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A surgical access assembly comprising: a cannula; an instrument valve housing detachably coupled to the cannula; and a seal assembly adjustably supported within the instrument valve housing, the seal assembly including: a centering mechanism configured to bias the seal assembly towards a generally centered position within the instrument valve housing; and a flange seal member including an annular member, a flange portion extending from the annular member, and a seal portion extending radially inward from the annular member and defining an opening dimensioned to receive a surgical instrument in a sealing relation, the flange portion spaced apart from the seal portion, characterised by the flange portion and the annular member having a cross-section having a Y-shaped profile, so that the flange portion includes first and second arcuate portions (134a, 134b) extending in opposite directions from the annular member to provide a seal against the instrument valve housing. a cannula; an instrument valve housing detachably coupled to the cannula; and a seal assembly adjustably supported within the instrument valve housing, the seal assembly including: a centering mechanism configured to bias the seal assembly towards a generally centered position within the instrument valve housing; and a flange seal member including an annular member, a flange portion extending from the annular member, and a seal portion extending radially inward from the annular member and defining an opening dimensioned to receive a surgical instrument in a sealing relation, the flange portion spaced apart from the seal portion, characterised by the flange portion and the annular member having a cross-section having a Y-shaped profile, so that the flange portion includes first and second arcuate portions (134a, 134b) extending in opposite directions from the annular member to provide a seal against the instrument valve housing. a centering mechanism configured to bias the seal assembly towards a generally centered position within the instrument valve housing; and a flange seal member including an annular member, a flange portion extending from the annular member, and a seal portion extending radially inward from the annular member and defining an opening dimensioned to receive a surgical instrument in a sealing relation, the flange portion spaced apart from the seal portion, characterised by the flange portion and the annular member having a cross-section having a Y-shaped profile, so that the flange portion includes first and second arcuate portions (134a, 134b) extending in opposite directions from the annular member to provide a seal against the instrument valve housing.
An apparatus for wireless communications, said apparatus wireless communicatively coupled to a wireless node, comprising: a processing system configured to identify a transmission interval; and a transmitter configured to transmit a request for a target wakeup time, TWT, to the wireless node, wherein the request for the TWT comprises a request for the wireless node to establish a restricted access window, RAW, for restricting network traffic during the transmission interval. a processing system configured to identify a transmission interval; and a transmitter configured to transmit a request for a target wakeup time, TWT, to the wireless node, wherein the request for the TWT comprises a request for the wireless node to establish a restricted access window, RAW, for restricting network traffic during the transmission interval.
Ventilation device (1, 15) for a motor vehicle, having a first ventilation channel (2, 16) for guiding a first air flow through a first ventilation device opening (3, 17) into a motor vehicle interior, a second ventilation channel (4, 18) for guiding a second air flow through a second ventilation device opening (5, 19) into the motor vehicle interior, and a first and a second closing device (6, 20, 7, 21), the respective degree of openness of which can be adjusted between an open and a closed position by an operating device (8, 22), wherein the first closing device (6, 20) closes the first ventilation channel (2, 16) in the closed position and the second closing device (7, 21) closes the second ventilation channel (4, 18) in the closed position, wherein the operating device (8, 22) has at least two degrees of operating freedom (A, B), wherein, by means of the first degree of operating freedom, it can be selected which of the closing devices (6, 20, 7, 21) is or are selected for the subsequent adjustment of the degree of openness by the second degree of operating freedom, and the degree of openness or the degrees of openness of the selected closing device (6, 20, 7, 21) is or are adjustable by means of the second degree of operating freedom, characterised in that the first degree of operating freedom corresponds to a linear movement or a rotation of the operating device (8, 22) or a component of the operating device (8, 22) into a first operating direction and the second degree of operating freedom corresponds to a linear movement or a rotation of the operating device (8, 22) or of the component into a second operating direction at an angle to the first operating direction.
A method of controlling light distribution in a space including multiple installed light sources (111, 112, 221-223), the space receiving light from an external light source through a window comprising window treatments (103, 203), the method comprising: measuring luminance levels of light from the multiple installed light sources (111, 112, 221 - 223) and the external light source at a plurality of measuring areas within the space; characterized by: based on the measured luminance levels, carrying out an iterative process comprising tuning and controlling an intensity level of each of the installed light sources (111, 112, 221 - 223) and, simultaneously, tuning and controlling the window treatments (103, 203) to control an amount of light from the external light source entering the space through the window, to optimize conditions until a mean-squared error between the measured luminance levels and pre-defined target luminance levels for the respective plurality of measuring areas is minimized, and the amount of energy consumed by the multiple installed light sources (111, 112, 221 - 223) is minimized. measuring luminance levels of light from the multiple installed light sources (111, 112, 221 - 223) and the external light source at a plurality of measuring areas within the space; characterized by: based on the measured luminance levels, carrying out an iterative process comprising tuning and controlling an intensity level of each of the installed light sources (111, 112, 221 - 223) and, simultaneously, tuning and controlling the window treatments (103, 203) to control an amount of light from the external light source entering the space through the window, to optimize conditions until a mean-squared error between the measured luminance levels and pre-defined target luminance levels for the respective plurality of measuring areas is minimized, and the amount of energy consumed by the multiple installed light sources (111, 112, 221 - 223) is minimized. based on the measured luminance levels, carrying out an iterative process comprising tuning and controlling an intensity level of each of the installed light sources (111, 112, 221 - 223) and, simultaneously, tuning and controlling the window treatments (103, 203) to control an amount of light from the external light source entering the space through the window, to optimize conditions until a mean-squared error between the measured luminance levels and pre-defined target luminance levels for the respective plurality of measuring areas is minimized, and the amount of energy consumed by the multiple installed light sources (111, 112, 221 - 223) is minimized.
A game control program for making a computer perform the functions of: acquiring the position of an input device for moving a position of a given object on a screen that is displayed on a display device by analyzing the image captured by an image-capturing device of the input device which is held by a player; acquiring an inclination of the input device; and determining a position of the object on the screen based on both a positional displacement amount of the input device and an inclination displacement amount of the input device, characterized in that in the determining the position of the object, the position of the object is determined based on a value obtained by adding the positional displacement amount and the inclination displacement amount after assigning a weight to both the positional and inclination displacement amounts, and in that a weight assigned to the inclination displacement amount is set to be larger than a weight assigned to the positional displacement amount. acquiring the position of an input device for moving a position of a given object on a screen that is displayed on a display device by analyzing the image captured by an image-capturing device of the input device which is held by a player; acquiring an inclination of the input device; and determining a position of the object on the screen based on both a positional displacement amount of the input device and an inclination displacement amount of the input device, characterized in that in the determining the position of the object, the position of the object is determined based on a value obtained by adding the positional displacement amount and the inclination displacement amount after assigning a weight to both the positional and inclination displacement amounts, and in that a weight assigned to the inclination displacement amount is set to be larger than a weight assigned to the positional displacement amount.
Hydraulic group for combination devices, having at least one first hydraulic block and at least one second hydraulic block, wherein the first hydraulic block and the second hydraulic block are of exactly identical structural form, wherein each of the two hydraulic blocks (11, 12) is able to be connected together with the other hydraulic block (11, 12) to the same plate-type heat exchanger, characterized in that each of said hydraulic blocks (11, 12) has at least one first surface, at least one second surface, at least one third surface and at least one fourth surface, and in that said surfaces (F1, F2, F3, F4) can be positioned in different combinations which allow connection to plate-type heat exchangers of differing dimensions and models.
A hybrid monitoring-sleeping method of a wireless sensor, characterized by comprising: during N monitoring-sleeping periods, monitoring (101, 201), by the wireless sensor with a first monitoring duration, a wake-up data packet transmitted by a data acquisitor or a short-distance data acquisition terminal within N1 monitoring-sleeping periods; monitoring (102, 202), by the wireless sensor with a second monitoring duration, the wake-up data packet transmitted by the short-distance data acquisition terminal within N2 monitoring-sleeping periods, wherein, N=N1+N2, N1 is less than or equal to N2, the monitoring-sleeping period is equal to the sum of the first monitoring duration and a first sleeping duration, and the monitoring-sleeping period is equal to the sum of the second monitoring duration and a second sleeping duration, the first monitoring duration is longer than the second monitoring duration, N1 first monitoring durations and N2 second monitoring durations are alternatively distributed, and the N1, N2, N are all positive integers; wherein a first average transmission rate is adopted for transmitting data between the wireless sensor and the data acquisitor, and a second average transmission rate is adopted for transmitting data between the wireless sensor and the short-distance data acquisition terminal, wherein the second average transmission rate is greater than the first average transmission rate. during N monitoring-sleeping periods, monitoring (101, 201), by the wireless sensor with a first monitoring duration, a wake-up data packet transmitted by a data acquisitor or a short-distance data acquisition terminal within N1 monitoring-sleeping periods; monitoring (102, 202), by the wireless sensor with a second monitoring duration, the wake-up data packet transmitted by the short-distance data acquisition terminal within N2 monitoring-sleeping periods, wherein, N=N1+N2, N1 is less than or equal to N2, the monitoring-sleeping period is equal to the sum of the first monitoring duration and a first sleeping duration, and the monitoring-sleeping period is equal to the sum of the second monitoring duration and a second sleeping duration, the first monitoring duration is longer than the second monitoring duration, N1 first monitoring durations and N2 second monitoring durations are alternatively distributed, and the N1, N2, N are all positive integers; wherein a first average transmission rate is adopted for transmitting data between the wireless sensor and the data acquisitor, and a second average transmission rate is adopted for transmitting data between the wireless sensor and the short-distance data acquisition terminal, wherein the second average transmission rate is greater than the first average transmission rate.
A work vehicle comprising: an engine; an engine compartment containing the engine; a member to be cooled disposed inside the engine compartment; a vehicle body cover defining the engine compartment and having an outdoor air intake port; a guiding member configured to guide outdoor air sucked in through the outdoor air intake port onto the member to be cooled; a cooling compartment; a partition wall that provides partitioning between the engine compartment and the cooling compartment; a cooling fan for exhausting air from the cooling compartment and contained in the cooling compartment; and a duct having a suction part for sucking air into the engine compartment and disposed inside the engine compartment and an exhaust part disposed on the air intake side of the cooling fan inside the cooling compartment; wherein, the member to be cooled is disposed within an air flow produced between the suction part and the guiding member, characterized in that the guiding member has: a guiding body part that is disposed with a gap formed between itself and the vehicle body cover and that has a peripheral part that is coupled to the vehicle body cover; and a venting part that is provided on the guiding body part and that vents outdoor air onto the member to be cooled. an engine; an engine compartment containing the engine; a member to be cooled disposed inside the engine compartment; a vehicle body cover defining the engine compartment and having an outdoor air intake port; a guiding member configured to guide outdoor air sucked in through the outdoor air intake port onto the member to be cooled; a cooling compartment; a partition wall that provides partitioning between the engine compartment and the cooling compartment; a cooling fan for exhausting air from the cooling compartment and contained in the cooling compartment; and a duct having a suction part for sucking air into the engine compartment and disposed inside the engine compartment and an exhaust part disposed on the air intake side of the cooling fan inside the cooling compartment; wherein, the member to be cooled is disposed within an air flow produced between the suction part and the guiding member, characterized in that the guiding member has: a guiding body part that is disposed with a gap formed between itself and the vehicle body cover and that has a peripheral part that is coupled to the vehicle body cover; and a venting part that is provided on the guiding body part and that vents outdoor air onto the member to be cooled. a guiding body part that is disposed with a gap formed between itself and the vehicle body cover and that has a peripheral part that is coupled to the vehicle body cover; and a venting part that is provided on the guiding body part and that vents outdoor air onto the member to be cooled.
A converting line for processing tissue paper (V1, V2, V3, N), comprising: - an unwinder (3; 5) for unwinding reels of tissue paper; - a rewinding machine for forming rolls of tissue paper; - a feeding path between the unwinder (3; 5) and the rewinding machine, for at least one ply (V1; V2; V3; V4) of tissue paper; - along the feeding path, a first optical detection unit (31; 37; 39) to detect the thickness of the tissue paper fed along the feeding path in a feeding direction; - a control system, interfacing with the detection unit (31; 37; 39) and adapted to act on at least one production parameter of the converting line according to the detected tissue paper thickness; characterized in that said optical detection unit (31; 37; 39) comprises at least one light emitter and at least one light receiver, arranged opposite each other and adapted to emit and receive a light beam, which intersects a cylindrical surface of a guide roller (34; 38; 40), around which the tissue paper (V1; V2; V3; V4; N) is driven. - an unwinder (3; 5) for unwinding reels of tissue paper; - a rewinding machine for forming rolls of tissue paper; - a feeding path between the unwinder (3; 5) and the rewinding machine, for at least one ply (V1; V2; V3; V4) of tissue paper; - along the feeding path, a first optical detection unit (31; 37; 39) to detect the thickness of the tissue paper fed along the feeding path in a feeding direction; - a control system, interfacing with the detection unit (31; 37; 39) and adapted to act on at least one production parameter of the converting line according to the detected tissue paper thickness;
A method for preparing silver nanoparticles comprising reduction treatment of a silver-containing composition comprising: silver compound represented by formula: amine compound having a primary amino group; and polymer obtained by polymerization of a monomer composition comprising diol (meth)acrylate compound having a urethane bond represented by formula: wherein R 1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R 2 is -(CH 2)n -, and n is an integer of 1 to 4, and at least one monomer selected from (meth)acrylate monomers, acrylamide monomers, vinyl monomers, vinyl ether monomers, or monomers having an epoxy group; wherein a content of said amine compound is 1 to 50 mole equivalent of silver elements in said silver compound, and a content of said polymer is 0.1 to 0.9 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of silver elements in said silver compound. silver compound represented by formula: amine compound having a primary amino group; and polymer obtained by polymerization of a monomer composition comprising diol (meth)acrylate compound having a urethane bond represented by formula: wherein R 1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R 2 is -(CH 2)n -, and n is an integer of 1 to 4, and at least one monomer selected from (meth)acrylate monomers, acrylamide monomers, vinyl monomers, vinyl ether monomers, or monomers having an epoxy group; wherein a content of said amine compound is 1 to 50 mole equivalent of silver elements in said silver compound, and a content of said polymer is 0.1 to 0.9 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of silver elements in said silver compound.
A method for communicating information by changing a temperature of a communication device equipped with a temperature modifying element, comprising: determining whether a temperature change should be initiated based upon received temperature information selected from the group consisting of a temperature of another device and a temperature of another location, and upon comparing the temperature information to a temperature range criteria; and activating the temperature modifying element so as to generate a temperature commensurate with the temperature information if it is determined that a temperature change should be initiated. determining whether a temperature change should be initiated based upon received temperature information selected from the group consisting of a temperature of another device and a temperature of another location, and upon comparing the temperature information to a temperature range criteria; and activating the temperature modifying element so as to generate a temperature commensurate with the temperature information if it is determined that a temperature change should be initiated.
Method for treating rice grains in order to enrich said rice grains from the nutritional and/or taste point of view, said method comprising a step of heating said rice grains in a moist environment constituting or forming part of a stoving step, and a step of putting said rice grains in contact with at least one exogenous food substance having a nutritional and/or taste function, so that said heating in a moist environment gives rise to the penetration and inclusion of at least a fraction of said food substance inside the rice grains, preferably in the albumen thereof, characterised in that said step of putting in contact is prior to said step of heating in a moist environment and comprises a substep of spraying said food substance onto said rice grains so that each rice grain is enrobed with said food substance, said moist environment comprising mainly steam, said method also being characterised in that, during the step of heating in a moist environment, the pressure prevailing in said moist environment is higher than atmospheric pressure, said method making it possible to obtain stoved enriched rice grains intended to undergo subsequent cooking by the end consumer.
A tower, in particular for a wind energy installation, comprising a lower tower portion and an upper tower portion, wherein the lower tower portion is formed from concrete segments or from cast in situ concrete, and the upper tower portion is formed from at least one steel segment, wherein an adapter portion is arranged between the lower tower portion and the upper tower portion, wherein the adapter portion comprises a concrete adapter element and at least one steel adapter element arranged above the concrete adapter element, wherein the steel adapter element is formed in a conical shape and tapers so as to become narrower in the direction of the upper tower portion, wherein at least one concrete segment and/or the concrete adapter element is divided into a plurality of partial segments along one or more cutting planes which extend in the radial direction of the tower, and wherein the concrete adapter element has anchor rods which are embedded in the concrete.
Device for winding an excess length of optical fibre onto a bobbin comprising: - a cylindrical reel, - two rims (11, 12) extending radially from each end of the reel, one of the rims being provided with a port for the optical fibre, - a magazine that has a cylindrical surface intended to receive a winding of said excess length of optical fibre, said magazine being separated from the reel by the rim provided with the port and having a circumferential edge for retaining said excess length of optical fibre, said device being characterised in that it comprises: - means for storing said excess length of optical fibre, - means for winding said excess length of optical fibre about the magazine, said means (21, 22) being able to cooperate to unwind a length of optical fibre stored on the storage means and to wind said excess length about the magazine. - a cylindrical reel, - two rims (11, 12) extending radially from each end of the reel, one of the rims being provided with a port for the optical fibre, - a magazine that has a cylindrical surface intended to receive a winding of said excess length of optical fibre, said magazine being separated from the reel by the rim provided with the port and having a circumferential edge for retaining said excess length of optical fibre, - means for storing said excess length of optical fibre, - means for winding said excess length of optical fibre about the magazine,