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Optical instrument comprising at least: an optical architecture comprising an optical assembly intended to make an image of a luminous object, and a photoreception assembly and means for acquisition and analysis of the said image, the said acquisition and analysis means comprising an algorithm of phase diversity type, characterized in that the optical architecture comprises an optical plate of low or no optical power arranged in the vicinity of the photoreception assembly and disposed so as to form on all or part of the said assembly a first focused image and a second image defocused by a first predetermined value and shifted by a second predetermined value with respect to the first image. an optical architecture comprising an optical assembly intended to make an image of a luminous object, and a photoreception assembly and means for acquisition and analysis of the said image, the said acquisition and analysis means comprising an algorithm of phase diversity type, characterized in that the optical architecture comprises an optical plate of low or no optical power arranged in the vicinity of the photoreception assembly and disposed so as to form on all or part of the said assembly a first focused image and a second image defocused by a first predetermined value and shifted by a second predetermined value with respect to the first image.
A turn signal cancelling device for a rocking vehicle, the turn signal cancelling device comprising: straight-ahead travel or turn determining means for determining whether the rocking vehicle is travelling straight ahead or is turning; turn signal cancellation control means for automatically deactivating a turn signal on a basis of a result of determination of the straight-ahead travel or turn determining means; vehicle speed detecting means for detecting a vehicle speed; and driving force detecting means for detecting a driving force, characterised in that, when a turn signal is operating and the vehicle speed is equal to or lower than a predetermined speed and the driving force is equal to or larger than a predetermined driving force in a case where the straight-ahead travel or turn determining means determines that the rocking vehicle is turning, the turn signal cancellation control means enters a standby state, and then when the straight-ahead travel or turn determining means determines that the rocking vehicle is travelling straight ahead during the standby state, the turn signal cancellation control means automatically deactivates the turn signal, and when the straight-ahead travel or turn determining means determines that the rocking vehicle is turning and the driving force becomes smaller than the predetermined driving force or the turn signal becomes inactive during the standby state, the turn signal cancellation control means cancels the standby state without deactivating the turn signal. straight-ahead travel or turn determining means for determining whether the rocking vehicle is travelling straight ahead or is turning; turn signal cancellation control means for automatically deactivating a turn signal on a basis of a result of determination of the straight-ahead travel or turn determining means; vehicle speed detecting means for detecting a vehicle speed; and driving force detecting means for detecting a driving force, characterised in that, when a turn signal is operating and the vehicle speed is equal to or lower than a predetermined speed and the driving force is equal to or larger than a predetermined driving force in a case where the straight-ahead travel or turn determining means determines that the rocking vehicle is turning, the turn signal cancellation control means enters a standby state, and then when the straight-ahead travel or turn determining means determines that the rocking vehicle is travelling straight ahead during the standby state, the turn signal cancellation control means automatically deactivates the turn signal, and when the straight-ahead travel or turn determining means determines that the rocking vehicle is turning and the driving force becomes smaller than the predetermined driving force or the turn signal becomes inactive during the standby state, the turn signal cancellation control means cancels the standby state without deactivating the turn signal.
A system for superimposing AC over DC, which feeds a group of electrolytic cells for electrowinning or electrorefining copper, characterized by comprising: (a) a capacitor connected in parallel to a DC source feeding the group of electrolytic cells, (b) an inductor connected in series between two consecutive cells of the group of electrolytic cells, and (c) an AC source connected in parallel to the inductor; wherein, in addition to the DC, a minor fraction of the AC flows through the inductor generating AC voltage at its terminals, allowing the major fraction of the AC to flow through the group of electrolytic cells, using the capacitor as circuit path for the AC without interfering with the DC source. (a) a capacitor connected in parallel to a DC source feeding the group of electrolytic cells, (b) an inductor connected in series between two consecutive cells of the group of electrolytic cells, and (c) an AC source connected in parallel to the inductor;
A method comprising: generating a low frequency information audio signal based on a multichannel audio signal; synthesizing a haptic signal from the low frequency information audio signal; wherein synthesizing the haptic signal comprises synthesizing, from the low frequency information audio signal, one or more haptic effect parameters; providing the one or more haptic effect parameters to a tool for adjusting the one or more haptic effect parameters; receiving haptic effect metadata reflecting one or more user adjustments made using the tool to at least one of the one or more haptic effect parameters; embedding the haptic signal and the haptic effect metadata in a multichannel audio codec bit stream that encodes at least the multichannel audio signal; wherein the method is performed by a computing device. generating a low frequency information audio signal based on a multichannel audio signal; synthesizing a haptic signal from the low frequency information audio signal; wherein synthesizing the haptic signal comprises synthesizing, from the low frequency information audio signal, one or more haptic effect parameters; providing the one or more haptic effect parameters to a tool for adjusting the one or more haptic effect parameters; receiving haptic effect metadata reflecting one or more user adjustments made using the tool to at least one of the one or more haptic effect parameters; embedding the haptic signal and the haptic effect metadata in a multichannel audio codec bit stream that encodes at least the multichannel audio signal; wherein the method is performed by a computing device.
A multi-port connection system comprising: a plurality of fluid connectors (103,603,1302); a plate having a plurality of fluid connector receptive openings therethrough for holding a plurality of fluid connectors in alignment for deployment with a respective plurality of fluid ports defined in a structure; a retention mechanism retaining a respective fluid connector in a respective opening; and a fastener passing through said plate selectively drawing said fluid connectors into said ports and securing said plate to said structure, said plate thus secured securing said plurality of fluid connectors in engagement with said respective plurality of ports, characterized in that: said retention mechanism comprises a snap ring disposed on said respective fluid connector and a retention chamfer defined by the respective opening. a plurality of fluid connectors (103,603,1302); a plate having a plurality of fluid connector receptive openings therethrough for holding a plurality of fluid connectors in alignment for deployment with a respective plurality of fluid ports defined in a structure; a retention mechanism retaining a respective fluid connector in a respective opening; and a fastener passing through said plate selectively drawing said fluid connectors into said ports and securing said plate to said structure, said plate thus secured securing said plurality of fluid connectors in engagement with said respective plurality of ports, characterized in that: said retention mechanism comprises a snap ring disposed on said respective fluid connector and a retention chamfer defined by the respective opening. said retention mechanism comprises a snap ring disposed on said respective fluid connector and a retention chamfer defined by the respective opening.
A cam-driven high pressure single piston fuel pump having a body, a pumping chamber within the body, a piston with one end in the pumping chamber and another end outside the body, a piston sleeve secured to the body and having a bore in which the piston reciprocates between a retracting motion during which fuel is delivered to the pumping chamber and a pumping motion during which the piston pressurizes fuel in the pumping chamber, a tappet bearing on the cam and on the other end of the piston to impart said pumping motion, and a piston return spring biasing the piston toward the tappet, wherein the piston return spring is connected to a seat at the piston and not at the tappet; a distinct tappet return spring is connected to a seat at the tappet and not at the piston; whereby the tappet return spring imparts no side loads to the pumping piston; a sleeve retainer holds the piston sleeve within the body and has an exterior end facing the tappet, said exterior end having an outer annular shoulder where one end of the tappet return spring is seated and said tappet having a shoulder where another end of the tappet return spring is seated; the exterior end of the sleeve retainer has an inner annular neck through which the piston extends, and a spring retainer is supported by said neck, having an inner, ring portion providing a seat for the piston return spring and an outer rim portion at said shoulder, for maintaining a minimum separation between the springs.
Method for controlling a parking assistance system for vehicles which, in particular, are parked laterally parallel to an obstacle on one or both sides in the direction of travel, with evaluation of sensor data relating to the distances to the obstacles in the region of the parking space and relating to the vehicle's own speed and/or steering position data, and with control of the parking assistance system using the evaluated sensor data, wherein, if a parking space, the optimum parking position of which is outside a central parking position in the parking space, is detected automatically, semi-automatically or by the driver, correction to a laterally offset parking position is carried out automatically, semi-automatically or by the driver, characterized in that sensor data relating to the presence of passengers in the vehicle are evaluated in such a manner that, if there is no passenger on the passenger side at the front and/or at the rear, the distance between the parked vehicle and the obstacle is minimized on this side, wherein an exterior mirror is swung in automatically, semi-automatically or by the driver after a warning signal before the parking operation on the side with the minimized distance to the obstacle.
A phase transformation heat exchange device, comprising an inner tube, an outer tube and a heat exchange medium; wherein a space between the inner tube and the outer tube forms a whole or a part of a liquid phase region; a whole or a part of space inside the inner tube forms a vaporization region; the heat exchange medium with a first pressure inside the liquid phase region enters the vaporization region with a second pressure while being heated when flowing, and flows out of the phase transformation heat exchange device after being vapored; wherein the first pressure is higher than the second pressure; wherein the outer tube is disposed in sections and a heat exchange medium supply pipe is disposed outside the outer tube and in parallel along the axial direction of the inner tube; characterized in that a check valve is disposed at an inlet of the liquid phase heat exchange medium of each section of the outer tube; and each section of the outer tube is independently connected to the heat exchange medium supply pipe via one of the check valves, executing independent pressure control and heat exchange medium input control separately.
A process for producing ethanol, comprising the steps of: introducing acetic acid and hydrogen into a first bed of a multiple bed reactor to produce a reaction stream that comprises acetic acid, ethyl acetate, ethanol, and hydrogen; introducing the reaction stream into a second bed of the multiple bed reactor to produce a crude ethanol product, wherein the first bed comprises a first catalyst and the second bed comprises a second catalyst that is different from the first catalyst and the second bed does not contain a copper-based catalyst; and recovering ethanol from the crude ethanol product in one or more columns. introducing acetic acid and hydrogen into a first bed of a multiple bed reactor to produce a reaction stream that comprises acetic acid, ethyl acetate, ethanol, and hydrogen; introducing the reaction stream into a second bed of the multiple bed reactor to produce a crude ethanol product, wherein the first bed comprises a first catalyst and the second bed comprises a second catalyst that is different from the first catalyst and the second bed does not contain a copper-based catalyst; and recovering ethanol from the crude ethanol product in one or more columns.
An applicator for applying a product to the eyelashes and/or eyebrows, having a molded applicator member having: - a core of circular or polygonal cross-section having a longitudinal axis, - a plurality of longitudinal rows of teeth which are distributed around the core and which each extend along the longitudinal axis of the core, each of the rows having consecutive teeth that are disposed in staggered rows along the core and are superposed partially at their base in front view, the teeth having an asymmetrical shape with a convex edge in front view, the applicator being characterized in that each tooth has, over at least part of its height, a cross-section, taken perpendicularly to its direction of elongation, which is elongated in a flattening plane extending perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the core, in that the angular extension (γ) at the base of the tooth, at the junction with the core, defines the total angular extension of the tooth, about the longitudinal axis of the core, and in that each tooth has a convex edge oriented toward the outside of the row in front view, each tooth having a rectilinear edge oriented toward the inside of the row of teeth in front view, the consecutive teeth of each of the rows forming packets of two teeth of equal height h, the height h of the packets of teeth alternating along the longitudinal axis. - a core of circular or polygonal cross-section having a longitudinal axis, - a plurality of longitudinal rows of teeth which are distributed around the core and which each extend along the longitudinal axis of the core,
An air conditioning system adapted to a vehicle having an interior receiving passengers and an engine room partitioned by a dash panel, said air-conditioning system comprising at least one airflow port in the interior of the vehicle and: - an air-conditioning case arranged at the engine room side of the dash panel, having a cold air passageway, a warm air passageway and an outlet for discharging conditioned air passing through the cold and warm air passageways (111, 112); - a blower unit for blowing indoor and outdoor air to the cold air passageway and the warm air passageway; and - an indoor air inflow duct which is mounted on the airconditioning case and connects the blower unit with the interior of the vehicle so as to introduce the indoor air of the vehicle to the blower unit, wherein the outlet of the air-conditioning case and an inlet of the indoor air inflow duct are separated from each other by separating means and arranged to be adjacent to each other in parallel with a width direction, the height of the inlet perpendicular to the width being higher than the height of the outlet and the outlet of the air-conditioning case and the inlet of the indoor air inflow duct being arranged to penetrate through only one through hole part formed in the dash panel, which partitions the interior of the vehicle from the engine room of the vehicle; characterized in that an auxiliary indoor air intake hole is formed in one side of the air-conditioning case to additionally inhale the indoor air to the indoor air inflow duct, the auxiliary indoor air intake hole being positioned in the height of the outlet of the air-conditioning case and the outlet of the air-conditioning case and the inlet of the indoor air inflow duct being positioned in the wide direction, wherein the sum of the height of the outlet of the air-conditioning case and the height of the auxiliary indoor air intake hole is equal to the height of the inlet of the indoor air inflow duct, and wherein a distribution duct, arranged in the interior of the vehicle, is mounted at the outlet of the air-conditioning case to distribute cold air and warm air discharged from the air-conditioning case to the airflow port of the vehicle, the air inlet of the distribution duct is inserted into the outlet if the airconditioning case where a bottle neck part is formed at the outlet of the air-conditioning case to which the distribution duct is connected. - an air-conditioning case arranged at the engine room side of the dash panel, having a cold air passageway, a warm air passageway and an outlet for discharging conditioned air passing through the cold and warm air passageways (111, 112); - a blower unit for blowing indoor and outdoor air to the cold air passageway and the warm air passageway; and - an indoor air inflow duct which is mounted on the airconditioning case and connects the blower unit with the interior of the vehicle so as to introduce the indoor air of the vehicle to the blower unit,
Hammer for a watch striking mechanism, said mechanism including said hammer, at least one gong that can be struck by said hammer to produce a sound, and a plate on which are mounted the hammer and the gong, the hammer including a first impact part to strike the gong, the first impact part being formed of a hard metal with a hardness more than 1'000 HV, and a second part, which is a heel (2") made of hardened steel via which the hammer can be mounted on the plate of the striking mechanism, the first and second parts (2', 2") being secured to each other by welding or soldering, characterized in that the first impact part of the hammer includes an assembly portion in the form of a notch, which is mainly formed of two plane surfaces arranged perpendicularly to each other, the assembly portion being soldered or welded onto a complementary shaped edge of the metal heel (2"), said edge including two right-angled surfaces, and in that an inner groove is made in a corner of the notch of the assembly portion of the first impact part to facilitate the positioning and soldering or welding of the first impact part onto the metal heel (2").
Method to manufacture a composite bottom profile of a frame of a window or door with a moveable leaf, whereby the bottom profile is composed of two or more hollow shells (6a, 6b, 6c) which are connected to each other by means of insulating bars, whereby the bottom profile contains at least an outer shell and an inner shell, of which the upstanding walls, which face away from each other, form an outer wall and an inner wall of the composite bottom profile and whereby the composite bottom profile has at least one upstanding partition at a distance from said outer wall and inner wall, said at least one partition being provided with at least one drainage hole for the drainage of water, characterised in that the method comprises the following steps: - providing at least one loose shell (6a,6b,6c) of the composite bottom profile with at least one wall intended to form said partition with drainage hole of the composite bottom profile; characterised in that the method further comprises the following steps: - making one or more drainage holes in said wall of the loose shell (6a, 6b, 6c) without making a hole in the walls which, are intended to form said outer wall or an inner wall of the composite bottom profile; - subsequently connecting the loose shell (6a, 6b, 6c) in question with one or more other shells of the composite bottom profile by means of one or more insulating bars. - providing at least one loose shell (6a,6b,6c) of the composite bottom profile with at least one wall intended to form said partition with drainage hole of the composite bottom profile; characterised - making one or more drainage holes in said wall of the loose shell (6a, 6b, 6c) without making a hole in the walls which, are intended to form said outer wall or an inner wall of the composite bottom profile; - subsequently connecting the loose shell (6a, 6b, 6c) in question with one or more other shells of the composite bottom profile by means of one or more insulating bars.
A process for producing a resin particle dispersion, comprising the steps and: Step: mixing a polyester resin and a basic aqueous solution to obtain a resin neutralized product; and Step: adding an aqueous medium to the resin neutralized product obtained in the step to emulsify the resin neutralized product by phase inversion emulsification, a concentration of an ester group in the polyester resin being not less than 6.3 mmol/g and not more than 12 mmol/g, a pH of the basic aqueous solution as measured at 25°C being not less than 8.5 and not more than 13.5, and a content of an organic solvent in the resin neutralized product being not more than 10% by mass. Step: mixing a polyester resin and a basic aqueous solution to obtain a resin neutralized product; and Step: adding an aqueous medium to the resin neutralized product obtained in the step to emulsify the resin neutralized product by phase inversion emulsification, a concentration of an ester group in the polyester resin being not less than 6.3 mmol/g and not more than 12 mmol/g, a pH of the basic aqueous solution as measured at 25°C being not less than 8.5 and not more than 13.5, and a content of an organic solvent in the resin neutralized product being not more than 10% by mass.