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A system comprising: an implantable medical device defining a longitudinal outer surface, wherein the implantable medical device is a lead, a lead extension, a leadless stimulator or a microstimulator; a stimulation electrode extending at least partially around the longitudinal outer surface; a fixation element disposed along the longitudinal outer surface of the implantable medical device, wherein only a portion of the fixation element is electrically conductive, the portion being configured to at least one of deliver electrical stimulation to a target tissue site within a patient or sense a physiological parameter from the target tissue site, wherein the fixation element is actively deployable from a first shape to a second shape to resist substantial movement of the implantable medical device from the target tissue site, and wherein the portion of the fixation element is configured to at least one of deliver the electrical stimulation or sense the physiological parameter independent of the stimulation electrode; and a retainer that retains the fixation element in the first shape, wherein the retainer releases the fixation element for deployment to the second shape in response to manipulation of the retainer. an implantable medical device defining a longitudinal outer surface, wherein the implantable medical device is a lead, a lead extension, a leadless stimulator or a microstimulator; a stimulation electrode extending at least partially around the longitudinal outer surface; a retainer that retains the fixation element in the first shape, wherein the retainer releases the fixation element for deployment to the second shape in response to manipulation of the retainer.
Device (1, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500) for turning rod-shaped objects of the tobacco processing industry, in particular cigarettes, including a turning drum having a drum shaft (2, 102, 202, 302) driven by a drum drive and having at least one turning segment (5, 105, 205, 305, 405a, b, 505a, b), which has at least two receptacles (125, 225, 325, 425a, b, 525a, b) for rod-shaped objects to be turned, and which is arranged capable of rotating around an axis of rotation relative to the turning drum in such a way that objects located in the at least two receptacles are turned essentially parallel to one another during a rotation of the turning segment, and an electric drive device (4, 104, 204, 304), which is located and designed to drive at least one turning segment, wherein the electric drive device (4, 104, 204, 304) is located and designed to drive the at least one turning segment directly.
A towing assembly comprising an elongate element faired by means of a fairing comprising a plurality of fairing elements, the fairing elements comprising a canal intended to accept the elongate object and being profiled in such a way as to reduce the hydrodynamic drag of the elongate object which is at least partially immersed, said fairing elements being pivot-mounted on the elongate element around the longitudinal axis of the canal, the towing assembly further comprising a towing and handling device intended to tow the faired elongate element while the latter is partially immersed, the towing device comprising a winch allowing the faired elongate element to be wound in and paid out through a guide device that allows the elongate element to be guided, characterized in that the guide device comprises a first groove the bottom of which is formed by the bottom of the groove of a pulley, the first groove being delimited by a first surface having a profile that is concave in a radial plane of the pulley, the width of the first groove and the curvature of the profile of the first curved surface in the radial plane being determined in such a way as to allow the fairing element, under the effect of the rotation of the fairing element about the axis of the elongate element x under the effect of the traction of the elongate element with respect to the guide device along the longitudinal axis thereof, to flip from a turned-over position in which the fairing element is oriented with its trailing edge toward the bottom of the first groove into an acceptable position in which it is oriented with the leading edge toward the bottom of the first groove.
A virtual machine memory data processing method, applied to a virtual machine system, wherein the virtual machine system comprises a virtual machine migration management unit, a host device, and a physical network interface card; at least one virtual machine (VM1,.., VMn) runs on the host device, at least one virtual network interface card runs on the physical network interface card, each virtual machine (VM1,.., VMn) corresponds to at least one virtual network interface card, and the physical network interface card reads and writes data in a memory of each virtual machine in a direct memory access manner; and when any virtual machine in the virtual machine system is migrated, the method comprises: receiving, by a to-be-migrated source virtual machine, a status information read notification sent by the physical network interface card, wherein the physical network interface card sends the status information read notification after writing, according to a received message for shutting down the source virtual machine that is sent by the virtual machine migration management unit, status information of a virtual network interface card corresponding to the source virtual machine into a memory of the source virtual machine; and reading, by the source virtual machine, the status information of the virtual network interface card of the source virtual machine from the memory of the source virtual machine according to the status information read notification, and writing the status information into the memory of the source virtual machine again so that the virtual machine migration management unit of the to-be-migrated source virtual machine can identify a change in the data in the memory of the source virtual machine and migrate the status information to a destination virtual machine. receiving, by a to-be-migrated source virtual machine, a status information read notification sent by the physical network interface card, wherein the physical network interface card sends the status information read notification after writing, according to a received message for shutting down the source virtual machine that is sent by the virtual machine migration management unit, status information of a virtual network interface card corresponding to the source virtual machine into a memory of the source virtual machine; and reading, by the source virtual machine, the status information of the virtual network interface card of the source virtual machine from the memory of the source virtual machine according to the status information read notification, and writing the status information into the memory of the source virtual machine again so that the virtual machine migration management unit of the to-be-migrated source virtual machine can identify a change in the data in the memory of the source virtual machine and migrate the status information to a destination virtual machine.
A tire comprising a tread portion having a designated mounting direction to a vehicle, wherein an outer middle land portion that is demarcated between an outer shoulder circumferential groove and an outer crown circumferential groove and that is located at an outer side of the vehicle when the tire is mounted on the vehicle, and an inner middle land portion that is demarcated between an inner shoulder circumferential groove and an inner crown circumferential groove and that is located at an inner side of the vehicle when the tire is mounted on the vehicle, are formed in the tread portion, the outer middle land portion has first outer middle sipes that extend from the outer crown circumferential groove toward the outer shoulder circumferential groove and that terminate within the outer middle land portion, the inner middle land portion has first inner middle sipes that extend from the inner shoulder circumferential groove toward the inner crown circumferential groove and that terminate within the inner middle land portion, and an angle (θ1) of each of the first outer middle sipes with respect to a tire axial direction is smaller than an angle (θ2) of each of the first inner middle sipes with respect to the tire axial direction, characterized in that the total number of the first outer middle sipes in a tire circumferential direction is smaller than the total number of the first inner middle sipes in the tire circumferential direction.
A mode switching method for a video receiver, comprising steps of: sensing a voltage of a hot plug detect signal among plural signals when the video receiver is electrically connected with a video display device through a video transmission line comprising the plural signals, wherein the voltage of the hot plug detect signal is maintained at a high level when the video display device is in a first mode; and switching an operation mode of the video receiver from the first mode to a second mode when the voltage of the hot plug detect signal is changed from a low level to the high level, wherein the voltage of the hot plug detect signal has been changed from the high level to the low level prior to the hot plug detect signal is changed from the low level to the high level, wherein the video receiver in the first mode consumes less power than the video receiver in the second mode, wherein the video transmission line is a High Definition Multimedia Interface, HDMI, transmission line. sensing a voltage of a hot plug detect signal among plural signals when the video receiver is electrically connected with a video display device through a video transmission line comprising the plural signals, wherein the voltage of the hot plug detect signal is maintained at a high level when the video display device is in a first mode; and switching an operation mode of the video receiver from the first mode to a second mode when the voltage of the hot plug detect signal is changed from a low level to the high level, wherein the voltage of the hot plug detect signal has been changed from the high level to the low level prior to the hot plug detect signal is changed from the low level to the high level, wherein the video receiver in the first mode consumes less power than the video receiver in the second mode, wherein the video transmission line is a High Definition Multimedia Interface, HDMI, transmission line.
A method for making a protective knitted glove assembly, the method comprising: placing a first portion of a knitted glove on a generally planar surface of a former; screen printing onto the first portion of the knitted glove a first array of small, regularly-spaced, generally uniform thickness, non-overlapping, polymer material guard plates arranged in a predetermined pattern; placing a second portion of the knitted glove that is non-coplanar with the first portion on a generally planar surface of a former; screen printing onto the second portion of the knitted glove a second array of small, regularly-spaced, generally uniform thickness, non-overlapping, polymer material guard plates arranged in a predetermined pattern, wherein the second array of guard plates is non-coplanar with the first array of guard plates; and curing the polymer material to harden the guard plates, characterised in that curing the polymer material comprises partially curing the polymer material of the first array of guard plates before screen printing the second array of guard plates, and fully curing the polymer material of the first and second arrays after screen printing the second array of guard plates. placing a first portion of a knitted glove on a generally planar surface of a former; screen printing onto the first portion of the knitted glove a first array of small, regularly-spaced, generally uniform thickness, non-overlapping, polymer material guard plates arranged in a predetermined pattern; placing a second portion of the knitted glove that is non-coplanar with the first portion on a generally planar surface of a former; screen printing onto the second portion of the knitted glove a second array of small, regularly-spaced, generally uniform thickness, non-overlapping, polymer material guard plates arranged in a predetermined pattern, wherein the second array of guard plates is non-coplanar with the first array of guard plates; and curing the polymer material to harden the guard plates, characterised in that curing the polymer material comprises partially curing the polymer material of the first array of guard plates before screen printing the second array of guard plates, and fully curing the polymer material of the first and second arrays after screen printing the second array of guard plates.
A cold plasma device, comprising: a housing having a high voltage electrical inlet port; a gas compartment disposed within the housing, wherein the gas compartment includes a gas inlet port to receive a gas flow and a gas outlet port; and an electrode disposed within the gas compartment, wherein the electrode is coupled to the high voltage electrical inlet port, wherein the electrode comprises multiple size components configured to resonate at frequencies associated with a harmonic rich power signal received via the high voltage electrical inlet port, and wherein the electrode is configured to generate cold plasma for release via the gas outlet port, the cold plasma having a temperature in a range of 18.3 to 48.9 degrees Celsius, characterized in that the gas compartment is a magnet-free environment. a housing having a high voltage electrical inlet port; a gas compartment disposed within the housing, wherein the gas compartment includes a gas inlet port to receive a gas flow and a gas outlet port; and an electrode disposed within the gas compartment, wherein the electrode is coupled to the high voltage electrical inlet port, wherein the electrode comprises multiple size components configured to resonate at frequencies associated with a harmonic rich power signal received via the high voltage electrical inlet port, and wherein the electrode is configured to generate cold plasma for release via the gas outlet port, the cold plasma having a temperature in a range of 18.3 to 48.9 degrees Celsius, characterized in that the gas compartment is a magnet-free environment.
A tube-sealing, bag-making and filling machine comprising a rack, a transmission device, two tube feeding devices, two bag body feeding devices, two heat-sealing devices, two filling devices, two sealing devices and two bag withdrawing devices; the two tube feeding devices, the two bag body feeding devices, the two heat-sealing devices, the two filling devices, the two sealing devices and the two bag withdrawing devices are all provided on the rack; the transmission device comprises a transmission chain, an active chain wheel, a passive chain wheel and a main driving mechanism; the active chain wheel, the passive chain wheel and the main driving mechanism are all mounted on the rack; the transmission chain is mounted to the active chain wheel and the passive chain wheel; the active chain wheel and the main driving mechanism are connected for motion transmission; the transmission chain is mounted with plurality of hanging panels arranged in equal intervals; each of the hanging panels is provided with an opening which accommodates a suction tube; the tube-sealing, bag-making and filling machine is characterized in that: one side of each of the hanging panels is hinged with the transmission chain; along an advancing direction of the transmission chain, a forward path and a return path of the transmission chain are each provided in sequential order a tube feeding position, a bag body feeding position, a heat-sealing position, a filling position, a sealing position and a bag withdrawing position; one of the tube feeding devices, one of the bag body feeding devices, one of the heat-sealing devices, one of the filling devices, one of the sealing devices and one of the bag withdrawing devices correspond respectively to positions of the tube feeding position, the bag feeding position, the heat-sealing position, the filling position, the sealing position and the bag withdrawing position of the forward path of the transmission chain; another one of the tube feeding devices, another one of the bag body feeding devices, another one of the heat-sealing devices, another one of the filling devices, another one of the sealing devices and another one of the bag withdrawing devices correspond respectively to positions of the tube feeding position, the bag feeding position, the heat-sealing position, the filling position, the sealing position and the bag withdrawing position of the return path of the transmission chain; in between the tube feeding position and the bag body feeding position, there is a first turning mechanism for turning the hanging panels from a horizontal position to a vertical position; in between the heat-sealing position and the filling position, there is a second turning mechanism for turning the hanging panels from a vertical position to a horizontal position; in between the first turning mechanism and the second turning mechanism, there is a hanging panel slot to maintain the hanging panels in a vertical position.
System for a selective collection of materials floating in surface water, the system comprising: an intercepting barrier made up of at least one longitudinal element for intercepting the materials floating and transported by the water flow and conducting the intercepted materials to a predetermined direction, a selecting barrier located downstream of the intercepting barrier and connected to said intercepting barrier, for selecting floating materials based on their geometry, and a collecting area located downstream of the selecting barrier and connected to said selecting barrier for collecting the materials selected by the selecting barrier, wherein the selecting barrier comprises a first longitudinal level staff, a second longitudinal level staff located downstream the first longitudinal level staff and two float members connecting the two level staffs (22, 24), characterized in that the first longitudinal level staff and the second longitudinal level staff are in the form of longitudinal rods and the height of the first level staff above the surface water is lower than that of the second level staff so that floating materials having a predetermined geometry are intercepted by the first longitudinal staff and are conducted to the collecting area, whereas the remaining floating materials go beyond the first longitudinal level staff and pass below the second longitudinal level staff and are conducted downstream of the collecting area. an intercepting barrier made up of at least one longitudinal element for intercepting the materials floating and transported by the water flow and conducting the intercepted materials to a predetermined direction, a selecting barrier located downstream of the intercepting barrier and connected to said intercepting barrier, for selecting floating materials based on their geometry, and a collecting area located downstream of the selecting barrier and connected to said selecting barrier for collecting the materials selected by the selecting barrier, wherein the selecting barrier comprises a first longitudinal level staff, a second longitudinal level staff located downstream the first longitudinal level staff and two float members connecting the two level staffs (22, 24), characterized in that the first longitudinal level staff and the second longitudinal level staff are in the form of longitudinal rods and the height of the first level staff above the surface water is lower than that of the second level staff so that floating materials having a predetermined geometry are intercepted by the first longitudinal staff and are conducted to the collecting area, whereas the remaining floating materials go beyond the first longitudinal level staff and pass below the second longitudinal level staff and are conducted downstream of the collecting area.
A method of specifying a lighting effect to be emitted by an illumination source in order to illuminate a target object, the method comprising: receiving at least one image captured by a camera (140, 142) of a camera device from a perspective of the camera being placed at a position at which the illumination source is to be installed, or elsewhere on a straight line between said position and the target object, and the camera being directed along said line toward the target object; automatically determining one or more parameters of the target object based on the at least one captured image; automatically specifying one or more properties for said lighting effect in dependence on the one or more parameters of the target object as determined based on the at least one captured image; and instigating creation of said lighting effect so as to include the one or more specified properties; wherein said specifying comprises generating a specification for the illumination source or at least one custom component of the illumination source, and wherein said instigating comprises outputting the specification to a system or service for generating the illumination source or the at least one custom component. receiving at least one image captured by a camera (140, 142) of a camera device from a perspective of the camera being placed at a position at which the illumination source is to be installed, or elsewhere on a straight line between said position and the target object, and the camera being directed along said line toward the target object; automatically determining one or more parameters of the target object based on the at least one captured image; automatically specifying one or more properties for said lighting effect in dependence on the one or more parameters of the target object as determined based on the at least one captured image; and instigating creation of said lighting effect so as to include the one or more specified properties;
Cardan shaft for a hydraulic machine comprising a shaft section having an axis, a tooth geometry at least at one end of said shaft section, said tooth geometry having a first end opposite said shaft section and a second end adjacent said shaft section, a number of teeth distributed in circumferential direction around said axis, a bottom curve between adjacent teeth, and an outer tooth curve, said bottom curve having a positive slope from said first end towards said shaft section and a negative slope at said second end, characterized in that said bottom curve comprises a section having a concave bottom curvature between said positive slope and said negative slope, said concave bottom curvature forming an indentation of said bottom curve.