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A method, comprising: communicating, between first and second nodes of a network, one or more messages via a control channel, the one or more messages indicating a maximum data rate that is supported by at least one of the nodes, at least one of the nodes being associated with a utility meter; determining a particular data channel from multiple data channels, the control channel and the multiple data channels being channels of the network; determining a maximum common data rate that is supported by the first and second nodes based at least in part on the one or more messages; switching to the particular data channel based at least in part on the determining the particular data channel; sending or receiving data via the particular data channel at the maximum common data rate; and switching to the control channel upon completion of sending or receiving the data via the particular data channel. communicating, between first and second nodes of a network, one or more messages via a control channel, the one or more messages indicating a maximum data rate that is supported by at least one of the nodes, at least one of the nodes being associated with a utility meter; determining a particular data channel from multiple data channels, the control channel and the multiple data channels being channels of the network; determining a maximum common data rate that is supported by the first and second nodes based at least in part on the one or more messages; switching to the particular data channel based at least in part on the determining the particular data channel; sending or receiving data via the particular data channel at the maximum common data rate; and switching to the control channel upon completion of sending or receiving the data via the particular data channel.
A photonic integrated circuit chip comprising: a plurality of vertical grating couplers (18; 40) defined in a first semiconductor or insulating layer topped with an interconnection structure comprising a plurality of metal levels (M1, M2, M3, M4) embedded in second insulating layers (28A, 28B); and a cavity extending in depth through the second insulating layers all the way to an intermediate level between the couplers (18; 40) and the metal level closest to the couplers (18; 40), the cavity being entirely delimited laterally by the interconnection structure, characterized in that the cavity has lateral dimensions such that the cavity is adapted to receive a block for holding an array of optical fibers intended to be optically coupled to the couplers (18; 40). a plurality of vertical grating couplers (18; 40) defined in a first semiconductor or insulating layer topped with an interconnection structure comprising a plurality of metal levels (M1, M2, M3, M4) embedded in second insulating layers (28A, 28B); and a cavity extending in depth through the second insulating layers all the way to an intermediate level between the couplers (18; 40) and the metal level closest to the couplers (18; 40), the cavity being entirely delimited laterally by the interconnection structure, characterized in that the cavity has lateral dimensions such that the cavity is adapted to receive a block for holding an array of optical fibers intended to be optically coupled to the couplers (18; 40).
A planting system (101, 301), comprising: - a planting receptacle (102, 302) having an opening (103, 303) and a bottom, the bottom of the planting receptacle (102, 302) being openable and closable, - a planting member (104, 307, 307', 307") having a cavity with an opening through which a root ball of a plant is to be inserted into the cavity, the planting member (104, 307, 307', 307") being arranged inside the planting receptacle (102, 302), - a detachable cover (107, 304) having a first surface and a second surface, the detachable cover (107, 304) being arranged to cover the opening of the planting receptacle (103, 303), the detachable cover (107, 304) comprising means for aligning the planting member (110, 305, 305', 305") in the planting receptacle (102, 302), and - soil (111, 308) arranged in a space between the planting receptacle (102, 302) and the planting member (104, 307, 307', 307"), characterised in that the means for aligning (110, 305, 305', 305") comprises at least one protrusion extending from the second surface of the detachable cover (107, 304) and having the same shape as the opening of the planting member (104, 307, 307', 307"). - a planting receptacle (102, 302) having an opening (103, 303) and a bottom, the bottom of the planting receptacle (102, 302) being openable and closable, - a planting member (104, 307, 307', 307") having a cavity with an opening through which a root ball of a plant is to be inserted into the cavity, the planting member (104, 307, 307', 307") being arranged inside the planting receptacle (102, 302), - a detachable cover (107, 304) having a first surface and a second surface, the detachable cover (107, 304) being arranged to cover the opening of the planting receptacle (103, 303), the detachable cover (107, 304) comprising means for aligning the planting member (110, 305, 305', 305") in the planting receptacle (102, 302), and - soil (111, 308) arranged in a space between the planting receptacle (102, 302) and the planting member (104, 307, 307', 307"),
A method comprising: measuring a brake temperature of an aircraft brake using a sensor; determining a brake heat sink mass of the aircraft brake using a wear measuring device; and calculating a turnaround threshold based upon the measured brake temperature and the determined brake heat sink mass. measuring a brake temperature of an aircraft brake using a sensor; determining a brake heat sink mass of the aircraft brake using a wear measuring device; and calculating a turnaround threshold based upon the measured brake temperature and the determined brake heat sink mass.
An assembly comprising: an electric connector comprising a contact with a bolt hole for bolting formed therein, and a housing attached to the contact; and an object to be connected having a first surface on which the contact of the electric connector is attached by the bolting, and a second surface roughly perpendicular to the first surface, wherein the contact includes a bolting section in which the bolt hole is formed and an accommodated section accommodated in the housing, characterized in that the bolting section is located on a bolting section protruding direction side of the housing, which is a side of the housing on a bolting section protruding direction, which is a direction from the accommodated section toward the bolting section, the housing includes a side surface that is a surface on the bolting section protruding direction side of the housing, the housing of the electric connector is formed so as to extend in an elongated shape along a tangent direction of an imaginary circle centered on a central axis of the bolt hole of the contact of the electric connector as viewed in a central axis direction of the bolt hole, and the side surface of the housing is capable of coming into contact with the second surface of the object to be connected at the time of the bolting. an electric connector comprising a contact with a bolt hole for bolting formed therein, and a housing attached to the contact; and an object to be connected having a first surface on which the contact of the electric connector is attached by the bolting, and a second surface roughly perpendicular to the first surface, wherein the contact includes a bolting section in which the bolt hole is formed and an accommodated section accommodated in the housing, characterized in that the bolting section is located on a bolting section protruding direction side of the housing, which is a side of the housing on a bolting section protruding direction, which is a direction from the accommodated section toward the bolting section, the housing includes a side surface that is a surface on the bolting section protruding direction side of the housing, the housing of the electric connector is formed so as to extend in an elongated shape along a tangent direction of an imaginary circle centered on a central axis of the bolt hole of the contact of the electric connector as viewed in a central axis direction of the bolt hole, and the side surface of the housing is capable of coming into contact with the second surface of the object to be connected at the time of the bolting.
A compound of the general formula (N 3 O 2 S-Ar-Y) 2 Sp", wherein: - Ar is a phenyl group substituted or not; and - Sp" is an aliphatic linear, branched or cyclic chain having at least two carbon atoms, - Y is selected from -O-, -C(=O)O, -OC(=O)- - Ar is a phenyl group substituted or not; and - Sp" is an aliphatic linear, branched or cyclic chain having at least two carbon atoms, - Y is selected from -O-, -C(=O)O, -OC(=O)-
A fuel system, comprising: a hydrogen source providing hydrogen gas; a liquid fuel tank containing liquid fuel; a hyperbaric mixing chamber in fluid communication with the hydrogen source to receive the hydrogen gas and in fluid communication with the liquid fuel tank to receive the liquid fuel, the hyperbaric mixing chamber configured to dissolve the hydrogen gas in the liquid fuel to generate hydrogenated fuel; fuel injectors in fluid communication with the hyperbaric mixing chamber to receive the hydrogenated fuel and to inject the hydrogenated fuel into an engine, the flows from the hydrogen source to the hyperbaric mixing chamber, from the liquid fuel tank to the hyperbaric mixing chamber and from the hyperbaric mixing chamber to the fuel injectors being through check valves (50a, 50b, 50c), wherein the hydrogen source is in fluid communication with the hyperbaric mixing chamber through a high pressure compressor characterized in that the high pressure compressor provides a pressure between 4,14 and 8,27 Bar in the hyperbaric mixing chamber, and unused hydrogenated return fuel being in serial fluid communication between an injection fuel pump and a return fuel bladder through a return flow from the injectors to the hyperbaric mixing chamber through a return fuel pressure regulator, a return fuel cooler, and one check valve. a hydrogen source providing hydrogen gas; a liquid fuel tank containing liquid fuel; a hyperbaric mixing chamber in fluid communication with the hydrogen source to receive the hydrogen gas and in fluid communication with the liquid fuel tank to receive the liquid fuel, the hyperbaric mixing chamber configured to dissolve the hydrogen gas in the liquid fuel to generate hydrogenated fuel; fuel injectors in fluid communication with the hyperbaric mixing chamber to receive the hydrogenated fuel and to inject the hydrogenated fuel into an engine, the flows from the hydrogen source to the hyperbaric mixing chamber, from the liquid fuel tank to the hyperbaric mixing chamber and from the hyperbaric mixing chamber to the fuel injectors being through check valves (50a, 50b, 50c), wherein the hydrogen source is in fluid communication with the hyperbaric mixing chamber through a high pressure compressor characterized in that the high pressure compressor provides a pressure between 4,14 and 8,27 Bar in the hyperbaric mixing chamber, and unused hydrogenated return fuel being in serial fluid communication between an injection fuel pump and a return fuel bladder through a return flow from the injectors to the hyperbaric mixing chamber through a return fuel pressure regulator, a return fuel cooler, and one check valve.
A brake assembly comprising: a brake caliper; a tappet that is moveable along an axis with respect to the brake caliper and that is adapted to engage a brake pad assembly; a piston that is rotatable about the axis and is at least partially received in the tappet, wherein the piston and tappet have mating threads (190, 200); a wear adjuster mechanism that is at least partially received inside the piston, wherein the wear adjuster mechanism includes a shaft that is rotatable about the axis; and a sensor assembly that is received inside the shaft; the brake assembly characterised in that the sensor assembly provides a signal indicative of rotation of the shaft with respect to the piston. a brake caliper; a tappet that is moveable along an axis with respect to the brake caliper and that is adapted to engage a brake pad assembly; a piston that is rotatable about the axis and is at least partially received in the tappet, wherein the piston and tappet have mating threads (190, 200); a wear adjuster mechanism that is at least partially received inside the piston, wherein the wear adjuster mechanism includes a shaft that is rotatable about the axis; and a sensor assembly that is received inside the shaft; the brake assembly characterised in that the sensor assembly provides a signal indicative of rotation of the shaft with respect to the piston.
A cosmetic applicator characterized in that it is provided with a shaft having a twofold structure in which there are an outer cylinder having an inner surface on which a projection is provided; and an inner cylinder having an outer surface on which a guide groove that guidingly engages with the projection is provided; wherein the guide groove has a first transverse groove and a second transverse groove that extend in a circumferential direction, and a first longitudinal groove and a second longitudinal groove, the first transverse groove being the one of the two transverse grooves that is nearer to a tip having an applying portion, wherein the second longitudinal groove that extends in an axial direction is connecting the center of the first transverse and the endpoint of the second transverse groove, wherein the first longitudinal groove is provided at a location different in the circumferential direction from that of the second longitudinal groove, the first longitudinal groove extends in an axial direction from the first transverse groove to the tip. an inner cylinder having an outer surface on which a guide groove that guidingly engages with the projection is provided; wherein the guide groove has a first transverse groove and a second transverse groove that extend in a circumferential direction, and a first longitudinal groove and a second longitudinal groove, the first transverse groove being the one of the two transverse grooves that is nearer to a tip having an applying portion, wherein the second longitudinal groove that extends in an axial direction is connecting the center of the first transverse and the endpoint of the second transverse groove, wherein the first longitudinal groove is provided at a location different in the circumferential direction from that of the second longitudinal groove, the first longitudinal groove extends in an axial direction from the first transverse groove to the tip.
Method for producing a structural element of a railway vehicle, of the railway vehicle longitudinal wall or floor type, comprising at least one main side frame extending in a longitudinal direction and at least one crossmember extending substantially at right angles to the longitudinal direction, the main side frame and the crossmember each being formed by a jacket enclosing a core of foam, characterized in that the method comprises the following steps: - providing at least two hollow profile members produced in composite material each extending in the longitudinal direction to form the jacket of the main side frame and in a direction at right angles to the longitudinal direction to form the jacket of the crossmember, the profile sections being linked to one another over all their length by two webs of composite material so as to form a closed section forming the jacket of the structural element in a single piece. - providing at least two hollow profile members produced in composite material each extending in the longitudinal direction to form the jacket of the main side frame and in a direction at right angles to the longitudinal direction to form the jacket of the crossmember,
A digital radio receiver arranged to receive and process data frames, each data frame comprising i) a plurality of identical synchronization sequences; ii) identification data different from the synchronization sequences; and iii) convolution-encoded message data, the receiver comprising: an initial-synchronization section (18, 22) arranged to use the plurality of identical synchronization sequences in a received data frame to perform a frequency-synchronization or symbol-timing-synchronization operation; a frame-synchronization section arranged to determine frame-synchronization information for the received data frame; and a convolution-decoding section arranged to use said frame-synchronization information to decode the message data of the data frame, characterised in that the frame-synchronization section is arranged to determine the frame-synchronization information by correlating at least a part of the received identification data against reference identification data stored in a memory of the receiver. an initial-synchronization section (18, 22) arranged to use the plurality of identical synchronization sequences in a received data frame to perform a frequency-synchronization or symbol-timing-synchronization operation; a frame-synchronization section arranged to determine frame-synchronization information for the received data frame; and a convolution-decoding section arranged to use said frame-synchronization information to decode the message data of the data frame, characterised in that the frame-synchronization section is arranged to determine the frame-synchronization information by correlating at least a part of the received identification data against reference identification data stored in a memory of the receiver.
Device for monitoring an open region, comprising a first laser and a second laser, the first laser being oriented and set such that it monitors a region of a first plane, the first plane extending parallel to the open region, and the second laser being oriented and set such that it monitors a region of a second plane, characterized in that the first laser is arranged at one end of the open region, in that the second laser is arranged at another end of the open region, and in that the second plane extends orthogonally to the first plane.
A textile machine configured to unwind a yarn from a yarn feed bobbin and to wind the yarn onto a package, the textile machine comprising a calculation section (95b, 99b) configured to calculate a standard value of an amount of waste yarn emitted by yarn cutting accompanying a drawing operation of drawing out a yarn from the yarn feed bobbin.
A laundry detergent composition comprising: (i) from 4 to 50 wt % of a charged surfactant; (ii) from 0.1 to 20 wt % of an alkoxylated polyaryl or alkoxylated polyalkyl phenol, of the following structure: wherein R 1, is selected from linear or branched C3-C15 alkyl groups and aryl groups; X is selected from ethoxy or propoxy groups; n is from 2 to 70; T is selected from H, SO 3; COO - and PO 3 2-, preferably H and SO 3 -; (iii) from 0.0001 to 0.5 wt% of a blue or violet shading dye; and, (iv) from 0.0001 to 0.5 wt % of a fluorescer, wherein the alkoxylated polyarylphenol or the alkoxylated polyalkylphenol is not considered a surfactant and does not contribute numerically to the surfactant content. (i) from 4 to 50 wt % of a charged surfactant; (ii) from 0.1 to 20 wt % of an alkoxylated polyaryl or alkoxylated polyalkyl phenol, of the following structure: wherein R 1, is selected from linear or branched C3-C15 alkyl groups and aryl groups; X is selected from ethoxy or propoxy groups; n is from 2 to 70; T is selected from H, SO 3; COO - and PO 3 2-, preferably H and SO 3 -; (iii) from 0.0001 to 0.5 wt% of a blue or violet shading dye; and, (iv) from 0.0001 to 0.5 wt % of a fluorescer,
A penetration-resistant article comprising: a first layer of woven fabric; a second layer of woven fabric adjacent the first layer of woven fabric; the first and second layers of woven fabric each comprising a first series of fibers aligned in a first direction and a second series of fibers interwoven with the first series of fibers and aligned in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; wherein: the first series of fibers and the second series of fibers have a denier between 150 and 250; the first and second layers of woven fabric are loosely stacked together so as to permit relative slippage therebetween; and wherein the first and second directions of the fibers (12, 14) in the first layer of woven fabric are rotationally offset to the first and second directions in the second layer of woven fabric by an offset angle selected so as to inhibit mechanical interference between opposing adjacent surfaces of the first and second woven fabric layers during slippage therebetween; and the article is resistant to penetration by a sharpened object and meets or exceeds Level 1 National Institute of Justice standard 0115.00 for stab resistance of personal body armor. a first layer of woven fabric; a second layer of woven fabric adjacent the first layer of woven fabric; the first and second layers of woven fabric each comprising a first series of fibers aligned in a first direction and a second series of fibers interwoven with the first series of fibers and aligned in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; wherein: the first series of fibers and the second series of fibers have a denier between 150 and 250; the first and second layers of woven fabric are loosely stacked together so as to permit relative slippage therebetween; and wherein the first and second directions of the fibers (12, 14) in the first layer of woven fabric are rotationally offset to the first and second directions in the second layer of woven fabric by an offset angle selected so as to inhibit mechanical interference between opposing adjacent surfaces of the first and second woven fabric layers during slippage therebetween; and the first series of fibers and the second series of fibers have a denier between 150 and 250; the first and second layers of woven fabric are loosely stacked together so as to permit relative slippage therebetween; and wherein the first and second directions of the fibers (12, 14) in the first layer of woven fabric are rotationally offset to the first and second directions in the second layer of woven fabric by an offset angle selected so as to inhibit mechanical interference between opposing adjacent surfaces of the first and second woven fabric layers during slippage therebetween; and the article is resistant to penetration by a sharpened object and meets or exceeds Level 1 National Institute of Justice standard 0115.00 for stab resistance of personal body armor.
Micromachined free-diffusion liquid-junction reference electrode, comprising a reservoir for containing an electrolyte, an internal electrode in the reservoir for contacting with the electrolyte when present, a pinhole for providing a fluidic contact to a sample solution, and at least one high-aspect-ratio channel, connecting the reservoir and the pinhole, the aspect ratio being the ratio of the length and the width of the channel, and being in the range 100-10000:1, wherein the electrolyte can freely diffuse from the reservoir to the pinhole through the high-aspect-ratio channel and wherein the reservoir diameter is larger than the high aspect-ratio channel width.