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A switch device comprising: a first switch and a second switch each configured to return to an initial state by elastic force; a support member that houses the first switch and the second switch; a driving member supported by the support member such that the driving member is inclined in a predetermined inclination direction it presses one of the first switch and the second switch, wherein the driving member is able to return from the predetermined inclination direction by said elastic force; a holding member disposed on the driving member to move the driving member in the predetermined inclination direction; and an operation knob held by the holding member; wherein the driving member includes a pressing portion, which is disposed to extend over the first switch and the second switch, and a cam portion, the pressing portion having a shaft at a center thereof, the cam portion extending upward from middle of the pressing portion, and a first cam surface having a concave shape being formed on an upper end of the cam portion of said driving member, and the holding member has a recessed portion into which the cam portion of the driving member is inserted, and a projecting portion that projects downward from a center of the recessed portion of said holding member and that contacts the first cam surface. a first switch and a second switch each configured to return to an initial state by elastic force; a support member that houses the first switch and the second switch; a driving member supported by the support member such that the driving member is inclined in a predetermined inclination direction it presses one of the first switch and the second switch, wherein the driving member is able to return from the predetermined inclination direction by said elastic force; a holding member disposed on the driving member to move the driving member in the predetermined inclination direction; and an operation knob held by the holding member; wherein the driving member includes a pressing portion, which is disposed to extend over the first switch and the second switch, and a cam portion, the pressing portion having a shaft at a center thereof, the cam portion extending upward from middle of the pressing portion, and a first cam surface having a concave shape being formed on an upper end of the cam portion of said driving member, and the holding member has a recessed portion into which the cam portion of the driving member is inserted, and a projecting portion that projects downward from a center of the recessed portion of said holding member and that contacts the first cam surface.
A railway vehicle carriage structure, comprising a carriage, a vehicle body and doors for passengers to board and alight being provided on two sides of the vehicle body at an end portion of at least one end of the carriage, wherein an area directly opposite to the doors is a vestibule, and a space of the vestibule as a whole is circular, characterised in that two columns of seat units are provided in the carriage in a length direction of the vehicle body, the seat units at the front and rear are staggered and overlapped in the length direction of the vehicle body, each seat unit comprises a seat, and the seat is inclined towards a side wall on the respective side where the seat is located, wherein each seat unit is separated by a seat partition, which comprises a transverse partition and a longitudinal partition, the transverse partition is S-shaped, and the seat extends in a space of an outer side of the transverse partition of the seat unit sinking outwards and extends in a space of an inner side of the transverse partition of the seat unit at the front sinking inwards, wherein a partition door is provided on the longitudinal partition, the partition door is a sliding door, the longitudinal partition is a hollow structure, and the partition door is hidden inside the longitudinal partition when being opened. two columns of seat units are provided in the carriage in a length direction of the vehicle body, the seat units at the front and rear are staggered and overlapped in the length direction of the vehicle body, each seat unit comprises a seat, and the seat is inclined towards a side wall on the respective side where the seat is located, wherein each seat unit is separated by a seat partition, which comprises a transverse partition and a longitudinal partition, the transverse partition is S-shaped, and the seat extends in a space of an outer side of the transverse partition of the seat unit sinking outwards and extends in a space of an inner side of the transverse partition of the seat unit at the front sinking inwards, wherein a partition door is provided on the longitudinal partition, the partition door is a sliding door, the longitudinal partition is a hollow structure, and the partition door is hidden inside the longitudinal partition when being opened.
An endless belt as an intermediate print substrate for an apparatus for indirectly printing on rollable, in particular cylindrical parts, characterised in that the endless belt is injection-moulded in an injection moulding process as a closed belt loop in one piece continuously in the circumferential direction and thus joint-free, and in that at least one reinforcing filament, which is inserted in a here used injection mould in several turns in a circumferential direction of the endless belt to be obtained, is insert-moulded simultaneously.
A method for managing communications between a host system and a plurality of storage devices, the method comprising: generating a plurality of virtual controllers in a host memory space, wherein each virtual controller includes at least one virtual namespace, wherein each of the at least one virtual namespace in each virtual controller maps to a physical namespace in a physical controller; assigning each of a plurality of applications with a virtual controller of the virtual controllers; for each application of the applications assigned one of the virtual controllers, generating a virtual submission queue for the application to use to communicate with the virtual controller assigned to the application; adding an Input/Output, I/O, request to a target virtual namespace in one of the virtual submission queues to a physical submission queue for the physical controller having the physical namespace for which the target virtual namespace was generated, characterized in that the virtual controllers are maintained in a user space of a host system memory, and wherein an I/O service layer executing in the user space generates the virtual controllers, generates the virtual namespace for each physical namespace, indicates the application assigned to the virtual namespace, generates the virtual submission queue, processes I/O request in the virtual submission queue, determines the physical submission queue and adds the I/O request to the determined physical submission queue. generating a plurality of virtual controllers in a host memory space, wherein each virtual controller includes at least one virtual namespace, wherein each of the at least one virtual namespace in each virtual controller maps to a physical namespace in a physical controller; assigning each of a plurality of applications with a virtual controller of the virtual controllers; for each application of the applications assigned one of the virtual controllers, generating a virtual submission queue for the application to use to communicate with the virtual controller assigned to the application; adding an Input/Output, I/O, request to a target virtual namespace in one of the virtual submission queues to a physical submission queue for the physical controller having the physical namespace for which the target virtual namespace was generated, characterized in that the virtual controllers are maintained in a user space of a host system memory, and wherein an I/O service layer executing in the user space generates the virtual controllers, generates the virtual namespace for each physical namespace, indicates the application assigned to the virtual namespace, generates the virtual submission queue, processes I/O request in the virtual submission queue, determines the physical submission queue and adds the I/O request to the determined physical submission queue.
A keratoprosthesis comprising: (a) a central optical core; and (b) a peripheral skirt comprising at least one porous biocompatible layer having pore size of at least 2 μm; characterised in that said transparent central core has a diameter of at least 3 mm and further comprises an extended portion extending below the surface formed by the central core and skirt; and in that said peripheral skirt has a width of at least 3 mm so that it can be placed under the conjunctiva and above sclera of the eye.
A lower tool for a bending machine, in particular die bending machine, comprising - a longitudinally extended base body, which has, on its bottom side, a tool shank for being received in a guide slot of a tool holder and tool shoulders in the transverse direction, and - at least one friction reduction device on the bottom side of the base body for reducing a frictional force between the bottom side and the tool holder in the event of a displacement of the lower tool in the longitudinal direction, wherein the at least one friction reduction device is configured such that a weight force of the lower tool acting on the tool holder, while applying a prestressing force in the direction of the weight force, causes a resulting normal force of the lower tool onto the tool holder that is lower relative to the weight force, characterized in that the at least one friction reduction device is arranged in a receiving space provided therefor in the tool shoulders of the lower tool, such that the friction reduction device is configured to be movable with respect to the adjacent bottom side at least in the direction of the weight force. - a longitudinally extended base body, which has, on its bottom side, a tool shank for being received in a guide slot of a tool holder and tool shoulders in the transverse direction, and - at least one friction reduction device on the bottom side of the base body for reducing a frictional force between the bottom side and the tool holder in the event of a displacement of the lower tool in the longitudinal direction, wherein the at least one friction reduction device is configured such that a weight force of the lower tool acting on the tool holder, while applying a prestressing force in the direction of the weight force, causes a resulting normal force of the lower tool onto the tool holder that is lower relative to the weight force, characterized in that the at least one friction reduction device is arranged in a receiving space provided therefor in the tool shoulders of the lower tool, such that the friction reduction device is configured to be movable with respect to the adjacent bottom side at least in the direction of the weight force.
A method of creating a dental laboratory model upon which a prosthetic tooth can be created comprising: scanning a patient's mouth including a portion of a healing abutment (10,100,200,300,400,500,600); creating a CAD model from data acquired by the scanning; using a rapid prototype technique to create the dental laboratory model from the CAD model, the dental laboratory model including an implant analog (1402,1404) at a location corresponding to the portion of the healing abutment. scanning a patient's mouth including a portion of a healing abutment (10,100,200,300,400,500,600); creating a CAD model from data acquired by the scanning; using a rapid prototype technique to create the dental laboratory model from the CAD model, the dental laboratory model including an implant analog (1402,1404) at a location corresponding to the portion of the healing abutment.
A process for purifying a recombinant polypeptide, wherein the recombinant polypeptide is not a membrane-inserted polypeptide, the process comprising the steps of: i) providing a solution comprising the recombinant polypeptide; ii) adding an alkyl glycoside to the solution; and iii) purifying the recombinant polypeptide by carrying out a step of chromatography on the solution, wherein step (iii) results in improved separation of the recombinant polypeptide from the host cell DNA and/or host cell protein in the solution compared to the same process without adding the alkyl glycoside to the solution, wherein optionally the alkyl glycoside is additionally included in the wash buffer of the chromatography step; or alternatively wherein the alkyl glycoside is not added to the solution in step ii), but only included in the wash buffer of the chromatography step.
A fuel system comprising: a vapour trail detection sensor configured to generate a first signal which indicates the optical depth of a vapour trail; a control unit responsive to the first signal and configured to generate a second signal in dependence upon the first signal which defines a percentage of a first fuel composition and a second fuel composition required to produce a resultant fuel composition; and at least one regulator (42, 44, 46, 60) configured to receive and be responsive to the second signal and regulate the percentage of the first and the second fuel composition required to produce the resultant fuel composition; the control unit comprising a blending ratio calculator configured to calculate the required resultant fuel composition as a function of desired soot emission index determined by a soot requirement generator which communicates the value of soot emission index to the blending ratio calculator. a vapour trail detection sensor configured to generate a first signal which indicates the optical depth of a vapour trail; a control unit responsive to the first signal and configured to generate a second signal in dependence upon the first signal which defines a percentage of a first fuel composition and a second fuel composition required to produce a resultant fuel composition; and at least one regulator (42, 44, 46, 60) configured to receive and be responsive to the second signal and regulate the percentage of the first and the second fuel composition required to produce the resultant fuel composition; the control unit comprising a blending ratio calculator configured to calculate the required resultant fuel composition as a function of desired soot emission index determined by a soot requirement generator which communicates the value of soot emission index to the blending ratio calculator.
A suture anchor comprising: a tubular body having an axial bore therethrough and having a proximal end and a distal end; one or more purchase enhancements on an exterior surface of the body adapted to enhance purchase of the body within a bone hole; and a lateral port through the body from the axial bore to the exterior surface, characterized in that the port comprises a slot into the body from the proximal end, wherein the slot is open at its proximal end and merges with the proximal opening of the axial bore. a tubular body having an axial bore therethrough and having a proximal end and a distal end; one or more purchase enhancements on an exterior surface of the body adapted to enhance purchase of the body within a bone hole; and a lateral port through the body from the axial bore to the exterior surface, characterized in that the port comprises a slot into the body from the proximal end, wherein the slot is open at its proximal end and merges with the proximal opening of the axial bore.
An immunogenic composition comprising a nucleic acid that comprises (i) a sequence encoding a cat telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT), wherein the cat TERT is deleted of amino acids VDD which provides inactivation of telomerase catalytic activity, and is further deleted of N-terminal 47 amino acids, or (ii) a sequence encoding an antigenic fragment of cat TERT, which consists of at least 80% of the cat TERT deleted of amino acids VDD which provides inactivation of telomerase catalytic activity, and further deleted of N-terminal 47 amino acids (i) a sequence encoding a cat telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT), wherein the cat TERT is deleted of amino acids VDD which provides inactivation of telomerase catalytic activity, and is further deleted of N-terminal 47 amino acids, or (ii) a sequence encoding an antigenic fragment of cat TERT, which consists of at least 80% of the cat TERT deleted of amino acids VDD which provides inactivation of telomerase catalytic activity, and further deleted of N-terminal 47 amino acids
A surgical stapling instrument, comprising: a handle assembly; a first endoscopic portion selectively connectable to a distal portion of the handle assembly and defining a longitudinal axis, the first endoscopic portion including an actuation member; a second endoscopic portion selectively connectable to the distal portion of the handle assembly, the second endoscopic portion including an actuation member; a first end effector selectively connectable to a distal portion of the first endoscopic portion, the first end effector configured to perform a first stapling function; and a second end effector selectively connectable to a distal portion of at least one of the first endoscopic portion and the second endoscopic portion, the second end effector configured to perform a second stapling function, characterised in that; the first endoscopic portion includes an elongate portion and a housing adjacent a proximal portion thereof, wherein the housing has a larger diameter than the elongate portion, and a motor disposed in the housing of the first endoscopic portion, the motor being operatively connected to the actuation member for moving the actuation member substantially along the longitudinal axis. a handle assembly; a first endoscopic portion selectively connectable to a distal portion of the handle assembly and defining a longitudinal axis, the first endoscopic portion including an actuation member; a second endoscopic portion selectively connectable to the distal portion of the handle assembly, the second endoscopic portion including an actuation member; a first end effector selectively connectable to a distal portion of the first endoscopic portion, the first end effector configured to perform a first stapling function; and a second end effector selectively connectable to a distal portion of at least one of the first endoscopic portion and the second endoscopic portion, the second end effector configured to perform a second stapling function, characterised in that; the first endoscopic portion includes an elongate portion and a housing adjacent a proximal portion thereof, wherein the housing has a larger diameter than the elongate portion, and a motor disposed in the housing of the first endoscopic portion, the motor being operatively connected to the actuation member for moving the actuation member substantially along the longitudinal axis.
A method of reducing the incidence of deposits on the pistons of a 4-stroke marine diesel engine during operation of the engine when it is fuelled with a marine residual fuel meeting the ISO 8217 2017 fuel standard for marine residual fuels and having a sulphur content of more than 0.1% and less than 0.5% by mass, based on the mass of the fuel, the method comprising lubricating the engine using a lubricating oil composition comprising: (a) at least 50% by mass, based on the mass of the composition, of an oil of lubricating viscosity; (b) 5 to 25% by mass, based on the mass of the composition, of an oil-soluble or oil-dispersible alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salicylate detergent, or a mixture of two or more oil-soluble or oil-dispersible alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salicylate detergents, the or each oil-soluble or oil-dispersible alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salicylate detergent having a total base number of as measured by ASTM D2896 of from 50 to 500 mg KOH/g; (c) 0.1 to 10 % by mass, based on the mass of the composition of one or more oil-soluble or oil-dispersible ashless dispersants; and optionally, (d) 0.1 to 10 % by mass, based on the mass of the composition of a polyalkylene-substituted succinic anhydride. (a) at least 50% by mass, based on the mass of the composition, of an oil of lubricating viscosity; (b) 5 to 25% by mass, based on the mass of the composition, of an oil-soluble or oil-dispersible alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salicylate detergent, or a mixture of two or more oil-soluble or oil-dispersible alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salicylate detergents, the or each oil-soluble or oil-dispersible alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salicylate detergent having a total base number of as measured by ASTM D2896 of from 50 to 500 mg KOH/g; (c) 0.1 to 10 % by mass, based on the mass of the composition of one or more oil-soluble or oil-dispersible ashless dispersants; and optionally, (d) 0.1 to 10 % by mass, based on the mass of the composition of a polyalkylene-substituted succinic anhydride.
A wireless communication apparatus for a frequency hopped-OFDMA system where multiple mobile stations are assigned to a contiguous group of frequencies and symbol periods, comprising: at least one antenna; a memory that stores pilot symbol patterns comprising clusters (304, 324) of contiguous pilot symbols; a processor coupled with the at least one antenna and the memory, the processor selecting a pilot symbol pattern comprising clusters of contiguous pilot symbols according to a condition of a communications channel, defining a blocked hop region (300, 320), and placing the pilot symbols of the selected pilot symbol pattern close to the edges within the hop region (300, 320) so as to improve estimation accuracy of a linear component of a first order approximation of the communications channel. at least one antenna; a memory that stores pilot symbol patterns comprising clusters (304, 324) of contiguous pilot symbols; a processor coupled with the at least one antenna and the memory, the processor selecting a pilot symbol pattern comprising clusters of contiguous pilot symbols according to a condition of a communications channel, defining a blocked hop region (300, 320), and placing the pilot symbols of the selected pilot symbol pattern close to the edges within the hop region (300, 320) so as to improve estimation accuracy of a linear component of a first order approximation of the communications channel. selecting a pilot symbol pattern comprising clusters of contiguous pilot symbols according to a condition of a communications channel, defining a blocked hop region (300, 320), and placing the pilot symbols of the selected pilot symbol pattern close to the edges within the hop region (300, 320) so as to improve estimation accuracy of a linear component of a first order approximation of the communications channel.