different hydrocarbon groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms. (a) 0.1 to 50 mass % of a water-soluble alcohol; and (b) 0.1 to 20 mass % of a polymersome comprising a block-type alkylene oxide derivative represented by the following formula as the membrane component: R 1 O-[ 1 m n]-R 2 wherein AO is an oxybutylene group, EO is an oxyethylene group, m and 1 + n are the average addition mole numbers for the oxybutylene group and the oxyethylene group, respectively, and 1 ≤ m ≤ 70, 1 ≤ 1 + n ≤ 70; the percentage of the oxyethylene groups with respect to the sum of the oxybutylene groups and the oxyethylene groups is 20 to 80 mass %; the addition pattern of the oxybutylene groups and the oxyethylene groups is block-type; and R 1 and R 2 are identical or different hydrocarbon groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
A flexible container bag formed by sewing up at least one fabric web, wherein the fabric web comprises an unweakened area as well as warp threads and weft threads and has a weakened area along at least one of the edges of the fabric web, wherein the warp threads in the weakened area are thinner than the warp threads in the unweakened area, wherein the weakened area of the fabric web is partially or preferably entirely folded onto the unweakened area and forms a reinforced fabric edge, characterized in that the weakened area of the fabric web is attached to the unweakened area by means of a hot-melt adhesive, heat welding, ultrasonic welding or an adhesive tape and in that the warp threads with reduced thickness in the weakened area are configured to have an increased width compared to the warp threads in the unweakened area.