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A collapsible steering column assembly comprising a telescopic steering shaft that is supported within a steering column shroud, the telescopic steering shaft comprising: a first shaft having a hollow end; a second shaft that has an end that is located within the hollow end of the first shaft; and a first contacting means and a second contacting means, axially separated along a longitudinal axis of the steering column assembly, each being adjustable for the elimination of free play between the first shaft and the second shaft, the said first contacting means being adapted to transmit torque by rotationally interlocking the first shaft and the second shaft, characterized in that the first contacting means includes a plurality of radially-adjustable pins, each pin being placed under a static force and being receivable within a corresponding groove in an inwardly-facing wall of the first shaft, the radially-adjustable pins transmitting torque between the first shaft and second shaft. a first shaft having a hollow end; a second shaft that has an end that is located within the hollow end of the first shaft; and a first contacting means and a second contacting means, axially separated along a longitudinal axis of the steering column assembly, each being adjustable for the elimination of free play between the first shaft and the second shaft, the said first contacting means being adapted to transmit torque by rotationally interlocking the first shaft and the second shaft, characterized in that the first contacting means includes a plurality of radially-adjustable pins, each pin being placed under a static force and being receivable within a corresponding groove in an inwardly-facing wall of the first shaft, the radially-adjustable pins transmitting torque between the first shaft and second shaft.
Energy storage device for the reversible storage of energy, in particular from renewable energy sources, wherein the energy storage device has: a reversibly designed metal/metal oxide store for indirectly storing energy in the form of at least one fluid material, a reversibly designed electrolysis device for providing and using the fluid material in at least one electrolysis reaction, and fluid exchanging means (L 1, L 2) for the exchange of fluid materials between the reversibly designed metal/metal oxide store and the electrolysis device, wherein the metal/metal oxide store is disposed spatially separated from the electrolysis device, characterised in that the electrolysis device and the metal/metal oxide store are thermally coupled via heat exchanging means (3, L 4) for exchanging thermal energy between the metal/metal oxide store and the electrolysis device. a reversibly designed metal/metal oxide store for indirectly storing energy in the form of at least one fluid material, a reversibly designed electrolysis device for providing and using the fluid material in at least one electrolysis reaction, and fluid exchanging means (L 1, L 2) for the exchange of fluid materials between the reversibly designed metal/metal oxide store and the electrolysis device, wherein the metal/metal oxide store is disposed spatially separated from the electrolysis device, characterised in that the electrolysis device and the metal/metal oxide store are thermally coupled via heat exchanging means (3, L 4) for exchanging thermal energy between the metal/metal oxide store and the electrolysis device.
A panel for attenuating noise, comprising: a porous first skin; a second skin; and a core connected between the porous first skin and the second skin, the core including a corrugated body and a plurality of stringer bodies (44,46); the corrugated body including a plurality of corrugations configured from at least a plurality of baffles and a plurality of porous septums, each of the corrugations including a respective one of the baffles and a respective one of the porous septums, wherein a first of the corrugations forms a first channel that extends laterally between a first of the baffles and a first of the porous septums; and the stringer bodies spaced longitudinally along the first channel, each of the stringer bodies comprising a first sidewall disposed within the first channel and configured to fluidly isolate longitudinally adjacent portions of the first channel from one another; characterised in that each of the stringer bodies further includes a tongue laterally connected to the first sidewall, and the tongue is mated with a respective groove in a peak formed by the first of the baffles and a second of the porous septums. a porous first skin; a second skin; and a core connected between the porous first skin and the second skin, the core including a corrugated body and a plurality of stringer bodies (44,46); the corrugated body including a plurality of corrugations configured from at least a plurality of baffles and a plurality of porous septums, each of the corrugations including a respective one of the baffles and a respective one of the porous septums, wherein a first of the corrugations forms a first channel that extends laterally between a first of the baffles and a first of the porous septums; and the stringer bodies spaced longitudinally along the first channel, each of the stringer bodies comprising a first sidewall disposed within the first channel and configured to fluidly isolate longitudinally adjacent portions of the first channel from one another; characterised in that each of the stringer bodies further includes a tongue laterally connected to the first sidewall, and the tongue is mated with a respective groove in a peak formed by the first of the baffles and a second of the porous septums.
Process for manufacturing tyres for vehicle wheels, comprising the step of building a carcass structure comprising at least one carcass ply associated, at axially opposite end edges thereof, to respective annular anchoring structures, each annular anchoring structure comprising at least one substantially circumferential annular insert and at least one filling insert associated to the substantially circumferential annular insert; wherein the step of building the carcass structure comprises the step of providing at least one annular reinforcing element between at least one annular portion of a side surface of the filling insert of at least one annular anchoring structure and the respective end edge of the carcass ply; wherein the step of providing said at least one annular reinforcing element comprises the steps of: - loading the annular anchoring structure onto a service platform; - associating the annular reinforcing element to the annular portion of the side surface of the filling insert in a radially outer position with respect to said substantially circumferential annular insert, so as to form a reinforced annular anchoring structure; - unloading the reinforced annular anchoring structure from the service platform; - positioning the reinforced annular anchoring structure on the end edge of the carcass ply. - loading the annular anchoring structure onto a service platform; - associating the annular reinforcing element to the annular portion of the side surface of the filling insert in a radially outer position with respect to said substantially circumferential annular insert, so as to form a reinforced annular anchoring structure; - unloading the reinforced annular anchoring structure from the service platform; - positioning the reinforced annular anchoring structure on the end edge of the carcass ply.
Pressing device having an endless conveyor which has a large number of conveyor links, which are connected to one another to form an endlessly circulating track and of which adjacent conveying links are each pivotably connected to one another via a pin forming a pivot axis, and having at least one press roll, which is provided to apply pressure to the pressing material conveyed on the endless conveyor between the press roll and the endless conveyor in a pressing zone, wherein adjacent conveyor links of the endless conveyor have interengaging fingers (8, 9), the pin which connects these conveyor links passing through these fingers (8, 9), and wherein the conveyor links in the pressing zone assume a pivoting position relative to one another such that the outer side of the endless conveyor in this region forms a surface which is closed in the form of a plate and is free of protrusions and recesses, characterized in that the pressing zone is followed in the direction of circulation of the endless conveyor by a break-open zone, in which break-open zone the endless conveyor is deflected in such a way that its outer side is bent concavely.
Induction welding process for at least two parts (2, 3) made of composite materials comprising carbon fibers embedded in a resin and oriented in a main direction belonging to a principle plane (P P), said process comprising the following stages: a) formation of at least one field absorber configured to absorb a magnetic field and comprising a ferromagnetic material; b) formation of an assembly comprising the parts (2, 3) to be welded and the aforementioned at least one field absorber arranged at the contact walls of the parts (2, 3); and c) generation over a predefined period of a uniform alternating magnetic field in the assembly with the help of a two-sided inductor, in a direction of incidence (D B), so as to heat the contact walls of the assembly up to a temperature referred to as the process temperature, characterized in that the process further comprises a tilting stage of at least one of the following elements: the assembly and the two-sided inductor, so as to orient the direction of incidence (D B) of the magnetic field in relation to the principle plane (P P) at an angle other than 90° and other than zero. a) formation of at least one field absorber configured to absorb a magnetic field and comprising a ferromagnetic material; b) formation of an assembly comprising the parts (2, 3) to be welded and the aforementioned at least one field absorber arranged at the contact walls of the parts (2, 3); and c) generation over a predefined period of a uniform alternating magnetic field in the assembly with the help of a two-sided inductor, in a direction of incidence (D B), so as to heat the contact walls of the assembly up to a temperature referred to as the process temperature,
A surgical instrument assembly, comprising a modular motor drive unit which comprises an output drive assembly with at least one output drive element (10A, 10B; 100; 1000); and an instrument shaft which can be releaseably connected to the drive unit and which has an input drive assembly with at least one input drive element (20A, 20B; 200; 2000), wherein the output drive assembly and the input drive assembly can be coupled to one another by means of a mechanical interface, which interface has at least one one-sided linkage (10A-20A, 10B-20B), wherein the output drive assembly and the input drive assembly comprises at least one pair of respective output and input drive elements running in opposite directions, characterized in that the output drive assembly or the input drive assembly further comprises a pin and the other of the output drive assembly or the input drive assembly has a recess, wherein the pin can be radially expanded in the recess, in particular elastically and / or by means of at least one separate body (100.1).
A method (500, 800) for transmitting burst allocation information for a number N mobile stations in a wireless communications system, comprising: partitioning (504, 804) the mobile stations into a plurality of groups, based on reported signal quality values, wherein the reported signal quality values comprise CINR values, and wherein partitioning the mobile stations into a plurality of mobile station groups comprises ranking the mobile stations in order of their CINR value; associating (506, 806) a MAP message with each mobile station group; selecting a different modulation coding scheme for each mobile station group; and transmitting (508, 808) burst allocation information for each mobile station group in its associated MAP message transmitted using the selected modulation coding scheme. partitioning (504, 804) the mobile stations into a plurality of groups, based on reported signal quality values, wherein the reported signal quality values comprise CINR values, and wherein partitioning the mobile stations into a plurality of mobile station groups comprises ranking the mobile stations in order of their CINR value; associating (506, 806) a MAP message with each mobile station group; selecting a different modulation coding scheme for each mobile station group; and transmitting (508, 808) burst allocation information for each mobile station group in its associated MAP message transmitted using the selected modulation coding scheme.
A method (500, 950) of operating a beam system having a target that comprises a lithium layer and a metallic substrate, the method comprising: (a) subjecting the target to charged particle radiation such that the target emits neutrons and a plurality of blisters are formed in the target; the method being characterised by (b) subjecting the target to further charged particle radiation such that the target emits neutrons and a lithium compound layer forms between the lithium layer and the metallic substrate to a size sufficient to reduce the plurality of blisters in quantity and/or size. (a) subjecting the target to charged particle radiation such that the target emits neutrons and a plurality of blisters are formed in the target; the method being characterised by (b) subjecting the target to further charged particle radiation such that the target emits neutrons and a lithium compound layer forms between the lithium layer and the metallic substrate to a size sufficient to reduce the plurality of blisters in quantity and/or size.
Valve comprising an actuating device with a drive unit generating a torque, an eccentric rotatably arranged on a first bearing pin, said eccentric being rotatable by the drive unit, an eccentric output pin arranged at an end portion of the eccentric which, with respect to the direction of the extension of the eccentric, is situated opposite the first bearing pin and is guided in a slotted link of a movable coupling element, and an adjustment element movable by the movement of the coupling element, wherein a lever element is fastened at the eccentric output pin such that the eccentric, together with the lever element and the eccentric output pin, forms a crank which is supported on two sides by the first bearing pin and a second bearing pin, which have a common axis of rotation, characterized in that in addition, a gear is mounted on the first bearing pin, said gear being rotatable by said drive unit.
A method for determining a frequency error for a received signal in a multi-carrier receiver after a coarse frequency correction was performed, the method comprising the steps of: a) calculating a first noise estimation for a first frequency offset in a frequency search space; b) calculating at least a second noise estimation for a second frequency offset in said frequency search space; and c) determining a minimum noise estimation from said calculated noise estimations, wherein said frequency error is the frequency offset corresponding to said minimum noise estimation. a) calculating a first noise estimation for a first frequency offset in a frequency search space; b) calculating at least a second noise estimation for a second frequency offset in said frequency search space; and c) determining a minimum noise estimation from said calculated noise estimations, wherein said frequency error is the frequency offset corresponding to said minimum noise estimation.
A honeycomb filter comprising: a porous partition portion that forms a plurality of cells each having one end open and the other end sealed and functioning as a channel of a fluid; and capturing layers that capture and remove solid components in the fluid, the capturing layers being formed on the partition portion so that the thickness of the capturing layers has a tendency to decrease from an outer peripheral region of the honeycomb filter toward a central region of the honeycomb filter, the central region and the outer peripheral region being included in an orthogonal plane orthogonal to the channel, wherein the capturing layers are formed so that the ratio of the thickness in the central region to the thickness in the outer peripheral region is in the range of 60% or more and 95% or less. a porous partition portion that forms a plurality of cells each having one end open and the other end sealed and functioning as a channel of a fluid; and capturing layers that capture and remove solid components in the fluid, the capturing layers being formed on the partition portion so that the thickness of the capturing layers has a tendency to decrease from an outer peripheral region of the honeycomb filter toward a central region of the honeycomb filter, the central region and the outer peripheral region being included in an orthogonal plane orthogonal to the channel, wherein the capturing layers are formed so that the ratio of the thickness in the central region to the thickness in the outer peripheral region is in the range of 60% or more and 95% or less.
Lighting unit for vehicles with a light source arranged on a printed circuit board and with an add-on optic arranged in front of the light source in the direction of light radiation that on the side facing towards the printed circuit board features at least one mounting dome by means of which the add-on optic is connected to the same, in a form-locking manner, in the mounted position with the mounting dome engaging in a recess of a retaining body connecting on the reverse of the printed circuit board facing away from the light source, characterized in that, in the mounted position, a glare edge of the recess is at least partially locked into a shell surface of the mounting dome, where the glare edge of the recess locking into the shell surface of the mounting dome takes the form of one end of a catch tab running at an acute angle (α) to an extension level of the printed circuit board.
A method comprising: monitoring stream data associated with a subscriber's usage of a network resource for a predetermined time interval for developing a flow-accumulation history; deriving, from the stream data, byte data associated with the subscriber's usage of the network resource for the predetermined time interval for developing a byte-usage history; applying an outlier detection logic to the byte-usage history; assigning a byte-usage band to the subscriber based on the outlier detection logic as applied to the byte-usage history; applying the outlier detection logic to the flow-accumulation history; assigning a flow-accumulation band to the subscriber based on the outlier detection logic as applied to the flow-accumulation history; assigning an overall usage-band to the subscriber based on the byte-usage band assigned and the flow-accumulation band assigned; and applying a mitigating action to the subscriber based on the overall usage-band assigned. monitoring stream data associated with a subscriber's usage of a network resource for a predetermined time interval for developing a flow-accumulation history; deriving, from the stream data, byte data associated with the subscriber's usage of the network resource for the predetermined time interval for developing a byte-usage history; applying an outlier detection logic to the byte-usage history; assigning a byte-usage band to the subscriber based on the outlier detection logic as applied to the byte-usage history; applying the outlier detection logic to the flow-accumulation history; assigning a flow-accumulation band to the subscriber based on the outlier detection logic as applied to the flow-accumulation history; assigning an overall usage-band to the subscriber based on the byte-usage band assigned and the flow-accumulation band assigned; and applying a mitigating action to the subscriber based on the overall usage-band assigned.
A packaging material, comprising a pre-stretched and heat-stabilised elastic film and an elastic plastic net arranged flat on the film, characterised in that the plastic net is connected to the film by means of an adhesive layer applied on the film, wherein the adhesive is a water-soluble adhesive having a low adhesive strength, in such a way that a relative movement of the film and the plastic net in relation to one another is permitted in the event of high tensile stresses.
A racket comprising: a grip; an annular frame that is provided with a plurality of through holes that penetrate from an inner circumferential face to an outer circumferential face; and a shaft that connects the grip and the frame in a shaft axis direction, the frame having a rear end side attachment part, on the outer circumferential face of the frame and on a side closer to the shaft in the shaft axis direction, where there is exchangeably mounted a rear end side weight component to which a string to be tensely provided to the frame is routed, and the rear end side weight component being made of a material different from the frame, the rear end side weight component being mounted only to the rear end side attachment part, the racket further including a rear end side grommet on the outer circumferential face of the frame and on the side closer to the shaft in the shaft axis direction, the rear end side grommet including a first rear end side grommet and a second rear end side grommet, the rear end side attachment part being provided on the outer circumferential face of the frame and between the first rear end side grommet and the second rear end side grommet. a grip; an annular frame that is provided with a plurality of through holes that penetrate from an inner circumferential face to an outer circumferential face; and a shaft that connects the grip and the frame in a shaft axis direction, the frame having a rear end side attachment part, on the outer circumferential face of the frame and on a side closer to the shaft in the shaft axis direction, where there is exchangeably mounted a rear end side weight component to which a string to be tensely provided to the frame is routed, and the rear end side weight component being made of a material different from the frame, the rear end side weight component being mounted only to the rear end side attachment part, the racket further including a rear end side grommet on the outer circumferential face of the frame and on the side closer to the shaft in the shaft axis direction, the rear end side grommet including a first rear end side grommet and a second rear end side grommet, the rear end side attachment part being provided on the outer circumferential face of the frame and between the first rear end side grommet and the second rear end side grommet.