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A detector plate (27, 28, 80, 90) comprising an injection-moulded carrier plate (11, 41, 69) with a plurality of detector elements (20, 50, 81, 91, 100) for detecting ionizing radiation, wherein the detector elements (20, 50, 81, 91, 100) are configured to generate an electrical ionization current between an anode (12, 42, 101) and a cathode (13, 40, 64, 102) of the respective detector element (20, 50, 81, 91, 100) upon indirect or direct- ionization by ionizing radiation in an inner chamber (16, 43, 105) of the respective detector element (20, 50, 81, 91, 100), wherein the anode (12, 42, 101) and/or the cathode (13, 40, 64, 102) is/are configured as an electrically conductive application on the injection-moulded carrier plate (11, 41, 69) which does not lie in a single plane, wherein the inner chamber (16, 43, 105) is configured at least partially by means of a depression in the injection-moulded carrier plate (11, 41, 69), characterized in that the depression in the respective detector element (20, 50, 81, 91, 100) has an opening or two openings (14, 15), each with a through-connection through the injection-moulded carrier plate (11, 41, 69).
A surface covering, the surface covering comprising a plastics based material, and a plurality of channels, the channels being arranged such that the surface covering has a tiled appearance, and the surface covering further comprising fixing means suitable for fixing the surface covering to a wall or other substrate, the fixing means comprising at least one outwardly extending protrusion, characterised in that the surface covering is made from an extruded PVC and comprises a fire retardant additive.
A shaft of or for a medical hand instrument, preferably a surgical instrument of the minimally invasive type, having a proximal shaft portion and a distal shaft portion which rotates and thereby assumes an angle relative to the proximal shaft portion, and a train of gears, which is arranged within the shaft and transmits a rotary movement of the train of gears in the proximal shaft portion to the distal shaft portion, wherein the train of gears has a tubular transmission component/element which transmits the rotational movement to the distal shaft portion and permits angular deflection between the two shaft portions (2, 4), wherein the transmission component/element has or is a tube piece with two axially spaced end portions (26, 28) and a central bending portion, in which a plurality of substantially oval/elliptical recesses, which are spaced apart in the circumferential direction and in the longitudinal direction of the tube and extend in the circumferential direction, are formed with tapered recess ends which are arranged relative to each other in such a way that a diagonal recess pattern results when the central bending portion is unwound in the plane. a train of gears, which is arranged within the shaft and transmits a rotary movement of the train of gears in the proximal shaft portion to the distal shaft portion, wherein the train of gears has a tubular transmission component/element which transmits the rotational movement to the distal shaft portion and permits angular deflection between the two shaft portions (2, 4), wherein the transmission component/element has or is a tube piece with two axially spaced end portions (26, 28) and a central bending portion, in which a plurality of substantially oval/elliptical recesses, which are spaced apart in the circumferential direction and in the longitudinal direction of the tube and extend in the circumferential direction, are formed with tapered recess ends which are arranged relative to each other in such a way that a diagonal recess pattern results when the central bending portion is unwound in the plane.
A method of managing the reservation of resources for a packet-switched communication network having a number at least equal to N relaying nodes (Si), each of said relaying nodes storing at least one resource reservation plan (Pik) corresponding to local resources specific to said corresponding relaying node (Si), characterised in that the method includes within a management device: - the storage of said resource reservation plans, - the reception of a signal comprising a notification of a modification of one of said resource reservation plans (Pik) from one of said N relaying nodes associated with said modified reservation plans, - the determination of a new combination of N resource reservation plans that must be used, respectively, by said N relaying nodes, based on said modification notification, from among all of the definitions of said stored resource reservation plans (Pik) that are associated with said N relaying nodes (Si) taking account of the N plans that they are using, each of said resource reservation plans (Pik) being defined by a plan identifier (Reserv_Plan_ld) designating said reservation plan to be used by one of said N relaying nodes and associated with at least one stream identifier (Streamld) and at least two ports of said one of said N relaying nodes, the transmission of a message to said N relaying nodes containing N plan identifiers, each plan identifier designating a reservation plan (Pik) to be used by one of said N relaying nodes corresponding to said resource reservation plan of said combination, so that each of said relaying nodes (Si) manages its internal resources so that they are adapted to the plan (Pik) for said message. - the storage of said resource reservation plans, - the reception of a signal comprising a notification of a modification of one of said resource reservation plans (Pik) from one of said N relaying nodes associated with said modified reservation plans, - the determination of a new combination of N resource reservation plans that must be used, respectively, by said N relaying nodes, based on said modification notification, from among all of the definitions of said stored resource reservation plans (Pik) that are associated with said N relaying nodes (Si) taking account of the N plans that they are using, each of said resource reservation plans (Pik) being defined by a plan identifier (Reserv_Plan_ld) designating said reservation plan to be used by one of said N relaying nodes and associated with at least one stream identifier (Streamld) and at least two ports of said one of said N relaying nodes, the transmission of a message to said N relaying nodes containing N plan identifiers, each plan identifier designating a reservation plan (Pik) to be used by one of said N relaying nodes corresponding to said resource reservation plan of said combination, so that each of said relaying nodes (Si) manages its internal resources so that they are adapted to the plan (Pik) for said message.
An electric air flow control device for an internal combustion engine comprising: a throttle valve mechanism for directly controlling quantity of intake air to be supplied to an internal combustion engine; a motor configured to operate as a rotary control drive source for the throttle valve mechanism; and two bearings (16, 17) for supporting a motor rotor shaft of the motor, wherein at least one bearing (16, 17) of the two bearings (16, 17) is a cylindrical shaped slide bearing made of a sintered metal and is impregnated with lubricant oil into holes particular to the sintered metal; characterized in that the slide bearing made of sintered metal has a mechanical property of a maximum radial crushing strength of 230 N/mm 2 or more and a compressive deformation rate of 3.5% or more at a state corresponding to the maximum radial crushing strength in a relationship between the radial crushing strength and the compressive deformation rate obtained from a compression strength evaluation of an actual body of the slide bearing (16, 17) made of sintered metal, wherein the bearing (16, 17) made of a sintered metal that includes a copper alloy system containing at least Cu, Sn and Ni, with 9-12% Sn, 2-4% Ni, 1-3% C and the remainder being Cu and inevitable impurities. a throttle valve mechanism for directly controlling quantity of intake air to be supplied to an internal combustion engine; a motor configured to operate as a rotary control drive source for the throttle valve mechanism; and two bearings (16, 17) for supporting a motor rotor shaft of the motor, wherein at least one bearing (16, 17) of the two bearings (16, 17) is a cylindrical shaped slide bearing made of a sintered metal and is impregnated with lubricant oil into holes particular to the sintered metal; characterized in that the slide bearing made of sintered metal has a mechanical property of a maximum radial crushing strength of 230 N/mm 2 or more and a compressive deformation rate of 3.5% or more at a state corresponding to the maximum radial crushing strength in a relationship between the radial crushing strength and the compressive deformation rate obtained from a compression strength evaluation of an actual body of the slide bearing (16, 17) made of sintered metal, wherein the bearing (16, 17) made of a sintered metal that includes a copper alloy system containing at least Cu, Sn and Ni, with 9-12% Sn, 2-4% Ni, 1-3% C and the remainder being Cu and inevitable impurities.
An air nozzle arrangement for a fluidized bed boiler, comprising - an air feed pipe and an air nozzle limiting an air feed duct, - the air nozzle being connected to the air feed pipe, - the air feed duct being configured to supply air to a furnace of the fluidized bed boiler, and - a surface, wherein at least part of said surface is configured to protect at least part of ∘ the air nozzle, ∘ the air feed pipe, or ∘ both the air nozzle and the air feed pipe, and - at least 50 % of the surface is arranged at an angle of at least 10 degrees to the horizontal plane, whereby the surface is configured to guide coarse material along said surface, characterized in that - the whole surface is thermally insulated from the air feed pipe in such a way that, in operation, liquid metal carried along with the solids of the furnace does not solidify when it hits the surface, and the solids are guided along the surface downwards and to the side according to the shape of the surface, wherein the temperature of said surface is configured to be high when the fluidized bed boiler is in operation, whereby the solidification of molten material of the fluidized bed at the air nozzle arrangement is reduced. - an air feed pipe and an air nozzle limiting an air feed duct, - the air nozzle being connected to the air feed pipe, - the air feed duct being configured to supply air to a furnace of the fluidized bed boiler, and - a surface, wherein at least part of said surface is configured to protect at least part of ∘ the air nozzle, ∘ the air feed pipe, or ∘ both the air nozzle and the air feed pipe, and ∘ the air nozzle, ∘ the air feed pipe, or ∘ both the air nozzle and the air feed pipe, and - at least 50 % of the surface is arranged at an angle of at least 10 degrees to the horizontal plane, whereby the surface is configured to guide coarse material along said surface, characterized in that - the whole surface is thermally insulated from the air feed pipe in such a way that, in operation, liquid metal carried along with the solids of the furnace does not solidify when it hits the surface, and the solids are guided along the surface downwards and to the side according to the shape of the surface, wherein the temperature of said surface is configured to be high when the fluidized bed boiler is in operation, whereby the solidification of molten material of the fluidized bed at the air nozzle arrangement is reduced.
A process for removing heteroatoms and wax from a hydrocarbon fuel feed boiling in the range from 149 to 371°C (300 to 700°F), which process comprises (i) hydrotreating the feed in one or more hydrotreating reaction stages to produce a hydrotreated fuel reduced in heteroatoms, (ii) separating said treated fuel into a light fraction and a heavy fraction, wherein the cut point separating the heavy fraction from the light fraction is in the range of from 232 to 304°C (450 to 580°F) and (iii) catalytic dewaxing only said heavy fraction in one or more catalytic dewaxing reaction stages, to improve one or more low temperature properties.
A laparoscopic surgical port assembly comprising: an annular holder disposable in an opening in a patient; a cannula unit comprising a base in rotatable engagement with said holder so that said cannula unit when attached is rotatable with respect to said holder about a longitudinal axis of said holder, the base is removably attachable to said holder and comprising a planar panel defining a planar closure surface extending substantially tangentially to the patient's skin at said opening during a surgical procedure; and a plurality of cannulas (118, 120, 122) connected to said base and defining an access path through said closure surface, said cannulas extending at an acute angle relative to said closure surface so that said cannulas are all inclined relative to the patient's skin surface at least in a relaxed or rest configuration of the port assembly. an annular holder disposable in an opening in a patient; a cannula unit comprising a base in rotatable engagement with said holder so that said cannula unit when attached is rotatable with respect to said holder about a longitudinal axis of said holder, the base is removably attachable to said holder and comprising a planar panel defining a planar closure surface extending substantially tangentially to the patient's skin at said opening during a surgical procedure; and a plurality of cannulas (118, 120, 122) connected to said base and defining an access path through said closure surface, said cannulas extending at an acute angle relative to said closure surface so that said cannulas are all inclined relative to the patient's skin surface at least in a relaxed or rest configuration of the port assembly.
A gas concentration monitoring system comprising: a radiation source comprising one or more emitting elements configured to emit radiation; a radiation sensor comprising a plurality of sensing elements configured to detect radiation received at the radiation sensor from the radiation source; and a reactive material located between the radiation source and the radiation sensor and configured to react to the presence of a gas, wherein the reaction of the reactive material impacts an amount of radiation at different wavelengths that passes through the reactive material, wherein the plurality of sensing elements are arranged in parallel as an array in order to detect the different wavelengths passed through the reactive material, characterized in that an analog to digital converter is operably connected to the array of radiation sensing elements, the analog to digital converter configured to sum the analog signals from the sensing elements and then convert the sum to a digital signal. a radiation source comprising one or more emitting elements configured to emit radiation; a radiation sensor comprising a plurality of sensing elements configured to detect radiation received at the radiation sensor from the radiation source; and a reactive material located between the radiation source and the radiation sensor and configured to react to the presence of a gas, wherein the reaction of the reactive material impacts an amount of radiation at different wavelengths that passes through the reactive material, wherein the plurality of sensing elements are arranged in parallel as an array in order to detect the different wavelengths passed through the reactive material, characterized in that an analog to digital converter is operably connected to the array of radiation sensing elements, the analog to digital converter configured to sum the analog signals from the sensing elements and then convert the sum to a digital signal.
A method of providing a key management service with a key management device for transferring control of an asset private key, the method comprising: receiving, at the key management device, an asset private key splitting request from an initiating user computing device; creating, with the key management device, group mapping information associated with at least one user ID; and sending, from the key management device to the initiating user computing device, key splitting instructions for execution in a web browser of the initiating user computing device, wherein the key splitting instructions include: splitting the asset private key into a plurality of subkeys with a key splitting algorithm; identifying a first portion of the subkeys for distribution to a plurality of users; identifying a second portion of the subkeys, the second portion including at least one validator subkey; storing ones of the first portion of the subkeys on a plurality of cold storage devices for transfer to the plurality of users; randomly generating a validator asymmetric public-private key pair; encrypting the at least one validator subkey with the validator public key; and transmitting the at least one encrypted validator subkey to the key management device for storage on a distributed file system. receiving, at the key management device, an asset private key splitting request from an initiating user computing device; creating, with the key management device, group mapping information associated with at least one user ID; and sending, from the key management device to the initiating user computing device, key splitting instructions for execution in a web browser of the initiating user computing device, wherein the key splitting instructions include: splitting the asset private key into a plurality of subkeys with a key splitting algorithm; identifying a first portion of the subkeys for distribution to a plurality of users; identifying a second portion of the subkeys, the second portion including at least one validator subkey; storing ones of the first portion of the subkeys on a plurality of cold storage devices for transfer to the plurality of users; randomly generating a validator asymmetric public-private key pair; encrypting the at least one validator subkey with the validator public key; and transmitting the at least one encrypted validator subkey to the key management device for storage on a distributed file system. splitting the asset private key into a plurality of subkeys with a key splitting algorithm; identifying a first portion of the subkeys for distribution to a plurality of users; identifying a second portion of the subkeys, the second portion including at least one validator subkey; storing ones of the first portion of the subkeys on a plurality of cold storage devices for transfer to the plurality of users; randomly generating a validator asymmetric public-private key pair; encrypting the at least one validator subkey with the validator public key; and transmitting the at least one encrypted validator subkey to the key management device for storage on a distributed file system.
A field effect transistor, FET, comprising: a plurality of substantially parallel conductive channels (107, 108; 252, 254) separated by potential barriers; and at least one electrically conducting plug (109; 120; 209; 309) that traverses and forms an ohmic connection with at least two of the plurality of conductive channels (107, 108; 252, 254); wherein the at least two of the plurality of conductive channels (107, 108; 252, 254) comprise a first conductive channel and a second conductive channel, the first conductive channel having a region of disrupted channel conductivity, the second conductive channel being non-disrupted, wherein the at least one plug electrically couples a non-disrupted portion of the first conductive channel to the second non-disrupted conductive channel, and wherein the at least one plug (109; 120; 209; 309) is situated between the region of disrupted channel conductivity and either the source or the drain of the FET. a plurality of substantially parallel conductive channels (107, 108; 252, 254) separated by potential barriers; and at least one electrically conducting plug (109; 120; 209; 309) that traverses and forms an ohmic connection with at least two of the plurality of conductive channels (107, 108; 252, 254); wherein the at least two of the plurality of conductive channels (107, 108; 252, 254) comprise a first conductive channel and a second conductive channel, the first conductive channel having a region of disrupted channel conductivity, the second conductive channel being non-disrupted, wherein the at least one plug electrically couples a non-disrupted portion of the first conductive channel to the second non-disrupted conductive channel, and wherein the at least one plug (109; 120; 209; 309) is situated between the region of disrupted channel conductivity and either the source or the drain of the FET.
Direct drive wind turbine (1', 1'') with a nacelle and a rotor, the rotor comprising a number of blades and a hub, the nacelle and the hub being connected with each other in an interface region, the wind turbine further comprising a transport system for transporting hydraulic and/or pneumatic fluid from the nacelle into the hub, whereby the transport system comprises a rotary unit as a connection through which the fluid passes, a part of which rotary unit rotates in operation together with the hub which rotary unit is positioned in the hub at a position distanced from the interface region facing away from the nacelle characterized in that the rotation axis (b) of the rotary unit is positioned at a rotation axis of a drive train connecting the rotor with a generator.