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A sachet of aerosol-forming substrate for use in an electrically heated aerosol-generating device, the sachet comprising: an aerosol-forming substrate within the sachet; and an electrical heater element comprising first and second electrically conductive portions (106, 108), wherein, the electrical heater element is within the sachet and in direct contact with the aerosol-forming substrate, and the first and second electrically conductive portions (106, 108) are configured to connect the electrical heater element with an external power supply. an aerosol-forming substrate within the sachet; and an electrical heater element comprising first and second electrically conductive portions (106, 108), wherein, the electrical heater element is within the sachet and in direct contact with the aerosol-forming substrate, and the first and second electrically conductive portions (106, 108) are configured to connect the electrical heater element with an external power supply.
A method for determining the concentration of an analyte in a sample, comprising: applying an input signal to the sample, the input signal comprising at least 3 duty cycles within 10 seconds, each duty cycle comprising an excitation pulse and a relaxation; measuring an output signal responsive to a measurable species within less than 300 milliseconds of applying the excitation pulse of at least one of the duty cycles; and determining the concentration of the analyte in the sample in response to said measured output signal, wherein the excitation pulse of the duty cycle from which said output signal is measured has a pulse width from 0.3 to 0.8 seconds and is applied within 11 seconds or less of applying the initial excitation pulse to the sample. applying an input signal to the sample, the input signal comprising at least 3 duty cycles within 10 seconds, each duty cycle comprising an excitation pulse and a relaxation; measuring an output signal responsive to a measurable species within less than 300 milliseconds of applying the excitation pulse of at least one of the duty cycles; and determining the concentration of the analyte in the sample in response to said measured output signal, wherein the excitation pulse of the duty cycle from which said output signal is measured has a pulse width from 0.3 to 0.8 seconds and is applied within 11 seconds or less of applying the initial excitation pulse to the sample.
An axial piston pump, comprising: a cylinder block having one or more cylinder bores; and one or more piston assemblies; wherein number of piston assemblies matches number of cylinder bores; wherein each of the piston assemblies having a piston being disposed reciprocating in each of the cylinder bores; each piston being fitted with a metallic sealing ring, which is a helical spring tube type dynamic rotary seal, for reducing leakage and keeping concentric of the piston within its corresponding cylinder bore; characterized in that the helical spring tube type dynamic rotary seal comprising C-shaped partial rings having male and female dovetails on two ends of each C-shaped partial ring; wherein the C-shaped partial rings being progressively joined by the male and female dovetails to form a helical spring tube type dynamic rotary seal; and wherein the helical spring tube type dynamic rotary seal being further grinded on the inner diameter and outer diameter of the helical spring tube type dynamic rotary seal to make four different diameter circles, with two of the diameter circles on the inside and two of the diameter circles on the outside of the helical spring tube type dynamic rotary seal to form a seal assembly. a cylinder block having one or more cylinder bores; and one or more piston assemblies; wherein number of piston assemblies matches number of cylinder bores; wherein each of the piston assemblies having a piston being disposed reciprocating in each of the cylinder bores; each piston being fitted with a metallic sealing ring, which is a helical spring tube type dynamic rotary seal, for reducing leakage and keeping concentric of the piston within its corresponding cylinder bore; characterized in that the helical spring tube type dynamic rotary seal comprising C-shaped partial rings having male and female dovetails on two ends of each C-shaped partial ring; wherein the C-shaped partial rings being progressively joined by the male and female dovetails to form a helical spring tube type dynamic rotary seal; and wherein the helical spring tube type dynamic rotary seal being further grinded on the inner diameter and outer diameter of the helical spring tube type dynamic rotary seal to make four different diameter circles, with two of the diameter circles on the inside and two of the diameter circles on the outside of the helical spring tube type dynamic rotary seal to form a seal assembly.
A liquid container (100A, 100B) configured to be fitted to a carriage of a liquid consumption device that includes the carriage where a head is provided and that jets, while making the carriage reciprocate, a liquid from the head so as to consume the liquid, the liquid container (100A, 100B) configured to store the liquid to be supplied to the head, the liquid container (100A, 100B) comprising: a liquid storage portion configured to store the liquid inside; an undulation reduction portion (200, 410) provided in the liquid storage portion and including a wall surface (215, 225; 415) configured to reduce undulation of the liquid and configured to be directed in a direction of gravity in a fitting posture where the liquid container (100A, 100B) is fitted to the carriage; and a support portion (300, 450) configured to support the undulation reduction portion (200, 410) such that, in the liquid storage portion, the undulation reduction portion (200, 410) is allowed to swing together with the liquid and that a movement of the wall surface (215, 225; 415) along the direction of gravity in the fitting posture is restricted, characterized in that the support portion (300, 450) is configured to support the undulation reduction portion (200, 410) such that the undulation reduction portion (200, 410) is allowed to float in the liquid storage portion by buoyancy, which the undulation reduction portion (200, 410) receives from the liquid, when the position of the surface of the liquid is lowered beyond a horizontal support rib of the support portion (300, 450). a liquid storage portion configured to store the liquid inside; an undulation reduction portion (200, 410) provided in the liquid storage portion and including a wall surface (215, 225; 415) configured to reduce undulation of the liquid and configured to be directed in a direction of gravity in a fitting posture where the liquid container (100A, 100B) is fitted to the carriage; and a support portion (300, 450) configured to support the undulation reduction portion (200, 410) such that, in the liquid storage portion, the undulation reduction portion (200, 410) is allowed to swing together with the liquid and that a movement of the wall surface (215, 225; 415) along the direction of gravity in the fitting posture is restricted, characterized in that the support portion (300, 450) is configured to support the undulation reduction portion (200, 410) such that the undulation reduction portion (200, 410) is allowed to float in the liquid storage portion by buoyancy, which the undulation reduction portion (200, 410) receives from the liquid, when the position of the surface of the liquid is lowered beyond a horizontal support rib of the support portion (300, 450).
Fuel filter with a filter housing comprising a filter housing casing and a filter housing cover, and with a valve whose housing is inserted in a holder fastened externally on the filter housing and is captively fixed there, wherein the valve if fastened via an insert-and-twist connection to the holder of the filter housing, wherein the valve is formed as a preheating valve and can regulate or regulates a heated fuel mixture into the fuel filter, characterised in that - at least two projecting pins are provided on the housing of the valve, which can be connected to the holder via slits formed in the manner of a bayonet closure, and - the at least two pins are not arranged co-axially with respect to one another, in particular are arranged offset by for example an angle 15°or 30° with respect to their axis, or - the at least two pins are arranged co-axially with respect to one another and in addition a pin is provided serving as assembly security, which sets an installation state and engages in a recess arranged on the holder. - at least two projecting pins are provided on the housing of the valve, which can be connected to the holder via slits formed in the manner of a bayonet closure, and - the at least two pins are not arranged co-axially with respect to one another, in particular are arranged offset by for example an angle 15°or 30° with respect to their axis, or - the at least two pins are arranged co-axially with respect to one another and in addition a pin is provided serving as assembly security, which sets an installation state and engages in a recess arranged on the holder.
Cover for covering the web of a wheel of a vehicle, which comprises a first central part which forms a hub, a second part positioned at the periphery of said hub, which forms a border and first blades which connect the hub to the border by extending in a radial direction of the cover, at least between two first blades is positioned a second blade, said second blade extending partially between the hub and the edge, in the same radial direction of the trim, being connected solely to the hub or to the edge, leaving a spacing, respectively, with the edge or with the hub, the first blades and the second blades having a so-called aerodynamic profile adapted to create an air flow (FXroulant) between the hub and the edge, the aerodynamic profile of the first blades and of the second blades having a "CLARK Y" type profile.
A method comprising: obtaining, by one or more computer processors, sensor readings that are taken by a sampling mobile device in a transit system that includes a route, stations on the route, and one or more platforms at each station, each sensor reading being associated with a timestamp and a tag indicating on which portion of the transit system the reading was taken; determining, by the one or more computer processors and using the timestamps and tags of the sensor readings, an estimated motion state of the sampling mobile device at each of a plurality of time points when the sampling mobile device traveled in the transit system; determining, by the one or more computer processors and using the motion states, that the sampling mobile device traveled from a first station having a first platform and a second platform to a second station having a third platform and a fourth platform through a directed route connecting the first platform of the first station and the third platform of the second station; determining, using the motion states, a time-based probability distribution of location of a user device traveling from the first platform of the first station to the third platform of the second station along the route and a probability distribution of time the user device stays on the first platform or the third platform; and providing the probability distributions to a user device for estimating a location of the user device. obtaining, by one or more computer processors, sensor readings that are taken by a sampling mobile device in a transit system that includes a route, stations on the route, and one or more platforms at each station, each sensor reading being associated with a timestamp and a tag indicating on which portion of the transit system the reading was taken; determining, by the one or more computer processors and using the timestamps and tags of the sensor readings, an estimated motion state of the sampling mobile device at each of a plurality of time points when the sampling mobile device traveled in the transit system; determining, by the one or more computer processors and using the motion states, that the sampling mobile device traveled from a first station having a first platform and a second platform to a second station having a third platform and a fourth platform through a directed route connecting the first platform of the first station and the third platform of the second station; determining, using the motion states, a time-based probability distribution of location of a user device traveling from the first platform of the first station to the third platform of the second station along the route and a probability distribution of time the user device stays on the first platform or the third platform; and providing the probability distributions to a user device for estimating a location of the user device.
A seed positioning device comprising: an axially extending housing member having an upper portion and a lower portion; and a seed positioning member extending axially through the housing member and configured to transfer a plurality of seeds between the upper portion of the housing member and the lower portion of the housing member and configured to position the plurality of seeds by centrifugal force, wherein the seed positioning member comprises a helical surface with at least one axially overlapping portion and with a pitch angle in a range of between 30 degrees and 60 degrees; wherein the housing member comprises a central axis and a radially outer portion, the seed positioning member extending radially from the central axis to the radially outer portion, and the seeds are accelerated only by gravity force radially outward toward a wall of the housing member, characterized in that the helical surface comprises one of including a groove, to gradually direct the seeds closer to the wall as each seed progresses downward in the seed positioning device, having a higher point at a radially outer location adjacent the wall, or having a higher point at a radially inner location adjacent the central axis. an axially extending housing member having an upper portion and a lower portion; and a seed positioning member extending axially through the housing member and configured to transfer a plurality of seeds between the upper portion of the housing member and the lower portion of the housing member and configured to position the plurality of seeds by centrifugal force, wherein the seed positioning member comprises a helical surface with at least one axially overlapping portion and with a pitch angle in a range of between 30 degrees and 60 degrees; wherein the housing member comprises a central axis and a radially outer portion, the seed positioning member extending radially from the central axis to the radially outer portion, and the seeds are accelerated only by gravity force radially outward toward a wall of the housing member, characterized in that the helical surface comprises one of including a groove, to gradually direct the seeds closer to the wall as each seed progresses downward in the seed positioning device, having a higher point at a radially outer location adjacent the wall, or having a higher point at a radially inner location adjacent the central axis.
Nozzle assembly of a fuel injector adapted to be arranged in a fuel injection equipment of an internal combustion engine, the nozzle assembly comprising a nozzle body provided with a bore extending along a main axis and, a valve member having an elongated needle shape extending from a head extremity to a pointy extremity, the needle being slidably guided in said bore between lower and upper guiding means wherein in use, fuel pressure variations in a control chamber wherein protrudes the head extremity of the needle force the needle to reciprocal displacements in the bore between a fully closed position forbidding injection via spray holes, where a male seating face provided at the pointy extremity of the needle abuts in sealing contact against a complementary female seating face of the nozzle body and, a fully open position enabling said injection events, said male and female seating faces being away from each other, and wherein the lower guiding means is arranged in the vicinity of the seating faces and, the upper guiding means is arranged in the vicinity of the control chamber, said guiding means (54, 56) comprising the sliding fit of male needle faces with female body faces, characterized in that the nozzle assembly is further provided with a contact-less switch means adapted to commute between an open state and a closed state in order to enable electrical detection of the position of the needle and, wherein said switch means comprises electrical insulation of the needle relative to the nozzle body, said insulation being provided by insulation coating covering at least one of the male needle faces or female body faces of each guiding means and, at least one of the seating faces, to the exception of a needle uncoated zone and of a bore uncoated zone so that, the electrical circuit switches to a closed state only when said uncoated zones are facing each other without contact and, wherein the uncoated zones are arranged so that the switch means commutes around a needle position where the seating faces (30, 50) are away from each other by a predetermined gap and, wherein the switch means is in closed state when the distance between the seating faces is smaller than said predetermined gap, and wherein the switch means commutes to the open state when the distance between the seating faces is superior to said predetermined gap.
A vortex flow meter, comprising: a pipe having a sidewall (103; 212) around a flow passage adapted to carry a fluid flow in a downstream direction; a vortex shedding bar mounted in the flow passage at an upstream position and producing vortex oscillations in the fluid flow; a vortex responsive assembly, comprising: a diaphragm sealing an opening (124; 210) in the sidewall to form an isolation chamber; a vortex oscillation sensor plate; and a pivoting strut that extends along a central region of the vortex oscillation sensor plate and that extends through the diaphragm to transfer vortex oscillations from the vortex oscillation sensor plate to a sensor; and an electronic transmitter circuit that receives a sensor output from the sensor and that provides an output related to flow of the fluid; and characterised by the vortex responsive assembly further comprising an upstream support strut and a downstream support strut protruding from the vortex responsive assembly, and by the vortex oscillation sensor plate having a proximate edge supported on the diaphragm, an opposite distal edge that is unsupported, an upstream edge supported by the upstream support strut and a downstream edge supported by the downstream support strut. a pipe having a sidewall (103; 212) around a flow passage adapted to carry a fluid flow in a downstream direction; a vortex shedding bar mounted in the flow passage at an upstream position and producing vortex oscillations in the fluid flow; a vortex responsive assembly, comprising: a diaphragm sealing an opening (124; 210) in the sidewall to form an isolation chamber; a vortex oscillation sensor plate; and a pivoting strut that extends along a central region of the vortex oscillation sensor plate and that extends through the diaphragm to transfer vortex oscillations from the vortex oscillation sensor plate to a sensor; and a diaphragm sealing an opening (124; 210) in the sidewall to form an isolation chamber; a vortex oscillation sensor plate; and a pivoting strut that extends along a central region of the vortex oscillation sensor plate and that extends through the diaphragm to transfer vortex oscillations from the vortex oscillation sensor plate to a sensor; and an electronic transmitter circuit that receives a sensor output from the sensor and that provides an output related to flow of the fluid; and characterised by the vortex responsive assembly further comprising an upstream support strut and a downstream support strut protruding from the vortex responsive assembly, and by the vortex oscillation sensor plate having a proximate edge supported on the diaphragm, an opposite distal edge that is unsupported, an upstream edge supported by the upstream support strut and a downstream edge supported by the downstream support strut.
A method for gas-phase catalytic oxidation of a vapor or a vapor stream comprising an aldehyde feedstock, the method comprising the step of: contacting the aldehyde feedstock and an oxidizing agent in the presence of a heteropolyacid catalyst composition to form methacrylic acid, where the aldehyde feedstock comprises isobutanal or mixtures of isobutanal and methacrolein, where the oxidizing agent is air, oxygen-containing gases having a higher oxygen content than air, or pure oxygen, and a molar ratio of oxygen to aldehydes in the aldehyde feedstock is 0.3 to 4.0, where the contacting is at sub-ambient to several atmospheres above ambient pressure, and at a temperature of 230°C to 450°C, where the heteropolyacid catalyst composition comprises a compound having the general formula: -Mo 12 P a V b Cu c Bi d1 B d2 Cs e Sb f O g where: a is a number having a value between 0.5 and 3.5, b is a number having a value between 0.01 and 5.0, c is a number having a value between 0.0 and 1.5, d1 is a number having a value between 0.01 and 2.0, d2 is a number having a value between 0.01 and 5.0, e is a number having a value between 0.0 and 5.0, f is a number having a value between 0.0 and 5.0, and g is a number having a value representing a sufficient number of oxygen atoms to balance the oxidation state of the heteropolyacid catalyst of formula. contacting the aldehyde feedstock and an oxidizing agent in the presence of a heteropolyacid catalyst composition to form methacrylic acid, where the aldehyde feedstock comprises isobutanal or mixtures of isobutanal and methacrolein, where the oxidizing agent is air, oxygen-containing gases having a higher oxygen content than air, or pure oxygen, and a molar ratio of oxygen to aldehydes in the aldehyde feedstock is 0.3 to 4.0, where the contacting is at sub-ambient to several atmospheres above ambient pressure, and at a temperature of 230°C to 450°C, where the heteropolyacid catalyst composition comprises a compound having the general formula: -Mo 12 P a V b Cu c Bi d1 B d2 Cs e Sb f O g where: a is a number having a value between 0.5 and 3.5, b is a number having a value between 0.01 and 5.0, c is a number having a value between 0.0 and 1.5, d1 is a number having a value between 0.01 and 2.0, d2 is a number having a value between 0.01 and 5.0, e is a number having a value between 0.0 and 5.0, f is a number having a value between 0.0 and 5.0, and g is a number having a value representing a sufficient number of oxygen atoms to balance the oxidation state of the heteropolyacid catalyst of formula. a is a number having a value between 0.5 and 3.5, b is a number having a value between 0.01 and 5.0, c is a number having a value between 0.0 and 1.5, d1 is a number having a value between 0.01 and 2.0, d2 is a number having a value between 0.01 and 5.0, e is a number having a value between 0.0 and 5.0, f is a number having a value between 0.0 and 5.0, and g is a number having a value representing a sufficient number of oxygen atoms to balance the oxidation state of the heteropolyacid catalyst of formula.