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A method for cooling a heat generating component, the heat generating component being in thermal contact with a first surface of a heat spreader having a plurality of chambers (9, 10) comprising a cooling fluid, comprising: - determining an average temperature of the first surface or of the heat generating component, - determining a position of at least one hot spot of the heat generating component, the at least one hot spot having a temperature above the determined average temperature, - mapping the determined position of the at least one hot spot to a location on the first surface of the heat spreader, - generating at least one first control signal for generating a first flow pattern of the cooling fluid through the plurality of chambers (9, 10) passing the mapped location, and - generating at least one second control signal in alternating turns with the at least one first control signal, for generating a second flow pattern of the cooling fluid through the plurality of chambers (9, 10), returning the cooling fluid back to its initial location. - determining an average temperature of the first surface or of the heat generating component, - determining a position of at least one hot spot of the heat generating component, the at least one hot spot having a temperature above the determined average temperature, - mapping the determined position of the at least one hot spot to a location on the first surface of the heat spreader, - generating at least one first control signal for generating a first flow pattern of the cooling fluid through the plurality of chambers (9, 10) passing the mapped location, and - generating at least one second control signal in alternating turns with the at least one first control signal, for generating a second flow pattern of the cooling fluid through the plurality of chambers (9, 10), returning the cooling fluid back to its initial location.
A method of forming a material of low ductility comprising: providing a first sheet made from a material of low ductility; providing an integrated forming device comprising a heat source and a forming element; and moving the forming element relative to the first sheet along a forming direction while simultaneously heating a localized portion of the first sheet along the forming direction at a substantially constant predetermined distance in front of the forming element, wherein heating comprises irradiating the localized portion of the first sheet with a laser beam (1102, 708, 914), characterised in that the heating further comprises varying the incident angle of the laser beam (1102, 708, 914) on the localized portion of the first sheet. providing a first sheet made from a material of low ductility; providing an integrated forming device comprising a heat source and a forming element; and moving the forming element relative to the first sheet along a forming direction while simultaneously heating a localized portion of the first sheet along the forming direction at a substantially constant predetermined distance in front of the forming element, wherein heating comprises irradiating the localized portion of the first sheet with a laser beam (1102, 708, 914), characterised in that the heating further comprises varying the incident angle of the laser beam (1102, 708, 914) on the localized portion of the first sheet.
A secondary battery comprising: an electrode assembly comprising a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate and a separator located between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate; a case accommodating the electrode assembly; a cap plate sealing the case; a first collector plate comprising a first vertical part electrically connected to the first electrode plate and a first horizontal part bent from the first vertical part and extending between the electrode assembly and the cap plate; and a first electrode terminal electrically connected to the first collector plate and extending through the cap plate, characterized in that the first collector plate comprises a first protrusion protruding from the first horizontal part and the first electrode terminal has a coupling opening engaged with the first protrusion, wherein the first protrusion protrudes toward the electrode assembly from a bottom surface of the first horizontal part. an electrode assembly comprising a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate and a separator located between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate; a case accommodating the electrode assembly; a cap plate sealing the case; a first collector plate comprising a first vertical part electrically connected to the first electrode plate and a first horizontal part bent from the first vertical part and extending between the electrode assembly and the cap plate; and a first electrode terminal electrically connected to the first collector plate and extending through the cap plate,
A method of transmitting contents by a contents replica server in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, from a packet inspector, a query notification message including a uniform resource locator, URL, and location information of a terminal, if a domain name system, DNS; server receives a DNS request message from the terminal (S416, S418), wherein the DNS request message comprises the URL; checking a local cache server capable of serving the terminal based on the location information of the terminal; determining whether the local cache server stores a content corresponding to the URL; and transmitting, to the local cache server, the content corresponding to the URL for transmitting the content to the terminal via a base station by using an address of the contents replica server included in a query response message, if the local cache server does not store the content. receiving, from a packet inspector, a query notification message including a uniform resource locator, URL, and location information of a terminal, if a domain name system, DNS; server receives a DNS request message from the terminal (S416, S418), wherein the DNS request message comprises the URL; checking a local cache server capable of serving the terminal based on the location information of the terminal; determining whether the local cache server stores a content corresponding to the URL; and transmitting, to the local cache server, the content corresponding to the URL for transmitting the content to the terminal via a base station by using an address of the contents replica server included in a query response message, if the local cache server does not store the content.
A method of producing a safe torque off procedure of an electrical drive comprising a control unit and one or more power units having controllable semiconductor switches and being able to control a motor of the electrical drive, wherein the method comprises detecting a signal (STO1, STO2) in the control unit indicating a requirement to stop the drive, the method comprises generating in the control unit on the basis of the detected signal at least one safety-approved signal (STO12; Enable; Stop) which when received in a power unit initiates shutting-down of the power unit; feeding the generated at least one safety-approved signal from the control unit to one or more power units, characterized by initiating by the one or more power units the shutting down of the one or more power units upon the receipt of the at least one safety-approved signal in the one or more power units, the at least one safety-approved signal initiating at least two different shut-down procedures of the one or more power units that received the at least one safety-approved signal, said shut-down procedures being performed at different time instants.
A manipulator arm module comprising: a hollow spool member having top and bottom spool ends (3A, 3B) oriented in corresponding top and bottom spool end planes; an upper envelope member comprising a bottom ring rotatably attached to the top spool end, a top ring oriented at an angle to the bottom ring, and a top drive operative to selectively rotate the bottom ring of the upper envelope member with respect to the top spool end; characterised by a plurality of struts connecting the top and bottom rings (9, 7) in a substantially rigid relationship, wherein lengths of the struts of the upper envelope member are adjustable such that the angle between the top and bottom rings (9, 7) of the upper envelope member can be adjusted. a hollow spool member having top and bottom spool ends (3A, 3B) oriented in corresponding top and bottom spool end planes; an upper envelope member comprising a bottom ring rotatably attached to the top spool end, a top ring oriented at an angle to the bottom ring, and a top drive operative to selectively rotate the bottom ring of the upper envelope member with respect to the top spool end; characterised by a plurality of struts connecting the top and bottom rings (9, 7) in a substantially rigid relationship, wherein lengths of the struts of the upper envelope member are adjustable such that the angle between the top and bottom rings (9, 7) of the upper envelope member can be adjusted.
A powered cooking accessory for use in an oven, comprising: a body receivable within an interior of the oven; an electronic device received within a portion of the body; and a device coupling extending from the body and having a power coupling disposed thereon, a power line electrically coupled between the power coupling and the electronic device, characterized by an identification element encoded with information regarding at least one characteristic of the accessory, the device coupling being coupleable with the oven at the power coupling to receive electrical power from the oven and to communicate the information encoded with the identification element to the oven. a body receivable within an interior of the oven; an electronic device received within a portion of the body; and a device coupling extending from the body and having a power coupling disposed thereon, a power line electrically coupled between the power coupling and the electronic device, characterized by an identification element encoded with information regarding at least one characteristic of the accessory, the device coupling being coupleable with the oven at the power coupling to receive electrical power from the oven and to communicate the information encoded with the identification element to the oven.
A communication system comprising a plurality of communication devices (10, 20), wherein each communication device (10,20) is connected to a communication line such that a communication message including a check bit can be transmitted or received, the check bit being used for determining reliability of the communication message, among the communication devices (10, 20), a communication device that transmits the communication message includes a storage position specifying section configured to specify one of a plurality of positions at which the check bit in the communication message can be stored as a storage position (P1, P2, P3) at which the check bit is stored, the communication device that transmits the communication message is configured to generate a communication message in which the check bit is stored in the specified storage position (P1, P2, P3) and to transmit the generated communication message, among the communication devices (10, 20), a communication device that receives the communication message includes a storage position determining section configured to determine the storage position (P1, P2, P3) of the check bit in the communication message by causing this storage position (P1, P2, P3) to correspond to the storage position (P1, P2, P3) specified by the storage position specifying section, the communication device that receives the communication message is configured to acquire the check bit by causing the storage position determining section to determine the storage position (P1, P2, P3) of the check bit in the received communication message, and the communication device that receives the communication message determines the reliability of the received communication message based on the acquired check bit the communication system being characterized in that the storage position specifying section is configured to specify the storage position (P1, P2, P3) of the check bit based on partial data (Pd) that is part of data included in the communication message, and the storage position determining section is configured to determine the specified storage position (P1, P2, P3) of the check bit based on the partial data (Pd) used to specify the storage position of the check bit.
A vacuum variable capacitor adjustable between a minimum capacitance value and a maximum capacitance value, the vacuum variable capacitor comprising: a first vacuum enclosure containing capacitor electrodes (6, 7) separated by a vacuum dielectric, the wall of the first vacuum enclosure comprising a first deformable region, hereafter referred to as first bellows, for transferring mechanical movement between a drive means (34; 40) and a mobile one of the capacitor electrodes (6, 7) inside the first vacuum enclosure, a second enclosure, referred to hereafter as the pre-vacuum enclosure, containing a gas at a predetermined pressure, wherein the first bellows separates the gas in the pre-vacuum enclosure from the vacuum dielectric in the first vacuum enclosure, and characterized in that the drive means (34; 40) is disposed outside the first and the second enclosure (2; 21) of the vacuum variable capacitor and comprises a contact free transfer of movement to a driven means (9, 42; 28, 29) inside an enclosure (2; 21) of the vacuum variable capacitor. a first vacuum enclosure containing capacitor electrodes (6, 7) separated by a vacuum dielectric, the wall of the first vacuum enclosure comprising a first deformable region, hereafter referred to as first bellows, for transferring mechanical movement between a drive means (34; 40) and a mobile one of the capacitor electrodes (6, 7) inside the first vacuum enclosure, a second enclosure, referred to hereafter as the pre-vacuum enclosure, containing a gas at a predetermined pressure, wherein the first bellows separates the gas in the pre-vacuum enclosure from the vacuum dielectric in the first vacuum enclosure, and characterized in that the drive means (34; 40) is disposed outside the first and the second enclosure (2; 21) of the vacuum variable capacitor and comprises a contact free transfer of movement to a driven means (9, 42; 28, 29) inside an enclosure (2; 21) of the vacuum variable capacitor.
A method for soil testing, comprising: positioning a soil probe above a region of soil; applying a force to the soil probe to cause the soil probe to obtain a soil sample extending a first depth into the soil; using a computer system, determining a soil sample quality criterion for the soil sample; and associating, in digital storage of the computer system, an identifier of the soil sample with the soil sample quality criterion; wherein the force applied to the soil probe is measured by a load measurement device; using the computer system, determining whether the force exceeds a threshold; and upon determining that the force exceeds the threshold, automatically obtaining a photographic image of the region using a camera communicatively coupled to the computer system. positioning a soil probe above a region of soil; applying a force to the soil probe to cause the soil probe to obtain a soil sample extending a first depth into the soil; using a computer system, determining a soil sample quality criterion for the soil sample; and associating, in digital storage of the computer system, an identifier of the soil sample with the soil sample quality criterion; wherein the force applied to the soil probe is measured by a load measurement device; using the computer system, determining whether the force exceeds a threshold; and upon determining that the force exceeds the threshold, automatically obtaining a photographic image of the region using a camera communicatively coupled to the computer system.
A continuous uterus monitoring system comprising: a uterine insert, a deployment module, a system control device and a display; the deployment module being configured to be removably engageable with the uterine insert; the uterine insert being designed to be positioned in a uterus over an extended period of time and having an insert extension, that (i) comprises at least one sensor and (ii) being configured to undergo bending when the uterine insert is engaged with the deployment module; the system control device being operationally coupled to continuously receive signals from the at least one sensor and to convert the signals into data representing the signals, and the display operationally coupled to display the data from the system control device. a uterine insert, a deployment module, a system control device and a display; the deployment module being configured to be removably engageable with the uterine insert; the uterine insert being designed to be positioned in a uterus over an extended period of time and having an insert extension, that (i) comprises at least one sensor and (ii) being configured to undergo bending when the uterine insert is engaged with the deployment module;
Device capable of providing dynamic isolation and damping of dynamic vibrations originated in a launch vehicle of a space shuttle reaching the payload or satellite, the device suitable for interfering the load path from the launch vehicle to the space shuttle and comprising a plurality of elementary unit elements, each of them comprising a spring component providing the stiffness properties of each of the elementary unit elements, and a damping component, providing the damping properties of each of the elementary unit elements, the spring component being formed by two symmetric stacks (111, 112), characterized in that the spring component and the damping component are joined together at their ends by joining elements, the damping component connecting the ends of the spring component, and in that each stack (111, 112) forms an angle (α) with the damping component, so that the damping properties and the stiffness properties of the device are designed individually by the variation of the angle (α).
A pipe inspecting robot for traveling along the surface of a pipeline, the robot characterized by: a body that has a cut-out section that provides for the central connection and movement of first and second independently articulating legs (16a, 16b); first and second leg motors (18a, 18b) controlling the first and second articulating legs (16a, 16b), respectively; and first and second pairs of wheels (24a, 24b) attached to the first and second articulating legs (16a, 16b), respectively by first and second wheel hubs that extend perpendicular to the legs (16a, 16b) so that each leg (16a, 16b) is articulated about its respective hub by the power of an individual hub leg motor (19a, 19b),the first and second pairs of wheels being configured to move the robot along the pipeline; the first and second leg motors (18a, 18b) configured so that when the first pair of wheels encounters an obstacle in front of the first pair of wheels in the direction of movement of the body, the second leg motor rotates the second leg upward away from the surface of the pipeline and radially around the body until the second pair of wheels contacts the surface of the pipeline on an opposite side of the obstacle, after which the first leg motor rotates the first leg upward away from the surface of the pipeline and radially around the body until the first pair of wheels contacts the surface of the pipeline, thereby causing the robot to pass over the obstacle. a body that has a cut-out section that provides for the central connection and movement of first and second independently articulating legs (16a, 16b); first and second leg motors (18a, 18b) controlling the first and second articulating legs (16a, 16b), respectively; and first and second pairs of wheels (24a, 24b) attached to the first and second articulating legs (16a, 16b), respectively by first and second wheel hubs that extend perpendicular to the legs (16a, 16b) so that each leg (16a, 16b) is articulated about its respective hub by the power of an individual hub leg motor (19a, 19b),the first and second pairs of wheels being configured to move the robot along the pipeline; the first and second leg motors (18a, 18b) configured so that when the first pair of wheels encounters an obstacle in front of the first pair of wheels in the direction of movement of the body, the second leg motor rotates the second leg upward away from the surface of the pipeline and radially around the body until the second pair of wheels contacts the surface of the pipeline on an opposite side of the obstacle, after which the first leg motor rotates the first leg upward away from the surface of the pipeline and radially around the body until the first pair of wheels contacts the surface of the pipeline, thereby causing the robot to pass over the obstacle.
A method of molding a polymeric material to create a desired texture therein using mold having a plurality of cylindrical pores disposed therein, the method comprising the steps of: a) providing a porous alumina master having a plurality of cylindrical pores dispersed therein, said plurality of cylindrical pores corresponding to projections to be imparted to a surface of the polymeric material; b) disposing a polymeric material between a transparent or translucent film and the porous alumina master; and c) applying mechanical pressure to roll the porous alumina master into the polymeric material, wherein a release agent is applied to the porous alumina master prior to disposing the polymeric molding material between the porous alumina master and the film; and wherein the texture imparted to the polymeric material comprises projections corresponding to the cylindrical pores of the porous alumina master; wherein the porous alumina master is prepared by a process comprising the following steps: i) performing a first stage anodization on an aluminium surface; ii) oxide etching the anodized aluminium surface; iii) performing a second stage anodization; and iv) performing a pore widening treatment, wherein cylindrical pores are created in the porous alumina master. a) providing a porous alumina master having a plurality of cylindrical pores dispersed therein, said plurality of cylindrical pores corresponding to projections to be imparted to a surface of the polymeric material; b) disposing a polymeric material between a transparent or translucent film and the porous alumina master; and c) applying mechanical pressure to roll the porous alumina master into the polymeric material, i) performing a first stage anodization on an aluminium surface; ii) oxide etching the anodized aluminium surface; iii) performing a second stage anodization; and iv) performing a pore widening treatment,