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A method of manufacturing a fluid-filled chamber, the method comprising: locating a tensile member between a first polymer sheet and a second polymer sheet, the tensile member having a first layer, an opposite second layer, and a plurality of connecting members; pressing the first polymer sheet against the first layer and the second polymer sheet against the second layer to form a plurality of indentations and a plurality of protrusions in the first polymer sheet and a plurality of indentations and a plurality of protrusions in the second polymer sheet, the protrusions in the second polymer sheet being formed opposite the indentations in the first polymer sheet; joining the first polymer sheet and the second polymer sheet to form a peripheral bond; and pressurizing the chamber to place the connecting members in tension. locating a tensile member between a first polymer sheet and a second polymer sheet, the tensile member having a first layer, an opposite second layer, and a plurality of connecting members; pressing the first polymer sheet against the first layer and the second polymer sheet against the second layer to form a plurality of indentations and a plurality of protrusions in the first polymer sheet and a plurality of indentations and a plurality of protrusions in the second polymer sheet, the protrusions in the second polymer sheet being formed opposite the indentations in the first polymer sheet; joining the first polymer sheet and the second polymer sheet to form a peripheral bond; and pressurizing the chamber to place the connecting members in tension.
A multifocal ophthalmic lens (10,15), comprising an optic having at least one optical surface (14,16), and a plurality of diffractive zones disposed concentrically about an optical axis of the optic, at least two of said diffractive zones having different areas (11a-c; 11d-g), characterized in that each of an inner (11a-c) and an outer (11d-g) diffractive zone directs incident light energy respectively to a near focus (A1, B1) and a far focus (A2, B2) but the zones collectively provide far (A2, B2), intermediate and near foci in which the near foci (A1, B1) of the inner and outer patterns provide respectively, near and intermediate vision wherein variation of the areas of the diffractive zones (11a-c;11d-g) as a function of distance from the optical axis results in diversion of some of the diffracted light into said intermediate focus, and wherein the fraction of incident light energy directed to each of the resultant near and far foci is more than the fraction of incident light energy directed to the resultant intermediate focus, the intermediate focus receiving 10-28% of the incident light energy, and wherein the different areas (11a-c;11d-g) are selected so that the fraction of incident light energy directed to the near and far focus is different in proportion to a difference in the areas.
A tissue phantom, comprising: a first portion having the optical properties of healthy tissue, wherein the first portion comprises one or more of the following: tris buffer, gelatin, agar, silicone and organic tissues from humans or animals; and a second portion having the optical properties of diseased or abnormal tissue, optionally of cancerous tissue, the second portion including a plurality of regions, characterized in that each region includes a different concentration of a material configured to fluoresce in response to illumination by excitation light. a first portion having the optical properties of healthy tissue, wherein the first portion comprises one or more of the following: tris buffer, gelatin, agar, silicone and organic tissues from humans or animals; and a second portion having the optical properties of diseased or abnormal tissue, optionally of cancerous tissue, the second portion including a plurality of regions,
Kit comprising a tool and a vapour barrier collar of a substantially incompressible material and including mounting means, wherein the tool comprises a head element with a front end and a rear end, the head element defining a longitudinal direction of the tool and comprising operating means for operating the tool and insertion means for introducing the mounting means of said vapour barrier collar into a groove of a roof window, said groove being adapted to receive said mounting means, characterised in that said insertion means comprise a roller wheel set including at least one roller wheel (53a, 53b) at the front end of the head element of the tool, the roller wheel set having a width and a diameter and being arranged so that a rotation of the roller wheel set in the longitudinal direction of the tool is admitted so that the mounting means of the vapour barrier collar are arranged in the groove by rolling said roller wheel set, wherein the roller wheel set of the tool comprises two roller wheels (53a, 53b) arranged at a respective side of a protruding front portion (51.1) of the head element and connected to each other by means of at least one snap hook leg (53.3) on one roller wheel interacting with a counterpart receiving aperture (53.4) in the other roller wheel via an opening (51.2) in the protruding front portion (51.1).
A method of producing light-alloy castings being zone-reinforced with metal components in a form of inserts produced in sand and permanent moulds whereby the inserts are mounted in the moulds at a distance not shorter than 3 mm from internal and external surfaces of the casting using spike-like and/or basket-like support with a head dependent on shape of the insert after preparing the external surfaces of the insert are subject to heating to the temperature of max. 600°C to increase adhesiveness of surface of the insert and the moulds are filled with a light-alloy, characterized in that the metal components in the form of inserts reinforcing the light-alloy casting produced in the sand or permanent casting mould are mounted in a part of the mould by embedding lengthened ends of the inserts in additional cores for stable embedding and positioning of the insert inside the mould whereby the lengthened ends are cut off and removed after casting.
Method for controlling a thermal treatment system for a vehicle, the thermal treatment system comprising: - at least one refrigerant circuit comprising at least one refrigerant compression device and a first thermal exchanger configured to thermally treat a vehicle interior; - a heat transfer fluid circulation loop comprising a means for circulating the heat transfer fluid in the circulation loop and a second thermal exchanger configured to thermally treat at least one element of an electric power train of the vehicle; - a heat exchanger able to implement a thermal exchange between the refrigerant and the heat transfer fluid; - the heat transfer fluid circulation loop comprising at least one bypass means configured to adapt a flow rate (Mw_e) of the heat transfer fluid in the heat exchanger, characterized in that the control method comprises a step of controlling the flow rate (Mw_e) of heat transfer fluid in the heat exchanger that is carried out at least as a function of a temperature (Treo) of the refrigerant exiting the first thermal exchanger, in that the control of the flow rate (Mw_e) of heat transfer fluid in the heat exchanger takes into account a maximum speed setpoint (Vmax) of the compression device, and in that, when the maximum speed setpoint (Vmax) of the compression device is reached or exceeded, a temperature threshold value (T s) with which the temperature (Treo) of the refrigerant exiting the first thermal exchanger is compared is increased. - at least one refrigerant circuit comprising at least one refrigerant compression device and a first thermal exchanger configured to thermally treat a vehicle interior; - a heat transfer fluid circulation loop comprising a means for circulating the heat transfer fluid in the circulation loop and a second thermal exchanger configured to thermally treat at least one element of an electric power train of the vehicle; - a heat exchanger able to implement a thermal exchange between the refrigerant and the heat transfer fluid; - the heat transfer fluid circulation loop comprising at least one bypass means configured to adapt a flow rate (Mw_e) of the heat transfer fluid in the heat exchanger,
A gas barrier film laminate comprising at least two gas barrier films, the gas barrier film laminate having a configuration in which two adjacent gas barrier films are stacked through a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, the gas barrier film including a base film, and at least one gas barrier layer that is provided on the base film, the two adjacent gas barrier films being stacked so that the gas barrier layers face each other, the gas barrier layer being a layer that is formed by implanting ions into a layer that includes a silicon-based polymer compound, the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer being formed of an acrylic-based pressure-sensitive adhesive that includes an acrylic-based copolymer as a main component, the acrylic-based copolymer including a repeating unit derived from an acrylic-based monomer that includes a carboxyl group, and a repeating unit derived from an acrylic-based monomer that does not include a functional group, and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer having a shear load reduction ratio α (%) given by an expression of 70% or less, α = X − Y X × 100 where, X is a shear load (displacement in shear direction: 0.1 mm) measured when a specimen having a three-layer (polyethylene terephthalate film/pressure-sensitive adhesive layer/alkali-free glass) structure, and having an adhesion area of 225 mm 2 (15 × 15 mm) is subjected to a shear test at a temperature of 23°C, a relative humidity of 50%RH, and a shear rate of 0.1 mm/min, and Y is a shear load (displacement in shear direction: 0.1 mm) measured when a specimen having a three-layer (polyethylene terephthalate film/pressure-sensitive adhesive layer/alkali-free glass) structure, and having an adhesion area of 225 mm 2 (15 × 15 mm) is subjected to a shear test at a temperature of 80°C and a shear rate of 0.1 mm/min.
A method of sealing a ceramic-containing cladding for a nuclear fuel rod in a core of a nuclear water reactor, comprising: providing the cladding which comprises: a tubular wall; a cavity formed by the tubular wall; a first open end; a second open end; and an internal diameter; providing a first end plug and a second end plug; wherein, the first and the second end plugs each comprise a top surface, a bottom surface, an exterior surface, a length extending there between, and an exterior diameter which is less than the interior diameter of the cladding, inserting and sealing the first end plug into the first open end of the cladding; loading nuclear fuel and a hold down device into the cavity; depositing a brazing material onto at least a portion of the exterior surface of the second end plug to form a first coating thereon; inserting the second end plug having the first coating thereon into the second open end of the cladding, wherein, the bottom surface of the second end plug is positioned within a portion of the cavity and the top surface forms a closed second end of the cladding; heating the second end plug having the first coating thereon to a temperature at or above a melt temperature of the brazing material to at least partially melt the brazing material; cooling the second end plug having the first coating thereon to form a first seal between the second end plug and the cladding; and depositing a second coating which comprises SiC on the top surface of the second end plug and on at least a portion of the cladding to form a second seal on the cladding. providing the cladding which comprises: a tubular wall; a cavity formed by the tubular wall; a first open end; a second open end; and an internal diameter; a tubular wall; a cavity formed by the tubular wall; a first open end; a second open end; and an internal diameter; providing a first end plug and a second end plug; wherein, the first and the second end plugs each comprise a top surface, a bottom surface, an exterior surface, a length extending there between, and an exterior diameter which is less than the interior diameter of the cladding, inserting and sealing the first end plug into the first open end of the cladding; loading nuclear fuel and a hold down device into the cavity; depositing a brazing material onto at least a portion of the exterior surface of the second end plug to form a first coating thereon; inserting the second end plug having the first coating thereon into the second open end of the cladding, wherein, the bottom surface of the second end plug is positioned within a portion of the cavity and the top surface forms a closed second end of the cladding; heating the second end plug having the first coating thereon to a temperature at or above a melt temperature of the brazing material to at least partially melt the brazing material; cooling the second end plug having the first coating thereon to form a first seal between the second end plug and the cladding; and depositing a second coating which comprises SiC on the top surface of the second end plug and on at least a portion of the cladding to form a second seal on the cladding.
Cover panel for a fitout article or article of equipment for a kitchen or laboratory, comprising a glass or glass ceramic substrate and a coating on one side of the glass or glass ceramic substrate, wherein the glass or glass ceramic substrate and the coating together have a light transmittance of 1% to 70%, wherein the coating has a colour locus in the CIELAB colour space with the coordinates L* of 20 to 65 and a* of -6 to 6 and b* of -6 to 6, measured in reflectance with D65 standard illuminant light against a black trap in transmission through the glass or glass ceramic substrate, wherein the colour locus of the D65 standard illuminant light, after passing through the glass or glass ceramic substrate and the coating, is within a white region W1 determined in the chromaticity diagram CIExyY-2° by the following coordinates: White region W1 x y 0.27 0.21 0.22 0.25 0.32 0.37 0.45 0.45 0.47 0.34 0.36 0.29 wherein the cover panel does not include a black-body compensation filter. wherein the glass or glass ceramic substrate and the coating together have a light transmittance of 1% to 70%, wherein the coating has a colour locus in the CIELAB colour space with the coordinates L* of 20 to 65 and a* of -6 to 6 and b* of -6 to 6, measured in reflectance with D65 standard illuminant light against a black trap in transmission through the glass or glass ceramic substrate, wherein the colour locus of the D65 standard illuminant light, after passing through the glass or glass ceramic substrate and the coating, is within a white region W1 determined in the chromaticity diagram CIExyY-2° by the following coordinates: White region W1 x y 0.27 0.21 0.22 0.25 0.32 0.37 0.45 0.45 0.47 0.34 0.36 0.29 wherein the cover panel does not include a black-body compensation filter.
An access method applied for a wireless terminal, a chip for the wireless terminal, or a module for the wireless terminal, wherein the method comprises: receiving, in a first cell, first information from a network device, wherein the first information comprises one or more of following information: characteristic information of wireless terminals allowed to access the first cell, characteristic information of wireless terminals disallowed to access the first cell, wherein the characteristic information comprises a value of the following parameter of wireless terminals: a branch quantity; and determining, based on the first information, whether to access the first cell. receiving, in a first cell, first information from a network device, wherein the first information comprises one or more of following information: characteristic information of wireless terminals allowed to access the first cell, characteristic information of wireless terminals disallowed to access the first cell, wherein the characteristic information comprises a value of the following parameter of wireless terminals: a branch quantity; and determining, based on the first information, whether to access the first cell.
A vehicle generator control system comprising an engine ECU and a storage battery, and a generator switching unit connected for using signals to the engine ECU and adapted to carry out ON/OFF control on a generator separately excited loop, the vehicle generator control system configured for executing a vehicle generator control method wherein the engine ECU controls a generator according to an operating condition of an engine, and wherein, when the engine ECU determines that the engine is in a starting condition, the engine ECU controls a generator separately excited loop to be disconnected, so that the generator does not generate electricity; and when the engine ECU determines that the engine enters an idling condition, the engine ECU controls the generator separately excited loop to be closed so that the generator is started to generate electricity, and after the generator is started to generate electricity, the generator carries out normal electricity generation until the engine stops operating; wherein one end of the generator switching unit is connected to an excitation positive terminal (D+) of a generator, and the other end of the generator switching unit is connected to a positive electrode of the storage battery via an ignition switch, thereby forming a controllable circuit connecting in series from the positive electrode of the storage battery to the excitation positive terminal (D+) of the generator, characterized in that the one end of the generator switching unit is connected to the excitation positive terminal (D+) of a generator via a first diode for preventing a generator excitation coil from generating a reverse voltage, and a negative electrode of the first diode is connected to the excitation positive terminal (D+) of the generator.
A vaccine consisting of an inactivated canine influenza virus and optionally an adjuvant for use in the protection of a canine against Streptococcus equi.
A protection device configured to protect an area detector against collision with an object, wherein the protection device is designed to be mounted on the area detector, the protection device comprising: - a mounting frame configured to be mounted on the area detector, wherein the mounting frame is designed to at least partially cover a perimetral rim surface of the area detector without covering a sensitive area of the detector; - a first sensor unit arranged on the mounting frame and configured to detect and signal a potential collision of the object with the sensitive area of the area detector surrounded by the mounting frame; and - a second sensor unit comprising at least one sensor configured to detect and signal a potential collision of the object at the perimetral rim surface of the area detector, the protection device being characterized in that: the first sensor unit comprises a light curtain formed by a plurality of light emitters and associated light receivers; and the second sensor unit is also arranged on the mounting frame. - a mounting frame configured to be mounted on the area detector, wherein the mounting frame is designed to at least partially cover a perimetral rim surface of the area detector without covering a sensitive area of the detector; - a first sensor unit arranged on the mounting frame and configured to detect and signal a potential collision of the object with the sensitive area of the area detector surrounded by the mounting frame; and - a second sensor unit comprising at least one sensor configured to detect and signal a potential collision of the object at the perimetral rim surface of the area detector, the first sensor unit comprises a light curtain formed by a plurality of light emitters and associated light receivers; and the second sensor unit is also arranged on the mounting frame.
A joint structure body (1; 1A; 1B) of members comprising: a first member (3; 3A; 3B); a second member (10; 10A; 10B), an end of the second member (10; 10A; 10B) being thrust against a surface of the first member (3; 3A; 3B); and a joint (15; 25; 35; 45; 55; 65; 75; 85; 95; 105; 115; 125) that joins the first member (3; 3A; 3B) and the second member (10; 10A; 10B), wherein the joint includes an end flange (16; 16Aa, 16Ab; 16 B; 86; 116; 126) that is formed continuously along the end of the second member (10; 10A; 10B) and of which at least one part overlaps the surface of the first member (3; 3A; 3B) and a unit joint (17; 17Aa, 17Ab; 17B; 27; 37; 47; 57; 67; 77; 87; 97; 107; 117) that joins the end flange (16; 16Aa, 16Ab; 16 B; 86; 116; 126) and the first member (3; 3A; 3B), and wherein the end flange (16; 16Aa, 16Ab; 16 B; 86; 116; 126) is formed continuously to at least one part of the end of the second member (10; 10A; 10B) via a rising curved surface portion (18; 18A; 18B), characterized in that the rising curved surface portion (18; 18A; 18B) includes a wall-thickened portion (20; 20A; 20B) of which a sheet thickness is made larger than a sheet thickness of the second member (10; 10A; 10B), and at least one part of the unit joint (17; 17Aa, 17Ab; 17B; 27; 37; 47; 57; 67; 77; 87; 97; 107; 117) is provided in a range of 3 mm or less from a boundary between the end flange (16; 16Aa, 16Ab; 16 B; 86; 116; 126) and the wall-thickened portion (20; 20A; 20B). a first member (3; 3A; 3B); a second member (10; 10A; 10B), an end of the second member (10; 10A; 10B) being thrust against a surface of the first member (3; 3A; 3B); and a joint (15; 25; 35; 45; 55; 65; 75; 85; 95; 105; 115; 125) that joins the first member (3; 3A; 3B) and the second member (10; 10A; 10B), wherein the joint includes an end flange (16; 16Aa, 16Ab; 16 B; 86; 116; 126) that is formed continuously along the end of the second member (10; 10A; 10B) and of which at least one part overlaps the surface of the first member (3; 3A; 3B) and a unit joint (17; 17Aa, 17Ab; 17B; 27; 37; 47; 57; 67; 77; 87; 97; 107; 117) that joins the end flange (16; 16Aa, 16Ab; 16 B; 86; 116; 126) and the first member (3; 3A; 3B), and wherein the end flange (16; 16Aa, 16Ab; 16 B; 86; 116; 126) is formed continuously to at least one part of the end of the second member (10; 10A; 10B) via a rising curved surface portion (18; 18A; 18B), characterized in that the rising curved surface portion (18; 18A; 18B) includes a wall-thickened portion (20; 20A; 20B) of which a sheet thickness is made larger than a sheet thickness of the second member (10; 10A; 10B), and at least one part of the unit joint (17; 17Aa, 17Ab; 17B; 27; 37; 47; 57; 67; 77; 87; 97; 107; 117) is provided in a range of 3 mm or less from a boundary between the end flange (16; 16Aa, 16Ab; 16 B; 86; 116; 126) and the wall-thickened portion (20; 20A; 20B).
Metering device for an automatic dishwasher, in particular a household dishwasher, for dispensing pourable cleaning agent in a metered manner, the metering device having a cleaning agent channel which opens into a cleaning agent dispensing opening and having a pulse generator which acts on a channel wall of the cleaning agent channel, characterised in that the pulse generator is a hammer mechanism having a striking lever which can be rotated against the force of a spring, which striking lever has a drive extension which interacts with a cam provided by a storage container, which is rotatably received by the metering device, for storing cleaning agent.