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Actuator for a motor vehicle flap element, in particular for a fuel filler flap of a motor vehicle, comprising a motor, and comprising a control member which acts on the motor vehicle flap element, the motor vehicle flap element being designed to be adjustable between an open and closed position, and a rotary lock which is acted on by the motor being additionally provided, said rotary lock being used to lock/unlock the control member, the motor directly driving the rotary lock, characterized in that an emergency unlocking unit (5, 20, 21) for the rotary lock is provided, the emergency unlocking unit (5, 20, 21) being equipped with a handle which is accessible from the outside and a lever which affects the rotary lock, with a control pin which is rotatably mounted in a base of a housing of the actuator being connected to the lever so that the control pin and consequently the lever connected thereto can be rotated using the handle.
Nebulizer for aerosolizing a liquid comprising: - a reservoir for receiving a liquid to be aerosolized, - a nebulizer body comprising an aerosol-generating system (4; 23, 24) for generating an aerosol and a nebulization chamber for containing the aerosol, said aerosol-generating system (4; 23, 24) comprising a nozzle element comprising an orifice and a deflector element facing the orifice of the nozzle element,; - a cover forming the top of the nebulizer, the cover being detachably fixed to the nebulizer body, and further comprising a one-way inspiration valve allowing air entering into the nebulization chamber; wherein - the reservoir comprises a liquid tank for receiving a liquid to be aerosolized, and an inner conduit projecting axially and upwardly into the liquid tank, - the nebulizer body comprises an axially-arranged inner conduit comprising a lower end projecting into the liquid tank of the reservoir, the lower end of the inner conduit terminating close to the bottom of the liquid tank, the axially-arranged inner conduit being arranged as a sleeve around a downstream end of the inner conduit of the reservoir, - the nozzle element and the deflector element of the aerosol-generating system (4; 23, 24) are arranged into the lumen of the inner conduit of the nebulizer body, and - the inspiration valve of the cover is facing and in fluid communication with an air inlet located at an upper end of the axially-arranged inner conduit, characterized in that the cover further comprises a one-way expiration valve allowing gas exiting the nebulization chamber. - a reservoir for receiving a liquid to be aerosolized, - a nebulizer body comprising an aerosol-generating system (4; 23, 24) for generating an aerosol and a nebulization chamber for containing the aerosol, said aerosol-generating system (4; 23, 24) comprising a nozzle element comprising an orifice and a deflector element facing the orifice of the nozzle element,; - a cover forming the top of the nebulizer, the cover being detachably fixed to the nebulizer body, and further comprising a one-way inspiration valve allowing air entering into the nebulization chamber; wherein - the reservoir comprises a liquid tank for receiving a liquid to be aerosolized, and an inner conduit projecting axially and upwardly into the liquid tank, - the nebulizer body comprises an axially-arranged inner conduit comprising a lower end projecting into the liquid tank of the reservoir, the lower end of the inner conduit terminating close to the bottom of the liquid tank, the axially-arranged inner conduit being arranged as a sleeve around a downstream end of the inner conduit of the reservoir, - the nozzle element and the deflector element of the aerosol-generating system (4; 23, 24) are arranged into the lumen of the inner conduit of the nebulizer body, and - the inspiration valve of the cover is facing and in fluid communication with an air inlet located at an upper end of the axially-arranged inner conduit,
A 2D barcode scanner, comprising a housing with a reading window and a digital camera arranged in the housing for detecting the region of the reading window directly or via a mirror arrangement (8, 9), wherein to illuminate a region in front of the reading window, on the side of the reading window facing away from the digital camera a plurality of external light sources arranged in the housing are provided, wherein a homogeneous luminosity in the plane of the reading window is only achieved by means of all of the external light sources, characterized in that the external light sources are each provided with an auxiliary lens, by means of which the light from the external light sources is distributed in such a way that the reflection paths for the external light sources produced at the inner side of the reading window back into the camera are either not illuminated at all or only with a very low intensity, as a result of which light reflections occurring at the inner side of the reading window, which are superimposed on the bar code to be scanned as very bright spots in the image of the digital camera, are prevented or the intensity thereof is significantly reduced, that the auxiliary lens assigned to the external light sources is individually designed for each light source and the arrangement and orientation thereof, and that the regions of the plane of the reading window that correspond to reflection paths of a light source are illuminated by light sources for which these regions do not represent a reflection path.
A method of mitigating calcification in bioprosthetic implant tissue, comprising: at least partially cross-linking bioprosthetic implant tissue using glutaraldehyde or other aldehyde-containing agents, treating the cross-linked bioprosthetic implant tissue with a capping agent solution containing ethanolamine and a reducing agent to reduce any Schiff base created by reaction of an amine group of the ethanolamine with an aldehyde group of the cross-linked biorposthetic implant tissue, washing the capped tissue to remove excess capping agent, and dehydrating said washed tissue with a glycerol/ethanol solution. at least partially cross-linking bioprosthetic implant tissue using glutaraldehyde or other aldehyde-containing agents, treating the cross-linked bioprosthetic implant tissue with a capping agent solution containing ethanolamine and a reducing agent to reduce any Schiff base created by reaction of an amine group of the ethanolamine with an aldehyde group of the cross-linked biorposthetic implant tissue, washing the capped tissue to remove excess capping agent, and dehydrating said washed tissue with a glycerol/ethanol solution.
A method for managing a center of gravity of a vehicle on a display associated with the vehicle, comprising: determining an initial value of a center of gravity for the vehicle prior to a start of a journey having a plurality of waypoints, and receiving a value for a consumption of a fuel by the vehicle between each waypoint of the journey from a source of data associated with the vehicle; determining, by a processor, a change in the center of gravity of the vehicle at each waypoint of the journey based on the initial value of the center of gravity and the fuel consumed between each waypoint; generating, by the processor, a first user interface for display on the display that illustrates the center of gravity of the vehicle at one or more of the plurality of waypoints over the journey and that illustrates that the change in the center of gravity for at least one of the one or more of the plurality of waypoints exceeds a predefined threshold; based on the change in the center of gravity for the at least one of the plurality of waypoints exceeding the predefined threshold, generating, by the processor, a second user interface for display on the display that provides a selection to bring the change in the center of gravity below the predefined threshold at the at least one of the plurality of waypoints; and updating, by the processor, the generated first user interface based on a receipt of the selection. determining an initial value of a center of gravity for the vehicle prior to a start of a journey having a plurality of waypoints, and receiving a value for a consumption of a fuel by the vehicle between each waypoint of the journey from a source of data associated with the vehicle; determining, by a processor, a change in the center of gravity of the vehicle at each waypoint of the journey based on the initial value of the center of gravity and the fuel consumed between each waypoint; generating, by the processor, a first user interface for display on the display that illustrates the center of gravity of the vehicle at one or more of the plurality of waypoints over the journey and that illustrates that the change in the center of gravity for at least one of the one or more of the plurality of waypoints exceeds a predefined threshold; based on the change in the center of gravity for the at least one of the plurality of waypoints exceeding the predefined threshold, generating, by the processor, a second user interface for display on the display that provides a selection to bring the change in the center of gravity below the predefined threshold at the at least one of the plurality of waypoints; and updating, by the processor, the generated first user interface based on a receipt of the selection.
An actuator assembly comprising: a static portion; a moveable portion capable of movement with respect to the static portion along a primary axis and perpendicular to the primary axis; a plural number of shape memory alloy actuator wires connected between the static portion and the moveable portion for driving said movement along the primary axis and perpendicular to the primary axis, wherein each SMA actuator wire is inclined with respect to the primary axis; and characterised in that it further comprises end-stop surfaces (17, 54) corresponding to each SMA actuator wire arranged to limit said movement and extending substantially orthogonally to the directions along the SMA actuator wires. a static portion; a moveable portion capable of movement with respect to the static portion along a primary axis and perpendicular to the primary axis; a plural number of shape memory alloy actuator wires connected between the static portion and the moveable portion for driving said movement along the primary axis and perpendicular to the primary axis, wherein each SMA actuator wire is inclined with respect to the primary axis; and characterised in that it further comprises end-stop surfaces (17, 54) corresponding to each SMA actuator wire arranged to limit said movement and extending substantially orthogonally to the directions along the SMA actuator wires.
A method for determining an absolute flow speed (V M) of a volume or mass flow, comprising the following process steps: measurement of continuous reference values (dp i, f i, l i, P i, t i, U i, V i) in a measuring tube with a narrowed section, a first pressure sensor arranged in a non-narrowed tube section of measuring tube and a second pressure sensor (4") arranged in the narrowed section of the measuring tube, determination of reference value fluctuations, calculation or mapping of the absolute flow speed (V M) as a function of a numerical and/or statistical evaluation function of the reference value fluctuations, in particular of a fluctuation value generated therefrom such as the amplitude, the standard deviation (σ), the variance in the reference value fluctuations, wherein use is made as reference values of measurement values, whereof each individual value stands in a direct physical relationship with the flow speed, wherein the presence of a flow is verified with the aid of a comparison of the reference value fluctuation with a limiting value, and in the event that no flow is present, an occurring offset drift is corrected by a renewed metrological detection of the sensor value of the current offset. measurement of continuous reference values (dp i, f i, l i, P i, t i, U i, V i) in a measuring tube with a narrowed section, a first pressure sensor arranged in a non-narrowed tube section of measuring tube and a second pressure sensor (4") arranged in the narrowed section of the measuring tube, determination of reference value fluctuations, calculation or mapping of the absolute flow speed (V M) as a function of a numerical and/or statistical evaluation function of the reference value fluctuations, in particular of a fluctuation value generated therefrom such as the amplitude, the standard deviation (σ), the variance in the reference value fluctuations, wherein use is made as reference values of measurement values, whereof each individual value stands in a direct physical relationship with the flow speed, wherein the presence of a flow is verified with the aid of a comparison of the reference value fluctuation with a limiting value, and in the event that no flow is present, an occurring offset drift is corrected by a renewed metrological detection of the sensor value of the current offset.
A method performed by a first base station providing a macro cell configured to operate as a frequency division duplex, FDD, communication with a user equipment, UE, wherein a coverage of the macro cell includes at least one small cell provided by at least one second base station, and wherein the at least one small cell is configured to operate as a time division duplex, TDD, communication with a UE, the method comprising: transmitting, to the UE, first control information for a control plane for indicating an addition of a first small cell of the at least one small cell included in the coverage of the macro cell and for indicating an activation of the first small cell, based on a measurement report received from the UE; transmitting data for the control plane to the UE while data for a user plane to the UE is wirelessly transmitted only from one of the at least one second base station providing the first small cell if the UE is connected to the first small cell based on the measurement report; generating data for the control plane including second control information indicating to release the first small cell based on measurement information received from the UE; transmitting, to the UE, data for the control plane including the second control information, and transmitting, to the UE, data for the user plane after the data for the control plane including the second control information is transmitted to the UE. transmitting, to the UE, first control information for a control plane for indicating an addition of a first small cell of the at least one small cell included in the coverage of the macro cell and for indicating an activation of the first small cell, based on a measurement report received from the UE; transmitting data for the control plane to the UE while data for a user plane to the UE is wirelessly transmitted only from one of the at least one second base station providing the first small cell if the UE is connected to the first small cell based on the measurement report; generating data for the control plane including second control information indicating to release the first small cell based on measurement information received from the UE; transmitting, to the UE, data for the control plane including the second control information, and transmitting, to the UE, data for the user plane after the data for the control plane including the second control information is transmitted to the UE.
An ice resistant structure, comprising: - a self-supporting, structural platform; - a retaining, protective layer disposed over the self-supporting, structural platform; and - a subsurface anti-icing and/or de-icing layer located between the self-supporting, structural platform and the retaining, protective layer, the subsurface AI and/or DI layer being a functional layer such that an AI and/or DI agent is released to a surface of the retaining protective layer by an activation mechanism responsive to a change in an environmental condition. - a self-supporting, structural platform; - a retaining, protective layer disposed over the self-supporting, structural platform; and - a subsurface anti-icing and/or de-icing layer located between the self-supporting, structural platform and the retaining, protective layer, the subsurface AI and/or DI layer being a functional layer such that an AI and/or DI agent is released to a surface of the retaining protective layer by an activation mechanism responsive to a change in an environmental condition.
A gearbox for use in an electric power assisted steering system of the kind in which a motor is connected to a portion of a steering mechanism through the gearbox, the gearbox comprising a gearbox housing, a worm gear carried by a worm shaft and a gear wheel carried by an output shaft, the worm shaft being supported relative to the gearbox housing by a tail bearing assembly, characterized in that the tail bearing assembly is located relative to the gearbox housing by a bearing carrier, the bearing carrier comprising a bearing carrier part which is fixed to the tail bearing assembly and a reaction part which is fixed to the gearbox housing, the bearing carrier part being connected to the reaction part by at least two connecting elements, the two connecting elements being spaced apart so that they act, in effect, with the bearing carrier part and the reaction part to form a parallelogram linkage that enables the bearing carrier to be relatively free to move relative to the reaction part in one direction, the bearing carrier also being relatively restrained from movement in the two directions orthogonal to the one direction by the parallelogram linkage.
An anti-rattle system for a passenger seat comprising a foot pad, wherein the foot pad comprises: an upper surface; a lower surface; a protrusion extending outward from the lower surface of the foot pad, the foot pad further comprises: a stud guide having a central axis, characterized in that the foot pad further comprises: an adjuster bore having a central axis, wherein the central axis is at a non-zero angle relative to a vertical axis of the foot pad; and wherein a central axis of the stud guide is nonparallel to the central axis of the adjuster bore. an upper surface; a lower surface; a protrusion extending outward from the lower surface of the foot pad, the foot pad further comprises: a stud guide having a central axis, characterized in that the foot pad further comprises: an adjuster bore having a central axis, wherein the central axis is at a non-zero angle relative to a vertical axis of the foot pad; and wherein a central axis of the stud guide is nonparallel to the central axis of the adjuster bore. an adjuster bore having a central axis, wherein the central axis is at a non-zero angle relative to a vertical axis of the foot pad; and wherein a central axis of the stud guide is nonparallel to the central axis of the adjuster bore.
An organic light emitting diode display, comprising: a first substrate; a first electrode on the first substrate; an organic light emitting layer on the first electrode; a second electrode on the organic light emitting layer; and a capping layer on the second electrode, characterized in that the capping layer includes at least one heterocyclic compound represented by one of the following Compounds 1 to 48: a first substrate; a first electrode on the first substrate; an organic light emitting layer on the first electrode; a second electrode on the organic light emitting layer; and a capping layer on the second electrode, characterized in that the capping layer includes at least one heterocyclic compound represented by one of the following Compounds 1 to 48:
A stiffened fuselage component made of a fiber reinforced composite material, in particular for use in an aircraft, comprising: - a skin element, and - a plurality of elongated stiffening elements forming a stiffening element pattern comprising a plurality of node points and being attached to an inner surface of the skin element, wherein at least some of the node points are defined by an intersection of at least two stiffening elements at an acute angle or an obtuse angle, and wherein at least some of the elongated stiffening elements are shaped so as to define an internal cavity delimited by an inner surface of the stiffening elements and covered by the skin element, characterized in that at least some of the plurality of elongated stiffening elements are connected to each other by an internal skin element extending substantially parallel to and being attached to the skin element, said internal skin element extending between adjacent stiffening elements so that the internal cavities of the stiffening elements are only covered by the skin element, and at least some of the plurality of elongated stiffening elements comprise a foam core arranged in the internal cavity delimited by the inner surface of the stiffening elements and covered by the skin element, wherein the foam core is selectively designed as load bearing component. - a skin element, and - a plurality of elongated stiffening elements forming a stiffening element pattern comprising a plurality of node points and being attached to an inner surface of the skin element, wherein at least some of the node points are defined by an intersection of at least two stiffening elements at an acute angle or an obtuse angle, and wherein at least some of the elongated stiffening elements are shaped so as to define an internal cavity delimited by an inner surface of the stiffening elements and covered by the skin element,
A voltage level detector (200; 200a; 200b; 200c) comprising: a voltage divider (210;211, 212; 213) configured to generate a first division voltage, Vdiv1, and a second division voltage, Vdiv2, based on a first voltage, which is an output voltage, Vreg, of a voltage regulator; a first comparator configured to compare any one of the first and second division voltages with a reference voltage, Vref; a second comparator configured to compare the other of the first and second division voltages with the reference voltage; a first switch configured to convert a connection path between the first and second division voltages and the first and second comparators, according to control of a clock signal, CLK; a determination circuit configured to determine, based on a first comparison signal, sig1, which is an output of the first comparator, and a second comparison signal, sig 2, which is an output of the second comparator, whether or not the voltage level detector is in a normal state and to generate a result signal, sigR; and a second switch configured to convert a connection path between the first and second comparison signals and input terminals of the determination circuit, according to control of the clock signal. a voltage divider (210;211, 212; 213) configured to generate a first division voltage, Vdiv1, and a second division voltage, Vdiv2, based on a first voltage, which is an output voltage, Vreg, of a voltage regulator; a first comparator configured to compare any one of the first and second division voltages with a reference voltage, Vref; a second comparator configured to compare the other of the first and second division voltages with the reference voltage; a first switch configured to convert a connection path between the first and second division voltages and the first and second comparators, according to control of a clock signal, CLK; a determination circuit configured to determine, based on a first comparison signal, sig1, which is an output of the first comparator, and a second comparison signal, sig 2, which is an output of the second comparator, whether or not the voltage level detector is in a normal state and to generate a result signal, sigR; and a second switch configured to convert a connection path between the first and second comparison signals and input terminals of the determination circuit, according to control of the clock signal.