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Fixation arrangement adapted to releasably fix a wind turbine tower segment to a support of a transport vessel, comprising at least two fixation means, wherein each fixation means comprises a base member fixed or to be fixed to the support, a lever arm connected to the base member and pivotable around a pivot axis, and a tensioning means for clamping the lever arm with a clamping section against the tower segment, wherein the tensioning means comprises at least one tensioning element supported relative to the base member and movable from a non-clamping position in a clamping position and back, wherein the tensioning element directly or indirectly interacts with the lever arm which is pivoted into a clamping engagement of the clamping section with the tower segment when the tensioning element moves from a non-clamping position into a clamping position and which is released when the tensioning element moves back to the non-clamping position.
A hand-held electronic device comprising: a multi-touch input surface (320, 330, 350) configured for generating a plurality of touch signals when a plurality of concurrent touch inputs are received at the multi-touch input surface at a plurality of touch locations; characterized by: a force sensing mechanism including a plurality of force sensors, the plurality of force sensors configured for generating a plurality of force signals when the plurality of concurrent touch inputs are received at the multi-touch input surface at the plurality of touch locations; and a processing unit capable of receiving the plurality of touch signals and the plurality of force signals and determining from those signals the plurality of touch locations and a force at each of the plurality of touch locations. a multi-touch input surface (320, 330, 350) configured for generating a plurality of touch signals when a plurality of concurrent touch inputs are received at the multi-touch input surface at a plurality of touch locations; characterized by: a force sensing mechanism including a plurality of force sensors, the plurality of force sensors configured for generating a plurality of force signals when the plurality of concurrent touch inputs are received at the multi-touch input surface at the plurality of touch locations; and a processing unit capable of receiving the plurality of touch signals and the plurality of force signals and determining from those signals the plurality of touch locations and a force at each of the plurality of touch locations. a force sensing mechanism including a plurality of force sensors, the plurality of force sensors configured for generating a plurality of force signals when the plurality of concurrent touch inputs are received at the multi-touch input surface at the plurality of touch locations; and a processing unit capable of receiving the plurality of touch signals and the plurality of force signals and determining from those signals the plurality of touch locations and a force at each of the plurality of touch locations.
A method for testing a device or a subsection under test within a network, comprising the steps of: • generating, by at least one sending device that is a regular participant of the network and borders the device or subsection under test, at least one test data flow; • sending, by the sending device, the test data flow to at least one receiving device that is a regular participant of the network different from the sending device and also borders the device or subsection under test, on a path that passes through the device or subsection under test; • determining, by the receiving device, at least one performance metric of the received test data flow; • determining, based on the at least one performance metric, whether the device or subsection under test, and/or a link between this device or subsection under test and the sending device or receiving device, is performing according to at least one predetermined criterion, wherein multiple sending devices and multiple receiving devices that border the device or subsection under test are chosen (111, 121) such that every device (2a-2e, 3a-3d) that is a regular participant of the network and borders the device or subsection under test assumes the role of the sending device, and/or the receiving device, with respect to at least one test data flow. • generating, by at least one sending device that is a regular participant of the network and borders the device or subsection under test, at least one test data flow; • sending, by the sending device, the test data flow to at least one receiving device that is a regular participant of the network different from the sending device and also borders the device or subsection under test, on a path that passes through the device or subsection under test; • determining, by the receiving device, at least one performance metric of the received test data flow; • determining, based on the at least one performance metric, whether the device or subsection under test, and/or a link between this device or subsection under test and the sending device or receiving device, is performing according to at least one predetermined criterion,
A method for sensing conditions of a fiber, comprising: splitting a light signal into two branches; converting light in a first branch to have a mode different from that of the second branch; mode multiplexing both branches into a single fiber; mode demultiplexing an output of the fiber into the two branches; mode converting the first branch to its original mode; comparing Brillouin scattering patterns of the two branches to determine a temperature and strain profile of the fiber. splitting a light signal into two branches; converting light in a first branch to have a mode different from that of the second branch; mode multiplexing both branches into a single fiber; mode demultiplexing an output of the fiber into the two branches; mode converting the first branch to its original mode; comparing Brillouin scattering patterns of the two branches to determine a temperature and strain profile of the fiber.
A method of manufacturing a data card assembly, comprising: obtaining a data card comprising an indicia of a personal account number and a special number recorded on the data card, wherein the special number is associated with the PAN, but not equivalent to the PAN, the special number associated with a particular data card account by way of the PAN; packaging the data card in a package comprising foldable portions (20, 30, 40) of cardboard or plastic material by folding the package around the data card such that the PAN is not visible; wherein an aperture is located in one of the foldable portions (20, 30) of cardboard or plastic material, the aperture positioned so that it aligns with the special number when the package is folded around the data card, and shaped such that the entire special number is visible through the aperture; generating activation indicia by an activation indicia generator; recording, using a recorder, the activation indicia on the package that has been folded around the data card; and reading, using a reader, the special number ofthe data card that has been folded in the package, characterised in that the activation indicia generator generates the activation indicia without association between any special number and any activation indicia, and in that the method further comprises recording the association between the activation indicia recorded on the package and the special number read by the reader using a data storage device. obtaining a data card comprising an indicia of a personal account number and a special number recorded on the data card, wherein the special number is associated with the PAN, but not equivalent to the PAN, the special number associated with a particular data card account by way of the PAN; packaging the data card in a package comprising foldable portions (20, 30, 40) of cardboard or plastic material by folding the package around the data card such that the PAN is not visible; wherein an aperture is located in one of the foldable portions (20, 30) of cardboard or plastic material, the aperture positioned so that it aligns with the special number when the package is folded around the data card, and shaped such that the entire special number is visible through the aperture; generating activation indicia by an activation indicia generator; recording, using a recorder, the activation indicia on the package that has been folded around the data card; and reading, using a reader, the special number ofthe data card that has been folded in the package, characterised in that the activation indicia generator generates the activation indicia without association between any special number and any activation indicia, and in that the method further comprises recording the association between the activation indicia recorded on the package and the special number read by the reader using a data storage device.
A device for bending a metallic strip, including at least one feed section to pass said strip through a guide aperture, at least one pair of bending tools (3, 4) which can be rotated around at least one common rotation axis, and means for rotating said bending tools (3, 4) around said at least one common rotation axis, wherein controllable blocking means (5, 6, 7, 8) are provided to lock said bending tools (3, 4) mutually alongside said guide aperture when they are in the rest condition and to release at least one of said bending tools (3, 4) to the operating condition in which the bending is performed, characterised in that said means for rotating said bending tools (3, 4) include controllable engagement members (11, 12, 13, 14) to engage the opposite ends of a bending tool to be used for performing a bending operation or disengage the opposite ends of a bending tool when the tool is kept locked in the rest condition.
Assembly comprising a boarding plate of a wagon for transportation of cars and a mechanism for lifting the boarding plate, this mechanism containing: - a rotatable input shaft, - at least two direct drives driven by the rotatable input shaft, - at least two sets of levers connected to and supporting the boarding plate, and - at least two stripes equipped with travelling pullies and rotatably attached to the sets of levers, whereby the stripes equipped with travelling pullies are also connected to the direct drives in such a way that rotating the rotatable input shaft causes the direct drives to push away or pull in the stripes equipped with travelling pullies, thereby changing the inclination of the sets of levers and thus the height of the boarding plate. - a rotatable input shaft, - at least two direct drives driven by the rotatable input shaft, - at least two sets of levers connected to and supporting the boarding plate, and - at least two stripes equipped with travelling pullies and rotatably attached to the sets of levers,
A diffuser for a centrifugal compressor including a centrifugal impeller which rotates inside a housing and the diffuser which converts dynamic pressure of a flow discharged from an outer circumferential edge of the centrifugal impeller to static pressure, the diffuser comprising: a shroud-side wall provided downstream of the centrifugal impeller; a hub-side wall provided so as to face the shroud-side wall; a plurality of shroud-side blades (11, 15) fixed at base ends thereof to the shroud-side wall; and a plurality of hub-side blades (12, 14, 16, 18) fixed at base ends thereof to the hub-side wall, wherein the shroud-side blades (11, 15) and the hub-side blades (12, 14, 16, 18) are combined in such a state that inlet angles of the shroud-side blades (11, 15) and the hub-side blades (12, 14, 16, 18) differ from one another and that top ends of the shroud-side blades (11, 15) and the hub-side blades (12, 14, 16, 18) in a blade height direction are abutted onto one another, where the blade height direction is a direction along an axis of rotation of the centrifugal impeller, and that portions of the top ends of the shroud-side blades (11, 15) and portions of the top ends of the hub-side blades (12, 14, 16, 18) form overlapping portions (13, 17) from the leading edges of the hub-side blades to the trailing edges of the hub-side blades (12, 14, 16, 18), the diffuser being characterized in that the other portions of the top ends of the shroud-side blades (11, 15) and the other portions of the top ends of the hub-side blades (12, 14, 16, 18) do not form the overlapping portions (13, 17). a shroud-side wall provided downstream of the centrifugal impeller; a hub-side wall provided so as to face the shroud-side wall; a plurality of shroud-side blades (11, 15) fixed at base ends thereof to the shroud-side wall; and a plurality of hub-side blades (12, 14, 16, 18) fixed at base ends thereof to the hub-side wall, wherein the shroud-side blades (11, 15) and the hub-side blades (12, 14, 16, 18) are combined in such a state that inlet angles of the shroud-side blades (11, 15) and the hub-side blades (12, 14, 16, 18) differ from one another and that top ends of the shroud-side blades (11, 15) and the hub-side blades (12, 14, 16, 18) in a blade height direction are abutted onto one another, where the blade height direction is a direction along an axis of rotation of the centrifugal impeller, and that portions of the top ends of the shroud-side blades (11, 15) and portions of the top ends of the hub-side blades (12, 14, 16, 18) form overlapping portions (13, 17) from the leading edges of the hub-side blades to the trailing edges of the hub-side blades (12, 14, 16, 18), the diffuser being characterized in that the other portions of the top ends of the shroud-side blades (11, 15) and the other portions of the top ends of the hub-side blades (12, 14, 16, 18) do not form the overlapping portions (13, 17).
An evaporator comprising: a refrigerant evaporation unit including a flow passage (14, 14a) in which a refrigerant evaporates; and a phase change material accommodation unit coupled to the refrigerant evaporation unit and configured to accommodate a PCM; and a protrusion that is provided in the PCM accommodation unit in correspondence with the flow passage (14, 14a), and protrudes outward to form an inner space, characterised in that the PCM is disposed to be in direct contact with an outer surface of the refrigerant evaporation unit inside the PCM accommodation unit, and that the refrigerant evaporation unit is disposed to form at least one side wall of an accommodation space inside the accommodation unit. a refrigerant evaporation unit including a flow passage (14, 14a) in which a refrigerant evaporates; and a phase change material accommodation unit coupled to the refrigerant evaporation unit and configured to accommodate a PCM; and a protrusion that is provided in the PCM accommodation unit in correspondence with the flow passage (14, 14a), and protrudes outward to form an inner space, characterised in that the PCM is disposed to be in direct contact with an outer surface of the refrigerant evaporation unit inside the PCM accommodation unit, and that the refrigerant evaporation unit is disposed to form at least one side wall of an accommodation space inside the accommodation unit.
A passive mid bed air injection apparatus for an engine, the mid bed air injection apparatus including: a three way catalyst positioned in an exhaust stream of the engine, the three way catalyst configured to reduce NO x, CO and HC from the exhaust stream; an ammonia slip catalyst positioned in the exhaust stream of the engine, the ammonia slip catalyst positioned downstream from the three way catalyst, the ammonia slip catalyst configured to oxidize NH 3 and CO from the exhaust stream; and an oxygen input disposed between the three way catalyst and the ammonia slip catalyst such that the oxygen input is configured to deliver air downstream from the three way catalyst and upstream from the ammonia slip catalyst, the oxygen input configured to receive the air from a charged side of a forced induction device and deliver the air to the exhaust stream entering the ammonia slip catalyst; wherein the forced induction device includes at least one of a turbocharger and a supercharger, and characterized in that the air is delivered to the oxygen input through an opening in or after an air cooler, and wherein an air mixer is disposed between the TWC and the ammonia slip catalyst. a three way catalyst positioned in an exhaust stream of the engine, the three way catalyst configured to reduce NO x, CO and HC from the exhaust stream; an ammonia slip catalyst positioned in the exhaust stream of the engine, the ammonia slip catalyst positioned downstream from the three way catalyst, the ammonia slip catalyst configured to oxidize NH 3 and CO from the exhaust stream; and an oxygen input disposed between the three way catalyst and the ammonia slip catalyst such that the oxygen input is configured to deliver air downstream from the three way catalyst and upstream from the ammonia slip catalyst, the oxygen input configured to receive the air from a charged side of a forced induction device and deliver the air to the exhaust stream entering the ammonia slip catalyst; wherein the forced induction device includes at least one of a turbocharger and a supercharger, and characterized in that the air is delivered to the oxygen input through an opening in or after an air cooler, and wherein an air mixer is disposed between the TWC and the ammonia slip catalyst.
A non-volatile storage device, comprising: a plurality of groups of non-volatile storage elements (150, 200); means for concurrently performing a memory write operation on a first non-volatile storage element of each group of the plurality of groups of non-volatile storage elements (150, 200); means for independently detecting completion of the memory write operation for the first non-volatile storage element of each group; means for commencing, for each group, another memory write operation on a second non-volatile storage element of the group independently of the detection of completion of the memory write operation for the first non-volatile storage elements of the other groups characterized in that said commencing is in response to the independent detection of completion of the memory write operation for the first non-volatile storage element of the group. a plurality of groups of non-volatile storage elements (150, 200); means for concurrently performing a memory write operation on a first non-volatile storage element of each group of the plurality of groups of non-volatile storage elements (150, 200); means for independently detecting completion of the memory write operation for the first non-volatile storage element of each group; means for commencing, for each group, another memory write operation on a second non-volatile storage element of the group independently of the detection of completion of the memory write operation for the first non-volatile storage elements of the other groups characterized in that said commencing is in response to the independent detection of completion of the memory write operation for the first non-volatile storage element of the group.
A system for mobile device localization comprising: a primary device configured to: transmit a signal at a transmission power level to a secondary device (10, 20, 30, 40, 50); receive a response signal from the secondary device that is indicative of a signal strength indicator of the signal as received by the secondary device; adjust the transmission power level based on the signal strength indicator; wherein: the primary device includes a recursively operating predictive filter configured to generate a filtered transmission power level value based on the signal strength indicator by filtering the transmission power level; and the primary device is further configured to determine a distance between the primary device and the secondary device based on the filtered transmission power level value. transmit a signal at a transmission power level to a secondary device (10, 20, 30, 40, 50); receive a response signal from the secondary device that is indicative of a signal strength indicator of the signal as received by the secondary device; adjust the transmission power level based on the signal strength indicator; the primary device includes a recursively operating predictive filter configured to generate a filtered transmission power level value based on the signal strength indicator by filtering the transmission power level; and the primary device is further configured to determine a distance between the primary device and the secondary device based on the filtered transmission power level value.
Swivel shower, preferably sanitary swivel shower mounted to a wall or ceiling, comprising - a base body, - a swivel body including a shower outlet and held on the base body for swivel movement about a swivel axis (Sa) between a first swivel body end position (Rp), constituting a rest position, and a second swivel body end position (Bp), constituting an operating position, - a shower fluid inlet for supplying a shower fluid, and - a swivel drive for driven swiveling of the swivel body, wherein the swivel drive includes a slide piston capable of being pressurized by a fluid pressure of the supplied shower fluid, which piston is arranged for translational movement between a first piston end position, corresponding with the first swivel body end position, and a second piston end position, corresponding with the second swivel body end position, characterized in that - the slide piston is arranged with a translation directional component (TRp) in parallel to the swivel axis (Sa), and/or the swivel drive includes a transmission element in the form of a slotted guide mechanism between the slide piston and the swivel body, wherein the transmission element transmits the translational movement of the slide piston into a swivel movement of the swivel body. - a base body, - a swivel body including a shower outlet and held on the base body for swivel movement about a swivel axis (Sa) between a first swivel body end position (Rp), constituting a rest position, and a second swivel body end position (Bp), constituting an operating position, - a shower fluid inlet for supplying a shower fluid, and - a swivel drive for driven swiveling of the swivel body, wherein the swivel drive includes a slide piston capable of being pressurized by a fluid pressure of the supplied shower fluid, which piston is arranged for translational movement between a first piston end position, corresponding with the first swivel body end position, and a second piston end position, corresponding with the second swivel body end position, characterized in that - the slide piston is arranged with a translation directional component (TRp) in parallel to the swivel axis (Sa), and/or the swivel drive includes a transmission element in the form of a slotted guide mechanism between the slide piston and the swivel body, wherein the transmission element transmits the translational movement of the slide piston into a swivel movement of the swivel body.