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A gearwheel extending in an axial direction and in a radial direction, comprising a radial web carrying an axial annular rim, said rim carrying gear teeth, wherein said web is provided with a vibration damper device constituted by a layer of viscoelastic material and by a backing layer, the layer of viscoelastic material being arranged axially between the radial web and the backing layer, and the layer of viscoelastic material being fixed directly to the web, characterized in that the radial web is frustoconical in shape, the vibration damper device being placed on the inner side of the frustoconical shape.
A camming device comprising: a. a shaft; b. a head mounted on the shaft, the head including: i. a plurality of cam lobes carried on at least one cam axle, each cam lobe being capable of rotation about a pivot axis centred on the cam axle with an increasing lobe angle ω between a retracted position and an expanded position, each cam lobe having a cam surface that extends about the pivot axis with a working range of contact angles ω min ≤ ω ≤ ω max, the cam surface being disposed a radial distance r from the pivot axis that continually increases with ω; and ii. biasing means that operate to bias the cam lobes towards the expanded position characterised in that c. in at least one of the cam lobes the distance r of the cam surface from the pivot axis is a modified logarithmic spiral that has a camming angle α that decreases as the radial distance, r, increases with an increase in ω. a. a shaft; b. a head mounted on the shaft, the head including: i. a plurality of cam lobes carried on at least one cam axle, each cam lobe being capable of rotation about a pivot axis centred on the cam axle with an increasing lobe angle ω between a retracted position and an expanded position, each cam lobe having a cam surface that extends about the pivot axis with a working range of contact angles ω min ≤ ω ≤ ω max, the cam surface being disposed a radial distance r from the pivot axis that continually increases with ω; and ii. biasing means that operate to bias the cam lobes towards the expanded position characterised in that i. a plurality of cam lobes carried on at least one cam axle, each cam lobe being capable of rotation about a pivot axis centred on the cam axle with an increasing lobe angle ω between a retracted position and an expanded position, each cam lobe having a cam surface that extends about the pivot axis with a working range of contact angles ω min ≤ ω ≤ ω max, the cam surface being disposed a radial distance r from the pivot axis that continually increases with ω; and ii. biasing means that operate to bias the cam lobes towards the expanded position c. in at least one of the cam lobes the distance r of the cam surface from the pivot axis is a modified logarithmic spiral that has a camming angle α that decreases as the radial distance, r, increases with an increase in ω.
A method for improving eyelash appearance comprising topically applying to eyelashes and/or eyelash follicles a composition comprising from 0.4 to 1.25 weight % creatine and from 1 x 10 -6 to 3 x 10 -4 weight % N-biotinyl-gly-his-lys in a cosmetically acceptable vehicle.
A method for producing a conductive polymer conductor in which a conductive polymer is adhered to a base material, comprising: a raw material application step of applying, to the base material, a raw material solution containing a monomer of the conductive polymer after heating the base material or while heating the base material; and a producing solution application step of applying, to the base material being in a heated state, a producing solution containing an oxidizing agent for promoting polymerization of the monomer, a dopant for developing electrical conductivity in the conductive polymer and a viscosity improver for improving viscosity after applying the raw material solution to the base material. a raw material application step of applying, to the base material, a raw material solution containing a monomer of the conductive polymer after heating the base material or while heating the base material; and a producing solution application step of applying, to the base material being in a heated state, a producing solution containing an oxidizing agent for promoting polymerization of the monomer, a dopant for developing electrical conductivity in the conductive polymer and a viscosity improver for improving viscosity after applying the raw material solution to the base material.
A vehicle powertrain comprising; a first electric machine and a second electric machine, a transmission arranged to transmit torque from said electric machines to a pair of driven wheels of a vehicle, where the first electric machine is drivingly connected to a first input shaft of the transmission and a second electric machine is drivingly connected to a second input shaft of the transmission, a first torque path for transmitting torque comprises only one gear ratio between the first input shaft (8, 38, 58) and an output shaft (10 410, 510) of the transmission, and a second torque path for transmitting torque comprises two selectable and separately engageable gear ratios between the second input shaft and said output shaft of the transmission, and where the three gear ratios of the first and second torque paths are different from each other, characterized in that the first electric machine is: - permanently drivingly connected to the first input shaft, or - drivingly connected via a selectably engageable first input shaft clutch to the first path input gearwheel, and where the second electric machine is permanently drivingly connected to the second input shaft, and in that the second torque path comprises a second path input gear wheel of the second input shaft rotatably fixed to the second input shaft, where said second path input gearwheel is in mesh with a first primary shaft gearwheel rotatably fixed on a primary shaft, and where a second primary shaft gear wheel is rotatably fixed on the primary shaft, and where further the second primary shaft gear wheel is in mesh with a first lay shaft gear wheel rotatably fixed on a lay shaft, and where a second lay shaft gear wheel rotatably fixed on said lay shaft is in mesh with an output shaft loose gear wheel rotatably loose on the output shaft. - permanently drivingly connected to the first input shaft, or - drivingly connected via a selectably engageable first input shaft clutch to the first path input gearwheel,
A method for stabilizing a cholesterol oxidase which comprises allowing the cholesterol oxidase to coexist with an α-keto acid or a salt thereof in an aqueous medium.
Test device, in particular for testing electronic modules on a printed circuit board, comprising: - at least one upper test contactor for electrically contacting a region of an upper side of a printed circuit board, wherein the at least one upper test contactor has at least one guide recess, - at least one lower test contactor for electrically contacting a region of a lower side of the printed circuit board, wherein the at least one lower test contactor has at least one guide pin for aligning the printed circuit board relative to the at least one lower test contactor, wherein the at least one guide pin protrudes from the at least one lower test contactor, wherein in an operating state of the test device the at least one guide pin engages the at least one guide recess, whereby the at least one upper test contactor is aligned relative to the printed circuit board and the at least one lower test contactor, - an upper pressing element for pressing the at least one upper test contactor onto the region of the upper side of the printed circuit board to be contacted, characterised in that the test device furthermore has a plurality of upper alignment elements for aligning the at least one upper test contactor in an open state of the test device relative to the upper pressing element, wherein the test device comprises a plurality of said upper test contactors and a plurality of said lower test contactors. - at least one upper test contactor for electrically contacting a region of an upper side of a printed circuit board, wherein the at least one upper test contactor has at least one guide recess, - at least one lower test contactor for electrically contacting a region of a lower side of the printed circuit board, wherein the at least one lower test contactor has at least one guide pin for aligning the printed circuit board relative to the at least one lower test contactor, wherein the at least one guide pin protrudes from the at least one lower test contactor, wherein in an operating state of the test device the at least one guide pin engages the at least one guide recess, whereby the at least one upper test contactor is aligned relative to the printed circuit board and the at least one lower test contactor, wherein the at least one guide pin protrudes from the at least one lower test contactor, wherein in an operating state of the test device the at least one guide pin engages the at least one guide recess, whereby the at least one upper test contactor is aligned relative to the printed circuit board and the at least one lower test contactor, - an upper pressing element for pressing the at least one upper test contactor onto the region of the upper side of the printed circuit board to be contacted,
An anti-theft device comprising a ring, means to lock the ring in the closed position, and anti-theft detection means, wherein the ring comprises a body that has a first end near which the locking means are associated, a second opposite free end designed to be introduced in the locking means, and at least one circular part extending from the second end and designed to cooperate with said locking means, characterised in that the body of the ring in the open position comprises a linear part that is arranged to extend from the circular part opposite the second end, said linear part giving the ring an elastic effect during unlocking.
A notification message management method for a mobile terminal, wherein applications that are capable of providing a notification message are installed on the mobile terminal, the method comprising: detecting a user-input instruction for displaying a user interface, UI, for notification management; displaying the UI for notification management, wherein the UI for notification management comprises a classification option; receiving a user-input instruction for selecting the classification option; displaying options of at least two application types; detecting a user-input instruction for selecting an option of one application type of the at least two application types, wherein an application type is a classification that classifies an application according to a frequency that the application provides a notification message; displaying, in a same user interface, identifiers of all applications corresponding to the selected application type and, for each of said all applications, a corresponding setting option for setting whether to enable or disable a UI prompt manner of a notification message for the respective application; detecting an operation of a user on one of the displayed setting options; and saving the operated setting option for the application corresponding to the operated setting option after the user operation. detecting a user-input instruction for displaying a user interface, UI, for notification management; displaying the UI for notification management, wherein the UI for notification management comprises a classification option; receiving a user-input instruction for selecting the classification option; displaying options of at least two application types; detecting a user-input instruction for selecting an option of one application type of the at least two application types, wherein an application type is a classification that classifies an application according to a frequency that the application provides a notification message; displaying, in a same user interface, identifiers of all applications corresponding to the selected application type and, for each of said all applications, a corresponding setting option for setting whether to enable or disable a UI prompt manner of a notification message for the respective application; detecting an operation of a user on one of the displayed setting options; and saving the operated setting option for the application corresponding to the operated setting option after the user operation.
A multi-compartment microfluidic neural culture device comprising: at least two independent compartments separated by a barrier region and formed within an optically transparent polymer, the barrier region having a length between the at least two independent compartments from approximately 50 to approximately 200 μm; a plurality of micron-sized channels in said barrier region, the channels being both narrow and thin in channel width and channel height with dimensions of approximately 10 μm or less, and having a channel length equal to the length of the barrier region; a plurality of holes to serve as loading inlets and cell medium reservoirs for nutrient and gas exchange for each of said independent compartments; and a substrate for sealing said optically transparent polymer with said at least two independent compartments and said barrier region. at least two independent compartments separated by a barrier region and formed within an optically transparent polymer, the barrier region having a length between the at least two independent compartments from approximately 50 to approximately 200 μm; a plurality of micron-sized channels in said barrier region, the channels being both narrow and thin in channel width and channel height with dimensions of approximately 10 μm or less, and having a channel length equal to the length of the barrier region; a plurality of holes to serve as loading inlets and cell medium reservoirs for nutrient and gas exchange for each of said independent compartments; and a substrate for sealing said optically transparent polymer with said at least two independent compartments and said barrier region.
Capsule part for a coffee capsule consisting of the capsule part and a membrane attached thereto, the coffee capsule being configured to receive roasted and ground coffee and being suitable for preparing an espresso beverage using pressurised hot water in an espresso machine, - the capsule part being a frustoconical plastics part with a conical side wall, which has a top part integrally formed on the small frustoconical diameter and an outwardly protruding peripheral flange integrally formed on the large frustoconical diameter, - the peripheral flange having a surface on the top part side and an outlet clamping surface opposing the surface on the top part side and a peripheral external thickened portion, and - the outlet clamping surface having a peripheral welding surface onto which the tearable membrane is able to be welded, and wherein a radially extending bellows is present in a partial region of the coffee capsule, said bellows being able to be plastically and/or elastically deformed and having a sealing effect with radial and axial tolerance compensation for a brewing chamber-closing device of the espresso machine, characterized in that the radially extending bellows is present between the welding surface which is arranged on the inside and the peripheral external thickened portion, and the bellows is having a zig-zag shaped cross section, a wave-shaped cross section or a cross section formed from a mixture of shapes, and the bellows is also having on the surface on the top part side and on the outlet clamping surface in each case at least two concentric sealing edges alternately opposing one another, which form multiple sealing points. - the capsule part being a frustoconical plastics part with a conical side wall, which has a top part integrally formed on the small frustoconical diameter and an outwardly protruding peripheral flange integrally formed on the large frustoconical diameter, - the peripheral flange having a surface on the top part side and an outlet clamping surface opposing the surface on the top part side and a peripheral external thickened portion, and - the outlet clamping surface having a peripheral welding surface onto which the tearable membrane is able to be welded, and wherein a radially extending bellows is present in a partial region of the coffee capsule, said bellows being able to be plastically and/or elastically deformed and having a sealing effect with radial and axial tolerance compensation for a brewing chamber-closing device of the espresso machine, characterized in that the radially extending bellows is present between the welding surface which is arranged on the inside and the peripheral external thickened portion, and the bellows is having a zig-zag shaped cross section, a wave-shaped cross section or a cross section formed from a mixture of shapes, and the bellows is also having on the surface on the top part side and on the outlet clamping surface in each case at least two concentric sealing edges alternately opposing one another, which form multiple sealing points.
A conductor track arrangement for high-frequency signals, comprising a substrate and a layer-shaped, flat signal conductor arranged on said substrate and delimited by at least one inner edge and at least one outer edge and extending from one end to another end of the signal conductor, with the signal conductor of the conductor track arrangement changing its orientation within a deflection area between said ends and having a minimum width (W min), said minimum width (W min) in the deflection area of the signal conductor being smaller than the widths at the ends of the signal conductor, and the outer edge and inner edge being curved in the deflection area, at least in sections thereof, the curvature of the inner edge and the curvature of the outer edge each having a centre; characterized in that the centre of the curvature of the inner edge and the centre of the curvature of the outer edge are offset from one another, so that the curvature of the inner edge and the curvature of the outer edge are shaped eccentrically, and wherein the contour of the outer edge is overall convex and the contour of the inner edge is overall concave in the deflection area.
A prosthetic device suitable for being implanted in a bone or joint site of the human body, comprising a prosthetic body, wherein said prosthetic device comprises at least one inner cavity, suitable for being filled with a filler material, and through holes or ports extending from said at least one inner cavity to the outside of said device and intended to put said at least one inner cavity in communication with the outside of the prosthetic device or with the bone tissue surrounding, in use, said prosthetic device, characterized in that said prosthetic device comprises an antibiotic or a medical substance and in that said prosthetic device comprises at least one filler material arranged and hardened at the entire extension of said at least one cavity and of said holes or ports so as to constitute a zone for the absorption and subsequent elution of said antibiotic or medical substance or of a solution comprising said antibiotic or medical substance, wherein said filler material has small interconnected channels which have an average cross-section diameter lower than 100 μm.
An assembly for locking the door of vehicles, of the type of vans, trucks, lorries, semi-trailer trucks, trailers and the like, which comprises an abutment unit comprising a plate that can be rigidly applied to the chassis of a vehicle proximate to a door that is normally arranged in the position for closing an access to an internal compartment of the vehicle, and an engagement element comprising a stem which can be rigidly anchored to one end of a rod which is adapted to be rotatably supported by the door, and a pawl element which is supported rigidly by said stem and can be inserted between said plate and a retaining pin, supported in a cantilever manner by walls that protrude from respective flanks of said plate, in order to define a configuration for locking the door in the closed position, at least one said wall having, along its free edge directed away from said plate, a curved slotway which has a profile that corresponds to the cross-section of an end segment of said stem and is configured to stably accommodate said stem, at least when said pawl element is arranged in said configuration for locking the door, characterized in that said pawl element is substantially shaped like a right prism with bases constituted by triangles with rounded corners, and in that said pawl element has, proximate to the corner edge arranged on the opposite side with respect to said stem, at least one indentation provided along a side face.
A computer-implemented method to validate a block within a network of nodes implementing a blockchain conforming to a blockchain protocol, the block containing a plurality of transactions, the method comprising: determining that the block complies with block-level validation criteria; determining, serially, that each unspent transaction output referenced as an input in each of the plurality of transactions is unique and, based on that determination: allocating each transaction in the plurality of transactions to one of two or more parallel processors, wherein allocating each transaction in the plurality of transactions to one of two or more parallel processors comprises determining a processing cost associated with each transaction and allocating the transactions to load balance the processing cost among the two or more parallel processors, wherein the processing cost for each transaction is based on a number of script operations in that transaction; and verifying, in parallel, by the two or more parallel processors, that the transactions in the plurality of transactions comply with transaction-level validation criteria; and if the transactions comply with transaction-level validation criteria and the block complies with block-level validation criteria, forwarding the block to one or more peer nodes in the network. determining that the block complies with block-level validation criteria; determining, serially, that each unspent transaction output referenced as an input in each of the plurality of transactions is unique and, based on that determination: allocating each transaction in the plurality of transactions to one of two or more parallel processors, wherein allocating each transaction in the plurality of transactions to one of two or more parallel processors comprises determining a processing cost associated with each transaction and allocating the transactions to load balance the processing cost among the two or more parallel processors, wherein the processing cost for each transaction is based on a number of script operations in that transaction; and verifying, in parallel, by the two or more parallel processors, that the transactions in the plurality of transactions comply with transaction-level validation criteria; and allocating each transaction in the plurality of transactions to one of two or more parallel processors, wherein allocating each transaction in the plurality of transactions to one of two or more parallel processors comprises determining a processing cost associated with each transaction and allocating the transactions to load balance the processing cost among the two or more parallel processors, wherein the processing cost for each transaction is based on a number of script operations in that transaction; and verifying, in parallel, by the two or more parallel processors, that the transactions in the plurality of transactions comply with transaction-level validation criteria; if the transactions comply with transaction-level validation criteria and the block complies with block-level validation criteria, forwarding the block to one or more peer nodes in the network.