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Method for equalising the charge between battery cells of a battery, in which at least two battery cells are temporarily connected in parallel, said method comprising the following steps: - dividing the battery cells into at least two subgroups of battery cells connected in series; - disconnecting a first subgroup from a power grid by means of a circuit breaker; wherein each battery cell is assigned both a first switch for breaking the series connection and a second switch for then connecting the battery cells in parallel; - connecting the battery cells of the first subgroup in parallel in order to equalise the charge; - removing the parallel connection and connecting the first subgroup to the power grid; - disconnecting a second subgroup from the power grid; - connecting the battery cells of the second subgroup in parallel in order to equalise the charge; and - removing the parallel connection and connecting the second subgroup to the power grid. - dividing the battery cells into at least two subgroups of battery cells connected in series; - disconnecting a first subgroup from a power grid by means of a circuit breaker; wherein each battery cell is assigned both a first switch for breaking the series connection and a second switch for then connecting the battery cells in parallel; - connecting the battery cells of the first subgroup in parallel in order to equalise the charge; - removing the parallel connection and connecting the first subgroup to the power grid; - disconnecting a second subgroup from the power grid; - connecting the battery cells of the second subgroup in parallel in order to equalise the charge; and - removing the parallel connection and connecting the second subgroup to the power grid.
A surgical reamer (1, 32, 66, 466) comprising: a continuous, fully hemispherical domed shell (2, 402) extending from the apex to the rim (3, 403), a rotation axis, cutting teeth (4, 404) disposed around the domed shell (2, 402) wherein a first linear connecting bar (5, 34, 61, 72, 472) having a first longitudinal axis and a first diameter (D1 D4) is located on the inside surface of the domed shell (2,402), wherein the first longitudinal axis is adjacent or closely adjacent to the rim (3, 403) and wherein a second linear connecting bar (6, 9, 406) having a second longitudinal axis (8, 10) and a second diameter (D2, D5) is located on the inside surface of the domed shell (2, 402) and spaced apart by a distance (d) from the first connecting bar (5, 34, 61, 72, 472), wherein an angle between the first longitudinal axis and the second longitudinal axis (8, 10) is 90 degrees or less, wherein a portion of a first cross-section of the first connecting bar (5, 34, 61, 72, 472) is disposed below the rim (3, 403) and another portion of the first cross-section of the first connecting bar (5, 34, 61, 72, 472) is disposed above the rim (3, 403), and wherein a second cross-section of the second connecting bar (6, 9, 406) is fully disposed below the rim (3, 403) and the first connecting bar (5, 34, 61, 72, 472).
Method for the manufacture of a homogeneous solution of a fluoropolymer, selected among fluoro-homopolymers and copolymers and mixtures of different fluoro-homopolymers and/or copolymers, in a high boiling point solvent, wherein (a) the fluoropolymer to be dissolved is dissolved in a mixture comprising at least two solvents, the first of which has a boiling point below 150° C, and/or a vapor pressure above 5 hPa (at 20° C) and the second of which is a high boiling point solvent having a boiling point that is at least 50° C higher than the one of the first solvent and/or the boiling point of which is selected such that the solvent mixture has a separation factor α of ≥1, and subsequently (b) the first solvent is substantially or fully removed from the mixture. (a) the fluoropolymer to be dissolved is dissolved in a mixture comprising at least two solvents, the first of which has a boiling point below 150° C, and/or a vapor pressure above 5 hPa (at 20° C) and the second of which is a high boiling point solvent having a boiling point that is at least 50° C higher than the one of the first solvent and/or the boiling point of which is selected such that the solvent mixture has a separation factor α of ≥1, and subsequently (b) the first solvent is substantially or fully removed from the mixture.
Method for securing a geographical area encompassing a route, the method comprising the following steps: - obtaining a map of the geographical area encompassing said route; - determining positions (1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10) of potential refuges of threats on the map by virtue of a trained artificial-intelligence device; - defining and providing at least one trajectory intended for at least one addressing unit, where said trajectory is determined in order to neutralize the potential refuges most likely to constitute threats of attack, characterized in that the method comprises the following steps: - selecting at least one arm (11, 12), each arm being associated with at least one firing model (11a, 11b, 12a, 12b) consisting of a model of the probability of hitting the target upon firing according to the firing distance; - applying the model for each selected arm and for each potential refuge of threats, by directing the firing on the route and by storing and by summing all of the probabilities of hitting the target on each portion of the route; - identifying the potential refuges (1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10) most likely to constitute threats of attack on the route by determining the portions (2, 5, 7, 9) of the route having a probability of hitting the target above a determined threshold and by selecting the potential refuges contributing most thereto. - obtaining a map of the geographical area encompassing said route; - determining positions (1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10) of potential refuges of threats on the map by virtue of a trained artificial-intelligence device; - defining and providing at least one trajectory intended for at least one addressing unit, where said trajectory is determined in order to neutralize the potential refuges most likely to constitute threats of attack, - selecting at least one arm (11, 12), each arm being associated with at least one firing model (11a, 11b, 12a, 12b) consisting of a model of the probability of hitting the target upon firing according to the firing distance; - applying the model for each selected arm and for each potential refuge of threats, by directing the firing on the route and by storing and by summing all of the probabilities of hitting the target on each portion of the route; - identifying the potential refuges (1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10) most likely to constitute threats of attack on the route by determining the portions (2, 5, 7, 9) of the route having a probability of hitting the target above a determined threshold and by selecting the potential refuges contributing most thereto.
A piston for an engine, the piston comprising: a piston body having a longitudinal axis; at least one piston ring groove (10, 12, 14) formed in an outer peripheral wall of the piston body; an outer plenum formed inside the piston body adjacent to the outer peripheral wall at a position corresponding to the at least one piston ring groove (10, 12, 14); a central plenum formed at a center of the piston body, the central plenum being separated from the outer plenum by a partition wall, for example, an annular partition wall; a cooling inlet configured to receive lubricant for cooling the piston body; and at least one cooling passage formed in the partition wall and extending between the central plenum and the outer plenum, the at least one cooling passage being configured to receive lubricant supplied from the cooling inlet and supply the received lubricant to the outer plenum, wherein the at least one cooling passage extends towards the outer peripheral wall at an upwardly-inclined angle with respect to the longitudinal axis and opens into the outer plenum, and characterized in that the cooling inlet is formed in the partition wall, preferably, as a passage that extends parallel to the longitudinal axis. a piston body having a longitudinal axis; at least one piston ring groove (10, 12, 14) formed in an outer peripheral wall of the piston body; an outer plenum formed inside the piston body adjacent to the outer peripheral wall at a position corresponding to the at least one piston ring groove (10, 12, 14); a central plenum formed at a center of the piston body, the central plenum being separated from the outer plenum by a partition wall, for example, an annular partition wall; a cooling inlet configured to receive lubricant for cooling the piston body; and at least one cooling passage formed in the partition wall and extending between the central plenum and the outer plenum, the at least one cooling passage being configured to receive lubricant supplied from the cooling inlet and supply the received lubricant to the outer plenum, wherein the at least one cooling passage extends towards the outer peripheral wall at an upwardly-inclined angle with respect to the longitudinal axis and opens into the outer plenum, and characterized in that the cooling inlet is formed in the partition wall, preferably, as a passage that extends parallel to the longitudinal axis.
Cableway system for transporting persons and goods, the cableway system comprising: - two pairs of track cables extending between two terminal stations (1, 2), particularly a valley station and a mountain station, - at least one traction cable, - at least one supporting tower, wherein transport vehicles are movable along said track cables by the at least one traction cable, wherein said track cables run in a top-view curved path in a region of at least one supporting tower and said traction cable in the region of said at least one supporting tower is guided over carrying rollers, and wherein at least some of said carrying rollers for said traction cable in the region of said at least one supporting tower are laterally adjustable in a position thereof in relation to both of the track cables. - two pairs of track cables extending between two terminal stations (1, 2), particularly a valley station and a mountain station, - at least one traction cable, - at least one supporting tower,
A wafer being subdivided and separable into a plurality of dies, each die comprising an array of capacitive micro-machined transducer cells, each cell comprising a first electrode embedded in a substrate, a membrane, a second electrode embedded in the membrane and a cavity between the substrate and the membrane, characterized in that each cell of at least a part of the dies comprises a compensating plate disposed directly on the membrane, each compensating plate having a configuration for influencing a bow (h) of the membrane, wherein said configuration refers to at least one of the shape, size and thickness of the compensating plate; whereby the configurations of the compensating plates vary across the wafer.
An internal support part structure for a plastic tank, wherein the structure comprises a support rod and end surface components disposed at two ends of the support rod, the support rod is made of a first material, an outer surface of the end surface component is covered by a second material, an outer edge of the end surface component has a regular or irregular shape, and a ratio of a cross-sectional diameter at any position of the end surface component to a cross-sectional diameter at any position of the support rod is less than 1.8 and greater than 1, characterised in that the outer edge of the end surface component comprises a plurality of V-shaped, W-shaped, semicircular, arc-shaped, triangular, zigzag, or polygonal indents.
A sealing jaw assembly for providing transversal seals to a tube of packaging material, said sealing jaw assembly comprising at least one pair of opposing sealing jaws (130, 140) being movable relative each other to provide a transversal seal to the tube when the tube is arranged between the sealing jaws (130, 140), wherein the at least one pair of opposing sealing jaws (130, 140) comprises a first sealing jaw having a first guide mating member having a part protruding from a sealing surface of the first sealing jaw, and a second sealing jaw having a second guide mating member for receiving the first guide mating member when the first sealing jaw and the second sealing jaw move towards each other and thereby aligning the at least one pair of opposing sealing jaws (130, 140); wherein the sealing jaws (130, 140) when arranged in their operative position for providing a transversal seal are tilted relative a plane being perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of tube; wherein the second guide mating member comprises an opening for receiving a protrusion of the first guide mating member; wherein the second guide mating member comprises at least one chamfered edge arranged adjacent the opening for guiding the protrusion into the opening when the first sealing jaw and second sealing jaw move towards each other; and wherein the protrusion comprises a rounded end portion.
Process for charging a lead battery, comprising an initialisation phase, during which a value representative of an amount of lead oxide of the negative active material of the battery corresponding to the amount of lead oxide formed at the surface of the said negative active material of a dry charged lead battery during its storage is determined, and a charging phase, the duration of which is determined as a function of the value representative of amount of lead oxide, characterized in that the initialisation phase comprises a stage of impregnation (E1-1) of the battery by its electrolyte and a stage of measurement (E1-2), associated with the impregnation, of a rise in the temperature of the battery or of a value representative of the density of the electrolyte, so as to determine the value representative of the amount of lead oxide present before the impregnation, said determination being carried out starting from a nomogram giving the said value representative of the amount of lead oxide as a function of the rise in the temperature, or of the value representative of the density.
An electrosurgical instrument (100, 300, 400, 1000), comprising: an elongated housing; at least one electrocautery end effector removably supportable within the housing and extending distally from the housing, the electrocautery end effector being connectable to an electrosurgical generator; and at least one voltage divider network supported on the housing, the at least one voltage divider network being electrically connectable to the electrosurgical generator, the at least one voltage divider network being capable of controlling at least one of the intensity of electrosurgical energy being delivered to the electrosurgical pencil and the mode of electrosurgical energy being delivered to the electrosurgical instrument; wherein the voltage divider network generates a plurality of characteristic voltages which are measurable by the electrosurgical generator and which electrosurgical generator in turn transmits a corresponding waveform duty cycle at a particular intensity to the electrocautery end effector of the electrosurgical instrument; wherein a selector is supported on the housing for selecting a range setting of energy to be delivered from the electrosurgical generator to the at least one electrocautery end effector, wherein the selector is actuatable to select a range setting corresponding to a particular electrocautery end effector connected to the housing. an elongated housing; at least one electrocautery end effector removably supportable within the housing and extending distally from the housing, the electrocautery end effector being connectable to an electrosurgical generator; and at least one voltage divider network supported on the housing, the at least one voltage divider network being electrically connectable to the electrosurgical generator, the at least one voltage divider network being capable of controlling at least one of the intensity of electrosurgical energy being delivered to the electrosurgical pencil and the mode of electrosurgical energy being delivered to the electrosurgical instrument; wherein the voltage divider network generates a plurality of characteristic voltages which are measurable by the electrosurgical generator and which electrosurgical generator in turn transmits a corresponding waveform duty cycle at a particular intensity to the electrocautery end effector of the electrosurgical instrument; wherein a selector is supported on the housing for selecting a range setting of energy to be delivered from the electrosurgical generator to the at least one electrocautery end effector, wherein the selector is actuatable to select a range setting corresponding to a particular electrocautery end effector connected to the housing.
Medical instrumentation with a navigation system which comprises an optical detection unit comprising a camera, and a data processing unit coupled to the detection unit, with a stabilization element of a surgical fixation system and with a medical marking device which is held in a defined spatial arrangement on or is comprised by or formed by the stabilization element, the location and orientation of the marking device in space being determinable with the navigation system, it being possible for at least two images of the stabilization element and the marking device to be taken from a different orientation by means of the detection unit, and the data processing unit being programmed to determine the shape of the stabilization element on the basis of the two or more images.
A fuel filter, comprising: an end cap comprising: a metal body with a first surface opposite a second surface; a hole extending through the first surface and the second surface of the body; and an elastic metal element connected to the first surface of the metal body, wherein the elastic metal element extends at least partially over the hole; and a filter screen connected to the second surface of the metal body; characterized in that the elastic metal element is a sheet steel spring with a straight first end and a second end curved into a hook, wherein the first end is connected to the first surface of the metal body, and a portion of the hook extends over the hole. a metal body with a first surface opposite a second surface; a hole extending through the first surface and the second surface of the body; and an elastic metal element connected to the first surface of the metal body, wherein the elastic metal element extends at least partially over the hole; and a filter screen connected to the second surface of the metal body;
Device for carrying out a chemical or physical treatment, comprising a stationary frame with a turntable arranged on the frame such that it can rotate about a center axis, on which turntable there is a number of reaction vessels, a valve assembly being present, and said device comprising a motor for an indexing movement of the said turntable, characterized in that the valve assembly comprises a disk-like, rotatable valve part, arranged concentrically with respect to the said center axis, and a stationary valve part, which is positioned opposite the rotatable valve part and is connected to the frame, each valve part being provided with ports (20, 21) which are moved to be opposite one another in a changing order, connections being present between the rotatable valve part and the said reaction vessels and between the stationary valve part and feed/discharge lines, which motor is connected to the said rotating valve part via a transmission, the said transmission comprising a circular part of the said turntable, and the said rotating valve part being directly connected to the said turntable.
A method for booting a system-on-chip, SoC, that includes at least one processor circuit, the method comprising: configuring a communication bus by means of a hard I/O interface module which is implemented using circuitry in the SoC that is available upon power up; loading a boot read only memory, ROM, image over the communication bus; executing the boot read only memory, ROM, image to instruct the SoC to receive a first boot image over the communication bus; receiving, using a storage interface circuit of the SoC, the first boot image from a nonvolatile memory chip; configuring, by executing the first boot image on a processor circuit of the SoC, a soft bus interface module that is designed to communicate with a host device over the communication bus that links multiple devices to the SoC, wherein configuring the soft bus interface module includes programming, using bitstream data, the programmable logic of the SoC to implement the soft bus interface module; communicating, using the soft bus interface module, a second boot image from a memory of the host device to a memory of the SoC; and booting the SoC by executing the second boot image. configuring a communication bus by means of a hard I/O interface module which is implemented using circuitry in the SoC that is available upon power up; loading a boot read only memory, ROM, image over the communication bus; executing the boot read only memory, ROM, image to instruct the SoC to receive a first boot image over the communication bus; receiving, using a storage interface circuit of the SoC, the first boot image from a nonvolatile memory chip; configuring, by executing the first boot image on a processor circuit of the SoC, a soft bus interface module that is designed to communicate with a host device over the communication bus that links multiple devices to the SoC, wherein configuring the soft bus interface module includes programming, using bitstream data, the programmable logic of the SoC to implement the soft bus interface module; communicating, using the soft bus interface module, a second boot image from a memory of the host device to a memory of the SoC; and booting the SoC by executing the second boot image.
A deflection actuator comprising: a channeled platform adapted to be fixedly mounted to a catheter handle housing, wherein the channeled platform comprises a first slider trough; a pivotable base mounted adjacent to the channeled platform and adapted to pivot relative to the channeled platform; a first slider slidably mounted in the first slider trough; a first cam arm pivotally connected to the pivotable base and adapted to push the first slider in the first slider trough, whereby pivotable motion of the pivotable base relative to the channeled platform produces linear motion by the first slider in the first slider trough; and a friction-lock knob, wherein the friction-lock knob is adapted to rotate relative to the channeled platform to control friction between the channeled platform and the pivotable base. a channeled platform adapted to be fixedly mounted to a catheter handle housing, wherein the channeled platform comprises a first slider trough; a pivotable base mounted adjacent to the channeled platform and adapted to pivot relative to the channeled platform; a first slider slidably mounted in the first slider trough; a first cam arm pivotally connected to the pivotable base and adapted to push the first slider in the first slider trough, whereby pivotable motion of the pivotable base relative to the channeled platform produces linear motion by the first slider in the first slider trough; and a friction-lock knob, wherein the friction-lock knob is adapted to rotate relative to the channeled platform to control friction between the channeled platform and the pivotable base.