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A method of guiding an aircraft comprising the steps of: (a) selecting an initial predicted flight trajectory as a function of time; (b) identifying an initial Required Time of Arrival at a selected waypoint; (c) determining, during flight, an Estimated Time of Arrival based upon one or more measured or predicted parameters; and (d) calculating a difference between RTA and ETA; (e) determining whether |RTA-ETA| is greater or less than a threshold time DT; the method further comprising, when it is determined that |RTA-ETA| <DT, the steps of: (f)(i) determining during flight, a deviation between the initial predicted flight trajectory and a measured current trajectory; (f)(ii) generating a revised speed command in order to minimize the determined deviation; (f)(iii) computing modifications to the planned flight speeds, based upon the generated revised speed command; (g) executing the revised speed command so that the aircraft seeks to reduce time and groundspeed deviations with respect to the initial predicted flight trajectory; the method also comprising, when it is determined that |RTA-ETA| > DT, the steps of (f) generating a further revised speed command in order to reduce the difference between RTA and ETA; and (g) executing the further revised speed command so that the aircraft seeks to reduce the difference between RTA and ETA. (a) selecting an initial predicted flight trajectory as a function of time; (b) identifying an initial Required Time of Arrival at a selected waypoint; (c) determining, during flight, an Estimated Time of Arrival based upon one or more measured or predicted parameters; and (d) calculating a difference between RTA and ETA; (e) determining whether |RTA-ETA| is greater or less than a threshold time DT; (f)(i) determining during flight, a deviation between the initial predicted flight trajectory and a measured current trajectory; (f)(ii) generating a revised speed command in order to minimize the determined deviation; (f)(iii) computing modifications to the planned flight speeds, based upon the generated revised speed command; (f) generating a further revised speed command in order to reduce the difference between RTA and ETA; and (g) executing the further revised speed command so that the aircraft seeks to reduce the difference between RTA and ETA.
An apparatus in a communication system, comprising: means for sending to at least one terminal a request for on-demand pilot transmission on a reverse link, the at least one terminal being candidate for data transmission on a forward link; means for processing on-demand pilot transmission from each of the at least one terminal; means for deriving a channel estimate for each of the at least one terminal based on the on-demand pilot transmission; and means for transmitting data on the forward link to each terminal scheduled for data transmission using the channel estimate. means for sending to at least one terminal a request for on-demand pilot transmission on a reverse link, the at least one terminal being candidate for data transmission on a forward link; means for processing on-demand pilot transmission from each of the at least one terminal; means for deriving a channel estimate for each of the at least one terminal based on the on-demand pilot transmission; and means for transmitting data on the forward link to each terminal scheduled for data transmission using the channel estimate.
A semiconductor device card comprising: a semiconductor device; and a working voltage generator (242, 332) for generating a working voltage coupled to the semiconductor device, wherein the working voltage generator (242, 332) includes a feed-back path for maintaining the working voltage substantially at a desired level and the working voltage generator is adapted to generate the working voltage with the desired level being any of higher than, lower than, and substantially equal to a host voltage; characterized by means to select the desired level from a plurality of reference voltages upon logical states of option pins (SEL1, SEL2) being fixedly connected to respective host voltage sources, wherein the logical states indicate the desired level of the working voltage. a semiconductor device; and a working voltage generator (242, 332) for generating a working voltage coupled to the semiconductor device, wherein the working voltage generator (242, 332) includes a feed-back path for maintaining the working voltage substantially at a desired level and the working voltage generator is adapted to generate the working voltage with the desired level being any of higher than, lower than, and substantially equal to a host voltage; characterized by means to select the desired level from a plurality of reference voltages upon logical states of option pins (SEL1, SEL2) being fixedly connected to respective host voltage sources, wherein the logical states indicate the desired level of the working voltage.
A negative-pressure continuous grain dryer with a built-in heating device, comprising a dryer bin, a heating device, and a centrifugal fan, wherein a plurality of levels of the heating devices are disposed from top to bottom in the dryer bin, a grain mixing device is provided below the heating device at each level, an auxiliary heating device and a natural air inlet are provided outside the bin and in correspondence with the heating device at each level, the heating devices being uniformly distributed in the dryer bin, the auxiliary heating devices and the natural air inlets are in communication with the grains and the heating devices in the dryer bin through a perforated baffle plate, the centrifugal fan is in communication with each of moisture exhaust vents at each level through an air duct. a dryer bin, a heating device, and a centrifugal fan, wherein a plurality of levels of the heating devices are disposed from top to bottom in the dryer bin, a grain mixing device is provided below the heating device at each level, an auxiliary heating device and a natural air inlet are provided outside the bin and in correspondence with the heating device at each level, the heating devices being uniformly distributed in the dryer bin, the auxiliary heating devices and the natural air inlets are in communication with the grains and the heating devices in the dryer bin through a perforated baffle plate, the centrifugal fan is in communication with each of moisture exhaust vents at each level through an air duct.
A restraining clamp ring assembly adapted for use with a pipe joint assembly and / or pipe fittings of the type where the pipe joint assembly or pipe fitting includes overlapping of a socket end of one pipe and a taper end of another pipe, the socket having a cavity with at least two openings; the clamping ring assembly comprising two ring type clamping halves, each clamping half having two lever arms extending axially therefrom so as, in use, to extend axially along said other pipe, a hole being formed in each lever arm spaced apart from the end of the lever arm, a clamping bolt being engageable through the holes of adjacent pairs of lever arms when the clamping halves are engaged so as to clamp said lever arms together, each clamping half further having a "V" shaped recess provided on its inner circumferential surface by means of which, in use, the taper end of said another pipe is held inside the socket; characterised in that the end of each lever arm includes a rectangular slot which extends parallel to the hole in said lever arm; and in that the clamp ring assembly further includes a pair of pins, the external diameter of a middle section of the length of each pin being bigger than the external diameter of each end of each pin and being bigger than the width (w) of the slots such that the ends of the pins are engageable in said slots whilst said middle sections maintain a minimum separation between said ends of said clamping halves, whereby, in use, said middle sections of said pins act as lever fulcrums during tightening of clamping bolts to transmit tightening torque from said clamping bolts into biting force of V shaped recesses into the external periphery of said another pipe.
Washing unit for a washing machine, comprising a suds container which is made of a plastics material and has a metal bearing housing which is held at the base thereof by means of coating with plastics material and is intended for receiving at least one first and one second bearing (10, 11) for mounting in a suspended manner a shaft journal that is attached to the base of a washing drum rotatably arranged in the suds container, and comprising a shaft sealing ring that is arranged in front of the first bearing on the drum side and has dynamic sealing lips that are formed on the inner circumference, and a static sealing flange that is provided on the outer circumference and positioned on a sealing ring seat, characterised in that the sealing ring seat is formed by a metal sealing seat on the bearing housing and by a plastics sealing seat, arranged in a manner radially offset in the bearing housing by a gradation, at the base of the suds container, which borders the bearing housing, the sealing flange comprising a thick-walled resilient annular collar that statically seals against the plastics sealing seat, characterised in that venting slots are moulded into the surface of the sealing flange that abuts the metal sealing seat and an end face that is angled away from the free end of the sealing flange forms a sealing surface on the bearing housing.
A drive arrangement for a vehicle, wherein the arrangement comprises an output shaft of an internal combustion engine, an input shaft of a transmission, an electrical machine comprising a stator and a rotor, a planetary gear comprising movable elements (18, 20, 22), and a locking mechanism which is movable between a first and second position, in which first position the output shaft of the internal combustion engine and the input shaft of the transmission are allowed to rotate at different speeds through the planetary gear, and in which second position the locking mechanism rigidly connects the output shaft of the internal combustion engine to the input shaft of the transmission through the planetary gear, characterized in that the locking mechanism comprises a sleeve provided with first splines, which in the first position engage with second splines on a first moving component (18, 20, 22) of the planetary gear and in the second position further engage with third splines on a second movable component (18, 20, 22) of the planetary gear, wherein the first movable component (18, 20, 22) is connected to the input shaft of the transmission and the second movable component (18, 20, 22) is connected to the output shaft of the combustion engine; in that the first movable component is a planet carrier and the second movable component is a sun wheel; and in that the locking mechanism is configured as an annular sleeve substantially concentrically surrounding the planet wheel carrier.
A microreactor system having a gas-impermeable and flexible membrane and a passage to a reaction chamber or a reactor, which is surrounded by an area which forms a fluid line with the membrane, wherein the membrane has a planar side facing the passage and the area has an annular elevation, which is arranged around the passage so as to form together with an outlet a valve, characterised in that the elevation is annular with an arcuate surface as line seal.
A harvester to convert energy from mechanical domain to electrical domain, comprising at least one inertial body, at least one beam (7, 9), a support to the beam (7, 9) and transducer means (10, 16), wherein the inertial body is suspended by the beam (7, 9) from said support so that the beam (7, 9) deforms according to kinetic state changes (3, 4) of the inertial body; the beam (7, 9) has a length dimension, and configures the inertial body into a pendulum structure in angular motion, the inertial body extends in at least three dimensions of which a length dimension of the inertial body is aligned perpendicular to the length dimension of the beam, a first end of the inertial body and a second end of the inertial body being opposite ends of the inertial body in the length dimension of the inertial body; the beam (7, 9) is configured to interact with at least one transducer means (10, 16) such that a change in the electrical state of said transducer means is produced responsively to the kinetic state of the inertial body and/ or to the deformed state of the beam (7, 9), the mass distribution of the inertial body is such that moment of inertia at the first end of the inertial body and moment of inertia at the second end of the inertial body in respect to the spring location at the center of the inertial body are in balance; the length dimension of the inertial body is at least 1.5 times longer than the length dimension of the beam (7, 9), the length dimension of the beam (7, 9) measured between the point of suspension to the support and the point of suspension to the inertial body characterized in that the inertial body is configured that the first end the of the inertial body moves in one direction and the second end of the inertial body moves in the opposite direction during the angular motion.
Packaging for smoking articles the packaging comprising: an outer packet part comprising a front wall and a back wall connected by at least a top wall, a bottom wall and a side wall to form a sleeve with at least one side-opening opposite the side wall; an inner packet part comprising a front wall and a back wall connected to each other by at least a bottom wall and two opposite substantially parallel side walls (34, 35) to define an enclosure for housing a bundle of smoking articles, said enclosure having at least one top opening between said front, back and side walls, the inner packet part being housed within the outer packet part and being movable relative to the outer packet part through the at least one side-opening between a closed position, in which the inner packet part is fully inserted in the outer packet part, and an open position, in which the inner packet part is at least partly extracted from the outer packet part, characterised in that the inner packet part further comprises reinforcement means configured to increase resistance of at least one of its front and back walls (31, 32) to compression forces (Fc) having at least one component exerted perpendicularly towards said front and back walls (31, 32); and the reinforcement means comprises at least one reinforcement plate abutting at least one of said front and back walls (31, 32) and is further configured to improve resistance to compression forces (Fc) of at least one of the corners between at least one of said front and back walls (31, 32) and at least one of said side walls of the inner packet part. an outer packet part comprising a front wall and a back wall connected by at least a top wall, a bottom wall and a side wall to form a sleeve with at least one side-opening opposite the side wall; an inner packet part comprising a front wall and a back wall connected to each other by at least a bottom wall and two opposite substantially parallel side walls (34, 35) to define an enclosure for housing a bundle of smoking articles, said enclosure having at least one top opening between said front, back and side walls, the inner packet part being housed within the outer packet part and being movable relative to the outer packet part through the at least one side-opening between a closed position, in which the inner packet part is fully inserted in the outer packet part, and an open position, in which the inner packet part is at least partly extracted from the outer packet part,
A drug information acquisition device comprising: an imaging tray (110A, 110B) that is provided between a drug supply unit which supplies each dose of a plurality of types of drugs and a packet insertion guide, temporarily holds a dose of drug supplied from the drug supply unit, and has a bottom in which a row of V-shaped grooves, each having a first inclined surface and a second inclined surface, is formed; a mechanical unit that removes an overlap between the drugs corresponding to a dose supplied to the imaging tray and corrects the posture of the drugs using the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface of the V-shaped groove; an illumination unit (150A, 150B) that illuminates the drugs on the imaging tray; first and second imaging units (130A, 130B) that are provided so as to face the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface in the bottom of the imaging tray, respectively, and capture images of the drugs, whose posture is corrected by the mechanical unit and which are illuminated by the illumination unit, on the imaging tray; and a drug information acquisition unit that processes a first image and a second image which are respectively acquired from the first imaging unit and the second imaging unit to acquire drug information including at least outward appearance information of the drugs in the first image and the second image, wherein the mechanical unit is a vibration unit that vibrates the imaging tray. an imaging tray (110A, 110B) that is provided between a drug supply unit which supplies each dose of a plurality of types of drugs and a packet insertion guide, temporarily holds a dose of drug supplied from the drug supply unit, and has a bottom in which a row of V-shaped grooves, each having a first inclined surface and a second inclined surface, is formed; a mechanical unit that removes an overlap between the drugs corresponding to a dose supplied to the imaging tray and corrects the posture of the drugs using the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface of the V-shaped groove; an illumination unit (150A, 150B) that illuminates the drugs on the imaging tray; first and second imaging units (130A, 130B) that are provided so as to face the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface in the bottom of the imaging tray, respectively, and capture images of the drugs, whose posture is corrected by the mechanical unit and which are illuminated by the illumination unit, on the imaging tray; and a drug information acquisition unit that processes a first image and a second image which are respectively acquired from the first imaging unit and the second imaging unit to acquire drug information including at least outward appearance information of the drugs in the first image and the second image, wherein the mechanical unit is a vibration unit that vibrates the imaging tray.
A cooking oven with a cooling system, wherein - the cooling system comprises a first air path including a first suction area, at least one first fan and a first air guidance of a blowing-out area connected in series, - the cooling system comprises a second air path including a second suction area, at least one second fan and a second air guidance of the blowing-out area connected in series, - the first suction area is connected to an oven cavity of the cooking oven via an vapour outlet, so that the first air path is provided for conveying moist air, and - the second suction area is connected to the environment of the cooking oven, so that the second air path is provided for conveying dry air, wherein the first air path and the second air path are separated from each other, characterized in that the dry air conveyed by the second path cools moisture-sensitive components of the cooking oven, in that the blowing-out area is subdivided into the first air guidance and the second air guidance that are arranged side by side to each other seen from a top view, and in that the cross-sections of the blowing-out area, the first air guidance and the second air guidance increase in direction of the air flow. - the cooling system comprises a first air path including a first suction area, at least one first fan and a first air guidance of a blowing-out area connected in series, - the cooling system comprises a second air path including a second suction area, at least one second fan and a second air guidance of the blowing-out area connected in series, - the first suction area is connected to an oven cavity of the cooking oven via an vapour outlet, so that the first air path is provided for conveying moist air, and - the second suction area is connected to the environment of the cooking oven, so that the second air path is provided for conveying dry air,
Device for sealing an opening made in a structure, comprising a fixed part, in which an opening is defined, and at least one sliding moving panel guided along two guide rails mounted on a surface of said fixed panel, between a position for sealing said opening, in a first plane defined by said fixed panel, referred to as the sealing plane, and at least one sliding position, in a second plane, referred to as the sliding plane, substantially parallel to said sealing plane, each of said guide rails carrying at least one shuttle guided during movement in said rail, each shuttle comprising two guide grooves or two fixed pins able to cooperate respectively with two fixed pins or guide grooves carried by said moving panel, said sealing device further comprising actuating means acting on said shuttles to ensure a translatory movement of the latter in said guide rails, and the transition of the moving panel from said sealing position to said at least one sliding position, and vice versa, said sealing device being characterised in that, for each of said guide rails, the two guide grooves for the pins of the moving panel or of the shuttle are of different shapes in order to ensure that the trajectory of the pins in the guide grooves is different and in order to ensure, when the shuttles are moved in said rails from the sealing position, the transverse movement in relation to said rails of a first section of the moving panel, then the transverse movement in relation to said rails of the other section of the moving panel, allowing the transition of the moving panel into an intermediate release position, in the sliding plane, facing the opening and disengaged therefrom.
A disc filter comprising a central tube which is mounted rotatably about its longitudinal axis in the construction of the disc filter, whereby the central tube is coupled with a drive and is provided in its cylindrical body with a system of through holes arranged in at least one row in the direction of the circumference of the central tube, whereby between the through holes on the central tube are mounted by one of its ends radial beams which are at their free end provided with a fixing node of the filtration elements, which are arranged between the radial beams and are aligned with their cavities with the through holes in the central tube, where the fixing node comprises an elongated fixing plate for the edge area of a pair of neighbouring filtration elements, whereby the fixing plate is further provided with a through hole, through which passes a fixing unit which has the function of preventing an undesirable disconnection from the free end of the radial beam, characterized in that the radial beams are composed of flat strips which are oriented with their surface in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the central tube.
Photovoltaic module consisting of at least two solar cells which are connected at least in regions by a flat cell connector, wherein the cell connector has at least one porous carrier layer and at least one conductor structure arranged on the side of the carrier layer which is facing away from the solar cells.