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Electrically conductive contact connection between a first and a second circuit board (12, 14), comprising the first and the second circuit board and a connection pin, the first circuit board being a rigid circuit board and the second circuit board being a flexible circuit board, the first circuit board comprising the connection pin in the region of the contact connection and the second circuit board comprising an insertion opening in the region of the contact connection, the connection pin of the first circuit board being at least partially formed from an electrically conductive material and being inserted through the insertion opening of the second circuit board, the connection pin being formed in a portion protruding through the insertion opening of the second circuit board beyond the second circuit board by a forming process, in particular a bending process or a riveting process, in such a way that that a form-fitting connection is formed between the first and the second circuit board (12, 14), characterized in that the connection pin is connected to the first circuit board by means of a pin-in-paste soldering process or by means of an SMT (surface mounting technology) soldering process.
A system for measuring visual fixation disparity comprising: a display apparatus for presenting stereoscopic visual content to a patient; a sensing apparatus adapted to monitor the central vision of the patient; a controller (140, 172) adapted to control the display apparatus to stereoscopically display a smoothly moving peripheral target with a static central image target. a display apparatus for presenting stereoscopic visual content to a patient; a sensing apparatus adapted to monitor the central vision of the patient; a controller (140, 172) adapted to control the display apparatus to stereoscopically display a smoothly moving peripheral target with a static central image target.
A continuous process of forming a polymeric foam material comprising the steps of: a. Forming a high internal phase water-in-oil emulsion having an aqueous phase and an oil phase containing the monomer component wherein said monomer component includes from 20 to 97% by weight of at least one substantially water insoluble monofunctional alkyl acrylate or alkyl methacrylate; b. Curing the monomer component in the emulsion in a saturated steam environment in an oven with a quiescent atmospheric layer above the emulsion, said oven utilizing belts to support the polymeric foam material during the curing process; c. Forming a saturated polymeric foam material. a. Forming a high internal phase water-in-oil emulsion having an aqueous phase and an oil phase containing the monomer component wherein said monomer component includes from 20 to 97% by weight of at least one substantially water insoluble monofunctional alkyl acrylate or alkyl methacrylate; b. Curing the monomer component in the emulsion in a saturated steam environment in an oven with a quiescent atmospheric layer above the emulsion, said oven utilizing belts to support the polymeric foam material during the curing process; c. Forming a saturated polymeric foam material.
Device for eliminating trims of rolls or logs of weblike material able to be positioned downstream of a sawing machine of at least one roll or log cut into rolls and head and/or back mini-rolls or trims, made to advance in succession along a feeding direction comprising a conveyor (11, 11') associated with a feeding plane (13, 13'), said feeding plane (13, 13') having a discharge opening of dimensions such as to allow said head and/or back mini-rolls or trims to pass through it, said discharge opening being able to be selectively closed in response to a signal and/or according to a predetermined pitch, there also being provided gripping elements from above of at least part of said rolls which can be activated at least when said discharge opening is in the open configuration, wherein said gripping elements from above comprise belts wound in a loop around a plurality of second pulleys and are equipped with holes that pass by a suction box, said suction box being arranged in an area arranged above said discharge opening, at least one of said plurality of second pulleys being motorised, characterised in that, at said discharge opening, an intermediate advancing device of the extendable type is provided for conveying said rolls downstream of said discharge opening, said intermediate advancing device closing said discharge opening in the extended configuration, wherein said extendable intermediate advancing device comprises a belt in a closed loop relayed over a plurality of pulleys or rollers (25,25') at least one of which is motorised, said plurality of pulleys or rollers (25,25') being arranged so that said belt in a closed loop defines a substantially horizontal upper advancing plane, at least one pair of pulleys or rollers of said plurality of pulleys or rollers (25,25') being able to translate in order to determine the extension of said upper advancing plane, said gripping elements from above and said belt in a closed loop exerting a concordant and synchronous accompanying motion onto said at least part of said rolls.
An input device for converting manually created rotational movements into electrical switching signals, in particular as a spherical trackball arrangement for computers, electrical machine tools or the like, - with a housing in which an accommodation opening is worked, which has a semi-circular internal contour adapted for accommodating trackball, - in which the trackball makes contact with the inner wall of the accommodation opening of the housing, and is mounted on this in a way which allows it to rotate - with a plurality of sensors, probes or the like provided in the accommodation opening which interact with the trackball for registering its rotational movements, and by means of which the electrical switching or rotational movement signals can be generated, and - with a ring cover by means of which the trackball is held on the housing and in the accommodation opening, with an internal diameter that is slightly smaller than the largest external diameter of the trackball, characterised in that the ring cover can be rotated on the housing in order to vary the setting of the rotational resistance of the trackball, that the ring cover has at least one ring segment provided on it, each of which protrudes from the ring cover and, in the mounted condition of the ring cover makes contact with the outer jacket surface of the trackball for generating the rotational resistance and makes contact, at least in certain areas, with the inner wall of the accommodation opening, that between the inner wall of the housing and the outer wall of the accommodation opening a radially circumferential groove is worked at a distance from the midpoint of the accommodation opening in the rotational direction of the ring cover which varies in extent, and that the particular ring segment has at least one locking projection (16, 17) formed onto it, which is inserted into the groove. - with a housing in which an accommodation opening is worked, which has a semi-circular internal contour adapted for accommodating trackball, - in which the trackball makes contact with the inner wall of the accommodation opening of the housing, and is mounted on this in a way which allows it to rotate - with a plurality of sensors, probes or the like provided in the accommodation opening which interact with the trackball for registering its rotational movements, and by means of which the electrical switching or rotational movement signals can be generated, and - with a ring cover by means of which the trackball is held on the housing and in the accommodation opening, with an internal diameter that is slightly smaller than the largest external diameter of the trackball,
A head assembly for a laser processing system, comprising: an operative lens assembly interposed along a beam path of said laser; a monolithic cover plate securing said operative lens assembly in a sealed arrangement with a housing bounding said beam path; an adjustment system operative to adjust said lens assembly along a direction transverse to said beam path in said sealed arrangement therewith; said lens assembly includes a lens barrel in a relative sliding arrangement with a lens module replaceable securing a lens cell in said beam path; and a focus system operative to translate said lens module of said lens assembly in an axial direction parallel to said beam path in said sealed arrangement, characterized in that, said adjustment system further comprises; a first and a second pivot arm pivotably secured to said cover plate about a common pivot axis parallel to said beam path; XY-controls (8, 8) and respective drive screw for remotely pivoting selected ones of said pivot arms external to said housing, wherein, in use, adjustment of XY-control turns drive screw; and springs for releasably urging said lens barrel toward said cover plate and into an urged contact along a barrel support section on each respective said pivot arm. an operative lens assembly interposed along a beam path of said laser; a monolithic cover plate securing said operative lens assembly in a sealed arrangement with a housing bounding said beam path; an adjustment system operative to adjust said lens assembly along a direction transverse to said beam path in said sealed arrangement therewith; said lens assembly includes a lens barrel in a relative sliding arrangement with a lens module replaceable securing a lens cell in said beam path; and a focus system operative to translate said lens module of said lens assembly in an axial direction parallel to said beam path in said sealed arrangement, characterized in that, said adjustment system further comprises; a first and a second pivot arm pivotably secured to said cover plate about a common pivot axis parallel to said beam path; XY-controls (8, 8) and respective drive screw for remotely pivoting selected ones of said pivot arms external to said housing, wherein, in use, adjustment of XY-control turns drive screw; and springs for releasably urging said lens barrel toward said cover plate and into an urged contact along a barrel support section on each respective said pivot arm.
A method of lysing cells in a liquid sample, said method comprising providing liquid in a container having a volume of less than 5 ml, the container comprising an interior chamber with a central axis, a top comprising an opening, and a substantially circular or a substantially polygonal cross section, wherein the surface of said interior chamber comprises one or more substantially linear protrusions substantially parallel to said central axis, wherein said liquid comprises rigid particles and cells; and agitating said liquid in said container, wherein said agitation is of a sufficient force and duration to lyse said cells.
A method of displaying a stereoscopic image by using a display apparatus, the method comprising: generating an annotation (111,112) related to a point of the stereoscopic image and determining an image depth at which the annotation (111,112) is displayed, based on an image depth of the point corresponding to the annotation (111, 112); generating an indicator which is a segment connecting the annotation and the point and determining an image depth of the indicator at which the indicator is displayed; displaying the annotation (111,112) with the stereoscopic image at the image depth at which the annotation (111,112) is displayed; displaying the point on the stereoscopic image and the indicator at the determined image depth of the indicator; and when the image depth of the point is changed, keeping the same image depth at which the annotation (111,112) is displayec and changing the image depth of the indicator based on the image depth of the annotation (111, 112) and the changed image depth of the point; wherein the annotation (111,112) comprises information about a disease or characteristics related to the point of the stereoscopic image. generating an annotation (111,112) related to a point of the stereoscopic image and determining an image depth at which the annotation (111,112) is displayed, based on an image depth of the point corresponding to the annotation (111, 112); generating an indicator which is a segment connecting the annotation and the point and determining an image depth of the indicator at which the indicator is displayed; displaying the annotation (111,112) with the stereoscopic image at the image depth at which the annotation (111,112) is displayed; displaying the point on the stereoscopic image and the indicator at the determined image depth of the indicator; and when the image depth of the point is changed, keeping the same image depth at which the annotation (111,112) is displayec and changing the image depth of the indicator based on the image depth of the annotation (111, 112) and the changed image depth of the point; wherein the annotation (111,112) comprises information about a disease or characteristics related to the point of the stereoscopic image.
An additive manufacturing method of manufacturing a product by laminating metal, the additive manufacturing method comprising: laminating the metal so as to form a half-finished product of the product and a support (22,23,24); spraying dry ice pellets having a particle shape to the support (22,23,24), after the laminating; the method being characterized by further comprising removing the support (22,23,24 by pulverizing at least a part of the support, after the spraying; wherein the support (22,23,24) is formed partly or entirely as a porous body including a plurality of holes into which a part of the dry ice pellets can partially enter. laminating the metal so as to form a half-finished product of the product and a support (22,23,24); spraying dry ice pellets having a particle shape to the support (22,23,24), after the laminating; the method being characterized by further comprising removing the support (22,23,24 by pulverizing at least a part of the support, after the spraying; wherein the support (22,23,24) is formed partly or entirely as a porous body including a plurality of holes into which a part of the dry ice pellets can partially enter.
A pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and an organonitro compound of Formula I-A: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein: A 1 is N; R 1 represents independently for each occurrence hydrogen or methyl; R 4 is C 1 -C 5 alkyl substituted with one X 1 group and one X 2 group; wherein X 1 is -NH 2, -N C -C 1 -C 5 alkyl, or -N C(OMC 1 -C 5 alkylene)-C (NH 2)-CO 2 H; and X 2 is -CO 2 H, -CO 2 -C 1 -C 5 alkyl, or -C N CH 2 CO 2 H; and p represents independently for each occurrence 1 or 2. A 1 is N; R 1 represents independently for each occurrence hydrogen or methyl; R 4 is C 1 -C 5 alkyl substituted with one X 1 group and one X 2 group; wherein X 1 is -NH 2, -N C -C 1 -C 5 alkyl, or -N C(OMC 1 -C 5 alkylene)-C (NH 2)-CO 2 H; and X 2 is -CO 2 H, -CO 2 -C 1 -C 5 alkyl, or -C N CH 2 CO 2 H; and p represents independently for each occurrence 1 or 2.
An optical line terminal that is configured to manage an optical network unit and receive, from the optical network unit, a transmission request for notifying a data amount transmitted by the optical network unit, the optical line terminal comprising: an upper-layer processing unit that is configured to apply predetermined upper layer processing in a layer higher than the MAC layer to data received from the optical network unit; characterized by a power-saving-shift determining unit that is configured to determine, based on the transmission request, whether a free period, which is a period in which a band is not allocated to data transmission from optical network units, is equal to or larger than a predetermined band threshold, and instruct, when it is determined that the free period equal to or larger than the predetermined band threshold is present, the upper-layer processing unit to shift to a power saving state, wherein the upper-layer processing unit is configured to shift to the power saving state or returns from the power saving state based on the instruction of the power-saving-shift determining unit. an upper-layer processing unit that is configured to apply predetermined upper layer processing in a layer higher than the MAC layer to data received from the optical network unit; characterized by a power-saving-shift determining unit that is configured to determine, based on the transmission request, whether a free period, which is a period in which a band is not allocated to data transmission from optical network units, is equal to or larger than a predetermined band threshold, and instruct, when it is determined that the free period equal to or larger than the predetermined band threshold is present, the upper-layer processing unit to shift to a power saving state, wherein the upper-layer processing unit is configured to shift to the power saving state or returns from the power saving state based on the instruction of the power-saving-shift determining unit.
A surgical instrument, comprising: a shaft; a clevis coupled to the shaft, the clevis being made of a plastic, the clevis comprising opposing grooves located on opposing interior surface portions of the clevis, each groove having a bottom surface; an end effector coupled to the clevis; and a push/pull drive element operably coupled to the end effector and configured to actuate the end effector, the push/pull drive element comprising: a drive element shaft extending longitudinally through the shaft, and a head that extends along a direction perpendicular to a push/pull direction of the push/pull drive element, the head comprising a central portion coupled to the drive element shaft, the head terminating in end portions each having a cross-section that differs from a cross-section of the central portion of the head between the end portions, w herein the end portions of the head of the push/pull drive element are slidably received within the opposing grooves of the clevis. a shaft; a clevis coupled to the shaft, the clevis being made of a plastic, the clevis comprising opposing grooves located on opposing interior surface portions of the clevis, each groove having a bottom surface; an end effector coupled to the clevis; and a push/pull drive element operably coupled to the end effector and configured to actuate the end effector, the push/pull drive element comprising: a drive element shaft extending longitudinally through the shaft, and a head that extends along a direction perpendicular to a push/pull direction of the push/pull drive element, the head comprising a central portion coupled to the drive element shaft, the head terminating in end portions each having a cross-section that differs from a cross-section of the central portion of the head between the end portions, w herein the end portions of the head of the push/pull drive element are slidably received within the opposing grooves of the clevis. a drive element shaft extending longitudinally through the shaft, and a head that extends along a direction perpendicular to a push/pull direction of the push/pull drive element, the head comprising a central portion coupled to the drive element shaft, the head terminating in end portions each having a cross-section that differs from a cross-section of the central portion of the head between the end portions, w herein the end portions of the head of the push/pull drive element are slidably received within the opposing grooves of the clevis.
Lifting yoke connected to a wind turbine blade transport frame (5, 10, 20), configured for lifting said wind turbine blade transport frame, said yoke being generally rectangular and comprising four corner posts connected by struts (128, 126); each corner post being configured for internally receiving therein an upwardly oriented locating finger atop a said transport frame shoulder; said corner post having a housing enclosing an internal space and extending between a lower foot face and a top; said corner post having, at said lower foot face, an aperture dimensioned to receive a said locating finger into said internal space; said corner post further comprising guide surfaces enclosed within said housing and spaced apart to define a locking space and configured to snugly receive a said locating finger; each guide surface comprising a locking aperture; wherein a movable locking element is configured to engage both said locking apertures to thereby bridge said locking space; said locking element being configured to engage a lifting point at said locating finger; said movable locking element constituting the primary lifting element of said lifting yoke, wherein a portion of said movable locking element is received in a passage which extends outside said internal space, wherein said movable locking element is reciprocably movable between a locking and a release position by an operator, said locking element being a bolt inside a sleeve, said bolt being operable using a bolt handle running in grooves or slots in said sleeve.
A multiplex assay for identifying and differentiating MRSA, MSSA, MRSE, MSSE, MRCNS or MSCNS, comprising three primer sets for detecting expression of three target genes directly from a sample, one or more sequence differential probes associated with each of the primer sets, a reference gene, and a primer set for detecting expression of the reference gene; wherein the multiplex assay is configured to evaluate an expression level of each of the target genes to determine the presence of each target gene in the sample, wherein the expression level of each of the target genes is evaluated by comparing one of the cycle threshold value and the crossing point value of the target genes and reference gene; wherein one target gene comprises a mecA gene and two of the target genes comprise genes selected from the group comprising a femA-S. epidermis gene, a tuf-S. aureus gene, and a tuf-CNS gene; wherein a primer set for detecting the femA-S. epidermis gene comprises oligonucleotides including SEQ ID NO.7 and SEQ ID NO.8; wherein a primer set for detecting the tuf-S. aureus gene comprises oligonucleotides including SEQ ID NO.10 and SEQ ID NO.11; wherein a primer set for detecting the tuf-CNS gene comprises oligonucleotides including SEQ ID NO.13 and SEQ ID NO.14; wherein a primer set for detecting the mecA gene comprises oligonucleotides including SEQ ID NO.16 and SEQ ID NO.17; wherein the multiplex assay further comprises at least one probe comprising an oligonucleotide including SEQ ID NO.9, SEQ ID NO.12, SEQ ID NO.15, or SEQ ID NO.18; wherein SEQ ID NO.9 is associated with a primer set for detection of the femA-S. epidermis gene and differentiates S.epidermis from other Staphylococcus species; wherein SEQ ID NO.12 is associated with a primer set for detection of the tuf-S. aureus gene and differentiates S.aureus from CNS and other species; wherein SEQ ID NO.15 is associated with a primer set for detection of the tuf-CNS gene and differentiates CNS from S.aureus species and other species; and wherein SEQ ID NO.18 is associated with a primer set for detection of the mecA gene and differentiates methicillin and penicillin resistance from sensitive phenotypes of the S.aureus or CNS species.