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Thermal control device for battery packs intended to be placed between two batteries, said thermal control device comprising both a cooling device and a heating device placed side-by-side in a space between said batteries, characterized in that said heating device comprises at least one heating element and at least one expansion element which, when the at least one heating element is operating, undergoes a thermal expansion in order to press the heating device against the two batteries simultaneously and which, when the heating element is off, contracts such that the heating device is no longer pressed against the two batteries simultaneously.
A polarizing, PZ, leakage channel optical fiber, comprising: a first cladding region comprising a first cladding material having a first index of refraction, n1; cladding features disposed in said first cladding region, said cladding features comprising a second cladding material having a second index of refraction, n2, wherein n2 is less than n1; stress applying parts, SAPs, disposed in said first cladding region, said SAPs comprising a material with a thermal expansion coefficient, α SAP; and a core region at least partially surrounded by said cladding features and said SAPs, said core region comprising a glass with a thermal expansion coefficient, α core; wherein arrangement of said SAPs satisfies the relations: R sc = d SAP / D sc, where D sc is the distance of the SAP center to the center of the core center region, and d SAP is the average SAP diameter, and da = | α SAP - α core |, wherein R sc is in the range from 0.7 to 1.5 and da is greater than 1 × 10 -7, in order to induce stress birefringence into said core region and to provide for a polarized output from said fiber; wherein a refractive index of said core is in the range from (n1 + 1 × 10-4) to (n1 - 2 × 10-4). a first cladding region comprising a first cladding material having a first index of refraction, n1; cladding features disposed in said first cladding region, said cladding features comprising a second cladding material having a second index of refraction, n2, wherein n2 is less than n1; stress applying parts, SAPs, disposed in said first cladding region, said SAPs comprising a material with a thermal expansion coefficient, α SAP; and a core region at least partially surrounded by said cladding features and said SAPs, said core region comprising a glass with a thermal expansion coefficient, α core; wherein arrangement of said SAPs satisfies the relations: R sc = d SAP / D sc, where D sc is the distance of the SAP center to the center of the core center region, and d SAP is the average SAP diameter, and da = | α SAP - α core |, wherein R sc is in the range from 0.7 to 1.5 and da is greater than 1 × 10 -7, in order to induce stress birefringence into said core region and to provide for a polarized output from said fiber; wherein a refractive index of said core is in the range from (n1 + 1 × 10-4) to (n1 - 2 × 10-4).
Set of parts for the semi-quantitative measurement of chloride ions at the surface of a roadway, characterised in that it comprises a first composition comprising 0.5% (0.5 g per 100 ml of liquid) silver nitrate in ultrapure water and, a second composition comprising 0.432% silver nitrate, 0.3% 2',7'-dichlorofluorescein, 50% (of the total liquid volume) ultrapure water, 20% ethanol and 30% glycerol and, a third composition comprising 0.144% silver nitrate, 0.3% 2',7'-dichlorofluorescein, 70% ultrapure water and 30% ethanol.
Combustion turbine with intermittent combustion comprising at least one combustion chamber having inlet valves and an ignition device, the at least one combustion chamber having no shut-off devices on the off-gas side and thus being at all times open on the off-gas side, wherein a turbine which can be impinged with a process gas obtained in the combustion chamber is positioned downstream of the at least one combustion chamber, wherein a flow-through chamber is positioned between the at least one combustion chamber and the turbine axially downstream of the at least one combustion chamber, characterized in that the flow-through chamber is separated from the at least one combustion chamber by a flow plate, the flow plate being formed as a perforated plate or as a swirl grid.
A method for detecting a break in connection of a neutral of a three-phase electricity network, the detection method being implemented at least partially in a processing unit of an item of electrical equipment connected to the electricity network, and comprising the steps, repeated regularly, of: - acquiring, at a time T, a first phase voltage (V 1) measured between a first phase of the three-phase electricity network and the neutral, a second phase voltage (V 2) measured between a second phase and the neutral, and a third phase voltage (V 3) measured between a third phase and the neutral, the first, second and third phase voltages being measured by voltage sensors of the item of electrical equipment; - evaluating a first quantity representative of a ratio between a maximum phase voltage and a minimum phase voltage from the first, second and third phase voltages; - the method being characterized in that if the first quantity is greater than a predetermined threshold: ∘ evaluating, based on the first, second and third phase voltages, at least a second quantity representative of a current balance between said first, second and third phase voltages; ∘ detecting a break in connection of the neutral at the time T when the at least one second quantity satisfies a predetermined reference criterion. - acquiring, at a time T, a first phase voltage (V 1) measured between a first phase of the three-phase electricity network and the neutral, a second phase voltage (V 2) measured between a second phase and the neutral, and a third phase voltage (V 3) measured between a third phase and the neutral, the first, second and third phase voltages being measured by voltage sensors of the item of electrical equipment; - evaluating a first quantity representative of a ratio between a maximum phase voltage and a minimum phase voltage from the first, second and third phase voltages; - the method being characterized in that if the first quantity is greater than a predetermined threshold: ∘ evaluating, based on the first, second and third phase voltages, at least a second quantity representative of a current balance between said first, second and third phase voltages; ∘ detecting a break in connection of the neutral at the time T when the at least one second quantity satisfies a predetermined reference criterion. ∘ evaluating, based on the first, second and third phase voltages, at least a second quantity representative of a current balance between said first, second and third phase voltages; ∘ detecting a break in connection of the neutral at the time T when the at least one second quantity satisfies a predetermined reference criterion.
A method of recovering a crude aldehyde product stream from a gaseous stream containing aldehyde and unreacted olefin from a hydroformylation system comprising: (a) condensing and separating the gaseous stream in a first condenser stage into (i) a first condenser stage liquid product stream at a first temperature and (ii) a first condenser stage gaseous output stream; (b) condensing and separating at least a portion of the first condenser stage gaseous output stream in a second condenser stage into (i) a second condenser stage liquid product stream at a second temperature lower than said first temperature of said first condenser stage liquid stream and (ii) a second condenser stage gaseous output stream; (c) feeding at least both of the first condenser stage liquid stream and the second condenser stage liquid stream as liquid feed to a gas-liquid contact zone in order to adjust a liquid feed temperature to the gas-liquid contact zone; (d) stripping unreacted olefin from the liquid feed with synthesis gas in said gas-liquid contact zone; and (e) recovering a crude liquid aldehyde product stream from said gas-liquid contact zone having a lower olefin content than the liquid feed to said gas-liquid contact zone. (a) condensing and separating the gaseous stream in a first condenser stage into (i) a first condenser stage liquid product stream at a first temperature and (ii) a first condenser stage gaseous output stream; (b) condensing and separating at least a portion of the first condenser stage gaseous output stream in a second condenser stage into (i) a second condenser stage liquid product stream at a second temperature lower than said first temperature of said first condenser stage liquid stream and (ii) a second condenser stage gaseous output stream; (c) feeding at least both of the first condenser stage liquid stream and the second condenser stage liquid stream as liquid feed to a gas-liquid contact zone in order to adjust a liquid feed temperature to the gas-liquid contact zone; (d) stripping unreacted olefin from the liquid feed with synthesis gas in said gas-liquid contact zone; and (e) recovering a crude liquid aldehyde product stream from said gas-liquid contact zone having a lower olefin content than the liquid feed to said gas-liquid contact zone.
A data communication system, comprising: - a first transceiver module for transmitting data in the form of a radio signal, - a first radio transceiver antenna, connected to the first transceiver module and able to be positioned near an electric conductor (20; 20A, 20B), the first transceiver antenna being configured to transmit, respectively to receive, the radio signal in the form of surface radio waves propagating along the electric conductor (20; 20A, 20B), - a second radio transceiver antenna, and - a second data transceiver module, configured for exchanging data with the first transceiver module, the second transceiver module being connected to the second antenna, characterized in that the second transceiver antenna is designed to be positioned away from the electric conductor (20; 20A, 20B), the second antenna being configured to receive radio waves which, among the surface radio waves transmitted by the first antenna, are radiated away from the electric conductor (20; 20A, 20B) and directly from said electric conductor (20; 20A, 20B), the second antenna being configured to emit radio waves, some of the radio waves transmitted by the second antenna being designed to propagate along the electric conductor (20; 20A, 20B) in the form of radio surface waves, and in that the first antenna comprises two active elements, configured for being positioned along the electric conductor (20; 20A, 20B) and on either side of said conductor (20; 20A, 20B), the active elements each having a curved profile along a vertical plane parallel to the electric conductor (20; 20A, 20B). - a first transceiver module for transmitting data in the form of a radio signal, - a first radio transceiver antenna, connected to the first transceiver module and able to be positioned near an electric conductor (20; 20A, 20B), the first transceiver antenna being configured to transmit, respectively to receive, the radio signal in the form of surface radio waves propagating along the electric conductor (20; 20A, 20B), - a second radio transceiver antenna, and - a second data transceiver module, configured for exchanging data with the first transceiver module, the second transceiver module being connected to the second antenna,
Method for selecting input fields displayed on a screen and for activating input contents displayed in a selected input field on the screen by means of manual input into an input surface of an input interface, wherein the input interface is designed for haptic gesture input into the input surface in order to control the selection of an input field and for activating an input content of a selected input field by triggering an electric switching function of the input interface by means of applying a predetermined minimum force to the input surface, the method comprising the following steps: - determining a displacement vector V(POS(t 1),POS(t 2)) from determined input positions (POS(t 1),POS(t 2) of a manual continuous gesture input into the input surface at a first point in time t 1 and a second point in time t 2, with t:= time and t 1 < t 2; characterised by - determining an amount | F(t) | of a surface area F(t) with which the manual gesture input acts on the input surface; and - if | F(t 2) | < | F(t 1) |, a selection of the input field which is coordinated or at least closest in the direction of the displacement vector V(POS(t 1),POS(t 2)) as viewed from a position POS SCREEN (POS(t 1)) assigned to the position (POS(t 1) on the screen, wherein, if the electric switching function is triggered at t 2, a function assigned to the input content of said input field is activated, and - if | F(t 2) | > | F(t 1) |, the displacement vector V(POS(t 1),POS(t 2)) is discarded and the function assigned to the position POS SCREEN (POS(t 1)) is activated, wherein the preceding procedural steps are only executed for one or several predetermined direction(s) of the displacement vector V(POS(t 1),POS(t 2)). - determining a displacement vector V(POS(t 1),POS(t 2)) from determined input positions (POS(t 1),POS(t 2) of a manual continuous gesture input into the input surface at a first point in time t 1 and a second point in time t 2, with t:= time and t 1 < t 2; characterised by - determining an amount | F(t) | of a surface area F(t) with which the manual gesture input acts on the input surface; and - if | F(t 2) | < | F(t 1) |, a selection of the input field which is coordinated or at least closest in the direction of the displacement vector V(POS(t 1),POS(t 2)) as viewed from a position POS SCREEN (POS(t 1)) assigned to the position (POS(t 1) on the screen, wherein, if the electric switching function is triggered at t 2, a function assigned to the input content of said input field is activated, and - if | F(t 2) | > | F(t 1) |, the displacement vector V(POS(t 1),POS(t 2)) is discarded and the function assigned to the position POS SCREEN (POS(t 1)) is activated,
A personal care composition comprising: (a) one or more polymer comprising, as polymerized units, (i) 75% to 35% by weight, based on the weight of said polymer, one or more (meth)acrylate monomer selected from at least one of C1-C4 (meth)acrylate, (meth)acrylic acid, styrene or substituted styrene, and (ii) 25% to 65% by weight, based on the weight of said polymer, one or more hydrophobic monomer, selected from at least one ofhydrophobically substituted (meth)acrylate monomers, with alkyl chain length from C8 to C22, and, (iii) optionally crosslinker, and, (b) at least one suncare active, wherein said one or more hydrophobic monomer (ii) comprises at least ethylhexyl acrylate. (a) one or more polymer comprising, as polymerized units, (i) 75% to 35% by weight, based on the weight of said polymer, one or more (meth)acrylate monomer selected from at least one of C1-C4 (meth)acrylate, (meth)acrylic acid, styrene or substituted styrene, and (ii) 25% to 65% by weight, based on the weight of said polymer, one or more hydrophobic monomer, selected from at least one ofhydrophobically substituted (meth)acrylate monomers, with alkyl chain length from C8 to C22, and, (iii) optionally crosslinker, and, (i) 75% to 35% by weight, based on the weight of said polymer, one or more (meth)acrylate monomer selected from at least one of C1-C4 (meth)acrylate, (meth)acrylic acid, styrene or substituted styrene, and (ii) 25% to 65% by weight, based on the weight of said polymer, one or more hydrophobic monomer, selected from at least one ofhydrophobically substituted (meth)acrylate monomers, with alkyl chain length from C8 to C22, and, (iii) optionally crosslinker, and, (b) at least one suncare active,
A piezoelectric microphone chip (1, 2) comprising: a single thin plate; a diaphragm support structure that is provided on one surface of the thin plate and includes an outer edge support portion that supports an outer edge of the thin plate and a separation support portion that separates the thin plate into a plurality of diaphragms in association with the outer edge support portion; a single or a plurality of piezoelectric conversion portions formed by laminating a first electrode, a piezoelectric film, and a second electrode sequentially from a diaphragm side on each of the diaphragms; and a signal detection circuit that detects outputs from the piezoelectric conversion portions provided on the plurality of diaphragms, characterized in that a relationship among a thickness t 1 of the outer edge support portion, a thickness t 2 of the separation support portion, and a thickness td of the thin plate is 13.3×td<t 2 <t 1 -20 μm, wherein all three thicknesses are measured in a direction of the thickness of the thin plate. a single thin plate; a diaphragm support structure that is provided on one surface of the thin plate and includes an outer edge support portion that supports an outer edge of the thin plate and a separation support portion that separates the thin plate into a plurality of diaphragms in association with the outer edge support portion; a single or a plurality of piezoelectric conversion portions formed by laminating a first electrode, a piezoelectric film, and a second electrode sequentially from a diaphragm side on each of the diaphragms; and a signal detection circuit that detects outputs from the piezoelectric conversion portions provided on the plurality of diaphragms, characterized in that a relationship among a thickness t 1 of the outer edge support portion, a thickness t 2 of the separation support portion, and a thickness td of the thin plate is 13.3×td<t 2 <t 1 -20 μm, wherein all three thicknesses are measured in a direction of the thickness of the thin plate.
An imaging system for a motor vehicle, comprising - a bracket to be attached to an inner surface of a windshield of a motor vehicle and - a camera housing and - a light blocking element, - the camera housing is provided with positioning elements which are form-fitting to corresponding positioning elements provided at the bracket and/or the Light blocking element, characterized in that - the light blocking element is provided with fixating elements, fixating the light blocking element to the bracket, and the camera housing is fixated by being clamped between the bracket and the light blocking element. - a bracket to be attached to an inner surface of a windshield of a motor vehicle and - a camera housing and - a light blocking element, - the camera housing is provided with positioning elements which are form-fitting to corresponding positioning elements provided at the bracket and/or the Light blocking element, characterized in that - the light blocking element is provided with fixating elements, fixating the light blocking element to the bracket, and the camera housing is fixated by being clamped between the bracket and the light blocking element.
A processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to be executed by a processor, the code comprising code to cause the processor to: determine, in response to receiving from a source peripheral processing device data to be sent to a destination peripheral processing device via a distributed switch fabric, a service to be performed on the data based on a header associated with the data; generate a timestamp for the received data based on a time at which the data was received from the source peripheral processing device; receive a data structure provided by a provisioning module, where the provisioning module is configured to maintain the data structure which stores information associated with service modules that are available to perform a service, or service modules that are actively performing a service, on data transmitted across the switch fabric system; select a service module to provide the determined service, based on the data structure provided by the provisioning module and a result of a hash function having a destination address associated with the received data and the timestamp of the received data as inputs to the hash function; and send the received data to the selected service module via the distributed switch fabric such that the service module performs the determined service on the received data before sending the received data to the destination peripheral processing device via the distributed switch fabric. determine, in response to receiving from a source peripheral processing device data to be sent to a destination peripheral processing device via a distributed switch fabric, a service to be performed on the data based on a header associated with the data; generate a timestamp for the received data based on a time at which the data was received from the source peripheral processing device; receive a data structure provided by a provisioning module, where the provisioning module is configured to maintain the data structure which stores information associated with service modules that are available to perform a service, or service modules that are actively performing a service, on data transmitted across the switch fabric system; select a service module to provide the determined service, based on the data structure provided by the provisioning module and a result of a hash function having a destination address associated with the received data and the timestamp of the received data as inputs to the hash function; and send the received data to the selected service module via the distributed switch fabric such that the service module performs the determined service on the received data before sending the received data to the destination peripheral processing device via the distributed switch fabric.
Method for evaluating sensor data, relating to the surroundings of a motor vehicle, of at least one environment sensor, characterised in that, in order to describe the position of a feature of the surroundings determined during the evaluation, said sensor is assigned to one strip of a plurality of strips, which are arranged one after the other in the longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle, together with at least one continuous piece of information regarding its transverse position within the strip perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle in the carriageway plane.