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An insert molded article obtained by performing insert molding using a polyalkylene terephthalate resin composition and an insert member comprising a metal or an inorganic solid, the polyalkylene terephthalate resin composition comprising: a polyalkylene terephthalate resin, and an acrylic-based core-shell polymer which has an average particle size of 2 μm or greater but not more than 20 μm and in which an amount of a core layer component is more than 80% by mass but less than 100% by mass relative to a total mass of the core layer component and a shell layer component, and wherein the insert member is a plate-like electrical connection conductor having a ratio of 2 or greater for a maximum width relative to a maximum thickness in a cross-section perpendicular to a lengthwise direction of a planar surface of the plate-like conductor. a polyalkylene terephthalate resin, and an acrylic-based core-shell polymer which has an average particle size of 2 μm or greater but not more than 20 μm and in which an amount of a core layer component is more than 80% by mass but less than 100% by mass relative to a total mass of the core layer component and a shell layer component, and wherein the insert member is a plate-like electrical connection conductor having a ratio of 2 or greater for a maximum width relative to a maximum thickness in a cross-section perpendicular to a lengthwise direction of a planar surface of the plate-like conductor.
A coffee machine comprising a controller, a boiler for heating a flow of infusion water, a movable infusion unit that comprises an open infusion chamber connected to a dispensing line for dispensing the coffee infusion and an ejection piston slidably supported in the infusion chamber, a supply line for supplying said flow of infusion water to the infusion unit, a closing piston that is engageable for closure of the infusion chamber, said controller being programmed to subject said infusion unit, prior to execution of the infusion process, to a first course of translational movement for closure of the infusion chamber by the closing piston, charactherized in that said controller is programmed to subject said infusion chamber and said ejection piston or only said ejection piston, following execution of the infusion process, to a second course of translational movement in the same direction as the first course of translational movement, for compression of the load of spent coffee grounds against the closing piston and drainage of the liquid contained therein.
A method of transferring heat produced by a fuel cell module positioned onboard an aircraft, said method comprising: coupling a loop heat pipe module to the fuel cell module, the LHP module including a first fluid; channeling the first fluid through the LHP module, wherein the first fluid absorbs the heat from the fuel cell module; transferring the heat to an external load, wherein the external load is a device and/or machine that utilizes the heat produced by the fuel cell module; coupling a heat transfer module to the LHP module, the heat transfer module including a second fluid; and channeling the second fluid through the heat transfer module, wherein the second fluid absorbs the heat from the LHP module, wherein channeling the second fluid further comprises selectively pumping the second fluid through the heat transfer module, characterized in that the LHP module includes an evaporator, a condenser and a heat transfer loop, wherein the heat transfer loop includes a vapor line that channels vapor from evaporator towards condenser and a liquid line that channels liquid from condenser towards evaporator; wherein the heat transfer module includes a heat spreader, a radiator and a fluid line, wherein the heat spreader is configured to absorb heat from the condenser and transfer the heat to fluid channeled through the fluid line, wherein the radiator is positioned such that heat may be transferred to ambient environment; wherein the heat transfer module is selectively operated to transfer heat from said LHP module into ambient environment; and wherein a pump is not activated when the heat is being used by said external load, and is activated when the heat is not being used by said load. coupling a loop heat pipe module to the fuel cell module, the LHP module including a first fluid; channeling the first fluid through the LHP module, wherein the first fluid absorbs the heat from the fuel cell module; transferring the heat to an external load, wherein the external load is a device and/or machine that utilizes the heat produced by the fuel cell module; coupling a heat transfer module to the LHP module, the heat transfer module including a second fluid; and channeling the second fluid through the heat transfer module, wherein the second fluid absorbs the heat from the LHP module, wherein channeling the second fluid further comprises selectively pumping the second fluid through the heat transfer module, characterized in that
Process for reducing metal oxides using a coke oven gas, characterized in that the coke oven gas is separated into a hydrogen-rich fraction and a hydrocarbon-rich fraction, and subsequently at least a subquantity of the hydrocarbon-rich fraction is subjected to at least one operation of the group - oxidation using technically pure oxygen, - reforming using CO 2 and H 2 O, and then it is introduced at least as a component of a reducing gas into a reducing unit containing the metal oxides, wherein the hydrocarbon content is adjusted by the at least one operation of the aforementioned group, in such a manner that the hydrocarbon content in the reducing gas is, on entry into the reducing unit, less than 12% by volume, preferably less than 10% by volume, particularly preferably less than 8% by volume, but greater than 1% by volume, preferably greater than 2% by volume, particularly preferably greater than 3% by volume, and wherein at least a proportion of the at least one subquantity of the hydrocarbon-rich fraction which was subjected to at least one operation of the group - oxidation using technically pure oxygen, - reforming using CO 2 and H 2 O, is mixed with an auxiliary reducing gas, before the resultant mixture of these two components is introduced as reducing gas into the reducing unit containing the metal oxides, wherein the auxiliary reducing gas is obtained at least in part by mixing top gas that is dedusted and substantially freed from CO 2, and at least one further gas, wherein the at least one further gas comprises the hydrogen-rich fraction obtained in the separation of the coke oven gas. - oxidation using technically pure oxygen, - reforming using CO 2 and H 2 O, - oxidation using technically pure oxygen, - reforming using CO 2 and H 2 O,
An elevator rope comprising: a core rope; and a second strand layer surrounding an outer periphery of said core rope, characterized in that: said core rope comprises a plurality of first strands laid together with each other, each of said first strands comprises a plurality of steel first wires laid together with each other, and a first strand coating body made of a resin individually coating an outer periphery of a group of said plurality of first wires laid together; and said second strand layer comprises a plurality of second strands laid together on an outer periphery of said core rope, and each of said second strands comprises a plurality of steel second wires laid together with each other. a core rope; and a second strand layer surrounding an outer periphery of said core rope, characterized in that: said core rope comprises a plurality of first strands laid together with each other, each of said first strands comprises a plurality of steel first wires laid together with each other, and a first strand coating body made of a resin individually coating an outer periphery of a group of said plurality of first wires laid together; and said second strand layer comprises a plurality of second strands laid together on an outer periphery of said core rope, and each of said second strands comprises a plurality of steel second wires laid together with each other. said core rope comprises a plurality of first strands laid together with each other, each of said first strands comprises a plurality of steel first wires laid together with each other, and a first strand coating body made of a resin individually coating an outer periphery of a group of said plurality of first wires laid together; and said second strand layer comprises a plurality of second strands laid together on an outer periphery of said core rope, and each of said second strands comprises a plurality of steel second wires laid together with each other.
A prosthetic valve crimper, including: a stationary base and a housing fixedly mounted thereto, the housing defining a central axis and having at least six evenly spaced radial guidance slits facing a center; a plurality of jaws radially movable within the housing, each jaw defining an inner end that has a partial crimping surface which combines with the same on the other jaws to form a crimping aperture of variable diameter and having an axial dimension sufficient to crimp an expandable prosthetic valve; a stop limited actuator that simultaneously moves the jaws in to reduce the aperture diameter by at least 10 mm to crimp an expandable prosthetic valve placed within the aperture; and a rotating mechanical member rotating around the center, including a spiral track (14a, 14b, 14c) and a gear for translating rotational movement of the actuator into radial movement of the jaws; wherein the gear meshes with a pinion gear activated by the actuator. a stationary base and a housing fixedly mounted thereto, the housing defining a central axis and having at least six evenly spaced radial guidance slits facing a center; a plurality of jaws radially movable within the housing, each jaw defining an inner end that has a partial crimping surface which combines with the same on the other jaws to form a crimping aperture of variable diameter and having an axial dimension sufficient to crimp an expandable prosthetic valve; a stop limited actuator that simultaneously moves the jaws in to reduce the aperture diameter by at least 10 mm to crimp an expandable prosthetic valve placed within the aperture; and a rotating mechanical member rotating around the center, including a spiral track (14a, 14b, 14c) and a gear for translating rotational movement of the actuator into radial movement of the jaws; wherein the gear meshes with a pinion gear activated by the actuator.
Energy recovery device to be arranged between the attachment to the engine and the clutch of a vehicle comprising: a power take-off unit with a fastening joint, a compressor for the production of compressed air, an actuation motor of said compressor, a cardanic joint arranged between the the fastening joint and the actuation motor, the power take-off unit being connected through the fastening joint to the compressor for the production of compressed air the cardanic joint arranged between the fastening joint of the power take-off unit and the actuation motor of said compressor is arranged with an angle (α) between said cardanic joint and the axis of said fastening joint ranging between 40° and 80°. a power take-off unit with a fastening joint, a compressor for the production of compressed air, an actuation motor of said compressor, a cardanic joint arranged between the the fastening joint and the actuation motor, the power take-off unit being connected through the fastening joint to the compressor for the production of compressed air the cardanic joint arranged between the fastening joint of the power take-off unit and the actuation motor of said compressor is arranged with an angle (α) between said cardanic joint and the axis of said fastening joint ranging between 40° and 80°.
A method for navigation of an aerial vehicle, the method comprising providing a sensor image from an aerial vehicle sensor and repeatedly, until at least one predetermined criterion is reached, performing the steps: - setting input data comprising information related to pitch angle, roll angle, yaw angle and three-dimensional position of the aerial vehicle; - providing a two-dimensional image from a database based on the input data, where the database comprises a three-dimensional geo-referenced map of the environment or a three-dimensional geo-referenced model of the environment, - comparing the sensor image and the two dimensional image from the database; and using the input data for which the two images correspond best to each other for determining at least one of the following quantities pitch angle, roll angle, yaw angle and three-dimensional position of the aerial vehicle. - setting input data comprising information related to pitch angle, roll angle, yaw angle and three-dimensional position of the aerial vehicle; - providing a two-dimensional image from a database based on the input data, where the database comprises a three-dimensional geo-referenced map of the environment or a three-dimensional geo-referenced model of the environment, - comparing the sensor image and the two dimensional image from the database; and
A co-axial catheter comprising: an outer lumen extending along an axis, wherein the outer lumen has an open outer lumen distal end and an outer lumen proximal end, an inner lumen extending along the axis, wherein the inner lumen is disposed generally within the outer lumen, and wherein the inner lumen includes an inner lumen distal end extending distally of the outer lumen distal end, a first passageway formed between the inner lumen and the outer lumen, and three ribs or more or less than three ribs tapered from a less to a greater thickness from a proximal to a distal direction and from a greater to a less height from the proximal to the distal direction, said ribs disposed between the outer lumen and the inner lumen at the distal end of the outer lumen spacing the inner lumen away from the outer lumen such that the inner lumen is generally concentrically disposed within the outer lumen at a distal end of the catheter assembly, and defining the first passageway with a plurality of end openings at a distal tip of the outer lumen, wherein each of the end openings is separated from an adjacent end opening by a rib; a hub containing each of the outer lumen proximal end and the inner lumen proximal end which extends proximally of the outer lumen proximal end, wherein the hub further comprises an arterial passageway in fluid communication with the outer lumen proximal end and a venous passageway in fluid communication with the inner lumen proximal end, characterised in that a spacer disposed in the venous passageway, wherein the spacer is configured to center the inner lumen proximal end within the outer lumen proximal end, wherein the spacer includes a key cooperable with a key-receiving channel of the hub configured to angularly orienting the spacer with respect to the hub, and further includes a stop cooperable with portions of the hub to stop farther distal movement of the spacer at full insertion depth, and a cap fixedly connected to the hub and the spacer for retention of the spacer within the hub. an outer lumen extending along an axis, wherein the outer lumen has an open outer lumen distal end and an outer lumen proximal end, an inner lumen extending along the axis, wherein the inner lumen is disposed generally within the outer lumen, and wherein the inner lumen includes an inner lumen distal end extending distally of the outer lumen distal end, a first passageway formed between the inner lumen and the outer lumen, and three ribs or more or less than three ribs tapered from a less to a greater thickness from a proximal to a distal direction and from a greater to a less height from the proximal to the distal direction, said ribs disposed between the outer lumen and the inner lumen at the distal end of the outer lumen spacing the inner lumen away from the outer lumen such that the inner lumen is generally concentrically disposed within the outer lumen at a distal end of the catheter assembly, and defining the first passageway with a plurality of end openings at a distal tip of the outer lumen, wherein each of the end openings is separated from an adjacent end opening by a rib;
A method of producing an authenticatable coin, the method comprising: producing in the coin, using a fabricating technique, an overt feature comprising predetermined, reproducible macroscopic characteristics, a material of the coin being a dense metal, the fabricating technique being selected based on the material of the coin so that the overt feature further comprises random, non-reproducible microscopic characteristics produced as a result of producing the macroscopic characteristics using the fabrication technique, wherein the microscopic characteristics are reproducibly imageable using a predetermined imaging technology under about 20x magnification, the predetermined imaging technology comprising a camera; imaging the overt feature using the predetermined imaging technology to produce an overt feature image; generating an authentication signature based on the overt feature image; and storing the authentication signature in a central database. producing in the coin, using a fabricating technique, an overt feature comprising predetermined, reproducible macroscopic characteristics, a material of the coin being a dense metal, the fabricating technique being selected based on the material of the coin so that the overt feature further comprises random, non-reproducible microscopic characteristics produced as a result of producing the macroscopic characteristics using the fabrication technique, wherein the microscopic characteristics are reproducibly imageable using a predetermined imaging technology under about 20x magnification, the predetermined imaging technology comprising a camera; imaging the overt feature using the predetermined imaging technology to produce an overt feature image; generating an authentication signature based on the overt feature image; and storing the authentication signature in a central database.
A method of making a protein that stimulates a protective immune response against influenza virus in a subject, comprising: a) separating a protein portion from a naturally occurring viral hemagglutinin, wherein: the protein portion includes at least a portion of a globular head and at least a portion of at least one secondary structure having at least one β-sheet at a bottom of the globular head that causes the globular head to essentially retain its tertiary structure, and lacks a membrane fusion domain, a transmembrane domain and a cytoplasmic domain; b) transforming a nucleic acid sequence encoding the protein portion into a prokaryotic host cell; c) culturing the host cell to thereby make the protein that stimulates a protective immune response in a subject, and d) fusing at least a portion of a flagellin to the protein portion of the naturally occurring viral hemagglutinin or operably linking a nucleic acid sequence encoding the flagellin to the nucleic acid sequence encoding the protein portion of the naturally occurring viral hemagglutinin, wherein the flagellin activates Toll-like Receptor 5. a) separating a protein portion from a naturally occurring viral hemagglutinin, wherein: the protein portion includes at least a portion of a globular head and at least a portion of at least one secondary structure having at least one β-sheet at a bottom of the globular head that causes the globular head to essentially retain its tertiary structure, and lacks a membrane fusion domain, a transmembrane domain and a cytoplasmic domain; the protein portion includes at least a portion of a globular head and at least a portion of at least one secondary structure having at least one β-sheet at a bottom of the globular head that causes the globular head to essentially retain its tertiary structure, and lacks a membrane fusion domain, a transmembrane domain and a cytoplasmic domain; b) transforming a nucleic acid sequence encoding the protein portion into a prokaryotic host cell; c) culturing the host cell to thereby make the protein that stimulates a protective immune response in a subject, and d) fusing at least a portion of a flagellin to the protein portion of the naturally occurring viral hemagglutinin or operably linking a nucleic acid sequence encoding the flagellin to the nucleic acid sequence encoding the protein portion of the naturally occurring viral hemagglutinin, wherein the flagellin activates Toll-like Receptor 5.
An ambient lighting control system comprising: - an energy storage element, - a light energy collecting element arranged to charge the energy storage element, - a transmitter arranged to provide, in response to becoming connected with the energy storage element, a signal using energy stored by the energy storage element, - switching circuitry arranged to connect the energy storage element to the transmitter in response to an energy stored by the energy storage element exceeding a threshold energy, so that a number of signals provided by the transmitter during a time interval is proportional to a light intensity at the light energy collecting element, - a controller comprising a receiver arranged to receive the signal from the transmitter, and - circuitry (6, 7) arranged to determine the number of signals received from the transmitter during the time interval, and to output a control signal based on the determined number of received signals for controlling an amount of ambient lighting. - an energy storage element, - a light energy collecting element arranged to charge the energy storage element, - a transmitter arranged to provide, in response to becoming connected with the energy storage element, a signal using energy stored by the energy storage element, - switching circuitry arranged to connect the energy storage element to the transmitter in response to an energy stored by the energy storage element exceeding a threshold energy, so that a number of signals provided by the transmitter during a time interval is proportional to a light intensity at the light energy collecting element, - a controller comprising a receiver arranged to receive the signal from the transmitter, and - circuitry (6, 7) arranged to determine the number of signals received from the transmitter during the time interval, and to output a control signal based on the determined number of received signals for controlling an amount of ambient lighting.
A method of forming an article by injection moulding a molten thermoplastic material into a mould, wherein for or during the injection moulding process the mould is actively heated, the mould being at an elevated temperature, below the melting point of the thermoplastic material, throughout the injection moulding process; wherein the mould is heated to a temperature of at least 10°C to 80°C above the glass transition temperature of the thermoplastic material being injection moulded; wherein the method comprises heating PVOH resin having a glass transition temperature of 50-55 °C and a melting temperature of 160-170°C and injecting it into the mould to form a multi-compartment article with internal dividing walls, wherein the article is a container.