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A multichannel receiver system, comprising a first plurality of receiver circuits (12, 14), each receiver circuit (12, 14) having a first input (16, 18) connected to a corresponding one of a second plurality of input lines (20, 22), each input line being arranged to provide a corresponding one of a third plurality of received signals; a second input (24, 26) connected to a local oscillator arranged to provide a local oscillator signal; and an output (30, 32) arranged to provide a corresponding one of a fourth plurality of output signals (34, 36); and an upconversion mixer having a first mixer input for receiving a reference signal; a second mixer input connected to said local oscillator; and a mixer output providing an upconverted reference signal to a fifth plurality of directional couplers (48, 50), each directional coupler (48, 50) connected to a corresponding one of said second plurality of input lines (20, 22), characterised in that said upconversion mixer is configured to suppress said local oscillator signal in said upconverted reference signal.
A sole structure for an article of footwear comprising: a group of sole members attached to one another by a group of connecting portions, the group of members bounding a group of apertures; the group of apertures comprising a first aperture; the first aperture comprising a first edge, a second edge, a third edge, a fourth edge, a fifth edge, a sixth edge, a seventh edge, an eighth edge, a ninth edge, a tenth edge, an eleventh edge, a twelfth edge, a thirteenth edge, and a fourteenth edge; the first edge connected to the second edge proximate a first connecting portion of the group of connecting portions; and the first aperture forming a ten-sided polygon in a first configuration. a group of sole members attached to one another by a group of connecting portions, the group of members bounding a group of apertures; the group of apertures comprising a first aperture; the first aperture comprising a first edge, a second edge, a third edge, a fourth edge, a fifth edge, a sixth edge, a seventh edge, an eighth edge, a ninth edge, a tenth edge, an eleventh edge, a twelfth edge, a thirteenth edge, and a fourteenth edge; the first edge connected to the second edge proximate a first connecting portion of the group of connecting portions; and the first aperture forming a ten-sided polygon in a first configuration.
A photoelectric conversion apparatus including a light-receiving region and a light-shielded region, comprising: a semiconductor layer in which a first plurality of photoelectric converters are arranged in the light-receiving region and a second plurality of photoelectric converters are arranged in the light-shielded region; a light-shielding wall arranged above the semiconductor layer and configured to define a plurality of apertures respectively corresponding to the first plurality of photoelectric converters (iie); and a light-shielding film arranged above the semiconductor layer, wherein the light-shielding film includes a first portion extending along a principal surface of the semiconductor layer to cover the second plurality of photoelectric converters, the first portion having a lower surface on a side of the semiconductor layer and an upper surface on an opposite side of the lower surface, and wherein the light-shielding wall includes a second portion whose distance from the semiconductor layer is larger than a distance between the upper surface and the principal surface, characterised in that a light absorption coefficient of a material forming the first portion is larger than a light absorption coefficient of a material forming the second portion. a semiconductor layer in which a first plurality of photoelectric converters are arranged in the light-receiving region and a second plurality of photoelectric converters are arranged in the light-shielded region; a light-shielding wall arranged above the semiconductor layer and configured to define a plurality of apertures respectively corresponding to the first plurality of photoelectric converters (iie); and a light-shielding film arranged above the semiconductor layer, wherein the light-shielding film includes a first portion extending along a principal surface of the semiconductor layer to cover the second plurality of photoelectric converters, the first portion having a lower surface on a side of the semiconductor layer and an upper surface on an opposite side of the lower surface, and wherein the light-shielding wall includes a second portion whose distance from the semiconductor layer is larger than a distance between the upper surface and the principal surface, characterised in that a light absorption coefficient of a material forming the first portion is larger than a light absorption coefficient of a material forming the second portion.
A cooking grate (200, 300) for use with a barbecue grill having a plurality of cooking members (202, 302) defining a cooking surface and an opposite non-cooking surface and at least two support members(204, 304) secured to a number of the plurality of cooking members, wherein the combination of the plurality of cooking members and the at least two support members form the cooking grate (200, 300); characterized by: a plurality of heat transmitting members (206, 306), each heat transmitting (206, 306) member of the plurality of heat transmitting members (206,306) being joined and/or attached to the non-cooking surface of the cooking members (202, 302); wherein the plurality of heat transmitting members (206, 306) are positioned to extend from a central portion of the cooking grate to an edge portion thereof to distribute heat evenly, or substantially evenly, across the entire surface of the cooking grate in order to eliminate, or reduce, any hot or cold spots thereon. at least two support members(204, 304) secured to a number of the plurality of cooking members, wherein the combination of the plurality of cooking members and the at least two support members form the cooking grate (200, 300); a plurality of heat transmitting members (206, 306), each heat transmitting (206, 306) member of the plurality of heat transmitting members (206,306) being joined and/or attached to the non-cooking surface of the cooking members (202, 302);
A vacuum lifter apparatus for lifting sheet material articles, comprising an upper chassis, a modular lower suction plate supported beneath the chassis, a controller and a source of vacuum air pressure, the suction plate comprising a suction lifting surface for providing vacuum lifting pressure to said articles, wherein: - the modular suction plate has a plurality of side-by-side modules (40, 40', 40"), each module providing a different portion of the suction lifting surface and having one or more air outlets, said outlets of one module being separate from said outlets of other modules and being in fluid communication with the corresponding portion of the suction lifting surface and not with different portions of the suction lifting surface; - the chassis comprises at least one air outlet connected to said source of vacuum air pressure for conveying said vacuum pressure to the suction lifting surface of the suction plate, and a plurality of separate air flow channels through the chassis, each of said channels leading from said outlets of one of said modules to said outlet of the chassis; and - said apparatus further comprises for each air flow channel an associated air flow valve and a valve actuator, the controller being operatively connected said valves, and the controller being configured, in use, to open and close said valves to separately control the vacuum pressure transmitted along said channels to each one of said modules (40, 40', 40") whereby the vacuum pressure conveyed to each one of said different portions of the suction lifting surface is individually controllable by the controller. - the modular suction plate has a plurality of side-by-side modules (40, 40', 40"), each module providing a different portion of the suction lifting surface and having one or more air outlets, said outlets of one module being separate from said outlets of other modules and being in fluid communication with the corresponding portion of the suction lifting surface and not with different portions of the suction lifting surface; - the chassis comprises at least one air outlet connected to said source of vacuum air pressure for conveying said vacuum pressure to the suction lifting surface of the suction plate, and a plurality of separate air flow channels through the chassis, each of said channels leading from said outlets of one of said modules to said outlet of the chassis; and - said apparatus further comprises for each air flow channel an associated air flow valve and a valve actuator, the controller being operatively connected said valves, and the controller being configured, in use, to open and close said valves to separately control the vacuum pressure transmitted along said channels to each one of said modules (40, 40', 40") whereby the vacuum pressure conveyed to each one of said different portions of the suction lifting surface is individually controllable by the controller.
A consumable electrode arc welding method comprising: setting an optimal voltage and an increasing slope of a short circuit current to correspond to a setting current; feeding a consumable electrode wire; and alternately generating a short circuit condition and an arc condition, thereby carrying out welding, characterized in that an operator sets a setting voltage that is different from the optimal voltage and in that the short circuit current is controlled by changing the increasing slope of the short circuit current according to a difference between the setting voltage and the optimal voltage, in response to the operator setting a voltage that is different from the optimal voltage. setting an optimal voltage and an increasing slope of a short circuit current to correspond to a setting current; feeding a consumable electrode wire; and alternately generating a short circuit condition and an arc condition, thereby carrying out welding, characterized in that an operator sets a setting voltage that is different from the optimal voltage and in that the short circuit current is controlled by changing the increasing slope of the short circuit current according to a difference between the setting voltage and the optimal voltage, in response to the operator setting a voltage that is different from the optimal voltage.
An object information acquisition apparatus comprising: a plurality of conversion elements configured to transmit elastic waves to an object, receive reflected waves reflected at respective intra-object positions, and convert the reflected waves into a plurality of receiving signals; a fixed signal processing means configured to apply addition with a predetermined weight to the plurality of receiving signals to acquire first distribution information; an adaptive signal processing means configured to apply to the plurality of receiving signals adaptive signal processing with a weight adaptively changing according to the receiving signals to acquire second distribution information; and a display control means configured to receive the first distribution information and the second distribution information, and output image information for displaying distribution information on a display means, characterized in that the display control means is adapted to receive enlargement instruction information, for the image of the first distribution information, input by the user in a state where the image of the first distribution information is displayed, and output image information for displaying on the display means an enlarged image of the second distribution information or an enlarged image of a combined image of the first and second distribution information. a plurality of conversion elements configured to transmit elastic waves to an object, receive reflected waves reflected at respective intra-object positions, and convert the reflected waves into a plurality of receiving signals; a fixed signal processing means configured to apply addition with a predetermined weight to the plurality of receiving signals to acquire first distribution information; an adaptive signal processing means configured to apply to the plurality of receiving signals adaptive signal processing with a weight adaptively changing according to the receiving signals to acquire second distribution information; and a display control means configured to receive the first distribution information and the second distribution information, and output image information for displaying distribution information on a display means, characterized in that the display control means is adapted to receive enlargement instruction information, for the image of the first distribution information, input by the user in a state where the image of the first distribution information is displayed, and output image information for displaying on the display means an enlarged image of the second distribution information or an enlarged image of a combined image of the first and second distribution information.
A cryostat (100, 200) comprising: a coolant tank configured to house a liquid coolant, a refrigerator provided above the coolant tank, configured to recondense the coolant evaporated in the coolant tank, a cylindrical member configured to house a lower part of the refrigerator and forming a recondensing chamber that communicates with the coolant tank, and a gas phase volume-varying unit (20, 30), the gas phase volume-varying unit (20, 30) comprising a volume-variable container (22, 32) configured to communicate with a gas-phase space above a liquid surface of the liquid coolant in the coolant tank and varying a gas phase volume in the gas-phase space to cancel out a pressure fluctuation in the coolant tank, wherein the volume-variable container (22, 32) is configured to communicate with the gas-phase space through the recondensing chamber or directly with the gas-phase space without the intervention of the recondensing chamber; wherein when the pressure in the coolant tank lowers, the gas phase volume-varying unit is configured to reduce the volume of the volume-variable container (22, 32) such that the gas phase volume in the gas-phase space is made small so as to raise the pressure in the coolant tank, and when the pressure in the coolant tank rises, the gas phase volume-varying unit is configured to increase the volume of the volume-variable container (22, 32) such that the gas phase volume in the gas-phase space is made large so as to lower the pressure in the coolant tank. a coolant tank configured to house a liquid coolant, a refrigerator provided above the coolant tank, configured to recondense the coolant evaporated in the coolant tank, a cylindrical member configured to house a lower part of the refrigerator and forming a recondensing chamber that communicates with the coolant tank, and a gas phase volume-varying unit (20, 30), the gas phase volume-varying unit (20, 30) comprising a volume-variable container (22, 32) configured to communicate with a gas-phase space above a liquid surface of the liquid coolant in the coolant tank and varying a gas phase volume in the gas-phase space to cancel out a pressure fluctuation in the coolant tank, wherein the volume-variable container (22, 32) is configured to communicate with the gas-phase space through the recondensing chamber or directly with the gas-phase space without the intervention of the recondensing chamber; wherein when the pressure in the coolant tank lowers, the gas phase volume-varying unit is configured to reduce the volume of the volume-variable container (22, 32) such that the gas phase volume in the gas-phase space is made small so as to raise the pressure in the coolant tank, and when the pressure in the coolant tank rises, the gas phase volume-varying unit is configured to increase the volume of the volume-variable container (22, 32) such that the gas phase volume in the gas-phase space is made large so as to lower the pressure in the coolant tank.
Capsule for preparing an edible product, adapted so that can be confined in a product preparation device by respective confining parts (11, 12) so that can be crossed by a pressurized liquid flow inside thereof, whereby said capsule comprises: - a container part configured for example in a generally frusto-conic shape, presenting a base wall arranged upstream and a sidewall that defines an opening arranged downstream, and further presenting a rim region that develops sideways along the perimeter of said opening, - a lid part configured as a membrane or folio-like element, and adapted so that can be united with said rim region, and - a sealing element, said capsule being characterized in that said sealing element is provided as a loose piece of annular shape, so that can be displaced along an extension of the exterior side of said sidewall in the proximity of the upstream-oriented surface of said rim region, and in that said container part presents retention means adapted so that said sealing element can be retained loose within said extension of sidewall in the vicinity of the upstream-oriented surface of said rim region, whereby said sealing element is adapted so that can be pressed against said upstream-oriented surface of rim region when said capsule is inside of said product preparation device at a position of readiness to prepare said edible product. - a container part configured for example in a generally frusto-conic shape, presenting a base wall arranged upstream and a sidewall that defines an opening arranged downstream, and further presenting a rim region that develops sideways along the perimeter of said opening, - a lid part configured as a membrane or folio-like element, and adapted so that can be united with said rim region, and - a sealing element, said capsule being characterized in that said sealing element is provided as a loose piece of annular shape, so that can be displaced along an extension of the exterior side of said sidewall in the proximity of the upstream-oriented surface of said rim region, and in that said container part presents retention means adapted so that said sealing element can be retained loose within said extension of sidewall in the vicinity of the upstream-oriented surface of said rim region, whereby said sealing element is adapted so that can be pressed against said upstream-oriented surface of rim region when said capsule is inside of said product preparation device at a position of readiness to prepare said edible product.
A sporting object, comprising an exterior on which a graphic region and a casing region are defined; the graphic region including a pattern graphic, being provided in association with one or more axes for perception of ball speed and/or rotation with respect to these axes and having a first spectral reflectance; the casing region having a second spectral reflectance; the first spectral reflectance having a first CIE X-Y coordinate location associated with it and the second spectral reflectance having a second CIE X-Y coordinate location associated with it respectively, as illuminated by sunlight and associated with a CIE standard chromaticity diagram; the first spectral reflectance also having a first CIE L-a-b color coordinate associated with it and the second spectral reflectance also having a second CIE L-a-b color coordinate associated with it, the CIE L-a-b color coordinates associated with a L-a-b representation, wherein the first CIE L-a-b color coordinate is located in an opposite direction to the second CIE L-a-b color coordinate, with respect to white illumination; the graphic region associated with a first color of a pair of enhanced visibility colors (EVCs) and the casing region associated with a second color of the pair, wherein an pair of EVCs is defined as having a color difference greater than 100, wherein the color difference is the difference between two colors having L-a-b coordinates; wherein the graphic region and the casing region having a luminance contrast of at least 50%; and wherein the graphic region and the casing region are non-reflective in a spectral window associated with a background.
Plug connector (1, 16, 19, 24) for connecting a waveguide (2, 2') to at least one electrical conductor (17.1, 17.2), having a housing (1.1, 1.6, 16.1, 16.3, 19.1, 19.5, 24.1, 24.2) for connection to the waveguide (2, 2'), wherein fastening means (1.2, 18, 19.2) are provided for the purpose of fixing the housing (1.1, 1.6, 16.1, 16.3, 19.1, 19.5, 24.1, 24.2) to a structure (3, 17, 25) having the at least one electrical conductor (17.1, 17.2), characterized in that the housing (1.1, 1.6, 16.1, 16.3, 19.1, 19.5, 24.1, 24.2) is set up to accommodate a signal converter having an antenna arrangement, wherein a waveguiding arrangement is provided inside the housing (1.1, 1.6, 16.1, 16.3, 19.1, 19.5, 24.1, 24.2) which is set up for this purpose, wherein the waveguiding arrangement is arranged and designed for the purpose of guiding an electromagnetic wave into the waveguide (2, 2') and for coupling to the antenna arrangement, and wherein the signal converter is connected to the at least one electrical conductor (17.1, 17.2) and is set up to carry out conversion between electrical signals and high-frequency electromagnetic signals, wherein the signal converter, as part of the plug connector (1, 16, 19, 24), is fixed in the housing (1.1, 1.6, 16.1, 16.3, 19.1, 19.5, 24.1, 24.2).
A method for measuring the amount of the PD-L1 protein in a human biological sample of formalin-fixed tissue, comprising: detecting and quantifying the amount of a PD-L1 protein fragment peptide in a protein digest prepared from said biological sample using mass spectrometry; and calculating the amount of PD-L1 protein in said sample; wherein said PD-L1 fragment peptide is the peptide of SEQ ID NO:4; and wherein said amount is a relative amount or an absolute amount. detecting and quantifying the amount of a PD-L1 protein fragment peptide in a protein digest prepared from said biological sample using mass spectrometry; and calculating the amount of PD-L1 protein in said sample;