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An easily applicable adhesive sheet characterized by comprising a base sheet, and an adhesive layer which is provided on the base sheet and which has, in a surface portion thereof, a plurality of air passages having grooves opening on an end edge portion of the base sheet, wherein each air passage includes therein numerous island-like protrusions with a square, rectangular, trapezoidal, or inverted U-shaped cross section, whose tops are flush with the surface of the adhesive layer, and wherein the island-like protrusions are arranged such that any circle inscribed in the grooves defined by side walls of the air passage and those of the protrusions has a diameter of 5 to 90 μm at the level of the surface of the adhesive layer.
A tank attachment arrangement for a self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) having at least one tank, comprising: a base member 12 having a saddle portion comprising a contact side having at least one contact member directly or indirectly attached to the saddle portion, the at least one contact member configured to contact a surface of the at least one tank; and at least one tank retainer arrangement configured to retain the at least one tank with respect to the base member; wherein the at least one contact member extends into a groove within the contact side of the saddle portion 14 in a depth direction of the base member, and wherein the at least one contact member includes a substantially linear portion, a first sloped portion (22,44), and a second sloped portion (22,48) extending from opposing ends of the substantially linear portion in a longitudinal direction of the at least one contact member and substantially parallel with a longitudinal axis of the at least one tank to facilitate engagement or disengagement of the at least one tank with at least one of the substantially linear portion, the first sloped portion (22,44), and the second sloped portion (22,48) of the tank attachment arrangement. a base member 12 having a saddle portion comprising a contact side having at least one contact member directly or indirectly attached to the saddle portion, the at least one contact member configured to contact a surface of the at least one tank; and at least one tank retainer arrangement configured to retain the at least one tank with respect to the base member; wherein the at least one contact member extends into a groove within the contact side of the saddle portion 14 in a depth direction of the base member, and wherein the at least one contact member includes a substantially linear portion, a first sloped portion (22,44), and a second sloped portion (22,48) extending from opposing ends of the substantially linear portion in a longitudinal direction of the at least one contact member and substantially parallel with a longitudinal axis of the at least one tank to facilitate engagement or disengagement of the at least one tank with at least one of the substantially linear portion, the first sloped portion (22,44), and the second sloped portion (22,48) of the tank attachment arrangement.
An arc suppression device comprising: a current limiting circuit (AF1, AF2) provided in parallel with a breaker that switches supplying and interrupting of electric power from a power supply to a load; a first protector that is provided before or after the current limiting circuit (AF1, AF2)and that interrupts current from the power supply if current of a predetermined amount or more flows in the current limiting circuit for a predetermined period or longer; and a second protector that interrupts the current from the power supply after the first protector interrupts the current from the power supply, characterised in that the current limiting circuit (AF1, AF2) interrupts its current from the power supply when the electric power from the power supply is supplied to the load, and interrupts its current from the power supply after the current of the predetermined amount or more generated by a potential difference generated in interruption flows for a period shorter than the predetermined period when the supply of the electric power from the power supply to the load is interrupted. a current limiting circuit (AF1, AF2) provided in parallel with a breaker that switches supplying and interrupting of electric power from a power supply to a load; a first protector that is provided before or after the current limiting circuit (AF1, AF2)and that interrupts current from the power supply if current of a predetermined amount or more flows in the current limiting circuit for a predetermined period or longer; and a second protector that interrupts the current from the power supply after the first protector interrupts the current from the power supply, characterised in that the current limiting circuit (AF1, AF2) interrupts its current from the power supply when the electric power from the power supply is supplied to the load, and interrupts its current from the power supply after the current of the predetermined amount or more generated by a potential difference generated in interruption flows for a period shorter than the predetermined period when the supply of the electric power from the power supply to the load is interrupted.
System for detecting at least one transient phase in a stationary activity of an animate being, comprising determining means (DETER) for signals representative of the movement of the animate being along at least one path, characterised in that it comprises calculating means (CALC) for a resulting signal which is representative of a statistical link between the samples of the signals representative of the movement which belong respectively to at least two sliding windows on the samples, which are temporally offset, and detecting means (DETECT) for a transient phase from the resulting signal, a stationary activity being defined by an invariance of the statistical characteristics of the samples of the signals representative of the movement over time and a transient phase which corresponds to an interruption of the stationary activity during which there is a modification of the statistical characteristics of the samples of the signals representative of the movement.
An aircraft fuel deoxygenation system, comprising: a boost pump adapted to receive fuel from a fuel source and inert gas from an inert gas source, the boost pump configured to mix the fuel and inert gas and supply a fuel/gas mixture; a contactor-separator coupled to receive the fuel/gas mixture and configured to remove oxygen from the fuel and thereby generate and supply deoxygenated fuel with entrained purge gas and separated purge gas; a centrifuge-separator pump coupled to receive the deoxygenated fuel with entrained purge gas and configured to separate and remove the entrained purge gas from the deoxygenated fuel and supply the deoxygenated fuel and additional purge gas; and a gas pump coupled to receive the separated purge gas from the contactor-separator and the additional purge gas from the centrifuge-separator pump and configured to supply pressurized purge gas to the inert gas source. a boost pump adapted to receive fuel from a fuel source and inert gas from an inert gas source, the boost pump configured to mix the fuel and inert gas and supply a fuel/gas mixture; a contactor-separator coupled to receive the fuel/gas mixture and configured to remove oxygen from the fuel and thereby generate and supply deoxygenated fuel with entrained purge gas and separated purge gas; a centrifuge-separator pump coupled to receive the deoxygenated fuel with entrained purge gas and configured to separate and remove the entrained purge gas from the deoxygenated fuel and supply the deoxygenated fuel and additional purge gas; and a gas pump coupled to receive the separated purge gas from the contactor-separator and the additional purge gas from the centrifuge-separator pump and configured to supply pressurized purge gas to the inert gas source.
A method for controlling drainage of a dehumidifier, comprising: detecting, when a compressor of the dehumidifier is powered on, whether the compressor operates or not; controlling, when it is detected that the compressor stops operating, a power device of the dehumidifier to start draining water off after a first preset period; detecting an operation period of the power device; judging whether the operation period reaches a second preset period or not; and controlling, when it is determined that the operation period reaches the second preset period, the power device to stop operating. detecting, when a compressor of the dehumidifier is powered on, whether the compressor operates or not; controlling, when it is detected that the compressor stops operating, a power device of the dehumidifier to start draining water off after a first preset period; detecting an operation period of the power device; judging whether the operation period reaches a second preset period or not; and controlling, when it is determined that the operation period reaches the second preset period, the power device to stop operating.
Method of operating a print further processing installation for the production and processing of product units, in particular print end products with print product collections comprising a plurality of products, selected from the group of jacket products and a plurality of part products and/or appendices, into route-adapted stacks or packages, wherein at least a part of the print end products are addressee-specific individualised product units, characterised in that the method comprises the following steps: i) collection of print product collections of a plurality of print products in receiving units along a collection path wherein print products are supplied to the receiving units from supply devices each comprising a supplying conveyor, a stand-by loop with a plurality of transporting units and a discharge conveyor and wherein in each case a printing product is transferred at a discharge point of the supplying conveyor to a transporting unit of a stand-by loop, transported by this to the discharge conveyor and transferred thereto and subsequently the discharge conveyor discharges the products to the envisaged receiving unit of the collection path (2, 2") wherein the supply device discharges the print product in a controlled manner, i.e. as required, to the collection path. ii) transfer of the print end products in accordance with an actual product sequence (S actual) to at least one stacking device (5.1.5.2) to produce stacks or packages. i) collection of print product collections of a plurality of print products in receiving units along a collection path wherein print products are supplied to the receiving units from supply devices each comprising a supplying conveyor, a stand-by loop with a plurality of transporting units and a discharge conveyor and wherein in each case a printing product is transferred at a discharge point of the supplying conveyor to a transporting unit of a stand-by loop, transported by this to the discharge conveyor and transferred thereto and subsequently the discharge conveyor discharges the products to the envisaged receiving unit of the collection path (2, 2") wherein the supply device discharges the print product in a controlled manner, i.e. as required, to the collection path. ii) transfer of the print end products in accordance with an actual product sequence (S actual) to at least one stacking device (5.1.5.2) to produce stacks or packages.
A device (100, 200, 300, 400, 500) comprising: a top housing assembly (102, 202, 402, 502) configured to house a first subset of a plurality of electrical components; a bottom housing assembly (102, 204, 404, 504) mechanically coupled to the top housing assembly such that the top housing assembly is operable to cover, when closed, at least a portion of the bottom housing assembly, the bottom housing assembly configured to house a second subset of the plurality of electrical components; and a flexible electrical inter-assembly coupling circuit (108, 208, 308, 408) configured to electrically couple the first subset of the plurality of electrical components and the second subset of electrical components, the flexible electrical inter-assembly coupling circuit configured to remain flat when the top housing assembly is open relative to the bottom housing assembly and stretch when the top housing assembly is at least partially closed relative to the bottom housing assembly; and a folding mechanism (106, 206, 306, 506) that mechanically couples the top housing assembly to the bottom housing assembly for opening and closing the top housing assembly relative to the bottom housing assembly; wherein the flexible electrical inter-assembly coupling circuit includes one or more electrical traces (420, 422) dispersed on a material including one or more cuts (110, 310, 410) that stretch when the top housing assembly is at least partially closed relative to the bottom housing assembly. a top housing assembly (102, 202, 402, 502) configured to house a first subset of a plurality of electrical components; a bottom housing assembly (102, 204, 404, 504) mechanically coupled to the top housing assembly such that the top housing assembly is operable to cover, when closed, at least a portion of the bottom housing assembly, the bottom housing assembly configured to house a second subset of the plurality of electrical components; and a flexible electrical inter-assembly coupling circuit (108, 208, 308, 408) configured to electrically couple the first subset of the plurality of electrical components and the second subset of electrical components, the flexible electrical inter-assembly coupling circuit configured to remain flat when the top housing assembly is open relative to the bottom housing assembly and stretch when the top housing assembly is at least partially closed relative to the bottom housing assembly; and a folding mechanism (106, 206, 306, 506) that mechanically couples the top housing assembly to the bottom housing assembly for opening and closing the top housing assembly relative to the bottom housing assembly; wherein the flexible electrical inter-assembly coupling circuit includes one or more electrical traces (420, 422) dispersed on a material including one or more cuts (110, 310, 410) that stretch when the top housing assembly is at least partially closed relative to the bottom housing assembly.
A method of making a doped graphene thin film, the method comprising: hetero-epitaxially growing an intermediate graphene thin film on a catalyst thin film, the catalyst thin film having a single-orientation large-grain crystal structure; doping the intermediate graphene thin film with n-type or p-type dopants in making the doped graphene thin film, wherein the doped graphene thin film has a sheet resistance less than 150 ohms/square, wherein the doping of the intermediate graphene thin film comprises: providing a target receiving substrate having at least one thin film coating disposed thereon, the thin film coating including solid-state dopants therein; and allowing the solid-state dopants in the at least one thin film formed on the target receiving substrate to migrate into the intermediate graphene thin film by thermal diffusion, wherein the doped graphene thin film is doped with any one or more of: nitrogen, boron, phosphorous, fluorides, lithium, potassium, ammonium and/or sulfur-based dopants. hetero-epitaxially growing an intermediate graphene thin film on a catalyst thin film, the catalyst thin film having a single-orientation large-grain crystal structure; doping the intermediate graphene thin film with n-type or p-type dopants in making the doped graphene thin film, wherein the doped graphene thin film has a sheet resistance less than 150 ohms/square, wherein the doping of the intermediate graphene thin film comprises: providing a target receiving substrate having at least one thin film coating disposed thereon, the thin film coating including solid-state dopants therein; and allowing the solid-state dopants in the at least one thin film formed on the target receiving substrate to migrate into the intermediate graphene thin film by thermal diffusion, wherein the doped graphene thin film is doped with any one or more of: nitrogen, boron, phosphorous, fluorides, lithium, potassium, ammonium and/or sulfur-based dopants. providing a target receiving substrate having at least one thin film coating disposed thereon, the thin film coating including solid-state dopants therein; and allowing the solid-state dopants in the at least one thin film formed on the target receiving substrate to migrate into the intermediate graphene thin film by thermal diffusion, wherein the doped graphene thin film is doped with any one or more of: nitrogen, boron, phosphorous, fluorides, lithium, potassium, ammonium and/or sulfur-based dopants.
A method of operating a multi-phase converter, the method comprising: providing a multi-phase converter comprising a plurality of phase paths, wherein each phase path comprises at least one dc-link that is independent from every other phase path dc-link; generating a plurality of output phase voltages via the multi-phase converter in response to a predetermined reference voltage for each phase, wherein each output phase voltage is based on at least one corresponding dc-link voltage source that can be different from every other phase voltage dc-link voltage source; determining a total dc-link voltage level associated with each output phase voltage; calculating a first difference voltage based on the predetermined reference voltage level and the positive dc-link voltage for each phase; calculating a second difference voltage based on the predetermined reference voltage level and the negative dc-link voltage for each phase; calculating a maximum of the second difference voltage for all phases; calculating a minimum of the first difference voltage for all phases; calculating a common mode injection voltage as the average of the maximum second difference voltage and the minimum first difference voltage for each phase; and adding the common mode injection voltage to the predetermined reference voltage and generating an adjusted reference voltage therefrom for each phase, such that each generated output phase voltage level is adjusted in response to its corresponding adjusted reference voltage. providing a multi-phase converter comprising a plurality of phase paths, wherein each phase path comprises at least one dc-link that is independent from every other phase path dc-link; generating a plurality of output phase voltages via the multi-phase converter in response to a predetermined reference voltage for each phase, wherein each output phase voltage is based on at least one corresponding dc-link voltage source that can be different from every other phase voltage dc-link voltage source; determining a total dc-link voltage level associated with each output phase voltage; calculating a first difference voltage based on the predetermined reference voltage level and the positive dc-link voltage for each phase; calculating a second difference voltage based on the predetermined reference voltage level and the negative dc-link voltage for each phase; calculating a maximum of the second difference voltage for all phases; calculating a minimum of the first difference voltage for all phases; calculating a common mode injection voltage as the average of the maximum second difference voltage and the minimum first difference voltage for each phase; and adding the common mode injection voltage to the predetermined reference voltage and generating an adjusted reference voltage therefrom for each phase, such that each generated output phase voltage level is adjusted in response to its corresponding adjusted reference voltage.
A wind turbine comprising: a hub rotatable about an axis; and a blade coupled to said hub and comprising: an inner blade portion comprising a first end and a second end, said inner blade portion coupled to said hub at said first end and extending radially outward from said hub to said second end; an outer blade portion comprising a first end and a second end, said first end of said outer blade portion pivotably coupled to said second end of said inner blade portion; and further comprising a rotatable element extending between said inner blade portion and said outer blade portion, said rotatable element comprising a first end coupled to said inner blade portion and a second end coupled to said outer blade portion, wherein said rotatable element second end is rotatable relative to said rotatable element first end to facilitate rotating said outer blade portion relative to said inner blade portion, characterized in that said rotatable element is an elastic flexure bearing a hub rotatable about an axis; and a blade coupled to said hub and comprising: an inner blade portion comprising a first end and a second end, said inner blade portion coupled to said hub at said first end and extending radially outward from said hub to said second end; an outer blade portion comprising a first end and a second end, said first end of said outer blade portion pivotably coupled to said second end of said inner blade portion; and further comprising a rotatable element extending between said inner blade portion and said outer blade portion, said rotatable element comprising a first end coupled to said inner blade portion and a second end coupled to said outer blade portion, wherein said rotatable element second end is rotatable relative to said rotatable element first end to facilitate rotating said outer blade portion relative to said inner blade portion, characterized in that said rotatable element is an elastic flexure bearing an inner blade portion comprising a first end and a second end, said inner blade portion coupled to said hub at said first end and extending radially outward from said hub to said second end; an outer blade portion comprising a first end and a second end, said first end of said outer blade portion pivotably coupled to said second end of said inner blade portion; and further comprising a rotatable element extending between said inner blade portion and said outer blade portion, said rotatable element comprising a first end coupled to said inner blade portion and a second end coupled to said outer blade portion, wherein said rotatable element second end is rotatable relative to said rotatable element first end to facilitate rotating said outer blade portion relative to said inner blade portion, characterized in that said rotatable element is an elastic flexure bearing