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A method for joining concealed workpiece parts by means of an energy beam, wherein: a) at least one lower workpiece part and at least one upper workpiece part are positioned relative to each other; b) when positioned, the at least one upper workpiece part contacts the at least one lower workpiece part along a joining contour of the at least one lower workpiece part and conceals the joining contour, the target profile of which is known to a controller in relation to a co-ordinate system; c) the energy beam is directed onto an upper side of the at least one upper workpiece part, which faces away from the at least one lower workpiece part, and is moved along the joining contour by a controller, in order to join the at least one upper workpiece part to the joining contour in a material lock; characterised in that: d) using the energy beam, an exploratory seam (5, 5', 6) is produced on the upper side of the at least one upper work piece part, for detecting the joining contour; e) by means of a detector, a boundary (7, 8) is detected at which a surface area of the at least one upper work piece part which does not have any contact with the at least one lower work piece part borders a surface area of the at least one upper work piece part which does have contact with the joining contour; f) the controller registers a position of the boundary (7, 8) and compares it with a target position of the boundary (7, 8) which is stored in the controller; and g) if the position of the boundary (7, 8) deviates, a movement of the energy beam along the joining contour is corrected. a) at least one lower workpiece part and at least one upper workpiece part are positioned relative to each other; b) when positioned, the at least one upper workpiece part contacts the at least one lower workpiece part along a joining contour of the at least one lower workpiece part and conceals the joining contour, the target profile of which is known to a controller in relation to a co-ordinate system; c) the energy beam is directed onto an upper side of the at least one upper workpiece part, which faces away from the at least one lower workpiece part, and is moved along the joining contour by a controller, in order to join the at least one upper workpiece part to the joining contour in a material lock; characterised in that: d) using the energy beam, an exploratory seam (5, 5', 6) is produced on the upper side of the at least one upper work piece part, for detecting the joining contour; e) by means of a detector, a boundary (7, 8) is detected at which a surface area of the at least one upper work piece part which does not have any contact with the at least one lower work piece part borders a surface area of the at least one upper work piece part which does have contact with the joining contour; f) the controller registers a position of the boundary (7, 8) and compares it with a target position of the boundary (7, 8) which is stored in the controller; and g) if the position of the boundary (7, 8) deviates, a movement of the energy beam along the joining contour is corrected.
Holder for utilities (10, 11) for a metal whiteboard, wherein the holder comprises a cover plate, which on a side hidden when in use, is provided with one or more supports (4, 5), at least one of the free ends of which is provided with a magnet (7, 8) to be able to place the holder in a desired position on the whiteboard, characterised in that the cover plate on the same side hidden when in use, is provided with a brush with bristles made of an elastic polymer, said bristles being oriented with the bristle tops diagonally or perpendicularly to the surface of the whiteboard, and whereby the edge of the cover plate shows a recess, the shape of which is complementary to the shape of an associated board eraser that after use can be glided against the complementary recess so as to keep the board eraser in a fixed position in the holder until a next use.
A method, comprising: copying, in a first stage using one or more processors, data from a given second tier memory address into an internal buffer of a storage controller, the copying at least partially occurring during mapping by an operating system of a specified physical address into an input/output memory management unit (IOMMU); determining, with the one or more processors, whether a second stage is triggered; and if the second stage is triggered, copying, with the one or more processors, the data from the internal buffer of the storage controller to the specified physical address of dynamic random access memory (DRAM). copying, in a first stage using one or more processors, data from a given second tier memory address into an internal buffer of a storage controller, the copying at least partially occurring during mapping by an operating system of a specified physical address into an input/output memory management unit (IOMMU); determining, with the one or more processors, whether a second stage is triggered; and if the second stage is triggered, copying, with the one or more processors, the data from the internal buffer of the storage controller to the specified physical address of dynamic random access memory (DRAM).
An electronic cigarette comprising an inhaler body and a removable cartridge, the inhaler body comprising: a power unit and a cartridge seating, the cartridge seating comprising a cavity arranged to receive the cartridge in a retained position within the cavity in which the cartridge is electrically connected to the power unit; the electronic cigarette further comprising: a mechanical retaining arrangement comprising a first retaining element located on the cartridge and a second retaining element located on an inner side wall of the cavity, the retaining elements configured to engage when brought into alignment as the cartridge is inserted into the cavity thereby holding the cartridge in the retained position; wherein the retaining arrangement is shaped such that an insertion force is required to move the retaining elements into engagement, the insertion force sufficient to cause a contact between opposing surfaces of the cartridge and cartridge seating which produces an audible signal when the cartridge moves into the retained position. a mechanical retaining arrangement comprising a first retaining element located on the cartridge and a second retaining element located on an inner side wall of the cavity, the retaining elements configured to engage when brought into alignment as the cartridge is inserted into the cavity thereby holding the cartridge in the retained position; wherein the retaining arrangement is shaped such that an insertion force is required to move the retaining elements into engagement, the insertion force sufficient to cause a contact between opposing surfaces of the cartridge and cartridge seating which produces an audible signal when the cartridge moves into the retained position.
A multi-core optical fiber comprising: a plurality of core portions extending along a central axis of the fiber; a common cladding portion integrally holding the core portions inside in a state in which the core portions are separated at predetermined intervals from each other, the common cladding portion having a refractive index lower than that of each of the core portions; and a coating layer surrounding an outer periphery of the common cladding portion; characterized by: at least one condition of a first condition and a second condition; the first condition being defined by a microbend applying portion provided in the interior of the coating layer and containing a granular substance comprised of a material with a Young's modulus higher than that of the coating layer, the microbend applying portion applying microbending stress to a glass region including the core portions and the common cladding portion, and the second condition being defined by a microbend applying portion provided at least either on an outer periphery of the coating layer or in the interior of the coating layer, the microbend applying portion applying microbending stress to a glass region including the core portions and the common cladding portion, the coating layer including an inner coating layer made of a soft resin and an outer coating layer made of a resin harder than the inner coating layer, the microbend applying portion having a Young's modulus of not less than 1 GPa. a common cladding portion integrally holding the core portions inside in a state in which the core portions are separated at predetermined intervals from each other, the common cladding portion having a refractive index lower than that of each of the core portions; and a coating layer surrounding an outer periphery of the common cladding portion; characterized by: at least one condition of a first condition and a second condition; the first condition being defined by a microbend applying portion provided in the interior of the coating layer and containing a granular substance comprised of a material with a Young's modulus higher than that of the coating layer, the microbend applying portion applying microbending stress to a glass region including the core portions and the common cladding portion, and the second condition being defined by a microbend applying portion provided at least either on an outer periphery of the coating layer or in the interior of the coating layer, the microbend applying portion applying microbending stress to a glass region including the core portions and the common cladding portion, the coating layer including an inner coating layer made of a soft resin and an outer coating layer made of a resin harder than the inner coating layer, the microbend applying portion having a Young's modulus of not less than 1 GPa.
Input and output chip (50; 152; 154) for sending and receiving data via a data line, characterized by the following features: - a protocol state machine (118; 218; 318) for a data link protocol for data transmission, and - a clock (16; 116; 216), wherein - instructions for clock processing and the protocol state machine are stored as sequence control in a read only memory (17; 117; 217) of the input and output chip. - a protocol state machine (118; 218; 318) for a data link protocol for data transmission, and - a clock (16; 116; 216), wherein - instructions for clock processing and the protocol state machine are stored as sequence control in a read only memory (17; 117; 217) of the input and output chip.
Nursing bed with a base, a first frame which carries a first mattress part, wherein the first frame has a central portion, a back portion, an upper leg portion and a lower leg portion, and a second frame with a foot portion, wherein the second frame carries a second mattress part, wherein the first frame and the second frame are carried by the base, wherein the second frame is supported on the base separately from the first frame, and wherein the second frame is height-adjustable relative to the base, characterised in that the nursing bed is configured such that during height adjustment upward, the second frame is simultaneously moved horizontally in the direction towards the head end of the nursing bed.
A transparent electrode for a photovoltaic cell comprising the following sequence of layers: a substrate; a first dielectric layer, comprising in sequence from the substrate ∘ a base layer based on an (oxi)nitride of silicon and/or an (oxi)nitride of aluminium, ∘ a layer based on an oxide of Zn and Sn, ∘ a separation layer based on a metal oxide and/or an (oxi)nitride of silicon, and ∘ a top layer based on an oxide of Zn; and a silver-based functional layer; and wherein the electrode further comprises a barrier layer; wherein the barrier layer comprises in sequence from the silver layer, a ZAO layer; a ZnSnO x layer; and a ZAO layer; and wherein each layer is located directly on the layer appearing immediately before it in the sequence, and wherein the electrode further comprises a second dielectric layer on top of the barrier layer; wherein the second dielectric layer comprises a layer of ZnO:Al. a substrate; a first dielectric layer, comprising in sequence from the substrate ∘ a base layer based on an (oxi)nitride of silicon and/or an (oxi)nitride of aluminium, ∘ a layer based on an oxide of Zn and Sn, ∘ a separation layer based on a metal oxide and/or an (oxi)nitride of silicon, and ∘ a top layer based on an oxide of Zn; and ∘ a base layer based on an (oxi)nitride of silicon and/or an (oxi)nitride of aluminium, ∘ a layer based on an oxide of Zn and Sn, ∘ a separation layer based on a metal oxide and/or an (oxi)nitride of silicon, and ∘ a top layer based on an oxide of Zn; and a silver-based functional layer; and wherein the electrode further comprises a barrier layer; wherein the barrier layer comprises in sequence from the silver layer, a ZAO layer; a ZnSnO x layer; and a ZAO layer; and wherein a ZAO layer; a ZnSnO x layer; and a ZAO layer; and wherein each layer is located directly on the layer appearing immediately before it in the sequence, and wherein the electrode further comprises a second dielectric layer on top of the barrier layer; wherein the second dielectric layer comprises a layer of ZnO:Al.
Combustion reactor (100, 300, 400) for chemical looping combustion configured to operate as fluidized bed comprising: - a lower chamber forming a first reaction zone for the combustion of a hydrocarbon feedstock in the presence of particles of an oxidation/reduction active mass, said lower chamber comprising a first side wall and being configured to comprise a dense fluidized bed; - an upper chamber (340, 440) of elongated shape and having a smaller passage section than the passage section of said lower chamber, forming a second reaction zone for the combustion of the gaseous effluents resulting from the combustion in said lower part, said upper chamber (340, 440) comprising a second side wall and being configured to comprise a dilute fluidized bed; - an intermediate part connecting said lower chamber to said upper chamber (340, 440), the combustion reactor being characterized in that said intermediate part comprises an internal wall forming a right angle with the first side wall of the lower chamber and with the second side wall of the upper chamber (340, 440). - a lower chamber forming a first reaction zone for the combustion of a hydrocarbon feedstock in the presence of particles of an oxidation/reduction active mass, said lower chamber comprising a first side wall and being configured to comprise a dense fluidized bed; - an upper chamber (340, 440) of elongated shape and having a smaller passage section than the passage section of said lower chamber, forming a second reaction zone for the combustion of the gaseous effluents resulting from the combustion in said lower part, said upper chamber (340, 440) comprising a second side wall and being configured to comprise a dilute fluidized bed; - an intermediate part connecting said lower chamber to said upper chamber (340, 440),
A device for cleaning smooth surfaces, in particular windshields of large motor vehicles, having at least one spray nozzle, to which a cleaning liquid can be applied by means of a pump, and to which a wiping element, which is movable by means of an assigned drive unit in relation to the surface to be cleaned, and at least one withdrawal lip are assigned, wherein the spray nozzle, the wiping element, and each withdrawal lip, together with the drive unit assigned to the wiping element and the pump assigned to the spray nozzle, including associated drive unit, are arranged on a shared carrier, wherein the drive units respectively assigned to the wiping element and the pump are each designed as an electric motor which can be supplied with power by a power source, and wherein the carrier is designed as a housing open on its side facing toward the surface to be cleaned, which is attached to a shaft, which contains at least one tank, which is provided with a pressure equalization unit, for the cleaning liquid.
A method of printing comprising the steps of: (a) applying an ink comprising a thermoplastic resin to a print substrate using a liquid electrostatic printing process; and (b) applying an overcoat composition comprising a crosslinking agent to the ink on the print substrate, such that the thermoplastic resin of the ink is crosslinked. (a) applying an ink comprising a thermoplastic resin to a print substrate using a liquid electrostatic printing process; and (b) applying an overcoat composition comprising a crosslinking agent to the ink on the print substrate, such that the thermoplastic resin of the ink is crosslinked.
A method of programming a phase change memory comprising a first layer of a phase change material capable of switching between a crystalline and an amorphous state and vice versa, the method comprising the application of a programming current through the first layer such that an evolution of the areal current density (J 0) as a function of time t decreases from a first level (J 0_max), between a first time instant (t 2) and a second time instant (t 3), following a first evolution in time respecting, or being close to, J 0 ( t) = K t where K is a constant, characterized in that, the first evolution is close to J 0 ( t) = K t if it creates, when superimposed thereon, one or more surfaces between the first evolution and J 0 t = K t, and the ratio of the area of each surface to the integral of J 0 t = K t between the first and the second time instants (t 2, t 3) is less than 0.2.
A method to control an exhaust gas after-treatment system for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine having an exhaust duct; the system comprises at least one catalytic converter (15, 17) arranged along the exhaust duct and a burner, which is suited to introduce exhaust gases into the exhaust duct to speed up the heating of said at least one catalytic converter (15, 17), wherein inside the burner there is defined a combustion chamber, which receives fresh air through an air feeding circuit, which is provided with a pumping device housed along a first duct, and receives fuel from an injector for injecting fuel into the combustion chamber, and a spark plug coupled to the burner for the ignition of the mixture present inside the combustion chamber; the method comprises the steps of: housing a pressure sensor (33, 34) along the first duct interposed between the pumping device and the burner or along a second duct leaving the burner; acquiring the pressure signal (P 33) detected by said pressure sensor (33, 34) following the combustion inside the combustion chamber; and controlling the combustion inside the combustion chamber, by controlling the objective quantity (ṁ FUEL-OBJ) of fuel to be injected into the combustion chamber and the objective quantity (ṁ AIR-OBJ) of air to be fed to the combustion chamber, as a function of the high-frequency content (P 33_HF) of the pressure signal (P 33) detected by said pressure sensor (33, 34). housing a pressure sensor (33, 34) along the first duct interposed between the pumping device and the burner or along a second duct leaving the burner; acquiring the pressure signal (P 33) detected by said pressure sensor (33, 34) following the combustion inside the combustion chamber; and controlling the combustion inside the combustion chamber, by controlling the objective quantity (ṁ FUEL-OBJ) of fuel to be injected into the combustion chamber and the objective quantity (ṁ AIR-OBJ) of air to be fed to the combustion chamber, as a function of the high-frequency content (P 33_HF) of the pressure signal (P 33) detected by said pressure sensor (33, 34).
An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system which produces attenuation coefficient maps of an image field comprising: an ultrasound probe having a transducer array adapted to acquire ultrasonic echo signals from an image field; a beamformer adapted to process the ultrasonic echo signals to produce coherent echo signals for an ultrasound image of the image field; and an attenuation coefficient processor, coupled to the beamformer, and adapted to estimate attenuation coefficient values for maps of attenuation coefficients; characterized in that the system further comprises an elevation blockage detector processor, coupled to the attenuation coefficient processor, and adapted to produce a metric developed from estimates of attenuation coefficients produced by two different estimation methods, wherein the elevation blockage detector processor is further adapted to identify the presence of elevation aperture blockage when one or more criteria based on the metric are satisfied; and wherein the system is further adapted to produce an alert in response to the identification of the presence of elevation aperture blockage. an ultrasound probe having a transducer array adapted to acquire ultrasonic echo signals from an image field; a beamformer adapted to process the ultrasonic echo signals to produce coherent echo signals for an ultrasound image of the image field; and an attenuation coefficient processor, coupled to the beamformer, and adapted to estimate attenuation coefficient values for maps of attenuation coefficients; characterized in that the system further comprises an elevation blockage detector processor, coupled to the attenuation coefficient processor, and adapted to produce a metric developed from estimates of attenuation coefficients produced by two different estimation methods, wherein the elevation blockage detector processor is further adapted to identify the presence of elevation aperture blockage when one or more criteria based on the metric are satisfied; and wherein the system is further adapted to produce an alert in response to the identification of the presence of elevation aperture blockage.
A subsea production assembly for high pressure wells with a wellhead pressure in excess of 344.7 bars [5000 psi] comprising: a first production choke fluidly and in series coupled to a second production choke, characterized in that the first and second production chokes are non-downhole production chokes; wherein the first production choke is configured to reduce pressure of a hydrocarbon stream from a subsea well from a well pressure to a reduced pressure; wherein the second production choke is configured to reduce pressure of the hydrocarbon stream from the reduced pressure to a riser pressure; and wherein first and second production chokes are fluidly coupled to a wellhead in a position at or downstream of the wellhead and upstream of a riser base.
A combination of a substance selected from C5-C10-fatty acid, or derivatives thereof, or salts thereof; and salicylic acid, derivatives thereof, or salts thereof; for use as displacer substance for removing a deleterious substance bound to a protein in an extracorporeal biological fluid.