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Heat exchanger for a refrigerant circuit of a motor vehicle air conditioning installation, the said exchanger comprising at least a first internal circuit through which there passes a refrigerant fluid subjected to a first pressure and which exchanges heat at least with a second internal circuit of the exchanger through which the refrigerant fluid subjected to a second pressure lower than the first pressure passes, the exchanger comprising at least one cavity (23, 23a, 24) able to contain a thermal storage means which exchanges with the first internal circuit and/or the second internal circuit, in which the thermal storage means is stored in the said cavity (23, 23a, 24), characterized in that the said exchanger comprises at least two cavities (23, 23a, 24) able to contain the thermal storage means and arranged on each side of a same first internal circuit and of a same second internal circuit.
Harvesting machine for crop which is provided together with foliage that is to be separated off, having a frame element, along which at least one conveying section transporting a crop flow present during operation is guided, wherein at least one device which is designed for preventing an accumulation of foliage, which is present in the crop flow of the harvesting machine, on the frame element has at least one conveying device, a separating device and a rotatable guide unit, wherein the conveyor device forms one side of a conveyor region through which foliage that is to be conveyed from an inlet of the conveying region can be conveyed to the separating device, which is preferably located at the end of the conveyor region, and wherein the guide unit and the conveyor device form the conveyor region between them and have conveying directions (A, B) which are angled with respect to each other during operation.
A pericardium puncture needle assembly, comprising a guide wire and a puncture needle, wherein the guide wire extends within the puncture needle, the puncture needle extending along a longitudinal axis, the guide wire has a curved distal section and a straight proximal section, the curved distal section is formed by bending the guide wire, the tip end of the curved distal section is a sharp tip structure, the guide wire is made from highly elastic material and is configured to adopt a straightened state within the puncture needle and regain its preset curved shape when it passes out of the puncture needle, the sharp tip is used for piercing pericardium, and bends at least 90 degrees within a length range of no more than 3mm starting from the sharp tip of the curved distal section of the guide wire in the preset curved shape, and the longitudinal axis of the puncture needle, the preset curved shape of the curved distal section, and the sharp tip all are within the same plane.
A current sensor, comprising: a sense resistor (Rs - Fig. 13) coupled to receive an input current (I_Rs) from a power source; an amplification circuit having: an amplifier having inputs across which the sense resistor (Rs) is coupled and an output at which a voltage (VOUT) representative of the input is produced; a first resistor coupled to at least one of the inputs of the amplifier; and a second resistor coupled to at least one of the inputs of the amplifier; wherein a gain of the amplification circuit is based upon a resistance of the second resistor and a ratio of a resistance of the sense resistor (Rs) to a resistance of the first resistor; and wherein the first resistor and the sense resistor (Rs) are formed from same materials in a same substrate and arranged in a ratiometric relationship such that the first resistor and sense resistor (Rs) change temperature substantially equally during operation and such that the first resistor and sense resistor (Rs) vary substantially equally in resistance over temperature. a sense resistor (Rs - Fig. 13) coupled to receive an input current (I_Rs) from a power source; an amplification circuit having: an amplifier having inputs across which the sense resistor (Rs) is coupled and an output at which a voltage (VOUT) representative of the input is produced; a first resistor coupled to at least one of the inputs of the amplifier; and a second resistor coupled to at least one of the inputs of the amplifier; an amplifier having inputs across which the sense resistor (Rs) is coupled and an output at which a voltage (VOUT) representative of the input is produced; a first resistor coupled to at least one of the inputs of the amplifier; and a second resistor coupled to at least one of the inputs of the amplifier; wherein a gain of the amplification circuit is based upon a resistance of the second resistor and a ratio of a resistance of the sense resistor (Rs) to a resistance of the first resistor; and wherein the first resistor and the sense resistor (Rs) are formed from same materials in a same substrate and arranged in a ratiometric relationship such that the first resistor and sense resistor (Rs) change temperature substantially equally during operation and such that the first resistor and sense resistor (Rs) vary substantially equally in resistance over temperature.
A master cylinder for an actuating device of a clutch or a brake of a motor vehicle, having a cylinder housing having a pressure cylinder section and a piston mounted so as to be movable relative to the cylinder housing, the piston in an actuated state being arranged within the pressure cylinder section in order to control a fluid pressure in a pressure chamber which is fluidically sealed on the piston side by means of a sealing device, and being arranged in a pressure-less state such that the pressure cylinder section is fluidically connected to a restraint system, characterised in that a seal of the sealing device is configured and attached to the piston such that, in at least one parking position, in the pressure-less state, it rests against a sealing protection area in the form of a groove-free cylinder inner surface of a stop element.
A method for implementing a switched Controller Area Network, CAN, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, at a bridge, a CAN message; identifying a first plurality of nodes to which the CAN message is addressed by comparing a virtual CAN bus identifier of the CAN message to entries of a virtual CAN bus lookup table; identifying a second plurality of nodes to which the CAN message is addressed by comparing a message identifier, ID, of the CAN message to entries of a message ID lookup table; performing a logical AND operation between a first set of data fields corresponding to the first plurality of nodes and a second set of data fields corresponding to the second plurality of nodes to identify a data field that belongs to both the first set and the second set; and transmitting the CAN message to a node that corresponds to the identified data field from the logical AND operation. receiving, at a bridge, a CAN message; identifying a first plurality of nodes to which the CAN message is addressed by comparing a virtual CAN bus identifier of the CAN message to entries of a virtual CAN bus lookup table; identifying a second plurality of nodes to which the CAN message is addressed by comparing a message identifier, ID, of the CAN message to entries of a message ID lookup table; performing a logical AND operation between a first set of data fields corresponding to the first plurality of nodes and a second set of data fields corresponding to the second plurality of nodes to identify a data field that belongs to both the first set and the second set; and transmitting the CAN message to a node that corresponds to the identified data field from the logical AND operation.
An autonomously guided machine which comprises at least a steering member and a steering mechanism and a guidance system comprising a screen and a digital camera for capturing images resolved into pixels of said screen, characterized in that the guidance system comprises an optical filter which has a receiving face exposed to the exterior and which can transmit light rays directed substantially in one direction and eliminate other light rays; the screen receiving the filtered light; a pre-processing member that can select the pixels corresponding to an incident plane laser beam received by the guidance system, filtered and projected onto said screen, and can generate a detection response image; a line detector generating, on the basis of the detection response image, by processing on the columns of pixels, an estimate of the coordinates of the detected lines; and a locator that receives the estimate of the coordinates of the detected lines and calculates values representative of columns of pixels on the basis of said estimate of the coordinates of the detected lines and parameters of the guidance system, and then calculates a distance (y w) of the guidance system from the plane laser beam in order to control the steering mechanism so as to minimize said distance (y w).
A gas ionization apparatus (10; 40; 50) for converting a non-ionized gas stream flowing in a downstream direction into an ionized gas stream, the apparatus comprising: a housing with an inlet, an outlet, and a channel therebetween through which at least one of the ionized gas stream and the non-ionized gas stream flows; at least one ionizing wire electrode at least partially disposed within and stationary relative to the channel, the ionizing wire producing charge carriers in response to the provision of an ionizing signal thereto to thereby convert the non-ionized gas stream into the ionized gas stream, the ionizing wire having a surface that develops a layer of contaminant byproducts in response to the provision of the ionizing signal; and a frame at least partially disposed within the channel such that at least one of the ionized gas stream and the non-ionized gas stream flows therethrough, the frame having plural support elements for supporting the at least one ionizing wire in a configuration that is at least generally perpendicular to the non-ionized gas stream, wherein the frame is rotatably mounted such that the support elements clean the layer of contaminant byproducts off of the surface of the ionizing wire during rotation of the frame, and wherein the frame continuously rotates about the channel axis while the ionizing wire produces charge carriers in response to the provision of an ionizing signal thereto; characterized in that the frame is rotatable by at least 180 degrees in a single direction, and wherein the frame comprises an ionized gas flow collimator with plural blades. a housing with an inlet, an outlet, and a channel therebetween through which at least one of the ionized gas stream and the non-ionized gas stream flows; at least one ionizing wire electrode at least partially disposed within and stationary relative to the channel, the ionizing wire producing charge carriers in response to the provision of an ionizing signal thereto to thereby convert the non-ionized gas stream into the ionized gas stream, the ionizing wire having a surface that develops a layer of contaminant byproducts in response to the provision of the ionizing signal; and a frame at least partially disposed within the channel such that at least one of the ionized gas stream and the non-ionized gas stream flows therethrough, the frame having plural support elements for supporting the at least one ionizing wire in a configuration that is at least generally perpendicular to the non-ionized gas stream, wherein the frame is rotatably mounted such that the support elements clean the layer of contaminant byproducts off of the surface of the ionizing wire during rotation of the frame, and wherein the frame continuously rotates about the channel axis while the ionizing wire produces charge carriers in response to the provision of an ionizing signal thereto; characterized in that the frame is rotatable by at least 180 degrees in a single direction, and wherein the frame comprises an ionized gas flow collimator with plural blades.
An integrated electronic article surveillance ("EAS")/metal detection system comprising: a transmitter operable to transmit an EAS interrogation signal, the EAS interrogation signal establishing an interrogation zone and being used to detect EAS markers and metal objects within the interrogation zone, the EAS interrogation signal being transmitted at a first frequency during an EAS detection cycle and at a second frequency different from the first frequency during a metal detection cycle; a receiver operable to detect a signal received from an EAS marker; and a metal detector module operable to detect a metal object in proximity to the integrated EAS/metal detection system, the metal detector module including a filter substantially centered at the first transmission frequency to filter out signals received substantially at the first transmission frequency during metal detection. a transmitter operable to transmit an EAS interrogation signal, the EAS interrogation signal establishing an interrogation zone and being used to detect EAS markers and metal objects within the interrogation zone, the EAS interrogation signal being transmitted at a first frequency during an EAS detection cycle and at a second frequency different from the first frequency during a metal detection cycle; a receiver operable to detect a signal received from an EAS marker; and a metal detector module operable to detect a metal object in proximity to the integrated EAS/metal detection system, the metal detector module including a filter substantially centered at the first transmission frequency to filter out signals received substantially at the first transmission frequency during metal detection.
A body structure of a vehicle, characterized by comprising: a floor panel; a battery pack disposed under the floor panel; an electric apparatus disposed on the floor panel and lateral to the battery pack; and a mounting member which mounts the electric apparatus to the floor panel, the electric apparatus mounted to the floor panel being inclined along the width direction of the vehicle such that a bottom end of a side of the electric apparatus facing the battery pack is higher than a bottom end of a side of the electric apparatus facing away from the battery pack. a floor panel; a battery pack disposed under the floor panel; an electric apparatus disposed on the floor panel and lateral to the battery pack; and a mounting member which mounts the electric apparatus to the floor panel, the electric apparatus mounted to the floor panel being inclined along the width direction of the vehicle such that a bottom end of a side of the electric apparatus facing the battery pack is higher than a bottom end of a side of the electric apparatus facing away from the battery pack.
A method for producing psicose, the method comprising: reacting fructose with a psicose epimerase consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, a recombinant strain, a culture of the recombinant strain, a lysate of the recombinant strain, or a composition including one or more thereof, wherein the recombinant strain is transformed by a polynucleotide coding the psicose epimerase consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or a recombinant vector including the polynucleotide. reacting fructose with a psicose epimerase consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, a recombinant strain, a culture of the recombinant strain, a lysate of the recombinant strain, or a composition including one or more thereof, wherein the recombinant strain is transformed by a polynucleotide coding the psicose epimerase consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or a recombinant vector including the polynucleotide.
A medical device system comprising: first and second medical devices (21, 22), each of which is to be used in a body cavity, the first and second medical devices (21, 22) having conductive surfaces; a first electrode electrically connected to the conductive surface of the first medical device; and a second electrode electrically connected to the conductive surface of the second medical device, characterized in that the medical device system further comprises a human body electrode plate configured to come into contact with a surface of a human body outside of a body cavity; a human body electrode electrically connected to the human body electrode plate; resistance measuring means configured to measure an inter-device electric resistance value as electric resistance between the first electrode and the second electrode and an electrode-to-human body resistance value as electric resistance between the first electrode or the second electrode and the human body electrode; determining means configured to determine, when an electric resistance value ratio as a ratio of the inter-device electric resistance value and the electrode-to-human body resistance value decreases, that the first medical device and the second medical device have come into contact with each other; and warning generating means configured to generate a warning when the determining means determines that the first medical device and the second medical device have come into contact with each other. first and second medical devices (21, 22), each of which is to be used in a body cavity, the first and second medical devices (21, 22) having conductive surfaces; a first electrode electrically connected to the conductive surface of the first medical device; and a second electrode electrically connected to the conductive surface of the second medical device, characterized in that the medical device system further comprises a human body electrode plate configured to come into contact with a surface of a human body outside of a body cavity; a human body electrode electrically connected to the human body electrode plate; resistance measuring means configured to measure an inter-device electric resistance value as electric resistance between the first electrode and the second electrode and an electrode-to-human body resistance value as electric resistance between the first electrode or the second electrode and the human body electrode; determining means configured to determine, when an electric resistance value ratio as a ratio of the inter-device electric resistance value and the electrode-to-human body resistance value decreases, that the first medical device and the second medical device have come into contact with each other; and warning generating means configured to generate a warning when the determining means determines that the first medical device and the second medical device have come into contact with each other.
Automatic play adjustment device for a drum brake, comprising a body intended to cooperate with a first shoe of the drum brake and an adjustment mechanism (44, 46, 60, 62, 72) intended to cooperate with a second shoe of the drum brake in order to adjust the distance, in the rest condition, between said shoes (14, 16) depending on the wear level of friction pads (18, 20) provided on said shoes (14, 16), wherein the body is provided, at its end opposite to the adjustment mechanism (44, 46, 60, 62, 72), with an abutment portion designed to be pushed against, and to engage with, the first shoe, and has, at its end facing the adjustment mechanism (44, 46, 60, 62, 72), a hole, the axis of which extends along a longitudinal direction (x) of the adjustment device, wherein the adjustment mechanism (44, 46, 60, 62, 64, 72) comprises a nut screw and a screw which extend along the longitudinal direction (x), the nut screw being designed to be pushed against the second shoe and to be constrained to the latter with no possibility of relative rotation about said longitudinal direction (x) and the screw including a first shank portion received in the hole of the body so as to be free to slide along said longitudinal direction (x) relative to the body, and a second threaded shank portion on which the nut screw is screwed, whereby rotation of the screw relative to the nut screw produces a relative translational movement of these two components along said longitudinal direction (x), wherein the adjustment mechanism (44, 46, 60, 62, 64, 72) further comprises a ratchet gear (60, 62) including a gearwheel, which is longitudinally arranged between said first and second screw portions (56, 58) and rigidly connected thereto, and a ratchet designed to cooperate with the teeth of the gearwheel, wherein the adjustment mechanism (44, 46, 60, 62, 64, 72) further comprises an elastically deformable connection element which connects the ratchet to the body and is configured so as to keep, in the rest condition, the ratchet engaged with the gearwheel and to cause, as a result of its deformation, disengagement of the ratchet from the gearwheel, and wherein the adjustment mechanism (44, 46, 60, 62, 64, 72) further comprises deformation means designed to deform the connection element depending on the amount of the relative translational movement of the body with respect to the nut screw along the longitudinal direction (x) resulting from the relative movement of the two shoes (14, 16) of the drum brake, whereby, as long as the amount of the relative translational movement of the body with respect to the nut screw does not exceed a given threshold, the ratchet remains engaged with a same tooth of the gearwheel, whereas when the amount of the relative translational movement of the body with respect to the nut screw exceeds said threshold, due to the wear of friction pads (18, 20) provided on the shoes (14, 16) of the drum brake, the ratchet engages with a following tooth of the gearwheel, thereby causing the gearwheel to rotate and hence the screw to translate relative to the nut screw along the longitudinal axis (x).