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Steering shaft for a motor vehicle, comprising an inner spindle, an outer spindle which is telescopable relative to said inner spindle, and a sliding sleeve which is arranged between the inner spindle and the outer spindle, wherein the sliding sleeve comprises at least one recess for receiving at least one rolling body, which engages with the inner spindle and the outer spindle, for the purposes of transmitting torque, wherein the sliding sleeve comprises at least one receptacle for receiving at least one elastic roller, which is arranged between the inner spindle and the outer spindle, for the purposes of transmitting torque, characterized in that at least one elastic roller composed of an elastic plastic is received in the receptacle, wherein the elastic roller comprises a slot which extends in the roller direction and which is of helical form in the manner of a quarter screw turn, and the elastic roller comprises a C-shaped cross section.
A photoelectric barrier comprising two surveying columns (10, 11) to be placed on opposite sides of an area to be monitored, whereby each column has a set of reflectors, aligned and facing the opposite column, and an equal number of aligned emitter/receiver units, each comprising a radiation emitter oriented and optically collimated for illuminating a predetermined reflector of the opposite column, and a radiation receiver oriented and optically collimated for receiving radiation reflected by the reflector that is illuminated by the associated emitter, and further comprising a control unit for causing each emitter to emit an optical radiation signal and for causing the receiver associated in the same emitter/receiver unit to receive said radiation signal after reflection on a target, characterized in that the control unit is programmed for computing the distance of the target from each emitter/receiver unit and for determining the shape and position of the target by means of a predetermined algorithm.
A method for transmitting data between the inside and outside of a hermetically sealed chamber, comprising: serializing first data into a first serial data for transmission; transmitting the first serial data at a first frequency using a first transmission line that connects the inside and outside of the hermetically sealed chamber; serializing second data into a second serial data for transmission; and transmitting the second serial data at a second frequency using a second transmission line that connects the inside and outside of the hermetically sealed chamber; wherein the second frequency is greater than the first frequency; wherein the first transmission line is coupled to a ground via a frequency dependent impedance; and wherein the first transmission line acting as a ground for the second transmission line. serializing first data into a first serial data for transmission; transmitting the first serial data at a first frequency using a first transmission line that connects the inside and outside of the hermetically sealed chamber; serializing second data into a second serial data for transmission; and transmitting the second serial data at a second frequency using a second transmission line that connects the inside and outside of the hermetically sealed chamber; wherein the second frequency is greater than the first frequency; wherein the first transmission line is coupled to a ground via a frequency dependent impedance; and wherein the first transmission line acting as a ground for the second transmission line.
A connector for connection to male connector elements protruding from a printed circuit board, the connector comprising an enclosure made of insulating material with at least one cavity that can be accessed from the outside in order to accommodate at least one electrical cable, with at least one opening through which a male connector element of said printed circuit board can be inserted and connection means for the connection of said electrical cable to said printed circuit board, wherein said connection means comprise a grub screw which is adapted to press, by being tightened in said enclosure, the strands of said electrical cable against an electrical connection element made of conducting material; wherein said connector comprises at least a female connector provided with wings configured to retain a male connector element of said printed circuit board; and wherein said electrical connection element is constituted by an L-shaped lamina, with one face preset for contact with said electrical cable and another face for connection to said female connector; characterized in that the connector further comprises, accommodated in said at least one cavity, a strand protection lamina that, when said electrical cable is electrically connected to said printed circuit board, is interposed between the tip of said grub screw and said electrical cable; wherein said strand protection lamina is bent into a C-shape and is made of elastically deformable material, with a hole provided in one of two opposite faces thereof for the passage of said grub screw, said grub screw being configured to reach and push the other opposite face toward said electrical connection element. wherein said connector comprises at least a female connector provided with wings configured to retain a male connector element of said printed circuit board; and wherein said electrical connection element is constituted by an L-shaped lamina, with one face preset for contact with said electrical cable and another face for connection to said female connector; characterized in that the connector further comprises, accommodated in said at least one cavity, a strand protection lamina that, when said electrical cable is electrically connected to said printed circuit board, is interposed between the tip of said grub screw and said electrical cable; wherein said strand protection lamina is bent into a C-shape and is made of elastically deformable material, with a hole provided in one of two opposite faces thereof for the passage of said grub screw, said grub screw being configured to reach and push the other opposite face toward said electrical connection element.
A method, comprising: - providing a piston body defining a piston axis (B.B) the piston body forming a lower surface of a cooling gallery the body including radially inner and outer body mating surfaces; - assembling a cooling gallery ring with the piston body such that the piston body and cooling gallery ring cooperate to form a continuous upper combustion bowl surface having a radially inner portion defined by the piston body and a radially outer portion defined by the cooling gallery ring the cooling gallery ring including a radially inner ring mating surface and a radially outer ring mating surface; - joining the body to the cooling gallery ring along the radially inner interface region, including the corresponding mating surfaces of the body and the cooling gallery ring; and - joining the body to the cooling gallery ring along a radially outer interface region, the radially outer interface region including the radially outer mating surfaces of the body and cooling gallery ring wherein the radially outer interface region is elongated in a direction parallel to the piston axis (B-B), - establishing at least one of joining the body to the cooling gallery ring along a radially inner interface region and joining the body to the cooling gallery ring along a radially outer interface region as including laser welding, characterized in that the laser welding includes a first portion wherein the laser is run at a first laser power, and a second portion after the first portion, wherein the laser is run at a second laser power less than the first laser power. - providing a piston body defining a piston axis (B.B) the piston body forming a lower surface of a cooling gallery the body including radially inner and outer body mating surfaces; - assembling a cooling gallery ring with the piston body such that the piston body and cooling gallery ring cooperate to form a continuous upper combustion bowl surface having a radially inner portion defined by the piston body and a radially outer portion defined by the cooling gallery ring the cooling gallery ring including a radially inner ring mating surface and a radially outer ring mating surface; - joining the body to the cooling gallery ring along the radially inner interface region, including the corresponding mating surfaces of the body and the cooling gallery ring; and - joining the body to the cooling gallery ring along a radially outer interface region, the radially outer interface region including the radially outer mating surfaces of the body and cooling gallery ring wherein the radially outer interface region is elongated in a direction parallel to the piston axis (B-B), - establishing at least one of joining the body to the cooling gallery ring along a radially inner interface region and joining the body to the cooling gallery ring along a radially outer interface region as including laser welding, characterized in that the laser welding includes a first portion wherein the laser is run at a first laser power, and a second portion after the first portion, wherein the laser is run at a second laser power less than the first laser power.
A method of passing authentication result data, such as authentication result data generated by an issuing bank during Secure 3-D authentication of a cardholder during a transaction between the cardholder and a merchant, to an acquirer, using a bridge server, the authentication result data reflecting a result of an attempt to authenticate the cardholder and contained in an expansion field of a transaction record also containing a transaction ID and transaction details (40b-40e) stored in a database maintained in connection with an order management system of the merchant, the method comprising: a) providing, by the bridge server, a merchant with a web page over a communications network, said web page requesting a transaction ID; b) receiving, at the bridge server, the transaction ID over the communications network from the second party; c) collecting, by the bridge server, transaction details using the received transaction ID, from the order management system the transaction details including the authentication result data and being retrieved from the transaction record stored in the database maintained in connection with the order management system; d) identifying, by the bridge server, the cardholder authentication result data within the collected transaction details; e) formatting, by the bridge server, the transaction details according to a prescribed format; and f) forwarding, by the bridge server, the formatted transaction details to the third party, wherein the bridge server is implemented by a server, connected to the order management system and the acquirer via the Internet. a) providing, by the bridge server, a merchant with a web page over a communications network, said web page requesting a transaction ID; b) receiving, at the bridge server, the transaction ID over the communications network from the second party; c) collecting, by the bridge server, transaction details using the received transaction ID, from the order management system the transaction details including the authentication result data and being retrieved from the transaction record stored in the database maintained in connection with the order management system; d) identifying, by the bridge server, the cardholder authentication result data within the collected transaction details; e) formatting, by the bridge server, the transaction details according to a prescribed format; and f) forwarding, by the bridge server, the formatted transaction details to the third party,
Rotator drive for use in a rotator for a machine, wherein the rotator drive has a linear drive, a transmission element, an output gear wheel and a supporting structure, wherein the transmission element is mounted on the supporting structure pivotably about a drive axis, wherein the transmission element has drive teeth in a drive portion which takes the form of a circle sector, wherein the output gear wheel is mounted on the supporting structure rotatably about an output axis, wherein the output gear wheel has drive teeth along its circumference which extend away from the output axis, wherein the transmission element and the output gear wheel are arranged and oriented relative to each other and also are adapted to each other such that the drive teeth and the output teeth can be brought into engagement with each other when the transmission element is pivoted about the drive axis, wherein the linear drive in a first articulation region is articulated to the transmission element and in a second articulation region is articulated to the supporting structure, wherein the transmission element can be pivoted about the drive axis by means of the linear drive, wherein a pivoting movement of the transmission element can be converted into a rotation of the output gear wheel by means of the drive teeth and the output teeth, and wherein the output gear wheel can be brought into an operative connection with a device holder of the rotator, so that the device holder is rotatable by means of the linear drive, characterised in that the drive teeth of the drive portion which takes the form of a circle sector extend away from the drive portion in the direction of the drive axis, wherein the output gear wheel is arranged between a drive root circle of the drive teeth and the drive axis.
An automated biological specimen preparation and mass spectrometry analysis system for analyzing a plurality of biological specimens, comprising: a sample preparation station configured to prepare samples taken from the plurality of biological specimens, the sample preparation station comprising a reagent station, and a matrix interference removal station comprising a centrifuge capable of performing phase separation; a transport assembly including a robot assembly configured to move in at least one of an x-y direction, an x-y-z direction, or a rotary direction, the robot assembly including an automated liquid handler configured to aspirate and dispense a volume of a liquid to transport the liquid between two or more stations within the system; and a sample analysis station comprising a mass spectrometer configured to identify one or more analytes in one or more of the prepared samples; wherein the sample preparation station and the sample analysis station are contained within a unitary cover including separate compartments for each of the sample preparation station and the sample analysis station; and wherein the sample analysis station includes a support that is moveable horizontally with respect to the unitary cover, and the mass spectrometer is positioned on the support. a sample preparation station configured to prepare samples taken from the plurality of biological specimens, the sample preparation station comprising a reagent station, and a matrix interference removal station comprising a centrifuge capable of performing phase separation; a transport assembly including a robot assembly configured to move in at least one of an x-y direction, an x-y-z direction, or a rotary direction, the robot assembly including an automated liquid handler configured to aspirate and dispense a volume of a liquid to transport the liquid between two or more stations within the system; and a sample analysis station comprising a mass spectrometer configured to identify one or more analytes in one or more of the prepared samples; wherein the sample preparation station and the sample analysis station are contained within a unitary cover including separate compartments for each of the sample preparation station and the sample analysis station; and wherein the sample analysis station includes a support that is moveable horizontally with respect to the unitary cover, and the mass spectrometer is positioned on the support.
An in vitro method for screening a compound for Parkinson's disease treatment, comprising (a) contacting a cell having a DJ-1 gene containing a c.192G>C mutation with a compound of interest; (b) testing whether said compound of interest prevents skipping of exon 3 of said DJ-1 gene, thereby identifying said compound as candidate for Parkinson's disease treatment. (a) contacting a cell having a DJ-1 gene containing a c.192G>C mutation with a compound of interest; (b) testing whether said compound of interest prevents skipping of exon 3 of said DJ-1 gene, thereby identifying said compound as candidate for Parkinson's disease treatment.
A spar structure for connecting a moveable component to an aircraft, the spar structure comprising a continuous body of material defining a plurality of attachment/actuation brackets and a pair of continuous hinge lines (6, 7) extending through the body; wherein each of the hinge lines (6, 7) defines a cylindrical bore through each attachment/actuation bracket they intersect with, the cylindrical bores formed by means of a deep hole drilling process; and wherein the spar structure comprises an outer generally U-shaped body and wherein the attachment/actuation brackets are formed within the generally U-shaped body. wherein each of the hinge lines (6, 7) defines a cylindrical bore through each attachment/actuation bracket they intersect with, the cylindrical bores formed by means of a deep hole drilling process; and wherein the spar structure comprises an outer generally U-shaped body and wherein the attachment/actuation brackets are formed within the generally U-shaped body.
A filling station system for a breathing apparatus, comprising: a first filling station having a first air bank system; a second filling station having a second air bank system; a first air supply line extending between the first filling station and the second filling station, the first air supply line adapted to supply a flow of air from the first air bank system to the second filling station; a first user-operable activation device provided at or near the second filling station for remotely activating the flow of air from the first air bank system; a second air supply line extending between the second filling station and the first filling station, the second air supply line adapted to supply a flow of air from the second air bank system to the first filling station; and a second user-operable activation device provided at or near the first filling station for remotely activating the flow of air from the second air bank system. a first filling station having a first air bank system; a second filling station having a second air bank system; a first air supply line extending between the first filling station and the second filling station, the first air supply line adapted to supply a flow of air from the first air bank system to the second filling station; a first user-operable activation device provided at or near the second filling station for remotely activating the flow of air from the first air bank system; a second air supply line extending between the second filling station and the first filling station, the second air supply line adapted to supply a flow of air from the second air bank system to the first filling station; and a second user-operable activation device provided at or near the first filling station for remotely activating the flow of air from the second air bank system.
Fluidic actuation system having a safety position for failsafe protection, comprising a regulating unit having at least a first and a second chamber (3,4), a working circuit having a motor/pumping device, the regulating unit being actuable, at least in the operational state, by means of the working circuit, and a failsafe circuit by means of which the regulating unit, in a failure state, is transferable into the safety position, the failsafe circuit comprising a reservoir for holding pressurized fluids that is automatically connected, in the failure state, to the first chamber by means of an on-off valve which is, in the operational state, pretensioned by means of a spring, and comprising a discharge valve that, in the failure state, is brought into the flow position to drain fluid from the second chamber, and the failsafe circuit being designed in such a manner that, in the operational state, an inflow decoupled from the reservoir into the regulating unit can be adjusted by means of the working circuit using the motor/pumping device, and by means of the failsafe circuit, in the failure state, an inflow, completely decoupled from the working circuit, is generated into the first chamber by means of the reservoir using the motor/pumping device, characterized in that a short-circuit fluidic connection between the first and second chambers (3,4) is provided that, in the operational state, is blocked when an electromagnet of the on-off valve is activated and, in the failure state, is established for generation of a short-circuit flow between the second and first chambers (3,4) when the on-off valve is disconnected from a power circuit and the electromagnet is deactivated so that the spring can cause the through-flow position to be assumed.
An image capturing system comprising: an imager configured for relative movement with respect to an object to be imaged and capture an image of the object; a detector configured to detect a predetermined relative position of the object with respect to the imager; and a controller configured to switch from stop supplying a system clock to supplying the system clock based on the detected predetermined relative position, the system clock configured to control a timing to start capturing an image by the imager, wherein the controller is configured to, after it stops supplying the system clock, resume supplying the system clock to the imager according to a relative movement of the object, based on the detected predetermined relative position. an imager configured for relative movement with respect to an object to be imaged and capture an image of the object; a detector configured to detect a predetermined relative position of the object with respect to the imager; and a controller configured to switch from stop supplying a system clock to supplying the system clock based on the detected predetermined relative position, the system clock configured to control a timing to start capturing an image by the imager, wherein the controller is configured to, after it stops supplying the system clock, resume supplying the system clock to the imager according to a relative movement of the object, based on the detected predetermined relative position.
A laundry appliance door frame assembly, comprising: a window pane; and a first frame member forming a first peripheral portion of a laundry appliance door about said window pane; said frame member comprising an elongated metal bracket, characterized in that said elongated metal bracket is at least partially encapsulated within a casing formed of plastic material over-molded onto the elongated metal bracket, said elongated metal bracket providing structural support to at least one of the opposing sides of the window pane. a window pane; and a first frame member forming a first peripheral portion of a laundry appliance door about said window pane; said frame member comprising an elongated metal bracket, characterized in that said elongated metal bracket is at least partially encapsulated within a casing formed of plastic material over-molded onto the elongated metal bracket, said elongated metal bracket providing structural support to at least one of the opposing sides of the window pane.