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A piston ring for sealing a cylinder wall to a piston body, comprising: a ring body extending substantially circumferentially around an axis, said ring body having an inner face facing towards said axis, said inner face including a plurality of axially spaced and radially inwardly extending contact portions (46, 48), said ring body being of an elastically deformable material for biasing said contact portions (46, 48) of said inner face into engagement with the piston body, at least one of said radially inwardly extending contact portions (46, 48) extending substantially continuously around a circumference for establishing a substantially continuous seal around the piston body, and at least one of said radially inwardly extending contact portions (46, 48) being non-continuous and including at least one recessed area for allowing the passage of oil and gas therethrough, characterized in that said plurality of contact portions (46, 48) is at least three contact portions (46, 48) including an upper contact portion and a plurality of lower contact portions, wherein said upper contact portion is substantially circumferentially continuous, wherein each of said lower contact portions includes a recessed area, and wherein said recessed areas of said lower contact portions are aligned with one another to enhance oil drainage. a ring body extending substantially circumferentially around an axis, said ring body having an inner face facing towards said axis, said inner face including a plurality of axially spaced and radially inwardly extending contact portions (46, 48), said ring body being of an elastically deformable material for biasing said contact portions (46, 48) of said inner face into engagement with the piston body, at least one of said radially inwardly extending contact portions (46, 48) extending substantially continuously around a circumference for establishing a substantially continuous seal around the piston body, and at least one of said radially inwardly extending contact portions (46, 48) being non-continuous and including at least one recessed area for allowing the passage of oil and gas therethrough, characterized in that said plurality of contact portions (46, 48) is at least three contact portions (46, 48) including an upper contact portion and a plurality of lower contact portions, wherein said upper contact portion is substantially circumferentially continuous, wherein each of said lower contact portions includes a recessed area, and wherein said recessed areas of said lower contact portions are aligned with one another to enhance oil drainage.
A staple case (1, 21, 31, 101) containing a roll staple formed by connecting unformed staples in a roll shape, wherein the staple case (1, 21, 31, 101) is loaded in a staple cartridge of a stapler, characterized by comprising: a cushion portion (5, 6, 7, 8, 105, 106, 107, 108) for absorbing an impact. a cushion portion (5, 6, 7, 8, 105, 106, 107, 108) for absorbing an impact.
An apparatus for artificial weathering or lightfastness testing of samples, comprising - a weathering chamber in which at least one sample can be arranged; and - at least one radiation source which is arranged in the weathering chamber, the radiation source being connected to a memory device in which data about the radiation source can be stored or are stored; characterIzed in that the storage means is attached to the radiation source; and the apparatus further comprises control means for driving the radiation source, the control means being adapted to store data in said storage means and to read data from the storage means, and wherein data stored in the storage means is for authorizing the radiation source, wherein an authorization check checks whether it is an original product of a particular manufacturer, and wherein the control means is further adapted to either enable the radiation source to operate only in the event of a positive result of the authorization check, but otherwise automatically inhibit the operation of the radiation source, or to inform the user only of the result of the authorization check, but also not to impose any restrictions on the operation of the radiation source regardless of the result of the authorization check. - a weathering chamber in which at least one sample can be arranged; and - at least one radiation source which is arranged in the weathering chamber, the radiation source being connected to a memory device in which data about the radiation source can be stored or are stored;
A method for improving the thermo-mechanical properties of an aluminum titanate-based composite, comprising: dipping a fully fired aluminum titanate-based composite including a feldspar phase into an aqueous phosphorous acid solution of 0.5 to 10 wt%; and annealing the dipped composite, to provide phosphorous incorporation into the resulting composite of 0.5 to 2 wt%, the weight % being based on a superaddition relative to the weight of the un-dipped composite. dipping a fully fired aluminum titanate-based composite including a feldspar phase into an aqueous phosphorous acid solution of 0.5 to 10 wt%; and annealing the dipped composite, to provide phosphorous incorporation into the resulting composite of 0.5 to 2 wt%, the weight % being based on a superaddition relative to the weight of the un-dipped composite.
Method for viewing a surface coating, by creating a digital image of the coating, comprising the steps of: - choosing the coating and determining at least one elementary part of the coating; - determining a repeating elementary pattern; - assembling the elementary patterns; - viewing the assembled patterns, the method further including the steps of: - applying the assembled patterns onto a digital image of said surface, comprising the application of a perspective onto the assembly of the patterns according to the perspective of the image, and - acquiring dimensional characteristics of the surface, the method being characterised in that it comprises the steps of: - applying a deformable predetermined geometric structure onto the image of the surface; and - deforming the geometric structure in such a way as to make it coincide with the perspective of the surface, the application of the assembled patterns being carried out according to the deformation of the geometric structure and the dimensional characteristics of the surface. - choosing the coating and determining at least one elementary part of the coating; - determining a repeating elementary pattern; - assembling the elementary patterns; - viewing the assembled patterns, - applying the assembled patterns onto a digital image of said surface, comprising the application of a perspective onto the assembly of the patterns according to the perspective of the image, and - acquiring dimensional characteristics of the surface, - applying a deformable predetermined geometric structure onto the image of the surface; and - deforming the geometric structure in such a way as to make it coincide with the perspective of the surface,
A method of receiving an encoded message at a computing device from a message sender device, the encoded message comprising a message header and a message body, the message header comprising one or more header fields, the method comprising: receiving the encoded message, wherein the encoded message comprises an encoded message body, the encoded message body comprising content of one or more protected header fields that was inserted at the message sender device into the message body prior to encoding and transmission of the message, and wherein the content of the one or more protected header fields was retained in the one or more header fields of the message at the message sender device after the insertion; decoding the encoded message body; extracting (730, 750) the content of the one or more protected header fields that was inserted into the message body from the message body after said decoding; comparing the content of the one or more protected header fields from the message body with a corresponding one or more header fields of the message header; and if said content of the one or more protected header fields that was inserted into the message body as extracted from the message body is different from the corresponding one or more header fields of the message header, indicating that the message has been tampered with. receiving the encoded message, wherein the encoded message comprises an encoded message body, the encoded message body comprising content of one or more protected header fields that was inserted at the message sender device into the message body prior to encoding and transmission of the message, and wherein the content of the one or more protected header fields was retained in the one or more header fields of the message at the message sender device after the insertion; decoding the encoded message body; extracting (730, 750) the content of the one or more protected header fields that was inserted into the message body from the message body after said decoding; comparing the content of the one or more protected header fields from the message body with a corresponding one or more header fields of the message header; and if said content of the one or more protected header fields that was inserted into the message body as extracted from the message body is different from the corresponding one or more header fields of the message header, indicating that the message has been tampered with.
A xerogel production method comprising: adding, to water glass, a basic silicic acid solution having a sol with a particle size ranging from 1 nm to 30 nm, to acidify and solate the water glass, and polycondensing the solated water glass at 20°C to 90°C, to obtain a hydrogel; growing the hydrogel by leaving the hydrogel for a certain time period at a constant temperature; hydrophobizing the hydrogel; and drying the hydrophobized hydrogel. adding, to water glass, a basic silicic acid solution having a sol with a particle size ranging from 1 nm to 30 nm, to acidify and solate the water glass, and polycondensing the solated water glass at 20°C to 90°C, to obtain a hydrogel; growing the hydrogel by leaving the hydrogel for a certain time period at a constant temperature; hydrophobizing the hydrogel; and drying the hydrophobized hydrogel.
Electric power tool, in particular a drill/screwdriver, comprising a drive motor that is coupled to an output element, in particular to a drive spindle, via a transmission having a plurality of gear steps, wherein the torque generated by the drive motor can be set by means of a first adjusting device that can be actuated manually, and by means of a second adjusting device that can be adjusted manually, in particular for the purpose of setting the gear step of the transmission, wherein both adjusting devices (25, 34) can be actuated via a common actuating element, wherein the actuating element is realized as a mechanical actuating element in the form of a sliding or rotary switch, and wherein the actuating element has a first adjustment range, in which the actuating element acts exclusively in combination with the first adjusting device, and has a second adjusting range, which adjoins the first adjusting range and in which the actuating element acts exclusively in combination with the second adjusting device, wherein, arranged on the actuating element, there is an adjusting element that, in the second adjustment range of the actuating element, acts in combination with a gear step adjusting element, characterized in that the adjusting element acts in combination with a gear step preselector switch and is realized as an adjusting pin, the gear step adjusting element is realized as a sliding switch, and the sliding switch has a recess in the form of a guide slot, with which the adjusting pin comes into active engagement at the start of the second adjusting range of the actuating element.
Arrangement having a transmission for a wind turbine, having a feed-through pipe and having a fixing means, wherein the feed-through pipe is fixed by means of the fixing means in the transmission, characterized in that the fixing means consists of an electrical non-conductor. the feed-through pipe is fixed by means of the fixing means in the transmission, characterized in that the fixing means consists of an electrical non-conductor.
A non-aqueous electrolyte for lithium ion battery, characterized by comprising a bicyclic sulfate compound and a compound A represented by structural formula 1: In structural formula 1, R 3, R 4, R 5, R 6, R 7 and R 8 are each independently selected from hydrogen, fluorine atom or a group containing 1~5 carbon atoms.
A tracheal tube ventilating device comprising: a tubular body configured to be inserted into the trachea of a patient, wherein a sealing portion at or near a distal end of the tubular body comprises an electroactive polymer configured to undergo a change in volume, thickness, or both upon application of an electrical potential to seal against an inner surface of the trachea while permitting the free passage of ventilating gas therethrough; and at least one electrical conductor coupled to the electroactive polymer and configured to apply the electrical potential.
A displacement device for mechanically moving a truncated cone at a center of a base of a thermoplastic container from an as-blown position to a displaced position subsequent to hot-filling and capping the container to reduce an internal volume of the container, in the displaced position the truncated cone is closer to an opening of the container than in the as-blown position, the displacement device comprising: a support collar defining a receptacle, a first aperture, and a second aperture, and a plunger including a head at an end of a shaft extending through the first aperture, wherein the head is sized and shaped to be received within the receptacle of the support collar; wherein the plunger is movable from a retracted position at which the head is seated within the receptacle, to an extended position at which the head extends out from within the receptacle to allow the head to contact the truncated cone and move the truncated cone from the as-blown position to the displaced position, wherein the displacement device further comprises: a preload spring configured to apply a compressive force to the container or to bias the plunger in the retracted position, wherein the preload spring is seated on the plunger, the plunger further including a flange along the shaft against which the spring is seated, and wherein an end of the spring opposite to the flange is retained at the support collar, the displacement device being characterized in that the displacement device is adapted for containers comprising a base including a deep base ring between a standing surface and the truncated cone, by that the support collar is sized and shaped to be received within the deep base ring. a support collar defining a receptacle, a first aperture, and a second aperture, and a plunger including a head at an end of a shaft extending through the first aperture, wherein the head is sized and shaped to be received within the receptacle of the support collar; wherein the plunger is movable from a retracted position at which the head is seated within the receptacle, to an extended position at which the head extends out from within the receptacle to allow the head to contact the truncated cone and move the truncated cone from the as-blown position to the displaced position, wherein the displacement device further comprises: a preload spring configured to apply a compressive force to the container or to bias the plunger in the retracted position, wherein the preload spring is seated on the plunger, the plunger further including a flange along the shaft against which the spring is seated, and wherein an end of the spring opposite to the flange is retained at the support collar, the displacement device being characterized in that the displacement device is adapted for containers comprising a base including a deep base ring between a standing surface and the truncated cone, by that the support collar is sized and shaped to be received within the deep base ring.
Medical pump device for delivering a medical fluid, with a base body and with an elastomeric hollow membrane which is secured to the base body and which is arranged in such a way that a pump volume for filling with the medical fluid is formed between the base body and the hollow membrane, wherein the hollow membrane, in an at least partially filled state of the pump volume, is elastically extended and in this way exerts a delivery pressure on the pump volume, and with a sensor system which is set up to determine the extension of the hollow membrane such that, by using the extension that is thus determined, it is possible to determine filling level information concerning the filling state of the pump volume, characterized in that the sensor system has an electronic evaluation unit which is configured in such a way that a measurement signal determined by means of the sensor system can be converted into a measurement value, a differential value between the measurement value and a reference value (R, R1, R2) can be determined, and the filling level information can be determined using the differential value.
A balloon catheter comprising: a balloon segment having an expandable balloon and a guidewire tube extending through the balloon, the guidewire tube having a proximal port near a proximal end of the balloon and a distal port near a distal end of the balloon; and a shaft segment connected to a proximal end of the balloon segment, the shaft segment comprising a polymer encased braid having a proximal end adjacent a proximal end of the shaft segment, and having an inflation lumen extending from the proximal end of the shaft segment to the interior of the balloon segment, characterized by a distal end of the braid being cut at an angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the shaft segment, allowing the braided shaft to continue distally substantially to or past the proximal guidewire port. a balloon segment having an expandable balloon and a guidewire tube extending through the balloon, the guidewire tube having a proximal port near a proximal end of the balloon and a distal port near a distal end of the balloon; and a shaft segment connected to a proximal end of the balloon segment, the shaft segment comprising a polymer encased braid having a proximal end adjacent a proximal end of the shaft segment, and having an inflation lumen extending from the proximal end of the shaft segment to the interior of the balloon segment, characterized by a distal end of the braid being cut at an angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the shaft segment, allowing the braided shaft to continue distally substantially to or past the proximal guidewire port.
A method for switching the fuel supply to an internal combustion engine from a first fuel to a second fuel, - the first fuel being stored in a first tank and the second fuel being stored in a second tank, - the tanks and the internal combustion engine being connected to each other by means of a control valve and - the control valve having a control path for which the infernal combustion engine is fed only the first fuel from the first tank in a first position, only the second fuel from the second tank in a second position, and a mixture of the first fuel and the second fuel in a plurality of additional positions arranged between the first position and the second position, characterized in that the setting of the control valve is correlated with the control path by means of a table, in which - the length of the control path is associated with the pressure difference between the first tank and the second tank and the first position and/or the second position is associated with a predetermined setting of the control valve, or - the length of the control path is associated with the pressure difference between the first tank and the second tank and the first position or the second position is detected by means of a temperature change of the fuel conveyed to the internal combustion engine by the control valve. - the first fuel being stored in a first tank and the second fuel being stored in a second tank, - the tanks and the internal combustion engine being connected to each other by means of a control valve and - the control valve having a control path for which the infernal combustion engine is fed only the first fuel from the first tank in a first position, only the second fuel from the second tank in a second position, and a mixture of the first fuel and the second fuel in a plurality of additional positions arranged between the first position and the second position, characterized in that the setting of the control valve is correlated with the control path by means of a table, in which - the length of the control path is associated with the pressure difference between the first tank and the second tank and the first position and/or the second position is associated with a predetermined setting of the control valve, or - the length of the control path is associated with the pressure difference between the first tank and the second tank and the first position or the second position is detected by means of a temperature change of the fuel conveyed to the internal combustion engine by the control valve.
A table creating and lookup method used for configuring list items and matching list items by a network processor, characterized in that the method comprises: the steps of calculating storage index values according to matching bit lengths and matching bit values of the list items, and determining storage areas of the list items according to the storage index values; calculating index values of corresponding list items according to the matching bit lengths and matching bit values of input fields, and looking up list items with the same index value in storage areas of the table according to the index values of the corresponding list items; wherein the input fields are compared with the list items with the same index value one by one, wherein if there are full-matched list items, then "lookup is finished" is returned, otherwise "the lookup is failed" is returned; wherein the storage index values are calculated with following equation: N = X / M + S − 1 N is a storage index value of at least one list item, X is the matching bit value of the at least one list item, M is a constant, and S is the matching bit length of the at least one list item. the steps of calculating storage index values according to matching bit lengths and matching bit values of the list items, and determining storage areas of the list items according to the storage index values; calculating index values of corresponding list items according to the matching bit lengths and matching bit values of input fields, and looking up list items with the same index value in storage areas of the table according to the index values of the corresponding list items; wherein the input fields are compared with the list items with the same index value one by one, wherein if there are full-matched list items, then "lookup is finished" is returned, otherwise "the lookup is failed" is returned; wherein the storage index values are calculated with following equation: N = X / M + S − 1 N is a storage index value of at least one list item, X is the matching bit value of the at least one list item, M is a constant, and S is the matching bit length of the at least one list item.
In-vitro use of serum or plasma B-cell activating factor (BAFF) polypeptide for monitoring multiple myeloma of a subject, wherein serum or plasma BAFF polypeptide levels are increased in multiple myeloma patients who have achieved complete remission compared to the levels in healthy control subjects, wherein the BAFF polypeptide comprises an amino acid sequence having at least 75% identity with SEQ ID NO: 1.