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Method for assembling a bearing arrangement comprising a bearing carrier and a housing element which accommodates the latter, wherein the bearing carrier has at least one cylindrical seat and/or a radially extending contact surface, and wherein the housing element is provided with a receiving bore for the cylindrical seat and/or a radially extending contact surface for the radially extending contact surface of the bearing carrier, characterized in that, after first-time assembly and disassembly of the bearing carrier in the housing element, the cylindrical seat and/or the radially extending contact surface of the bearing carrier and/or the receiving bore and/or the radially extending contact surface of the housing element is coated at least partially with a paint.
A composition, the composition comprising: (a) a polymeric binder, wherein a monomer of the polymeric binder has the following structure: wherein, D 1 is selected from H, OH, D 2 is selected from H, OH, D 3 is selected from H, OH, D 4 is selected from H, OH, wherein E 1 is H or wherein E 2 is H or and (b) a hydrophilic polymer, wherein the hydrophilic polymer is comprised of monomer units having the following structure: wherein, G is H or CH 3; R is selected from and m is an integer between 400 and 5,000,000; and wherein the hydrophilic polymer has an average molecular weight (Mn) of at least 100 kDa when measured by gel permeation chromatography. (a) a polymeric binder, wherein a monomer of the polymeric binder has the following structure: wherein, D 1 is selected from H, OH, D 2 is selected from H, OH, D 3 is selected from H, OH, D 4 is selected from H, OH, wherein E 1 is H or wherein E 2 is H or and (b) a hydrophilic polymer, wherein the hydrophilic polymer is comprised of monomer units having the following structure: wherein, G is H or CH 3; R is selected from and m is an integer between 400 and 5,000,000; and wherein the hydrophilic polymer has an average molecular weight (Mn) of at least 100 kDa when measured by gel permeation chromatography.
A fluid reservoir system for a vehicle engine or an apparatus, which engine or apparatus comprises a fluid circulation system, the reservoir system comprising a container for fluid, in which the container comprises at least one fluid inlet port, at least one fluid outlet port and at least one vent port and in which each of said ports comprises a self-sealing coupling adapted to connect to a corresponding coupling on the vehicle engine or the apparatus to thereby connect said container in fluidic communication with the fluid circulation system of the engine or the apparatus, and in which the reservoir system comprises at least one latch which is adapted to retain said container in fluidic communication with said vehicle engine or apparatus fluid circulation system and is remotely operable to disconnect said container from said vehicle engine or apparatus fluid circulation system, and in which the system comprises at least one actuator which is connected to one or more of said latches and is adapted to operate said one or more latches and said container is elongate; said inlet, outlet and vent ports are located at a common first end of said container; and said at least one actuator is operable at a second end of said container, distal from said ports. said inlet, outlet and vent ports are located at a common first end of said container; and said at least one actuator is operable at a second end of said container, distal from said ports.
Disc brake for a commercial vehicle, having a brake calliper encompassing a vehicle-side brake disc, in which brake calliper there is located an application device with a brake lever (4, 16) pivotably mounted by means of pivot bearings, wherein a pivot bearing is designed as an anti-friction bearing segment having rolling bodies held in a circular segment-shaped cage and curved in the pivoting direction of the brake lever (4, 16) of the application device to be assigned, wherein the cage is held in a bearing shell in a manner capable of movement in the pivoting direction of the brake lever (4, 16) of the application device to be assigned and the cage has a lug at at least one curved edge with a driver to correspond with a return element of the brake lever (4, 16) of the application device to be assigned, characterised in that the cage can be installed into the bearing shell in a first position and rotated by 180° in a second position.
A wind turbine comprising: a nacelle; a rotor comprising one or more rotor blades (20a, 20b, 20c) extending radially outwards from a central hub, the rotor being rotatably mounted to the nacelle; and an electrical connector for providing power between the nacelle and the hub, the electrical connector comprising: a first electrical connector part for connection to one of the nacelle or the hub; and a second electrical connector part for connection to the other of the nacelle or the hub; and an actuator for moving the first or second electrical connector parts in a first direction between an extended position in which the first and second connector parts are in contact and form an electrical connection between the nacelle and the hub, and a retracted position in which the first and second electrical connector parts are spaced apart and do not form an electrical connection; characterized in that the first and/or second electrical connector parts (32, 34) include one or more magnets (56a, 56b, 84) arranged to secure the first and second connector parts (32, 34) together when the respective parts are in contact. a nacelle; a rotor comprising one or more rotor blades (20a, 20b, 20c) extending radially outwards from a central hub, the rotor being rotatably mounted to the nacelle; and an electrical connector for providing power between the nacelle and the hub, the electrical connector comprising: a first electrical connector part for connection to one of the nacelle or the hub; and a second electrical connector part for connection to the other of the nacelle or the hub; and an actuator for moving the first or second electrical connector parts in a first direction between an extended position in which the first and second connector parts are in contact and form an electrical connection between the nacelle and the hub, and a retracted position in which the first and second electrical connector parts are spaced apart and do not form an electrical connection; characterized in that the first and/or second electrical connector parts (32, 34) include one or more magnets (56a, 56b, 84) arranged to secure the first and second connector parts (32, 34) together when the respective parts are in contact. a first electrical connector part for connection to one of the nacelle or the hub; and a second electrical connector part for connection to the other of the nacelle or the hub; and an actuator for moving the first or second electrical connector parts in a first direction between an extended position in which the first and second connector parts are in contact and form an electrical connection between the nacelle and the hub, and a retracted position in which the first and second electrical connector parts are spaced apart and do not form an electrical connection; characterized in that the first and/or second electrical connector parts (32, 34) include one or more magnets (56a, 56b, 84) arranged to secure the first and second connector parts (32, 34) together when the respective parts are in contact.
Method of handling a wind turbine comprising a nacelle coupled via a yawing system to a tower, in particular for protection against high wind load, the method comprising: supplying a control signal to a yawing actuator of the yawing system, while the nacelle is in a first orientation; exerting, by the yawing actuator, a torque to the nacelle relative to the tower, thereby turning the nacelle to a second orientation being a downwind orientation, characterized in that the second orientation is defined with respect to an actual wind direction or with respect to the first orientation, and the definition of the second orientation is switched between a definition with respect to an actual wind direction and a definition with respect to the first orientation depending on an availability of wind direction information. supplying a control signal to a yawing actuator of the yawing system, while the nacelle is in a first orientation; exerting, by the yawing actuator, a torque to the nacelle relative to the tower, thereby turning the nacelle to a second orientation being a downwind orientation, characterized in that the second orientation is defined with respect to an actual wind direction or with respect to the first orientation, and the definition of the second orientation is switched between a definition with respect to an actual wind direction and a definition with respect to the first orientation depending on an availability of wind direction information. characterized in that the second orientation is defined with respect to an actual wind direction or with respect to the first orientation, and the definition of the second orientation is switched between a definition with respect to an actual wind direction and a definition with respect to the first orientation depending on an availability of wind direction information.
Device for monitoring and securing a pipework system which may be flexible and which comprises, on the one hand, an inner pipe arranged to be connected to a pressurised fluid source and, on the other hand, an outer pipe, the internal diameter of which is strictly greater than the external diameter of the inner pipe, the two pipes delimiting, between them, an intermediate space under a negative pressure having a predetermined setpoint, the device comprising a branch line which opens into the intermediate space, the device being characterised in that it comprises: - a first comparator connected to said branch line and arranged to compare the actual pressure present in the intermediate space with a first predetermined threshold which is greater than said negative pressure having a predetermined setpoint and less than atmospheric pressure; - a second comparator connected to said branch line and arranged to compare the actual pressure present in the intermediate space with a second predetermined threshold which is greater than atmospheric pressure; - means for giving an alarm (18-1, 18-2) and/or ordering the cutting-off of the supply to the inner pipe, which are actuated in response to one and/or the other of the comparators detecting that the corresponding threshold has been exceeded; - a safety valve, the input of which is connected to the intermediate space and the opening pressure of which is greater than said second threshold; - the valve outlet being connected to a safety space; and - a unit for the circulation of fluid positioned between the intermediate space and the safety space. - a first comparator connected to said branch line and arranged to compare the actual pressure present in the intermediate space with a first predetermined threshold which is greater than said negative pressure having a predetermined setpoint and less than atmospheric pressure; - a second comparator connected to said branch line and arranged to compare the actual pressure present in the intermediate space with a second predetermined threshold which is greater than atmospheric pressure; - means for giving an alarm (18-1, 18-2) and/or ordering the cutting-off of the supply to the inner pipe, which are actuated in response to one and/or the other of the comparators detecting that the corresponding threshold has been exceeded; - a safety valve, the input of which is connected to the intermediate space and the opening pressure of which is greater than said second threshold; - the valve outlet being connected to a safety space; and - a unit for the circulation of fluid positioned between the intermediate space and the safety space.
A suture anchor for securing soft tissue to bone, comprising: (a) a body extending from a proximal end to a distal end along a longitudinal axis; and (b) at least one eyelet extending between opposite lateral surfaces of the body for receiving a suture, the eyelet defining, two entry/exit void regions, each entry/exit void region extending from one of the lateral surfaces of the body, having an axis forming an acute angle with the longitudinal axis of the body, and having a surface comprising a segment of a conic surface extending about the axis of the entry/exit void region and tapering inward towards the longitudinal axis of the body, and (c) a central void region extending between the entry/exit void regions along an axis of the central void region extending transverse to the longitudinal axis of the body, characterized in that a cross section of the eyelet taken along a plane extending normal to the longitudinal axis is substantially parabolic. (a) a body extending from a proximal end to a distal end along a longitudinal axis; and (b) at least one eyelet extending between opposite lateral surfaces of the body for receiving a suture, the eyelet defining, two entry/exit void regions, each entry/exit void region extending from one of the lateral surfaces of the body, having an axis forming an acute angle with the longitudinal axis of the body, and having a surface comprising a segment of a conic surface extending about the axis of the entry/exit void region and tapering inward towards the longitudinal axis of the body, and (c) a central void region extending between the entry/exit void regions along an axis of the central void region extending transverse to the longitudinal axis of the body,
A method for transitioning a state of a User Equipment, UE (201, 550), the method comprising: determining, by the UE, if data is to be sent; transitioning, by the UE, to a grant free state when no data is to be sent, wherein transitioning to the grant free state includes receiving a grant free identifier, GF-ID, from a base transceiver station, BTS (202, 500); when the UE is in the grant free state, in accordance with a determination that an amount of data is to be sent and the amount of data is below a threshold, transmitting (135, 305), by the UE, the data together with the GF-ID; and receiving, by the UE, an acknowledgement or a negative acknowledgement together with a timing advance, a set of modulation and coding schemes and the GF-ID. determining, by the UE, if data is to be sent; transitioning, by the UE, to a grant free state when no data is to be sent, wherein transitioning to the grant free state includes receiving a grant free identifier, GF-ID, from a base transceiver station, BTS (202, 500); when the UE is in the grant free state, in accordance with a determination that an amount of data is to be sent and the amount of data is below a threshold, transmitting (135, 305), by the UE, the data together with the GF-ID; and receiving, by the UE, an acknowledgement or a negative acknowledgement together with a timing advance, a set of modulation and coding schemes and the GF-ID.
A method for requesting a prediction of a quality of service, QoS, for a communication over at least one communication link of at least one communication device, the communication link being adapted to use a 5G mobile communication network with a plurality of network cells, the method comprising: sending from the communication device a QoS prediction request message to a communication cell localization block of a communication service prediction server, wherein the QoS prediction request message comprises in a payload section information entries for at least a planned travel route of the communication device, and communication link capacity requirements for a service the communication device is planning to make use of, and receiving at the communication device a QoS prediction response message and a QoS prediction request acknowledge message from the communication service prediction server wherein said QoS prediction request acknowledge message includes an information entry for the conditions under which the communication service prediction server will accept an updated QoS prediction request message from the same communication device. sending from the communication device a QoS prediction request message to a communication cell localization block of a communication service prediction server, wherein the QoS prediction request message comprises in a payload section information entries for at least a planned travel route of the communication device, and communication link capacity requirements for a service the communication device is planning to make use of, and receiving at the communication device a QoS prediction response message and a QoS prediction request acknowledge message from the communication service prediction server wherein said QoS prediction request acknowledge message includes an information entry for the conditions under which the communication service prediction server will accept an updated QoS prediction request message from the same communication device.
A method of operating a fuel cell, comprising the steps of: a) operating a fuel cell at a first power output level that includes a plurality of operation parameters, each operation parameter having a value to satisfy a first power demand; b) determining when a second power demand occurs such that there is a change between the first power demand and a second power demand; c) when the first power demand is less than the second power demand c1) maintaining at least a first one of the operation parameters at a value corresponding to the first power output level, and when the first power demand is greater than the second power demand c1) maintaining at least a first one of the operation parameters at a value corresponding to the first power output level, or c2) changing at least a first one of the operation parameters to a value corresponding to an intermediate power output level between the first and second power output levels, while changing at least a second one of the operation parameters to a value corresponding to a second power output level to satisfy the second power demand; and d) selectively delaying, by means of a controller, changing the first operation parameter to a value corresponding to the second power output level until a preset length of time has passed or until the cell stack assembly reaches a preset temperature. a) operating a fuel cell at a first power output level that includes a plurality of operation parameters, each operation parameter having a value to satisfy a first power demand; b) determining when a second power demand occurs such that there is a change between the first power demand and a second power demand; c) when the first power demand is less than the second power demand c1) maintaining at least a first one of the operation parameters at a value corresponding to the first power output level, and when the first power demand is greater than the second power demand c1) maintaining at least a first one of the operation parameters at a value corresponding to the first power output level, or c2) changing at least a first one of the operation parameters to a value corresponding to an intermediate power output level between the first and second power output levels, while changing at least a second one of the operation parameters to a value corresponding to a second power output level to satisfy the second power demand; and c1) maintaining at least a first one of the operation parameters at a value corresponding to the first power output level, and when the first power demand is greater than the second power demand c1) maintaining at least a first one of the operation parameters at a value corresponding to the first power output level, or c2) changing at least a first one of the operation parameters to a value corresponding to an intermediate power output level between the first and second power output levels, d) selectively delaying, by means of a controller, changing the first operation parameter to a value corresponding to the second power output level until a preset length of time has passed or until the cell stack assembly reaches a preset temperature.
A surgical fastener applying apparatus, comprising: an anvil member; a cartridge member movably coupled to the anvil member and extending along a longitudinal axis, the cartridge member being configured and dimensioned to retain a plurality of surgical fasteners therein in offset relation thereto; at least one pusher positioned within the cartridge member, the at least one pusher being movable to eject the plurality of surgical fasteners from the cartridge member into the anvil member to effectuate formation of the plurality of surgical fasteners, the at least one pusher including a base portion and a plurality of pusher plates connected to the base portion at one or more hinge members such that the plurality of pusher plates are repositionable relative to a centreline of the cartridge member during movement of the at least one pusher; wherein the pusher plates extend from the base portion such that adjacent pusher plates define an acute angle (Ø) therebetween that defines an offset relationship between the pusher plates corresponding to the offset relationship of the surgical fasteners; wherein the hinge members permit the pusher plates to diverge as the pushers are driven to eject the plurality of surgical fasteners; and wherein the at least one pusher and the surgical fasteners are configured and dimensioned such that at least two different compressive forces are varied along an axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of the cartridge member and applied to tissue. an anvil member; a cartridge member movably coupled to the anvil member and extending along a longitudinal axis, the cartridge member being configured and dimensioned to retain a plurality of surgical fasteners therein in offset relation thereto; at least one pusher positioned within the cartridge member, the at least one pusher being movable to eject the plurality of surgical fasteners from the cartridge member into the anvil member to effectuate formation of the plurality of surgical fasteners, the at least one pusher including a base portion and a plurality of pusher plates connected to the base portion at one or more hinge members such that the plurality of pusher plates are repositionable relative to a centreline of the cartridge member during movement of the at least one pusher; wherein the pusher plates extend from the base portion such that adjacent pusher plates define an acute angle (Ø) therebetween that defines an offset relationship between the pusher plates corresponding to the offset relationship of the surgical fasteners; wherein the hinge members permit the pusher plates to diverge as the pushers are driven to eject the plurality of surgical fasteners; and wherein the at least one pusher and the surgical fasteners are configured and dimensioned such that at least two different compressive forces are varied along an axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of the cartridge member and applied to tissue.