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A device for sensing multiple dental regions, comprising: a support structure configured to fit against a plurality of teeth of a patient, wherein: the support structure comprises a plurality of sensor elements; each sensor element is configured to be positioned against a respective different dental region when the support structure is positioned in use against the plurality of teeth; and each sensor element is configured to allow a heating pulse to be applied to the dental region against which the sensor element is positioned and to allow measurement of a response of the sensor element during the heating pulse to determine chemical or structure information about the dental region, the response being dependent on heat transfer characteristics of the dental region. the support structure comprises a plurality of sensor elements; each sensor element is configured to be positioned against a respective different dental region when the support structure is positioned in use against the plurality of teeth; and each sensor element is configured to allow a heating pulse to be applied to the dental region against which the sensor element is positioned and to allow measurement of a response of the sensor element during the heating pulse to determine chemical or structure information about the dental region, the response being dependent on heat transfer characteristics of the dental region.
A jointed connection for transmitting torque in a variable-gauge rail axle, comprising: - a first fork comprising an inner side and an outer side, wherein an end of the outer side is to be connected to one of either a wheel or a rail axle rotatably about a transverse axis (E 2a) with respect to said wheel or rail axle; - a second fork having an inner side and an outer side, wherein an end of the outer side is to be connected to the other of either the wheel or the rail axle rotatably about a transverse axis (E 3a) with respect to said wheel or rail axle; wherein the ends of the inner sides (21, 31) of the first and second forks (2, 3) are connected to one another by means of a ball-and-socket joint, and wherein the ball-and-socket joint is connected with a central arm of the inner side of the first fork wherein two spherical joints retained between two cups are arranged on opposite faces of the end of the central arm of the first fork, characterized in that the ball-and-socket joint is arranged between two side arms of the inner side of the second fork and in that the two cups are fixed by means of two corresponding supports screwed into holes arranged at the ends of the two side arms of the second fork. - a first fork comprising an inner side and an outer side, wherein an end of the outer side is to be connected to one of either a wheel or a rail axle rotatably about a transverse axis (E 2a) with respect to said wheel or rail axle; - a second fork having an inner side and an outer side, wherein an end of the outer side is to be connected to the other of either the wheel or the rail axle rotatably about a transverse axis (E 3a) with respect to said wheel or rail axle; wherein the ends of the inner sides (21, 31) of the first and second forks (2, 3) are connected to one another by means of a ball-and-socket joint, and wherein the ball-and-socket joint is connected with a central arm of the inner side of the first fork wherein two spherical joints retained between two cups are arranged on opposite faces of the end of the central arm of the first fork, characterized in that the ball-and-socket joint is arranged between two side arms of the inner side of the second fork and in that the two cups are fixed by means of two corresponding supports screwed into holes arranged at the ends of the two side arms of the second fork. wherein the ends of the inner sides (21, 31) of the first and second forks (2, 3) are connected to one another by means of a ball-and-socket joint, and wherein the ball-and-socket joint is connected with a central arm of the inner side of the first fork wherein two spherical joints retained between two cups are arranged on opposite faces of the end of the central arm of the first fork, characterized in that the ball-and-socket joint is arranged between two side arms of the inner side of the second fork and in that the two cups are fixed by means of two corresponding supports screwed into holes arranged at the ends of the two side arms of the second fork.
A portable power tool arranged for driving a rotatable cutting tool, where the power tool comprises a motor part and a transmission part, the motor part comprising a motor and a motor housing, the transmission part being arranged to transfer power from the motor to a tool shaft and a tool holder that is arranged to hold the cutting tool, the transmission part comprising a first arm part (11; 11') and a second arm part (12; 12'), the first arm part (11, 11') comprising a first belt pulley and the second arm part comprising a second belt pulley, the arm parts (11, 12; 11', 12') being slidably connected to each other along a longitudinal extension, the belt pulleys (13, 14) being spaced apart by a certain distance (d 1, d 2) along the longitudinal extension, where the transmission part further comprises a tensioning device, wherein the tensioning device comprises a rod, at least one resilient device that is pre-tensioned between a first spring holder and a second spring holder, a linkage arrangement characterized in that the tensioning device further comprises a rotatable part that is rotatable around a pivot axis, where the rotatable part is connected to the resilient device via the linkage arrangement and the first spring holder, and the resilient device is connected to the rod via the second spring holder, where the rod is slidably connectable to the second arm part (12; 12'), and where the rotatable part is rotatable between a first, released, state where the belt pulleys (13, 14) are spaced apart by a first distance (d 1), and a second, tightened, state where the rod is arranged to engage the second arm part (12; 12') such that the belt pulleys (13, 14) are spaced apart by a second distance (d 2) that exceeds the first distance (d 1), the resilient device being more compressed in the second state than in the first state.
Subframe, which is designed as an axle carrier, for a vehicle, the subframe having two longitudinal members and a reinforcing structure (4, 5) arranged between the two longitudinal members, wherein the longitudinal members are substantially designed as a hollow profile and have at least one predetermined buckling point (18, 19) in the form of a curvature running in the direction of longitudinal extent of the longitudinal members, wherein the longitudinal members have at least one bead (16, 17), which runs approximately in the direction of longitudinal extent of the longitudinal members, in the region of the predetermined buckling point (18, 19), characterized in that a bead provided in the region of a first predetermined buckling point which has a more pronounced curvature than a second predetermined buckling point is shorter than a bead provided in the region of the second predetermined buckling point, and one bead (16, 17) has a length (L1, L2) which is to be measured along the longitudinal extent of the longitudinal member and correlates with the degree of curvature of a predetermined buckling point (18, 19), and one bead has a width to be measured transversely with respect to the direction of longitudinal extent of the longitudinal member, wherein the width of the bead has approximately the width of the longitudinal member, preferably approximately three quarters of the width of the longitudinal member, particularly preferably approximately half of the width of the longitudinal member and especially approximately a quarter of the width of the longitudinal member.
Method for setting a first speed of an electric actuator for moving a closure, privacy or solar protection element of a motorised home automation equipment item, the electric actuator comprising a means for regulating the first speed of the actuator by a first speed setpoint, comprising a step of adjustment of the first speed setpoint in a limited speed range in the vicinity of a first predetermined target value, this step not affecting a second speed setpoint of the actuator, characterized in that the method comprises a step of measurement of a vibratory and/or acoustic signal and in that the step of adjustment is performed automatically, by using the measurement of the vibratory and/or acoustic signal.
An ablation device for treating atrial fibrillation in a patient, said device comprising: a housing having a proximal end and a distal end; and an energy source adjacent the distal end of the housing, wherein the energy source comprises an ultrasound transducer (44, 46), characterised by the energy source having a front face that defines an active portion and an inactive portion, wherein the active portion is adapted to deliver collimated ultrasound energy distally to tissue when the energy source is energized thereby creating a partial or complete zone of ablation in the tissue that blocks abnormal electrical activity therethrough, reducing or eliminating atrial fibrillation in the patient, and wherein the inactive portion does not emit energy or emits substantially no energy when the energy source is energized. a housing having a proximal end and a distal end; and an energy source adjacent the distal end of the housing, wherein the energy source comprises an ultrasound transducer (44, 46), characterised by the energy source having a front face that defines an active portion and an inactive portion, wherein the active portion is adapted to deliver collimated ultrasound energy distally to tissue when the energy source is energized thereby creating a partial or complete zone of ablation in the tissue that blocks abnormal electrical activity therethrough, reducing or eliminating atrial fibrillation in the patient, and wherein the inactive portion does not emit energy or emits substantially no energy when the energy source is energized.
Electric machine, in particular an electric motor, comprising a stator and a rotor that are disposed in a casing, the casing comprising a first face that is provided with ribs (4, 14) and is intended to be in contact with a fluid for cooling the machine, the machine being provided with a closing structure that is fastened in a sealed manner to the first face of the casing so as to delimit, with the first face of the casing, a space that forms a circuit for the fluid for cooling the motor, the closing structure being fastened to the first face of the casing by welding and/or brazing and/or crimping and comprising at least one cover, the closing structure being fastened to the casing by welding and/or brazing and/or crimping only at said ribs, characterized in that the ribs (4, 14) have a geometry, and in particular a thickness and a height, that gives them a flexibility greater than the flexibility of the rest of the body of the casing to which they are secured, so as to prevent the rest of the casing from deforming after the welding, brazing or crimping phase.
An electrical conversion stage, suitable for being connected, on the one hand, to intermediate terminals (34, 36) of an electrical DC voltage bus, and on the other hand, to output terminals (38, 40), the conversion stage comprising: - P switching branches, P being greater than or equal to 2, preferably equal to 3, the switching branches (52A, 52B, 52C) being connected in parallel between the intermediate terminals (34, 36), each switching branch (52A, 52B, 52C) comprising a first (54A, 54B, 54C) and a second (56A, 56B, 56C) series-connected controllable electronic switch linked together by a midpoint (58A, 58B, 58C), the first switch (54A, 54B, 54C) being connected between the first intermediate terminal and the corresponding midpoint (58A, 58B, 58C), and the second switch (56A, 56B, 56C) being connected between the second intermediate terminal and the corresponding midpoint (58A, 58B, 58C) each switch (54A, 54B, 54C, 56A, 56B, 56C) comprising a semiconductor element and a diode connected in antiparallel to the semiconductor element, each semiconductor element being switchable between an on state and an off state, - means for controlling the electronic switches (54A, 54B, 54C, 56A, 56B, 56C) according to a control law, characterised in that the conversion stage further comprises a capacitor connected between the two output terminals (38, 40) and, for each switching branch (52A, 52B, 52C), an electromagnetic coil (62A, 62B, 62C) connected between one terminal of the capacitor and the midpoint (58A, 58B, 58C) of the corresponding switching branch, and in that the control law is selected from a first control law and a second control law, the first control law being such that the semiconductor element of each first switch (54A, 54B, 54C) is always in the off state, and the second control law being such that the semiconductor element of each second switch (56A, 56B, 56C) is always in the off state. - P switching branches, P being greater than or equal to 2, preferably equal to 3, the switching branches (52A, 52B, 52C) being connected in parallel between the intermediate terminals (34, 36), each switching branch (52A, 52B, 52C) comprising a first (54A, 54B, 54C) and a second (56A, 56B, 56C) series-connected controllable electronic switch linked together by a midpoint (58A, 58B, 58C), the first switch (54A, 54B, 54C) being connected between the first intermediate terminal and the corresponding midpoint (58A, 58B, 58C), and the second switch (56A, 56B, 56C) being connected between the second intermediate terminal and the corresponding midpoint (58A, 58B, 58C) each switch (54A, 54B, 54C, 56A, 56B, 56C) comprising a semiconductor element and a diode connected in antiparallel to the semiconductor element, each semiconductor element being switchable between an on state and an off state, - means for controlling the electronic switches (54A, 54B, 54C, 56A, 56B, 56C) according to a control law,
An additive manufacturing device for manufacturing an additively manufactured article by preheating a powder material by irradiating the powder material with an electron beam and then melting the powder material by irradiating the powder material with the electron beam, the additive manufacturing device comprising: a powder application mechanism supplying the powder material; a beam emitting unit emitting the electron beam and irradiating the powder material with the electron beam so as to melt and solidify the powder material; a scattering detection unit detecting an occurrence of scattering of the powder material; a position detection unit detecting a position of scattering of the powder material when the powder material scatters by being irradiated with the electron beam, wherein the position detection unit detects the position of scattering of the powder material when a signal indicating that scattering of the powder material has occurred is provided from the scattering detection unit; and a control unit; wherein the control unit is configured to cause the beam emitting unit to emit the electron beam such that a position of irradiation of the electron beam travels reciprocally side to side in the preheating, wherein the control unit is configured to, when the powder material scatters by being irradiated with the electron beam, cause the beam emitting unit to emit the electron beam such that a thermal dose of the preheating is increased at the position of scattering in the next preheating after supplying additional powder material onto a portion of an article formed by the melting and solidifying the powder material. a powder application mechanism supplying the powder material; a beam emitting unit emitting the electron beam and irradiating the powder material with the electron beam so as to melt and solidify the powder material; a scattering detection unit detecting an occurrence of scattering of the powder material; a position detection unit detecting a position of scattering of the powder material when the powder material scatters by being irradiated with the electron beam, wherein the position detection unit detects the position of scattering of the powder material when a signal indicating that scattering of the powder material has occurred is provided from the scattering detection unit; and a control unit; wherein the control unit is configured to cause the beam emitting unit to emit the electron beam such that a position of irradiation of the electron beam travels reciprocally side to side in the preheating, wherein the control unit is configured to, when the powder material scatters by being irradiated with the electron beam, cause the beam emitting unit to emit the electron beam such that a thermal dose of the preheating is increased at the position of scattering in the next preheating after supplying additional powder material onto a portion of an article formed by the melting and solidifying the powder material.
Processing apparatus, in which a dairy product is pumped by a pump through a microwave chamber and thereby heated, dried, disinfected, pasteurized and/or sterilized, characterized in, that it comprises a multitude of solid-state radio frequency sources, with one or more antenna(s) and one or more waveguide(s), wherein each radio frequency source is powered individually, and further comprising a sensor that measures one property of the radiation reflected from the dairy product, wherein the signal of the sensor is utilized by a control system to control the solid-state radio frequency sources.
Dispensing bottle-top (10, 110) for bottles for products of liquid or viscous consistency, including a bottle-top body (20, 120) adapted to be mounted on a bottle and including a feed cavity (13, 113) and a top piece (30, 130) adapted to be moved relative to this body between an inactive configuration in which a product dispensing orifice (35, 135) is blocked and an active configuration in which this dispensing orifice is exposed to the outside and communicates with the feed cavity, this bottle-top (10, 110) having a lateral wall formed by the body (20, 120) and, in said inactive configuration, this body and this top part having complementary part-spherical surfaces (21B, 41, 121B, 141), respectively concave and convex, adapted to slide one along the other with a relative movement and being connected by complementary retaining and guiding elements characterized in that the complementary retaining and guiding elements remain hidden by the top part in each of the active and inactive configurations thereof and an upper wall consists entirely of the upper wall (31, 131) of the top part (30, 130).
A method for purifying α-methylstyrene, comprising the steps of: reacting a polar substance which contains a carbonyl-containing compound, and which is contained in α-methylstyrene in the presence of a basic substance wherein a basicity of the basic substance is 10 or more in terms of an acid dissociation constant pKa of a conjugate acid of the basic substance, and wherein the basic substance is an alkaline metal alkoxide or an alkaline earth metal alkoxide; separating a low boiling point component produced by the reaction from a mixture of a reaction product of the polar substance containing the carbonyl-containing compound and α-methylstyrene; and separating α-methylstyrene from the mixture of the reaction product of the polar substance containing the carbonyl-containing compound and α-methylstyrene. reacting a polar substance which contains a carbonyl-containing compound, and which is contained in α-methylstyrene in the presence of a basic substance wherein a basicity of the basic substance is 10 or more in terms of an acid dissociation constant pKa of a conjugate acid of the basic substance, and wherein the basic substance is an alkaline metal alkoxide or an alkaline earth metal alkoxide; separating a low boiling point component produced by the reaction from a mixture of a reaction product of the polar substance containing the carbonyl-containing compound and α-methylstyrene; and separating α-methylstyrene from the mixture of the reaction product of the polar substance containing the carbonyl-containing compound and α-methylstyrene.
A parallel hybrid power train for a vehicle, comprising: an engine; a transmission coupled to the engine; a front drive coupled to the transmission through a prop shaft (520, 524); a rear drive coupled to the transmission; a traction motor being drivingly coupled to the front drive and being drivingly coupled to the transmission through the prop shaft (520, 524), and the traction motor being spaced apart from the prop shaft (520, 524); and a battery to operate the traction motor, characterized by a bi-directional clutch which couples a front prop shaft portion and a rear prop shaft portion, the front prop shaft portion coupled to the front drive and the rear prop shaft portion coupled to the rear drive, the bi-directional clutch including a first one-way clutch and a second one-way clutch, and the traction motor being configured to cooperate with the bi-directional clutch and the prop shaft (520, 524) to provide power from the traction motor to the rear drive. an engine; a transmission coupled to the engine; a front drive coupled to the transmission through a prop shaft (520, 524); a rear drive coupled to the transmission; a traction motor being drivingly coupled to the front drive and being drivingly coupled to the transmission through the prop shaft (520, 524), and the traction motor being spaced apart from the prop shaft (520, 524); and a battery to operate the traction motor, characterized by a bi-directional clutch which couples a front prop shaft portion and a rear prop shaft portion, the front prop shaft portion coupled to the front drive and the rear prop shaft portion coupled to the rear drive, the bi-directional clutch including a first one-way clutch and a second one-way clutch, and the traction motor being configured to cooperate with the bi-directional clutch and the prop shaft (520, 524) to provide power from the traction motor to the rear drive.
An aqueous ink composition comprising a low molecular weight gelling agent, being an organic amine oxide selected from the group consisting of C14-C22 alkylamine oxides, wherein the molecular weight of the gelling agent is between 200 gr/mol and 700 gr/mol, wherein the ink composition comprises dispersed polymer particles.
A method for storing carbon containing compounds in a formation associated with a fracturing well formed by hydraulic fracturing, the method comprising: injecting proppant into the formation; fracturing the formation, thereby forming fractures; removing hydrocarbons from in situ loci within the formation; injecting the carbon containing compounds into the formation; and injecting a solution into the formation, the solution capable of at least partially degrading the structural integrity of the proppant positioned within the formation, thereby resealing the fractures. injecting proppant into the formation; fracturing the formation, thereby forming fractures; removing hydrocarbons from in situ loci within the formation; injecting the carbon containing compounds into the formation; and