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An electrical machine rotor, comprising: a hollow nonmagnetic shaft; a pair of permanent magnets (22, 24) arranged to form a magnetic pole on the rotor; at least one fastener; a pole iron disposed between the pair of permanent magnets (22, 24) and secured to the shaft; and a pair of opposed inter-pole irons (28, 30), wherein the pole iron urges each of the pair of magnets (22, 24) against a corresponding one of the pair of opposed inter-pole irons (28, 30); wherein the shaft includes interior and exterior surfaces, and the at least one fastener bears against the interior surface of the shaft and urges the pole iron towards the exterior surface of the shaft with the pole iron radially retaining the pair of permanent magnets (22, 24) relative to the shaft, wherein the pair of permanent magnets (22, 24) urge the corresponding ones of the inter-pole irons (28, 30) against the exterior surface of the shaft so as to retain the corresponding inter-pole irons (28, 30) against the shaft, characterized in that a portion of the shaft comprises at least one hole for the at least one fastener and is fabricated by filament or by tape winding a suitable filament or tape of fibers onto a cylindrical mandrel to form a substantially, hollow fiber-reinforced composite body, wherein the exterior surface of the shaft body retains its as-wound or as-wrapped surface finish and/or is processed to provide a predetermined degree of roundness. a hollow nonmagnetic shaft; a pair of permanent magnets (22, 24) arranged to form a magnetic pole on the rotor; at least one fastener; a pole iron disposed between the pair of permanent magnets (22, 24) and secured to the shaft; and a pair of opposed inter-pole irons (28, 30), wherein the pole iron urges each of the pair of magnets (22, 24) against a corresponding one of the pair of opposed inter-pole irons (28, 30); wherein the shaft includes interior and exterior surfaces, and the at least one fastener bears against the interior surface of the shaft and urges the pole iron towards the exterior surface of the shaft with the pole iron radially retaining the pair of permanent magnets (22, 24) relative to the shaft, wherein the pair of permanent magnets (22, 24) urge the corresponding ones of the inter-pole irons (28, 30) against the exterior surface of the shaft so as to retain the corresponding inter-pole irons (28, 30) against the shaft, characterized in that a portion of the shaft comprises at least one hole for the at least one fastener and is fabricated by filament or by tape winding a suitable filament or tape of fibers onto a cylindrical mandrel to form a substantially, hollow fiber-reinforced composite body, wherein the exterior surface of the shaft body retains its as-wound or as-wrapped surface finish and/or is processed to provide a predetermined degree of roundness.
A method of sanitizing a laundry care machine, wherein the laundry care machine includes: a housing; a laundry feed port disposed on the housing; a machine door, used to open and close the feed port; a tub mounted inside the housing; a drum mounted inside the tub and in spatial communication with the tub; a motor, used to control rotation of the drum; a hot air supply apparatus, used to provide hot air into the tub; a seal ring disposed between the machine door and the tub, wherein the bottom of the seal ring has a drainage channel in fluid connection with the tub; and a control apparatus; wherein the method comprises: a. upon having the drum empty of laundry, controlling, by the control apparatus, the hot air supply apparatus to provide hot air into the tub; and b. controlling, by the control apparatus, the motor so that the drum rotates in a set rotation speed. a housing; a laundry feed port disposed on the housing; a machine door, used to open and close the feed port; a tub mounted inside the housing; a drum mounted inside the tub and in spatial communication with the tub; a motor, used to control rotation of the drum; a hot air supply apparatus, used to provide hot air into the tub; a seal ring disposed between the machine door and the tub, wherein the bottom of the seal ring has a drainage channel in fluid connection with the tub; and a control apparatus; wherein the method comprises: a. upon having the drum empty of laundry, controlling, by the control apparatus, the hot air supply apparatus to provide hot air into the tub; and b. controlling, by the control apparatus, the motor so that the drum rotates in a set rotation speed. a. upon having the drum empty of laundry, controlling, by the control apparatus, the hot air supply apparatus to provide hot air into the tub; and b. controlling, by the control apparatus, the motor so that the drum rotates in a set rotation speed.
A wearable respirator fit test monitor comprising: a first and a second particle counter (706A, 706B) adapted to measure particle concentration in an aerosol sample, the first particle counter having an inlet for receiving a first aerosol sample and the second particle counter having an inlet for receiving a second aerosol sample, wherein each particle counter is one of an optical sensor, a condensation particle counter device and a particle mass sensing detector; an auxiliary pump coupled to an exhaust of the first and second particle counters to facilitate a continuous airflow through the particle counters; a controller unit adapted to receive a first and second input signals corresponding to particle concentrations in each of the first and second aerosol samples received from each of the first and second particle counters, wherein the controller unit generates a particle concentration parameter corresponding to a ratio of the first and second input signals received from the first and second particle counters, wherein the controller unit further comprises a communications device for wirelessly transmitting out particle collection data; and a power source for powering the controller unit and the optical particle counters. a first and a second particle counter (706A, 706B) adapted to measure particle concentration in an aerosol sample, the first particle counter having an inlet for receiving a first aerosol sample and the second particle counter having an inlet for receiving a second aerosol sample, wherein each particle counter is one of an optical sensor, a condensation particle counter device and a particle mass sensing detector; an auxiliary pump coupled to an exhaust of the first and second particle counters to facilitate a continuous airflow through the particle counters; a controller unit adapted to receive a first and second input signals corresponding to particle concentrations in each of the first and second aerosol samples received from each of the first and second particle counters, wherein the controller unit generates a particle concentration parameter corresponding to a ratio of the first and second input signals received from the first and second particle counters, wherein the controller unit further comprises a communications device for wirelessly transmitting out particle collection data; and a power source for powering the controller unit and the optical particle counters.
A generating apparatus comprising: a generator connected to a utility grid; a voltage detecting section for detecting voltage of the utility grid; and a control section for determining reactive current corresponding to the voltage obtained from the voltage detecting section based on voltage current correlation information in which the voltage of the utility grid and the reactive current to be supplied to the utility grid are correlated with each other and controlling an electric power converting section to regulate the reactive current to be supplied to or absorbed from the utility grid, the apparatus being characterized by further comprising an information changing section for changing the voltage current correlation information to increase an amount of reactive current with respect to a variation in the voltage in the voltage current correlation information, in the case where the voltage of the utility grid is not in a range of ±10% with respect to the reference voltage after a predetermined time period has passed since the voltage of the utility grid varied due to a utility grid failure.
A vehicular lamp comprising: a light source configured to emit light along an optical path; a light distribution control device disposed on the optical path of the light emitted from the light source; and a blower fan configured to generate an airflow while the light source and the light distribution control device are disposed downwind of the blower fan, and blow air to the light source and the light distribution control device; wherein the light source includes a semiconductor light-emitting element, and a heat sink configured to efficiently dissipate heat generated by the semiconductor light-emitting element characterized in that the heat sink has a base portion having a plate shape provided with a through hole; the vehicular lamp further comprising an airflow control mechanism that is attached to the base portion of the heat sink so as to be capable of closing the through hole of the heat sink and configured to shield an airflow to be passed through the through hole. a light source configured to emit light along an optical path; a light distribution control device disposed on the optical path of the light emitted from the light source; and a blower fan configured to generate an airflow while the light source and the light distribution control device are disposed downwind of the blower fan, and blow air to the light source and the light distribution control device; wherein the light source includes a semiconductor light-emitting element, and a heat sink configured to efficiently dissipate heat generated by the semiconductor light-emitting element a base portion having a plate shape provided with a through hole; the vehicular lamp further comprising an airflow control mechanism that is attached to the base portion of the heat sink so as to be capable of closing the through hole of the heat sink and configured to shield an airflow to be passed through the through hole.
A medical implant comprising: a first component having a first surface; a second component having a second surface and a third surface; and a third component having a fourth surface; wherein said first surface is configured to contact said second surface, said first and second surfaces are configured to be in generally opposing facing relation to one another; wherein said third surface is configured to contact said fourth surface, said third and fourth surfaces are configured to be in generally opposing facing relation to one another; wherein a portion of each of said first, second, third, and fourth bearing surfaces comprises: a diffusion hardened zone that is in contact with a substrate; a substantially defect-free ceramic layer overlaying said diffusion hardened zone, wherein said ceramic layer has a thickness of about 0.1 to 25 micrometers (microns) and said diffusion hardened zone has a thickness of greater than 2 micrometers (microns). a first component having a first surface; a second component having a second surface and a third surface; and a third component having a fourth surface; wherein said first surface is configured to contact said second surface, said first and second surfaces are configured to be in generally opposing facing relation to one another; wherein said third surface is configured to contact said fourth surface, said third and fourth surfaces are configured to be in generally opposing facing relation to one another; wherein a portion of each of said first, second, third, and fourth bearing surfaces comprises: a diffusion hardened zone that is in contact with a substrate; a substantially defect-free ceramic layer overlaying said diffusion hardened zone, wherein said ceramic layer has a thickness of about 0.1 to 25 micrometers (microns) and said diffusion hardened zone has a thickness of greater than 2 micrometers (microns). a diffusion hardened zone that is in contact with a substrate; a substantially defect-free ceramic layer overlaying said diffusion hardened zone, wherein said ceramic layer has a thickness of about 0.1 to 25 micrometers (microns) and said diffusion hardened zone has a thickness of greater than 2 micrometers (microns).
A door sash structure, comprising: a sash that is configured to guide a front end edge of a door glass of a vehicle for ascending and descending of the door glass; an inner reinforcement that extends along a front-rear direction of the vehicle at a more inner position of the vehicle than the door glass; and an attachment member that is fixed on a side of the sash adjacent to the inside of the vehicle, and includes an inner reinforcement attachment portion, the attachment member further includes a mirror attachment portion, the mirror attachment portion being configured to allow a door mirror to be attached thereto in front of the sash in the front-rear direction, the inner reinforcement attachment portion extends from the mirror attachment portion, the mirror attachment portion is configured to be attached to a door inner panel in front of the sash in the front-rear direction, the door inner panel being located at a more inner position of the vehicle than the inner reinforcement, characterized in that the inner reinforcement attachment portion allows the inner reinforcement to be fixed thereto in the rear of the sash in the front-rear direction, and in that the inner reinforcement is entirely located in the rear of the sash in the front-rear direction. a sash that is configured to guide a front end edge of a door glass of a vehicle for ascending and descending of the door glass; an inner reinforcement that extends along a front-rear direction of the vehicle at a more inner position of the vehicle than the door glass; and an attachment member that is fixed on a side of the sash adjacent to the inside of the vehicle, and includes an inner reinforcement attachment portion, the attachment member further includes a mirror attachment portion, the mirror attachment portion being configured to allow a door mirror to be attached thereto in front of the sash in the front-rear direction, the inner reinforcement attachment portion extends from the mirror attachment portion, the mirror attachment portion is configured to be attached to a door inner panel in front of the sash in the front-rear direction, the door inner panel being located at a more inner position of the vehicle than the inner reinforcement, characterized in that the inner reinforcement attachment portion allows the inner reinforcement to be fixed thereto in the rear of the sash in the front-rear direction, and in that the inner reinforcement is entirely located in the rear of the sash in the front-rear direction.
A honeycomb-shaped ceramic separation-membrane structure comprising: a honeycomb-shaped base material having partition walls of a ceramic porous body having a large number of pores formed therein and a plurality of cells formed by the partition walls and functioning as passages for a fluid passing through the ceramic porous body; an intermediate layer of a ceramic porous body having a large number of pores having a small average pore diameter in comparison with a surface of the base material and being disposed on the surface of the base material; and a separation layer disposed on a surface of the intermediate layer, wherein at least a part of the base material and the intermediate layer has a structure where aggregate particles are bonded to one another by an inorganic bonding material component, the base material thickness excluding the intermediate layer and the separation layer at the shortest portion between the cells is 0.51 mm or more and 1.55 mm or less, and the intermediate layer thickness, which is the thickness of the intermediate layer, is 150 μm or more and 500 μm or less, characterized in that the proportion of an inorganic bonding material component in an inorganic solid content of the intermediate layer is 26% by mass or more and 42% by mass or less, the intermediate layer has an average pore size of 0.005 to 2 μm as measured by the air flow method described in ASTM F316, and the structure has an internal pressure fracture strength when pressure is applied to the inside of the cells of 7 MPa or more, as measured in the description. a honeycomb-shaped base material having partition walls of a ceramic porous body having a large number of pores formed therein and a plurality of cells formed by the partition walls and functioning as passages for a fluid passing through the ceramic porous body; an intermediate layer of a ceramic porous body having a large number of pores having a small average pore diameter in comparison with a surface of the base material and being disposed on the surface of the base material; and a separation layer disposed on a surface of the intermediate layer, wherein at least a part of the base material and the intermediate layer has a structure where aggregate particles are bonded to one another by an inorganic bonding material component, the base material thickness excluding the intermediate layer and the separation layer at the shortest portion between the cells is 0.51 mm or more and 1.55 mm or less, and the intermediate layer thickness, which is the thickness of the intermediate layer, is 150 μm or more and 500 μm or less, characterized in that the proportion of an inorganic bonding material component in an inorganic solid content of the intermediate layer is 26% by mass or more and 42% by mass or less, the intermediate layer has an average pore size of 0.005 to 2 μm as measured by the air flow method described in ASTM F316, and the structure has an internal pressure fracture strength when pressure is applied to the inside of the cells of 7 MPa or more, as measured in the description.
Soundproofing system for traffic routes, particularly rail routes, comprising a plurality of substantially C-shaped, low-profile soundproofing elements that are connectable with each other and open towards a sound source, form an acute angle with the horizontal and reflect emitted sound, wherein each soundproofing element is constructed as a single part, characterised in that a leg of the soundproofing element which forms a supporting surface of the soundproofing element has a lengthwise extension that protrudes over a pivot point located at a distance from the supporting surface for a covering surface of the soundproofing element which can protrude over the material thickness of a rear surface, that the leg that forms the rear surface of the soundproofing element has at least one tread, that the tread of adjacently located soundproofing elements are offset with respect to each other in terms of height.
Adaptively-twistable rotor blade provided with a lift element which comprises an outer covering extending spanwise in a longitudinal direction from a first end zone towards a second end zone and transversely from a leading edge towards a trailing edge, the outer covering delimiting an internal cavity, characterised in that said blade comprises at least one adaptive twist system provided with: - a carriage arranged in said cavity, said carriage being provided with a torsion bar extending along said longitudinal direction and at least two arms which are secured to the torsion bar and which extend transversely on one side and on the other side of the torsion bar, said carriage being movable in translation in said cavity in said longitudinal direction, - a connection on each arm for connecting said carriage to the outer covering, each connection including a segment (101, 102) comprising an upstream guide gallery (31, 33) arranged in the cavity between the leading edge of the blade and the torsion bar and a downstream guide gallery (32, 34) arranged in the cavity between the trailing edge of the blade and the torsion bar, each arm extending transversely from an upstream end sliding in an upstream guide gallery (31, 33) towards a downstream end sliding in a downstream guide gallery (32, 34), - at least one of said connections being a helical connection including an upstream guide gallery and a downstream guide gallery of a segment referred to as a "twist segment" having distinct orientations generating a rotation of the "twist segment" under the effect of a translation of the carriage. - a carriage arranged in said cavity, said carriage being provided with a torsion bar extending along said longitudinal direction and at least two arms which are secured to the torsion bar and which extend transversely on one side and on the other side of the torsion bar, said carriage being movable in translation in said cavity in said longitudinal direction, - a connection on each arm for connecting said carriage to the outer covering, each connection including a segment (101, 102) comprising an upstream guide gallery (31, 33) arranged in the cavity between the leading edge of the blade and the torsion bar and a downstream guide gallery (32, 34) arranged in the cavity between the trailing edge of the blade and the torsion bar, each arm extending transversely from an upstream end sliding in an upstream guide gallery (31, 33) towards a downstream end sliding in a downstream guide gallery (32, 34), - at least one of said connections being a helical connection including an upstream guide gallery and a downstream guide gallery of a segment referred to as a "twist segment" having distinct orientations generating a rotation of the "twist segment" under the effect of a translation of the carriage.
Device for spreading an adhesive on a film comprising: - at least a first metering roller maintained blocked in rotation during operation of the apparatus; and - at least a second metering roller, facing the first, that can rotate in contact with an adhesive; wherein the surface of the first metering roller is spaced from the surface of the second metering roller by a gap such that, following rotation, a portion of the surface of the second metering roller is coated with a uniform layer of adhesive, the device also comprising a regulating device for moving at least the first metering roller with respect to second metering roller to vary the width of the gap, and consequently the thickness of the layer of adhesive on the surface of the second roller, wherein said regulating device is controlled by a control unit, said control unit being configured to control the position of the first metering roller and to regulate the width of the gap as a function of geometric and/or dimensional parameters of the surface of said first metering roller. - at least a first metering roller maintained blocked in rotation during operation of the apparatus; and - at least a second metering roller, facing the first, that can rotate in contact with an adhesive;