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A communication apparatus comprising: a first communication unit for communicating with other communication apparatus through electric field coupling or magnetic field coupling; an approach detection unit for detecting an approach between the other communication apparatus and the first communication unit; and a selection unit for, when the other communication apparatus and the first communication unit are separated from each other, selecting different data to be transmitted to the other communication apparatus depending on a time for which the other communication apparatus and the first communication unit were in close proximity to each other, characterized in that, the first communication unit periodically transmits a signal, and when first communication unit and the other communication apparatus are in close proximity to each other, the first communication unit receives a response signal from the other communication apparatus, or when the first communication unit and the other communication apparatus are in close proximity to each other, the first communication unit receives a response signal periodically transmitted from the other communication apparatus; the approach detection unit counts the number of times the first communication unit continuously receives the response signal from the other communication apparatus; and the selection unit selects data to be transmitted depending on the number of times counted by the approach detection unit. a first communication unit for communicating with other communication apparatus through electric field coupling or magnetic field coupling; an approach detection unit for detecting an approach between the other communication apparatus and the first communication unit; and a selection unit for, when the other communication apparatus and the first communication unit are separated from each other, selecting different data to be transmitted to the other communication apparatus depending on a time for which the other communication apparatus and the first communication unit were in close proximity to each other, characterized in that, the first communication unit periodically transmits a signal, and when first communication unit and the other communication apparatus are in close proximity to each other, the first communication unit receives a response signal from the other communication apparatus, or when the first communication unit and the other communication apparatus are in close proximity to each other, the first communication unit receives a response signal periodically transmitted from the other communication apparatus; the approach detection unit counts the number of times the first communication unit continuously receives the response signal from the other communication apparatus; and the selection unit selects data to be transmitted depending on the number of times counted by the approach detection unit.
The use as a friction modifier in a non-aqueous lubricant composition and/or in a fuel composition of at least one long chain fatty acid ester of a hydroxy carboxylic acid in which the long chain fatty acid has 8 to 22 carbon atoms and the ester is an oil-soluble ester of a mono- or poly- hydroxy carboxylic acid having 1 to 4 groups which are independently carboxylic acid groups or lower hydrocarbyl esters thereof in which the lower hydrocarbyl esters have hydrocarbyl moieties which independently have 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and in which, when the hydroxy carboxylic acid is a mono-hydroxy carboxylic acid, the ester has a long chain fatty acid ester moiety of the hydroxy group of the hydroxy carboxylic acid and, when the hydroxy carboxylic acid is a poly-hydroxy carboxylic acid, the ester has independently long chain fatty acid ester moieties of one or two of the hydroxy groups of the poly-hydroxy carboxylic acid.
An apparatus for measuring physical properties indicative of a quality of a urea solution, into which at least a portion of said apparatus is inserted in operation, characterized in that said apparatus includes a configuration of sensors (180, 190), wherein said sensors (180, 190) are integrated into said apparatus in a spatially distributed combination, for measuring physical properties within a volume of said urea solution, said measurements of physical properties being mutually differently influenced by components present in the urea solution which influence a composition of the urea solution, and a data processing arrangement for processing said measurements of physical properties for generating output data indicative of a quality of said urea solution, wherein said sensors (180, 190) are spatially deployed spaced apart within said apparatus; said sensors (180,190) include a thermometer for measuring a temperature of said urea solution, and for providing said data processing arrangement data corresponding to said temperature for use in computing said quality of said urea solution; and. said configuration of sensors (180,190) includes an acoustic sensor including an acoustic transducer arrangement disposed in a spaced apart manner from a corresponding acoustic reflector, wherein the transducer arrangement is operable to generate one or more acoustic pulses which propagate through the urea solution, are reflected from the reflector and are subsequently received back at the transducer arrangement for generating a received signal for the data processing arrangement to process for determining a density of the urea solution; and said apparatus further includes a mounting flange for mounting said apparatus to a urea solution tank, and a heater arrangement (130,140) for heating said urea solution.
An adhesive composition comprising: a) at least one acrylic functional monomer; b) a first toughening agent; c) a second toughening agent; d) an adhesion promoter; and e) a high aspect ratio filler selected from at least one of a high aspect ratio fibrillated filler and a halloycite clay filler. a) at least one acrylic functional monomer; b) a first toughening agent; c) a second toughening agent; d) an adhesion promoter; and e) a high aspect ratio filler selected from at least one of a high aspect ratio fibrillated filler and a halloycite clay filler.
An acrylic rubber composition which contains, with respect to 100 parts by weight of acrylic rubber, a compound which is expressed by the following general formula in 0.1 to 50 parts by weight and a cross-linking agent in 0.05 to 20 parts by weight. (where, in said general formula, Y indicates a chemical single bond or -SO 2 -. R a and R b respectively independently indicate linear or branched C 1 to C 20 alkyl groups which may have phenyl groups as a substituent, or phenyl groups which may have C 1 to C 10 alkyl groups as a substituent. Z a and Z b respectively independently indicate chemical single bonds or -SO 2 -. n and m respectively independently are 0 or 1, at least one of n and m being 1).
A connector (27, 27', 27'') adapted to be connected to a circuit board having a first and a second main surface facing each other, comprising an insulating housing adapted to be mounted to one end portion of the circuit board and a conductive contact having a shape along the housing, wherein the housing comprises a first and a second portion that respectively face the first and second main surfaces when the housing is mounted to the circuit board, a third portion extending downward from the second portion, and a joining portion joining the first and second portions together, wherein the contact is insulated from the circuit board in the joining portion and is exposed in the first portion so as to be capable of contacting the first main surface, wherein the circuit board has a cutout portion at the one end portion and the joining portion has a positioning portion that is inserted into the cutout portion when the housing is mounted to the circuit board, wherein the contact comprises a contact piece extending along the first portion, a reinforcing piece extending along the second portion, and a coupling portion extending through the joining portion and coupling the contact piece and the reinforcing piece together, and wherein in the second portion and the third portion of the housing, the contacts are insulated from the circuit board by the housing.
A method for suppressing an interfering signal, wherein a first signal is mixed with a first intermediate-frequency signal, and the resulting signal is digitised to form a first measurement signal (10, 50, 70, 115), wherein a second signal is mixed with a second intermediate-frequency signal, and the resulting signal is digitised to form a second measurement signal (20, 51, 70, 116), wherein the frequency of the first intermediate-frequency signal is different from the frequency of the second intermediate-frequency signal, wherein at least the first measurement signal (10, 50, 70, 115) and/or the second measurement signal (20, 51, 70, 116) is displaced within its spectrum in such a manner that the spectra of the first measurement signal (10, 50, 70, 115) and of the second measurement signal (20, 51, 71, 116) comprise a common mid-frequency, and wherein the first measurement signal (10, 50, 70, 115) and the second measurement signal (20, 51, 70, 116) are combined to form a combined measurement signal (40, 52, 108) with the removal of interfering-signal components in the first measurement signal (10, 50, 70, 115) and respectively in the second measurement signal (20, 51, 70, 116) which exceed a threshold value (74; 75), characterised in that the threshold value (74; 75) comprises a 95%-99% quantile of noise values contained in each case in the first measurement signal (10, 50, 70, 115) and respectively in the second measurement signal (20, 51, 70, 116).
A piston type variable displacement compressor, wherein a piston reciprocates to compress gas and a stroke of said piston is changed to vary a displacement, provided with a displacement detection device comprising a position detection sensor, which is disposed laterally to said piston and which outputs a displacement signal indicating that a detection point, which is a part of a surface to be detected facing said position detection sensor as a shape of said piston which moves in a traverse direction in front of said position detection sensor by a reciprocation motion of said piston, approaches and leaves said position detection sensor at a time of said reciprocation motion of said piston, wherein a waveform pattern shape B according to a current operational displacement signal corresponding to one current operational piston stroke is detected characterized in that a waveform pattern shape A is measured and stored according to said displacement signal corresponding to one piston stroke in operation with a maximum displacement, and an estimation means for estimating a current operational displacement corresponding to a current operational piston stroke by comparing a waveform pattern shape A to a waveform pattern shape B is provided to perceive what part of a waveform pattern shape A a waveform pattern shape B corresponds to so that a proportion of said current operational displacement stroke to said piston stroke in operation with the maximum displacement operation is perceived.
An apparatus arranged to determine actual parameters of an imaging geometry conceived to be used by a data acquisition module for acquisition of image data of a portion of an object, said apparatus comprising: - a control unit arranged to select default parameters of the imaging geometry with reference to a coordinate system of the data acquisition module; - a recognition module arranged to determine a spatial position and orientation of the portion of the object with respect to said coordinate system, - the control unit being further arranged to automatically calculate the actual parameters of the imaging geometry based on the default parameters of the imaging geometry and the spatial position and orientation of the portion of the object and characterized in that the recognition module is further arranged to define an object-related coordinate system (53a, 53b) based on symmetry properties of the object, the spatial position and orientation of the portion of the object being determined from a position and an orientation of the object-related coordinate system. - a control unit arranged to select default parameters of the imaging geometry with reference to a coordinate system of the data acquisition module; - a recognition module arranged to determine a spatial position and orientation of the portion of the object with respect to said coordinate system, - the control unit being further arranged to automatically calculate the actual parameters of the imaging geometry based on the default parameters of the imaging geometry and the spatial position and orientation of the portion of the object and characterized in that the recognition module is further arranged to define an object-related coordinate system (53a, 53b) based on symmetry properties of the object, the spatial position and orientation of the portion of the object being determined from a position and an orientation of the object-related coordinate system.
A flushable urinary catheter comprising a shaft at least a portion of which comprises a substrate made of a polymeric material comprising a blend of two or more polyvinyl alcohol polymers wherein one of said two or more polymers has a first water solubility rate and another of said two or more polymers has a different water solubility rate; wherein said blend comprises: a. approximately 40-80 wt% of a cold water soluble polyvinyl alcohol, said cold water soluble polyvinyl alcohol being a polymer wherein a 40 μm thick film of the polymer disintegrates in less than 30 seconds in water at temperatures at approximately 20°C; b. approximately 1-60 wt% of a non-cold water soluble polyvinyl alcohol, said non-cold water soluble polyvinyl alcohol being a lukewarm water soluble polyvinyl alcohol wherein a 40 μm thick film of the polymer disintegrates in under 40 seconds in water at temperatures at approximately 55°C, or a hot water soluble polyvinyl alcohol wherein a 40 μm thick film of the polymer disintegrates in under 20 seconds in water at temperatures at approximately 70°C; and c. approximately 1-30 wt% of propylene glycol. a. approximately 40-80 wt% of a cold water soluble polyvinyl alcohol, said cold water soluble polyvinyl alcohol being a polymer wherein a 40 μm thick film of the polymer disintegrates in less than 30 seconds in water at temperatures at approximately 20°C; b. approximately 1-60 wt% of a non-cold water soluble polyvinyl alcohol, said non-cold water soluble polyvinyl alcohol being a lukewarm water soluble polyvinyl alcohol wherein a 40 μm thick film of the polymer disintegrates in under 40 seconds in water at temperatures at approximately 55°C, or a hot water soluble polyvinyl alcohol wherein a 40 μm thick film of the polymer disintegrates in under 20 seconds in water at temperatures at approximately 70°C; and c. approximately 1-30 wt% of propylene glycol.
A filter bag for use in a vacuum cleaner, the vacuum cleaner having a suction source for drawing an airstream from a surface to be cleaned to the filter bag for collecting debris carried by the airstream, the filter bag comprising: at least one non-porous portion; porous walls made from a porous material and defining an interior storage space such that dirt and debris entrained in the airstream are filtered out of the airstream and collected within the interior storage space of the filter bag as the airstream passes through the porous walls; characterized by an adhesive comprising a fragrance-containing polymeric matrix adhesively bonded to the at least one non-porous portion of the filter bag wherein the fragrance-containing polymeric matrix forms a bead or strip of a solid fragrance carrier, the fragrance-containing polymeric matrix itself forming an adhesive bond with the at least one non-porous portion of the filter bag. at least one non-porous portion; porous walls made from a porous material and defining an interior storage space such that dirt and debris entrained in the airstream are filtered out of the airstream and collected within the interior storage space of the filter bag as the airstream passes through the porous walls; characterized by an adhesive comprising a fragrance-containing polymeric matrix adhesively bonded to the at least one non-porous portion of the filter bag wherein the fragrance-containing polymeric matrix forms a bead or strip of a solid fragrance carrier, the fragrance-containing polymeric matrix itself forming an adhesive bond with the at least one non-porous portion of the filter bag.
Function connection unit for connecting functional modules (118a, 118b), having a multiplicity of functional module connections (120a - 120h), to which the functional modules (118a, 118b) can be connected for communication in accordance with a first communication protocol, having a service module with a service connection, which can be connected to at least one functional module connection of the multiplicity of functional module connections (120a - 120h) for communication in accordance with the first communication protocol, wherein the service module has a communication connection for communication in accordance with a second communication protocol; wherein the service module is designed to provide parameter data present on the communication connection in accordance with the second communication protocol to the service connection in accordance with the first communication protocol; and wherein the function connection unit is designed to configure at least one functional module (118a, 118b) on the basis of the parameter data, wherein the service module is designed to apply to the service connection an identification signal which identifies the service module.
A cleaning device, in particular a household vacuum cleaner, with a fan and a pressure sensor for determining a negative pressure generated by the fan, wherein the pressure sensor is an absolute pressure sensor, characterized by an evaluator and controller, which is designed to regulate a resultant suction power of the cleaning device as a function of a negative pressure determined by the pressure sensor, a current fan power, and a current speed of the fan.
A device for aiding with detection of anatomical features in at least one portion of a tissue, especially a retinal tissue, the device comprising means for acquiring, by optical coherence tomography, images of said portion taken at separate angles of incidence, and detecting means for detecting in the images, in a given region of the studied portion, at least one pattern having at least one characteristic that varies from one image to another, the pattern being liable to be due to the presence of anatomical features, being characterized in that the detecting means comprise means for searching for a pattern oriented differently from one image to another.
A recombinant UvsX comprising an amino acid sequence that is at least 90%, 95% or 99% identical to SEQ ID NO: 1, which recombinant UvsX comprises an amino acid substitution mutation at the position functionally equivalent to position 256 in the RB49 UvsX of SEQ ID NO:1; said recombinant UvsX having increased recombinase activity compared to a T4 UvsX recombinase polypeptide having SEQ ID NO:8 or a RB49 UvsX recombinase polypeptide having all of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 except for a His to Ser substitution at amino acid position 63 of SEQ ID NO:1; wherein said substitution mutation comprises a mutation to a basic residue, optionally wherein said substitution mutation comprises a mutation to a lysine residue.
A sports equipment comprising a cable to which a mechanical tension is applied, and which ensures the stability or the rigidity of said sports equipment, characterised in that it includes a measuring apparatus which is fastened to said cable so that the tension of the cable tension is applied thereto, said measuring apparatus comprising: - a sensor adapted to output an electrical signal corresponding to information representative of the tension of the cable; and - a processing device adapted to read said electrical signal of the sensor so as to generate an output signal, the output signal being received by a display (4, 4a, 4b) integrated into or communicating with the measuring apparatus and configured to indicate said information representative of the tension in the cable. - a sensor adapted to output an electrical signal corresponding to information representative of the tension of the cable; and - a processing device adapted to read said electrical signal of the sensor so as to generate an output signal, the output signal being received by a display (4, 4a, 4b) integrated into or communicating with the measuring apparatus and configured to indicate said information representative of the tension in the cable.
A lightning current transfer unit for a wind turbine, the wind turbine comprising a first part and a second part being rotatable relative to each other, wherein the lightning current transfer unit is arranged to provide electrical contact between the first and second parts, the lightning current transfer unit comprising: a first current transfer portion comprising a first slider and configured to be electrically coupled to a first electrically conducting slideway of the first part of the wind turbine, the first slider being rotatable relative to the first slideway; a second current transfer portion configured to be electrically coupled to an electrically conducting portion of the second part of the wind turbine; a first main spring biasing the first slider towards the first slideway; wherein the first slider comprises: a primary contact biased towards the first slideway by the first main spring; a secondary contact arranged to move relative to the primary contact; and a secondary spring arranged between the first main spring and the secondary contact such that the secondary spring biases the primary contact away from the first slideway and biases the secondary contact towards the first slideway. a first current transfer portion comprising a first slider and configured to be electrically coupled to a first electrically conducting slideway of the first part of the wind turbine, the first slider being rotatable relative to the first slideway; a second current transfer portion configured to be electrically coupled to an electrically conducting portion of the second part of the wind turbine; a first main spring biasing the first slider towards the first slideway; wherein the first slider comprises: a primary contact biased towards the first slideway by the first main spring; a secondary contact arranged to move relative to the primary contact; and a secondary spring arranged between the first main spring and the secondary contact such that the secondary spring biases the primary contact away from the first slideway and biases the secondary contact towards the first slideway. a primary contact biased towards the first slideway by the first main spring; a secondary contact arranged to move relative to the primary contact; and a secondary spring arranged between the first main spring and the secondary contact such that the secondary spring biases the primary contact away from the first slideway and biases the secondary contact towards the first slideway.