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A vehicle comprising: a loudspeaker (200; 300; 400; 540a; 540b), the loudspeaker comprising: a transducer to radiate sound into a passenger cabin of the vehicle; and an assembly coupled to a rear side of the transducer, the assembly comprising an enclosure and a passive radiator, the assembly disposed such that acoustic energy radiated from the rear side of the transducer passes through the enclosure and excites the passive radiator, causing the passive radiator to radiate acoustic energy to a region outside of the passenger cabin of the vehicle, wherein a resonant frequency of the transducer is dependent on at least one characteristic of the passive radiator, and a resonant frequency of the enclosure is dependent on at least one characteristic of the enclosure, wherein the enclosure comprises a chamber, and the resonant frequency of the transducer is dependent on: a volume of the chamber, a cross-sectional area of the passive radiator, a mass of the passive radiator, a loss factor of the passive radiator and a stiffness of the passive radiator, wherein the enclosure further comprises a duct that couples the passive radiator to the chamber. a transducer to radiate sound into a passenger cabin of the vehicle; and an assembly coupled to a rear side of the transducer, the assembly comprising an enclosure and a passive radiator, the assembly disposed such that acoustic energy radiated from the rear side of the transducer passes through the enclosure and excites the passive radiator, causing the passive radiator to radiate acoustic energy to a region outside of the passenger cabin of the vehicle, wherein a resonant frequency of the transducer is dependent on at least one characteristic of the passive radiator, and a resonant frequency of the enclosure is dependent on at least one characteristic of the enclosure, wherein the enclosure comprises a chamber, and the resonant frequency of the transducer is dependent on: a volume of the chamber, a cross-sectional area of the passive radiator, a mass of the passive radiator, a loss factor of the passive radiator and a stiffness of the passive radiator, wherein the enclosure further comprises a duct that couples the passive radiator to the chamber.
A liquid crystal composition that has a nematic phase and contains at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by formula as a first component and at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by formula as a second component: wherein, R 1 is alkyl having 1 to 12 carbons, alkoxy having 1 to 12 carbons or alkenyl having 2 to 12 carbons, and R 2 and R 3 are independently alkyl having 1 to 12 carbons, alkoxy having 1 to 12 carbons, alkenyl having 2 to 12 carbons, or alkenyl having 2 to 12 carbons in which at least one of hydrogen is replaced by fluorine; ring A and ring B are independently 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene, 2-fluoro-1,4-phenylene, 3-fluoro-1,4-phenylene or 2,5-difluoro-1,4-phenylene; Z 1 is independently a single bond, ethylene or carbonyloxy; X 1, X 2, X 3 and X 4 are independently hydrogen or fluorine; and m and n are independently 1, 2 or 3.
A surgical instrument, comprising: a housing; an energizable member configured to supply electrosurgical energy to tissue, the energizable member movable relative to the housing between a storage position and a deployed position; a powered deployment assembly configured to selectively move the energizable member between the storage position and the deployed position; and a cable assembly having a cable coupled to the housing at a first end, the cable housing one or more first wires for selectively providing electrosurgical energy to the energizable member, characterized in that the cable houses one or more second wires for providing power to the powered deployment assembly, in that the cable assembly has a plug (50, 150) coupled to the cable at a second, opposite end, in that the plug is configured to house a battery therein for powering the powered deployment assembly via the one or more secondwires and in that the plug is configured for coupling to an electrosurgical generator to selectively supply the electrosurgical energy to the energizable member. a housing; an energizable member configured to supply electrosurgical energy to tissue, the energizable member movable relative to the housing between a storage position and a deployed position; a powered deployment assembly configured to selectively move the energizable member between the storage position and the deployed position; and a cable assembly having a cable coupled to the housing at a first end, the cable housing one or more first wires for selectively providing electrosurgical energy to the energizable member, characterized in that the cable houses one or more second wires for providing power to the powered deployment assembly, in that the cable assembly has a plug (50, 150) coupled to the cable at a second, opposite end, in that the plug is configured to house a battery therein for powering the powered deployment assembly via the one or more secondwires and in that the plug is configured for coupling to an electrosurgical generator to selectively supply the electrosurgical energy to the energizable member.
A side ring for a multi-part cage for an anti-friction bearing, wherein the side ring is made of a non-ferrous metal, in particular brass, and wherein the side ring comprises a plurality of windows for receiving webs (13a, 13a'), wherein the windows each have an outer edge, an inner edge and two side edges (3c, d) as boundaries, wherein the outer edge is longer than the inner edge and wherein the side edges (3c, d) are curved, and wherein the windows are introduced by means of pendular broaching in the side ring.
An apparatus for monitoring mold flux consumption and delivering mold flux onto a continuous casting mold comprising: a transfer apparatus for transferring mold flux from a bulk source to an intermediate hopper; a feed control apparatus for controlling the transfer of mold flux from the transfer apparatus to the intermediate hopper, the feed control apparatus including at least one load cell for weighing the intermediate hopper and the mold flux within the intermediate hopper over a period of time, the feed control apparatus further including a controller receiving input from at least one load cell and for controlling the operation of the transfer apparatus based on the input from the at least one load cell; and a delivery apparatus for receiving mold flux from the intermediate hopper and delivering the mold flux to a mold, the delivery apparatus including a feed hopper configured to receive mold flux from the intermediate hopper, at least one outlet, and a delivery tube connected to each outlet for pneumatically feeding the mold flux to the mold, wherein there is no contact between the intermediate hopper and the feed hopper. a transfer apparatus for transferring mold flux from a bulk source to an intermediate hopper; a feed control apparatus for controlling the transfer of mold flux from the transfer apparatus to the intermediate hopper, the feed control apparatus including at least one load cell for weighing the intermediate hopper and the mold flux within the intermediate hopper over a period of time, the feed control apparatus further including a controller receiving input from at least one load cell and for controlling the operation of the transfer apparatus based on the input from the at least one load cell; and a delivery apparatus for receiving mold flux from the intermediate hopper and delivering the mold flux to a mold, the delivery apparatus including a feed hopper configured to receive mold flux from the intermediate hopper, at least one outlet, and a delivery tube connected to each outlet for pneumatically feeding the mold flux to the mold, wherein there is no contact between the intermediate hopper and the feed hopper.
A burner assembly for a gas cooker comprising an open lower body having a peripheral wall provided with a gas inlet from a front portion and the top thereof forming an upper rim; a venturi element extending axially within the lower body from a venturi inlet opposite the gas inlet to a rear portion of the peripheral wall in such a way to mix the gas supplied from the gas inlet with air; an upper part which is hermetically adapted to the lower body from the bottom along the upper rim and is configured to be positioned on a burner plate from the top, characterized in that the upper rim comprises a rim angle (α) that provides a slope towards the rear portion at the border where it joins with the upper part, and an elongated portion obtained by adjacent placement of the venturi element to the rear portion.
A rotatable, foraminous shelled roll dryer, for drying permeable and semi-permeable webs, with reduced diameter exhaust shell, comprising: a. a first (142 A) and second (142 B) spaced apart, circular, parallel end members, each having a diameter and an inner face and an outer face; b. a first foraminous cylinder positioned between and secured to the first and second parallel end members, said foraminous cylinder having an outer diameter substantially equivalent to the diameter of the parallel end members and having a surface area, said first foraminous cylinder designed for a flow of drying gas into the first foraminous cylinder; characterized in that the dryer also comprises; c. a second foraminous cylinder of a smaller diameter than the first foraminous cylinder positioned at the outer face of the first parallel end member and in fluid communication with the first foraminous cylinder, having a surface area of about 20% to about 75% of the surface area of the first foraminous cylinder, said second foraminous cylinder designed for exhausting drying gas out of the first foraminous cylinder. a. a first (142 A) and second (142 B) spaced apart, circular, parallel end members, each having a diameter and an inner face and an outer face; b. a first foraminous cylinder positioned between and secured to the first and second parallel end members, said foraminous cylinder having an outer diameter substantially equivalent to the diameter of the parallel end members and having a surface area, said first foraminous cylinder designed for a flow of drying gas into the first foraminous cylinder; characterized in that the dryer also comprises; c. a second foraminous cylinder of a smaller diameter than the first foraminous cylinder positioned at the outer face of the first parallel end member and in fluid communication with the first foraminous cylinder, having a surface area of about 20% to about 75% of the surface area of the first foraminous cylinder, said second foraminous cylinder designed for exhausting drying gas out of the first foraminous cylinder.
A method by knitting a knitted fabric by carrying out a bind-off process on a terminating end in a wale direction of a tubular base portion arranged in a knitted fabric using a flat knitting machine including a one-side needle bed (BD, BU) and an other-side needle bed (FD, FU) disposed opposite to each other in a front and back direction and in which stitches are transferable; characterized in that a tubular knitting is performed using the one-side needle bed and the other-side needle bed and a first tubular stitch row is knitted, whereby the knitting of the tubular stitch row, comprising front stitches, back stitches and overlapping at least one stitch of the tubular stitch row with at least one stitch of the base portion, is repeated at least once; and whereby in the repetition, a new tubular stitch row being the n + 1 st stitch row is knitted continuing in a wale direction of an existing tubular stitch row being the n th stitch row to join the existing tubular stitch row to the base portion, provided that, when knitting the tubular stitch row, in the tubular stitch row, a center position in a knitting width direction of a stitch row on other-side needle bed in a direction to a side opposite of a side where a base section is held, is shifted towards a direction opposite to a direction of moving the tubular stitch row to overlap with the base section, with respect to a center position in a knitting width direction of a stitch row on one-side needle bed in a direction to the side where the base section is held.
A hard material layer on a component, wherein the hard material layer comprises a DLC layer with a hardness of at least 10 GPa and a refractive index n DLC of n DLC >2.1, characterized in that a gradient layer, which is at least 300 nm thick and has a refractive index gradient, is provided on the diamond-like carbon layer, wherein the refractive index of the gradient layer averaged over 30 nm in the region of the interface with the DLC layer does not drop below 2.0 and the refractive index of the gradient layer averaged over 30 nm in the region of the transition towards the air does not exceed the value of 1.85 and is preferably n=1.7.
Method for plating using compound needles on a circular knitting machine, in which method at least two yarns (4, 5) are inserted in the hook region of a compound needle, and in which method at least one sinker is moved in relation to a cylinder in such a manner that the at least one sinker by means of a guiding means guides at least one of the yarns (4, 5) into the hook region of the compound needle further in the direction towards the needle shank and hereby keeps the yarns (4, 5) separated, characterized in that the cylinder comprises an immovably disposed knock-over edge which extends in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, and in that the sinker moreover moves in the longitudinal direction and the height direction, the latter being perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and the transverse direction, towards the knock-over edge such that the guiding means performs a movement which at least section-wise tracks at least one yarn (4, 5).
An in vitro method for predicting if a patient suspected of being steroid resistant will be re-sensitized to the action of steroids, wherein the method comprises the steps of - isolating cells from a sample taken from said patient; - cultivating said isolated cells in the presence of a steroid and an immunomodulatory oligonucleotide containing an unmethylated CpG motif; - determining an expression level of at least one marker gene from said isolated cells and wherein said at least one marker gene is chosen from CD163, Tsp1, IL1-R2, TLR2, TLR4, MKP-1 and TXK; and - comparing said expression level of said at least one marker gene to a value obtained from the cultivation of cells from a healthy person in the presence of said steroid and said immunomodulatory oligonucleotide, or to a normalized value obtained from a healthy population; wherein a similarity in the expression level of at least one selected marker gene measured in a sample of said patient and said healthy person indicates that the immunomodulatory oligonucleotide is capable of re-sensitizing said patient to the action of steroids. - isolating cells from a sample taken from said patient; - cultivating said isolated cells in the presence of a steroid and an immunomodulatory oligonucleotide containing an unmethylated CpG motif; - determining an expression level of at least one marker gene from said isolated cells and wherein said at least one marker gene is chosen from CD163, Tsp1, IL1-R2, TLR2, TLR4, MKP-1 and TXK; and - comparing said expression level of said at least one marker gene to a value obtained from the cultivation of cells from a healthy person in the presence of said steroid and said immunomodulatory oligonucleotide, or to a normalized value obtained from a healthy population;
A chair comprising a chassis having a plurality of ground engaging wheels, a back support frame, a seat comprising a rear seat section and a seat cradle, wherein the back support frame comprises a height adjustable mast that is affixed at its lower end to the chassis, and a cross member that is connected to the height adjustable mast and which extends substantially across the width of the chair to support the seat cradle, the chair being arranged so that the seat cradle can be raised relative to the chassis, characterised in that the seat cradle is connected to the height adjustable mast via arm rests which are connected to cross member and the rear seat section is not connected to the height adjustable mast but is independently mounted to the chassis such that the rear seat section and the seat cradle are independently movable relative to each other and to the chassis while a patient is sitting on the chair and such that the rear seat section can be rotated away when the seat cradle is raised and/or the seat cradle raised so as to allow access to remove some of the patient's clothing for toileting while the patient is still seated as supported by the seat cradle.
A composition comprising a transparent, miscible blend of: (a) from 30 to 70 weight percent of a polyetherimide sulfone comprising greater than or equal to 50 mole percent of the polymer linkages have an aryl sulfone group wherein the polyetherimide sulfone has structural units derived from the reaction of a salt of 4,4'-dihydroxy-2,2-diphenylpropane with a substituted aromatic bis(etherimide) compound of the Formula IV: wherein X is halogen or nitro group; and (b) from 70 to 30 weight percent of a polyetherimide comprising more than 1 structural units of the Formula I: wherein T is -O- or a group of the formula -O-Z-O-, wherein Z is a substituted or unsubstituted divalent organic radical selected from the group consisting of: (a) aromatic hydrocarbon radicals having 6 to 20 carbon atoms and halogenated derivatives thereof; (b) straight or branched chain alkylene radicals having 2 to 20 carbon atoms; (c) cycloalkylene radicals having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, (d) diphenyl group, or (e) divalent radicals of the general Formula II: wherein Q is a divalent group selected from the group consisting of -O-,-C -, -SO 2 -, -CyH2y- (y being an integer from 1 to 8), and fluorinated derivatives thereof, including perfluoroalkylene groups; and wherein R 1 is selected from the group consisting of (a) aromatic hydrocarbon radicals having 6 to 24 carbon atoms and halogenated derivatives thereof; (b) straight or branched chain alkylene radicals having 2 to 20 carbon atoms; or (c) cycloalkylene radicals having 3 to 20 carbon atoms; wherein the composition has a minimum haze onset temperature of 205°C. (a) from 30 to 70 weight percent of a polyetherimide sulfone comprising greater than or equal to 50 mole percent of the polymer linkages have an aryl sulfone group wherein the polyetherimide sulfone has structural units derived from the reaction of a salt of 4,4'-dihydroxy-2,2-diphenylpropane with a substituted aromatic bis(etherimide) compound of the Formula IV: wherein X is halogen or nitro group; and (b) from 70 to 30 weight percent of a polyetherimide comprising more than 1 structural units of the Formula I: wherein T is -O- or a group of the formula -O-Z-O-, wherein Z is a substituted or unsubstituted divalent organic radical selected from the group consisting of: (a) aromatic hydrocarbon radicals having 6 to 20 carbon atoms and halogenated derivatives thereof; (b) straight or branched chain alkylene radicals having 2 to 20 carbon atoms; (c) cycloalkylene radicals having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, (d) diphenyl group, or (e) divalent radicals of the general Formula II: wherein Q is a divalent group selected from the group consisting of -O-,-C -, -SO 2 -, -CyH2y- (y being an integer from 1 to 8), and fluorinated derivatives thereof, including perfluoroalkylene groups; and wherein R 1 is selected from the group consisting of (a) aromatic hydrocarbon radicals having 6 to 24 carbon atoms and halogenated derivatives thereof; (b) straight or branched chain alkylene radicals having 2 to 20 carbon atoms; or (c) cycloalkylene radicals having 3 to 20 carbon atoms; wherein the composition has a minimum haze onset temperature of 205°C.
An in situ desalination apparatus comprising: a length of tubular borehole casing adapted in use to be located in a bore hole, the casing comprising two screened portions at axially spaced locations along the length of casing below the water level in the borehole; a sealing means between the screened portions of the casing, the sealing means subdividing the interior of the borehole casing into an upper portion and a lower portion; a reverse osmosis unit supported in the casing and having a reverse osmosis medium, the unit having an inlet providing communication between the upper portion of the interior of the casing and one side of the reverse osmosis medium, the unit having a concentrate outlet providing communication between the one side of the reverse osmosis medium and the lower portion of the interior of the casing, the unit having a permeate outlet opening to the other side of the reverse osmosis medium, the permeate outlet communicating with a delivery line extending from the body of water; and a pump adapted to deliver water under pressure from the upper portion of the interior of the casing to the inlet, whereby the pressure differential created across the reverse osmosis medium facilitates reverse osmosis. a length of tubular borehole casing adapted in use to be located in a bore hole, the casing comprising two screened portions at axially spaced locations along the length of casing below the water level in the borehole; a sealing means between the screened portions of the casing, the sealing means subdividing the interior of the borehole casing into an upper portion and a lower portion; a reverse osmosis unit supported in the casing and having a reverse osmosis medium, the unit having an inlet providing communication between the upper portion of the interior of the casing and one side of the reverse osmosis medium, the unit having a concentrate outlet providing communication between the one side of the reverse osmosis medium and the lower portion of the interior of the casing, the unit having a permeate outlet opening to the other side of the reverse osmosis medium, the permeate outlet communicating with a delivery line extending from the body of water; and a pump adapted to deliver water under pressure from the upper portion of the interior of the casing to the inlet, whereby the pressure differential created across the reverse osmosis medium facilitates reverse osmosis.