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A connector assembly comprising a connector mounted on a coaxial cable, wherein the coaxial cable comprises at least one metal braid layer surrounding inner parts of the cable and an outer insulating layer surrounding said at least one metal braid layer; the connector comprises a ferrule to be arranged in electrical contact with said at least one metal braid layer upon guiding said at least one metal braid layer to an outer surface of the ferrule, wherein said outer insulating layer of the cable is arranged to be stripped away for the length of said electrical contact, the connector further comprising means for applying a pressure force to said at least one metal braid layer of the coaxial cable in a position of said electrical contact; a sleeve is arranged between said means for applying a pressure force and said at least one metal braid layer of the coaxial cable in a position that, when said inner parts of the cable are inserted within the ferrule, said pressure force is applied to the sleeve and further to said at least one metal braid layer of the coaxial cable, characterized in that the sleeve is a silicone sleeve. the coaxial cable comprises at least one metal braid layer surrounding inner parts of the cable and an outer insulating layer surrounding said at least one metal braid layer; the connector comprises a ferrule to be arranged in electrical contact with said at least one metal braid layer upon guiding said at least one metal braid layer to an outer surface of the ferrule, wherein said outer insulating layer of the cable is arranged to be stripped away for the length of said electrical contact, the connector further comprising means for applying a pressure force to said at least one metal braid layer of the coaxial cable in a position of said electrical contact; a sleeve is arranged between said means for applying a pressure force and said at least one metal braid layer of the coaxial cable in a position that, when said inner parts of the cable are inserted within the ferrule, said pressure force is applied to the sleeve and further to said at least one metal braid layer of the coaxial cable, characterized in that the sleeve is a silicone sleeve.
A dilator configured for dilating tissue of a corpora cavernosum of a penis, comprising: a dilation body defined along a longitudinal axis of the dilator; an extendable wing connected to the dilation body; wherein a knob is provided at a first proximal end portion of the dilation body and configured to communicate with the extendable wing, characterized in that the extendable wing is connected to the dilation body in one or more hinge points configured along the dilation body. a dilation body defined along a longitudinal axis of the dilator; an extendable wing connected to the dilation body; wherein a knob is provided at a first proximal end portion of the dilation body and configured to communicate with the extendable wing, characterized in that the extendable wing is connected to the dilation body in one or more hinge points configured along the dilation body.
A hearing device system comprising at least three devices (2, 3, 4, 5), wherein the at least three devices (2, 3, 4, 5) are configured to communicate among one another wirelessly via a near field magnetic induction wireless link (6, 7, 8) based on a predetermined communication protocol, wherein the predetermined communication protocol defines a frame comprising at least a first time slot (9; T1, T2) and at least a second time slot (9; T3, T4), wherein at least a first pair of devices (2, 4) of the at least three devices (2, 3, 4, 5) is configured to communicate in the first time slot (9, T1, T2) and at least a second pair of devices (2,3; 4;5) of the at least three devices (2, 3, 4, 5) is configured to communicate in the second time slot (9;T3, T4), and the first pair of devices (2, 4) is configured to transmit in the first time slot (T1, T2) with a first transmit power level and the second pair of devices (2, 3; 4, 5) is configured to transmit in the second time slot (T3, T4) with a second transmit power level which is different to the first transmit power level, characterized in that the first pair of devices comprises first and second hearing aid devices (2, 4) and the second pair of devices comprises the first hearing aid device and a first auxiliary device. wherein the predetermined communication protocol defines a frame comprising at least a first time slot (9; T1, T2) and at least a second time slot (9; T3, T4), wherein at least a first pair of devices (2, 4) of the at least three devices (2, 3, 4, 5) is configured to communicate in the first time slot (9, T1, T2) and at least a second pair of devices (2,3; 4;5) of the at least three devices (2, 3, 4, 5) is configured to communicate in the second time slot (9;T3, T4), and the first pair of devices (2, 4) is configured to transmit in the first time slot (T1, T2) with a first transmit power level and the second pair of devices (2, 3; 4, 5) is configured to transmit in the second time slot (T3, T4) with a second transmit power level which is different to the first transmit power level, characterized in that the first pair of devices comprises first and second hearing aid devices (2, 4) and the second pair of devices comprises the first hearing aid device and a first auxiliary device.
A method of creating record data for an authorising body, comprising:- receiving data from a telemetry system attached to a waste disposal container transportation vehicle, the data including: i) vehicle identification data identifying a vehicle, and ii) first location data identifying a location of the vehicle; characterised in that: said telemetry system comprises at least one reading device adapted to read an identifier located on a waste disposal container transported by the vehicle, and said data further includes: iii) loading data and unloading data identifying when a waste disposal container is loaded onto the vehicle and unloaded from the vehicle respectively, wherein said loading data is produced when said reading device and an identifier located on said waste disposal container come into range of each other, and said unloading data is produced when said reading device and an identifier located on said waste disposal container come out of range of each other; and said method further includes processing said data to determine locations where waste disposal containers have been loaded and unloaded from vehicles. i) vehicle identification data identifying a vehicle, and ii) first location data identifying a location of the vehicle; said telemetry system comprises at least one reading device adapted to read an identifier located on a waste disposal container transported by the vehicle, and said data further includes: iii) loading data and unloading data identifying when a waste disposal container is loaded onto the vehicle and unloaded from the vehicle respectively, wherein said loading data is produced when said reading device and an identifier located on said waste disposal container come into range of each other, and said unloading data is produced when said reading device and an identifier located on said waste disposal container come out of range of each other; and iii) loading data and unloading data identifying when a waste disposal container is loaded onto the vehicle and unloaded from the vehicle respectively, wherein said loading data is produced when said reading device and an identifier located on said waste disposal container come into range of each other, and said unloading data is produced when said reading device and an identifier located on said waste disposal container come out of range of each other; and said method further includes processing said data to determine locations where waste disposal containers have been loaded and unloaded from vehicles.
A method for controlling a chemical / physical phenomenon detecting device, wherein the device comprises a semiconductor substrate in which a charge input region, a sensing region and a charge accumulation region (5; 55; 65) are partitioned, a potential of the sensing region changes in accordance with a change in an external environment, and an amount of charges reflecting the potential of the sensing region is accumulated in the charge accumulation region (5; 55; 65) and the accumulated charges are detected, and wherein the charge accumulation region (5; 55; 65) comprises a first potential well region continuous with the sensing region, the method comprising steps of: a charge filling step of supplying charges from the charge input region so that the first potential well region is filled with charges, a sensing step after the charge filling step, for making the boundary potential of charges in the first potential well region equal to the potential of the sensing region by means of the charge input region discharging the charges from the sensing region and the first potential well region to have charges only be left in the first potential well region; and a detecting step for detecting an amount of the charges held in the first potential well region in the sensing step. wherein the charge accumulation region (5; 55; 65) comprises a first potential well region continuous with the sensing region, the method comprising steps of: a charge filling step of supplying charges from the charge input region so that the first potential well region is filled with charges, a sensing step after the charge filling step, for making the boundary potential of charges in the first potential well region equal to the potential of the sensing region by means of the charge input region discharging the charges from the sensing region and the first potential well region to have charges only be left in the first potential well region; and a detecting step for detecting an amount of the charges held in the first potential well region in the sensing step. a charge filling step of supplying charges from the charge input region so that the first potential well region is filled with charges, a sensing step after the charge filling step, for making the boundary potential of charges in the first potential well region equal to the potential of the sensing region by means of the charge input region discharging the charges from the sensing region and the first potential well region to have charges only be left in the first potential well region; and a detecting step for detecting an amount of the charges held in the first potential well region in the sensing step.
Method for automatically assigning a specific identifier to each of a multiplicity of sensors in the form of ultrasonic sensors in a driver assistance system of a motor vehicle with the aid of a computing device, wherein the sensors communicate with a control device inside the vehicle via a common communication bus of the motor vehicle, having the following steps: - a first identifier is transmitted to all sensors via the communication bus by means of the computing device and the first identifier is received by the sensors, - a measurement variable of a first sensor without an identifier is influenced and this influencing is recorded by the first sensor, and - the first identifier is stored as an assigned specific identifier by the first sensor on the basis of the influencing of its measurement variable, wherein, before the first identifier is transmitted, the sensors are switched to a reception mode in which the sensors only receive ultrasonic signals, and the amplitude of a reception signal of the respective sensors is influenced as the measurement variable, wherein a sensor (11, 12, 13) which is in the form of an ultrasonic sensor and is outside the vehicle is provided, and the amplitude of the reception signal of the respective sensor is influenced by sensor signals being transmitted to this sensor by the sensor (11, 12, 13) outside the vehicle, and wherein the sensor (11, 12, 13) outside the vehicle is moved in such a manner that its sensor signals reach one sensor after the other in a predetermined order in order to influence the respective reception signals of the sensors in succession. - a first identifier is transmitted to all sensors via the communication bus by means of the computing device and the first identifier is received by the sensors, - a measurement variable of a first sensor without an identifier is influenced and this influencing is recorded by the first sensor, and - the first identifier is stored as an assigned specific identifier by the first sensor on the basis of the influencing of its measurement variable,
Instrument for penetrating an anatomical structure, in particular a bone structure, having a cylindrical lateral surface along a longitudinal axis and a distal end which has a conical distal surface along the longitudinal axis, the penetration instrument comprising a device for monitoring penetration of the penetration instrument in the anatomical structure, the device comprising: - at least two electrodes borne by the penetration instrument, - a voltage source supplying said electrodes and - a means for measuring the impedance between said electrodes, wherein said at least two electrodes comprise at least one first electrode having a contact surface flush with a distal surface of said penetration instrument and at least one second electrode having a contact surface, said at least one first electrode comprises a main electrode flush with the distal surface of said penetration instrument, said contact surfaces of the first and second electrodes being dimensioned so as to have a surface that remains constant as said penetration instrument penetrates said anatomical structure, the device being characterised in that the contact surface of said at least one second electrode is flush with the lateral surface of the penetration instrument and in that said at least one second electrode comprises a plurality of secondary electrodes flush with the lateral surface of the penetration instrument to form longitudinally spaced annular contacts. - at least two electrodes borne by the penetration instrument, - a voltage source supplying said electrodes and - a means for measuring the impedance between said electrodes, wherein said at least two electrodes comprise at least one first electrode having a contact surface flush with a distal surface of said penetration instrument and at least one second electrode having a contact surface, said at least one first electrode comprises a main electrode flush with the distal surface of said penetration instrument, said contact surfaces of the first and second electrodes being dimensioned so as to have a surface that remains constant as said penetration instrument penetrates said anatomical structure,
A method for conditioning a filter assembly which includes a permeable filter medium having an upstream side and a downstream side, an inlet and a vent on the upstream side of the filter medium, and an outlet on the downstream side of the filter medium, the method characterized by: in a first stage, opening the inlet and the vent and closing the outlet, and passing purging liquid through the open inlet, along the upstream side of the filter medium, and through the open vent of the filter assembly; and in a second stage, opening the inlet and the outlet and closing the vent, and first passing purging liquid at a first flow rate through the open inlet, through the filter medium from the upstream side to the downstream side, along the downstream side of the filter medium, and through the open outlet of the filter assembly, and then passing purging liquid at a second flow rate greater than the first flow rate through the open inlet, through the filter medium from the upstream side to the downstream side, along the downstream side of the filter medium, and through the open outlet of the filter assembly, thereby filling the filter assembly with the purging liquid, optionally wherein passing purging liquid includes passing a solvent. in a first stage, opening the inlet and the vent and closing the outlet, and passing purging liquid through the open inlet, along the upstream side of the filter medium, and through the open vent of the filter assembly; and in a second stage, opening the inlet and the outlet and closing the vent, and first passing purging liquid at a first flow rate through the open inlet, through the filter medium from the upstream side to the downstream side, along the downstream side of the filter medium, and through the open outlet of the filter assembly, and then passing purging liquid at a second flow rate greater than the first flow rate through the open inlet, through the filter medium from the upstream side to the downstream side, along the downstream side of the filter medium, and through the open outlet of the filter assembly, thereby filling the filter assembly with the purging liquid, optionally wherein passing purging liquid includes passing a solvent.
Fixing element (1, 101) for anchoring in a drilled hole, wherein the fixing element (1, 101) extends along a longitudinal axis and has a shank (4, 104) having a load-application means, a neck portion (6, 106) and an expander body (7, 107), wherein on the neck portion (6, 106) there is arranged an expansion sleeve (8, 108) which is expansible radially by drawing the expander body (7, 107) into the expansion sleeve (8, 108), and wherein on the shank (4, 104) there is arranged a holding element (12, 112) which is resiliently deformable to modify its diameter (D HA) and which has an opening (16, 116) in which the shank (4, 104) is accommodated, characterised in that the holding element (12, 112) is compressible by radial pressure in such a way that the external diameter (D HA) of the holding element (12, 112) is larger than the external diameter (Ds) of the unexpanded expansion sleeve (8, 108) and the internal diameter (D HI) of the holding element (12, 112) is the same as the diameter of the part of the shank on which the holding element (12, 112) is arranged, in such a way that the holding element (12, 112) is connected by frictional engagement to the shank (4, 104) so as to be fixed against relative rotation.
A method for operating a wind farm (300, 600), the method comprising: determining a power setpoint for the wind farm; determining a group curtailment setpoint for each of at least two groups of wind turbines (370, 371, 670), each of the at least two groups of wind turbines (370, 371, 670) comprising at least one wind turbine of the wind farm, each of the wind turbines of the wind farm belonging to one of the at least two groups of wind turbines; determining a power production value of each of the at least two groups of wind turbines; determining for each of the at least two groups of wind turbines a power reference value using the respective group curtailment setpoint and the respective power production value; determining for each of the at least two groups of wind turbines group power setpoints which are determined as a product of the respective power reference values and the power setpoint divided by a sum of the power reference values; and operating the at least two groups of wind turbines in accordance with the respective group power setpoint; wherein determining the group curtailment setpoint comprises at least one of considering a power demand of at least one energy trader for at least one of the at least two groups of wind turbines; relaxing at least one of the group curtailment setpoints to allow an overproduction; and limiting a group power reduction in accordance with a group slew rate limit. determining a power setpoint for the wind farm; determining a group curtailment setpoint for each of at least two groups of wind turbines (370, 371, 670), each of the at least two groups of wind turbines (370, 371, 670) comprising at least one wind turbine of the wind farm, each of the wind turbines of the wind farm belonging to one of the at least two groups of wind turbines; determining a power production value of each of the at least two groups of wind turbines; determining for each of the at least two groups of wind turbines a power reference value using the respective group curtailment setpoint and the respective power production value; determining for each of the at least two groups of wind turbines group power setpoints which are determined as a product of the respective power reference values and the power setpoint divided by a sum of the power reference values; and operating the at least two groups of wind turbines in accordance with the respective group power setpoint;
A method for fitting an end-fitting of an underwater flexible pipe, the method comprising the following steps: a) a flexible pipe is procured which comprises a tubular internal structure (16, 18, 20) and a plurality of tensile armor wires wound in a helix with a long lay around said tubular internal structure (16, 18, 20), said tubular internal structure having a free end; b) an end-fitting is procured which comprises a sleeve and a cylindrical cap that coaxially caps said sleeve in order to be able to create an annular space between said sleeve and said cylindrical cap; c) said free end of said tubular internal structure is push-fitted into said sleeve and said tensile armor wires are conformed so that they can extend around said sleeve; and d) said sleeve is capped by said cylindrical cap so as to be able to anchor said tensile armor wires inside said annular space, characterized in that it further comprises, after the step c), a two-part step of longitudinally tensioning and then releasing said tensile armor wires. a) a flexible pipe is procured which comprises a tubular internal structure (16, 18, 20) and a plurality of tensile armor wires wound in a helix with a long lay around said tubular internal structure (16, 18, 20), said tubular internal structure having a free end; b) an end-fitting is procured which comprises a sleeve and a cylindrical cap that coaxially caps said sleeve in order to be able to create an annular space between said sleeve and said cylindrical cap; c) said free end of said tubular internal structure is push-fitted into said sleeve and said tensile armor wires are conformed so that they can extend around said sleeve; and d) said sleeve is capped by said cylindrical cap so as to be able to anchor said tensile armor wires inside said annular space,
A method (1300-a) of dynamically adapting a bandwidth of a flexible bandwidth carrier at a base station, a mobile device or a core network of a wireless communications system, wherein the flexible bandwidth carrier is generated through scaling up a slot duration of the flexible bandwidth carrier with respect to a slot duration of a standardized bandwidth carrier by a scaling factor N, thereby accordingly reducing the bandwidth of the flexible bandwidth carrier with respect to the bandwidth of the standardized bandwidth carrier, the method (1300-a) comprising: identifying a first scaling factor of a first flexible bandwidth carrier; determining a second scaling factor of the first flexible bandwidth carrier; and adapting the bandwidth of the first flexible bandwidth carrier from utilizing the first scaling factor to utilizing the second scaling factor. identifying a first scaling factor of a first flexible bandwidth carrier; determining a second scaling factor of the first flexible bandwidth carrier; and adapting the bandwidth of the first flexible bandwidth carrier from utilizing the first scaling factor to utilizing the second scaling factor.
An E. coli with metabolic flux from a carbon source regulated by oxygen levels, comprising an oxygen-regulated promoter operatively linked to a sequence selected from (i) a sequence comprising the cscA gene of the E. coli O157.H7 sucrose metabolism module or (ii) a sequence comprising the ptsH, ptsI and crr genes of the E. coli phosphoenol pyruvate-dependent phosphotransferase system, wherein metabolic flux from the carbon source in the E. coli is decreased in response to a reduction in oxygen levels and wherein the E. coli expresses the cscK and cscB genes of the E. coli O157.H7 sucrose metabolism module when said oxygen regulated promoter is operatively linked to said sequence comprising the cscA gene.