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Device for a wind instrument, comprising a mouthpiece that encloses a sound chamber and has a window connected to the sound chamber, and comprising a reed that comprises a plastics material, a shaft portion connected over the surface to a support of the mouthpiece, and a movable free end portion that can be placed on boundary surfaces (4; 4', 4", 4"') of the window, characterised in that the reed comprises sealing means on a contact surface facing the boundary surfaces (4; 4', 4", 4"') of the window and/or the mouthpiece comprises sealing means on at least one of the boundary surfaces (4; 4', 4", 4"') of the window, along at least one lateral boundary surface of the window that extends substantially in the longitudinal direction of the mouthpiece, in order to seal an airflow between the reed and the mouthpiece, the sealing means being formed by a sealing material having a lower Shore A hardness than the plastics material of the reed, the Shore A hardness of the sealing material being between 10 and 50.
Method for controlling a railway vehicle having a three phase electric machine for accelerating and/or decelerating the vehicle, the three phase electric machine includes a stator and a rotor, wherein the vehicle further includes at least one friction brake for decelerating the vehicle and a first controller adapted to control the braking torque of the electric machine and a second controller adapted for a redundant braking torque estimation, the method comprising the following steps: controlling the braking torque of the electric machine by the first controller, determining a current of a first phase of the three phase electric machine, determining a current of a second phase of the three phase electric machine, determining the angular position (p) of the rotor, determining, by the second controller, an estimated torque of the three phase electric machine based on the current of the first phase, the current of the second phase and the angular position of the rotor, and controlling the electric vehicle based on the estimated torque comprising: comparing the estimated torque with a reference torque provided by the first controller, wherein the reference torque is a demanded torque, and activating the at least friction brake if the estimated torque is above a predetermined deviation with respect to the reference torque. controlling the braking torque of the electric machine by the first controller, determining a current of a first phase of the three phase electric machine, determining a current of a second phase of the three phase electric machine, determining the angular position (p) of the rotor, determining, by the second controller, an estimated torque of the three phase electric machine based on the current of the first phase, the current of the second phase and the angular position of the rotor, and controlling the electric vehicle based on the estimated torque comprising: comparing the estimated torque with a reference torque provided by the first controller, wherein the reference torque is a demanded torque, and activating the at least friction brake if the estimated torque is above a predetermined deviation with respect to the reference torque. comparing the estimated torque with a reference torque provided by the first controller, wherein the reference torque is a demanded torque, and activating the at least friction brake if the estimated torque is above a predetermined deviation with respect to the reference torque.
An energy storage system (1250; 1450), comprising: a turbo train drive in mechanical communication with a compressor and an expander; a hot heat sink in thermal communication between an output of the compressor and an input of the expander; and a reservoir in thermal communication between an output of the expander and an input of the compressor, wherein the compressor and the expander, via the turbo train drive, are operable between a charging function for charging the hot heat sink and a discharging function for discharging the hot heat sink, characterized by the energy storage system (1250; 1450) further comprising: a first bottoming cycle positioned between an output of the hot heat sink and the input of the expander; and a second bottoming cycle (1204; 1404) positioned between an output of the reservoir and the input of the compressor. a turbo train drive in mechanical communication with a compressor and an expander; a hot heat sink in thermal communication between an output of the compressor and an input of the expander; and a reservoir in thermal communication between an output of the expander and an input of the compressor, wherein the compressor and the expander, via the turbo train drive, are operable between a charging function for charging the hot heat sink and a discharging function for discharging the hot heat sink, characterized by the energy storage system (1250; 1450) further comprising: a first bottoming cycle positioned between an output of the hot heat sink and the input of the expander; and a second bottoming cycle (1204; 1404) positioned between an output of the reservoir and the input of the compressor. a first bottoming cycle positioned between an output of the hot heat sink and the input of the expander; and a second bottoming cycle (1204; 1404) positioned between an output of the reservoir and the input of the compressor.
Leg prosthesis composed of a lower leg part, with a foot part arranged on the latter, and of an upper leg part which is articulated on the lower leg part in the manner of a knee joint, the upper leg part being provided with a covering, particularly a silicone-based covering, from the knee joint as far as the stump end, which covering tapers conically from the stump to the knee joint, characterized in that the knee area of the covering is composed of a left-hand and a right-hand side panel secured on the prosthesis and of a tongue which is arranged between the side panels but which extends laterally separate from them in the direction of the lower leg part, which tongue continues the covering beyond the knee joint.
A position control system comprising: an actuator including a rod having a first end, an axis and including a driving device defining another end to be fixed to a frame structure for moving the first end of the actuator in opposed directions, the first end of the actuator configured to move a hood between an open position (fig. 3) and a closed position (fig. 4); a surface associated with the hood that is configured to interact, i.e. is brought into abutting contact, with the first end of the actuator in response to the first end of the actuator contacting and moving the hood between the open position and the closed position; and wherein the first end of the actuator moves along the axis and remains substantially coincident with the axis while the first end moves the hood between the open position and the closed position; and whereby the hood surface includes a track and the first end includes a roller device to interact with the track characterized by the rod extending to a rod adapter having the first end, the rod adapter being urged by the driving device to non-rotatably move along the actuator axis, the first end of the actuator rod adapter being secured to the roller device, whereby the roller device includes a pair of guides laterally surrounding the track. an actuator including a rod having a first end, an axis and including a driving device defining another end to be fixed to a frame structure for moving the first end of the actuator in opposed directions, the first end of the actuator configured to move a hood between an open position (fig. 3) and a closed position (fig. 4); a surface associated with the hood that is configured to interact, i.e. is brought into abutting contact, with the first end of the actuator in response to the first end of the actuator contacting and moving the hood between the open position and the closed position; and wherein the first end of the actuator moves along the axis and remains substantially coincident with the axis while the first end moves the hood between the open position and the closed position; and whereby the hood surface includes a track and the first end includes a roller device to interact with the track characterized by the rod extending to a rod adapter having the first end, the rod adapter being urged by the driving device to non-rotatably move along the actuator axis, the first end of the actuator rod adapter being secured to the roller device, whereby the roller device includes a pair of guides laterally surrounding the track.
Conductive multi-layer panel for the cockpit of a vehicle, in particular a dashboard for the cockpit of a motor vehicle, wherein said panel has a multilayer structure (10, 20, 30, 40) consisting of a plurality of layers of substantially equal shape and size, superimposed and firmly coupled to one another, wherein one of the layers of said multilayer structure consists of a flexible printed circuit board, said flexible printed circuit board extending substantially over the entire surface of said panel, wherein said flexible printed circuit board has cavities at seats intended to receive the electrical and electronic devices, which have respective electrical connectors and are associated with said panel, and is provided with conductive tracks extending up to the perimeter of said cavities.
A honeycomb sandwich sheet or panel, based on thermoplastic polypropylene, comprising a structure consisting of two flat outer films, at the top and bottom (10,12), welded to an inner or central film, blister thermoformed with blisters repeated in a regular and continuous pattern, wherein said inner or central film is thermoformed on both sides or faces, said sheet or panel being characterised in that the flat outer films (10,12) and the inner thermoformed film consist of three coextruded layers; said honeycomb sandwich sheet or panel being further characterized by the symmetry of the thermoformed structure, the inner thermoformed film being either positive or negative thermoformed on the two faces or sides of the film 11 itself, with blisters having the same form, dimension and number, suitable for guaranteeing the symmetry of the thermoformed structure.
Power distribution system for connection to an AC voltage network, having a UPS power supply unit for the uninterruptible supply of power having a network-side input (E AC) and having at least one output (A AC) to which a number of loads in parallel load circuits (L m) are able to be connected, characterized in that - a protective device (GS m) having an electromechanical trigger and having an evaluation and trigger unit is connected in the or each load circuit (L m), which evaluation and trigger unit actuates the trigger and triggers the protective device (GS m) based on an electronic overload characteristic curve (K E, K UE) and/or a short-circuit characteristic curve (K E, K K) and depending on the output voltage (U AC, U actual) of the UPS power supply unit, - the protective device (GS m) has an input (E 2) for inputting a parameter (P max, I B) representing the maximum load of the UPS power supply unit into the evaluation and trigger unit, wherein the parameter (P max, I B) representing the maximum load of the UPS power supply unit serves to match the detected actual current (I actual) to an overload characteristic curve (K UPS) of the UPS power supply unit dependent on said parameter (P max, I B), and/or - the protective device (GS m) has an input (E 1) for inputting a parameter (P N, I A) representing the rated load of the connected load into the evaluation and trigger unit. - a protective device (GS m) having an electromechanical trigger and having an evaluation and trigger unit is connected in the or each load circuit (L m), which evaluation and trigger unit actuates the trigger and triggers the protective device (GS m) based on an electronic overload characteristic curve (K E, K UE) and/or a short-circuit characteristic curve (K E, K K) and depending on the output voltage (U AC, U actual) of the UPS power supply unit, - the protective device (GS m) has an input (E 2) for inputting a parameter (P max, I B) representing the maximum load of the UPS power supply unit into the evaluation and trigger unit, wherein the parameter (P max, I B) representing the maximum load of the UPS power supply unit serves to match the detected actual current (I actual) to an overload characteristic curve (K UPS) of the UPS power supply unit dependent on said parameter (P max, I B), and/or - the protective device (GS m) has an input (E 1) for inputting a parameter (P N, I A) representing the rated load of the connected load into the evaluation and trigger unit.
Image processing system for contrast enhancement of an input image comprising an input module for receiving the input image with input pixels (i) to be processed, a filtering module operable to locally process the input image by filters of different scales (k), whereby for each of the different scales (k) a locally processed image data and at least one statistic value corresponding to the locally filtered image data is generated, a combining module operable to locally combine the processed image data of the different scales (k) using a gain function, thereby generating a contrast enhanced image (o) with contrast enhanced output pixels (o), wherein the gain function is dependent on the statistic value corresponding to the locally processed image data of the respective scale (k), and an output module for outputting the contrast enhanced image characterised in that the gain function comprises at least one further local dependent correction term (a; b; c; d) in order to suppress artefacts in the contrast enhanced image, wherein generating of a contrast enhanced output pixel (o) from an input pixel (i) comprises a combination of the input pixel (i) with the summation over k scales of the processed image data using the gain function and the at least one local dependent correction term, whereby the local dependent correction term comprises an edge correction term (b), so that the gain function is attenuated in areas of the input image adjacent to and/or comprising edges and/or whereby the local dependent correction term comprises a local dependent noise reduction term (c), wherein the local dependent noise reduction term (c) is generated by comparing the input image or the band-pass-filtered input image with a temporally filtered noise-reduced or noise-free reference image and/or whereby the local dependent correction term comprises a local dependent detail enhancement term (d), wherein the local dependent detail enhancement term is generated by applying a high-pass-filter to the input image and evaluating the high-pass-filtered image with a gain reduction function.
A method of detecting a target comprising: contacting a sample with a nucleic acid barcode probe that comprises a nucleic acid nanostructure comprising a target-binding moiety and at least two fluorescently labeled regions, wherein the nucleic acid nanostructure is a DNA nanotube nanostructure, and wherein each of the fluorescently-labeled regions has a center that is located at least 200 nm from the centers of the other fluorescently-labeled regions, and determining whether the nucleic acid barcode probe binds to one or more components in the sample, wherein binding of the nucleic acid barcode probe to one or more components of the sample indicates presence of a target in the sample. contacting a sample with a nucleic acid barcode probe that comprises a nucleic acid nanostructure comprising a target-binding moiety and at least two fluorescently labeled regions, wherein the nucleic acid nanostructure is a DNA nanotube nanostructure, and wherein each of the fluorescently-labeled regions has a center that is located at least 200 nm from the centers of the other fluorescently-labeled regions, and determining whether the nucleic acid barcode probe binds to one or more components in the sample, wherein binding of the nucleic acid barcode probe to one or more components of the sample indicates presence of a target in the sample.
An automatic transmission provided with a brake including a hub member coupled to a transmission case, a drum member coupled to a given rotary member, a plurality of friction plates disposed between the hub member and the drum member, and a piston configured to engage the plurality of friction plates, the automatic transmission comprising: a valve body disposed in a lower part of the transmission case, characterized in that the hub member includes a first hub member and a second hub member, and in that the first hub member includes a radially outer circumferential part formed with a first spline part spline-engaged with the transmission case, and a cylindrical part provided at a radially inner circumferential side and formed with a second spline part with which the friction plates are spline-engaged, and the second hub member is disposed at a side part of the first hub member, is provided by fitting a radially outer circumferential part of the second hub member to the transmission case, and has a feed part for lubrication provided with a supply oil channel for lubrication configured to supply hydraulic fluid for lubrication to the friction plates, the second hub member being formed so that the supply oil channel for lubrication is connected to the valve body. a valve body disposed in a lower part of the transmission case, characterized in that the hub member includes a first hub member and a second hub member, and in that the first hub member includes a radially outer circumferential part formed with a first spline part spline-engaged with the transmission case, and a cylindrical part provided at a radially inner circumferential side and formed with a second spline part with which the friction plates are spline-engaged, and the second hub member is disposed at a side part of the first hub member, is provided by fitting a radially outer circumferential part of the second hub member to the transmission case, and has a feed part for lubrication provided with a supply oil channel for lubrication configured to supply hydraulic fluid for lubrication to the friction plates, the second hub member being formed so that the supply oil channel for lubrication is connected to the valve body.
An extensible clasp for a bracelet comprising at least two blades (1, 2; 10, 20) articulated relative to one another and having two free ends (4, 5; 40, 50) provided with means for fastening the ends of the bracelet and a device for locking and unlocking the clasp in a folded and superimposed position of the free end, one of the ends (5; 50) of the clasp being provided on the superposition surface with a plate (6, 60) having two projections (61; 610) extending past said superposition surface, said plate (6; 60) being made from a rigid and elastically deformable material to obtain, owing to the elastic deformation of the plate (6; 60), the locking of the clasp and unlocking when the two ends (61; 610) of said plate are pushed against one another, characterized in that the plate (6; 60) is fastened by two pins (8, 80) laterally on said superposition surface engaged in two oblong guide holes (9; 90) of the superposition surface, in that the plate has, between the two pins (8; 80), a part (62, 602) with cutouts, and in that the second end (4; 40) of the clasp is provided with protuberances (7; 70) designed to collaborate with said plate (6; 60) when the two ends (4, 5; 40, 50) are superimposed.
Electric generator arrangement, comprising - a stator, - a rotor, - a first plurality of cooling fans in a first axial end region of the generator arrangement, which in their active state causes a first air flow through a rotor stator gap between said rotor and said stator and through said stator gaps between axially adjacent segments of said stator via the first axial end region and - a second plurality of cooling fans in an opposing second axial end region of the generator arrangement, which in its active state causes a second air flow through said rotor stator gap and said stator gaps via the opposing second axial end region - wherein said air flows (F1, F2) are directed through the stator gaps in the same direction and - wherein at least one fan (40..42) comprises a flap (80..82) arranged in the air flow (F1, F2), and opening in the active state of said fan (40..42), characterized in that the electric generator arrangement comprises a control being arranged to activate/deactivate at least a part of the fans (40..42) depending on a temperature of the generator arrangement, wherein the number of active fans (40..42) increases when said temperature rises and vice versa, said control being designed to open the flap (80..82) of a fan (40..42) when said fan (40..42) is activated, and to close it when said fan (40..42) is deactivated. - a stator, - a rotor, - a first plurality of cooling fans in a first axial end region of the generator arrangement, which in their active state causes a first air flow through a rotor stator gap between said rotor and said stator and through said stator gaps between axially adjacent segments of said stator via the first axial end region and - a second plurality of cooling fans in an opposing second axial end region of the generator arrangement, which in its active state causes a second air flow through said rotor stator gap and said stator gaps via the opposing second axial end region - wherein said air flows (F1, F2) are directed through the stator gaps in the same direction and - wherein at least one fan (40..42) comprises a flap (80..82) arranged in the air flow (F1, F2), and opening in the active state of said fan (40..42),
A photovoltaic junction box, comprising: a housing; at least two contacts provided in the housing; and at least one diode each mounted on two adjacent contacts, wherein each diode comprises: a pair of first electrode pins separated from each other and each having a soldering end portion adapted to be soldered on one of the two adjacent contacts; and a connection piece connected to the soldering end portions of the pair of first electrode pins, and soldered on the one of the two adjacent contacts along with the soldering end portions of the pair of first electrode pins. a housing; at least two contacts provided in the housing; and at least one diode each mounted on two adjacent contacts, wherein each diode comprises: a pair of first electrode pins separated from each other and each having a soldering end portion adapted to be soldered on one of the two adjacent contacts; and a connection piece connected to the soldering end portions of the pair of first electrode pins, and soldered on the one of the two adjacent contacts along with the soldering end portions of the pair of first electrode pins. a pair of first electrode pins separated from each other and each having a soldering end portion adapted to be soldered on one of the two adjacent contacts; and a connection piece connected to the soldering end portions of the pair of first electrode pins, and soldered on the one of the two adjacent contacts along with the soldering end portions of the pair of first electrode pins.