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An apparatus for controlling fluid flow, comprising a first component for holding or conveying fluid, the first component having a port for the passage of fluid, a fluid passageway from the interior of the first component to the exterior of the first component through the port, a second component having an abutment means, and connecting means for connecting the second component to the first component, the fluid passageway including a valve comprising a first valve arm provided on a mounting wall of the valve and extending inwardly into the fluid passageway and a first valve surface for engaging a valve seat, the first valve arm having an engagement surface and being movable between an open position in which fluid flow through the fluid passageway is substantially permitted, and a closed position in which fluid flow through the fluid passageway is substantially prevented, wherein, when the second component is connected to the first component, the engagement surface is abutted by the abutment means in order to move the first valve arm from the closed position to the open position; characterised in that the engagement surface is provided on an engagement projection defined on an exposed surface of the first valve arm offset, in the direction in which the fluid passageway extends, from the remainder of the valve arm; the first valve surface lies in an axial plane of the fluid passageway; and the first valve arm is pivotable and resiliently deformable between the closed position and the open position.
A tapered roller bearing comprising:an outer ring including an outer-ring raceway surface around an inner circumferential surface;an inner ring arranged on a radially inner side relative to the outer ring, the inner ring including an inner-ring raceway surface around an outer circumferential surface;a plurality of tapered rollers disposed between the outer-ring raceway surface and the inner-ring raceway surface, the tapered roller including a rolling surface in contact with the outer-ring raceway surface and the inner-ring raceway surface; anda cage including a plurality of pockets arranged at prescribed intervals in a circumferential direction, the cage accommodating and holding the plurality of tapered rollers in the plurality of pockets,the cage including a smaller annular portion continuous on a smaller-diameter end face side of the tapered roller, a larger annular portion continuous on a larger-diameter end face side of the tapered roller, and a plurality of posts that couple the annular portions to each other,the pocket being provided in such a trapezoidal shape that a portion accommodating a smaller diameter side of the tapered roller is located on a smaller width side and a portion accommodating a larger diameter side is located on a larger width side,by providing a notch (110a, 110b, 110c) having a width in the post on the smaller width side of the pocket of the cage from a boundary between the smaller annular portion and the post toward the larger annular portion, lubricating oil that flows from an inner diameter side of the cage toward the inner ring being quickly discharged from the notch toward the outer ring on an outer diameter side, and an edge of the smaller annular portion on a side of the pocket being in such a shape that a base portion on the smaller width side of the pocket extends to the post, at least any one of the outer ring, the inner ring, and the plurality of tapered rollers including a nitrogen enriched layer (11B, 12B, 13B) formed on a surface layer of the outer-ring raceway surface, the inner-ring raceway surface, or the rolling surface, a distance from an outermost surface of the surface layer to a bottom of the nitrogen enriched layer being not shorter than 0.2 mm, the rolling surface of the tapered roller being provided with a crowning profile, and a sum of drops of the crowning profiles being expressed in a y-z coordinate system with a generatrix of the rolling surface of the tapered roller being defined as a y axis and a direction orthogonal to the generatrix being defined as a z axis, in an expression z y = A In 1 1 − 1 − exp − z m A y − a K 2 a + 1 2 where K 1, K 2, and z m represent design parameters, Q represents a load, L represents a length in a direction of the generatrix, of an effective contact portion of the rolling surface in the tapered roller, E' represents an equivalent elastic modulus, a represents a length from an origin on the generatrix of the rolling surface of the tapered roller to an end of the effective contact portion, and A is defined as A = 2K 1 Q/πLE'.
Method for producing an edge structure of a semiconductor component, comprising the steps: - providing a semiconductor body of the semiconductor component, which semiconductor body comprises at least two mutually spaced-apart main faces (3, 4) respectively having an edge (5, 6), between which edges (5, 6) an edge face extends, and - etching a predetermined edge contour by purposely applying a chemical etchant onto the edge face by means of an etchant jet with simultaneous rotation of the semiconductor body about a rotation axis, wherein the etchant jet is guided with a predetermined jet cross section, while being directed tangentially with respect to the edge face, in such a way that the etchant jet impinges on the edge face only with a part of its jet cross section, and a diameter of the etchant jet is smaller than a spacing of the edges (5, 6) of the respective main faces (3, 4) delimiting the edge face, wherein the spacing corresponds to a thickness of the semiconductor body. - providing a semiconductor body of the semiconductor component, which semiconductor body comprises at least two mutually spaced-apart main faces (3, 4) respectively having an edge (5, 6), between which edges (5, 6) an edge face extends, and - etching a predetermined edge contour by purposely applying a chemical etchant onto the edge face by means of an etchant jet with simultaneous rotation of the semiconductor body about a rotation axis, wherein the etchant jet is guided with a predetermined jet cross section, while being directed tangentially with respect to the edge face, in such a way that the etchant jet impinges on the edge face only with a part of its jet cross section, and a diameter of the etchant jet is smaller than a spacing of the edges (5, 6) of the respective main faces (3, 4) delimiting the edge face, wherein the spacing corresponds to a thickness of the semiconductor body.
A rotary valve for the flow direction reversal of a pressurised fluid flow; 1.a) the rotary valve comprises a valve body mounted so as to be swivellable about its longitudinal axis between two switching positions in a valve housing; 1.b) depending on the switching position of the valve body, a delivery unit for the fluid flow is connected at the suction side to a fresh fluid channel (8, 17) in a first flow direction and to an active channel (9, 24) in a second flow direction, and at the pressure side to the active channel (9, 24) in a first flow direction and to the fresh fluid channel (8, 17) in the second flow direction; characterised in that 1.c) the valve body comprises around its longitudinal axis a central bore open towards the suction side of the delivery unit, to which central bore suction is applied in both flow directions and which is connected to the exterior via a radial fresh fluid bore of the valve body in the first flow direction and via a radial active bore of the valve body in the second flow direction; 1.d) at its outer side, the valve body comprises an enveloping channel which is circumferential apart from a separating web parallel to its longitudinal axis, to which enveloping channel pressure is applied in both flow directions and which is connected to the exterior via an active opening of the valve housing in the first flow direction and via a fresh fluid opening of the valve housing in the second flow direction. 1.a) the rotary valve comprises a valve body mounted so as to be swivellable about its longitudinal axis between two switching positions in a valve housing; 1.b) depending on the switching position of the valve body, a delivery unit for the fluid flow is connected at the suction side to a fresh fluid channel (8, 17) in a first flow direction and to an active channel (9, 24) in a second flow direction, and at the pressure side to the active channel (9, 24) in a first flow direction and to the fresh fluid channel (8, 17) in the second flow direction; 1.c) the valve body comprises around its longitudinal axis a central bore open towards the suction side of the delivery unit, to which central bore suction is applied in both flow directions and which is connected to the exterior via a radial fresh fluid bore of the valve body in the first flow direction and via a radial active bore of the valve body in the second flow direction; 1.d) at its outer side, the valve body comprises an enveloping channel which is circumferential apart from a separating web parallel to its longitudinal axis, to which enveloping channel pressure is applied in both flow directions and which is connected to the exterior via an active opening of the valve housing in the first flow direction and via a fresh fluid opening of the valve housing in the second flow direction.
A hydraulic guidewire advancement system comprising: a catheter comprising a proximal end and a distal end, the catheter further comprising a sheath, a guidewire lumen, a proximal catheter port and a distal opening in the distal end; a hydraulic guidewire coaxially disposed through the guidewire lumen, the hydraulic guidewire comprising a piston movably disposed in the guidewire lumen, the piston forming a seal with an interior surface of the sheath; and, a hydraulic driver connected to the proximal catheter port, wherein the hydraulic driver is configured to generate hydraulic pressure against the piston sufficient to advance or retract the hydraulic guidewire relative to the distal end of the catheter. a catheter comprising a proximal end and a distal end, the catheter further comprising a sheath, a guidewire lumen, a proximal catheter port and a distal opening in the distal end; a hydraulic guidewire coaxially disposed through the guidewire lumen, the hydraulic guidewire comprising a piston movably disposed in the guidewire lumen, the piston forming a seal with an interior surface of the sheath; and, a hydraulic driver connected to the proximal catheter port, wherein the hydraulic driver is configured to generate hydraulic pressure against the piston sufficient to advance or retract the hydraulic guidewire relative to the distal end of the catheter.
A method for the concurrent navigation of sets of two or more biomedical images, comprising the following steps: a) Definition of a reference image and of at least one comparison image; b) Execution of a non-rigid registration of the comparison image on the reference image and saving for each point of the comparison image of a transformation obtained from the registration comprising a rigid component and a non rigid component of transformation; c) Visualization of a reference view of the reference image and selection by a user of a reference point in the reference view; d) Identification, on the comparison image registered on the reference image, of the comparison point corresponding to the reference point, by using the transformation; e) Concurrent visualization of the reference view and of a comparison view (VB, VB') of the comparison image, where the comparison view (VB,VB') contains the comparison point and is defined based only on the rigid component of the transformation or is defined based on a translation, and/or a rotation and/or a scaling factor that are part of the rigid component of the transformation, the visualization being relative to the comparison point. a) Definition of a reference image and of at least one comparison image; b) Execution of a non-rigid registration of the comparison image on the reference image and saving for each point of the comparison image of a transformation obtained from the registration comprising a rigid component and a non rigid component of transformation; c) Visualization of a reference view of the reference image and selection by a user of a reference point in the reference view; d) Identification, on the comparison image registered on the reference image, of the comparison point corresponding to the reference point, by using the transformation; e) Concurrent visualization of the reference view and of a comparison view (VB, VB') of the comparison image, where the comparison view (VB,VB') contains the comparison point and is defined based only on the rigid component of the transformation or is defined based on a translation, and/or a rotation and/or a scaling factor that are part of the rigid component of the transformation, the visualization being relative to the comparison point.
Value or security product, in particular identity card, which comprises a carrier material and a portrait image attached thereto and formed from one or more printing layers, whereas in order to secure the portrait image, a tactile security feature comprising at least one straight line and formed by means of a laser is applied or introduced into at least one of the printing layers of the portrait image or into at least one protective layer covering the printing layers, characterized in that an energy input of the laser operated in a pulsed mode into the at least one print layer is dimensioned in such a way that colour pigments of the at least one print layer are vaporized or removed locally without smoke and/or in that an energy input of the laser operated in pulsed mode into the at least one protective layer is dimensioned in such a way that the protective layer is vaporized or removed locally without smoke, and in that the tactile security feature comprising the straight line is formed by at least one cavity having a thickness, which is defined as a clear span, of 10 μm to 500 μm.
A method for controlling transcoding of at least one video stream (Ref_V1) from a reference quality into at least one different quality; the method comprising: - determining at least one respective complexity signature of the at least one video stream, wherein said at least one respective complexity signature is representative of a required number of transcoding processing operations for respective segments of the at least one video stream, said respective segments having a predetermined group of pictures length; - determining complexity requirements for transcoding the at least one video stream from the reference quality into the at least one different quality, based on the determined at least one respective complexity signature, using said predetermined GOP length; - comparing the determined complexity requirements to a complexity threshold; and - if it is found that the determined complexity requirements exceed the complexity threshold, adapting at least one control parameter (Search window, IQA, H2) of the transcoding for controlling complexity such that said determined complexity requirements are kept below said complexity threshold; characterized in that the adapting of the at least one control parameter of the transcoding comprises adapting an encoding order of at least one segment of the respective segments of the at least one video stream to be transcoded by permuting said encoding order of said at least one segment with an encoding order of at least another segment of the respective segments of the at least one video stream to be transcoded. - determining at least one respective complexity signature of the at least one video stream, wherein said at least one respective complexity signature is representative of a required number of transcoding processing operations for respective segments of the at least one video stream, said respective segments having a predetermined group of pictures length; - determining complexity requirements for transcoding the at least one video stream from the reference quality into the at least one different quality, based on the determined at least one respective complexity signature, using said predetermined GOP length; - comparing the determined complexity requirements to a complexity threshold; and - if it is found that the determined complexity requirements exceed the complexity threshold, adapting at least one control parameter (Search window, IQA, H2) of the transcoding for controlling complexity such that said determined complexity requirements are kept below said complexity threshold;
A multipath scheduler device for scheduling data traffic for transmission via at least one first type data path and at least one second type data path, the multipath scheduler device comprising: at least one first type data path; at least one second type data path; and a scheduler configured to schedule part of the data traffic for transmission via the at least one first type data path and schedule part of the data traffic for delayed transmission via the at least one second type data path when a bursty traffic pattern of the data traffic is detected, wherein the part of the data traffic scheduled for delayed transmission via the at least one second type data path is at least a first part of the data traffic overflowing a capacity threshold of the at least one first type data path, and wherein when the bursty traffic pattern is detected, the scheduler is further configured to: delay access to the second type data path based on a trigger or an access limitation function, and buffer and schedule for transmission at a later time via the at least one first type data path at least a second part of the data traffic overflowing the capacity threshold of the at least one first type data path. at least one first type data path; at least one second type data path; and a scheduler configured to schedule part of the data traffic for transmission via the at least one first type data path and schedule part of the data traffic for delayed transmission via the at least one second type data path when a bursty traffic pattern of the data traffic is detected, wherein the part of the data traffic scheduled for delayed transmission via the at least one second type data path is at least a first part of the data traffic overflowing a capacity threshold of the at least one first type data path, and wherein when the bursty traffic pattern is detected, the scheduler is further configured to: delay access to the second type data path based on a trigger or an access limitation function, and buffer and schedule for transmission at a later time via the at least one first type data path at least a second part of the data traffic overflowing the capacity threshold of the at least one first type data path. delay access to the second type data path based on a trigger or an access limitation function, and buffer and schedule for transmission at a later time via the at least one first type data path at least a second part of the data traffic overflowing the capacity threshold of the at least one first type data path.
Electrolyte comprising at least one lithium salt and at least two ionic liquids, at least one of which is an ionic liquid resulting from the association of at least one cation complying with the following formula: In which: - R 1 is an acyclic hydrocarbon group; - n is an integer ranging from 0 to 3; - m is an integer ranging from 1 to 4; and at least one Y anion. - R 1 is an acyclic hydrocarbon group; - n is an integer ranging from 0 to 3; - m is an integer ranging from 1 to 4;
A thermal system comprising: a heater; the thermal system further including: a power converter including a power switch, wherein the power converter is electrically coupled to the heater and is configured to apply an adjustable output voltage to the heater; and a controller configured to determine the output voltage to the heater based on an input parameter and a desired setpoint, and to operate the power switch of the power converter to apply the determined output voltage to the heater, the thermal system being characterized in that: the input parameter includes a temperature of the heater, and the desired setpoint is based on an operational state of the heater. a heater; the thermal system further including: a power converter including a power switch, wherein the power converter is electrically coupled to the heater and is configured to apply an adjustable output voltage to the heater; and a controller configured to determine the output voltage to the heater based on an input parameter and a desired setpoint, and to operate the power switch of the power converter to apply the determined output voltage to the heater, the thermal system being characterized in that: the input parameter includes a temperature of the heater, and the desired setpoint is based on an operational state of the heater.
A fibrillated blend of lyocell and cellulosic pulp having a degree of polymerization of 200 to 1000 as measured by ASTM Test 1795-96, the lyocell and cellulosic pulp having been fibrillated together to form a fibrillated blend, wherein at least a portion of the lyocell fiber has a length of 3 to 12 mm.
A method for end-to-end encrypted communication, comprising: storing into a user terminal a set of keys applicable in end-to-end encryption of communications, one or more keys being associated with a validity indication that indicates a cryptographic group (CG1...CG5) of two or more user terminals in which the key is to be applied, and a period during which the key is applicable in that particular cryptographic group; at the user terminal connecting to a communication of the cryptographic group, selecting the key to be applied from the stored set of keys on the basis of the present cryptographic group and the present time according to the associated validity indications. storing into a user terminal a set of keys applicable in end-to-end encryption of communications, one or more keys being associated with a validity indication that indicates a cryptographic group (CG1...CG5) of two or more user terminals in which the key is to be applied, and a period during which the key is applicable in that particular cryptographic group; at the user terminal connecting to a communication of the cryptographic group, selecting the key to be applied from the stored set of keys on the basis of the present cryptographic group and the present time according to the associated validity indications.
Actuation system of a vacuum bottle for an electrical connection device, the system comprising the vacuum bottle, the vacuum bottle including one movable electrode and one fixed electrode, the movable electrode being movable longitudinally between a closed position in which the two electrodes are in contact with each other and an open position in which the two electrodes are separated, characterized in that the actuation system includes: - an adjusting nut (10, 110) linked to the movable electrode and capable of rotation so as to adjust the position of the adjusting nut (10, 110) in relation to the movable electrode and thereby to vary the instant at which the movable electrode begins a movement towards the open position, - a driving device (20, 21, 25, 120, 121, 125) acting on the adjusting nut (10, 110) for driving the movable electrode towards the open position, - a locking device (12, 112) for locking the position of the adjusting nut (10, 110) in relation to the movable electrode. - an adjusting nut (10, 110) linked to the movable electrode and capable of rotation so as to adjust the position of the adjusting nut (10, 110) in relation to the movable electrode and thereby to vary the instant at which the movable electrode begins a movement towards the open position, - a driving device (20, 21, 25, 120, 121, 125) acting on the adjusting nut (10, 110) for driving the movable electrode towards the open position, - a locking device (12, 112) for locking the position of the adjusting nut (10, 110) in relation to the movable electrode.