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A fastener, for securing a workpiece comprising a plurality of workpiece members (32, 34), said fastener comprising a shank with a head end and a tail end remote from the head end, and a radially enlarged head at the head end of the shank, and a bore extending throughout the fastener, wherein an external wall of the shank comprises a voided section comprising a plurality of voids separated by a plurality of splines each of which culminates in a crest, the voids and splines being elongated in an axial direction with respect to a longitudinal axis of the fastener bore; wherein the voids extend radially inwardly from a major diameter of the shank exterior, and wherein the splines extend radially outwardly from a minor diameter (d) of the shank exterior, wherein the splines are of an approximate trapezoidal cross-section, and the voids have a cross-sectional area which is constant along the length of the voided section of the fastener shank; wherein the shank includes an unvoided solid tail ring between the voided section and the tail end of the shank, the unvoided solid tail ring having an external diameter approximately equal to the major diameter of the shank exterior in the voided section. wherein an external wall of the shank comprises a voided section comprising a plurality of voids separated by a plurality of splines each of which culminates in a crest, the voids and splines being elongated in an axial direction with respect to a longitudinal axis of the fastener bore; wherein the voids extend radially inwardly from a major diameter of the shank exterior, and wherein the splines extend radially outwardly from a minor diameter (d) of the shank exterior, wherein the splines are of an approximate trapezoidal cross-section, and the voids have a cross-sectional area which is constant along the length of the voided section of the fastener shank; wherein the shank includes an unvoided solid tail ring between the voided section and the tail end of the shank, the unvoided solid tail ring having an external diameter approximately equal to the major diameter of the shank exterior in the voided section.
A method for providing a resource cost database for a wireless network based on wireless network virtualization, the method comprising: identifying, by a controller, virtual links in a wireless network, the virtual links including at least a first virtual link corresponding to a first radio interface and a second virtual link corresponding to a second radio interface, wherein the first radio interface and the second radio interface are available for carrying traffic in the wireless network; obtaining, by the controller, resource cost data of the wireless network for modeling interference-load dependencies between the virtual links in the wireless network; and generating, by the controller, a resource cost database for resource provisioning based on wireless network virtualization in accordance with the resource cost data, the resource cost database specifying an interference cost on the first virtual link as a function of loading on the second virtual link, wherein the resource cost database is configured to be used for provisioning resources in the wireless network, wherein the interference cost corresponds to a reduction in spectral efficiency on the first virtual link as a result of a traffic load carried over the second virtual link. identifying, by a controller, virtual links in a wireless network, the virtual links including at least a first virtual link corresponding to a first radio interface and a second virtual link corresponding to a second radio interface, wherein the first radio interface and the second radio interface are available for carrying traffic in the wireless network; obtaining, by the controller, resource cost data of the wireless network for modeling interference-load dependencies between the virtual links in the wireless network; and generating, by the controller, a resource cost database for resource provisioning based on wireless network virtualization in accordance with the resource cost data, the resource cost database specifying an interference cost on the first virtual link as a function of loading on the second virtual link, wherein the resource cost database is configured to be used for provisioning resources in the wireless network, wherein the interference cost corresponds to a reduction in spectral efficiency on the first virtual link as a result of a traffic load carried over the second virtual link.
Fiber optic sensor comprising an optical waveguide having at least one first core and a cladding surrounding the first core, the first core extending substantially over the entire length of the optical waveguide, characterized in that the sensor has at least one second core, which is at least partially surrounded by the cladding, the longitudinal extension of the second core being smaller than the entire length of the optical waveguide and at least one Bragg grating (231a, 231b, 232) being introduced into the second core.
An integrated circuit comprising: an input voltage lead; an output voltage lead; a pass transistor coupled between the input voltage lead and the output voltage lead; and an output discharge circuit coupled between the output voltage lead and a ground lead, the output discharge circuit including: a power input; a diode having an anode coupled to the power input; a capacitor coupled between a cathode of the diode and the ground lead; a control input; a switch coupled between the output voltage lead and the ground lead, the switch having a control electrode; and a buffer (42, 48) having an input coupled to the control input of the output discharge circuit, an output coupled to the control electrode of the switch, and a power rail coupled to the cathode of the diode. an input voltage lead; an output voltage lead; a pass transistor coupled between the input voltage lead and the output voltage lead; and an output discharge circuit coupled between the output voltage lead and a ground lead, the output discharge circuit including: a power input; a diode having an anode coupled to the power input; a capacitor coupled between a cathode of the diode and the ground lead; a control input; a switch coupled between the output voltage lead and the ground lead, the switch having a control electrode; and a buffer (42, 48) having an input coupled to the control input of the output discharge circuit, an output coupled to the control electrode of the switch, and a power rail coupled to the cathode of the diode.
A lift device comprising at least one pylon (2, 3), having a head end and a foot end, a first transmission means, a moving platform having an apical face and a basal face opposite one another, said platform being mounted on said pylon (2, 3) and arranged to move between said foot end and said head end of said at least one pylon (2, 3), said pylon (2, 3) supporting, at a first level, a first pulley arranged to be set in rotation by a motor and to drive said first transmission means engaged with the first pulley and having a first end connected to said apical face of said platform, said first transmission means being arranged to move said platform between said head end and said foot end by rotation of said first pulley, characterized in that it comprises a first control means connected to a regulator of a rotation speed of said first pulley and to a first moving sensor mounted on one of the pylons (2, 3) and free to move along the pylon (2, 3) between said head end and said foot end of said pylon (2, 3), said first sensor being arranged on the one hand to determine a first position of said moving platform in three-dimensional space, said first position of said moving platform being defined according to a third level situated between a first level corresponding to a low position of said moving platform at the foot end of said at least one pylon (2, 3) and a second level corresponding to a high level of said moving platform situated at the head end of said at least one pylon (2, 3), and on the other hand, encoding said first position in a first signal designed to be sent to said control means, said first control means being arranged to process said first signal as input, computing a second reference position separate from the first position of said moving platform according to a second predetermined threshold height defined between said first position and said second reference position of said moving platform, and next encoding said second reference position in a second signal sent to the regulator arranged to receive the second signal and to next translate it into a variation of said rotational speed of said motor when the moving platform passes through said reference position to approach said first position.
A rivet holder, comprising: a body defining a channel for inserting a mandrel of a rivet; and a holding member (230, 330) for applying a force on the mandrel in a direction perpendicular to the length of the channel, the holding member (230, 330) being a resilient member extending at least partially in a circumferential direction of the body, characterized in that the holding member (230, 330) comprises an integrally formed protrusion (220, 320) at least partially extending into the channel to hold the mandrel of the rivet. a body defining a channel for inserting a mandrel of a rivet; and a holding member (230, 330) for applying a force on the mandrel in a direction perpendicular to the length of the channel, the holding member (230, 330) being a resilient member extending at least partially in a circumferential direction of the body, characterized in that the holding member (230, 330) comprises an integrally formed protrusion (220, 320) at least partially extending into the channel to hold the mandrel of the rivet.
A method of performing a nuclear magnetic resonance measurement, the method comprising: disposing a NMR measurement device in a carrier in an earth formation, the NMR measurement device including a magnetic field source and a transmitting assembly; applying a static magnetic field into a formation by the magnetic field source, and emitting a plurality of pulse sequences by the transmitting assembly into the formation, the plurality of pulse sequences including at least a first pulse sequence having a first wait time and a second pulse sequence having a second wait time; receiving NMR measurement data including a long wait-time echo train (52, 54) and a short wait-time echo train (52, 54), the long wait-time echo train (52, 54) is based on the first pulse sequence and the short wait-time echo train (52, 54) is based on the second pulse sequence; transforming, by a processor, the echo trains (52, 54) into volumetric portions including a first fluid volumetric portion; estimating a longitudinal relaxation time for the first fluid volumetric portion; and identifying whether the first fluid volumetric portion is gas or light oil based on the estimated longitudinal relaxation time, characterized in that transforming of the echo trains includes applying a lateral-motion correction of the NMR measurement data and whereby the applying the lateral-motion correction includes identifying a motion artifact in the NMR data. disposing a NMR measurement device in a carrier in an earth formation, the NMR measurement device including a magnetic field source and a transmitting assembly; applying a static magnetic field into a formation by the magnetic field source, and emitting a plurality of pulse sequences by the transmitting assembly into the formation, the plurality of pulse sequences including at least a first pulse sequence having a first wait time and a second pulse sequence having a second wait time; receiving NMR measurement data including a long wait-time echo train (52, 54) and a short wait-time echo train (52, 54), the long wait-time echo train (52, 54) is based on the first pulse sequence and the short wait-time echo train (52, 54) is based on the second pulse sequence; transforming, by a processor, the echo trains (52, 54) into volumetric portions including a first fluid volumetric portion; estimating a longitudinal relaxation time for the first fluid volumetric portion; and identifying whether the first fluid volumetric portion is gas or light oil based on the estimated longitudinal relaxation time, characterized in that transforming of the echo trains includes applying a lateral-motion correction of the NMR measurement data and whereby the applying the lateral-motion correction includes identifying a motion artifact in the NMR data.
A magnetic component with heat dissipation structure, the heat dissipation structure comprising: a plurality of heat dissipation pins, disposed on each winding of the magnetic component, wherein the magnetic component has one or more windings; a circuit board, provided with a plurality of heat dissipation channels formed as via holes or solder pads, wherein the plurality of heat dissipation pins are in contact with the corresponding via holes or solder pads; a plurality of heat conduction portions, disposed correspondingly under the via holes or solder pads, being connected with the corresponding heat dissipation pins through the via holes or solder pads, and being in contact with a portion of the circuit board; a heat conduction layer, which is heat-conducting and electricity-insulating, is arranged under the heat conduction portions and contacts with the heat conduction portions; and a heat dissipation layer, which is arranged under the heat conduction layer and contacts with the heat conduction layer. a plurality of heat dissipation pins, disposed on each winding of the magnetic component, wherein the magnetic component has one or more windings; a circuit board, provided with a plurality of heat dissipation channels formed as via holes or solder pads, wherein the plurality of heat dissipation pins are in contact with the corresponding via holes or solder pads; a plurality of heat conduction portions, disposed correspondingly under the via holes or solder pads, being connected with the corresponding heat dissipation pins through the via holes or solder pads, and being in contact with a portion of the circuit board; a heat conduction layer, which is heat-conducting and electricity-insulating, is arranged under the heat conduction portions and contacts with the heat conduction portions; and a heat dissipation layer, which is arranged under the heat conduction layer and contacts with the heat conduction layer.
A method for controlling a transmit power of an optical network unit locally storing a minimum sensitivity and a minimum overload corresponding to each of several optical power budget levels at each of several upstream rates, comprising: obtaining passive optical network identification information comprising an optical power budget level at an upstream rate of an optical interface of an optical receiver of an optical line terminal; obtaining a transmit power of an optical transmitter of the optical line terminal and minimum sensitivity of the optical receiver of the optical line terminal according to the passive optical network identification information and obtaining the optical power budget level comprised in the passive optical network identification information by parsing an optical distribution network class field in the passive optical network identification information and querying for the locally stored minimum sensitivity corresponding to the obtained optical power budget level; obtaining a receive power of an optical receiver of the optical network unit; calculating line attenuation according to the transmit power of the optical transmitter of the optical line terminal and the receive power of the optical receiver of the optical network unit; and adjusting a transmit power of an optical transmitter of the optical network unit according to the line attenuation and the minimum sensitivity of the optical receiver of the optical line terminal. obtaining passive optical network identification information comprising an optical power budget level at an upstream rate of an optical interface of an optical receiver of an optical line terminal; obtaining a transmit power of an optical transmitter of the optical line terminal and minimum sensitivity of the optical receiver of the optical line terminal according to the passive optical network identification information and obtaining the optical power budget level comprised in the passive optical network identification information by parsing an optical distribution network class field in the passive optical network identification information and querying for the locally stored minimum sensitivity corresponding to the obtained optical power budget level; obtaining a receive power of an optical receiver of the optical network unit; calculating line attenuation according to the transmit power of the optical transmitter of the optical line terminal and the receive power of the optical receiver of the optical network unit; and adjusting a transmit power of an optical transmitter of the optical network unit according to the line attenuation and the minimum sensitivity of the optical receiver of the optical line terminal.
Brushless electric machine with permanent magnets comprising a drive shaft having fixed thereto a rotor yoke of the magnetic system, on which yoke are set firmly permanent magnets, and the rotor yoke through the shaft is supported on bearings in front and rear end bells (6,7), between them a housing is closed, wherein is fixed a stator with a plurality of slots on its inner surface and a three-phase winding is laid therein, and the said rotor yoke is divided in equal parts, wherein on any two adjacent edges of said parts of the rotor yoke is formed a common mounting pad, which is disposed in a plane perpendicular to the radius passing through the middle between the adjacent edges, forming said common mounting pads, and through the middle of the permanent magnets, which are mounted immovably on the common pads, wherein the adjacent edges of the parts are tapered and between them are formed void spaces, characterized in that the said equal parts are fixed on one or more non- magnetic discs which are attached immovably on the said shaft, and the said void spaces are formed with trapezoidal cross-section with the small base A1 near the permanent magnets and the large base A2 bounded by said non-magnetic discs and the ratio of the larger base A2 towards the small base A1 is greater than 10.
A method for managing communications in industrial supervision and control systems, comprising using the reference Architecture models followed by TC 57 group of the IEC for carrying out communications between a central computing host and a plurality of computing devices and a SIP mechanism for carrying out said communications between said central computing host and said plurality of computing devices, through the establishment of SIP sessions and the subsequent dispatch of messages where the method is characterised in that it comprises providing said SIP mechanism inside a TC 57 Architecture Model, as a SIP layer in a TC 57 Layer model for IEC 60870.
A method of enumerating or detecting the presence or absence of residual bead particles in a cell composition, the method comprising the steps of: a) performing incubations, thereby producing an output composition, wherein the incubations in step a) comprise i) incubating a sample comprising at least a portion of the cell composition or a sample derived from the cell composition with a hypotonic solution under a condition sufficient to induce lysis of one or more cells in the sample, thereby producing a lysed cell composition, and ii) incubating at least a portion of the lysed cell composition or a sample derived from the lysed cell composition with a hypertonic solution; and b) determining the presence, absence, number and/or concentration of residual bead particles in the output composition, thereby enumerating or detecting the presence or absence of the residual bead particles in the cell composition; wherein the cell composition comprises or is suspected of comprising residual bead particles. a) performing incubations, thereby producing an output composition, wherein the incubations in step a) comprise i) incubating a sample comprising at least a portion of the cell composition or a sample derived from the cell composition with a hypotonic solution under a condition sufficient to induce lysis of one or more cells in the sample, thereby producing a lysed cell composition, and ii) incubating at least a portion of the lysed cell composition or a sample derived from the lysed cell composition with a hypertonic solution; and i) incubating a sample comprising at least a portion of the cell composition or a sample derived from the cell composition with a hypotonic solution under a condition sufficient to induce lysis of one or more cells in the sample, thereby producing a lysed cell composition, and ii) incubating at least a portion of the lysed cell composition or a sample derived from the lysed cell composition with a hypertonic solution; and b) determining the presence, absence, number and/or concentration of residual bead particles in the output composition, thereby enumerating or detecting the presence or absence of the residual bead particles in the cell composition;
A radio frequency identification (RFID) transponder device for storing data for a period of time during a power outage, the device comprising a memory adapted to store data; a supply of power adapted to provide supply power to the memory, wherein the memory is adapted to store data when the supply power ceases to provide power to the memory; and a path of leakage, the leakage path serving, over time, to diminish the integrity of data stored in the memory, the device being characterised by: a leakage attenuator adapted to attenuate leakage, the attenuator being a plurality of serially coupled switches (MN3, MN6, MN7, MN8, MN9); wherein the serially coupled switches are serially coupled MOSFETs, each MOSFET further comprising application of a threshold adjustment implant to increase the threshold of the said MOSFET. a leakage attenuator adapted to attenuate leakage, the attenuator being a plurality of serially coupled switches (MN3, MN6, MN7, MN8, MN9); wherein the serially coupled switches are serially coupled MOSFETs, each MOSFET further comprising application of a threshold adjustment implant to increase the threshold of the said MOSFET.