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A hot water supply system comprising: a heat source machine that heats low temperature water to produce high temperature water and that spouts the high temperature water, a low temperature water pipe and a high temperature water pipe, at least one hot water storage tank that is connected to the heat source machine through the low temperature water pipe and the high temperature water pipe, and sequentially stores the high temperature water produced in the heat source machine while forming temperature stratification from an upper portion side, and configured to maintain a set temperature after completion of storage of high temperature water having the set temperature in the hot storage tank, the system further comprising a low-temperature water system including a water supply pipe leading to the hot water storage tank, a switch valve provided in the high temperature water pipe, a bypass circuit that is connected to the low-temperature water system and to the switch valve so as to bypass high temperature water spouted from the heat source machine to the low temperature water system by the switch valve when the high temperature water has a low temperature at initiation of a heat retaining operation for maintaining the high temperature water stored in the hot water storage tank at a given temperature; and a valve control section configured to switch the switch valve to direct high temperature water spouted from the heat source machine either to the high temperature pipe or to the bypass circuit, the hot water supply system being characterized in that the valve control section is configured to switch the switch valve on the basis of an R value, the R value being a mixture characteristic value for determining the formation of the temperature stratification in the temperature stratified hot water storage tank and calculated by the formula R=L/Lo, indicating the ratio of a complete mixture region depth to a depth Lo of the temperature stratified hot storage tank, wherein L=m x Ar -0.5 x ds, where m is the parameter depending on a pipe connection structure, Ar is the Archimedes number, and ds is the pipe diameter. a heat source machine that heats low temperature water to produce high temperature water and that spouts the high temperature water, a low temperature water pipe and a high temperature water pipe, at least one hot water storage tank that is connected to the heat source machine through the low temperature water pipe and the high temperature water pipe, and sequentially stores the high temperature water produced in the heat source machine while forming temperature stratification from an upper portion side, and configured to maintain a set temperature after completion of storage of high temperature water having the set temperature in the hot storage tank, the system further comprising a low-temperature water system including a water supply pipe leading to the hot water storage tank, a switch valve provided in the high temperature water pipe,
An upper for an article of footwear, comprising: a forefoot region, a midfoot region, and a heel region; a continuous embroidered lattice structure, the embroidered lattice structure comprising a plurality of tape segments attached to one another by stitches; and wherein the continuous embroidered lattice structure extends through the forefoot region, the midfoot region, and the heel region, characterized in that the plurality of tape segments are disposed in a stacked arrangement, including a first plurality of tape segments in a first layer and a second plurality of tape segments in a second layer overlaid on the first layer. a forefoot region, a midfoot region, and a heel region; a continuous embroidered lattice structure, the embroidered lattice structure comprising a plurality of tape segments attached to one another by stitches; and wherein the continuous embroidered lattice structure extends through the forefoot region, the midfoot region, and the heel region, characterized in that the plurality of tape segments are disposed in a stacked arrangement, including a first plurality of tape segments in a first layer and a second plurality of tape segments in a second layer overlaid on the first layer.
A method performed by a driver support threshold adapting system for adjusting a safety margin threshold of one or more driver support functions of a vehicle, to be suitable for a driving zone in which said vehicle is - or is to be - positioned, said method comprising: determining a geographical position of said vehicle; determining a driving zone associated with said vehicle position, said driving zone being selected from one or more pre-defined geographical driving zones; deriving previous statistical driving behaviour data indicative of one or more statistical driving style safety indicators associated with said driving zone, wherein said previous statistical driving behaviour data comprises: driving behaviour data associated with at least one other vehicle and/or associated with at least one other vehicle driver, from one or more previous occasions when said at least one other vehicle and/or said at least one other vehicle driver was positioned within said driving zone, said previous statistical driving behaviour data then being indicative of one or more statistical driving style safety indicators reflecting how safely said at least one other vehicle was driven, and/or how safely said at least one other vehicle driver drove, within said driving zone on said one or more previous occasions; and adjusting a safety margin threshold of at least a first driver support function of said vehicle, based on said one or more statistical driving style safety indicators. determining a geographical position of said vehicle; determining a driving zone associated with said vehicle position, said driving zone being selected from one or more pre-defined geographical driving zones; deriving previous statistical driving behaviour data indicative of one or more statistical driving style safety indicators associated with said driving zone, wherein said previous statistical driving behaviour data comprises: driving behaviour data associated with at least one other vehicle and/or associated with at least one other vehicle driver, from one or more previous occasions when said at least one other vehicle and/or said at least one other vehicle driver was positioned within said driving zone, said previous statistical driving behaviour data then being indicative of one or more statistical driving style safety indicators reflecting how safely said at least one other vehicle was driven, and/or how safely said at least one other vehicle driver drove, within said driving zone on said one or more previous occasions; and adjusting a safety margin threshold of at least a first driver support function of said vehicle, based on said one or more statistical driving style safety indicators.
Method for the production of a composite part comprising at least two shaped articles which are not directly weldable to one another and consist of different thermoplastics or thermoplastic blends, which comprises the following steps: a) provision of a shaped article A, b) provision of a shaped article B whose material is incompatible with that of the shaped article A, c) provision of a film C whose material of the first surface is compatible with the material of the shaped article A and whose material of the second surface is compatible with the material of the shaped article B, either the film C or a surface region in contact therewith absorbing laser radiation, d) contacting of the first surface of the film C with the shaped article A and of the second surface of the film C with the shaped article B, e) then incidence of laser radiation with melting of the film C and f) allowing the molten regions to cool, wherein either the film C or a surface region in contact therewith contains an additive which absorbs laser radiation, characterized in that the film C consists of two, three, four or more layers. a) provision of a shaped article A, b) provision of a shaped article B whose material is incompatible with that of the shaped article A, c) provision of a film C whose material of the first surface is compatible with the material of the shaped article A and whose material of the second surface is compatible with the material of the shaped article B, either the film C or a surface region in contact therewith absorbing laser radiation, d) contacting of the first surface of the film C with the shaped article A and of the second surface of the film C with the shaped article B, e) then incidence of laser radiation with melting of the film C and f) allowing the molten regions to cool,
Device for accessing a wide area network via a mobile communication network, comprising a first connection module for connecting to the mobile communication network, a second connection module adapted to generate a local area network, a data processing module and a subscriber identification card, the data processing module being configured to connect the first and the second connection module (30, 31) via a channel, the device being characterized in that the subscriber identification card is configured to implement an access controller, through an authentication client embedded on said identification card, adapted to control the use of said channel.
A battery block, comprising: a plurality of cylindrical battery cells arranged; and two holding members sandwiching the arrangement of the battery cells from a radial direction of the battery cells for holding, the two holding members facing each other, characterized in that one of the two holding members includes a first depression face with a semicircular shape configured to be in contact with the outer peripheral face at the end of a battery cell, wherein the first depression face is formed with two protrusions being in contact with the outer peripheral face of the end of the battery cell, and the other holding member includes a second depression face with a semicircular shape configured to be in contact with the outer peripheral face at the end of the battery cell, wherein an elastic pressing part made of resin and having a substantially M-letter shape in parallel along the second depression face and that is configured to press the outer peripheral face of the end of the battery cell inwardly in the radial direction is integrally formed along the second depression face, and the outer peripheral faces of the end of each of the plurality of battery cells are brought into contact with the respective protrusions so as to be pressed by the elastic pressing part such that each battery cell is held by the two holding members. a plurality of cylindrical battery cells arranged; and two holding members sandwiching the arrangement of the battery cells from a radial direction of the battery cells for holding, the two holding members facing each other, characterized in that one of the two holding members includes a first depression face with a semicircular shape configured to be in contact with the outer peripheral face at the end of a battery cell, wherein the first depression face is formed with two protrusions being in contact with the outer peripheral face of the end of the battery cell, and the other holding member includes a second depression face with a semicircular shape configured to be in contact with the outer peripheral face at the end of the battery cell, wherein an elastic pressing part made of resin and having a substantially M-letter shape in parallel along the second depression face and that is configured to press the outer peripheral face of the end of the battery cell inwardly in the radial direction is integrally formed along the second depression face, and the outer peripheral faces of the end of each of the plurality of battery cells are brought into contact with the respective protrusions so as to be pressed by the elastic pressing part such that each battery cell is held by the two holding members.
A fill level radar sensor for external mounting on a closed ceiling of a container, comprising: a transmitting antenna arrangement (103, 104) for transmitting a transmission signal in direction of a surface of a filling material stored in the container; a receiving antenna arrangement (108, 109) for receiving a receiving signal, which is the transmission signal reflected at the surface of the filling material; wherein the transmitting antenna arrangement (103, 104) and the receiving antenna arrangement (108, 109) are spaced apart from each other, characterized by a shield (111, 112) for shielding signal portions of the transmission signal reflected by the ceiling of the container so as to prevent reception of these signal portions by the receiving antenna arrangement. a transmitting antenna arrangement (103, 104) for transmitting a transmission signal in direction of a surface of a filling material stored in the container; a receiving antenna arrangement (108, 109) for receiving a receiving signal, which is the transmission signal reflected at the surface of the filling material; wherein the transmitting antenna arrangement (103, 104) and the receiving antenna arrangement (108, 109) are spaced apart from each other, characterized by a shield (111, 112) for shielding signal portions of the transmission signal reflected by the ceiling of the container so as to prevent reception of these signal portions by the receiving antenna arrangement.
A system for three-dimensional imaging, the system comprising: a structured light illuminator configured to provide an output light in a structured light pattern with a plurality of nodes, the plurality of nodes having a peak intensity; an imaging sensor configured to detect a reflected light including at least a portion of the output light; and a time-of-flight,TOF, controller in data communication with the structured light illuminator and the imaging sensor to receive an intensity profile detected by the imaging sensor, the TOF controller configured to apply a detection threshold on the intensity profile to filter out pixels that only receive background illumination, the detection threshold being based upon the peak intensity of the detected intensity profile, the TOF controller being configured to calculate a TOF of the output light and reflected light. a structured light illuminator configured to provide an output light in a structured light pattern with a plurality of nodes, the plurality of nodes having a peak intensity; an imaging sensor configured to detect a reflected light including at least a portion of the output light; and a time-of-flight,TOF, controller in data communication with the structured light illuminator and the imaging sensor to receive an intensity profile detected by the imaging sensor, the TOF controller configured to apply a detection threshold on the intensity profile to filter out pixels that only receive background illumination, the detection threshold being based upon the peak intensity of the detected intensity profile, the TOF controller being configured to calculate a TOF of the output light and reflected light.
A production method of synthesis gas for operating an internal combustion engine made of organic solid fuel, which is split into pyrolysis products in a pyrolysis reactor without supply of oxygen, wherein subsequently all pyrolysis products from the pyrolysis reactor from below are fed to a further reactor, wherein a synthesis gas generated in a further reactor is taken from the further reactor as product gas and fed directly or indirectly to the internal combustion engine, and wherein the pyrolysis reactor is operated with at least one pyrolysis screw, which is heated externally by heated gas, for conveying the solid fuel, characterized in that the further reactor is designed as a fluidized bed reactor which is fluidized by means of air supply at a speed above the minimum loosening speed of the bed material of the fluidized bed of the fluidized bed reactor, that a biogenic waste material having an ash content of at least 20% of the solid mass of the solid fuel is fed to the pyrolysis reactor as organic solid fuel, that the organic solid fuel in the pyrolysis reactor is split into pyrolysis oil, pyrolysis coke and pyrolysis gas, that hot product gas from the fluidized bed reactor is used to heat the gas, and that the air supply is fed into the fluidized bed reactor with an air flow from below or from the side, which is just large enough to keep the swirling and cracking processes in the fluidized bed reactor running, and wherein the air supply is operated at a speed, which is no more than 20% above the minimum loosening speed required for the operation of the fluidized bed reactor.
A wireless device, comprising: means for obtaining sensor information from at least one spectrum usage sensor at the wireless device, wherein the sensor information comprises spectrum usage measurements regarding licensed spectrum usage in a first communication system by a primary licensee; means for sending the sensor information via a second communication system to a sensor network server for generating a spectrum usage map for a frequency band, based on the spectrum usage measurements and indicating a geographic coverage area of the primary licensee for the frequency band; means for communicating with another wireless device on the frequency band in an area outside of the geographic coverage area of the primary licensee in accordance with the spectrum usage map. means for obtaining sensor information from at least one spectrum usage sensor at the wireless device, wherein the sensor information comprises spectrum usage measurements regarding licensed spectrum usage in a first communication system by a primary licensee; means for sending the sensor information via a second communication system to a sensor network server for generating a spectrum usage map for a frequency band, based on the spectrum usage measurements and indicating a geographic coverage area of the primary licensee for the frequency band; means for communicating with another wireless device on the frequency band in an area outside of the geographic coverage area of the primary licensee in accordance with the spectrum usage map.
System for the control of an engine speed ω e for an engine in connection with a play in a powertrain in a vehicle, characterised by: - a first determining device arranged for the determining of a current rotational speed difference Δω pres between a first end of said powertrain in said vehicle, rotating with a first rotational speed ω 1, and a second end of said powertrain, rotating with a second rotational speed ω 2; - a second determining device arranged for the determining of a rotational speed difference Δω after, which is to prevail between said first end and said second end after said play, wherein said rotational speed difference Δω after after said play is determined based on a spring constant k, related to a torsional compliance in said powertrain; - a speed control device arranged for the control of said engine speed ω e for said engine during a time period T glapp when said play in said powertrain is present, wherein said control of said engine speed ω e for the said engine is based on said current rotational speed difference Δω pres and on said determined rotational speed difference Δω after after said play. - a first determining device arranged for the determining of a current rotational speed difference Δω pres between a first end of said powertrain in said vehicle, rotating with a first rotational speed ω 1, and a second end of said powertrain, rotating with a second rotational speed ω 2; - a second determining device arranged for the determining of a rotational speed difference Δω after, which is to prevail between said first end and said second end after said play, wherein said rotational speed difference Δω after after said play is determined based on a spring constant k, related to a torsional compliance in said powertrain; - a speed control device arranged for the control of said engine speed ω e for said engine during a time period T glapp when said play in said powertrain is present, wherein said control of said engine speed ω e for the said engine is based on said current rotational speed difference Δω pres and on said determined rotational speed difference Δω after after said play.
Device for displaying the axle load for a vehicle having a sprung vehicle body, having an air suspension and at least one vehicle axle with at least one air spring bellows (3a, 3b) which supports the vehicle body above the vehicle axle, and a ride level control device, by means of which a setpoint ride level, specifically a predefined distance between at least the vehicle axle and the vehicle body is maintained as an actual ride level, wherein the device displays the weight force acting on the at least one selected vehicle axle, and wherein the device is configured: - to determine axle load, described by an axle load weight force, by means of the pressure (p L) in the air spring bellows (3a, 3b) which are assigned to the display vehicle axle, and by means of the effective area (A W) of the air spring bellows (3a, 3b) which are assigned to the display vehicle axle, and - to provide a calibration area (A W0) for the effective area (A W) of the air spring bellows (3a, 3b) which are assigned to the display vehicle axle, wherein the calibration area (A W0) as the effective area of the air spring bellows (3a, 3b) which are assigned to the display vehicle axle is determined as an actual ride level in the case of a calibration ride level (h 0), characterized in that the calibration area (A W0) is corrected by means of a function (k) which describes the dependence of the effective area (A W), assigned to the display vehicle axle, of the air spring bellows (3a, 3b) on the current actual ride level (h) of the vehicle body, and the current actual ride level (h) is used in a calibration area correction function for correcting the calibration area (A W0). - to determine axle load, described by an axle load weight force, by means of the pressure (p L) in the air spring bellows (3a, 3b) which are assigned to the display vehicle axle, and by means of the effective area (A W) of the air spring bellows (3a, 3b) which are assigned to the display vehicle axle, and - to provide a calibration area (A W0) for the effective area (A W) of the air spring bellows (3a, 3b) which are assigned to the display vehicle axle, wherein the calibration area (A W0) as the effective area of the air spring bellows (3a, 3b) which are assigned to the display vehicle axle is determined as an actual ride level in the case of a calibration ride level (h 0),
A therapeutic agent for use in the treatment of myocardial ischaemia in a male subject that would benefit from enhanced expression or function of a sulfonylurea receptor polypeptide encoded by a nucleic acid molecule selected from the group consisting of: i) a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence as represented in Figure 10a; ii) a nucleic acid molecule that hybridizes to the nucleic acid sequence in (i) above under stringent hybridization conditions and which encodes a polypeptide with sulfonylurea receptor activity; wherein said agent is: an expression vector comprising said nucleic acid molecule encoding a sulfonylurea receptor polypeptide; wherein said nucleic acid molecule is operably linked to at least one promoter sequence, wherein the promoter is a hypoxia inducible promoter. i) a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence as represented in Figure 10a; ii) a nucleic acid molecule that hybridizes to the nucleic acid sequence in (i) above under stringent hybridization conditions and which encodes a polypeptide with sulfonylurea receptor activity; an expression vector comprising said nucleic acid molecule encoding a sulfonylurea receptor polypeptide; wherein said nucleic acid molecule is operably linked to at least one promoter sequence, wherein the promoter is a hypoxia inducible promoter.