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Device for carrying out a method for joining two plastic parts (1, 5) along a predefinable common joint using infrared radiation, wherein both plastic parts (1, 5) to be joined together are heated at least along the joint without contacting the other plastic part (1, 5) by means of an assignable radiation source with infrared radiation, wherein the respective one radiation source is operated independently and spatially separated from the further radiation source, wherein the radiation sources emit the respective infrared radiation to the respectively assignable plastic part (1, 5) without contact and following the contour of the joint and wherein the degree of heating by means of the respective infrared radiation is selected in such a manner that, when the plastic parts (1, 5) are brought together, the joint is formed, the device being configured in such a manner that the respective radiation source is formed of an IR radiation element (7a, 7b) which is arranged in a respectively associated heating element (14a, 14b) and follows the contour to be irradiated without contact of an assignable plastic part (1, 5), and characterised in that the respective IR radiation element (7a, 7b) has at least two radiating surfaces (11a, 11b, 11c, 11d, 11e) oriented differently from each other.
A projector, comprising: a superimposed image projection unit (300, 301, 303) configured to project a projection image generated based on a video signal, the projection image having a predetermined superimposed image superimposed thereon, wherein the superimposed image comprises an array of representations of user-selectable options (a - y in Figs. 9A and 9B) each being indicative of whether it has been selected; and a signal controller configured to detect variation in the projection area of the projection image based on the video signal; wherein the superimposed image projection unit (300, 301, 303) is configured to modify the projection position of the superimposed image in accordance with the variation in the projection area of the projection image detected by the signal controller, and to reorder the positions of the representations of the user-selectable options in the array, as part of the process of modifying the projection position of the superimposed image, such as to minimize the displacement of a selected one of the options from its original position to its modified position in the projection image. a superimposed image projection unit (300, 301, 303) configured to project a projection image generated based on a video signal, the projection image having a predetermined superimposed image superimposed thereon, wherein the superimposed image comprises an array of representations of user-selectable options (a - y in Figs. 9A and 9B) each being indicative of whether it has been selected; and a signal controller configured to detect variation in the projection area of the projection image based on the video signal; wherein the superimposed image projection unit (300, 301, 303) is configured to modify the projection position of the superimposed image in accordance with the variation in the projection area of the projection image detected by the signal controller, and to reorder the positions of the representations of the user-selectable options in the array, as part of the process of modifying the projection position of the superimposed image, such as to minimize the displacement of a selected one of the options from its original position to its modified position in the projection image.
A variable geometry turbine, comprising: - an intake channel, arranged for receiving a mass flow of exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine; - a rotor, arranged downstream the intake channel for extracting energy from the mass flow of exhaust gas; - an adjustable nozzle, comprising a nozzle orifice having an adjustable cross sectional area and arranged for adjusting the mass flow of exhaust gas from the intake channel to the rotor, wherein the adjustable nozzle is adjustable between an open position, in which the nozzle orifice has a maximum cross sectional area, and a closed position, in which the nozzle orifice has a minimum cross sectional area; - a nozzle actuator, arranged for actuating the adjustable nozzle between the open position and the closed position; and - a controller, arranged for controlling the nozzle actuator based on a nozzle position demand; wherein the controller comprises a calibration routine, arranged for calibrating the VGT during normal operation thereof; characterized in that, in the calibration routine, the controller is arranged for performing the steps of: - adjusting the adjustable nozzle from an initial position towards the closed position, while monitoring a pre-turbine pressure measured in the mass flow of exhaust gas upstream the VGT; - detecting a deflection point position of the adjustable nozzle at which a sharp difference in the pre-turbine pressure occurs; and - adjusting a working range of the nozzle actuator, having an adjusted minimum cross sectional area in the closed position that excludes the detected deflection point position. - an intake channel, arranged for receiving a mass flow of exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine; - a rotor, arranged downstream the intake channel for extracting energy from the mass flow of exhaust gas; - an adjustable nozzle, comprising a nozzle orifice having an adjustable cross sectional area and arranged for adjusting the mass flow of exhaust gas from the intake channel to the rotor, wherein the adjustable nozzle is adjustable between an open position, in which the nozzle orifice has a maximum cross sectional area, and a closed position, in which the nozzle orifice has a minimum cross sectional area; - a nozzle actuator, arranged for actuating the adjustable nozzle between the open position and the closed position; and - a controller, arranged for controlling the nozzle actuator based on a nozzle position demand; - adjusting the adjustable nozzle from an initial position towards the closed position, while monitoring a pre-turbine pressure measured in the mass flow of exhaust gas upstream the VGT; - detecting a deflection point position of the adjustable nozzle at which a sharp difference in the pre-turbine pressure occurs; and - adjusting a working range of the nozzle actuator, having an adjusted minimum cross sectional area in the closed position that excludes the detected deflection point position.
An electrophotographic photosensitive member comprising: a support; and a charge generating layer and a charge transporting layer formed on the support; wherein the charge generating layer comprises: a charge generating substance, wherein the charge generating substance is a phthalocyanine crystal or an azo pigment; and an amine compound represented by the following formula; where, R 1 to R 5 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxy group, a carboxyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group, an amino group having a substituent group, or a substituted or unsubstituted cyclic amino group; and at least one of R 1 to R 5 is an amino group substituted with a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, an amino group substituted with a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted cyclic amino group. a support; and a charge generating layer and a charge transporting layer formed on the support; a charge generating substance, wherein the charge generating substance is a phthalocyanine crystal or an azo pigment; and an amine compound represented by the following formula; R 1 to R 5 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxy group, a carboxyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group, an amino group having a substituent group, or a substituted or unsubstituted cyclic amino group; and at least one of R 1 to R 5 is an amino group substituted with a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, an amino group substituted with a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted cyclic amino group.
A method for connecting two components (2, 4) by friction stir welding, with a tool comprising a shoulder surface for subjecting the components (2, 4) to a process force in the region of a joining zone and a rotating stirring pin for stirring plasticized material or for plasticizing and stirring the components (2, 4) in the region of the joining zone, wherein the stirring pin plunges section-by-section in a slide on which the components (2, 4) are supported, and which is guided along the joining zone on a side of the components (2, 4), which side faces away from the tool, characterized in that the stirring pin slidably plunges section-by-section in the slide.
An article of footwear having an upper and a sole structure secured to the upper, at least one of the upper or the sole structure including a fluid-filled chamber which comprises: an outer barrier formed from a polymer material including a first barrier portion, an opposite second barrier portion and a sidewall barrier portion that cooperate to define an interior cavity; and a plurality of tether elements extending from a medial side to a lateral side of the outer barrier and extending between the first barrier portion and the second barrier portion, the plurality of tether elements each forming a sheet including a first portion attached to the first barrier portion, a second portion attached to the second barrier portion, and a central portion having a substantially planar first surface extending between the first portion and the second portion, the first surface being formed at a first angle relative to the first portion and at a second angle relative to the second portion, wherein the tether elements are secured to offset areas of the first barrier portion and of the second barrier portion to induce slanting in the central portion. an outer barrier formed from a polymer material including a first barrier portion, an opposite second barrier portion and a sidewall barrier portion that cooperate to define an interior cavity; and a plurality of tether elements extending from a medial side to a lateral side of the outer barrier and extending between the first barrier portion and the second barrier portion, the plurality of tether elements each forming a sheet including a first portion attached to the first barrier portion, a second portion attached to the second barrier portion, and a central portion having a substantially planar first surface extending between the first portion and the second portion, the first surface being formed at a first angle relative to the first portion and at a second angle relative to the second portion, wherein the tether elements are secured to offset areas of the first barrier portion and of the second barrier portion to induce slanting in the central portion.
A multiphase generator-conversion system (500, 600, 700) comprising: a multiphase generator (510, 610, 710) having one rotor and m+1 number of electromagnetically coupled stators, each stator comprising a plurality of phase legs, a converter (520, 620, 720) having m+1 conversion lines, each conversion line connected to the plurality of phase legs of one of said m+1 stators, characterised in that each conversion line comprises a rectification module, wherein at most m of the m+1 rectification modules comprise an active filtering converter (522v, 622-i, 735), respectively, and at least one of the m+1 rectification modules comprises a passive rectifier, whereby at least one of the active filtering converters (522v, 622-i, 735) is arranged to directly control its current to vary the magnetic flux of the stator to which it is connected and to indirectly affect the magnetic flux of the rest of the stators through the electromagnetic coupling between them, to mitigate the harmonic content. a multiphase generator (510, 610, 710) having one rotor and m+1 number of electromagnetically coupled stators, each stator comprising a plurality of phase legs, a converter (520, 620, 720) having m+1 conversion lines, each conversion line connected to the plurality of phase legs of one of said m+1 stators, characterised in that each conversion line comprises a rectification module, wherein at most m of the m+1 rectification modules comprise an active filtering converter (522v, 622-i, 735), respectively, and at least one of the m+1 rectification modules comprises a passive rectifier, whereby at least one of the active filtering converters (522v, 622-i, 735) is arranged to directly control its current to vary the magnetic flux of the stator to which it is connected and to indirectly affect the magnetic flux of the rest of the stators through the electromagnetic coupling between them, to mitigate the harmonic content.
A single phase whitening oral care composition comprising (i) a whitening complex comprising crosslinked polyvinylpyrrolidone complexed with hydrogen peroxide, and (ii) a hydrogen peroxide stabilizing agent comprising a clay comprising a sodium lithium magnesium silicate, a lithium magnesium silicate or a sodium magnesium silicate, or a combination thereof, wherein the clay is present in an amount of from 0.5 wt% to 5 wt% based on the weight of the composition.
An articulated awning (01, 32) having a fabric (02, 33) which is fastened to a winding shaft (03, 36) by its rear edge, the fabric (02, 33) being wound up onto the winding shaft (03, 36) by rotationally driving the winding shaft (03, 36), and a front rail (05, 34) being attached to the front edge of the fabric (02, 33), and the front rail (05, 34) being mounted so as to be extendable on at least two hinged arms (06, 35), and the hinged arms (06, 35) being simply supported, and the hinged arms (06, 35) being connected to the front rail (05, 34) in an articulated manner, and the hinged arms (06, 35) being preloaded with tension springs, thus stretching the unwound portion of the fabric (02, 33) between the winding shaft (03, 36) and the front rail (05, 34), characterised in that at least one push rod (13, 22, 37) is provided on the winding shaft (03, 36) and/or on the front rail (05, 34), said push rod extending at least in sections outside of the neutral bending fibre of the winding shaft (03, 36) or of the front rail (05, 34), the push rod (13, 22, 37) being clamped under pressure.
A pull-out guide for furniture parts, in particular drawers, able to be pulled out from a furniture body and pushed therein again, wherein the pull-out guide has at least one body rail for securing to the furniture body and at least one drawer rail for securing to the furniture part and at least one retraction mechanism with a tilt slide for retraction of the drawer rail in a retraction direction, wherein the drawer rail is mounted in the body rail so as be displaceable in the retraction direction and counter to the retraction direction, and the pull-out guide has at least one additional tilt slide, characterised in that the additional tilt slide is mounted in an additional guide so as to be displaceable and tiltable, wherein this additional guide is secured to a different rail (3, 11) of the pull-out guide than the body rail.
A system for producing a terephthalic acid by contacting a slurry comprising para-xylene with a gas-phase oxidant comprising air, said system comprising: a primary oxidation reactor comprising a first slurry outlet; and a secondary oxidation reactor comprising a slurry inlet, a second slurry outlet, a normally lower oxidant inlet, and a normally upper oxidant inlet, wherein said slurry inlet is in downstream fluid-flow communication with said first slurry outlet, wherein said secondary oxidation reactor defines therein a secondary reaction zone having a maximum length L s and a maximum diameter D s, wherein said normally lower oxidant inlet is spaced from the bottom of said secondary reaction zone by less than 0.5L s, wherein said normally upper oxidant inlet is spaced from the bottom of said secondary reaction zone by at least 0.5L s, wherein said slurry inlet is spaced from the bottom of said secondary reaction zone by a distance in the range of from 0.3L s to 0.9L s; wherein said primary oxidation reactor is a bubble column reactor and wherein said secondary oxidation reactor is a bubble column reactor. a primary oxidation reactor comprising a first slurry outlet; and a secondary oxidation reactor comprising a slurry inlet, a second slurry outlet, a normally lower oxidant inlet, and a normally upper oxidant inlet, wherein said slurry inlet is in downstream fluid-flow communication with said first slurry outlet, wherein said secondary oxidation reactor defines therein a secondary reaction zone having a maximum length L s and a maximum diameter D s, wherein said normally lower oxidant inlet is spaced from the bottom of said secondary reaction zone by less than 0.5L s, wherein said normally upper oxidant inlet is spaced from the bottom of said secondary reaction zone by at least 0.5L s, wherein said slurry inlet is spaced from the bottom of said secondary reaction zone by a distance in the range of from 0.3L s to 0.9L s; wherein said primary oxidation reactor is a bubble column reactor and wherein said secondary oxidation reactor is a bubble column reactor.
A method performed by a wireless terminal for performing a radio network access procedure, the method comprising: performing (110, 640) a delay in proceeding with a radio network access procedure based on an obtained indication of access barring, wherein the indication of access barring comprises an indication of barring of a coverage class level or a transmission mode, wherein the coverage class level corresponds to one of a number of coverage classes and the transmission mode is one or more of a coverage mode or a power mode, and said coverage class level or transmission mode has a corresponding radio resource usage of the wireless terminal, and the wireless terminal is determined to operate in accordance with said coverage class level or transmission mode.
Sealing ring segment for a stator of a turbine, said sealing ring segment having substantially the shape of a cylinder casing segment and having on its outer side a groove for fixing a plurality of guide vanes, characterized in that the sealing ring segment has, for each guide vane that is fixable to the sealing ring segment, in each case at least one pressure bolt that acts on the respective guide vane by means of a restoring force, said pressure bolt being configured as a cylindrical element which can be compressed in the axial direction.
A surgical instrument, comprising: a shaft defining a longitudinal axis; an end effector; an articulation joint, wherein said end effector is rotatably attached to said shaft about said articulation j oint; an articulation driver mounted to said end effector, wherein said articulation driver is translatable longitudinally to rotate said end effector about said articulation joint; a wiring harness, comprising: a shaft portion extending within said shaft; an end effector portion extending within said end effector; and chararacterised in that the wiring harness further comprises: an anchor portion mounted to said articulation driver; a first flexible bend extending between said shaft portion and said anchor portion; and a second flexible bend extending between said anchor portion and said end effector portion. a shaft defining a longitudinal axis; an end effector; an articulation joint, wherein said end effector is rotatably attached to said shaft about said articulation j oint; an articulation driver mounted to said end effector, wherein said articulation driver is translatable longitudinally to rotate said end effector about said articulation joint; a wiring harness, comprising: a shaft portion extending within said shaft; an end effector portion extending within said end effector; a shaft portion extending within said shaft; an end effector portion extending within said end effector; an anchor portion mounted to said articulation driver; a first flexible bend extending between said shaft portion and said anchor portion; and a second flexible bend extending between said anchor portion and said end effector portion.
A method of surface processing a substrate in which deposit is removed from the substrate, the method comprising: a liquid chemical cleaning step of cleaning the substrate with a liquid chemical; a deposit exposure step of exposing the deposit to an atmosphere of a mixed gas containing ammonia and hydrogen fluoride under a predetermined pressure; and a deposit heating step of heating to a predetermined temperature the deposit that has been exposed to the atmosphere of the mixed gas. a liquid chemical cleaning step of cleaning the substrate with a liquid chemical; a deposit exposure step of exposing the deposit to an atmosphere of a mixed gas containing ammonia and hydrogen fluoride under a predetermined pressure; and a deposit heating step of heating to a predetermined temperature the deposit that has been exposed to the atmosphere of the mixed gas.
An antimicrobial suture comprising at least one filament and taurolidine carried by said at least one filament, wherein said at least one filament comprises a matrix of material, said taurolidine is restricted to one or more regions of said matrix material, said taurolidine comprises a taurolidine-containing matrix of material, said at least one filament is extruded, said material of said taurolidine-containing matrix of material is different than the material of said matrix of material of said filament and further wherein said taurolidine-containing matrix of material is co-extruded with said at least one filament.
A vane assembly, comprising: a support structure that is a unitary component having an axial portion and a radial portion; an outer portion arranged between the support structure and a flow path, wherein the outer portion defines a gap between the outer portion and the support structure axial portion; and a flange (470; 472) extending into the gap, wherein a seal is arranged in the gap, wherein the flange (470; 472) is formed in the outer portion and extends from the outer portion towards the support structure, characterised in that the assembly comprises a second flange (480; 482) formed in the support structure and extending from the support structure axial portion to create a tortuous flow path. a support structure that is a unitary component having an axial portion and a radial portion; an outer portion arranged between the support structure and a flow path, wherein the outer portion defines a gap between the outer portion and the support structure axial portion; and a flange (470; 472) extending into the gap, wherein a seal is arranged in the gap, wherein the flange (470; 472) is formed in the outer portion and extends from the outer portion towards the support structure, characterised in that the assembly comprises a second flange (480; 482) formed in the support structure and extending from the support structure axial portion to create a tortuous flow path.