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A method of coating a substrate with a washcoat, wherein the method comprises the steps of: - engaging the substrate with a headset of a substrate coating apparatus so as to locate an upper surface of the substrate below a washcoat showerhead of the substrate coating apparatus; - arranging a partition between the washcoat showerhead and the upper surface of the substrate, the partition comprising a plurality of holes and being located in the headset to maintain a first gap between a lower face of the partition and the upper surface of the substrate; - discharging a washcoat out of the washcoat showerhead onto an upper face of the partition; and - passing the washcoat through the holes in the partition, onto the upper surface of the substrate and into the substrate, at least in part by applying a suction force to a lower surface of the substrate. - engaging the substrate with a headset of a substrate coating apparatus so as to locate an upper surface of the substrate below a washcoat showerhead of the substrate coating apparatus; - arranging a partition between the washcoat showerhead and the upper surface of the substrate, the partition comprising a plurality of holes and being located in the headset to maintain a first gap between a lower face of the partition and the upper surface of the substrate; - discharging a washcoat out of the washcoat showerhead onto an upper face of the partition; and - passing the washcoat through the holes in the partition, onto the upper surface of the substrate and into the substrate, at least in part by applying a suction force to a lower surface of the substrate.
An image gathering system, comprising: an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance system; an isolation system having at least one adaptive damper, wherein the adaptive damper has vehicle and payload couplings, the payload coupling being connected to the ISR system, and the adaptive damper comprises a variable damper with a first and a second damping coefficient; a controller operatively associated with the adaptive damper to change a damping characteristic of the adaptive damper based on an expected vibration signature of a vehicle (10, 20) coupled to the isolation system through the adaptive damper vehicle coupling; characterised by the first damping coefficient being associated with a first vehicle type and the second damping coefficient being associated with a second vehicle type, and the controller being configured to change the damping characteristic of the adaptive damper from the first damping coefficient to the second damping coefficient. an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance system; an isolation system having at least one adaptive damper, wherein the adaptive damper has vehicle and payload couplings, the payload coupling being connected to the ISR system, and the adaptive damper comprises a variable damper with a first and a second damping coefficient; a controller operatively associated with the adaptive damper to change a damping characteristic of the adaptive damper based on an expected vibration signature of a vehicle (10, 20) coupled to the isolation system through the adaptive damper vehicle coupling; characterised by the first damping coefficient being associated with a first vehicle type and the second damping coefficient being associated with a second vehicle type, and the controller being configured to change the damping characteristic of the adaptive damper from the first damping coefficient to the second damping coefficient.
Sandwich component with a first cover layer, a second cover layer and a core arranged therebetween, wherein the cover layers (12-1, 12-2) each consist of an outer layer (16-1, 16-2) of a fibre-reinforced higher-melting thermoplastic material and an inner layer (18-1, 18-2) fused thereto, are formed from a lower melting thermoplastic material, wherein the core having outer layers (20-1, 20-2) each formed from a lower melting thermoplastic material, and an inner structure formed wholly or partly from a higher melting thermoplastic material, wherein the inner layers (18-1, 18-2) of the cover layers (12-1, 12-2) are each fused to one of the outer layers (20-1, 20-2) of the core, characterized in that the core is provided as a folded honeycomb structure by forming a sheet of a higher melting thermoplastic material coated with a lower melting thermoplastic material (32-1, 32-2), wherein this coating (32-1, 32-2), in adaptation to the specific forming process, is carried out only in regions in such a way that the lower-melting thermoplastic material (32-1, 32-2) is present on the finished folding honeycomb structure only in the region of the folding honeycomb structure cover layers, but not in the region of the inner structure of the folding honeycomb structure.
Method for reading in a two-dimensional pattern code (12 1 -12 9) of a component (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) in a system comprising components by means of a recording device of a mobile device (13, 18), and for representing and using data contained in the two-dimensional pattern code (12 1 -12 9) by means of an output device of the mobile device (13, 18), the method comprising the steps of: - reading in a two-dimensional pattern code (12 1 -12 9) by means of a recording device of a mobile device (13, 18); - decoding the two-dimensional pattern code (12 1 -12 9) to obtain data that are given by the two-dimensional pattern code (12 1 -12 9) and that are related to a component on which the two-dimensional pattern code (12 1 -12 9) is arranged; characterised by - adapting the data obtained from the decoding of the two-dimensional pattern code (12 1 -12 9) according to user data and representing the adapted data by means of an output device of the mobile device (13, 18), wherein the adapted data are interactive, so that, by activation of the adapted data, a user can be displayed further data and information on the output device, wherein the representing of the adapted data comprises a display of operating parameters, current operating values, error messages and/or time-wise operating procedure of the component, - in response to an activation of the adapted data by the user, establishing a connection between the mobile device and a website and/or a centralised apparatus by means of a connection software, - accessing the further data and the information, - transmitting the further data and the information and - displaying the further data and the information on the output device. - reading in a two-dimensional pattern code (12 1 -12 9) by means of a recording device of a mobile device (13, 18); - decoding the two-dimensional pattern code (12 1 -12 9) to obtain data that are given by the two-dimensional pattern code (12 1 -12 9) and that are related to a component on which the two-dimensional pattern code (12 1 -12 9) is arranged; - adapting the data obtained from the decoding of the two-dimensional pattern code (12 1 -12 9) according to user data and representing the adapted data by means of an output device of the mobile device (13, 18), wherein the adapted data are interactive, so that, by activation of the adapted data, a user can be displayed further data and information on the output device, wherein the representing of the adapted data comprises a display of operating parameters, current operating values, error messages and/or time-wise operating procedure of the component, - in response to an activation of the adapted data by the user, establishing a connection between the mobile device and a website and/or a centralised apparatus by means of a connection software, - accessing the further data and the information, - transmitting the further data and the information and - displaying the further data and the information on the output device.
Method of controlling a bidirectional switch, comprising: - first and second field effect transistors electrically in series between first and second terminals of the bidirectional switch; - a sensor of a sign of the voltage between the first terminal and the second terminal (262-1, 262-2), said sensor being powered with a voltage referenced with respect to the potential of a first node to which the common sources of the first and second transistors are connected, comprising steps of: - receiving a voltage between the terminals of the bidirectional switch; - detecting, from the voltage received, a sign of said voltage; - at least while a first sign is detected, connecting the first terminal to said first node, potentials of control terminals of the first and second transistors being referenced with respect to the potential of said first node; - at least while the second sign is detected, connecting the second terminal (262 2) to said first node. - first and second field effect transistors electrically in series between first and second terminals of the bidirectional switch; - a sensor of a sign of the voltage between the first terminal and the second terminal (262-1, 262-2), said sensor being powered with a voltage referenced with respect to the potential of a first node to which the common sources of the first and second transistors are connected, - receiving a voltage between the terminals of the bidirectional switch; - detecting, from the voltage received, a sign of said voltage; - at least while a first sign is detected, connecting the first terminal to said first node, potentials of control terminals of the first and second transistors being referenced with respect to the potential of said first node; - at least while the second sign is detected, connecting the second terminal (262 2) to said first node.
A method (10, 20) of non-linear propagation impairment equalisation, the method comprising the steps of: a. receiving communications traffic carried by an optical communications signal transmitted over an optical communications link; b. generating (14, 22, 34, 40, 60, 62, 70, 72, 80, 82, 90, 92) a time dependent filter representation of a nonlinear time-variant impulse response of the inverse of the optical communications link using a frequency resolved log perturbation analytical approximation of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation; and c. applying (16, 36, 38) the time dependent filter representation to the received communications traffic to form non-linear propagation impairment equalised communications traffic. a. receiving communications traffic carried by an optical communications signal transmitted over an optical communications link; b. generating (14, 22, 34, 40, 60, 62, 70, 72, 80, 82, 90, 92) a time dependent filter representation of a nonlinear time-variant impulse response of the inverse of the optical communications link using a frequency resolved log perturbation analytical approximation of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation; and c. applying (16, 36, 38) the time dependent filter representation to the received communications traffic to form non-linear propagation impairment equalised communications traffic.
A method of controlling emissions of a gas turbine plant comprising a compressor, a combustion chamber, and a gas turbine; the method comprising: detecting an oxygen concentration (S O2) in exhaust gases (Q E) at the exhaust of the gas turbine; and heating a fuel gas flow (Q F) supplied to the combustion chamber, on the basis of the detected oxygen concentration (S O2 and of a reference concentration value ( S O2R; S O2R ') detecting an oxygen concentration (S O2) in exhaust gases (Q E) at the exhaust of the gas turbine; and heating a fuel gas flow (Q F) supplied to the combustion chamber, on the basis of the detected oxygen concentration (S O2 and of a reference concentration value ( S O2R; S O2R ')
A light assembly for producing scenographic effects comprising: - a plurality of movable members; - at least one electric motor (4; 104) coupled to each movable member; - a plurality of driving circuits (5; 105), configured to drive the electric motors (4; 104), and each driving circuit having a driving outlet (12; 112) connected to the electric motor (4; 104); - a driving inlet connected to the driving circuits (5; 105) for providing electric power and comprising a first driving terminal and a second driving terminal; and - a supply inlet configured to receive electric power from an electric power supply; and - a braking system (7; 207) configured to restrain unwanted movements of the movable members, and comprising a switch (10; 210) having a first switching terminal and a second switching terminal (10b, 10c; 210a, 210b) respectively connected to the first driving terminal and to the second driving terminal (11a, 11b); wherein the switch (10; 210) is configured to switch between a first operating configuration, in which the first switching terminal (10b; 210b) and the second switching terminal (10c; 210a) are disconnected; and a second operating configuration, in which the first switching terminal (10b; 210a) and the second switching terminal (10c; 210b) are connected; wherein the electric motor comprises a plurality of windings; each driving circuit being coupled to a respective winding; the driving inlet being connected to the driving circuits; the switch short-circuiting each winding upstream of the driving circuit in the second operating configuration. - a plurality of movable members; - at least one electric motor (4; 104) coupled to each movable member; - a plurality of driving circuits (5; 105), configured to drive the electric motors (4; 104), and each driving circuit having a driving outlet (12; 112) connected to the electric motor (4; 104); - a driving inlet connected to the driving circuits (5; 105) for providing electric power and comprising a first driving terminal and a second driving terminal; and - a supply inlet configured to receive electric power from an electric power supply; and - a braking system (7; 207) configured to restrain unwanted movements of the movable members, and comprising a switch (10; 210) having a first switching terminal and a second switching terminal (10b, 10c; 210a, 210b) respectively connected to the first driving terminal and to the second driving terminal (11a, 11b);
A method of producing a cell sheet comprising a retinal pigment epithelial cell layer and a vascular forming cell layer, comprising a step of laminating the retinal pigment epithelial cell layer and the vascular forming cell layer.
Mower having one central and laterally arranged mowing devices (12, 14, 16), wherein the mowing devices (12, 14, 16) each comprise a mower structure (18, 20, 22) having mowing knives that are drivable in rotation on the underside of the mower structure (18, 20, 22) about a vertical rotation axis, the ends of said mowing knives describing a circular path, and wherein a guiding element is arranged on at least one laterally arranged mowing device (14, 16) underneath the mower structure (20, 22), said guiding element at least partially surrounding the circular path and extending downwardly from the mower structure (20, 22) such that cut material cut by a mowing knife is retained or guided away by the guiding element, characterized in that the guiding element is arranged in a circular path section that is located at the front in the mowing direction and at least one recess is formed in the guiding element, said recess comprising a first section which is located between the central mowing device and a plane that extends in the mowing direction and in the direction of the rotation axis, and comprising a second section which is located between the same plane and a side of the mower, wherein the first and second sections (72, 74) have different contours from one another and the contours of the first and second sections (72, 74) of the recess have different curvatures and wherein the shape of the contour of the first section represents a region of the recess that cuts in more deeply from the lower rim of the guiding element compared with the shape of the contour of the second section.
An electrohydraulic shock-wave therapy apparatus comprising: a variable voltage source having a voltage source output level; a capacitor discharge based high voltage pulse generator wherein the pulse amplitude is proportional to said voltage output level; a pair of electrodes for spark generation wherein the sparks are started by said high voltage pulse generator; a shock-wave transfer and focus structure; means (200,202) for measuring at least one factor related to burnout or erosion of said electrodes over time; and a controller that is adapted to determines the output level of said voltage source to compensate for burnout or erosion of said electrodes according to any one of or any combination of or any weighted average of any combination of one or more calibration graph methods according to said factor, said factor being a shock number, an inter electrode gap, a drop time delay, or a voltage tilt. a variable voltage source having a voltage source output level; a capacitor discharge based high voltage pulse generator wherein the pulse amplitude is proportional to said voltage output level; a pair of electrodes for spark generation wherein the sparks are started by said high voltage pulse generator; a shock-wave transfer and focus structure; means (200,202) for measuring at least one factor related to burnout or erosion of said electrodes over time; and a controller that is adapted to determines the output level of said voltage source to compensate for burnout or erosion of said electrodes according to any one of or any combination of or any weighted average of any combination of one or more calibration graph methods according to said factor, said factor being a shock number, an inter electrode gap, a drop time delay, or a voltage tilt.
A method for repriming a system for injecting a liquid additive in an exhaust system of a motor vehicle having a heat engine, said injection system comprising a tank for the liquid additive, a hydraulic circuit for conveying said liquid additive, from said tank, to one or more injectors of the injection system, a pump for pumping the liquid additive contained in said tank, in said hydraulic circuit, a valve positioned on said hydraulic circuit, and an accumulator of said liquid additive on said hydraulic circuit, characterized in that it includes steps of: refilling the accumulator with liquid additive; detecting the presence of air in the hydraulic circuit upstream from the accumulator; stopping the refill of liquid additive into the accumulator; depressurizing the hydraulic circuit between the tank and the accumulator; and of discharging the air contained in the hydraulic circuit between the tank and the accumulator; repeat of said refilling. refilling the accumulator with liquid additive; detecting the presence of air in the hydraulic circuit upstream from the accumulator; stopping the refill of liquid additive into the accumulator; depressurizing the hydraulic circuit between the tank and the accumulator; and of discharging the air contained in the hydraulic circuit between the tank and the accumulator; repeat of said refilling.
An electrosurgical system, comprising: a generator including at least one active output terminal coupled to at least one active lead and at least one return output terminal coupled to at least one return lead; an electrosurgical forceps including two jaw members (110,120), at least one of which is movable from a first position in spaced relation relative to the other to at least one subsequent position wherein the jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue therebetween, each of the jaw members including an electrically conductive sealing surface (112,122), wherein one electrically conductive sealing surface is coupled to the at least one active lead and another electrically conductive sealing surface is coupled to the at least one return lead; and an electrosurgical cable including a dielectric core, wherein at least a portion of each of the at least one active lead and the at least one return lead are wound in a double helix about the dielectric core to minimize an electrical field generated by the at least one active lead and the at least one return lead, characterized in that at least one electrical sensor (340,341) is disposed within at least one of the jaw members and coupled to at least one of the electrically conductive sealing surfaces and to the generator through at least one electrical sensor line disposed within the dielectric core, and at least one optical sensor (350a,350b,352a,352b) is disposed within at least one of the jaw members and coupled to the generator through at least one optical transmission line disposed within the dielectric core. a generator including at least one active output terminal coupled to at least one active lead and at least one return output terminal coupled to at least one return lead; an electrosurgical forceps including two jaw members (110,120), at least one of which is movable from a first position in spaced relation relative to the other to at least one subsequent position wherein the jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue therebetween, each of the jaw members including an electrically conductive sealing surface (112,122), wherein one electrically conductive sealing surface is coupled to the at least one active lead and another electrically conductive sealing surface is coupled to the at least one return lead; and an electrosurgical cable including a dielectric core, wherein at least a portion of each of the at least one active lead and the at least one return lead are wound in a double helix about the dielectric core to minimize an electrical field generated by the at least one active lead and the at least one return lead, characterized in that at least one electrical sensor (340,341) is disposed within at least one of the jaw members and coupled to at least one of the electrically conductive sealing surfaces and to the generator through at least one electrical sensor line disposed within the dielectric core, and at least one optical sensor (350a,350b,352a,352b) is disposed within at least one of the jaw members and coupled to the generator through at least one optical transmission line disposed within the dielectric core.
A charged particle lithography system comprising a lithography apparatus for performing a lithographic process on a substrate in a substrate processing compartment comprised in said lithography apparatus; a preparation unit, the preparation unit comprising: a housing having a first load port for loading and/or unloading a substrate (22, 82, 122) into or out of the housing; a substrate transfer unit for locating the substrate onto a substrate support structure (23, 83, 123) within the housing; and a second load port for loading and/or unloading the substrate support structure supporting the substrate, a vacuum system for providing a controlled pressure environment within said housing; the charged particle lithography system being characterized in that: the preparation unit is further configured to clamp said substrate on a surface of said substrate support structure, and said substrate processing compartment is arranged to receive said substrate support structure with said substrate clamped thereon via said second load port. a housing having a first load port for loading and/or unloading a substrate (22, 82, 122) into or out of the housing; a substrate transfer unit for locating the substrate onto a substrate support structure (23, 83, 123) within the housing; and a second load port for loading and/or unloading the substrate support structure supporting the substrate, a vacuum system for providing a controlled pressure environment within said housing; the charged particle lithography system being characterized in that: the preparation unit is further configured to clamp said substrate on a surface of said substrate support structure, and