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An axle assembly comprising: a housing that has a hole and a lock ring positioning feature; a bearing disposed in the hole; and a bearing adjuster mechanism that includes: an adjuster ring that is disposed in the hole and exerts a preload force upon the bearing, wherein the adjuster ring has a set of teeth; and a lock ring having a snap ring portion and a lock tab portion that extends from the snap ring portion; wherein the snap ring portion is at least partially disposed between the adjuster ring and the bearing in a cavity that is provided between the bearing and the set of teeth and wherein the lock tab portion extends between two adjacent members of the set of teeth and engages the lock ring positioning feature to inhibit rotation of the adjuster ring. a housing that has a hole and a lock ring positioning feature; a bearing disposed in the hole; and a bearing adjuster mechanism that includes: an adjuster ring that is disposed in the hole and exerts a preload force upon the bearing, wherein the adjuster ring has a set of teeth; and a lock ring having a snap ring portion and a lock tab portion that extends from the snap ring portion; an adjuster ring that is disposed in the hole and exerts a preload force upon the bearing, wherein the adjuster ring has a set of teeth; and a lock ring having a snap ring portion and a lock tab portion that extends from the snap ring portion; wherein the snap ring portion is at least partially disposed between the adjuster ring and the bearing in a cavity that is provided between the bearing and the set of teeth and wherein the lock tab portion extends between two adjacent members of the set of teeth and engages the lock ring positioning feature to inhibit rotation of the adjuster ring.
A high-performance wind machine for power generation comprising a supporting base, a rotatable structure on the supporting base, a frame and an air conveying covering both mounted on the rotatable structure, rollers mounted peripherally on said frame, a rotor being rotatable on the rollers and having a wing arrangement in front and a magnetic induction generator, the air conveying covering having a front lower part and a front profile, the wing arrangement having a variable pitch with a plurality of blades that are automatically controlled in their inclination in dependence on the flow rate of the conveyed air, wherein said rotor has a front ring and a rear ring both engaging one of said rollers, respectively, characterized in that the air conveying covering has a cutout in its front lower part and slots around its front profile, a fan being mounted inside each roller.
A system of evaluating the influence of perturbagens on skin homeostasis for use in cosmetics, comprising: (a) at least one computer readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of skin instances and an unhealthy skin gene expression signature, wherein each skin instance comprises an instance list of rank-ordered identifiers of differentially expressed genes, and wherein the unhealthy skin gene expression signature comprises one or more gene expression signature lists of identifiers representing differentially expressed genes associated with unhealthy skin, wherein an unhealthy skin gene expression signature refers to a gene expression signature associated with acne, atopic dermatitis, eczema, psoriasis or dandruff condition; and (b) a programmable computer comprising computer-readable instructions that cause the programmable computer to execute the following: i) accessing the plurality of skin instances and the unhealthy skin gene expression signature stored on the computer readable medium; ii) comparing each identifier in the gene expression signature list(s) with the position of the same identifier in the instance list for each of the plurality of instances, and iii) assigning a connectivity score to each of the plurality of instances. (a) at least one computer readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of skin instances and an unhealthy skin gene expression signature, wherein each skin instance comprises an instance list of rank-ordered identifiers of differentially expressed genes, and wherein the unhealthy skin gene expression signature comprises one or more gene expression signature lists of identifiers representing differentially expressed genes associated with unhealthy skin, wherein an unhealthy skin gene expression signature refers to a gene expression signature associated with acne, atopic dermatitis, eczema, psoriasis or dandruff condition; and (b) a programmable computer comprising computer-readable instructions that cause the programmable computer to execute the following: i) accessing the plurality of skin instances and the unhealthy skin gene expression signature stored on the computer readable medium; ii) comparing each identifier in the gene expression signature list(s) with the position of the same identifier in the instance list for each of the plurality of instances, and iii) assigning a connectivity score to each of the plurality of instances. i) accessing the plurality of skin instances and the unhealthy skin gene expression signature stored on the computer readable medium; ii) comparing each identifier in the gene expression signature list(s) with the position of the same identifier in the instance list for each of the plurality of instances, and iii) assigning a connectivity score to each of the plurality of instances.
Rechargeable lithium-ion battery, having a housing and a stack which is arranged in the housing, wherein the stack substantially comprises at least one cathode, at least one anode, at least one separator and at least one non-aqueous electrolyte which is arranged between the cathode and the anode, wherein the cathode, the anode, the separator and at least the electrolyte which is arranged between the cathode and the anode are arranged in layers, wherein the rechargeable battery has a spring element, the spring force of the said spring element pressing the cathode, the anode, the separator and also the electrolyte against one another at least in subregions of the rechargeable battery in the normal operating state, characterized in that the rechargeable lithium-ion battery has at least one stack and also an upper spring element and a lower spring element which are fixed to the housing by means of a cohesive predetermined breaking point in each case, wherein the cohesive connection between the housing and the spring element (210, 220) at the predetermined breaking point can be released when a defined force and/or temperature is exceeded, and wherein the stack has a plurality of layers (130, 140, 150, 160) which are connected to one another by way of a spring element, wherein the spring force of the spring element acts substantially against the spring force of the upper and the lower spring element (210, 220).
A photovoltaic module, comprising: a high voltage photovoltaic laminate that includes a plurality of high voltage photovoltaic cells, wherein each of the plurality of high voltage photovoltaic cells includes a plurality of sub-cells; and a boost-less voltage conversion device (1110a-1110n) configured to convert a first voltage from the high voltage photovoltaic laminate to a second voltage, wherein each of the plurality of sub-cells (402A, 402B, 404A, 404B, 406A; 406B, 408A, 408B, 502A, 502B, 504A, 504B) includes a singulated and physically separated semiconductor substrate portion, adjacent ones of the singulated and physically separated semiconductor substrate portions have a groove therebetween, each of the plurality of high voltage photovoltaic cells includes a metallization structure, a portion of the metallization structure couples ones of the plurality of sub-cells and the groove between adjacent ones of the singulated and physically separated semiconductor substrate portions exposes a portion of the metallization structure, wherein the photovoltaic module further comprising a junction box, wherein the boost-less voltage conversion device is located inside a housing of the junction box. a high voltage photovoltaic laminate that includes a plurality of high voltage photovoltaic cells, wherein each of the plurality of high voltage photovoltaic cells includes a plurality of sub-cells; and a boost-less voltage conversion device (1110a-1110n) configured to convert a first voltage from the high voltage photovoltaic laminate to a second voltage, wherein each of the plurality of sub-cells (402A, 402B, 404A, 404B, 406A; 406B, 408A, 408B, 502A, 502B, 504A, 504B) includes a singulated and physically separated semiconductor substrate portion, adjacent ones of the singulated and physically separated semiconductor substrate portions have a groove therebetween, each of the plurality of high voltage photovoltaic cells includes a metallization structure, a portion of the metallization structure couples ones of the plurality of sub-cells and the groove between adjacent ones of the singulated and physically separated semiconductor substrate portions exposes a portion of the metallization structure, wherein the photovoltaic module further comprising a junction box, wherein the boost-less voltage conversion device is located inside a housing of the junction box.
A method for storing components of a virtual disk as objects in an object store comprising a plurality of physical storage devices (117, 118) housed in a plurality of host computers, the method comprising: receiving a profile for creation of the virtual disk, wherein the profile specifies storage properties desired for an intended use of the virtual disk by a virtual machine; generating a virtual disk blueprint based on the profile, wherein the virtual disk blueprint describes a storage organization for the virtual disk that addresses redundancy or performance requirements corresponding to the profile; determining a set of the physical storage devices (117, 118) that can store a plurality of components (220 x) of the virtual disk in a manner that satisfies the storage organization; requesting the host computers that house the determined set of physical storage devices (117, 118) to allocate storage locations in the set of physical storage devices (117, 118) for the corresponding component objects (220 x) of the virtual disk; and upon receiving confirmations that the storage locations have been allocated by the respective host computers, updating a database with mappings of the allocated storage locations to the corresponding component objects (220 x). receiving a profile for creation of the virtual disk, wherein the profile specifies storage properties desired for an intended use of the virtual disk by a virtual machine; generating a virtual disk blueprint based on the profile, wherein the virtual disk blueprint describes a storage organization for the virtual disk that addresses redundancy or performance requirements corresponding to the profile; determining a set of the physical storage devices (117, 118) that can store a plurality of components (220 x) of the virtual disk in a manner that satisfies the storage organization; requesting the host computers that house the determined set of physical storage devices (117, 118) to allocate storage locations in the set of physical storage devices (117, 118) for the corresponding component objects (220 x) of the virtual disk; and upon receiving confirmations that the storage locations have been allocated by the respective host computers, updating a database with mappings of the allocated storage locations to the corresponding component objects (220 x).
A crosslinked polyolefin foam that is a crosslinked foam of a polyolefin resin composition, the composition comprising: a polyolefin resin; and a rubber having a Mooney viscosity (ML 1+4, 100°C) of 15 to 85, wherein the Mooney viscosity (ML 1+4, 100°C) is measured in accordance with JIS K6300-1, the rubber being at least one selected from the group consisting of a styrene rubber and an olefin rubber and being contained in an amount of 10 to 150 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the polyolefin resin, the foam having a thickness of 1.5 mm or more, a 25% compressive hardness of 60 kPa or less, and a crosslinking degree of at least one of surface layers at both surfaces with a depth of 500 μm from the surface that is at least 5% higher than a crosslinking degree of a middle layer excluding the surface layers at both surfaces, wherein the 25% compressive hardness is measured in accordance with JIS K6767.
A dual mold spacer for use with a dual mold assembly, comprising: a first side portion that is configured to engage a first side rail of the dual mold assembly; a second side portion that is configured to engage a second side rail of the dual mold assembly; a body portion that extends from the first side portion to the second side portion, wherein the body portion is configured to be located between a press of the dual mold assembly and first and second molds (26,28) of the dual mold assembly, wherein the body portion is configured for being spaced from and free from engagement with the first and second molds (26; 28) of the dual mold assembly; characterized in that the channel of the first side bar is defined by a pair of flanges (58; 60) wherein one of the pair of flanges (58; 60) is longer in a vertical direction of the dual mold assembly than the other one of the pair of flanges (58; 60). a first side portion that is configured to engage a first side rail of the dual mold assembly; a second side portion that is configured to engage a second side rail of the dual mold assembly; a body portion that extends from the first side portion to the second side portion, wherein the body portion is configured to be located between a press of the dual mold assembly and first and second molds (26,28) of the dual mold assembly, wherein the body portion is configured for being spaced from and free from engagement with the first and second molds (26; 28) of the dual mold assembly; characterized in that the channel of the first side bar is defined by a pair of flanges (58; 60) wherein one of the pair of flanges (58; 60) is longer in a vertical direction of the dual mold assembly than the other one of the pair of flanges (58; 60).
A method of preparing a refrigeration insulation liner comprising: forming a multilayer polymeric sheet comprising a foamed layer sandwiched between two solid layers (110a, 110b); and shaping the multilayer polymeric sheet into the liner, wherein the liner is an insulator, wherein the layers of the sheet adhered to each other by melt extrusion, and wherein the liner resists degradation in the event of contact with a refrigerant. forming a multilayer polymeric sheet comprising a foamed layer sandwiched between two solid layers (110a, 110b); and shaping the multilayer polymeric sheet into the liner, wherein the liner is an insulator, wherein the layers of the sheet adhered to each other by melt extrusion, and wherein the liner resists degradation in the event of contact with a refrigerant.
A vehicle comprising an engine and an exhaust system having an exhaust manifold and an exhaust purification device, the vehicle engine being placed horizontally such that a cylinder-array direction coincides with a vehicle-width direction, wherein the exhaust manifold is disposed at a predetermined distance from a dash panel constituting a body of the vehicle, the exhaust purification device is disposed in a position overlapping a floor tunnel region, formed by a floor tunnel of the body, and is disposed below the exhaust manifold and to one side of the center of the engine in the cylinder-array direction, as viewed from the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and a connection passage connecting the exhaust manifold and the exhaust purification device is disposed on the other side of the center of the exhaust manifold in the cylinder-array direction, and extends below the exhaust manifold to be connected to the exhaust purification device, characterized in that; the exhaust manifold is fitted to the discharge side of the engine, the exhaust purification device has a substantially L-shape and includes an upstream-side portion and a downstream-side portion, the upstream-side portion being disposed along the vehicle-width direction, and the downstream-side portion being disposed along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle on the one side of the center, and the connection passage extends vertically and comprises an inlet and outlet, the inlet being open upward and is coupled to the exhaust manifold and the outlet being open in a direction substantially orthogonal to the inlet and coupled to the exhaust purification device.
A method for creating mailpieces from a single web (31; 70; 90; 61) of printed material, wherein the web of printed material includes printed matter to be used as envelopes, and other printed matter to be used as mail content to be included in the envelopes, the mail content of mailpieces having varying numbers of pages, wherein mailpieces with mall content having more than a predetermined number of pages are large mailpieces, and mailpieces with mail content having less than or equal to the predetermined number of pages are small mailpieces, the method comprising: cutting consecutive sections of the web into separated sheets (34; 71, 72; 91; 62, 63, 64), some of the sheets comprising envelope sheets including envelope printed matter, and some of the sheets comprising mail content sheets including mail content printed matter, the step of cutting further including cutting variable sized sheets depending on whether a sheet is a mail content sheet, or an envelope sheet, wherein the step of cutting variable sized sheets further includes cutting larger sized envelope sheets for large mailpieces and smaller envelope sheets for small mailpieces; accumulating (23, 25) mail content sheets belonging to a same mailpiece; and enclosing the accumulated mail content sheets in a corresponding envelope sheet, the larger sized envelope sheets forming larger envelopes and the smaller sized envelope sheets forming smaller envelopes. cutting consecutive sections of the web into separated sheets (34; 71, 72; 91; 62, 63, 64), some of the sheets comprising envelope sheets including envelope printed matter, and some of the sheets comprising mail content sheets including mail content printed matter, the step of cutting further including cutting variable sized sheets depending on whether a sheet is a mail content sheet, or an envelope sheet, wherein the step of cutting variable sized sheets further includes cutting larger sized envelope sheets for large mailpieces and smaller envelope sheets for small mailpieces; accumulating (23, 25) mail content sheets belonging to a same mailpiece; and enclosing the accumulated mail content sheets in a corresponding envelope sheet, the larger sized envelope sheets forming larger envelopes and the smaller sized envelope sheets forming smaller envelopes.
Circuit for testing a random number generator adapted to delivering a series of random bits (RawRandomBits; Random) and comprising at least one test unit configured to detect a defect in the series of random bits (RawRandomBits; Random), said test circuit being adapted to verifying whether, after the detection of a first defect by the test unit, the number of random bits, generated by the random number generator without the detection of a second defect by said unit test, is smaller than a first threshold, and, in this case, it should be considerate that the source presents a failure.
A Device to Device, D2D, communication method performed by a first D2D device within coverage of a cellular network, comprising: determining, by the first D2D device, a target resource from a resource pool, wherein the resource pool is used for D2D communication and the target resource is an occupied resource in the resource pool; determining, by the first D2D device, a resource usage parameter of the resource pool according to the target resource, wherein the resource usage parameter indicates a proportion of the occupied resource to total resources of the resource pool; and sending, by the first D2D device, based on the resource usage parameter, scheduling information in a special format at the D2D air interface in the resource pool to one or more other D2D devices using the resource pool, wherein the scheduling information in the special format indicates to the other D2D devices using the resource pool and receiving the scheduling information in the special format to perform D2D communication in a collision avoiding manner, and wherein the resource usage parameter is smaller than a second threshold value and larger than a third threshold value. determining, by the first D2D device, a target resource from a resource pool, wherein the resource pool is used for D2D communication and the target resource is an occupied resource in the resource pool; determining, by the first D2D device, a resource usage parameter of the resource pool according to the target resource, wherein the resource usage parameter indicates a proportion of the occupied resource to total resources of the resource pool; and sending, by the first D2D device, based on the resource usage parameter, scheduling information in a special format at the D2D air interface in the resource pool to one or more other D2D devices using the resource pool, wherein the scheduling information in the special format indicates to the other D2D devices using the resource pool and receiving the scheduling information in the special format to perform D2D communication in a collision avoiding manner, and wherein the resource usage parameter is smaller than a second threshold value and larger than a third threshold value.
Water pump, in particular a garden pump or a pump in an automatic domestic water system comprising a pump unit in a housing that can be driven by an electric motor and that can pump water as a conveyed liquid from a suction line to a pressure line, wherein the housing comprises a pump housing and a housing extension adjoining the pump housing with the pressure line and the suction line, wherein the housing extension comprises a filter unit as a termination, characterized in that an at least partially transparent window is arranged between the suction line and the pressure line in such a way that a liquid level can be read inside the housing prior to the operation of the pump, and in that the filter unit comprises a suction indicator so that the presence of suction pressure in the pump housing or a leak in the suction line can be detected via the suction indicator.