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A disposable test cartridge for a point-of-care analyzer, the test cartridge comprising: a cartridge body having a plurality of chambers wherein each of the plurality of chambers has an opening at a top of the cartridge body; a cartridge cover connected to the cartridge body, the cartridge cover having a capillary-receiving aperture and a cover tube extension extending from the capillary-receiving aperture a predefined distance towards but spaced from the cartridge body; an elastomeric tubular capillary wiper disposed within and through the capillary-receiving aperture defines a capillary wiper volume wherein the tubular capillary wiper and the capillary-receiving aperture are aligned with one of the plurality of chambers of the cartridge body, the tubular capillary wiper having a tubular upper portion with an upper portion opening and a tapered lower portion with a lower portion aperture; and a capillary element removably insertable into the cartridge cover, the capillary element having a capillary tube that extends into the capillary-receiving aperture and through the tubular capillary wiper wherein a tip portion of the capillary tube extends through the lower portion aperture and into the one of the plurality of chambers of the cartridge body wherein the lower portion aperture has a diameter smaller than an outside diameter of the capillary tube and expands around the capillary tube. a cartridge body having a plurality of chambers wherein each of the plurality of chambers has an opening at a top of the cartridge body; a cartridge cover connected to the cartridge body, the cartridge cover having a capillary-receiving aperture and a cover tube extension extending from the capillary-receiving aperture a predefined distance towards but spaced from the cartridge body; an elastomeric tubular capillary wiper disposed within and through the capillary-receiving aperture defines a capillary wiper volume wherein the tubular capillary wiper and the capillary-receiving aperture are aligned with one of the plurality of chambers of the cartridge body, the tubular capillary wiper having a tubular upper portion with an upper portion opening and a tapered lower portion with a lower portion aperture; and a capillary element removably insertable into the cartridge cover, the capillary element having a capillary tube that extends into the capillary-receiving aperture and through the tubular capillary wiper wherein a tip portion of the capillary tube extends through the lower portion aperture and into the one of the plurality of chambers of the cartridge body wherein the lower portion aperture has a diameter smaller than an outside diameter of the capillary tube and expands around the capillary tube.
A fan system installed in a location having a floor and a ceiling, the fan system comprising: (a) a fan configured to be coupled with the ceiling and including: (i) a rotatable hub; (ii) plurality of fan blades secured to the hub; (iii) a motor in communication with the hub, wherein the motor is operable to drive the hub at a selectable rate of rotation; and (iv) a motor controller in communication with the motor, wherein the motor controller is configured to select the rate of rotation at which the motor drives the hub; (b) an upper temperature sensor positioned near the ceiling, wherein the upper temperature sensor is configured to sense the temperature of air near the ceiling, wherein the upper temperature sensor is in communication with the motor controller; and (c) a lower temperature sensor positioned near the floor, wherein the lower temperature sensor is configured to sense the temperature of air near the floor, wherein the lower temperature sensor is in communication with the motor controller; wherein the motor controller is configured to automatically adjust the rate of rotation at which the motor drives the hub based at least in part on differences between temperatures communicated from the upper temperature sensor and temperatures communicated from the lower temperature sensor to cause the fan to blend air near the ceiling with air closer to the floor, characterised in that the fan system, further comprises a humidity sensor, wherein the humidity sensor is configured to sense relative humidity, wherein the humidity sensor is in communication with the motor controller, wherein the motor controller is configured to automatically adjust the rate of rotation at which the motor drives the hub using a selected rate of acceleration, and wherein the motor controller is configured to select the rate of acceleration based at least in part on the humidity level communicated from the humidity sensor. (a) a fan configured to be coupled with the ceiling and including: (i) a rotatable hub; (ii) plurality of fan blades secured to the hub; (iii) a motor in communication with the hub, wherein the motor is operable to drive the hub at a selectable rate of rotation; and (iv) a motor controller in communication with the motor, wherein the motor controller is configured to select the rate of rotation at which the motor drives the hub; (i) a rotatable hub; (ii) plurality of fan blades secured to the hub; (iii) a motor in communication with the hub, wherein the motor is operable to drive the hub at a selectable rate of rotation; and (iv) a motor controller in communication with the motor, (b) an upper temperature sensor positioned near the ceiling, wherein the upper temperature sensor is configured to sense the temperature of air near the ceiling, wherein the upper temperature sensor is in communication with the motor controller; and (c) a lower temperature sensor positioned near the floor, wherein the lower temperature sensor is configured to sense the temperature of air near the floor, wherein the lower temperature sensor is in communication with the motor controller;
Method for detecting the state of a battery of an electrically driven motor vehicle comprising a device, - wherein the device has a charging plug comprising DC contacts for feeding a charging voltage (U L) to the battery and has an impedance spectroscopy unit, which is connected to the DC contacts of the charging plug both for feeding a spectroscopy signal to the battery and for detecting a response signal, wherein the charging plug is provided and set up for connection to a DC charging interface of the electrically driven motor vehicle, and wherein the impedance spectroscopy unit has two feed lines for feeding the spectroscopy signal and two measurement lines for detecting the response signal, wherein in each case one of the feed lines and one of the measurement lines is connected to each of the DC contacts, - wherein the charging plug is connected to the DC charging interface of the motor vehicle, - wherein a battery charging system comprising the battery is set to a charging operating state by virtue of a charging of the battery by means of a charging column being simulated, wherein no or a comparatively low charging current flows, which does not charge the battery or only charges it to a negligible extent, - wherein an impedance spectroscopy of the battery is carried out, and - wherein a value representing the state of the battery is determined from the results of the impedance spectroscopy. - wherein the device has a charging plug comprising DC contacts for feeding a charging voltage (U L) to the battery and has an impedance spectroscopy unit, which is connected to the DC contacts of the charging plug both for feeding a spectroscopy signal to the battery and for detecting a response signal, wherein the charging plug is provided and set up for connection to a DC charging interface of the electrically driven motor vehicle, and wherein the impedance spectroscopy unit has two feed lines for feeding the spectroscopy signal and two measurement lines for detecting the response signal, wherein in each case one of the feed lines and one of the measurement lines is connected to each of the DC contacts, - wherein the charging plug is connected to the DC charging interface of the motor vehicle, - wherein a battery charging system comprising the battery is set to a charging operating state by virtue of a charging of the battery by means of a charging column being simulated, wherein no or a comparatively low charging current flows, which does not charge the battery or only charges it to a negligible extent, - wherein an impedance spectroscopy of the battery is carried out, and - wherein a value representing the state of the battery is determined from the results of the impedance spectroscopy.
A method for switching a signal on a connection between a first point and a second point, the method being characterized in that: the signal is passed through a first switch and a serial second switch in a first branch connecting the first point and the second point, and the signal is passed through a third switch and a serial fourth switch in a second branch that is parallel to the first branch and connects the first point and the second point; that in a test sequence, the first switch is opened for a first period of time, and closed again, the second switch is opened for a second period of time and closed again, the third switch is opened for a third period of time and closed again, and the fourth switch is opened for a fourth period of time and closed again, wherein neither the first nor second period of time (t1, t2) overlaps with the third or fourth period of time (t3, t4); and that the functioning of the switches (S1, S2, S3, S4) is tested during the respective period of time (t1, t2, t3, t4), and an error signal is generated in the event of a malfunction of at least one switch (S1, S2, S3, S4).
Blade for a blender, at least having: - a rotation axis; - at least one knife which extends so as to proceed from the rotation axis and has at least one cutter; and - a plurality of serrations which are configured in the at least one cutter, wherein the individual serrations are in each case mutually spaced apart by a flat portion of the at least one cutter; characterized in that the flat portion of the at least one cutter has a sharpness that is inferior to that of the serrations. - a rotation axis; - at least one knife which extends so as to proceed from the rotation axis and has at least one cutter; and - a plurality of serrations which are configured in the at least one cutter, wherein the individual serrations are in each case mutually spaced apart by a flat portion of the at least one cutter;
Method for operating a system having an accumulator, in particular a lithium-ion accumulator, wherein a storage time of the accumulator is determined automatically taking into account a self-discharge of the system, wherein the storage time is the time remaining when the accumulator is stored until a predefined limit value (G1, G2, G3) of an open-circuit voltage of the accumulator is reached or undershot, wherein the accumulator has an charge quantity which can be drawn from the accumulator and which is used in the determination of the storage time, wherein the charge quantity which can be drawn from the accumulator is dependent on a charge quantity indicator, in particular the open-circuit voltage, of the accumulator, and a charge quantity function is used in the determination of the storage time, which charge quantity function in each case assigns a charge quantity which can be drawn from the accumulator to different values of the charge quantity indicator, in particular the open-circuit voltage, characterized in that the charge quantity which corresponds to a value of the charge quantity indicator is dependent on state of health of the accumulator, and a charge quantity function is in each case assigned to different states of health, wherein the charge quantity function which is assigned to the respective state of health of the accumulator is used in the determination of the storage time. wherein a storage time of the accumulator is determined automatically taking into account a self-discharge of the system, wherein the storage time is the time remaining when the accumulator is stored until a predefined limit value (G1, G2, G3) of an open-circuit voltage of the accumulator is reached or undershot, wherein the accumulator has an charge quantity which can be drawn from the accumulator and which is used in the determination of the storage time, wherein the charge quantity which can be drawn from the accumulator is dependent on a charge quantity indicator, in particular the open-circuit voltage, of the accumulator, and a charge quantity function is used in the determination of the storage time, which charge quantity function in each case assigns a charge quantity which can be drawn from the accumulator to different values of the charge quantity indicator, in particular the open-circuit voltage, characterized in that the charge quantity which corresponds to a value of the charge quantity indicator is dependent on state of health of the accumulator, and a charge quantity function is in each case assigned to different states of health, wherein the charge quantity function which is assigned to the respective state of health of the accumulator is used in the determination of the storage time.
Apparatus for switching direct currents in a pole of a DC voltage system, comprising - two connection terminals (2, 3) for incorporating the apparatus into the pole in series, - an operating current path which extends between the connection terminals (2, 3) and in which a mechanical switch is arranged, - a capacitor branch which bridges the mechanical switch and in which a capacitor C 1 is arranged, and - a pulse-controlled power semiconductor switch T 1, which is arranged in series with the capacitor C 1, for discharging the capacitor C 1, so that a pulse circulating current which is directed in the opposite direction to the operating current I in the mechanical switch flows in a mesh which is formed from the operating current path and the capacitor branch, characterized in that a polarity-reversal branch which bridges the capacitor C 1 is provided, a polarity-reversal power semiconductor switch T Z1 which can be driven being arranged in the said polarity-reversal branch. - two connection terminals (2, 3) for incorporating the apparatus into the pole in series, - an operating current path which extends between the connection terminals (2, 3) and in which a mechanical switch is arranged, - a capacitor branch which bridges the mechanical switch and in which a capacitor C 1 is arranged, and - a pulse-controlled power semiconductor switch T 1, which is arranged in series with the capacitor C 1, for discharging the capacitor C 1, so that a pulse circulating current which is directed in the opposite direction to the operating current I in the mechanical switch flows in a mesh which is formed from the operating current path and the capacitor branch,
A substrate processing apparatus, comprising: a sealed pressure vessel forming an outer chamber that surrounds an inner chamber which is a sealed reaction chamber; a fluid inlet assembly attached to a wall of the sealed pressure vessel, the fluid inlet assembly having a fluid inlet pipe configured to provide the inner chamber with chemicals, wherein the fluid inlet pipe passes through the wall of the sealed pressure vessel and has a contact point with a wall of the inner chamber, the apparatus further comprising: a resilient element in the fluid inlet assembly around the fluid inlet pipe coupling the inlet pipe to the wall of the sealed pressure vessel, where one of an interior surface and an exterior surface of the resilient element sees pressure prevailing within the pressure vessel and the other sees ambient pressure, and where the fluid inlet pipe prevents fluid carried inside from being in contact with the resilient element. a sealed pressure vessel forming an outer chamber that surrounds an inner chamber which is a sealed reaction chamber; a fluid inlet assembly attached to a wall of the sealed pressure vessel, the fluid inlet assembly having a fluid inlet pipe configured to provide the inner chamber with chemicals, wherein the fluid inlet pipe passes through the wall of the sealed pressure vessel and has a contact point with a wall of the inner chamber, the apparatus further comprising: a resilient element in the fluid inlet assembly around the fluid inlet pipe coupling the inlet pipe to the wall of the sealed pressure vessel, where one of an interior surface and an exterior surface of the resilient element sees pressure prevailing within the pressure vessel and the other sees ambient pressure, and where the fluid inlet pipe prevents fluid carried inside from being in contact with the resilient element.
An engine having a supercharger and an EGR device which executes isochronus control so as to keep a target rotation speed (Nm) the same as that at idling or executes droop control so as to reduce the target rotation speed (Nm) for predetermined percentage corresponding to a load state when a rotation speed of the engine is shifted from a no-load or light-load run to a high-load state, the engine having an ECU and a rotation speed sensor, characterized in that: the ECU is configured to receive signals from the rotation speed sensor and to execute on-off control of an EGR valve of the EGR device, whereby when the difference between the target rotation speed (Nm) and the actual rotation speed is larger than a predetermined threshold (ΔNxy), the EGR valve is either closed to an opening smaller than a normal set opening corresponding to the load state for a predetermined opening or fully closed; a condition for making the opening of the EGR valve returning to the normal set opening corresponding to the load state is that a deficiency amount of the actual rotation speed against the target rotation speed (Nm) is not larger than a predetermined amount; and passing of a predetermined time at a load shift state is also adopted as the condition for making the opening of the EGR valve returning to the normal set opening corresponding to the load state so that the opening of the EGR valve is returned to the normal set opening corresponding to the load state after the passage of the predetermined time even if the return condition is not satisfied that the deficiency amount of the actual rotation speed against the target rotation speed (Nm) is not larger than the predetermined amount. the ECU is configured to receive signals from the rotation speed sensor and to execute on-off control of an EGR valve of the EGR device, whereby when the difference between the target rotation speed (Nm) and the actual rotation speed is larger than a predetermined threshold (ΔNxy), the EGR valve is either closed to an opening smaller than a normal set opening corresponding to the load state for a predetermined opening or fully closed; a condition for making the opening of the EGR valve returning to the normal set opening corresponding to the load state is that a deficiency amount of the actual rotation speed against the target rotation speed (Nm) is not larger than a predetermined amount; and passing of a predetermined time at a load shift state is also adopted as the condition for making the opening of the EGR valve returning to the normal set opening corresponding to the load state so that the opening of the EGR valve is returned to the normal set opening corresponding to the load state after the passage of the predetermined time even if the return condition is not satisfied that the deficiency amount of the actual rotation speed against the target rotation speed (Nm) is not larger than the predetermined amount.
Rolling-element bearing component (2, 3, 4), having - a nitrided edge region having a nitrogen content that decreases from the outside in, - a core zone, - residual compressive stresses, in the edge region, that decrease from the outside in, - a hardness of 870 to 1000 HV 0.3 at a depth of 0.04 mm, wherein the hardness at a depth of 0.3 mm is at most 250 HV 0.3 less than at the depth of 0.04 mm and, as indicated in HV 0.3, represents more than 75% of the hardness at the depth of 0.04 mm, wherein the absolute magnitude of the residual compressive stress at the surface is at least 500 MPa and at most 1000 MPa, and wherein the magnitude of the residual compressive stress at a depth of 0.05 mm is less than 60% of the magnitude of the residual compressive stress at the surface. - a nitrided edge region having a nitrogen content that decreases from the outside in, - a core zone, - residual compressive stresses, in the edge region, that decrease from the outside in, - a hardness of 870 to 1000 HV 0.3 at a depth of 0.04 mm, wherein the absolute magnitude of the residual compressive stress at the surface is at least 500 MPa and at most 1000 MPa, and wherein the magnitude of the residual compressive stress at a depth of 0.05 mm is less than 60% of the magnitude of the residual compressive stress at the surface.
A woodwind instrument comprising: a tube (13, 17, 18) formed with a plurality of tone holes (20, 21, 24) and an airflow adjuster which is installed in one of the tone holes, wherein the plurality of the tone holes include at least one correcting tone hole (20, 21) and the airflow adjuster is installed in the correcting tone hole, characterized in that the airflow adjuster is deformable so as to be able to expand and contract in size in the width direction of the correcting tone hole, and both ends of the airflow adjuster are strongly pressed against the inner circumferential surface of the correcting tone hole when the airflow adjuster is attached to the correcting tone hole, the position of the airflow adjuster in the correcting tone hole thus being determined. a tube (13, 17, 18) formed with a plurality of tone holes (20, 21, 24) and an airflow adjuster which is installed in one of the tone holes, wherein the plurality of the tone holes include at least one correcting tone hole (20, 21) and the airflow adjuster is installed in the correcting tone hole, characterized in that the airflow adjuster is deformable so as to be able to expand and contract in size in the width direction of the correcting tone hole, and both ends of the airflow adjuster are strongly pressed against the inner circumferential surface of the correcting tone hole when the airflow adjuster is attached to the correcting tone hole, the position of the airflow adjuster in the correcting tone hole thus being determined.
A method for precise measurement of an X-ray nanobeam intensity distribution, comprising the steps of: using a dark-field metrology to run a knife edge (4,13,14), made of a heavy metal, so as to cut (4; 13; 14) across an X-ray beam and measure an X-ray intensity by an X-ray detector disposed behind the knife edge at a position geometrically dark with respect to an X-ray source, measuring an X-ray intensity distribution in a cross section of the X-ray beam, advancing a phase of an X-ray passing through the knife edge, characterized by said knife edge being prepared so as to change in thickness continuously or stepwise in a longitudinal direction, and set so as to cut across an X-ray beam at a position of a thickness as to obtain a phase shift with which a transmission X-ray and a diffraction X-ray diffracted by a leading end of the knife edge reinforce each other, and an X-ray formed characterized by overlapping of the diffraction X-ray and the transmission X-ray being measured by the X-ray detector. using a dark-field metrology to run a knife edge (4,13,14), made of a heavy metal, so as to cut (4; 13; 14) across an X-ray beam and measure an X-ray intensity by an X-ray detector disposed behind the knife edge at a position geometrically dark with respect to an X-ray source, measuring an X-ray intensity distribution in a cross section of the X-ray beam, advancing a phase of an X-ray passing through the knife edge, characterized by said knife edge being prepared so as to change in thickness continuously or stepwise in a longitudinal direction, and set so as to cut across an X-ray beam at a position of a thickness as to obtain a phase shift with which a transmission X-ray and a diffraction X-ray diffracted by a leading end of the knife edge reinforce each other, and an X-ray formed characterized by overlapping of the diffraction X-ray and the transmission X-ray being measured by the X-ray detector.