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An internal heat exchanger assembly for an air conditioning system, comprising: a housing having a first end, a second end opposed to said first end, and an interior surface therebetween defining an elongated cavity along an axis for low pressure refrigerant flow; a tube for high pressure refrigerant flow disposed within said cavity; characterized by further comprising a bleed valve assembly integrated into said tube, wherein said bleed valve assembly is in hydraulic communication with the high pressure refrigerant flow within said tube and the low pressure refrigerant flow within said cavity, wherein said bleed valve assembly is adapted to close said hydraulic communication when the pressure differential between said high pressure refrigerant flow and said low pressure refrigerant flow is at or above a predetermined threshold, and to open said hydraulic communication when said pressure differential drops below said predetermined threshold, thereby releasing high pressure refrigerant flow from said tube into said low pressure refrigerant flow within said cavity. a housing having a first end, a second end opposed to said first end, and an interior surface therebetween defining an elongated cavity along an axis for low pressure refrigerant flow; a tube for high pressure refrigerant flow disposed within said cavity; characterized by further comprising a bleed valve assembly integrated into said tube, wherein said bleed valve assembly is in hydraulic communication with the high pressure refrigerant flow within said tube and the low pressure refrigerant flow within said cavity, wherein said bleed valve assembly is adapted to close said hydraulic communication when the pressure differential between said high pressure refrigerant flow and said low pressure refrigerant flow is at or above a predetermined threshold, and to open said hydraulic communication when said pressure differential drops below said predetermined threshold, thereby releasing high pressure refrigerant flow from said tube into said low pressure refrigerant flow within said cavity.
A method for providing redundant control of at least one controllable current valve (46, 48) provided in a converter of a high voltage power transmission system, and comprising the steps of: - sending a first valve control signal (CP1A, CP2A) for said valve (46, 48) and an associated first active/standby indicator (A_A) from a first converter control unit to a valve control unit, - sending a second valve control signal (CP1B, CP2B) for said valve (46, 48) and an associated second active/standby indicator (A_B) from a second converter control unit to said valve control unit, where the respective active/standby indicator indicates if the corresponding converter control unit is an active or standby converter control unit and only one active/standby indicator indicates an active converter control unit at a given point in time, - receiving (58, 62), by said valve control unit, said active/standby indicators as well as said first and second valve control signals, - selecting, by said valve control unit, a valve control signal (CP1A, CP2A) to be used for controlling said current valve if the associated active/standby indicator (A_A, A_B) indicates an active converter control unit, and - controlling said current valve using said selected valve control signal. - sending a first valve control signal (CP1A, CP2A) for said valve (46, 48) and an associated first active/standby indicator (A_A) from a first converter control unit to a valve control unit, - sending a second valve control signal (CP1B, CP2B) for said valve (46, 48) and an associated second active/standby indicator (A_B) from a second converter control unit to said valve control unit, where the respective active/standby indicator indicates if the corresponding converter control unit is an active or standby converter control unit and only one active/standby indicator indicates an active converter control unit at a given point in time, - receiving (58, 62), by said valve control unit, said active/standby indicators as well as said first and second valve control signals, - selecting, by said valve control unit, a valve control signal (CP1A, CP2A) to be used for controlling said current valve if the associated active/standby indicator (A_A, A_B) indicates an active converter control unit, and - controlling said current valve using said selected valve control signal.
A transmission assembly for a powertrain of a vehicle, comprising, a control device and a transmission housing for housing a transmission, wherein the control device is mounted to the transmission housing, the control device comprising a transmission mounting surface facing the transmission housing, the transmission housing comprising a corresponding control device mounting surface facing the control device, characterized in that, one of the transmission mounting surface and the control device mounting surface comprises at least one groove, which groove comprises at least a first and a second step (411, 412), as seen in a direction being perpendicular to the one of the transmission mounting surface and the control device mounting surface, wherein the second step is deeper than the first step, and the other one of the transmission mounting surface and the control device mounting surface comprises at least one outwardly extending guiding member, such as a pin, which is received in the groove, and wherein the outwardly extending guiding member and the groove are configured so that, when mounting the control device to the transmission housing, the outwardly extending guiding member can slide in the first step until it reaches the second step, whereafter the transmission mounting surface can be moved towards the control device mounting surface or whereafter the control device mounting surface can be moved towards the transmission mounting surface. a control device and a transmission housing for housing a transmission, wherein the control device is mounted to the transmission housing, the control device comprising a transmission mounting surface facing the transmission housing, the transmission housing comprising a corresponding control device mounting surface facing the control device, characterized in that, one of the transmission mounting surface and the control device mounting surface comprises at least one groove, which groove comprises at least a first and a second step (411, 412), as seen in a direction being perpendicular to the one of the transmission mounting surface and the control device mounting surface, wherein the second step is deeper than the first step, and the other one of the transmission mounting surface and the control device mounting surface comprises at least one outwardly extending guiding member, such as a pin, which is received in the groove, and wherein the outwardly extending guiding member and the groove are configured so that, when mounting the control device to the transmission housing, the outwardly extending guiding member can slide in the first step until it reaches the second step, whereafter the transmission mounting surface can be moved towards the control device mounting surface or whereafter the control device mounting surface can be moved towards the transmission mounting surface.
A ride-height adjustment system for a vehicle, the system comprising: a suspension system, which is adjustable to change the ride height of a vehicle in which it is fitted; first means, to detect a preliminary end-of-journey event; a controller, to adjust the suspension system in a first movement in response to detection of said preliminary EOJ event, to change the ride height of the vehicle towards an access ride height of the vehicle, which access ride height is a predetermined ride height that facilitates egress from and entrance to the vehicle; and second means, to detect a decisive EOJ event, wherein, when the ride height of the vehicle remains different from the access ride height after said first movement, the controller is adapted to further adjust the suspension system in a second movement in response to said decisive EOJ event detection, to further change the ride height of the vehicle towards said access ride height of the vehicle. a suspension system, which is adjustable to change the ride height of a vehicle in which it is fitted; first means, to detect a preliminary end-of-journey event; a controller, to adjust the suspension system in a first movement in response to detection of said preliminary EOJ event, to change the ride height of the vehicle towards an access ride height of the vehicle, which access ride height is a predetermined ride height that facilitates egress from and entrance to the vehicle; and second means, to detect a decisive EOJ event, wherein, when the ride height of the vehicle remains different from the access ride height after said first movement, the controller is adapted to further adjust the suspension system in a second movement in response to said decisive EOJ event detection, to further change the ride height of the vehicle towards said access ride height of the vehicle.
A system for delivering an implant to a patient, comprising: an implant having an attachment strap; an end termination (104, 604) member attached to the strap, the end termination member including a ring (102, 602); one or more soft tissue anchors attached to the implant and adapted to anchor the implant in the soft tissue of the patient's pelvic floor; a delivery device comprising a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the shaft includes a straight portion extending at the proximal end, and a curved portion extending from a distal end of the straight portion to the distal end of the shaft, the distal end including a reduced-diameter tip portion and a shoulder, wherein the reduced-diameter tip portion may couple to the end termination member, such that the ring of the end termination member can slide down the tip-portion until the ring abuts the shoulder; and a sheath having a hollow center adapted to allow the shaft to extend therethrough. an implant having an attachment strap; an end termination (104, 604) member attached to the strap, the end termination member including a ring (102, 602); one or more soft tissue anchors attached to the implant and adapted to anchor the implant in the soft tissue of the patient's pelvic floor; a delivery device comprising a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the shaft includes a straight portion extending at the proximal end, and a curved portion extending from a distal end of the straight portion to the distal end of the shaft, the distal end including a reduced-diameter tip portion and a shoulder, wherein the reduced-diameter tip portion may couple to the end termination member, such that the ring of the end termination member can slide down the tip-portion until the ring abuts the shoulder; and a sheath having a hollow center adapted to allow the shaft to extend therethrough.
A fuel nozzle assembly comprising: a center body; an outer tube that at least partially surrounds the center body; a premix flow passage defined radially between the center body and the outer tube; a plurality of fuel ports disposed between the center body and the outer tube within the premix flow passage; and a baffle plate that extends radially outwardly from the center body to the outer tube across a downstream end portion of the fuel nozzle assembly, wherein the baffle plate includes an upstream side axially spaced from a downstream side and a plurality of passages, wherein the passages provide for fluid flow from the premix flow passage through the baffle plate, characterized in that the upstream side includes a plurality of concentrically aligned annular walls and a plurality of circumferentially spaced radial walls that extend radially between radially adjacent annular walls, wherein the annular walls and the radial walls at least partially define inlets to each passage. a center body; an outer tube that at least partially surrounds the center body; a premix flow passage defined radially between the center body and the outer tube; a plurality of fuel ports disposed between the center body and the outer tube within the premix flow passage; and a baffle plate that extends radially outwardly from the center body to the outer tube across a downstream end portion of the fuel nozzle assembly, wherein the baffle plate includes an upstream side axially spaced from a downstream side and a plurality of passages, wherein the passages provide for fluid flow from the premix flow passage through the baffle plate, characterized in that the upstream side includes a plurality of concentrically aligned annular walls and a plurality of circumferentially spaced radial walls that extend radially between radially adjacent annular walls, wherein the annular walls and the radial walls at least partially define inlets to each passage.
A vehicle control device exchanging communication data with another vehicle control device connected thereto via a network, comprising: a storage unit for storing first diagnostic setting information concerning the communication data; a diagnostic setting information transmit data generation unit for generating first diagnostic setting information transmit data based on the first diagnostic setting information; a transmission processing unit for transmitting the first diagnostic setting information transmit data to the other vehicle control device via the network; a reception processing unit for obtaining second diagnostic setting information transmit data transmitted from the other vehicle control device via the network; and a diagnostic setting checking unit for executing a diagnostic setting checking process, the diagnostic setting checking process including extracting second diagnostic setting information concerning the communication data from the second diagnostic setting information transmit data, comparing the first diagnostic setting information with the second diagnostic setting information, and storing a diagnostic setting check result obtained by the comparison in the storage unit, characterized in that the diagnostic setting information transmit data generation unit selects, based on a safety integrity level preset for the communication data, the first diagnostic setting information for use in generating the first diagnostic setting information transmit data. a storage unit for storing first diagnostic setting information concerning the communication data; a diagnostic setting information transmit data generation unit for generating first diagnostic setting information transmit data based on the first diagnostic setting information; a transmission processing unit for transmitting the first diagnostic setting information transmit data to the other vehicle control device via the network; a reception processing unit for obtaining second diagnostic setting information transmit data transmitted from the other vehicle control device via the network; and a diagnostic setting checking unit for executing a diagnostic setting checking process, the diagnostic setting checking process including extracting second diagnostic setting information concerning the communication data from the second diagnostic setting information transmit data, comparing the first diagnostic setting information with the second diagnostic setting information, and storing a diagnostic setting check result obtained by the comparison in the storage unit, characterized in that the diagnostic setting information transmit data generation unit selects, based on a safety integrity level preset for the communication data, the first diagnostic setting information for use in generating the first diagnostic setting information transmit data.
A method of estimating an acoustic transfer quantity representative of a sound pressure transfer to the eardrum of an ear, when a hearing instrument is coupled to the ear, the method comprising the steps of - Measuring, by an ear canal microphone of the hearing instrument, an acoustic signal in the ear canal when a sound signal is emitted into the ear canal by a receiver of the hearing instrument, the ear canal microphone being in acoustic communication with the ear canal, - Determining, from the acoustic signal and from a frequency dependent ear independent reference characteristics of the hearing instrument, an ear canal impedance; and - Calculating, from the ear canal impedance, an estimate of the acoustic transfer quantity. - Measuring, by an ear canal microphone of the hearing instrument, an acoustic signal in the ear canal when a sound signal is emitted into the ear canal by a receiver of the hearing instrument, the ear canal microphone being in acoustic communication with the ear canal, - Determining, from the acoustic signal and from a frequency dependent ear independent reference characteristics of the hearing instrument, an ear canal impedance; and - Calculating, from the ear canal impedance, an estimate of the acoustic transfer quantity.
A Hydraulic Lash Adjuster for an engine valve train, the HLA comprising: a hydraulic lash adjusting arrangement for automatically compensating for lash in an engine valve train, wherein the hydraulic lash adjusting arrangement comprises: a first body and a first plunger disposed for sliding reciprocal movement within the first body, wherein the HLA defines a first chamber for containing hydraulic fluid and a second chamber for containing hydraulic fluid and a first valve between the first chamber and the second chamber; and characterized in that the HLA further comprises a lost motion arrangement for inhibiting motion induced in the valve train in response to a lift profile of a rotating cam from being transferred to an engine valve, wherein the lost motion arrangement comprises the first plunger and a second plunger disposed for sliding reciprocal movement within the first plunger, wherein in use, the motion induced in the valve train in response to the lift profile of the rotating cam is inhibited from being transferred to the engine valve by relative movement of the first plunger with respect to the first body displacing hydraulic fluid in the first chamber which causes a pressure difference between the first chamber and the second chamber which causes movement of the second plunger. a hydraulic lash adjusting arrangement for automatically compensating for lash in an engine valve train, wherein the hydraulic lash adjusting arrangement comprises: a first body and a first plunger disposed for sliding reciprocal movement within the first body, wherein the HLA defines a first chamber for containing hydraulic fluid and a second chamber for containing hydraulic fluid and a first valve between the first chamber and the second chamber; and characterized in that the HLA further comprises a lost motion arrangement for inhibiting motion induced in the valve train in response to a lift profile of a rotating cam from being transferred to an engine valve, wherein the lost motion arrangement comprises the first plunger and a second plunger disposed for sliding reciprocal movement within the first plunger, wherein in use, the motion induced in the valve train in response to the lift profile of the rotating cam is inhibited from being transferred to the engine valve by relative movement of the first plunger with respect to the first body displacing hydraulic fluid in the first chamber which causes a pressure difference between the first chamber and the second chamber which causes movement of the second plunger.
An image processing apparatus, comprising: a scanner that acquires an image; and a processor that: changes areas of a plurality of first and second dot patterns in accordance with gradation values in the image using first and second dither matrices, respectively, the first dither matrix including first thresholds and the second dither matrix including second thresholds, and generates a binary image based on the plurality of dot patterns, characterized in that the first and second thresholds are such that, when the plurality of first thresholds included in the first dither matrix and the plurality of second thresholds included in the second dither matrix are respectively lined up in order from the highlight side to the shadow side: the change in the first thresholds is less than the change in the second thresholds on a highlight side of an intermediate gradation, and the change in the first thresholds is greater than the change in the second thresholds on a shadow side of the intermediate gradation. a scanner that acquires an image; and a processor that: changes areas of a plurality of first and second dot patterns in accordance with gradation values in the image using first and second dither matrices, respectively, the first dither matrix including first thresholds and the second dither matrix including second thresholds, and generates a binary image based on the plurality of dot patterns, characterized in that the first and second thresholds are such that, when the plurality of first thresholds included in the first dither matrix and the plurality of second thresholds included in the second dither matrix are respectively lined up in order from the highlight side to the shadow side: the change in the first thresholds is less than the change in the second thresholds on a highlight side of an intermediate gradation, and the change in the first thresholds is greater than the change in the second thresholds on a shadow side of the intermediate gradation. changes areas of a plurality of first and second dot patterns in accordance with gradation values in the image using first and second dither matrices, respectively, the first dither matrix including first thresholds and the second dither matrix including second thresholds, and generates a binary image based on the plurality of dot patterns, the change in the first thresholds is less than the change in the second thresholds on a highlight side of an intermediate gradation, and the change in the first thresholds is greater than the change in the second thresholds on a shadow side of the intermediate gradation.
A process for producing a polyurethane cast in place sealant, which comprises mixing a) polyisocyanate, b) polyetherpolyols, c) aliphatic, exclusively amine initiated alkoxylation products having an OH-number of 400 to 1000 mg KOH/g and a functionality of 4, d) blowing agents and optionally e) chain extenders and/or crosslinking agents, f) catalysts and g) auxiliaries and/or additives to give a reaction mixture, the reaction mixture is applied to a carrier and reacting the reaction mixture to give the polyurethane cast in place sealant having a density of 80 to 600 g/liter wherein the auxiliaries and additives (f) comprise 2 to 10 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the components (b) to (f), fumed silica. a) polyisocyanate, b) polyetherpolyols, c) aliphatic, exclusively amine initiated alkoxylation products having an OH-number of 400 to 1000 mg KOH/g and a functionality of 4, d) blowing agents and optionally e) chain extenders and/or crosslinking agents, f) catalysts and g) auxiliaries and/or additives
An orally disintegrating composition comprising, dapoxetine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a PDE5 inhibitor or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and at least one dispersing agent; said dispersing agent being present in an amount of from 15 to 40% by weight of the total composition, and said dispersing agent is selected from the group consisting of calcium silicate, heavy magnesium carbonate, cross-linked povidone, carboxymethyl cellulose calcium, magnesium aluminum silica, sodium dodesyl sulfate, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, croscarmellose sodium, docusate sodium, low-substituted hydroxypropylcellulose, a mixture of microcrystalline cellulose and guar glue, poloxamer and mixtures thereof.