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A parking lock device of a gearbox, comprising at least one gearbox shaft; at least one gearbox housing; and at least one locking ring; wherein the locking ring is configured to be displaceable axially along the gearbox shaft, and the gearbox shaft and the locking ring are arranged coaxially encircling relative to each other, and at least one control ring, the control ring is axially displaceable relative to the locking ring and relative to the gearbox shaft, the control ring and the locking ring are concentrically arranged relative to each other, at least one movement of the control ring relative to the locking ring axially along the gearbox shaft causes an axial movement of the locking ring along the gearbox shaft, the control ring axially displaces the locking ring directly or offset in time along the gearbox shaft in an activated condition at a predetermined axial position along the gearbox shaft, and that at least the gearbox shaft, the gearbox housing and the locking ring are configured and tailored to each other in such a way that, in an activated condition of the locking ring, there is a positive engagement between at least the gearbox shaft, the gearbox housing and the locking ring.
A device for forming a circumferential groove in a pipe element, said device comprising: a pinion fixed against rotation about a pinion axis arranged coaxially with said pinion; an expanding die positioned adjacent to said pinion and concentric with said pinion axis, said expanding die having a plurality of die segments movable radially toward and away from said pinion axis, each said die segment having a die face facing away from said pinion axis and engageable with an inner surface of said pipe element when moved away therefrom; an actuator coupled to said expanding die for moving said die segments toward and away from said pinion axis; a carriage surrounding said expanding die, said carriage being rotatable about said pinion axis, said carriage defining an opening arranged coaxially with said pinion axis for receiving said pipe element; a plurality of gears mounted on said carriage, each said gear being rotatable relatively to said carriage about a respective gear axis, each said gear engaging with said pinion; a plurality of cam bodies, each said cam body mounted on a respective one of said gears; a plurality of first cam surfaces, each one of said first cam surfaces extending around a respective one of said cam bodies, each one of said first cam surfaces comprising a region of increasing radius and a discontinuity; wherein said pipe element is positioned between said die faces and said first cam surfaces when said pipe element is received within said opening. a pinion fixed against rotation about a pinion axis arranged coaxially with said pinion; an expanding die positioned adjacent to said pinion and concentric with said pinion axis, said expanding die having a plurality of die segments movable radially toward and away from said pinion axis, each said die segment having a die face facing away from said pinion axis and engageable with an inner surface of said pipe element when moved away therefrom; an actuator coupled to said expanding die for moving said die segments toward and away from said pinion axis; a carriage surrounding said expanding die, said carriage being rotatable about said pinion axis, said carriage defining an opening arranged coaxially with said pinion axis for receiving said pipe element; a plurality of gears mounted on said carriage, each said gear being rotatable relatively to said carriage about a respective gear axis, each said gear engaging with said pinion; a plurality of cam bodies, each said cam body mounted on a respective one of said gears; a plurality of first cam surfaces, each one of said first cam surfaces extending around a respective one of said cam bodies, each one of said first cam surfaces comprising a region of increasing radius and a discontinuity; wherein said pipe element is positioned between said die faces and said first cam surfaces when said pipe element is received within said opening.
A propulsion control arrangement for a self-propelled robotic lawnmower, wherein the robotic lawnmower comprises at least one swivel caster wheel (5, 5') configured to abut against a ground surface during operation of the robotic lawnmower, characterized in that the control arrangement is configured to, upon detection of a stop event of the robotic lawnmower after travel in a first longitudinal direction of the robotic lawnmower, turn the robotic lawnmower a predetermined angle, and then initiate propulsion in a second longitudinal direction of the robotic lawnmower being opposite to the first longitudinal direction. wherein the robotic lawnmower comprises at least one swivel caster wheel (5, 5') configured to abut against a ground surface during operation of the robotic lawnmower, characterized in that the control arrangement is configured to, upon detection of a stop event of the robotic lawnmower after travel in a first longitudinal direction of the robotic lawnmower, turn the robotic lawnmower a predetermined angle, and then initiate propulsion in a second longitudinal direction of the robotic lawnmower being opposite to the first longitudinal direction.
A method of extracting collagen from marine animal by-products, the method comprising the steps of: a) providing marine animal by-product pieces, wherein the by-product pieces comprise at least two components selected from flesh, skin, fish bones, fins and cartilage of the marine animal, b) separating the animal by-product pieces into at least two fractions comprising a protein-rich fraction and a fraction comprising skin and cartilage, wherein the skin and cartilage fraction is essentially free of flesh, c) optionally, grinding the fraction comprising skin and cartilage, preferably to a resulting particle size of between 0,5 mm and 1 cm, more preferably between 1 mm and 4 mm, d) enzymatically hydrolyzing the fraction comprising skin and cartilage to produce a collagen raw hydrolysate, preferably the hydrolysis is carried out at a pH of between 5 and 9, e) separate the collagen raw hydrolysate into a lipid fraction, an aqueous collagen hydrolysate fraction without solids and a fraction with solids, preferably the separation is done by three phase decanter centrifugation, f) subjecting the aqueous collagen hydrolysate fraction to at least one filtration step, using a membrane with a pore size of 2000 - 100.000 Da, preferably 4000 to 50.000 Da, more preferably about 10.000 Da, to produce a first permeate containing collagen hydrolysate and a retentate, and g) demineralizing the first permeate by nanofiltration and/or dialysis using a membrane with a pore size of less than 1000 Da, preferably between about 150-300 Da to produce purified collagen solution. a) providing marine animal by-product pieces, wherein the by-product pieces comprise at least two components selected from flesh, skin, fish bones, fins and cartilage of the marine animal, b) separating the animal by-product pieces into at least two fractions comprising a protein-rich fraction and a fraction comprising skin and cartilage, wherein the skin and cartilage fraction is essentially free of flesh, c) optionally, grinding the fraction comprising skin and cartilage, preferably to a resulting particle size of between 0,5 mm and 1 cm, more preferably between 1 mm and 4 mm, d) enzymatically hydrolyzing the fraction comprising skin and cartilage to produce a collagen raw hydrolysate, preferably the hydrolysis is carried out at a pH of between 5 and 9, e) separate the collagen raw hydrolysate into a lipid fraction, an aqueous collagen hydrolysate fraction without solids and a fraction with solids, preferably the separation is done by three phase decanter centrifugation, f) subjecting the aqueous collagen hydrolysate fraction to at least one filtration step, using a membrane with a pore size of 2000 - 100.000 Da, preferably 4000 to 50.000 Da, more preferably about 10.000 Da, to produce a first permeate containing collagen hydrolysate and a retentate, and g) demineralizing the first permeate by nanofiltration and/or dialysis using a membrane with a pore size of less than 1000 Da, preferably between about 150-300 Da to produce purified collagen solution.
Laminated and etched glazing unit for architectural integration of solar energy systems comprising a substrate delimited by two main faces and a multi-layered interference filter also delimited by two main faces, one main face of said substrate being adapted to be in contact with an incident medium, the other main face being in contact with a main face of said interference filter, the other main face of said interference filter being adapted to be in contact with an exit medium; said incident medium having a refractive index n inc = 1, said substrate having a refractive index n substrate defined as follows: 1.45 ≤ n substrate ≤ 1.6 at 550 nm, and said exit medium being defined as follows 1.45 ≤ n exit ≤ 1.6 at 550 nm; and wherein said unit is designed in such a way that the following requirements are met: 1a) The saturation of the colour, given by C ab ∗ = a ∗ 2 + b ∗ 2, according to the CIE colour coordinates L *, a * and b * under daylight illumination CIE-D65 is higher than 8 at near-normal angle of reflection, except for grey and brown. 1b) The visible reflectance at near-normal angle of reflection R vis is higher than 4%. 1c) The variation of the dominant wavelength λ MD of the dominant colour MD of the reflection with varying angle of reflection Θ r is smaller than 15 nm for Θ r < 60°. 1d) The total hemispherical solar transmittance at near-normal incidence is above 80%. 1a) The saturation of the colour, given by C ab ∗ = a ∗ 2 + b ∗ 2, according to the CIE colour coordinates L *, a * and b * under daylight illumination CIE-D65 is higher than 8 at near-normal angle of reflection, except for grey and brown. 1b) The visible reflectance at near-normal angle of reflection R vis is higher than 4%. 1c) The variation of the dominant wavelength λ MD of the dominant colour MD of the reflection with varying angle of reflection Θ r is smaller than 15 nm for Θ r < 60°. 1d) The total hemispherical solar transmittance at near-normal incidence is above 80%.
A method of submitting transit signal priority requests, comprising: receiving TSP information of a vehicle by a phase selector at a current time; determining from the TSP information, an estimated time of arrival of the vehicle at an intersection having a traffic signal controlled by an intersection controller; determining a phase of the traffic signal at the ETA, wherein the phase at the ETA is an arrival phase; determining whether the arrival phase is a green phase or a non-green phase; determining a phase-relative arrival time within the arrival phase at which the ETA occurs; determining a time to issue the TSP request based on the phase-relative arrival time; determining a non-green truncation threshold and a green extension threshold based on an average of deviations of ETAs of a plurality of vehicles from associated actual times of arrival (ATAs) of the vehicles; determining whether to truncate a non-green phase or extend a green phase based on the phase-relative arrival time relative to the non-green truncation threshold and the green extension threshold in the arrival phase, respectively; and issuing the TSP request by the phase selector to the intersection controller at the determined time. receiving TSP information of a vehicle by a phase selector at a current time; determining from the TSP information, an estimated time of arrival of the vehicle at an intersection having a traffic signal controlled by an intersection controller; determining a phase of the traffic signal at the ETA, wherein the phase at the ETA is an arrival phase; determining whether the arrival phase is a green phase or a non-green phase; determining a phase-relative arrival time within the arrival phase at which the ETA occurs; determining a time to issue the TSP request based on the phase-relative arrival time; determining a non-green truncation threshold and a green extension threshold based on an average of deviations of ETAs of a plurality of vehicles from associated actual times of arrival (ATAs) of the vehicles; determining whether to truncate a non-green phase or extend a green phase based on the phase-relative arrival time relative to the non-green truncation threshold and the green extension threshold in the arrival phase, respectively; and issuing the TSP request by the phase selector to the intersection controller at the determined time.
A binder resin for color toners, wherein the binder resin comprises at least a carboxyl group-containing vinyl resin, a glycidyl group-containing vinyl resin and a reaction product thereof, and comprises both a tetrahydrofuran soluble portion and a THF insoluble gel portion, said THF soluble portion has a main peak in the molecular weight region of not less than 10,000 and less than 15,000 in the chromatogram obtained by gel permeation chromatography, the content of said THF insoluble gel portion being less than 1 mass%, wherein the softening point of the binder resin is not more than 130 degrees centigrade, and the storage modulus G' of the binder resin at 160 degrees centigrade is not less than 50 and less than 1,500 Pa measured at a frequency of 6.28 rad/sec, wherein the content of the THF insoluble portion of the binder resin is determined by feeding 0.4 g of the resin and 39.5 g THF into a 50ml lidded glass sample tube, stirring the sample tube at a rotation speed of 50 rpm and 22 degrees centigrade for 48 hours, allowing it to stand for 24 hours at 22 degrees centigrade, drying 5 grams of the supernatant liquid at 150 degrees centigrade for 1 hour and then measuring its weight X g, which is then used for calculating the THF insoluble portion according to the following equation: THF Insoluble Portion mass % = 0.4 / 0.4 + 39.5 - X / 5 0.4 / 0.4 + 39.5 × 100 and wherein the softening point is determined using an elevated flow tester CFT-500 manufactured by Shimadzu Corporation, wherein a sample of 1 cm 3 volume is melted and flowed under conditions of a diameter of a die pore of 1 mm, a pressure of 20 kg/cm 2 and a temperature increase speed of 6 degrees centigrade/min, and the temperature Tm is determined as the temperature when the sample is half-size between started and finished flowing.
A belt tensioner for a belt drive of a motor vehicle engine, comprising: - a fixed part configured to be fixed with respect to the engine and provided with a pivot defining a rotation axis; - an arm having a connection portion hinged to the pivot and rotatable about the rotation axis and an opposite portion rotatably supporting a pulley configured to cooperate with a belt of the drive; - a main spring interposed between the fixed part and the arm to exert thrust on said arm such as to rotate said arm towards the belt; and - at least one support member (14, 15) interposed between the arm and the pivot, said support member (14, 15) including at least one rolling bearing; characterized by comprising a damping device for damping oscillations of the arm with respect to the fixed part arranged at least partially overlapping said at least one rolling bearing (14, 15) in a radial direction, said at least one rolling bearing (14, 15) supports the tilting loads on the arm, preventing said loads from interfering with said damping device. - a fixed part configured to be fixed with respect to the engine and provided with a pivot defining a rotation axis; - an arm having a connection portion hinged to the pivot and rotatable about the rotation axis and an opposite portion rotatably supporting a pulley configured to cooperate with a belt of the drive; - a main spring interposed between the fixed part and the arm to exert thrust on said arm such as to rotate said arm towards the belt; and - at least one support member (14, 15) interposed between the arm and the pivot, said support member (14, 15) including at least one rolling bearing;
A direct network, comprising: a plurality of routing nodes; a plurality of communication links that connect the routing nodes together to form a direct network topology; and a plurality of resources (126; 702), each resource being connected to a corresponding set of two or more routing nodes, said two or more routing nodes of the corresponding set being dispersed within a coordinate space defined by the direct network topology so as to satisfy at least one inter-node separation criterion that comprises one or more of: a first inter-node separation criterion specifying that, for each resource, a number of routing nodes that share a coordinate value, in a same coordinate dimension, with another routing node in the corresponding set is minimized; and a second inter-node separation criterion specifying that a degree of disorder in the corresponding set of routing nodes satisfies a prescribed minimum threshold, wherein the degree of disorder is specified by an entropy measure. a plurality of routing nodes; a plurality of communication links that connect the routing nodes together to form a direct network topology; and a plurality of resources (126; 702), each resource being connected to a corresponding set of two or more routing nodes, said two or more routing nodes of the corresponding set being dispersed within a coordinate space defined by the direct network topology so as to satisfy at least one inter-node separation criterion that comprises one or more of: a first inter-node separation criterion specifying that, for each resource, a number of routing nodes that share a coordinate value, in a same coordinate dimension, with another routing node in the corresponding set is minimized; and a second inter-node separation criterion specifying that a degree of disorder in the corresponding set of routing nodes satisfies a prescribed minimum threshold, wherein the degree of disorder is specified by an entropy measure. a first inter-node separation criterion specifying that, for each resource, a number of routing nodes that share a coordinate value, in a same coordinate dimension, with another routing node in the corresponding set is minimized; and a second inter-node separation criterion specifying that a degree of disorder in the corresponding set of routing nodes satisfies a prescribed minimum threshold, wherein the degree of disorder is specified by an entropy measure.
A method of operating a wireless ad hoc network characterised by: configuring (1001, 1003) an intermediate device on communication paths from a first source device and a second source device to a plurality of destination devices with a first linear network code corresponding to the first source device and a second linear network code corresponding to the second source device; receiving packet data by the intermediate device from either the first source device or from the second source device; determining by the intermediate device whether to apply the first linear network code or the second linear network code to the packet data; and generating outgoing packet data from the intermediate device to at least one destination device of the plurality of destination devices using either the first linear network code or the second linear network code. configuring (1001, 1003) an intermediate device on communication paths from a first source device and a second source device to a plurality of destination devices with a first linear network code corresponding to the first source device and a second linear network code corresponding to the second source device; receiving packet data by the intermediate device from either the first source device or from the second source device; determining by the intermediate device whether to apply the first linear network code or the second linear network code to the packet data; and generating outgoing packet data from the intermediate device to at least one destination device of the plurality of destination devices using either the first linear network code or the second linear network code.
Method for determining the respective temperature of a plurality of battery cells of a vehicle battery, comprising the steps of: - determining measured values which comprise a first voltage of at least one first battery cell and a second voltage of at least one second battery cell as well as at least one respective current flowing through the battery cells (11, 12), - determining a first measured resistance of the first battery cell and a second measured resistance of the second battery cell from the measured values, - determining a reference resistance, - determining a first resistance ratio from the first measured resistance and the reference resistance and a second resistance ratio from the second measured resistance and the reference resistor, - determining a measured temperature of the first battery cell, and - determining a computing temperature of the second battery cell on the basis of the measured temperature as well as the first resistance ratio and the second resistance ratio according to a predetermined rule, wherein the predetermined rule contains a distribution function and/or value table which, depending on the measured temperature as well as the first resistance ratio, assigns exactly one respective value for the temperature to a number of values for the second resistance ratio. - determining measured values which comprise a first voltage of at least one first battery cell and a second voltage of at least one second battery cell as well as at least one respective current flowing through the battery cells (11, 12), - determining a first measured resistance of the first battery cell and a second measured resistance of the second battery cell from the measured values, - determining a reference resistance, - determining a first resistance ratio from the first measured resistance and the reference resistance and a second resistance ratio from the second measured resistance and the reference resistor, - determining a measured temperature of the first battery cell, and - determining a computing temperature of the second battery cell on the basis of the measured temperature as well as the first resistance ratio and the second resistance ratio according to a predetermined rule, wherein the predetermined rule contains a distribution function and/or value table which, depending on the measured temperature as well as the first resistance ratio, assigns exactly one respective value for the temperature to a number of values for the second resistance ratio.