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A method for processing a substrate comprising at least 75 mol% silica, a first surface, and a second surface opposite the first surface, the method comprising: forming, using a laser beam (150, 302a), a damage track through the substrate from the first surface to the second surface, wherein a level of modification of the substrate along the damage track decreases in a first direction starting from the first surface toward a bulk of the substrate, and the level of modification of the substrate decreases in a second direction starting from the second surface toward the bulk of the substrate such that the damage track comprises: a first highly modified segment proximate the first surface; a second highly modified segment proximate the second surface; and a minimally modified segment disposed between the first highly modified segment and the second highly modified segment; and etching, using an etching solution, the substrate to form a via (110, 410, 510) comprising a first diameter at the first surface, a second diameter at the second surface, and a via waist (w) having a waist diameter between the first surface and the second surface, wherein the waist diameter is less than the first diameter and is less than the second diameter. forming, using a laser beam (150, 302a), a damage track through the substrate from the first surface to the second surface, wherein a level of modification of the substrate along the damage track decreases in a first direction starting from the first surface toward a bulk of the substrate, and the level of modification of the substrate decreases in a second direction starting from the second surface toward the bulk of the substrate such that the damage track comprises: a first highly modified segment proximate the first surface; a second highly modified segment proximate the second surface; and a minimally modified segment disposed between the first highly modified segment and the second highly modified segment; and a first highly modified segment proximate the first surface; a second highly modified segment proximate the second surface; and a minimally modified segment disposed between the first highly modified segment and the second highly modified segment; and etching, using an etching solution, the substrate to form a via (110, 410, 510) comprising a first diameter at the first surface, a second diameter at the second surface, and a via waist (w) having a waist diameter between the first surface and the second surface, wherein the waist diameter is less than the first diameter and is less than the second diameter.
A tire tread having a circumferential center rib and a circumferential intermediate rib laterally adjacent the center rib, the intermediate rib being separated from the center rib by a first circumferential groove, a second circumferential groove bordering the intermediate rib opposite the first circumferential groove, the tread further including two further circumferential grooves (26, 30) and at least one stiffener element disposed within each of the four circumferential grooves (24, 26, 28, 30), the stiffener elements having a reduced height relative to a height of the center rib and the intermediate ribs and having a circumferentially oriented cut extending into an upper surface of the stiffener element and toward a bottom of the stiffener element, the cut extending circumferentially through the stiffener element with the cut bounded by opposite laterally inward facing cut sides, wherein a first circumferential array of discrete stiffener elements is disposed within the first circumferential groove with adjacent stiffener elements within the first circumferential array being separated by a first circumferential spacing, wherein a second circumferential array of discrete stiffener elements is disposed within the second circumferential groove, the stiffener elements within the second circumferential array being separated by a second circumferential spacing, and wherein the second circumferential spacing is different from the first circumferential spacing, characterized in that the cut within each of the discrete stiffener elements includes a radially inner cylindrical channel, the channel circumferentially extending through each respective stiffener element and having an axial width dimension greater than an axial width dimension of each cut, and in that the axial width of the first circumferential groove is greater than the axial width of the second circumferential groove.
A machine tool with a spindle stock and a tool rest mounted on a bed, the spindle stock and the tool rest being able to relatively move in an X-axis direction that is a diameter direction of a spindle and a Z-axis direction that is an axial direction of the spindle, the machine tool comprising: a linear scale disposed over the spindle stock and the tool rest on an upper side in the X-axis direction to detect position information in the X-axis direction; characterised in that it further comprises a rail extending in the Z-axis direction to guide movement of the linear scale in the Z-axis direction, wherein the linear scale moves in the Z-axis direction while guided by the rail integrally with either the spindle stock or the tool rest when the spindle stock and the tool rest relatively move in the Z-axis direction. the spindle stock and the tool rest being able to relatively move in an X-axis direction that is a diameter direction of a spindle and a Z-axis direction that is an axial direction of the spindle, the machine tool comprising: a linear scale disposed over the spindle stock and the tool rest on an upper side in the X-axis direction to detect position information in the X-axis direction; characterised in that it further comprises a rail extending in the Z-axis direction to guide movement of the linear scale in the Z-axis direction, wherein a linear scale disposed over the spindle stock and the tool rest on an upper side in the X-axis direction to detect position information in the X-axis direction; characterised in that it further comprises a rail extending in the Z-axis direction to guide movement of the linear scale in the Z-axis direction, wherein the linear scale moves in the Z-axis direction while guided by the rail integrally with either the spindle stock or the tool rest when the spindle stock and the tool rest relatively move in the Z-axis direction.
A method comprising: receiving, by one or more processors (120, 160), user input requesting that the one or more processors activate an autonomous driving mode of a vehicle; in response to receiving the request, using, by the one or more processors, protocol data to assess (i) the status of the vehicle's environment, (ii) the vehicle, and systems of the vehicle, and (iii) a driver of the vehicle; identifying a set of driving conditions from a plurality of driving conditions based on the assessments, wherein each of the plurality of driving conditions is associated with a task that may be performed by the driver to change the condition; generating, by the one or more processors, a set of tasks based on the set of driving conditions; displaying, by the one or more processors, to a user of the vehicle the set of tasks in an ordered sequence; and upon determining that all of the tasks of the set of tasks are completed, controlling, by the one or more processors, the vehicle to switch from a manual driving mode to the autonomous driving mode. receiving, by one or more processors (120, 160), user input requesting that the one or more processors activate an autonomous driving mode of a vehicle; in response to receiving the request, using, by the one or more processors, protocol data to assess (i) the status of the vehicle's environment, (ii) the vehicle, and systems of the vehicle, and (iii) a driver of the vehicle; identifying a set of driving conditions from a plurality of driving conditions based on the assessments, wherein each of the plurality of driving conditions is associated with a task that may be performed by the driver to change the condition; generating, by the one or more processors, a set of tasks based on the set of driving conditions; displaying, by the one or more processors, to a user of the vehicle the set of tasks in an ordered sequence; and upon determining that all of the tasks of the set of tasks are completed, controlling, by the one or more processors, the vehicle to switch from a manual driving mode to the autonomous driving mode.
Device comprising a substrate (1, 5, 9, 13), an electrode (2, 6, 10, 14), a track (4, 8, 12, 16) wherein the substrate extends over a first thickness, between a first face and a second face, wherein the electrode (2, 6, 10, 14) is printed on the first face, wherein the substrate (1, 5, 9, 13) is electrically insulated, wherein the electrode (2, 6, 10, 14) is conductive to electricity essentially through carbon particles, wherein the track (4, 8, 12, 16) is conductive to electricity and contains particles of silver, characterized in that the track (4, 8, 12, 16) is printed on the second face and the device comprises a recess (3, 7, 11, 15), wherein the recess (3, 7, 11, 15) is conductive to electricity and is made of an ink which comprises a binary mixture of particles of carbon and silver in proportions where the quantity of silver divided by the sum of the quantities of carbon and silver present in the binary mixture is comprised within a 0 to 1 interval, wherein the recess (3, 7, 11, 15) extends within the substrate (1, 5, 9, 13) from the first face to the second face, wherein the recess (3, 7, 11, 15) is in electrical contact with the electrode (2, 6, 10, 14) at the level of a first junction located on the first face, wherein the recess (3, 7, 11, 15) is in electrical contact with the track (4, 8, 12, 16) at the level of a second junction located on the second face, and wherein the linear density of silver particles in the recess (3, 7, 11, 15) at the level of the first junction, perpendicularly to the current lines when a current passes through the first junction, is lower than the linear density of silver particles in the track (4, 8, 12, 16) at the level of the second junction, perpendicularly to the current lines when a current passes through the second junction.
A method of producing a porous cellulose body, the method comprising a process of lyophilizing a mixed liquid containing cellulose nanofibers and a dispersion medium, wherein the dispersion medium is a mixed dispersion medium of water and an organic solvent dissolving in water, the concentration of the organic solvent in the mixed dispersion medium is 2 to 40 mass%, the solid content concentration of the cellulose nanofibers in the mixed liquid is 0.001 to 5 mass%, the number average fiber diameter of the cellulose nanofibers is 1 to 100 nm, and the process of lyophilizing a mixed liquid is a process of freezing the mixed liquid, and decompressing the mixed liquid in the frozen state to sublimate the dispersion medium whereby to dry the dispersion medium.
A building, particularly a supermarket or the like, having a device for storing, handling, and dispensing baked goods (9, 10), and having three segments (1, 2, 3), one of the segments being a conveyor oven connected downstream of a segment implemented as a loading device and connected upstream of a segment implemented as a dispensing device, the baked goods (9, 10) being conveyed by means of conveyor devices (13, 16, 22) in the particular segment (1, 2, 3) and being transported from the loading device to the conveyor oven and then to the dispensing device, the loading device being implemented for receiving or storing baked goods and the dispensing device being implemented for storing or dispensing baked goods, the conveyor device in the loading device and the conveyor device in the dispensing device each being implemented having movable and circulating carrier elements, characterized in that a building wall having one or more connecting openings is disposed between the conveyor oven and the dispensing device, wherein the dispensing device is disposed in a sales area within the building and the loading device and the conveyor oven, separated from the sales area by the building wall, are disposed in a storeroom or another space in the building outside of the sales area and not accessible to the public, that each carrier element in the loading device and in the dispensing device is associated with at least one item of information about elapsed time, type of load, or current location, and that a controller is provided for monitoring and controlling the carrier elements, wherein a storage device is provided on the controller for storing the information associated with the carrier elements.
A foam bead with a core formed by a first plastic based on polyethylene terephthalate and with a shell which at least partially surrounds the core and is formed by a second plastic, wherein the second plastic forming the shell has a melting point at an ambient pressure of approximately 1 to 5 bar, in particular in a steam atmosphere, which is at least approximately 90°C lower than that of the first plastic forming the core.
An in vivo gelling ophthalmic pre-formulation comprising: (a) at least one first compound comprising more than one nucleophilic group, wherein the first compound is pentaerythritol polyethylene glycol amine (4ARM-PEG-NH2), hexaglycerol polyethylene glycol amine (8ARM-PEG-NH2), pentaerythritol polyethylene glycol amino acetate (4ARM-PEG-AA) or hexaglycerol polyethylene glycol amino acetate (8ARM-PEG-AA); (b) at least one second compound comprising more than one electrophilic group, wherein the second compound is pentaerythritol polyethylene glycol succinimidyl glutaramide (4ARM-PEG-SGA) or hexaglycerol polyethylene glycol succinimidyl glutarate (8ARM-PEG-SG); (c) an aqueous buffer in the pH range of 6.0 to 8.5; and (d) a viscosity enhancer; wherein the in vivo gelling ophthalmic formulation at least in part polymerizes and/or gels at a target site of an eye to form a biocompatible retinal patch. (a) at least one first compound comprising more than one nucleophilic group, wherein the first compound is pentaerythritol polyethylene glycol amine (4ARM-PEG-NH2), hexaglycerol polyethylene glycol amine (8ARM-PEG-NH2), pentaerythritol polyethylene glycol amino acetate (4ARM-PEG-AA) or hexaglycerol polyethylene glycol amino acetate (8ARM-PEG-AA); (b) at least one second compound comprising more than one electrophilic group, wherein the second compound is pentaerythritol polyethylene glycol succinimidyl glutaramide (4ARM-PEG-SGA) or hexaglycerol polyethylene glycol succinimidyl glutarate (8ARM-PEG-SG); (c) an aqueous buffer in the pH range of 6.0 to 8.5; and (d) a viscosity enhancer;
Disc brake, in particular for commercial vehicles, having a brake calliper, a brake application device which has an eccentric which lies within the brake calliper and a rotary lever which lies within the brake calliper, a first actuating device for the brake application device, which first actuating device lies outside the brake calliper, a first coupling device for coupling the first actuating device to the brake application device, a second actuating device for the brake application device and a second coupling device (68, 74, 68a, 52.1, 52.2) which lies within the brake calliper for coupling the second actuating device to the brake application device, characterized in that the brake calliper has an inspection opening which can be closed by way of a cover and through which the second coupling device (68, 74, 68a, 52.1, 52.2) can be inspected, a gearwheel (68, 68a, 52.1, 52.2) which transmits an actuating moment belongs to the second coupling device, which gearwheel (68, 68a, 52.1, 52.2) meshes directly or via an intermediate gear with an adjusting nut of an adjusting mechanism of the brake application device, which adjusting nut is held in an axially displaceable manner and is seated on a pressure spindle, the gearwheel (68, 68a, 52.1, 52.2) being held in an axially non-displaceable manner.
A method comprising: directing a beam of coherent light toward an absorber surface of a transducer structure wherein an absorber is connected to the absorber surface and the absorber absorbs at least a portion of the coherent light in the beam of coherent light and this absorption of energy results in generation of a first compression wave and a second compression wave wherein the first compression wave travels in a first direction towards a first reflecting surface and the second compression wave travels in a second direction to a second reflecting surface; reflecting the first compression wave off of the first reflecting surface as a first tension wave in a third direction; reflecting the second compression wave off of the second reflecting surface as a second tension wave in a fourth direction; characterized in that, the method further comprises: having the first and the second tension wave travel in a third direction and a fourth direction respectively, through an acoustic matching layer and through a test object in a first desired direction and a second desired direction inside of the test object; and further characterized in that: the transducer structure comprises a channel that has a cross section with a v-shape and the absorber is in the channel and the absorber surface is the surface that forms the walls of the channel. directing a beam of coherent light toward an absorber surface of a transducer structure wherein an absorber is connected to the absorber surface and the absorber absorbs at least a portion of the coherent light in the beam of coherent light and this absorption of energy results in generation of a first compression wave and a second compression wave wherein the first compression wave travels in a first direction towards a first reflecting surface and the second compression wave travels in a second direction to a second reflecting surface; reflecting the first compression wave off of the first reflecting surface as a first tension wave in a third direction; reflecting the second compression wave off of the second reflecting surface as a second tension wave in a fourth direction; characterized in that, the method further comprises: having the first and the second tension wave travel in a third direction and a fourth direction respectively, through an acoustic matching layer and through a test object in a first desired direction and a second desired direction inside of the test object; and further characterized in that: the transducer structure comprises a channel that has a cross section with a v-shape and the absorber is in the channel and the absorber surface is the surface that forms the walls of the channel. having the first and the second tension wave travel in a third direction and a fourth direction respectively, through an acoustic matching layer and through a test object in a first desired direction and a second desired direction inside of the test object; and further characterized in that: the transducer structure comprises a channel that has a cross section with a v-shape and the absorber is in the channel and the absorber surface is the surface that forms the walls of the channel.
High-pressure container comprising a cylinder as a centre part, wherein the cylinder is made of a plastic, wherein the high-pressure container furthermore comprises at least one half-shell at an axial end of the cylinder, wherein the half-shell is made of the plastic, wherein the half-shell furthermore comprises a substantially rotationally symmetrical insert part, namely a boss part, wherein the insert part has a foot part at the end of the insert part facing the container interior, wherein the foot part of the insert part is embedded in the plastic of the half-shell, wherein the foot part substantially forms a hollow cone or hollow cylinder, characterized in that a sleeve is pressed into the inner circumference of the foot part at least in a pressing portion of the sleeve, wherein the plastic of the half-shell is arranged between the sleeve and the inner circumference of the foot part so that in the pressing portion, a thin plastic layer of the plastic of the half-shell is pressed between the sleeve and the inner circumference of the foot part wherein the high-pressure container comprises a valve which is received in the boss part, wherein a shaft portion of the valve is received in the sleeve, wherein a sealing element, in particular a ring seal, seals between the shaft portion of the valve and the sleeve
An apparatus configured to pre-form an atomizer, comprising: a wick supply configured to provide a substantially continuous wick; a heating element supply configured to provide a substantially continuous heating element; a winding mechanism configured to wind the substantially continuous heating element about the substantially continuous wick; an adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a position at which the winding mechanism winds the substantially continuous heating element about the substantially continuous wick; and a synchronization mechanism configured to synchronize winding the substantially continuous heating element about the substantially continuous wick with adjustment of the position at which the substantially continuous heating element is wound about the substantially continuous wick such that the substantially continuous heating element defines a coiled heating element segment wound about the substantially continuous wick. a wick supply configured to provide a substantially continuous wick; a heating element supply configured to provide a substantially continuous heating element; a winding mechanism configured to wind the substantially continuous heating element about the substantially continuous wick; an adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a position at which the winding mechanism winds the substantially continuous heating element about the substantially continuous wick; and a synchronization mechanism configured to synchronize winding the substantially continuous heating element about the substantially continuous wick with adjustment of the position at which the substantially continuous heating element is wound about the substantially continuous wick such that the substantially continuous heating element defines a coiled heating element segment wound about the substantially continuous wick.