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A method of manufacturing a catalytic converter comprised of an outer tube, a monolith substrate and a mat material, wherein the mat material is positioned in a surrounding relation to the monolith substrate; the method comprising the steps of gauging a combination of said monolith substrate and said mat material to establish a set of compression characteristics, and compressing the tube to compress the combination of said monolith substrate and said mat material within the tube, gauging the combination of said monolith substrate and said mat material to a predetermined maximum gauging force or pressure and measuring the deflection of the combination of said monolith substrate and said mat material; releasing the combination of the monolith substrate and the mat material; characterized in that after the step of releasing, and prior to inserting the combination of the monolith substrate and mat material into the outer tube, re-gauging the combination of said monolith substrate and said mat material to the same deflection; measuring the change to the pressure or force conditions at re-gauging; calculating a new total deflection for the combination of said monolith substrate and said mat material, based at least in part upon, the original deflection and those changed conditions; and subsequently inserting the combination of said monolith substrate and said mat material in said tube and compressing said mat material against said monolith substrate within said tube to the new total deflection.
An antibacterial composition comprising at least (a) a bacteriophage having lytic activity to an Escherichia coli (E. coli) strain, said bacteriophage having a genome comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9 or a sequence having at least 97% identity thereto, and (b) a bacteriophage having lytic activity to an Escherichia coli (E. coli) strain selected from the bacteriophages having a genome comprising a nucleotide sequence of anyone of SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 8 and 10 to 15 or a sequence having at least 97% identity thereto.
A clamp, comprising: a polymer having metal particles dispersed therein, wherein the metal particles are made of aluminium, wherein the size of the metal particles and filler packing factor are selected to exceed the percolation threshold, wherein the size of the metal particles is between 100 μm to 150 μm, and wherein the filler packing factor is between 0.65 and 0.75; and the clamp comprises a metallic core within the polymer. a polymer having metal particles dispersed therein, wherein the metal particles are made of aluminium, wherein the size of the metal particles and filler packing factor are selected to exceed the percolation threshold, wherein the size of the metal particles is between 100 μm to 150 μm, and wherein the filler packing factor is between 0.65 and 0.75; and the clamp comprises a metallic core within the polymer.
A ventilated solar panel system mounted on a roof of a building, comprising: a plurality of joists (12, 112) arranged substantially normal to an upper ridge of the roof, and extending from said upper ridge to a lower region of the roof, and a set of rectangular solar panels (2, 13), arranged on and supported by said joists, characterized by a set of electrical fans, each fan being arranged in said lower region of the roof and being aligned with one of said joists (12, 112), wherein each fan is configured to create a flow of air towards said ridge, and wherein each joist (12, 112), in an end facing one of said fans, is formed with a dividing edge (32, 132) configured to divide said flow of air into two sub-flows (26a, 26b), a first sub-flow directed to a first side of said joist (12, 112), and a second sub-flow directed to a second side of said joist (12, 112), opposite to said first side. a plurality of joists (12, 112) arranged substantially normal to an upper ridge of the roof, and extending from said upper ridge to a lower region of the roof, and a set of rectangular solar panels (2, 13), arranged on and supported by said joists, characterized by a set of electrical fans, each fan being arranged in said lower region of the roof and being aligned with one of said joists (12, 112), wherein each fan is configured to create a flow of air towards said ridge, and wherein each joist (12, 112), in an end facing one of said fans, is formed with a dividing edge (32, 132) configured to divide said flow of air into two sub-flows (26a, 26b), a first sub-flow directed to a first side of said joist (12, 112), and a second sub-flow directed to a second side of said joist (12, 112), opposite to said first side.
A method performed by a transmitting device, the method comprising: transforming a first channel matrix H into a transformed second channel matrix P -T Source H, wherein the first channel matrix H is a channel from a transmitter array of antennas of the transmitting device to at least one receiver antenna of a receiving device, and wherein P -T Source is a transformation matrix comprising a function of a transmitter source impedance and an impedance matrix of the transmitter array; determining a channel capacity maximizing precoding matrix W that maximizes capacity for the transformed second channel matrix P -T Source H subject to a power constraint of the precoding matrix W; converting the channel capacity maximizing precoding matrix W for the transformed second channel matrix into an optimal precoding matrix V for the first channel matrix; receiving a signal for transmission; applying the optimal precoding matrix V to the signal to generate a precoded signal for transmission over a physical channel; and transmitting the precoded signal. transforming a first channel matrix H into a transformed second channel matrix P -T Source H, wherein the first channel matrix H is a channel from a transmitter array of antennas of the transmitting device to at least one receiver antenna of a receiving device, and wherein P -T Source is a transformation matrix comprising a function of a transmitter source impedance and an impedance matrix of the transmitter array; determining a channel capacity maximizing precoding matrix W that maximizes capacity for the transformed second channel matrix P -T Source H subject to a power constraint of the precoding matrix W; converting the channel capacity maximizing precoding matrix W for the transformed second channel matrix into an optimal precoding matrix V for the first channel matrix; receiving a signal for transmission; applying the optimal precoding matrix V to the signal to generate a precoded signal for transmission over a physical channel; and transmitting the precoded signal.
A rotating machine, comprising: a first component having a first component surface subject to radial displacement during operation of said rotating machine, said first component surface being defined by a first diameter; a second component having a second component surface spaced apart from said first component surface, said second component surface being defined by a second diameter different from said first diameter; a squeeze film damper structured as an annular squeeze film damper ring disposed in a cavity defined between said first component surface and said second component surface, said cavity charged with a fluid and said squeeze film damper ring being structured to provide damping, using the fluid, based on said radial displacement; and a seal (42, 44) disposed adjacent to said squeeze film damper ring, said seal having a first sealing surface and a second sealing surface, wherein said first sealing surface is structured to seal against said first component surface at said first diameter, and wherein said second sealing surface is structured to seal against said second component surface at said second diameter; wherein the squeeze film damper ring has an inner periphery and an outer periphery, the squeeze film damper ring including a plurality of fluid transfer holes disposed about a circumference of the squeeze film damper ring to help distribute the fluid about the inner and outer peripheries. a first component having a first component surface subject to radial displacement during operation of said rotating machine, said first component surface being defined by a first diameter; a second component having a second component surface spaced apart from said first component surface, said second component surface being defined by a second diameter different from said first diameter; a squeeze film damper structured as an annular squeeze film damper ring disposed in a cavity defined between said first component surface and said second component surface, said cavity charged with a fluid and said squeeze film damper ring being structured to provide damping, using the fluid, based on said radial displacement; and a seal (42, 44) disposed adjacent to said squeeze film damper ring, said seal having a first sealing surface and a second sealing surface, wherein said first sealing surface is structured to seal against said first component surface at said first diameter, and wherein said second sealing surface is structured to seal against said second component surface at said second diameter; wherein the squeeze film damper ring has an inner periphery and an outer periphery, the squeeze film damper ring including a plurality of fluid transfer holes disposed about a circumference of the squeeze film damper ring to help distribute the fluid about the inner and outer peripheries.
An organopolysiloxane represented by the general formula: wherein, R 1 s are the same or different aliphatic unsaturated monovalent hydrocarbon groups having 2 to 12 carbon atoms, R 2 s are the same or different monovalent hydrocarbon groups having 1 to 12 carbon atoms and not having an aliphatic unsaturated bond, R 3 s are the same or different alkyl groups having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, "n" is an integer of from 1 and 500, and "a" is 0 or 1.
Side handle for a hand-held machine tool with a handle bar arranged along a handle axis for holding the side handle with one hand, a fastening mechanism for fastening the side handle to the hand-held machine tool in a detachable way, which has a tightening band surrounding a fastening axis and a tensioning mechanism, in which the tensioning mechanism has a collar overlapping with the tensioning band along the handle axis, which may move along the handle axis with regard to the tensioning band, a drawbar fixed to the tensioning band, which may move along the handle axis, and a tensioning wheel engaging in an outer thread of the drawbar, which may turn around the handle axis, a damper, which connects the handle bar to the fastening mechanism, characterised in that the damper has at least one longitudinal side of a leaf spring orientated inclined to the fastening axis, in which the leaf spring has a slot running along the handle axis, a splint, which is fastened to the drawbar and engages in the slot of the leaf spring, and the damper has a security cage fastened to the handle bar, in which the leaf spring is arranged, in which the security cage has a slot running along the handle axis, in which the splint engages.
Elastic laminate for nappy closures comprising two nonwoven layers forming opposite outer sides and comprising strips of an elastic film running in a stretching direction which strips are bonded between the nonwoven layers by adhesive, characterized in that the strips are bonded between the nonwoven layers under pre-tension and the nonwoven layers are laid in folds in a relaxed state due to the restoring forces of the strips bonded under pre-tension along the stretching direction, wherein in the relaxed state the thickness of the strips is between 30 μm and 80 μm and the width (b) of the strips determined perpendicular to the stretching direction is between 3 mm and 12 mm and wherein the strips of the elastic film in the relaxed state cover between 10 % and 80 % of the entire area.
A method for controlling a KNX-enabled element of a building automation system, comprising: - receiving a command input in an IP-enabled telecommunications device; - providing an action command in response to the command input in the IP-enabled telecommunications device, wherein the action command comprises the following: - an IP address of a gateway device, which is connected to a building automation system in which a KNX bus standard is implemented; - a group address which is assigned to a KNX-enabled element; and - a control command for controlling the KNX-enabled element; - transmitting the action command to the gateway device; - providing group address information in the gateway device; - determining whether the group address is comprised by the group address information; - providing a KNX command in the gateway device if the gateway device has determined that the group address is comprised by the group address information, wherein the KNX command is configured to correspond to the KNX bus standard and comprises at least the group address of the KNX-enabled element and the control command; - transmitting the KNX command from the gateway device to the KNX-enabled element in the building automation system; and - controlling an operating state of the KNX-enabled element according to the control command. - receiving a command input in an IP-enabled telecommunications device; - providing an action command in response to the command input in the IP-enabled telecommunications device, wherein the action command comprises the following: - an IP address of a gateway device, which is connected to a building automation system in which a KNX bus standard is implemented; - a group address which is assigned to a KNX-enabled element; and - a control command for controlling the KNX-enabled element; - an IP address of a gateway device, which is connected to a building automation system in which a KNX bus standard is implemented; - a group address which is assigned to a KNX-enabled element; and - a control command for controlling the KNX-enabled element; - transmitting the action command to the gateway device; - providing group address information in the gateway device; - determining whether the group address is comprised by the group address information; - providing a KNX command in the gateway device if the gateway device has determined that the group address is comprised by the group address information, wherein the KNX command is configured to correspond to the KNX bus standard and comprises at least the group address of the KNX-enabled element and the control command; - transmitting the KNX command from the gateway device to the KNX-enabled element in the building automation system; and - controlling an operating state of the KNX-enabled element according to the control command.
A bearing system for a gas turbine engine comprising: a spring defined about an axis of rotation, said spring having a multiple of beams which extend between a flange structure and an attachment structure; and a damper defined about said axis of rotation, said damper being a damper ring mounted to an outer diameter of said spring to at least partially axially overlap said multiple of beams; and a bearing; characterised by: further comprising a bearing centering spring that extends radially inward from said attachment structure and by said bearing being mounted to said bearing centering spring, such that a bearing element of said bearing is axially aligned with said damper ring. a spring defined about an axis of rotation, said spring having a multiple of beams which extend between a flange structure and an attachment structure; and a damper defined about said axis of rotation, said damper being a damper ring mounted to an outer diameter of said spring to at least partially axially overlap said multiple of beams; and a bearing; characterised by: further comprising a bearing centering spring that extends radially inward from said attachment structure and by said bearing being mounted to said bearing centering spring, such that a bearing element of said bearing is axially aligned with said damper ring.
Internal combustion engine of the reciprocating type, for example in the form of an outboard motor for a boat, comprising at least one reciprocating piston, which is operatively connected by means of two connecting rods having two crankshafts rotating in opposite directions and running parallel to one another, which crankshafts are oriented in an upright manner tot a horizontal waterline of the boat, wherein an internal combustion engine housing of the internal combustion engine is made up of at least a cylinder crank housing and a cylinder head having inlet and outlet valves and is bounded by an upper end face and a bottom end face characterized in that the internal combustion engine has a joint ventilation system with the internal combustion engine housing which has an oil separating device with an oil pre-separator and a main oil separator, via which during operation of the internal combustion engine a mixture of oil and leaking gas reaches, resulting for example in a crank case of the cylinder crank housing by way of a discharge line extending adjacent to the upper end face (StO), the oil pre-separator, from where said mixture of oil and leaking gas is guided into the main oil separator and there is separated into the components of oil and leaking gas, which oil flows into an oil pan connecting at the bottom end face (StU) and which leaking gas flows near the upper end face (StO) into an intake system of the internal combustion engine.
A method of increasing retention, drainage, and formation properties in a papermaking process comprising adding an effective amount of an additive to the papermaking process, wherein the additive comprises an acrylamide containing polymer having a boronic acid moiety.
A gas turbine engine assembly comprising: a core gas turbine including a high-pressure compressor, a combustor and a high-pressure turbine; a low-pressure turbine; and a starter/generator system comprising: a starter coupled to said core gas turbine engine wherein a first drive shaft is coupled between said starter and a shaft of said core gas turbine engine; a generator coupled to said low-pressure turbine wherein a second drive shaft is coupled between said generator and a shaft of said low-pressure turbine, wherein said first drive shaft substantially circumscribes said second drive shaft; wherein said starter comprises a motor/generator that is coupled to said first drive shaft, said motor/generator configured to rotate said core gas turbine engine when operating in a first mode and to generate electrical energy when operating in a second mode; the starter/generator system further comprising a clutch coupled between said starter and the shaft of said core gas turbine engine, said clutch configured to be engaged in the first mode and disengaged in the second mode. a core gas turbine including a high-pressure compressor, a combustor and a high-pressure turbine; a low-pressure turbine; and a starter/generator system comprising: a starter coupled to said core gas turbine engine wherein a first drive shaft is coupled between said starter and a shaft of said core gas turbine engine; a generator coupled to said low-pressure turbine wherein a second drive shaft is coupled between said generator and a shaft of said low-pressure turbine, wherein said first drive shaft substantially circumscribes said second drive shaft; wherein said starter comprises a motor/generator that is coupled to said first drive shaft, said motor/generator configured to rotate said core gas turbine engine when operating in a first mode and to generate electrical energy when operating in a second mode; the starter/generator system further comprising a clutch coupled between said starter and the shaft of said core gas turbine engine, said clutch configured to be engaged in the first mode and disengaged in the second mode. a starter coupled to said core gas turbine engine wherein a first drive shaft is coupled between said starter and a shaft of said core gas turbine engine; a generator coupled to said low-pressure turbine wherein a second drive shaft is coupled between said generator and a shaft of said low-pressure turbine, wherein said first drive shaft substantially circumscribes said second drive shaft; wherein said starter comprises a motor/generator that is coupled to said first drive shaft, said motor/generator configured to rotate said core gas turbine engine when operating in a first mode and to generate electrical energy when operating in a second mode; the starter/generator system further comprising a clutch coupled between said starter and the shaft of said core gas turbine engine, said clutch configured to be engaged in the first mode and disengaged in the second mode.
A power tool comprising: a housing having a suction port formed thereon to introduce cooling air from an outside of the housing and an exhaust port for exhausting the cooling air to the outside; an air passage formed between the suction port and the exhaust port; and a brushless motor that is accomodated in the housing and has an electric circuit and a rotation shaft, the electric circuit comprising a switching element and a heat radiating plate having a heat radiating surface for cooling the switching element, characterised in that the heat radiating plate is provided integrally with the switching element on an outer circumferential side of the rotation shaft facing the air passage, and the heat radiating surface is disposed in a neighborhood of the suction port. a housing having a suction port formed thereon to introduce cooling air from an outside of the housing and an exhaust port for exhausting the cooling air to the outside; an air passage formed between the suction port and the exhaust port; and a brushless motor that is accomodated in the housing and has an electric circuit and a rotation shaft, the electric circuit comprising a switching element and a heat radiating plate having a heat radiating surface for cooling the switching element, characterised in that the heat radiating plate is provided integrally with the switching element on an outer circumferential side of the rotation shaft facing the air passage, and the heat radiating surface is disposed in a neighborhood of the suction port.
A printhead module for a modular pagewide inkjet printhead, the printhead module comprising: a substrate having a plurality of parallel ink supply channels extending longitudinally along a length thereof; a plurality of parallel printhead segments extending longitudinally along a length of the substrate, each printhead segment comprising a plurality of print chips butted end on end in a row, all print chips in one row receiving ink only from a single respective one of the ink supply channels, and each print chip comprising a plurality of nozzle rows for redundant monochrome printing whereby a plurality of nozzles are available for printing each pixel position, wherein: a plurality of fingers extend longitudinally from opposite ends of each printhead module; and each finger comprises a portion of a respective one of the printhead segments such that a total number of fingers is twice a number of printhead segments. a substrate having a plurality of parallel ink supply channels extending longitudinally along a length thereof; a plurality of parallel printhead segments extending longitudinally along a length of the substrate, each printhead segment comprising a plurality of print chips butted end on end in a row, all print chips in one row receiving ink only from a single respective one of the ink supply channels, and each print chip comprising a plurality of nozzle rows for redundant monochrome printing whereby a plurality of nozzles are available for printing each pixel position, a plurality of fingers extend longitudinally from opposite ends of each printhead module; and each finger comprises a portion of a respective one of the printhead segments such that a total number of fingers is twice a number of printhead segments.