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A knee brace assembly comprising: a hinge assembly; a proximal arm pivotably engaging the hinge assembly,; a distal arm pivotably engaging the hinge assembly; and a pad adjustment system comprising: a sun gear fixed to a portion of the hinge assembly; a planetary gear engaged with the sun gear, the planetary gear is configured to revolve within the pad adjustment system about a center axis of the sun gear, characterised in that the pad adjustment system further comprises: a ring gear engaged with the planetary gear and being actuatable by a user; and a driven member operatively connected to the planetary gear and configured to extend away from the hinge assembly upon actuation of the ring gear. a hinge assembly; a proximal arm pivotably engaging the hinge assembly,; a distal arm pivotably engaging the hinge assembly; and a pad adjustment system comprising: a sun gear fixed to a portion of the hinge assembly; a planetary gear engaged with the sun gear, the planetary gear is configured to revolve within the pad adjustment system about a a sun gear fixed to a portion of the hinge assembly; a planetary gear engaged with the sun gear, the planetary gear is configured to revolve within the pad adjustment system about a center axis of the sun gear, characterised in that the pad adjustment system further comprises: a ring gear engaged with the planetary gear and being actuatable by a user; and a driven member operatively connected to the planetary gear and configured to extend away from the hinge assembly upon actuation of the ring gear. a ring gear engaged with the planetary gear and being actuatable by a user; and a driven member operatively connected to the planetary gear and configured to extend away from the hinge assembly upon actuation of the ring gear.
A stationary seal comprising: a stationary seal portion including a retainer with a channel extending to a bottom, and a floating seal portion formed of a silicon carbide material positioned in said retainer with a spring positioned within the channel and between an inner end of said floating seal portion, and biasing said floating seal portion outwardly, wherein said spring is a single spring received inwardly of said floating seal portion, and said floating seal portion is formed with a plurality of holes therein; and an inner bore of said retainer at said channel spaced from an outer periphery of said floating seal portion, and one of said inner bore and said outer periphery formed with a plurality of radially located pins, and the other of said inner bore and said outer periphery having a plurality of recesses, with said pins received in said recesses to prevent rotation of said floating seal portion within said retainer; and an o-ring captured between a retainer bore and a counterbore located on the floating seal portion. a stationary seal portion including a retainer with a channel extending to a bottom, and a floating seal portion formed of a silicon carbide material positioned in said retainer with a spring positioned within the channel and between an inner end of said floating seal portion, and biasing said floating seal portion outwardly, wherein said spring is a single spring received inwardly of said floating seal portion, and said floating seal portion is formed with a plurality of holes therein; and an inner bore of said retainer at said channel spaced from an outer periphery of said floating seal portion, and one of said inner bore and said outer periphery formed with a plurality of radially located pins, and the other of said inner bore and said outer periphery having a plurality of recesses, with said pins received in said recesses to prevent rotation of said floating seal portion within said retainer; and an o-ring captured between a retainer bore and a counterbore located on the floating seal portion.
A user equipment load balancing method, the method being performed by a UE and comprising: receiving at the UE a message comprising a cell selection rule; receiving at the UE a cell preference indicator value transmitted from an access node, wherein the CPI value is associated with a first cell; and using the cell selection rule in conjunction with the CPI value to determine whether to utilize the first cell or a second cell, wherein the cell selection rule specifies a condition, and the step of using the cell selection rule in conjunction with the CPI value to determine whether to utilize the second cell comprises using the CPI value to determine whether the condition is true, wherein the step of using the cell selection rule in conjunction with the CPI value to determine whether to utilize the second cell comprises generating a random or pseudo-random number and comparing the generated number with a value that is a function of the CPI value, the method further comprising: setting a timer if a determination was made, based on the cell selection rule and CPI value, to utilize the first cell; and in response to the expiration of the timer, determining whether to continue utilizing the first cell using the cell selection rule in conjunction with the CPI value or a new CPI value received from the access node. receiving at the UE a message comprising a cell selection rule; receiving at the UE a cell preference indicator value transmitted from an access node, wherein the CPI value is associated with a first cell; and using the cell selection rule in conjunction with the CPI value to determine whether to utilize the first cell or a second cell, wherein the cell selection rule specifies a condition, and the step of using the cell selection rule in conjunction with the CPI value to determine whether to utilize the second cell comprises using the CPI value to determine whether the condition is true, wherein the step of using the cell selection rule in conjunction with the CPI value to determine whether to utilize the second cell comprises generating a random or pseudo-random number and comparing the generated number with a value that is a function of the CPI value, the method further comprising: setting a timer if a determination was made, based on the cell selection rule and CPI value, to utilize the first cell; and in response to the expiration of the timer, determining whether to continue utilizing the first cell using the cell selection rule in conjunction with the CPI value or a new CPI value received from the access node.
A system for reducing atmospheric emissions of hydrocarbon vapors in a delayed coke drum quench overflow system, which comprises: an overflow drum for receiving overflow from a coke drum, the overflow drum connected to a blowdown header line for reducing hydrocarbon vapors and producing a vapor overflow remainder and a liquid overflow remainder; an overflow tank connected to the overflow drum by a liquid overflow remainder line for separating at least one of skim oil, water, coke fines, and tank vapor from the liquid overflow remainder; an overflow drum vapor line in fluid communication with the overflow drum for transmitting the vapor overflow remainder to a steam/hydrocarbon vapor line; and a tank vapor line in fluid communication with the overflow tank for transmitting the tank vapor to an overflow ejector, wherein the overflow ejector includes an inlet in fluid communication with the tank vapor line and an outlet in fluid communication with the steam/hydrocarbon vapor line for reducing the pressure in the overflow tank to 0 Pag (0 psig). an overflow drum for receiving overflow from a coke drum, the overflow drum connected to a blowdown header line for reducing hydrocarbon vapors and producing a vapor overflow remainder and a liquid overflow remainder; an overflow tank connected to the overflow drum by a liquid overflow remainder line for separating at least one of skim oil, water, coke fines, and tank vapor from the liquid overflow remainder; an overflow drum vapor line in fluid communication with the overflow drum for transmitting the vapor overflow remainder to a steam/hydrocarbon vapor line; and a tank vapor line in fluid communication with the overflow tank for transmitting the tank vapor to an overflow ejector, wherein the overflow ejector includes an inlet in fluid communication with the tank vapor line and an outlet in fluid communication with the steam/hydrocarbon vapor line for reducing the pressure in the overflow tank to 0 Pag (0 psig).
A method for transmitting data by a first base station, BS, in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: establishing a radio link with a mobile station, MS, to transmit the data; receiving (205, 207) BS information from at least one second BS that cooperates with the first BS to transmit the data in a cell, the cell including the first BS and the at least one second BS, the cell being controlled by the first BS; selecting an alternative BS from among the at least one second BS for switching the first BS to the alternative BS, based on the BS information; transmitting (211, 213, 215) information about the alternative BS to the at least one second BS including the alternative BS and the MS; allocating (505, 511, 605, 613) a resource to be used for synchronization with the alternative BS to the MS; and receiving (517, 621), from the alternative BS, a second message indicating a switch of the first BS, if the alternative BS receives (515, 619) a first message requesting the switch of the first BS from the MS using the allocated resource. establishing a radio link with a mobile station, MS, to transmit the data; receiving (205, 207) BS information from at least one second BS that cooperates with the first BS to transmit the data in a cell, the cell including the first BS and the at least one second BS, the cell being controlled by the first BS; selecting an alternative BS from among the at least one second BS for switching the first BS to the alternative BS, based on the BS information; transmitting (211, 213, 215) information about the alternative BS to the at least one second BS including the alternative BS and the MS; allocating (505, 511, 605, 613) a resource to be used for synchronization with the alternative BS to the MS; and receiving (517, 621), from the alternative BS, a second message indicating a switch of the first BS, if the alternative BS receives (515, 619) a first message requesting the switch of the first BS from the MS using the allocated resource.
Aircraft nacelle comprising a lip extended by an inner conduit forming an air intake, a front frame delimiting with said lip annular channel within which hot air circulates and a panel for acoustic treatment comprising, from outside inwardly, an acoustic resistive layer, at least one honeycomb structure and one reflective layer as well as ducts for channeling hot air, at least one conduit (88, 98) with an opening which opens into the annular channel being provided for carrying hot air up to the panel for acoustic treatment, characterized in that the opening channels hot air in a direction which forms an angle β of less than 60° with hot air flow direction into annular channel.
A method for amplifying a signal in an amplifying device, the amplifying device being adapted for a plurality of available powers, comprising the step of: determining an available power (128, P out) by retrieving a value indicating an available power, the available power being one of the plurality of available powers, characterized in that the method further comprising the steps of: setting an operating voltage level for a power amplifier, the operating voltage level being based on the available power, generating a pre-amplified signal by applying a signal gain to the signal, the signal gain being based on the available power, and generating an output signal by amplifying the pre-amplified signal at the power amplifier. determining an available power (128, P out) by retrieving a value indicating an available power, the available power being one of the plurality of available powers, setting an operating voltage level for a power amplifier, the operating voltage level being based on the available power, generating a pre-amplified signal by applying a signal gain to the signal, the signal gain being based on the available power, and generating an output signal by amplifying the pre-amplified signal at the power amplifier.
A surface processing apparatus for use in the surface processing of a substrate, the surface processing apparatus comprising: a plasma source including a wall defining a plasma chamber and an excitation source adjacent the wall; a processing chamber in which a substrate having a predetermined maximum lateral dimension is mounted in use, the processing chamber being operatively connected to the plasma source; and a transmission plate for the transmission of plasma in use between the plasma source and processing chamber, the transmission plate comprising a plurality of apertures, characterised in that the apertures follow a non-rectilinear path through the transmission plate such that there is no line of sight in use between a substrate with the predetermined maximum lateral dimension mounted in the processing chamber and the most intense region of the plasma in the plasma chamber, wherein the apertures are circular apertures and are arranged in a regular array; wherein the most intense region of the plasma has a lateral boundary defined as the part of the plasma source wall adjacent to that part of the excitation source closest to the transmission plate and a vertical boundary defined as the vertical position of the part of the plasma source wall adjacent to that part of the excitation source closest to the transmission plate. a plasma source including a wall defining a plasma chamber and an excitation source adjacent the wall; a processing chamber in which a substrate having a predetermined maximum lateral dimension is mounted in use, the processing chamber being operatively connected to the plasma source; and a transmission plate for the transmission of plasma in use between the plasma source and processing chamber, the transmission plate comprising a plurality of apertures, characterised in that the apertures follow a non-rectilinear path through the transmission plate such that there is no line of sight in use between a substrate with the predetermined maximum lateral dimension mounted in the processing chamber and the most intense region of the plasma in the plasma chamber, wherein the apertures are circular apertures and are arranged in a regular array; wherein the most intense region of the plasma has a lateral boundary defined as the part of the plasma source wall adjacent to that part of the excitation source closest to the transmission plate and a vertical boundary defined as the vertical position of the part of the plasma source wall adjacent to that part of the excitation source closest to the transmission plate.
Hearing device for being worn at least partially within an ear canal, comprising a shell with a proximal opening and a tip-plate assembly, said tip-plate assembly being arranged at said proximal opening of said shell, and said proximal opening being intended to face towards an ear drum when said hearing device is being worn, wherein said tip-plate assembly comprises: - a tip-plate having a seating aperture; - a receiver module having a sound output port at a front end; and - a suspension element, wherein said suspension element at least partly envelopes said receiver module at said front end and said receiver module is mounted in said seating aperture by means of said suspension element. - a tip-plate having a seating aperture; - a receiver module having a sound output port at a front end; and - a suspension element,
Powder spraying head for spraying a powder which is suitable for coating a can body, wherein the powder spraying head is adapted in such a way that the can body to be coated encloses the powder spraying head and is movable along the powder spraying head in a transport direction (z), for coating at least a part of an inner surface of the can body, comprising a work chamber inside the powder spraying head, which has a work opening through which the powder can reach the inner surface of the can body, a powder tube for providing the powder, wherein the powder tube with a powder outlet opens into the work chamber of the powder spraying head and is adapted to deliver the powder substantially in transport direction (z) into the work chamber, a charging electrode for charging the powder with an electrostatic charge, a guiding electrode, which is arranged in transport direction (z) downstream of the charging electrode and below the work chamber, for deflecting the powder present inside the work chamber, which is already electrostatically charged, substantially in the direction of the work opening, wherein the guiding electrode and the charging electrode have a same polarity, wherein the charging electrode is arranged in the area of the powder outlet and is formed with a tip in the direction of the powder streaming into the work chamber and/or wherein the guiding electrode is plate-shaped and a flat side of the guiding electrode is oriented towards the work chamber.
Continuous process for purifying process exhaust air which contains organosilicon compounds and is obtained in the production process for preparing silicones, by separating organosilicon compounds selected from the group consisting of linear, cyclic and branched siloxanes having from 2 to 18 Si atoms, triorganosilanols and mixtures thereof from the process exhaust air stream containing nitrogen and oxygen by means of a membrane separation apparatus which contains a polyoctylmethylsiloxane composite membrane as semipermeable membrane based on silicones, where the membrane is selectively permeable to organosilicon compounds and oxygen relative to nitrogen and the feed gas stream which is to be separated and contains organosilicon compounds, nitrogen and oxygen is continuously introduced at the inlet of the membrane separation apparatus in which it is continuously separated by contacting with the membrane into a retentate gas substream which is depleted in organosilicon compounds and leaves the membrane separation apparatus and a permeate gas substream which is enriched in organosilicon compounds and leaves the membrane separation apparatus and the concentration of the organosilicon compounds in the feed gas is from 0.3 g/m 3 to 1000 g/m 3 in total and the burden of organosilicon compounds present in the feed gas is from 10 g/h to 10 000 g/h in total.
A method of performing modular exponentiation using an input x, a secret exponent d and a modulus N to obtain a result S, the exponentiation being resistant to fault attacks, the method including at least in a processor of a device, the processor having a predetermined value r: - receiving the input x; - computing an extended base x =x+N·[i_N (1+ar-x) mod t], wherein i_N=N^(-1) mod t is a modular inverse, t is co-prime to the modulus N and t = br 2, where r and b are integers, and a is a random value; - computing an intermediate result S_r using modular exponentiation involving the secret exponent d, the extended base x and an extended modulus N, wherein the extended modulus N is computed using the modulus N and the predetermined value r and is independent of the random value a; - verifying that S_r satifies an equation involving the random value a calculated modulo a multiple of the predetermined value r; and - return the result S=S_r mod N if and only if the verifying is successful. - receiving the input x; - computing an extended base x =x+N·[i_N (1+ar-x) mod t], wherein i_N=N^(-1) mod t is a modular inverse, t is co-prime to the modulus N and t = br 2, where r and b are integers, and a is a random value; - computing an intermediate result S_r using modular exponentiation involving the secret exponent d, the extended base x and an extended modulus N, wherein the extended modulus N is computed using the modulus N and the predetermined value r and is independent of the random value a; - verifying that S_r satifies an equation involving the random value a calculated modulo a multiple of the predetermined value r; and - return the result S=S_r mod N if and only if the verifying is successful.
A method for removal of hydrogen sulfide from geothermal steam in a condenser comprising the steps of: injecting acrolein in an effective amount into cooling water sprayed into said condenser to provide within said condenser a curtain of fine water droplets containing said acrolein in an aqueous phase; allowing said fine water droplets containing said acrolein in an aqueous phase to react with vapor phase hydrogen sulfide in said geothermal steam in said condenser to produce 4-hydroxyl-tetrahydro-2H-triopyran-3-carbaldehyde and β,β'-thiodipropionaldehyde byproducts; and disposing of said byproducts in a non-volatile aqueous phase. injecting acrolein in an effective amount into cooling water sprayed into said condenser to provide within said condenser a curtain of fine water droplets containing said acrolein in an aqueous phase; allowing said fine water droplets containing said acrolein in an aqueous phase to react with vapor phase hydrogen sulfide in said geothermal steam in said condenser to produce 4-hydroxyl-tetrahydro-2H-triopyran-3-carbaldehyde and β,β'-thiodipropionaldehyde byproducts; and disposing of said byproducts in a non-volatile aqueous phase.
A plastic extruded building formwork component comprising first and second spaced sidewalls having two or more webs (114a, 114b, 114c, 114d) extending between the first and second spaced sidewalls, each sidewall comprising: a flange extending inwardly along a first edge of the sidewall such that an outer surface of the flange forms a ramp surface; and a groove extending along an opposing second edge of the sidewall; wherein the component may be coupled to a like component by relative movement of the components (110, 110') towards each other, whereby the flanges are received in respective grooves of the like component, and characterised in that the ramp surfaces facilitate such coupling by engaging respective second edges of the like component to cause the sidewall adjacent the groove to flex to thereby move the groove inwards and/or ramp surfaces outwards for a snap-locking engagement of the flanges in the grooves; and one of the two or more webs is located nearest to but spaced from the groove whereby a length of the sidewall extending between the web and the groove is such as to allow the flexing of the sidewall to facilitate the snap-locking engagement of the flange in the groove; and at least another one of the two or more webs (114a, 114b, 114c, 114d) extends between the sidewalls in proximity to the flanges so as to inhibit movement of the sidewalls adjacent to the flanges. a flange extending inwardly along a first edge of the sidewall such that an outer surface of the flange forms a ramp surface; and a groove extending along an opposing second edge of the sidewall; wherein the component may be coupled to a like component by relative movement of the components (110, 110') towards each other, whereby the flanges are received in respective grooves of the like component, and characterised in that the ramp surfaces facilitate such coupling by engaging respective second edges of the like component to cause the sidewall adjacent the groove to flex to thereby move the groove inwards and/or ramp surfaces outwards for a snap-locking engagement of the flanges in the grooves; and one of the two or more webs is located nearest to but spaced from the groove whereby a length of the sidewall extending between the web and the groove is such as to allow the flexing of the sidewall to facilitate the snap-locking engagement of the flange in the groove; and at least another one of the two or more webs (114a, 114b, 114c, 114d) extends between the sidewalls in proximity to the flanges so as to inhibit movement of the sidewalls adjacent to the flanges.