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An apparatus comprising: a valve plug including: a first side; a second side opposite the first side; and a bore extending from the first side to the second side, a first portion of the bore being tapered from a first diameter to a second diameter smaller than the first diameter; and a valve stem disposed within the bore of the valve plug, the valve stem including: a first section; a second section; and a third section between the first and second sections, the third section being tapered from a third diameter to a fourth diameter smaller than the third diameter, the third section of the valve stem engaged with the first portion of the bore,wherein the tapers of the first portion of the valve plug and the third section of the valve stem create a frictional force that resists movement of the valve stem out of the bore; characterized in that the valve stem further comprises a rim extending from an end of the valve stem in a direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the valve stem, wherein the rim is deformable radially outward from the longitudinal axis. a valve plug including: a first side; a second side opposite the first side; and a bore extending from the first side to the second side, a first portion of the bore being tapered from a first diameter to a second diameter smaller than the first diameter; and a first side; a second side opposite the first side; and a bore extending from the first side to the second side, a first portion of the bore being tapered from a first diameter to a second diameter smaller than the first diameter; and a valve stem disposed within the bore of the valve plug, the valve stem including: a first section; a second section; and a third section between the first and second sections, the third section being tapered from a third diameter to a fourth diameter smaller than the third diameter, the third section of the valve stem engaged with the first portion of the bore,wherein the tapers of the first portion of the valve plug and the third section of the valve stem create a frictional force that resists movement of the valve stem out of the bore; a first section; a second section; and a third section between the first and second sections, the third section being tapered from a third diameter to a fourth diameter smaller than the third diameter, the third section of the valve stem engaged with the first portion of the bore,wherein the tapers of the first portion of the valve plug and the third section of the valve stem create a frictional force that resists movement of the valve stem out of the bore; characterized in that the valve stem further comprises a rim extending from an end of the valve stem in a direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the valve stem, wherein the rim is deformable radially outward from the longitudinal axis.
A closure assembly for a flexible thin-walled package, comprising: - a closure comprising a closure body provided with an annular body wall extending along a main axis between a closure base and an annular body wall edge; - a spout comprising a connecting portion, suitable for welding to the thin walls of the package, and a tube protruding from the connecting portion along a spout axis and ending with a mouth, wherein the tube comprises a gripping section having a guide ring and wherein the closure is screwable and unscrewable from the spout; - means of connection suitable to connect the closure to the spout even when the closure is unscrewed from said spout, comprising a collar, inserted on the gripping section of the spout and bound thereto axially by said guide ring, and an at least partially flexible tie that joins the collar to the closure; wherein the tie comprises a closure-side portion connected to the closure and substantially non-deformable, a spout-side portion connected to the collar and substantially non-deformable, and an intermediate flexible portion; characterized in that said tie comprises means of alignment (42, 44, 50, 52) suitable to prevent a circumferential misalignment between the closure-side portion and the spout-side portion when they are superimposed. - a closure comprising a closure body provided with an annular body wall extending along a main axis between a closure base and an annular body wall edge; - a spout comprising a connecting portion, suitable for welding to the thin walls of the package, and a tube protruding from the connecting portion along a spout axis and ending with a mouth, wherein the tube comprises a gripping section having a guide ring and wherein the closure is screwable and unscrewable from the spout; - means of connection suitable to connect the closure to the spout even when the closure is unscrewed from said spout, comprising a collar, inserted on the gripping section of the spout and bound thereto axially by said guide ring, and an at least partially flexible tie that joins the collar to the closure;
A radio network controller of a mobile telecommunication network, the radio network controller being configured to transfer a content delivery provider domain name system, DNS, reply from a content delivery provider outside the mobile telecommunication network and being located above a GGSN to a mobile terminal connected to the mobile telecommunication network, the radio network controller comprising: an interface configured to receive the content delivery provider DNS reply; circuitry (68, 70, 1302) connected to the interface and configured to extract a token from the content delivery provider DNS reply, wherein the token was introduced into the content delivery provider DNS reply by the content delivery provider and wherein the token is unique to an operator of the mobile telecommunications network including the radio network controller, wherein the circuitry (68, 70, 1302) is configured to intercept the content delivery provider DNS reply when arriving from the content delivery provider, compare the token with a stored token, and replace in the content delivery provider DNS reply an internet protocol, IP, address associated with a cache in the content delivery provider with a preset IP address associated with a resource associated with the radio network controller and located below the GGSN when there is a match between the token and the stored token; and the interface is configured to send to the mobile terminal the content delivery provider DNS reply with the preset IP address instead of the content delivery provider's cache IP address. an interface configured to receive the content delivery provider DNS reply; circuitry (68, 70, 1302) connected to the interface and configured to extract a token from the content delivery provider DNS reply, wherein the token was introduced into the content delivery provider DNS reply by the content delivery provider and wherein the token is unique to an operator of the mobile telecommunications network including the radio network controller, wherein the circuitry (68, 70, 1302) is configured to intercept the content delivery provider DNS reply when arriving from the content delivery provider, compare the token with a stored token, and replace in the content delivery provider DNS reply an internet protocol, IP, address associated with a cache in the content delivery provider with a preset IP address associated with a resource associated with the radio network controller and located below the GGSN when there is a match between the token and the stored token; and the interface is configured to send to the mobile terminal the content delivery provider DNS reply with the preset IP address instead of the content delivery provider's cache IP address.
A method for signaling information to a wireless communications device, UE, (110, 110a, b, c) the method comprising: establishing a primary component carrier cell, PCell, between a base station (170a, b, c, 300, 300a, b, c) and the UE (110, 110a, b, c) Pcell associated with a first component carrier, CC; transmitting determination information from the base station to the UE via the Pcell, the determination information identifying a secondary component carrier cell, Scell, associated with a second CC, the determination information operable for indicating to the UE the absence of at least a one of the following in the Scell: a physical broadcast channel, PBCH, one or more synchronization signals SCH, or one or more cell-specific reference signals, CRS; and transmitting user data within one or more resource elements normally associated with at least one of the following in the Scell: the PBCH, the SCH or the CRS, wherein transmitting the determination information to the UE (110, 110 a, b, c) comprises: transmitting the determination information using radio resource control, RRC, signaling through the Pcell, characterized in that transmitting the determination information using RRC signaling comprises RRC dedicated signaling, and transmitting the determination information using RRC signaling comprises: transmitting the determination information using RRC dedicated signaling in at least one of: a master information block, MIB, or a system information block, SIB. establishing a primary component carrier cell, PCell, between a base station (170a, b, c, 300, 300a, b, c) and the UE (110, 110a, b, c) Pcell associated with a first component carrier, CC; transmitting determination information from the base station to the UE via the Pcell, the determination information identifying a secondary component carrier cell, Scell, associated with a second CC, the determination information operable for indicating to the UE the absence of at least a one of the following in the Scell: a physical broadcast channel, PBCH, one or more synchronization signals SCH, or one or more cell-specific reference signals, CRS; and transmitting user data within one or more resource elements normally associated with at least one of the following in the Scell: the PBCH, the SCH or the CRS, wherein transmitting the determination information to the UE (110, 110 a, b, c) comprises: transmitting the determination information using radio resource control, RRC, signaling through the Pcell, transmitting the determination information using radio resource control, RRC, signaling through the Pcell, characterized in that transmitting the determination information using RRC signaling comprises RRC dedicated signaling, and transmitting the determination information using RRC signaling comprises: transmitting the determination information using RRC dedicated signaling in at least one of: a master information block, MIB, or a system information block, SIB. transmitting the determination information using RRC dedicated signaling in at least one of: a master information block, MIB, or a system information block, SIB.
A method for metadata-preserved audio object clustering, comprising: selecting the M most important audio objects from a plurality of audio objects; based on an importance of each audio object relative to other audio objects; classifying the plurality of audio objects into a number of categories based on information to be preserved in metadata associated with the plurality of audio objects; determining the distribution of the M most important audio objects among the categories; assigning (S 102) a predetermined number of M clusters to the categories, wherein the number of clusters assigned to a category equals the number of the M most important audio objects distributed in said category; and allocating each audio object of the plurality of audio objects in each of the categories to at least one of the clusters, wherein the method further comprises: combining audio objects in each cluster to obtain a clustered audio object; combining metadata of audio objects in each cluster to obtain metadata of the clustered audio object; and rendering the clustered audio object and the associated metadata of the clustered audio object to produce an audio signal. selecting the M most important audio objects from a plurality of audio objects; based on an importance of each audio object relative to other audio objects; classifying the plurality of audio objects into a number of categories based on information to be preserved in metadata associated with the plurality of audio objects; determining the distribution of the M most important audio objects among the categories; assigning (S 102) a predetermined number of M clusters to the categories, wherein the number of clusters assigned to a category equals the number of the M most important audio objects distributed in said category; and allocating each audio object of the plurality of audio objects in each of the categories to at least one of the clusters, wherein the method further comprises: combining audio objects in each cluster to obtain a clustered audio object; combining metadata of audio objects in each cluster to obtain metadata of the clustered audio object; and rendering the clustered audio object and the associated metadata of the clustered audio object to produce an audio signal. combining audio objects in each cluster to obtain a clustered audio object; combining metadata of audio objects in each cluster to obtain metadata of the clustered audio object; and rendering the clustered audio object and the associated metadata of the clustered audio object to produce an audio signal.
Press felt for a machine for producing a fibrous web, comprising a woven base structure and a nonwoven support attached thereto, the base structure having a first fabric layer and a second fabric layer, at least the first fabric layer having longitudinal threads (3, 3.1) and transverse threads crossing at intersections, characterised in that at least 5% of the intersections, in particular at least 10% of the intersections, the longitudinal threads (3, 3.1) and the transverse threads of the first fabric layer are connected to one another in a material-locking manner, wherein the crossing points with the material-locking connections are not located exclusively in a partial region of the press felt - in particular a seam region - but are distributed, in particular evenly distributed, over the entire surface of the press felt, and wherein the longitudinal threads (3, 3.1) and the transverse threads of the first fabric layer are welded together at less than 60%, in particular at less than 50%, of the crossing points.
Method for calibrating a sensor of a tank ventilation system which is arranged in an internal combustion engine with an intake section and has a hydrocarbons storage means and also a valve, with the valve and the sensor being arranged in a fluid line, the fluid line coupling the hydrocarbons storage means to the intake section and the sensor being designed to detect a concentration of hydrocarbons (cHC) in a fluid (Fl) in the fluid line, in which method • when the valve is open: ∘ a detected value for the concentration of hydrocarbons (cHC) is detected by means of the sensor, ∘ a mass flow (mFl) of the fluid (Fl) flowing through the fluid line into the intake section is detected or determined, ∘ the air/fuel ratio is determined from an air/fuel mixture which is supplied to the internal combustion engine for combustion purposes, • an estimated value for the concentration of hydrocarbons (cHC) in the fluid line is determined as a function of the mass flow (mFl) of the fluid, the air/fuel ratio, a mass flow of injected fuel (mK) and a mass flow of metered air (mL), and • the sensor is calibrated as a function of the detected value for the concentration of hydrocarbons (cHC) and the estimated value for the concentration of hydrocarbons (cHC). • when the valve is open: ∘ a detected value for the concentration of hydrocarbons (cHC) is detected by means of the sensor, ∘ a mass flow (mFl) of the fluid (Fl) flowing through the fluid line into the intake section is detected or determined, ∘ the air/fuel ratio is determined from an air/fuel mixture which is supplied to the internal combustion engine for combustion purposes, ∘ a detected value for the concentration of hydrocarbons (cHC) is detected by means of the sensor, ∘ a mass flow (mFl) of the fluid (Fl) flowing through the fluid line into the intake section is detected or determined, ∘ the air/fuel ratio is determined from an air/fuel mixture which is supplied to the internal combustion engine for combustion purposes, • an estimated value for the concentration of hydrocarbons (cHC) in the fluid line is determined as a function of the mass flow (mFl) of the fluid, the air/fuel ratio, a mass flow of injected fuel (mK) and a mass flow of metered air (mL), and • the sensor is calibrated as a function of the detected value for the concentration of hydrocarbons (cHC) and the estimated value for the concentration of hydrocarbons (cHC).
A laminated stack up, comprising: a first protective cover comprised of a first material, the first protective cover having a first surface with an optically reflective layer adhered thereto; a second protective cover comprised of a second material that is transparent, the second protective cover having a second surface corresponding to a viewing surface of the laminated stack up; and a dyed polymer layer disposed between the first protective cover and the second protective cover, the dyed polymer layer being translucent and having a water soluble dye used to color anodized metal infused therein, wherein the optically reflective layer is viewable through the dyed polymer layer and the second protective cover as viewed from the viewing surface, thereby giving the laminated stack up an appearance of a dyed anodized metal. a first protective cover comprised of a first material, the first protective cover having a first surface with an optically reflective layer adhered thereto; a second protective cover comprised of a second material that is transparent, the second protective cover having a second surface corresponding to a viewing surface of the laminated stack up; and a dyed polymer layer disposed between the first protective cover and the second protective cover, the dyed polymer layer being translucent and having a water soluble dye used to color anodized metal infused therein, wherein the optically reflective layer is viewable through the dyed polymer layer and the second protective cover as viewed from the viewing surface, thereby giving the laminated stack up an appearance of a dyed anodized metal.
A method of coating a device comprising: making a liquid formulation of a rapamycin comprising 50 mg/ml of a rapamycin, 5 mg/ml of a first excipient selected from the group of polymers consisting of PEG 400, PEG 100, PEG 1500, PEG 2000 and polyvinyl alcohol, 5 mg/ml of a second excipient selected from the group of antioxidants consisting of BHT, BHA and vitamin E TPGS, ascorbyl palmitate, resveratrol, and acetone and water in a ratio of 60/40 to 75/25; coating an expandable device with the liquid formulation for less than 10 seconds; drying the coated expandable device for 10 minutes; recoating the expandable device with the liquid formulation for less than 5 seconds; and drying the recoated expandable device for 10 minutes. making a liquid formulation of a rapamycin comprising 50 mg/ml of a rapamycin, 5 mg/ml of a first excipient selected from the group of polymers consisting of PEG 400, PEG 100, PEG 1500, PEG 2000 and polyvinyl alcohol, 5 mg/ml of a second excipient selected from the group of antioxidants consisting of BHT, BHA and vitamin E TPGS, ascorbyl palmitate, resveratrol, and acetone and water in a ratio of 60/40 to 75/25; coating an expandable device with the liquid formulation for less than 10 seconds; drying the coated expandable device for 10 minutes; recoating the expandable device with the liquid formulation for less than 5 seconds; and drying the recoated expandable device for 10 minutes.
A leadless pacemaker for pacing a heart of a human and communicating with an external device (106, 1104, 1204), the leadless pacemaker comprising: a hermetic housing; at least two electrodes on or near the hermetic housing; a first pulse generator configured to pace the heart through the at least two electrodes; and characterized in that it further comprises a second pulse generator configured to deliver communication pulses through the at least two electrodes to the external device (106, 1104, 1204); wherein the second pulse generator is configured to generate different pulses at different amplitudes from the first pulse generator. a hermetic housing; at least two electrodes on or near the hermetic housing; a first pulse generator configured to pace the heart through the at least two electrodes; a second pulse generator configured to deliver communication pulses through the at least two electrodes to the external device (106, 1104, 1204); wherein the second pulse generator is configured to generate different pulses at different amplitudes from the first pulse generator.
Rotation device for a seat, especially for a railway vehicle, comprising: - a base for receiving the seat, rotatable about a vertical axis between two end angular positions, - means for locking the base in the two end angular positions, and - means for unlocking the base, characterised in that the unlocking means comprise first and second control members, the unlocking means being configured to unlock the base only when the first and second control members are actuated simultaneously. - a base for receiving the seat, rotatable about a vertical axis between two end angular positions, - means for locking the base in the two end angular positions, and - means for unlocking the base,
A zirconium solution or sol comprising: (a) zirconium in an amount of 5-30% by weight based on ZrO 2 equivalent, (b) nitrate, acetate and/or chloride ions, and (c) one or more complexing agents being an organic compound comprising at least one of the following functional groups: an amine, an organosulphate, a sulphonate, a hydroxyl, an ether or a carboxylic acid group, wherein the molar ratio of components (a):(b) is 1:0.7 to 1:4.0, the molar ratio of components (a):(c) is 1:0.0005 to 1:0.1, and the pH of the zirconium solution or sol is less than 5. (a) zirconium in an amount of 5-30% by weight based on ZrO 2 equivalent, (b) nitrate, acetate and/or chloride ions, and (c) one or more complexing agents being an organic compound comprising at least one of the following functional groups: an amine, an organosulphate, a sulphonate, a hydroxyl, an ether or a carboxylic acid group,
A wind turbine blade, comprising: an external aerodynamic surface having a longitudinally-extending spanwise axis, a chordwise axis extending transverse to the spanwise axis, and a thickness axis extending transverse to both the chordwise and spanwise axes; and a plurality of longitudinally-extending spars providing internal support for the aerodynamic surface, wherein at least one of the spars includes a laminate of precured composite material, the laminate of precured composite material including: a plurality of stacked precured composite layers and a plurality of adhesive layers interposed between adjacent precured composite layers; and the spar tapers toward an outboard end portion by terminating various layers of the precured composite layers as they approach the outboard end portion. an external aerodynamic surface having a longitudinally-extending spanwise axis, a chordwise axis extending transverse to the spanwise axis, and a thickness axis extending transverse to both the chordwise and spanwise axes; and a plurality of longitudinally-extending spars providing internal support for the aerodynamic surface, wherein at least one of the spars includes a laminate of precured composite material, the laminate of precured composite material including: a plurality of stacked precured composite layers and a plurality of adhesive layers interposed between adjacent precured composite layers; and the spar tapers toward an outboard end portion by terminating various layers of the precured composite layers as they approach the outboard end portion. a plurality of stacked precured composite layers and a plurality of adhesive layers interposed between adjacent precured composite layers; and the spar tapers toward an outboard end portion by terminating various layers of the precured composite layers as they approach the outboard end portion.