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A spray nozzle insert configured to generate a swirled spray with improved rotating or angular velocity (ω), resulting in smaller sprayed droplet size, comprising: a cup-shaped nozzle body having a cylindrical inner side wall surrounding a central longitudinal spray axis and a circular closed end wall; an outlet orifice or exit aperture coaxial with said central spray axis passing through said end wall; a dynamic fluid circuit defined in an inner surface of said end wall, said fluid circuit including first, second and third circumferentially spaced inwardly tapered power nozzles (302, 304, 306) terminating in a central interaction region surrounding said exit aperture, each power nozzle (302, 304, 306) tapers smoothly inwardly from an enlarged region (344, 368, 380) toward a narrow outlet region (346, 370, 390) at the interaction region to accelerate fluid flow, each power nozzle (302, 304, 306) includes sidewalls (342, 366, 386) being smoothly curved around said enlarged end regions (344, 368, 380) near said inner side wall of a nozzle wall and then extend radially inwardly toward the interaction region, said power nozzles (302, 304, 306) being equally spaced around said interaction region and having respective longitudinal aiming axes (334, 362, 382) offset with respect to said exit aperture, whereby fluid under pressure introduced into said fluid circuit flows along said power nozzles into said interaction region to generate a fluid vortex which exits said exit aperture as a swirled spray. a cup-shaped nozzle body having a cylindrical inner side wall surrounding a central longitudinal spray axis and a circular closed end wall; an outlet orifice or exit aperture coaxial with said central spray axis passing through said end wall; a dynamic fluid circuit defined in an inner surface of said end wall, said fluid circuit including first, second and third circumferentially spaced inwardly tapered power nozzles (302, 304, 306) terminating in a central interaction region surrounding said exit aperture, each power nozzle (302, 304, 306) tapers smoothly inwardly from an enlarged region (344, 368, 380) toward a narrow outlet region (346, 370, 390) at the interaction region to accelerate fluid flow, each power nozzle (302, 304, 306) includes sidewalls (342, 366, 386) being smoothly curved around said enlarged end regions (344, 368, 380) near said inner side wall of a nozzle wall and then extend radially inwardly toward the interaction region, said power nozzles (302, 304, 306) being equally spaced around said interaction region and having respective longitudinal aiming axes (334, 362, 382) offset with respect to said exit aperture, whereby fluid under pressure introduced into said fluid circuit flows along said power nozzles into said interaction region to generate a fluid vortex which exits said exit aperture as a swirled spray.
An approaching vehicle detection apparatus configured to be used with a hybrid vehicle including a combustion engine and an electric motor, the apparatus comprising: a sound information detection unit configured to detect sound information around an own vehicle; a sound source detection unit configured to detect a sound source around the own vehicle based on the detected sound information; an approaching vehicle determination unit configured to determine whether the sound source is a vehicle approaching the own vehicle; an own vehicle sound suppression determination unit which determines whether the own vehicle sound is able to be suppressed by changing the vehicle state of the own vehicle from the current state; and a vehicle state changing unit wherein the vehicle state changing unit is configured to, when the own vehicle sound generated from the own vehicle is able to be suppressed by changing the vehicle state of the own vehicle, change a vehicle state of the own vehicle to a vehicle state where the own vehicle sound is suppressed, the approaching vehicle determination unit is configured to determine whether the sound source detected after the suppression of the own vehicle sound is the vehicle approaching the own vehicle, and the vehicle state changing unit is configured to suppress the own vehicle sound in the current hybrid mode or engine mode by one of: changing the vehicle state of the own vehicle to a travel state only using a power of the electric motor when the own vehicle is able to travel only by a power of the electric motor or stopping the engine when the combustion engine is able to be stopped. a sound information detection unit configured to detect sound information around an own vehicle; a sound source detection unit configured to detect a sound source around the own vehicle based on the detected sound information; an approaching vehicle determination unit configured to determine whether the sound source is a vehicle approaching the own vehicle; an own vehicle sound suppression determination unit which determines whether the own vehicle sound is able to be suppressed by changing the vehicle state of the own vehicle from the current state; and a vehicle state changing unit wherein the vehicle state changing unit is configured to, when the own vehicle sound generated from the own vehicle is able to be suppressed by changing the vehicle state of the own vehicle, change a vehicle state of the own vehicle to a vehicle state where the own vehicle sound is suppressed, the approaching vehicle determination unit is configured to determine whether the sound source detected after the suppression of the own vehicle sound is the vehicle approaching the own vehicle, and the vehicle state changing unit is configured to suppress the own vehicle sound in the current hybrid mode or engine mode by one of: changing the vehicle state of the own vehicle to a travel state only using a power of the electric motor when the own vehicle is able to travel only by a power of the electric motor or stopping the engine when the combustion engine is able to be stopped.
A method for evaluating a thin-film-formed wafer, the method being configured to calculate a value of a film thickness distribution Δt of a thin film of the thin-film-formed wafer having the thin film on a surface of a substrate, wherein a thin-film-formed wafer which has a silicon oxide film formed between the substrate and the thin film is used as the thin-film-formed wafer that is an evaluation target, the substrate and the thin film being made of silicon single crystal, wherein from a set value of the film thickness of the thin film of the thin-film-formed wafer, irradiation wavelength dependency of a reflectance difference ΔR and a reflectance fluctuation coefficient ΔR/R involved by a fluctuation in the film thickness of the thin film are calculated in advance, a single wavelength λ is selected in such a manner that calculated reflectance R of irradiation light is 0.2 or above and an absolute value of a calculated reflectance fluctuation coefficient ΔR/R with respect to the film thickness of the thin film is 0.02 or above, wherein ΔR is a reflectance difference by increasing the set value of the thin film thickness by 1 nm, and irradiation light having a selected single wavelength λ is applied to a partial region of a surface of the thin film of the thin-film-formed wafer, reflected light from the partial region is detected, reflected light intensity for each pixel obtained by dividing the partial region into many pieces is measured, a reflected light intensity distribution in the partial region is obtained, maximum reflection intensity, Max, minimum reflection intensity, Min, mean reflection intensity M, and variation in reflection intensity A are obtained from the reflected light intensity distribution, with the proviso that A=(Max-Min)/M, and the value of the film thickness distribution Δt of the thin film in the partial region is calculated based on the relationship of A=Δt•(ΔR/R).
A wireless virtual MIMO, V-MIMO, communication method, comprising: estimating post processing signal to interference and noise ratios, SINR, for a plurality of signals corresponding to a plurality of mobile terminals arranged as a V-MIMO group; selecting the one of the plurality of mobile terminals having the highest post processing SINR; scheduling wireless communication for the selected mobile terminal; canceling the signal corresponding to the selected mobile terminal prior to performing a decoding of the signal corresponding to the selected mobile terminal; re-estimating post processing signal to interference and noise ratios, SINR, for the signals corresponding to the remaining mobile terminals; selecting the one of the remaining mobile terminals having the highest post processing SINR; and scheduling wireless communication for the selected remaining mobile terminal. estimating post processing signal to interference and noise ratios, SINR, for a plurality of signals corresponding to a plurality of mobile terminals arranged as a V-MIMO group; selecting the one of the plurality of mobile terminals having the highest post processing SINR; scheduling wireless communication for the selected mobile terminal; canceling the signal corresponding to the selected mobile terminal prior to performing a decoding of the signal corresponding to the selected mobile terminal; re-estimating post processing signal to interference and noise ratios, SINR, for the signals corresponding to the remaining mobile terminals; selecting the one of the remaining mobile terminals having the highest post processing SINR; and scheduling wireless communication for the selected remaining mobile terminal.
A method for controlling a steer-by-wire steering system for a motor vehicle, comprising: - an electronically controllable steering actuator which acts on the steered wheels, - an actuation unit, - a feedback actuator to which a driver's request for a steering angle (α) can be applied by a driver using a steering input means, and which outputs a feedback signal to the steering input means as a reaction to the driver's request and a driving state of the motor vehicle, - a signal transmission which transfers the driver's request to the actuation unit, - wherein the actuation unit actuates the steering actuator in order to transform the driver's request into a deflection of the steered wheels, - wherein a feedback actuator monitor unit is provided which detects a malfunction of the feedback actuator as a fault situation, characterized in that in the fault situation: - the feedback signal to the steering input means is continuously reduced to zero within a first time period, and - the signal transmission is reduced, and/or - the signal transmission is interrupted for a second time period, and/or - the driver's request which is transferred in the signal transmission is only included as a reduced variable in the transformation for determining the change in the deflection of the wheels, and/or - the driver's request which is transferred in the signal transmission, for the second time period, is not included in the transformation for determining the change in the deflection of the wheels. - an electronically controllable steering actuator which acts on the steered wheels, - an actuation unit, - a feedback actuator to which a driver's request for a steering angle (α) can be applied by a driver using a steering input means, and which outputs a feedback signal to the steering input means as a reaction to the driver's request and a driving state of the motor vehicle, - a signal transmission which transfers the driver's request to the actuation unit, - wherein the actuation unit actuates the steering actuator in order to transform the driver's request into a deflection of the steered wheels, - wherein a feedback actuator monitor unit is provided which detects a malfunction of the feedback actuator as a fault situation, - the feedback signal to the steering input means is continuously reduced to zero within a first time period, and - the signal transmission is reduced, and/or - the signal transmission is interrupted for a second time period, and/or - the driver's request which is transferred in the signal transmission is only included as a reduced variable in the transformation for determining the change in the deflection of the wheels, and/or - the driver's request which is transferred in the signal transmission, for the second time period, is not included in the transformation for determining the change in the deflection of the wheels.
Coupling with - at least a first coupling element, - at least a second coupling element, - several connecting pieces, and - several elastic joint bushings, wherein at least one connecting piece and at least one joint bushing are arranged are arranged coupled one behind the other between the coupling elements (2, 3) in order to connect the coupling elements (2, 3), so that at least one joint bushing forms an elastic composite bearing element between the connecting piece and at least one coupling element (2, 3), characterized in that the connecting piece is a bending elastic lug, wherein the joint bushing and the lug are designed such that a relocation of the two coupling elements (2, 3) in relation to one another is absorbed by the lug and the joint bushing. - at least a first coupling element, - at least a second coupling element, - several connecting pieces, and - several elastic joint bushings, wherein at least one connecting piece and at least one joint bushing are arranged are arranged coupled one behind the other between the coupling elements (2, 3) in order to connect the coupling elements (2, 3), so that at least one joint bushing forms an elastic composite bearing element between the connecting piece and at least one coupling element (2, 3),
A fuel supply device for supplying fuel stored in a fuel tank to an engine, the fuel supply device comprising: a fuel pump for supplying the fuel from the fuel tank to the engine; and a filter provided further upstream from the fuel pump in a fuel supply channel; wherein the filter includes a first filter portion for filtering fuel, and a second filter portion for filtering fuel; the second filter portion is located above the first filter portion with the filter placed inside the fuel tank; and characterised in that, a density of gaps in the second filter portion is larger than a density of gaps in the first filter portion. a fuel pump for supplying the fuel from the fuel tank to the engine; and a filter provided further upstream from the fuel pump in a fuel supply channel; wherein the filter includes a first filter portion for filtering fuel, and a second filter portion for filtering fuel; the second filter portion is located above the first filter portion with the filter placed inside the fuel tank; and characterised in that, a density of gaps in the second filter portion is larger than a density of gaps in the first filter portion.
A combination of a therapeutically effective amount of activated T cells that specifically recognize a tumor antigen of interest, and a therapeutically effective amount of a PD-1 antagonist for use in treating a tumor in a mammalian subject; comprising administering the combination to the subject thereby inducing an immune response to the tumor antigen of interest, wherein the PD-1 antagonist is an antibody that specifically binds PD-1, an antibody that specifically binds Programmed Death Ligand 1 (PD-L1) or an antibody that specifically binds Programmed Death Ligand-2 (PD-L2), or combinations thereof; or wherein the PD-1 antagonist is an anti-PD-1 antibody, an anti-PD-L1 antibody, an anti-PD-L2 antibody, an anti-PD-1 RNAi, an anti-PD-L1 RNAi, an anti-PD-L2 RNAi, an anti-PD-1 antisense RNA, an anti-PD-L1 antisense RNA, an anti-PD-L2 antisense RNA, or combinations thereof; and wherein the tumor is a malignant melanoma.
Device for adjusting a flow through an injection valve with - a receiving part for receiving and holding the injection valve to be adjusted, - a positioning means for adjusting a setting mechanism of the injection valve for adjusting the flow, - a fluid reservoir for a test fluid, - a pump for generating a pressure of the test fluid in the fluid reservoir, and - a measuring means for determining the pressure in the fluid reservoir, characterized in that a compensating body is provided, with which the volume of the fluid reservoir can be changed, in that the compensating body is coupled with the positioning means in such a manner that on movement of the positioning means, through which a change of volume of the fluid reservoir is generated, the compensating body can be moved in such a manner that the change of volume is compensated at least partly. - a receiving part for receiving and holding the injection valve to be adjusted, - a positioning means for adjusting a setting mechanism of the injection valve for adjusting the flow, - a fluid reservoir for a test fluid, - a pump for generating a pressure of the test fluid in the fluid reservoir, and - a measuring means for determining the pressure in the fluid reservoir,
A truss device for an escalator or moving walk, comprising an outer panel and an inner panel facing the outer panel, characterized in that, the inner panel is formed from a single integral panel and comprises a body part and a plurality of connection parts extending from the body part toward the outer panel thus forming corresponding through openings in the inner panel, each connection part is connected to the outer panel so that the outer panel and the inner panel are fixed together, wherein the inner panel further comprises a support part formed on the body part of the inner panel and projecting in a direction away from the outer panel.
A portable device comprising: a keyboard unit; a display unit; a touch screen in a front surface of the display unit; a connection unit configured to be connected to each of the keyboard unit and the display unit, and arranged to move relative to each of the keyboard unit and the display unit, and to support the display unit so that the display unit covers or uncovers the keyboard unit, wherein the connection unit is rotatably connected to the keyboard unit and rotatable around a first rotation axis (X 1), and the display unit is rotatably connected to the connection unit and rotatable around a second rotation axis (X 2) parallel to the first rotation axis (X 1); and a controller disposed inside the connection unit and configured to control operations of the portable device, wherein the display unit is placed in a first arrangement to cover the keyboard unit or a second arrangement to uncover the keyboard unit depending on user selection, and when the display unit is placed in the first arrangement and the second arrangement, the touch screen is maintained in a viewable state, characterised in that: the keyboard unit comprises a receiving hole that has open top and bottom surfaces and which receives the connection unit when the connection unit is placed in the first arrangement. a keyboard unit; a display unit; a touch screen in a front surface of the display unit; a connection unit configured to be connected to each of the keyboard unit and the display unit, and arranged to move relative to each of the keyboard unit and the display unit, and to support the display unit so that the display unit covers or uncovers the keyboard unit, wherein the connection unit is rotatably connected to the keyboard unit and rotatable around a first rotation axis (X 1), and the display unit is rotatably connected to the connection unit and rotatable around a second rotation axis (X 2) parallel to the first rotation axis (X 1); and a controller disposed inside the connection unit and configured to control operations of the portable device, wherein the display unit is placed in a first arrangement to cover the keyboard unit or a second arrangement to uncover the keyboard unit depending on user selection, and when the display unit is placed in the first arrangement and the second arrangement, the touch screen is maintained in a viewable state, characterised in that: the keyboard unit comprises a receiving hole that has open top and bottom surfaces and which receives the connection unit when the connection unit is placed in the first arrangement.
A lighting device, including: - an electrically-powered light radiation source, - a beam-narrowing optical system facing the light radiation source and propagating a narrowed light radiation beam from said source along a longitudinal axis of the device, and arranged distally of the beam-narrowing optical system along said longitudinal axis, a cascaded arrangement of: - a light-condensing lens, - a light-driving lens, - a filament-like body including a plurality of annular reflective surfaces extending around said optical axis and exposed to light radiation of the light radiation source propagated through the light-condensing lens and the light-driving lens, - a distal mirror member having a reflective surface facing towards the filament-like body to reflect light radiation towards annular reflective surfaces in said plurality of annular reflective surfaces, wherein light radiation reflected by the annular reflective surfaces of the filament-like body is spread radially outwardly of the longitudinal axis of the device. - an electrically-powered light radiation source, - a beam-narrowing optical system facing the light radiation source and propagating a narrowed light radiation beam from said source along a longitudinal axis of the device, and arranged distally of the beam-narrowing optical system along said longitudinal axis, a cascaded arrangement of: - a light-condensing lens, - a light-driving lens, - a filament-like body including a plurality of annular reflective surfaces extending around said optical axis and exposed to light radiation of the light radiation source propagated through the light-condensing lens and the light-driving lens, - a distal mirror member having a reflective surface facing towards the filament-like body to reflect light radiation towards annular reflective surfaces in said plurality of annular reflective surfaces,
A method for consolidating a preform of braided fiber, the method comprising: acquiring a braided preform comprising fibers of unidirectional material that have been woven into a shape having a closed cross-section; disposing the braided preform in a void of a mold; disposing an inflatable bladder within the closed cross-section of the braided preform; and iteratively applying pressure to the braided preform by iteratively increasing and decreasing an amount of applied pressure via the bladder to consolidate the braided preform against the mold, wherein iteratively applying pressure to the braided preform comprises ramping pressure from a lower bound to an upper bound of a range of pressures. acquiring a braided preform comprising fibers of unidirectional material that have been woven into a shape having a closed cross-section; disposing the braided preform in a void of a mold; disposing an inflatable bladder within the closed cross-section of the braided preform; and iteratively applying pressure to the braided preform by iteratively increasing and decreasing an amount of applied pressure via the bladder to consolidate the braided preform against the mold, wherein iteratively applying pressure to the braided preform comprises ramping pressure from a lower bound to an upper bound of a range of pressures.