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An annular metal gear component comprising a plurality of tooth portions and a support portion that supports the plurality of tooth portions, wherein the plurality of tooth portions are provided on an outside of the support portion along its entire circumference, a plurality of groove portions are provided along a width direction of the annular metal gear component evenly on an annular inner surface of the support portion, the plurality of groove portions are present such a ratio that at least one groove portion is provided per one tooth portion or adjacent two or more of the plurality of tooth portions, and each of the plurality of groove portions is formed such that it is located to correspond to a position where the tooth portion is present on the support portion, characterized in that the plurality of groove portions intrudes into the plurality of tooth portions such that a groove bottom of the groove portion is located beyond and outside a tooth root circle, a cross-sectional shape of the groove portion is a isosceles trapezoid, and wherein a ratio of a distance between intersection points (p7, p8) of extension lines of tooth flanks (31, 32) of the tooth portion with a tip circle of the tooth portion, and a distance between tooth root points (p5, p6) of the tooth portion is substantially equal to a ratio of a groove bottom length of the groove portion and a frontage length of the groove portion, a groove bottom of the groove portion is located inside an intersection of two straight lines each connecting a pitch point (p9, p10) of one tooth flank (31, 32) and a root point (p5, p6) of the other tooth flank (31, 32). the plurality of tooth portions are provided on an outside of the support portion along its entire circumference, a plurality of groove portions are provided along a width direction of the annular metal gear component evenly on an annular inner surface of the support portion, the plurality of groove portions are present such a ratio that at least one groove portion is provided per one tooth portion or adjacent two or more of the plurality of tooth portions, and each of the plurality of groove portions is formed such that it is located to correspond to a position where the tooth portion is present on the support portion, characterized in that the plurality of groove portions intrudes into the plurality of tooth portions such that a groove bottom of the groove portion is located beyond and outside a tooth root circle, a cross-sectional shape of the groove portion is a isosceles trapezoid, and wherein a ratio of a distance between intersection points (p7, p8) of extension lines of tooth flanks (31, 32) of the tooth portion with a tip circle of the tooth portion, and a distance between tooth root points (p5, p6) of the tooth portion is substantially equal to a ratio of a groove bottom length of the groove portion and a frontage length of the groove portion, a groove bottom of the groove portion is located inside an intersection of two straight lines each connecting a pitch point (p9, p10) of one tooth flank (31, 32) and a root point (p5, p6) of the other tooth flank (31, 32).
A method of operating a gas turbine engine rated greater than or equal to 15,000 lbs (6,804 kg) and less than or equal to 35,000 lbs (15,876 kg) in rated thrust at take-off, the method comprising: driving a gear reduction using a fan drive turbine; driving a fan rotor using said gear reduction; supplying oil to said gear reduction using a lubrication system having an oil tank sized to hold greater than or equal to 25 quarts (23.7 L) of oil and less than or equal to 35 quarts (33.1 L) of oil, wherein an oil capture gutter surrounds said gear reduction, said gear reduction includes a sun gear driving intermediate gears, oil baffles are located circumferentially between said intermediate gears, and oil remains in the oil tank for a dwell time of less than or equal to five seconds. driving a gear reduction using a fan drive turbine; driving a fan rotor using said gear reduction; supplying oil to said gear reduction using a lubrication system having an oil tank sized to hold greater than or equal to 25 quarts (23.7 L) of oil and less than or equal to 35 quarts (33.1 L) of oil, wherein an oil capture gutter surrounds said gear reduction, said gear reduction includes a sun gear driving intermediate gears, oil baffles are located circumferentially between said intermediate gears, and oil remains in the oil tank for a dwell time of less than or equal to five seconds.
(Currently amended) A method for use in a wireless endpoint, the method comprising: selecting one of a number of channels; downconverting a received signal on the selected channel for providing received orthogonal frequency division multiplexed, OFDM, symbols, each OFDM symbol comprising N subcarriers at least some of which are pilot subcarriers; correlating the received OFDM symbols for providing at least one correlated value; generating a metric value as a function of the at least one correlated value; comparing the metric value to a threshold value for detecting if an incumbent signal is present (310, 370); and marking an available channel list to indicate that the selected channel is available for use if no incumbent signal is present; characterized in that the metric value is represented by a parameter T, where T is T = max d | ∑ ν = 1 V − β Q d ν Q d ν + β * α ν | where: Q d v = ∑ l − m = v R y d l, m R y d l, m = 1 N ∑ n = 0 N − 1 y l d n y m d n * y l d n = r Ld + Ml + n α v is combining ratio, V is a maximum symbol index difference of the OFDM symbol correlation, β is a fixed integer, r[n] represents samples of the received signal, d=0, 1, 2,...., D-1 D = N / L L is a length of a cyclic prefix of each OFDM symbol, and M = N + L. selecting one of a number of channels; downconverting a received signal on the selected channel for providing received orthogonal frequency division multiplexed, OFDM, symbols, each OFDM symbol comprising N subcarriers at least some of which are pilot subcarriers; correlating the received OFDM symbols for providing at least one correlated value; generating a metric value as a function of the at least one correlated value; comparing the metric value to a threshold value for detecting if an incumbent signal is present (310, 370); and marking an available channel list to indicate that the selected channel is available for use if no incumbent signal is present; α v is combining ratio, V is a maximum symbol index difference of the OFDM symbol correlation, β is a fixed integer, r[n] represents samples of the received signal, d=0, 1, 2,...., D-1 D = N / L L is a length of a cyclic prefix of each OFDM symbol, and M = N + L.
A method for compensating stray magnetic fields in a magnetic resonance imaging system with two or more examination areas (M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M6), comprising the steps: - providing a value for a predefined first magnetic field (G Z1) to be applied in a first examination area, in addition to a basic magnetic field, - providing information defining a predefined sequence control pulse (G Z2) to be applied in a second examination area, characterised in that the method further comprises the following steps: - determining a stray magnetic field in the second examination area for the case that the first magnetic field (G Z1) is applied in the first examination area, - calculating a compensated sequence control pulse for the second examination area from the predefined sequence control pulse (G Z2) and the determined stray magnetic field, - applying the compensated sequence control pulse to the second examination area during an application of the first magnetic field (G Z1) in the first examination area - providing a value for a predefined first magnetic field (G Z1) to be applied in a first examination area, in addition to a basic magnetic field, - providing information defining a predefined sequence control pulse (G Z2) to be applied in a second examination area, - determining a stray magnetic field in the second examination area for the case that the first magnetic field (G Z1) is applied in the first examination area, - calculating a compensated sequence control pulse for the second examination area from the predefined sequence control pulse (G Z2) and the determined stray magnetic field, - applying the compensated sequence control pulse to the second examination area during an application of the first magnetic field (G Z1) in the first examination area
A transmitter device for transmitting a digital input message corresponding to control data used in a control channel, PUCCH or PRACH, through a communication channel, the transmitter device comprising a set of transmit antennas, the message m comprising a number B of bits, said transmitter device comprising: - A binary code generator configured to generate a binary code from the B bits of the message; - A binary interleaver configured to apply interleaving to said binary code, which provides an interleaved binary code g i; - A sequence selector configured to determine a sequence r l (m l) of low peak-to-average power ratio vectors from the bits of the interleaved binary code g i, the sequence selector being configured to determine the sequence r l (m l) of low peak-to-average power ratio vectors that limits the number of non-zero elements in the low peak-to-average power ratio vectors, the sequence being associated with a sequence index I, wherein the transmitter device comprises a single-carrier or multi-carrier modulator for each transmit antenna configured to apply single-carrier or multi-carrier modulation to the sequence determined by the sequence selector and transmit the modulated combined sequence over the communication channel using said transmit antennas, an OFDM modulator providing OFDM modulation symbols grouped into resource blocks, wherein the E / L -bit representation of E / L adjacent bits from the interleaved binary code in an OFDM modulation symbol l is m l ∈ {0,1,..., 2 (E/L) -1}, L representing the number of OFDM modulation symbols, with I=0, 1,..., L-1, and E representing the number of bits delivered by the binary code generator. - A binary code generator configured to generate a binary code from the B bits of the message; - A binary interleaver configured to apply interleaving to said binary code, which provides an interleaved binary code g i; - A sequence selector configured to determine a sequence r l (m l) of low peak-to-average power ratio vectors from the bits of the interleaved binary code g i, the sequence selector being configured to determine the sequence r l (m l) of low peak-to-average power ratio vectors that limits the number of non-zero elements in the low peak-to-average power ratio vectors, the sequence being associated with a sequence index I, wherein the transmitter device comprises a single-carrier or multi-carrier modulator for each transmit antenna configured to apply single-carrier or multi-carrier modulation to the sequence determined by the sequence selector and transmit the modulated combined sequence over the communication channel using said transmit antennas, an OFDM modulator providing OFDM modulation symbols grouped into resource blocks, wherein the E / L -bit representation of E / L adjacent bits from the interleaved binary code in an OFDM modulation symbol l is m l ∈ {0,1,..., 2 (E/L) -1}, L representing the number of OFDM modulation symbols, with I=0, 1,..., L-1, and E representing the number of bits delivered by the binary code generator.
An artificial urinary sphincter system, comprising: a clamp to be disposed on a urethra and including a first portion and a second portion biased together to compress the urethra; and a first device coupled between the first portion and the second portion and to be inflated to separate the first portion from the second portion, characterized in further comprising a second device coupled between the first portion and the second portion and to be inflated to separate the first portion from the second portion. a clamp to be disposed on a urethra and including a first portion and a second portion biased together to compress the urethra; and a first device coupled between the first portion and the second portion and to be inflated to separate the first portion from the second portion, characterized in further comprising a second device coupled between the first portion and the second portion and to be inflated to separate the first portion from the second portion.
A method for recovering valuable metals from spent lithium ion batteries, the method comprising: a) opening a spent lithium ion battery, and remove its cover; b) grinding the remaining spent LIB at a predetermined temperature to obtain a particulate spent lithium ion batteries material including particles having a predetermined grain size; c) separating from said particulate spent lithium ion batteries material any plastic matrix; d) treating said separated particulate spent lithium ion batteries material with a CH 4 /air gas mixture, wherein the partial pressure of CH 4 is between 0.1% to 100% v/v; at a predetermined temperature for carbonization of the lithium to obtain a particulate spent lithium ion batteries material comprising lithium carbonate; e) treating said particulate spent lithium ion batteries material comprising lithium carbonate with cold water and optionally with CO 2; f) filtering the slurry obtained in step (e) to obtain a lithium carbonate filtrate and a residue comprising cobalt, iron, other valuable metals, and non-metal impurities; g) heating said lithium carbonate filtrate at a predetermined temperature to lithium carbonate precipitate sedimentation followed by filtration to obtain lithium carbonate precipitate and a mother liquid; and h) treating said residue comprising cobalt, iron, other valuable metals, and non-metal impurities of step (f) with a flux at a predetermined temperature to obtain valuable metallic ingots. a) opening a spent lithium ion battery, and remove its cover; b) grinding the remaining spent LIB at a predetermined temperature to obtain a particulate spent lithium ion batteries material including particles having a predetermined grain size; c) separating from said particulate spent lithium ion batteries material any plastic matrix; d) treating said separated particulate spent lithium ion batteries material with a CH 4 /air gas mixture, wherein the partial pressure of CH 4 is between 0.1% to 100% v/v; at a predetermined temperature for carbonization of the lithium to obtain a particulate spent lithium ion batteries material comprising lithium carbonate; e) treating said particulate spent lithium ion batteries material comprising lithium carbonate with cold water and optionally with CO 2; f) filtering the slurry obtained in step (e) to obtain a lithium carbonate filtrate and a residue comprising cobalt, iron, other valuable metals, and non-metal impurities; g) heating said lithium carbonate filtrate at a predetermined temperature to lithium carbonate precipitate sedimentation followed by filtration to obtain lithium carbonate precipitate and a mother liquid; and h) treating said residue comprising cobalt, iron, other valuable metals, and non-metal impurities of step (f) with a flux at a predetermined temperature to obtain valuable metallic ingots.
A method comprising: providing an autonomous transport robot for transporting a payload within a storage and retrieval system, the autonomous transport robot including a payload bed having an opening and an effector for transferring the payload to and from the payload bed at least partly through the opening, characterized in that the method includes sensing a first and second edge of the payload with at least one sensor disposed adjacent the opening; and with a controller of the autonomous transport robot determining a dimension of the payload based at least in part on the sensing of the first and second edge of the payload, and comparing the determined dimension of the payload with a predetermined dimension of the payload. providing an autonomous transport robot for transporting a payload within a storage and retrieval system, the autonomous transport robot including a payload bed having an opening and an effector for transferring the payload to and from the payload bed at least partly through the opening, characterized in that the method includes sensing a first and second edge of the payload with at least one sensor disposed adjacent the opening; and with a controller of the autonomous transport robot determining a dimension of the payload based at least in part on the sensing of the first and second edge of the payload, and comparing the determined dimension of the payload with a predetermined dimension of the payload. determining a dimension of the payload based at least in part on the sensing of the first and second edge of the payload, and comparing the determined dimension of the payload with a predetermined dimension of the payload.
A rotational fastener for mounting a first constructional element on a second constructional element, comprising a threaded shaft with a bore point arranged on one end and a drive element on the other end, comprising a stop element that is connectable or connected to the threaded shaft in a rotation-proof manner, wherein the mounted rotational fastener is designed to produce a connecting force between the stop element and the first constructional element and/or between the stop element and the second constructional element, wherein the stop element with the threaded shaft is connectable or connected in a positively and/or frictionally locked manner so that the connection between the stop element and the threaded shaft can be released in the event of a defined torque, wherein the connecting force is limited by the defined torque, and wherein the defined torque is greater than a torque threshold value, wherein an axial stop is arranged on the threaded shaft, which axial stop does not limit an axial movement of the threaded shaft in relation to the stop element when mounted correctly, wherein the connecting force can be produced independently of the axial stop, and the stop element comprises an ejector, which is essentially configured as a bulge of the stop element along the axial axis and which provides a depression for receiving the drive element, in such a manner that a mounting means provided for the transmission of torque to the threaded shaft is mechanically separated from the threaded shaft in the event that the axial stop nears the stop element axially.
A computer-implemented method for determining a video frame type, comprising the steps of: - receiving a video frame, - filtering the video frame to enhance values of pixels of characteristic features (A L -G L, A R -G R) of the contents of the video frame compared to the values of pixels that do not belong to characteristic features, - creating a list of coordinates of at least part of the characteristic features for a first half (A L -G L) of the filtered video frame and the other half (A R -G R) of the filtered video frame, - comparing the coordinates (i,j) of each of the characteristic features of the list for the first half of the frame with the coordinates (i,j) of each of the characteristic features of the other half of the frame to obtain an accumulation matrix (U Δi,Δj, V Δi,Δj) specifying the number of characteristic features of the first half of the image which are shifted by ( Δi,Δj) with respect to the characteristic features of the other half of the image, the accumulation matrix (U Δi,Δj, V Δi,Δj) having a peak value (x LR, x TB) specifying the most frequent coordinate difference and a mean value (m LR, m TB) specifying the mean coordinate difference, - classifying the frame as a stereoscopic frame if the peak value (x LR, x TB) exceeds the mean value (m LR, m TB) by a predefined threshold and as a monoscopic frame otherwise, wherein the predefined threshold equals at least the mean value. - receiving a video frame, - filtering the video frame to enhance values of pixels of characteristic features (A L -G L, A R -G R) of the contents of the video frame compared to the values of pixels that do not belong to characteristic features, - creating a list of coordinates of at least part of the characteristic features for a first half (A L -G L) of the filtered video frame and the other half (A R -G R) of the filtered video frame, - comparing the coordinates (i,j) of each of the characteristic features of the list for the first half of the frame with the coordinates (i,j) of each of the characteristic features of the other half of the frame to obtain an accumulation matrix (U Δi,Δj, V Δi,Δj) specifying the number of characteristic features of the first half of the image which are shifted by ( Δi,Δj) with respect to the characteristic features of the other half of the image, the accumulation matrix (U Δi,Δj, V Δi,Δj) having a peak value (x LR, x TB) specifying the most frequent coordinate difference and a mean value (m LR, m TB) specifying the mean coordinate difference, - classifying the frame as a stereoscopic frame if the peak value (x LR, x TB) exceeds the mean value (m LR, m TB) by a predefined threshold and as a monoscopic frame otherwise, wherein the predefined threshold equals at least the mean value.
Active differential for the controlled distribution of a drive torque generated by a drive motor (2, 9, 20) to two output shafts (3, 4, 10, 11), comprising a planetary gear (5, 12) for coupling the output shafts (3, 4, 10, 11) to a drive shaft of the drive motor (2, 9, 20) and a distributor shaft of a distributor motor (6, 13), wherein the distribution of the drive torque to the output shafts (3, 4, 10, 11) is dependent on a torque produced by the distributor motor (6, 13), wherein the distributor shaft and the planetary gear (5, 12) are coupled by a separable coupling apparatus (7, 14), wherein the coupling apparatus (7, 14) is designed when a predetermined limit value is exceeded by an operating parameter of the differential (1, 8, 21) to separate the distributor shaft from the planetary gear (5, 12), characterised in that the operating parameter is an output torque difference between the torques transmitted by the output shafts (3, 4, 10, 11) to the planetary gear (5, 12) or a time derivative of the said output torque difference.
A sorting device for sorting products, comprising successive carrier units each provided with a load carrying platform having a front arcuate edge and a rear arcuate edge, the arcuate shape of the front edge of a load carrying platform matching the arcuate shape of the rear edge of a next load carrying platform located at the front side of the load carrying platform in question, each load carrying platform being provided with a supporting surface between the front edge and the rear edge for supporting a product thereon, such as a piece of luggage or at least part thereof, the sorting device further comprising conveying means for conveying the load carrying platforms in a conveying direction along a conveying path and sorting means comprising an elongated pusher element for each load carrying platform for pushing a product to be sorted sideways off at least one supporting surface, using at least one pusher element, at a desired sorting location, said pusher elements each extending above at least part of said at least one load carrying platform and being designed for joint transport with the at least one load carrying platform in the conveying direction, two elongated passages extending transversely to the conveying direction in the respective load carrying platform, and drive means at least partially provided under the load carrying platforms for moving a pusher element sideways between two opposite extreme lateral positions at a desired sorting location, said pusher element extending in the conveying direction in the extreme positions and being connected to the drive means via two connecting elements (22, 23) which engage a pusher element at two different longitudinal positions and which each extend through one of the two passages in the load carrying platform, characterised in that the pusher element is provided asymmetrically relative to the two associated passages, at least in an extreme position thereof.