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A catheter assembly comprising: a catheter shaft temporarily engaged distal to an outer curve portion of the inner surface of an expandable implant (1006, 1106); the expandable implant (1006, 1106) having a proximal end and a distal end and being positioned at the leading end of the catheter shaft; and one or two steering lines (1020, 1120) having a helical pattern and configured to enable selective and controllable bending of expandable implant (1006, 1106) and non-concentric temporary engagement; and wherein the helical pattern of the one or two steering lines (1020, 1120) begins near the distal end on the outer curve of the expandable implant (1006, 1106) and terminates proximal thereto on the inner curve of the expandable implant (1006, 1106); each steering line continues in a direction substantially parallel to the central axis of the expandable implant (1006, 1106) and toward the proximal end on the inner curve of the expandable implant (1006,1106) where it circumferentially traverses expandable implant (1006, 1106) back to its outer curve. a catheter shaft temporarily engaged distal to an outer curve portion of the inner surface of an expandable implant (1006, 1106); the expandable implant (1006, 1106) having a proximal end and a distal end and being positioned at the leading end of the catheter shaft; and one or two steering lines (1020, 1120) having a helical pattern and configured to enable selective and controllable bending of expandable implant (1006, 1106) and non-concentric temporary engagement; and wherein the helical pattern of the one or two steering lines (1020, 1120) begins near the distal end on the outer curve of the expandable implant (1006, 1106) and terminates proximal thereto on the inner curve of the expandable implant (1006, 1106); each steering line continues in a direction substantially parallel to the central axis of the expandable implant (1006, 1106) and toward the proximal end on the inner curve of the expandable implant (1006,1106) where it circumferentially traverses expandable implant (1006, 1106) back to its outer curve.
Switch cabinet for a wind turbine which is subject to rotation during operation with a cabinet housing in which at least one ventilation hole is provided in a wall of the cabinet housing, at least one fan arranged in the cabinet housing which is fastened seated at the cabinet housing in front of and/or in the ventilation hole, characterized in that at the outside of the cabinet housing the opening of the ventilation hole is surrounded by a circumferential coaming fastened on the outside of the housing wall, which engages in the interior of a pot-shaped cover which has a closed face side and a circumferential boundary which partially overlaps the coaming, whereby the cover is fastened at the coaming and is distanced from it in such a way that an air guidance channel is created which forms an air permeable connection between the fan / the ventilation hole and the surrounding area around the cabinet housing.
A Serial Peripheral Interface, SPI, based method of controlling the backlight of a Head-Up Display HUD mounted in a vehicle, the HUD comprising: a LED device configured to provide backlight, a LED controller coupled to a controller of the motor vehicle via a SPI bus, the motor vehicle controller being configured to transmit a backlight setting command to the LED controller in order to perform backlight control, a display and a display controller, the method comprising the steps of: calculating at the frequency of a video source signal of the HUD, by the motor vehicle controller, a backlight value; placing, by the motor vehicle controller, multiple backlight values obtained by said calculating into a backlight setting command, and transmitting the backlight setting command to the LED controller via the SPI bus; after obtaining the backlight setting command, sequentially applying one backlight value in the backlight setting command to the LED device each time a frame synchronization signal is obtained, by the LED controller. a LED device configured to provide backlight, a LED controller coupled to a controller of the motor vehicle via a SPI bus, the motor vehicle controller being configured to transmit a backlight setting command to the LED controller in order to perform backlight control, a display and a display controller, the method comprising the steps of: calculating at the frequency of a video source signal of the HUD, by the motor vehicle controller, a backlight value; placing, by the motor vehicle controller, multiple backlight values obtained by said calculating into a backlight setting command, and transmitting the backlight setting command to the LED controller via the SPI bus; after obtaining the backlight setting command, sequentially applying one backlight value in the backlight setting command to the LED device each time a frame synchronization signal is obtained, by the LED controller. calculating at the frequency of a video source signal of the HUD, by the motor vehicle controller, a backlight value; placing, by the motor vehicle controller, multiple backlight values obtained by said calculating into a backlight setting command, and transmitting the backlight setting command to the LED controller via the SPI bus; after obtaining the backlight setting command, sequentially applying one backlight value in the backlight setting command to the LED device each time a frame synchronization signal is obtained, by the LED controller.
Resistive structure with an improved electric field profile deposited on the surface of a cylindrical insulating substrate, wherein at least one resistive path or trace (23,33,43) is provided with a shape looking like a helix and is directly printed on the surface of the insulating substrate (20,30,40), characterized in that the helix like trace (23,33,43) comprises at least one joining section which presents at least one discontinuity (34,44) such as a smaller or a larger trace width than the rest of the helical trace or/and a small offset with respect to the rest of the trace, wherein multiple joining sections are periodically placed along the length of the helix like trace.
Method for cleaning offgas arising from the combustion of wood, biomass, mineral oil, natural gas, used oil, used tires, used solvents, industrial or communal refuse, waste and/or controlled waste, and/or in the manufacture of cement or in a sintered metal plant and for regenerating an oxidation catalyst used therefor, comprising treating the offgas in the oxidation catalyst comprising a catalytically active material comprising a microporous zeolite material containing Pt and/or Pd and optionally a base transition metal, wherein the oxidation catalyst is operated continuously or intermittently at a temperature which brings about the oxidation of soot and/or carbon particles, and wherein the oxidation catalyst is used for the degradation of CO and hydrocarbons.
A panel-layer system for thermal insulation of a shaded surface, comprising a supporting construction in the form of at least two rigid and non-deformable rails, the supporting construction being adapted to be mounted to the outer side of a building envelope, especially a window, especially a roof window, a plurality of lamellae permanently mounted to the supporting construction, wherein the lamellae are inserted into notches of the supporting construction and additionally glued to it, and wherein the inclination angle of each lamella is constant, while for the lamellae placed at the top of the building envelope the inclination angle is less than 70°, preferably 38°, with respect to the plane of the envelope and decreases towards the bottom of the envelope so that the lowest lamella inclines at an angle of not more than 45°, preferably 25°, the inclination angle of the lamellae varies linearly from the highest to the lowest by 13° divided by the number of lamellae and the distance between the lamellae measured along the edge of the supporting construction is the distance of the outermost lamellae divided by the number of lamellae, and the supporting construction is adapted to be mounted to the building envelope so that an air cavity of at least 10 mm wide and not more than 100 mm is maintained between the the supporting construction and the plane of the building envelope. a supporting construction in the form of at least two rigid and non-deformable rails, the supporting construction being adapted to be mounted to the outer side of a building envelope, especially a window, especially a roof window, a plurality of lamellae permanently mounted to the supporting construction, wherein the lamellae are inserted into notches of the supporting construction and additionally glued to it, and wherein the inclination angle of each lamella is constant, while for the lamellae placed at the top of the building envelope the inclination angle is less than 70°, preferably 38°, with respect to the plane of the envelope and decreases towards the bottom of the envelope so that the lowest lamella inclines at an angle of not more than 45°, preferably 25°, the inclination angle of the lamellae varies linearly from the highest to the lowest by 13° divided by the number of lamellae and the distance between the lamellae measured along the edge of the supporting construction is the distance of the outermost lamellae divided by the number of lamellae, and the supporting construction is adapted to be mounted to the building envelope so that an air cavity of at least 10 mm wide and not more than 100 mm is maintained between the the supporting construction and the plane of the building envelope.
A method for compensating for image quality of an optical system by means of a lens adjustment, applicable to a camera module comprising an adjustable lens or an adjustable lens set, the method comprising the following steps: determining, based on imaging information of a to-be-adjusted optical system, parameters that need to be adjusted for compensating for the image quality; establishing functions of relation between the parameters that need to be adjusted for compensating for the image quality and to-be-adjusted lens factors; and determining an adjustment mode and an adjustment amount for the to-be-adjusted lens based on the relation between the parameters that need to be adjusted for compensating for the image quality and the to-be-adjusted lens factors, whereby the step comprises the following steps: collecting the imaging information from a preset chart by using the to-be-adjusted optical system; calculating parameters representing the image quality based on the collected imaging information; and comparing the parameters representing the image quality with preset resolution requirements, and determining that the parameters that need to be adjusted in the to-be-adjusted optical system is one or more of an image plane inclination, field curvature, or a peak, wherein the step comprises the following steps: establishing a function of relation between an image plane inclination and the to-be-adjusted lens factors; establishing a function of relation between field curvature and the to-be-adjusted lens factors; establishing a function of relation between a peak and the to-be-adjusted lens factors; and establishing a function of relation between the image quality and the to-be-adjusted lens factors on the basis of the functions established in steps (Bl), and, characterized in that the functions of relation between the image plane inclination, the field curvature, the peak, and the to-be-adjusted lens factors are respectively: T d t = f d x y, t x y, d x y = d k * cos θ, k * sin θ; C h g = f h z, g z, r z; and P d h r t = f ( d x y, h z, r z, t x y; wherein T represents the image plane inclination, C represents the field curvature, P represents the peak, d represents lens eccentricity, t represents a lens inclination, h represents a lens thickness, g represents lens spacing, r represents lens surface precision, x and y are direction coordinates decomposed in an image plane perpendicular to an optical axis, z is a direction coordinate along the optical axis, θ is an angular coordinate in a two-dimensional plane defined by x and y, and k is an absolute value of eccentricity. determining, based on imaging information of a to-be-adjusted optical system, parameters that need to be adjusted for compensating for the image quality; establishing functions of relation between the parameters that need to be adjusted for compensating for the image quality and to-be-adjusted lens factors; and determining an adjustment mode and an adjustment amount for the to-be-adjusted lens based on the relation between the parameters that need to be adjusted for compensating for the image quality and the to-be-adjusted lens factors,
A system configured to provide light therapy to a subject as the subject sleeps, the system comprising: - a sleep mask, the sleep mask comprising: - a shield configured to cover the eyes of a subject wearing the sleep mask such that the shield provides a barrier between ambient radiation and the eyes of the subject; - a headgear configured to hold the shield in place on the face of the subject; - one or more lighting modules (16, 18) carried by the shield, the one or more lighting modules (16, 18) being configured to provide radiation to the eyes of the subject; and - one or more EEG electrodes carried by the shield and/or the headgear; and - a processor in operative communication with the one or more lighting modules (16, 18) and the one or more EEG electrodes, the processor being configured (i) to control the one or more lighting modules (16, 18) to emit radiation incident on the eyes of the subject to provide phototherapy to the subject, (ii) to receive output signals generated by the one or more EEG electrodes, and (iii) to adjust one or more parameters of the phototherapy provided to the subject based on the received output signals, wherein the shield includes a cushioning layer disposed on a base surface formed on a side of the shield which faces towards the subject during use, the cushioning layer provides the innermost surface to the subject, and engages the face of the subject during use, the one or more of electrodes are formed by cushioning layer wherein some or all of cushioning layer is formed from a conductive foam material. - a sleep mask, the sleep mask comprising: - a shield configured to cover the eyes of a subject wearing the sleep mask such that the shield provides a barrier between ambient radiation and the eyes of the subject; - a headgear configured to hold the shield in place on the face of the subject; - one or more lighting modules (16, 18) carried by the shield, the one or more lighting modules (16, 18) being configured to provide radiation to the eyes of the subject; and - one or more EEG electrodes carried by the shield and/or the headgear; and - a processor in operative communication with the one or more lighting modules (16, 18) and the one or more EEG electrodes, the processor being configured (i) to control the one or more lighting modules (16, 18) to emit radiation incident on the eyes of the subject to provide phototherapy to the subject, (ii) to receive output signals generated by the one or more EEG electrodes, and (iii) to adjust one or more parameters of the phototherapy provided to the subject based on the received output signals, (i) to control the one or more lighting modules (16, 18) to emit radiation incident on the eyes of the subject to provide phototherapy to the subject, (ii) to receive output signals generated by the one or more EEG electrodes, and (iii) to adjust one or more parameters of the phototherapy provided to the subject based on the received output signals,
A tug boat having at least one towing winch and a movable towing point apparatus, wherein said towing point apparatus can guide a towing cable from a towing winch to a vessel to be assisted, comprising a rotating element that at least partly guides the towing cable such that the pulling force on said cable is transmitted to the tug boat at least partly through said rotating element when in use, said rotating element pivoting freely around a first axis (Y-Y) and said first axis (Y-Y) fixed to an arm which in turn can pivot about a second axis (X-X), said second axis (X-X) being spaced apart from said first axis (Y-Y) and the second and first axis (X-X and Y-Y) being non-parallel.
A control circuit for a polarity inverting buck-boost DC-DC converter, comprising an operational trans-conductance amplifier that has inputs to which a sensed voltage difference signal is applied and an output connected to an input of a voltage-to-duty-cycle converter, and a compensation capacitance connected between the output of the amplifier and a fixed supply terminal, wherein the compensation capacitance comprises a first capacitor (Cs) that is permanently connected between the output of the amplifier and the fixed supply terminal and a second capacitor (Cl) that has a switched connection between the output of the amplifier and the fixed supply terminal, the first capacitor (Cs) having a small capacitance compared to the second capacitor (Cl), and the switched connection of the second capacitor being controlled by a continuous-discontinuous mode detection circuit; and a buffer amplifier with an input connected to the first capacitor and an output connected to the second capacitor.
Projection display for projecting virtual images in a head-mounted display comprising: an imager for displaying sub-images in a two-dimensional distribution of sub-areas of the imager; a projection optics array provided for near-eye-positioning with a two-dimensional distribution of projection optics configured to superimpose projections of sub-images to an overall image in an image plane such that a mutual area overlap of the projections of the sub-images in the image plane in pairs results, which is between 0.1 and 0.8 for all pairs; wherein complete overlap corresponds to 1 and no overlap corresponds to 0; an eye-tracking sensor; wherein the projection display is implemented such that the overall image is a virtual overall image, wherein the imager is implemented to displace all sub-images evenly in the direction of a lateral extension of the two-dimensional distribution of the sub-areas of the imager, wherein the even displacement of the sub-images is adjustable in dependence on a position of an eyeball of a user with respect to an optical axis of the projection optics array measured by an eye-tracking sensor. an imager for displaying sub-images in a two-dimensional distribution of sub-areas of the imager; a projection optics array provided for near-eye-positioning with a two-dimensional distribution of projection optics configured to superimpose projections of sub-images to an overall image in an image plane such that a mutual area overlap of the projections of the sub-images in the image plane in pairs results, which is between 0.1 and 0.8 for all pairs; wherein complete overlap corresponds to 1 and no overlap corresponds to 0; an eye-tracking sensor; wherein the projection display is implemented such that the overall image is a virtual overall image, wherein the imager is implemented to displace all sub-images evenly in the direction of a lateral extension of the two-dimensional distribution of the sub-areas of the imager, wherein the even displacement of the sub-images is adjustable in dependence on a position of an eyeball of a user with respect to an optical axis of the projection optics array measured by an eye-tracking sensor.
Wind turbine blade of a wind turbine, the wind turbine blade comprising a shell and a spar having at least one spar cap, wherein at least one of the at least one spar cap comprises at least two longitudinal support structure elements, whereby at least two of the at least two longitudinal support structure elements are arranged adjacent to one another in a longitudinal direction (L 10) of the wind turbine blade and at least one longitudinal support structure comprises carbon fiber-reinforced plastic and at least one other longitudinal support structure comprises at least one fiber-reinforced plastic different from carbon fiber-reinforced plastic, c h a r a c t e r i zed in that at least two adjacent longitudinal support structure elements are connected to one another by means of a structural joint, wherein the support structure elements or parts thereof are overlapping one another, whereby a longitudinal support structure element is merged into an adjacent longitudinal support structure element to form the structural joint, wherein the fiber-reinforced plastic from one of the longitudinal support structure elements is arranged in a space formed in the adjacent longitudinal support structure element and vice versa, so that the adjacent longitudinal support structure elements are merged with each other.
A self-adhesive moisture control label for product packaging, comprising: a water absorbent layer capable of absorbing water; and an adhesive layer provided such that the label can be adhered to the packaging; wherein the moisture control label is capable of controlling the humidity of the atmosphere within the packaging; wherein water absorbed by the water absorbent layer can evaporate from the water absorbent layer so as to control the humidity of the atmosphere within the packaging; wherein the self-adhesive moisture control label comprises a base layer to which the water absorbent layer is adhered on a front side and wherein the adhesive layer is provided on the rear side of the base layer; characterized in that a graphical indicium is disposed on the base layer; in that in a dry state the water absorbent layer has a first opacity and in that in a water saturated state the water absorbent layer has a second opacity which is lower than the first opacity, such that in use the graphical indicium becomes less visible as the water absorbent layer becomes drier, and becomes more visible as the water absorbent layer becomes wetter. a water absorbent layer capable of absorbing water; and an adhesive layer provided such that the label can be adhered to the packaging; wherein the moisture control label is capable of controlling the humidity of the atmosphere within the packaging; wherein water absorbed by the water absorbent layer can evaporate from the water absorbent layer so as to control the humidity of the atmosphere within the packaging; wherein the self-adhesive moisture control label comprises a base layer to which the water absorbent layer is adhered on a front side and wherein the adhesive layer is provided on the rear side of the base layer; characterized in that a graphical indicium is disposed on the base layer; in that in a dry state the water absorbent layer has a first opacity and in that in a water saturated state the water absorbent layer has a second opacity which is lower than the first opacity, such that in use the graphical indicium becomes less visible as the water absorbent layer becomes drier, and becomes more visible as the water absorbent layer becomes wetter.