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A method of fabricating a composite blade stiffener, comprising: forming a generally flat charge; using a punch to form the charge into a hat shape having a pair of flanges by driving the generally flat charge into a cavity in a die; withdrawing the punch from the die cavity; loading a plate over the die covering the flanges; holding the flange portions against the die by forcing the punch against the plate; and forming the resulting hat shape into a blade by using the die to squeeze the hat while the flange portions are held against the die. forming a generally flat charge; using a punch to form the charge into a hat shape having a pair of flanges by driving the generally flat charge into a cavity in a die; withdrawing the punch from the die cavity; loading a plate over the die covering the flanges; holding the flange portions against the die by forcing the punch against the plate; and forming the resulting hat shape into a blade by using the die to squeeze the hat while the flange portions are held against the die.
A solar charger for charging a power battery, comprising: aphoto-sensitive unit configured to detect light intensity; a charging unit configured to receive a voltage transformed from solar energy; a switch unit coupled between the charging unit and the power battery and configured to disconnect the charging unit from the power battery or connect the charging unit with the power battery; and a control unit coupled to the photo-sensitive unit, the switch unit and the charging unit respectively; and configured to switch on the switch unit when the light intensity is higher than a first predetermined value so as to charge the power battery, characterized by the charging unit configured to boost the voltage so as to provide the voltage to the power battery; the control unit configured to switch on the charging unit when the light intensity is higher than a first predetermined value so as to charge the power battery; and the control unit configured to periodically compare a current light intensity detected by the photo-sensitive unit with the first predetermined value, to switch off the charging unit and the switch unit if the current light intensity is lower than the first predetermined value, and to switch on the charging unit and the switch unit if thy current light intensity is higher than the first predetermined value. aphoto-sensitive unit configured to detect light intensity; a charging unit configured to receive a voltage transformed from solar energy; a switch unit coupled between the charging unit and the power battery and configured to disconnect the charging unit from the power battery or connect the charging unit with the power battery; and a control unit coupled to the photo-sensitive unit, the switch unit and the charging unit respectively; and configured to switch on the switch unit when the light intensity is higher than a first predetermined value so as to charge the power battery, characterized by the charging unit configured to boost the voltage so as to provide the voltage to the power battery; the control unit configured to switch on the charging unit when the light intensity is higher than a first predetermined value so as to charge the power battery; and the control unit configured to periodically compare a current light intensity detected by the photo-sensitive unit with the first predetermined value, to switch off the charging unit and the switch unit if the current light intensity is lower than the first predetermined value, and to switch on the charging unit and the switch unit if thy current light intensity is higher than the first predetermined value.
A circuit protection system comprising: a logic portion; a current sensing device having a first node and a second node; a current sensing circuit connected to the first node and the second node, the current sensing circuit operative to output a voltage indicative of a current sensed by the current sensing device to the logic portion; and a connection verification portion connected to the first node, the second node, and the logic portion, the connection verification portion operative to induce a current along a flow path of the connection verification portion from the first node through the current sensing device and the second node to the logic portion, for detection of a signal at the second node by the logic portion. a logic portion; a current sensing device having a first node and a second node; a current sensing circuit connected to the first node and the second node, the current sensing circuit operative to output a voltage indicative of a current sensed by the current sensing device to the logic portion; and a connection verification portion connected to the first node, the second node, and the logic portion, the connection verification portion operative to induce a current along a flow path of the connection verification portion from the first node through the current sensing device and the second node to the logic portion, for detection of a signal at the second node by the logic portion.
A method for sling-load delivery of multiple loads to multiple locations in a single sortie, said method comprising: preparing a stack by mounting a plurality of containers (110a, 110b, 110c) one on top of the other and attaching adjacent containers using a controlled coupling mechanism (130a, 130b); attaching said stack to a host through a sling attached to the host; carrying said stack to a target location of at least the bottommost container; and detaching at least said bottommost container from said stack of containers without ground crew intervention at said target location using said controlled coupling mechanism (130a, 130b). preparing a stack by mounting a plurality of containers (110a, 110b, 110c) one on top of the other and attaching adjacent containers using a controlled coupling mechanism (130a, 130b); attaching said stack to a host through a sling attached to the host; carrying said stack to a target location of at least the bottommost container; and detaching at least said bottommost container from said stack of containers without ground crew intervention at said target location using said controlled coupling mechanism (130a, 130b).
Thread guide for a flat knitting machine, with a thread guide arm, at the tip of which a thread guide node is located, and with several thread guide eyes for supplying threads to the thread guide node, characterised in that several thread guide eyes (60, 61; 70, 71) are arranged on, or in at least one thread guide organ (50, 56, 57, 58) located on the thread guide arm on both sides of the central axis of the thread guide (1, 1', 2, 3).
A welding-type power supply, comprising: a battery; a battery charger, in electrical communication with the battery; a weld converter, having an input in electrical communication with the battery, and having a control input, and having a welding-type power output; a controller, having a control output in electrical communication with the control input, and having a weld power control module; a preregulator converter and a dc bus, wherein the preregulator converter is in electrical communication with the battery and in electrical communication with the dc bus, and wherein the dc bus is connected as an input to the weld converter; characterised in that there is provided an auxiliary power converter that receives power from the preregulator converter, wherein the auxiliary power converter has an ac auxiliary output and a first control input, and the controller has an ac auxiliary control module in electrical communication with the first control input. a battery; a battery charger, in electrical communication with the battery; a weld converter, having an input in electrical communication with the battery, and having a control input, and having a welding-type power output; a controller, having a control output in electrical communication with the control input, and having a weld power control module; a preregulator converter and a dc bus, wherein the preregulator converter is in electrical communication with the battery and in electrical communication with the dc bus, and wherein the dc bus is connected as an input to the weld converter; characterised in that there is provided an auxiliary power converter that receives power from the preregulator converter, wherein the auxiliary power converter has an ac auxiliary output and a first control input, and the controller has an ac auxiliary control module in electrical communication with the first control input.
A method of managing an ultrasound image, the method comprising: storing setting information to match each of a plurality of observation operations for observing an object with a reference point, an observation plane and a split method of ultrasound volume data, the plurality of observation operations including a 4-chamber view and a 5-chamber view; determining a reference point, an observation plane and a split method of ultrasound volume data according to the setting information matching a current observation operation from among the plurality of observation operations; obtaining a plurality of images by splitting the ultrasound volume data according to the split method, based on the reference point and the observation plane; and storing an image selected from among the plurality of images according to an external input signal such that the selected image matches the current observation operation. storing setting information to match each of a plurality of observation operations for observing an object with a reference point, an observation plane and a split method of ultrasound volume data, the plurality of observation operations including a 4-chamber view and a 5-chamber view; determining a reference point, an observation plane and a split method of ultrasound volume data according to the setting information matching a current observation operation from among the plurality of observation operations; obtaining a plurality of images by splitting the ultrasound volume data according to the split method, based on the reference point and the observation plane; and storing an image selected from among the plurality of images according to an external input signal such that the selected image matches the current observation operation.
Method for cooling a generator using cooling air flowing through the generator, wherein the density of the cooling air in idle mode of the generator, in which the generator rotates passively at a grid frequency of a grid to which the generator is connected, is reduced relative to the density of the cooling air in load mode of the generator; characterized in that the density of the cooling air in idle mode is reduced by increasing the moisture of the cooling air, wherein the density of the cooling air in idle mode is reduced by at least partially replacing the cooling air with nitrogen; wherein the density of the cooling air in idle mode is reduced by at least partially replacing the cooling air with hydrogen below a lower ignition threshold.
A stunner for stunning an animal comprising: a housing having a front end; an inner chamber in the housing having a forward end and a rearward end; a piston slideable within the inner chamber; a stunning rod within the housing and capable of being driven by the piston forward and rearward towards and away from the front end of the housing; a first pressure chamber adjacent the inner chamber, the first pressure chamber being in communication with the rearward end of the inner chamber, the first pressure chamber supplying a pressurized fluid rearward of the piston; a second pressure chamber adjacent the inner chamber, the second pressure chamber being in communication with the forward end of the inner chamber, the second pressure chamber supplying a pressurized fluid forward of the piston, the second pressure chamber being smaller than the first pressure chamber; and a valve system to alternately allow flow of the pressurized fluid into the first and the second pressure chambers (170, 175) and the rearward end of the inner chamber to move the piston and drive the stunning rod forward to stun an animal, and into the forward end of the inner chamber to move the piston and drive the stunning rod rearward and retract the stunning rod, characterized by the pressurized fluid being pre-supplied into the second pressure chamber at the same time the first pressure chamber is pressurized, the valve system being actuated by the piston reaching the end of the drive stroke to open a passage (162, 195) between the second pressure chamber and the front of the piston. a housing having a front end; an inner chamber in the housing having a forward end and a rearward end; a piston slideable within the inner chamber; a stunning rod within the housing and capable of being driven by the piston forward and rearward towards and away from the front end of the housing; a first pressure chamber adjacent the inner chamber, the first pressure chamber being in communication with the rearward end of the inner chamber, the first pressure chamber supplying a pressurized fluid rearward of the piston; a second pressure chamber adjacent the inner chamber, the second pressure chamber being in communication with the forward end of the inner chamber, the second pressure chamber supplying a pressurized fluid forward of the piston, the second pressure chamber being smaller than the first pressure chamber; and a valve system to alternately allow flow of the pressurized fluid into the first and the second pressure chambers (170, 175) and the rearward end of the inner chamber to move the piston and drive the stunning rod forward to stun an animal, and into the forward end of the inner chamber to move the piston and drive the stunning rod rearward and retract the stunning rod, characterized by the pressurized fluid being pre-supplied into the second pressure chamber at the same time the first pressure chamber is pressurized, the valve system being actuated by the piston reaching the end of the drive stroke to open a passage (162, 195) between the second pressure chamber and the front of the piston.
An exhaust gas mixer that mixes exhaust gas and diluent gas, the exhaust gas mixer comprising: a mixer main body that has inside a hollow part extending in a predetermined axial direction; an inner pipe part that is provided in the hollow part along the axial direction; a gas introduction part that is provided to the mixer main body to introduce the exhaust gas and the diluent gas into a space between the mixer main body and the inner pipe part; and a gas lead-out part that is provided in the inner pipe part to lead out diluted exhaust gas that has spiraled in the space, characterized in that a central axis of the inner pipe part and a central axis of the hollow part are provided in mutually different positions. a mixer main body that has inside a hollow part extending in a predetermined axial direction; an inner pipe part that is provided in the hollow part along the axial direction; a gas introduction part that is provided to the mixer main body to introduce the exhaust gas and the diluent gas into a space between the mixer main body and the inner pipe part; and a gas lead-out part that is provided in the inner pipe part to lead out diluted exhaust gas that has spiraled in the space, characterized in that a central axis of the inner pipe part and a central axis of the hollow part are provided in mutually different positions.
A method of preparing a tissue-adhesive sheet, said method comprising: • providing a fibrous sheet comprising a three-dimensional interconnected interstitial space; • providing reactive polymer particles comprising a water-soluble electrophilic polymer carrying at least 3 reactive electrophilic groups that are capable of reacting with amine groups in blood under the formation of a covalent bond; • placing the fibrous sheet and the reactive polymer particles between two electrodes; • simultaneously subjecting the fibrous sheet and the reactive polymer particles to an electric field of 0.1 to 40 kV/mm to impregnate the interconnected interstitial space of the fibrous sheet with the reactive polymer particles. • providing a fibrous sheet comprising a three-dimensional interconnected interstitial space; • providing reactive polymer particles comprising a water-soluble electrophilic polymer carrying at least 3 reactive electrophilic groups that are capable of reacting with amine groups in blood under the formation of a covalent bond; • placing the fibrous sheet and the reactive polymer particles between two electrodes; • simultaneously subjecting the fibrous sheet and the reactive polymer particles to an electric field of 0.1 to 40 kV/mm to impregnate the interconnected interstitial space of the fibrous sheet with the reactive polymer particles.
Use of HfO 2 nanoparticles or HfO 2 nanoparticles' aggregates for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition for use in a method of altering or destroying target cells in an animal when said cells are exposed to ionizing radiations, wherein the density of said HfO 2 nanoparticles or the density of said HfO 2 nanoparticles' aggregates is of at least 7 g/cm 3, and wherein each nanoparticle or nanoparticles' aggregate is covered with a biocompatible coating allowing the nanoparticle or nanoparticles' aggregate stability between pH 6.5 and 7.5 in a physiological fluid.
A fluid treatment assembly comprising: at least one fluid treatment unit including a permeable fluid treatment medium having a feed side and a permeate side; a feed inlet and a feed passage extending from the feed inlet through the fluid treatment unit to the feed side of the permeable fluid treatment medium; a permeate outlet and a permeate passage extending from the permeate side of the permeable fluid treatment medium to the permeate outlet; first and second end pieces (11, 12), wherein each fluid treatment unit is positioned between the first and second end pieces (11, 12); a retainer extending between the first and second end pieces (11, 12) and arranged to press the at least one fluid treatment unit and the first and second end pieces (11, 12) against one another; said retainer comprising a compression rod assembly including a compression rod extending between the first and second end pieces (11, 12) and a fastener attached to the compression rod; and a manifold positioned between the first and second end pieces (11, 12); characterized in that said first and second end pieces (11, 12) are formed from a nonmetallic material, wherein said nonmetallic material has a flexural modulus of no less than 5500 MPa (8×10 5 psi); and in that said compression rod is located such that the distance between the outer periphery of the adjacent fluid treatment unit or manifold and the outer periphery of the compression rod is 6 mm (0.25 inch) or less. at least one fluid treatment unit including a permeable fluid treatment medium having a feed side and a permeate side; a feed inlet and a feed passage extending from the feed inlet through the fluid treatment unit to the feed side of the permeable fluid treatment medium; a permeate outlet and a permeate passage extending from the permeate side of the permeable fluid treatment medium to the permeate outlet; first and second end pieces (11, 12), wherein each fluid treatment unit is positioned between the first and second end pieces (11, 12); a retainer extending between the first and second end pieces (11, 12) and arranged to press the at least one fluid treatment unit and the first and second end pieces (11, 12) against one another; said retainer comprising a compression rod assembly including a compression rod extending between the first and second end pieces (11, 12) and a fastener attached to the compression rod; and a manifold positioned between the first and second end pieces (11, 12);
Plain bearing composite material comprising - a supporting layer of steel, - a bearing metal layer of copper or a copper alloy which is applied to the support layer, and - a functional layer of an aluminium alloy which is applied to the bearing metal layer, characterised in that the functional layer is applied to the bearing metal layer by means of roll-bonding and the aluminium alloy of the functional layer contains tin and is lead-free with the exception of inevitable impurities and in that the bearing metal layer has a layer thickness (h 2) of from 50 to 595 μm. - a supporting layer of steel, - a bearing metal layer of copper or a copper alloy which is applied to the support layer, and - a functional layer of an aluminium alloy which is applied to the bearing metal layer,
Process for extrusion of a mixture comprising at least one polyvinyl acetal, at least one plasticiser and least one earth alkaline salt of a carboxylic acid, wherein 0.001 - 1 wght% (based on the combined weight of PVB resin and plasticizer) of at least one organic acid having 4 to 30 carbon atoms and a pKa-value of 4.75 or higher is added to the mixture characterised in that the organic acid is selected from the group consisting of 2,2-dimethyl propionic acid, 2,2-dimethyl butyric acid, 2,2-dimethyl pentanoic acid, 2,2-dimethyl hexanoic acid, 2,2-dimethyl heptanoic acid, 2,2-dimethyl octanoic acid, 2,2-dimethyl nonanoic acid, 2,2-dimethyl decanoic acid respective neodecanoic acid.
A dermal access device for fluid injection with a bearing block for fixation of the dermal access device onto the skin of a patient, a movable slider connected to the bearing block and a hollow needle arranged at the slider for puncturing the skin, the needle comprising a needle tip, wherein the dermal access device is provided with a first stop for limiting a first moving direction of the slider at a first puncture position of the hollow needle, wherein the dermal access device is provided with a second stop, differing from the first stop, for limiting a second moving direction of the slider, wherein the second stop is at a second puncture position of the hollow needle, in which second puncture position an injection can be given to the patient, and wherein the slider is moveable in the first moving direction from a resting position to the first stop and in the second moving direction from the first stop at the first puncture position to the second stop at the second puncture position such that the needle tip in the first puncture position has a greater distance to the bearing block than in the second puncture position.
Cosmetic composition which is in the form of a liquid emulsion comprising: ∘ water; ∘ at least one film-forming agent chosen from vinyl polymers comprising at least one carbosiloxane dendrimer-based unit chosen from polymers of which the INCI name is Acrylates / Polytrimethylsiloxy Methacrylate Copolymer ∘ from 5% to 15% by weight, relative to the weight of the composition, of at least one polar non-volatile hydrocarbon-based oil; ∘ from 1% to 8% by weight, relative to the weight of the composition, of at least one non-volatile phenyl silicone oil, preferably without dimethicone fragment. ∘ water; ∘ at least one film-forming agent chosen from vinyl polymers comprising at least one carbosiloxane dendrimer-based unit chosen from polymers of which the INCI name is Acrylates / Polytrimethylsiloxy Methacrylate Copolymer ∘ from 5% to 15% by weight, relative to the weight of the composition, of at least one polar non-volatile hydrocarbon-based oil; ∘ from 1% to 8% by weight, relative to the weight of the composition, of at least one non-volatile phenyl silicone oil, preferably without dimethicone fragment.