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An ultrasonic flow meter comprising: a measurement flow path where a cross section of a flow path through which a fluid to be measured flows is rectangular; one or more partition plates that divide the measurement flow path into a plurality of layered flow paths (3a, 3b, 3c); a pair of ultrasonic sensors (1a, 1b) that are disposed upstream and downstream on the layered flow paths (3a, 3b, 3c) and are capable of transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic signal; and a flow rate measuring unit that detects a flow rate of the fluid to be measured based on a propagation time, the propagation time being a time period from when one of the ultrasonic sensors (1a, 1b) transmits the ultrasonic signal to cause the ultrasonic signal to propagate through the fluid to be measured until when an other one of the ultrasonic sensors (1a, 1b) receives the ultrasonic signal, wherein the measurement flow path and the one or more partition plates are integrally molded, characterized in that the one or more partition plates have a shape that is thinner from a portion having a maximum thickness toward an inlet side of the measurement flow path and an outlet side of the measurement flow path at an inclination angle generated by a draft of a mold, wherein the measurement flow path has a gradient that matches the shape of the one or more partition plates, and the shapes of the plurality of layered flow paths (3a, 3b, 3c) are the same. a measurement flow path where a cross section of a flow path through which a fluid to be measured flows is rectangular; one or more partition plates that divide the measurement flow path into a plurality of layered flow paths (3a, 3b, 3c); a pair of ultrasonic sensors (1a, 1b) that are disposed upstream and downstream on the layered flow paths (3a, 3b, 3c) and are capable of transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic signal; and a flow rate measuring unit that detects a flow rate of the fluid to be measured based on a propagation time, the propagation time being a time period from when one of the ultrasonic sensors (1a, 1b) transmits the ultrasonic signal to cause the ultrasonic signal to propagate through the fluid to be measured until when an other one of the ultrasonic sensors (1a, 1b) receives the ultrasonic signal, wherein the measurement flow path and the one or more partition plates are integrally molded, characterized in that the one or more partition plates have a shape that is thinner from a portion having a maximum thickness toward an inlet side of the measurement flow path and an outlet side of the measurement flow path at an inclination angle generated by a draft of a mold, wherein the measurement flow path has a gradient that matches the shape of the one or more partition plates, and the shapes of the plurality of layered flow paths (3a, 3b, 3c) are the same.
A method of controlling blisters in a molded body with a hollow portion comprising fluorinated tetrafluoroethylene and perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) copolymer, comprising heat treating a melt-molded body comprising fluorinated tetrafluoroethylene and perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) copolymer, wherein said copolymer has a melt flow rate of 0.1 to 100 g/10 min when measured at a load of 5 kg and a measurement temperature of 372 ± 0.1 °C in accordance with ASTM D1238, and wherein said heat treating is performed at a temperature of from 130°C below the melting point of said copolymer to the melting point of said copolymer.
A surgical system comprising: - an implant comprising: - a first endplate; - a second endplate; - a first ramped body extending between the first endplate and the second endplate, wherein the translatable body comprises at least one upwardly facing ramp engaging the first endplate and at least one downwardly facing ramp engaging the second endplate; and - an actuator in engagement with the first ramped body, wherein rotation of the actuator causes translation of the first ramped body, thereby causing expansion of the implant; - an inserter configured to engage the implant, wherein the inserter comprises an outer shaft and a distal engagement portion at an angle relative to the outer shaft, wherein a first engagement tip and a second engagement tip extend from the distal engagement portion; - an angled funnel having a proximal portion and a distal portion and a longitudinal shaft, the distal portion of the funnel disposed at an angle to the longitudinal shaft, wherein the longitudinal shaft terminates at the distal portion, which is configured to couple to the implant; and - a plunger configured to be inserted through the funnel and longitudinal shaft to push graft material through the angled funnel and the longitudinal shaft and into the implant. - an implant comprising: - a first endplate; - a second endplate; - a first ramped body extending between the first endplate and the second endplate, wherein the translatable body comprises at least one upwardly facing ramp engaging the first endplate and at least one downwardly facing ramp engaging the second endplate; and - an actuator in engagement with the first ramped body, wherein rotation of the actuator causes translation of the first ramped body, thereby causing expansion of the implant; - an inserter configured to engage the implant, wherein the inserter comprises an outer shaft and a distal engagement portion at an angle relative to the outer shaft, wherein a first engagement tip and a second engagement tip extend from the distal engagement portion; - an angled funnel having a proximal portion and a distal portion and a longitudinal shaft, the distal portion of the funnel disposed at an angle to the longitudinal shaft, wherein the longitudinal shaft terminates at the distal portion, which is configured to couple to the implant; and - a plunger configured to be inserted through the funnel and longitudinal shaft to push graft material through the angled funnel and the longitudinal shaft and into the implant.
Procedure for inspecting railway wheels with respect to use-related wear and/or a material defect, in which the railway wheel installed in a railway vehicle is tested while this railway vehicle is in motion, characterised in that the rolling railway wheelset passes through a spatially restricted magnetic field that is coupled through the rails along which the allocated rail vehicle is guided by functionally using a track portion as an electromagnet and analysing the magnetic flux through the rolling wheel, wherein the wheelset, track and magnetic yoke form a magnetic circuit between the right and left rails.
An article transport facility comprising a transport vehicle that travels along a traveling path so as to transport an article, characterized in that a fire protection door in an open position is present above the traveling path, the fire protection door is capable of moving downward to a closed position located below the open position, the transport vehicle includes: a driving portion that rotates a traveling wheel; a control portion that controls the driving portion; an area detection portion that detects an interference area that is an area in which a portion of the transport vehicle in the traveling path overlaps a door trajectory, which is a movement trajectory of the fire protection door; and a descent detection portion that detects a descent of the fire protection door, and the control portion performs a retraction control to control the driving portion such that the transport vehicle travels to the outside of the interference area when the descent detection portion has detected a descent of the fire protection door in a state in which the transport vehicle is located in the interference area, characterized in that the transport vehicle includes: a power receiving portion to which power is supplied from a power feeding line installed along the traveling path; and a power storage device that is charged with the power supplied to the power receiving portion, the control portion performs the retraction control when the supply of power from the power feeding line to the power receiving portion is stopped, in addition to when the descent detection portion has detected a descent of the fire protection door, and the retraction control is performed using the power of the power storage device.
A method of repairing a corrosion damaged steel reinforced concrete structure which comprises removing the corrosion damaged concrete to expose and clean the corroding steel and to form a first cavity to receive a concrete repair material to restore the profile of the concrete structure and forming in the concrete exposed within this first cavity a smaller distinct anode cavity for assembling a sacrificial anode assembly and placing within the anode cavity a pliable viscous ionically conductive backfill and a sacrificial anode and an activating agent to form a sacrificial anode assembly and connecting the sacrificial anode to the steel exposed in the first cavity with a conductor that runs from the sacrificial anode to the steel exposed in the first cavity and covering the sacrificial anode and the backfill and activating agent in the anode cavity with a profile restoring concrete repair material wherein the sacrificial anode is an electrode comprising a metal less noble than steel supporting an anodic reaction and the anodic reaction substantially comprises dissolution of the metal and the backfill receives the products of sacrificial metal dissolution and the activating agent is adapted to maintain sacrificial anode activity.
An apparatus comprising: a micro sampling chip that includes a microchannel for holding the sample, the micro sampling chip being configured to allow an extraction portion of the micro sampling chip, in which a portion of the sample held in the microchannel is held, to be cut from the micro sampling chip in order to take out the portion of the sample as the sample to be extracted; a container for accommodating the extraction portion; and, a sample extraction tool, wherein the sample extraction tool comprises a through hole configured to cut the extraction portion from the micro sampling chip by bending the micro sampling chip while inserting the extraction portion through the through hole, wherein the sample extraction tool is configured to be attached to an upper portion of the container in such a state that the through hole is disposed on an open upper surface of the container; wherein the microchannel includes a linear portion extending from a tip side to a base end side of the micro sampling chip, the extraction portion is a piece between a tip portion and a base end portion of the micro sampling chip, wherein the sample extraction tool comprises a chip tip accommodating portion having an opening at its upper portion and including a space, wherein the opening is for cutting the tip portion from the micro sampling chip by bending the micro sampling chip while fitting the tip portion of the micro sampling chip into the opening, the tip portion cut from the micro sampling chip is held in the space. a micro sampling chip that includes a microchannel for holding the sample, the micro sampling chip being configured to allow an extraction portion of the micro sampling chip, in which a portion of the sample held in the microchannel is held, to be cut from the micro sampling chip in order to take out the portion of the sample as the sample to be extracted; a container for accommodating the extraction portion; and, a sample extraction tool, wherein the sample extraction tool comprises a through hole configured to cut the extraction portion from the micro sampling chip by bending the micro sampling chip while inserting the extraction portion through the through hole, wherein the sample extraction tool is configured to be attached to an upper portion of the container in such a state that the through hole is disposed on an open upper surface of the container; wherein the microchannel includes a linear portion extending from a tip side to a base end side of the micro sampling chip, the extraction portion is a piece between a tip portion and a base end portion of the micro sampling chip, wherein the sample extraction tool comprises a chip tip accommodating portion having an opening at its upper portion and including a space, wherein the opening is for cutting the tip portion from the micro sampling chip by bending the micro sampling chip while fitting the tip portion of the micro sampling chip into the opening, the tip portion cut from the micro sampling chip is held in the space.
A MEMS shutter comprising: - a substrate of semiconductor material traversed by a main aperture; - a first semiconductor layer, arranged on top of the substrate; - a second semiconductor layer, arranged on top of the first semiconductor layer and forming, together with the first semiconductor layer, a supporting structure (28, 71, 87; 28, 171) fixed to the substrate; - a plurality of deformable structures (29, 59, 68, 85; 169), each of which is formed by a corresponding portion of at least one of the first and second semiconductor layers; - a plurality of actuators (36; 96); and - a plurality of shielding structures (33; 35; 333; 335; 433), each of which is formed by a corresponding portion of at least one of the first and second semiconductor layers, the shielding structures being arranged angularly around the underlying main aperture so as to form a shielding of the main aperture, each shielding structure being further mechanically coupled to the supporting structure via a corresponding deformable structure; and wherein each actuator is electrically controllable so as to cause a translation of a corresponding shielding structure between a respective first position and a respective second position, thereby varying the shielding of the main aperture; and wherein said first and second positions of the shielding structures are such that, in at least one operating condition of the MEMS shutter, pairs of adjacent shielding structures at least partially overlap one another. - a substrate of semiconductor material traversed by a main aperture; - a first semiconductor layer, arranged on top of the substrate; - a second semiconductor layer, arranged on top of the first semiconductor layer and forming, together with the first semiconductor layer, a supporting structure (28, 71, 87; 28, 171) fixed to the substrate; - a plurality of deformable structures (29, 59, 68, 85; 169), each of which is formed by a corresponding portion of at least one of the first and second semiconductor layers; - a plurality of actuators (36; 96); and - a plurality of shielding structures (33; 35; 333; 335; 433), each of which is formed by a corresponding portion of at least one of the first and second semiconductor layers, the shielding structures being arranged angularly around the underlying main aperture so as to form a shielding of the main aperture, each shielding structure being further mechanically coupled to the supporting structure via a corresponding deformable structure;
Furaltadone hydrochloride, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate, or isomer thereof, for use in a method of treating Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, or a non-human model of DMD.
An integrated circuit, IC, chip comprising: an on-chip power source interface to obtain power from a power source that is external to the IC chip; an on-chip digital single wire communication interface circuit to be directly coupled to a counterpart interface circuit of a battery-side gas gauge circuit that is external to the IC chip; and an on-chip battery charging control circuit (22, 15) to control battery charging voltage and current at a battery cell terminal, using power that is supplied by the power source interface, the battery charging control circuit (22, 15) being coupled to the digital single wire communication interface circuit to read latest battery charging voltage limit and current limit from the gas gauge circuit and to control the charging of a battery in accordance with the latest battery charging voltage limit and current limit that have been read from the gas gauge circuit and that are in accordance with one of a plurality of different battery charging profiles that is specified by the gas gauge circuit. an on-chip power source interface to obtain power from a power source that is external to the IC chip; an on-chip digital single wire communication interface circuit to be directly coupled to a counterpart interface circuit of a battery-side gas gauge circuit that is external to the IC chip; and an on-chip battery charging control circuit (22, 15) to control battery charging voltage and current at a battery cell terminal, using power that is supplied by the power source interface, the battery charging control circuit (22, 15) being coupled to the digital single wire communication interface circuit to read latest battery charging voltage limit and current limit from the gas gauge circuit and to control the charging of a battery in accordance with the latest battery charging voltage limit and current limit that have been read from the gas gauge circuit and that are in accordance with one of a plurality of different battery charging profiles that is specified by the gas gauge circuit.
Method of heating a trough mangle having at least one mangle roller, which can be driven in rotation, and a mangle trough (10, 27, 29), which is assigned to each mangle roller, wherein the mangle trough (10, 27, 29) is heated by steam, characterized in that the steam is generated in the at least one mangle trough (10, 27, 29).
A method for broadcast communication within a co-operative system comprising a plurality of communication units (A, B, C) arranged in vehicles, where said plurality of communication units (A, B, C) are equipped with a radio communication unit, which communication units (A, B, C) are adapted to execute a group of tasks repeatedly in a repetition cycle: • acquire raw data from at least one raw data collector, • process said raw data into an information package, and • broadcast of said information package to other communication units (A, B, C) using the same channel or frequency in the co-operative system, wherein said repetition cycle lasts a predetermined time period from a start (SnA, SnB, SnC) of a repetition cycle, and said at least one raw data collector collects data from a global navigation satellite system (GNSS), wherein said raw data from the GNSS comprises a global timing information, to which said communication units (A, B, C) synchronise and wherein a timing of said execution of tasks is dependent of a global timing signal derived from the global timing information, characterised in, that an individual acquisition time (ATA, ATB, ATC) for acquiring raw data from the raw data collectors is set for each of the plurality of communication units (A, B, C), wherein the acquisition times are different from each other; and wherein the processing of said raw data into an information package is executed directly after the acquiring of said raw data and the broadcasting of said information package is executed directly after the processing of said raw data. • acquire raw data from at least one raw data collector, • process said raw data into an information package, and • broadcast of said information package to other communication units (A, B, C) using the same channel or frequency in the co-operative system,
A method for decoding an enhanced control channel by user equipment in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving configuration information of the enhanced control channel from a base station; identifying a subframe in which the user equipment attempts to decode the enhanced control channel based on the configuration information; identifying an aggregation level of the enhanced control channel; determining a demodulation reference signal, DMRS, port index for decoding the enhanced control channel depending on the identified aggregation level; and decoding the enhanced control channel in the subframe using the determined DMRS port index. receiving configuration information of the enhanced control channel from a base station; identifying a subframe in which the user equipment attempts to decode the enhanced control channel based on the configuration information; identifying an aggregation level of the enhanced control channel; determining a demodulation reference signal, DMRS, port index for decoding the enhanced control channel depending on the identified aggregation level; and decoding the enhanced control channel in the subframe using the determined DMRS port index.
System for supplying a pressurized liquid for machines for preparing beverages, such as e.g. a machine for preparing coffee, comprising a first cylinder and plunger assembly, said plunger defining inside its cylinder a chamber for housing said liquid, said plunger being able to accumulate, in an active position, potential energy from the compression force applied to a fluid, said potential energy being susceptible of being transmitted as a pressure to the liquid inside said chamber, when said plunger contacts, in said active position, the liquid inside said chamber, characterised in that it comprises a second cylinder and plunger assembly, said second plunger defining inside its cylinder a chamber for housing said fluid, said first and second assemblies being associated so that the plunger of the first assembly is susceptible of accumulating, in its active position, potential energy from the compression force applied to the fluid housed inside the internal chamber of the second cylinder and plunger assembly.
A method for performing a route selection policy rule, performed by a terminal, the method comprising: obtaining a route selection policy rule from an access and mobility function, NEF, network element; determining whether traffic of an application matches the route selection policy rule, the route selection policy rule comprising a service differentiator, the service differentiator being used for identifying a service type of the traffic in the application; performing the route selection policy rule in a case that the traffic of the application matches the route selection policy rule; determining, when a traffic descriptor in the route selection policy rule includes an application descriptor and the service differentiator, whether traffic of the application simultaneously matches the application descriptor and the service differentiator; and identifying, based on the application descriptor including an operating system identifier, an application identifier, and the service differentiator at the same time, traffic of different services in the application. obtaining a route selection policy rule from an access and mobility function, NEF, network element; determining whether traffic of an application matches the route selection policy rule, the route selection policy rule comprising a service differentiator, the service differentiator being used for identifying a service type of the traffic in the application; performing the route selection policy rule in a case that the traffic of the application matches the route selection policy rule; determining, when a traffic descriptor in the route selection policy rule includes an application descriptor and the service differentiator, whether traffic of the application simultaneously matches the application descriptor and the service differentiator; and identifying, based on the application descriptor including an operating system identifier, an application identifier, and the service differentiator at the same time, traffic of different services in the application.