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A mold apparatus (1, 50) for casting a cylinder block having a cylinder liner therein, configured to hold the cylinder liner inside a cavity formed in the mold apparatus, the mold apparatus comprising: a first mold configured to define a deck surface of the cylinder block to be casted; and a bore pin configured to be fixed to the first mold so as to hold the cylinder liner inside the cavity when the mold apparatus is closed; wherein the bore pin is configured to hold the cylinder liner so as to form a gap (CL1, CL2) between the bore pin and the cylinder liner; and the mold apparatus (1, 50) is configured to discharge through the gap (CL1, CL2) gas to be produced during the cast-molding, characterized in that the bore pin has a recessed part formed on an outer perimeter surface, and a communicating path (12a, 12b) configured to communicate between the recessed part and the outside of the mold apparatus. a first mold configured to define a deck surface of the cylinder block to be casted; and a bore pin configured to be fixed to the first mold so as to hold the cylinder liner inside the cavity when the mold apparatus is closed; the bore pin is configured to hold the cylinder liner so as to form a gap (CL1, CL2) between the bore pin and the cylinder liner; and the mold apparatus (1, 50) is configured to discharge through the gap (CL1, CL2) gas to be produced during the cast-molding, characterized in that the bore pin has a recessed part formed on an outer perimeter surface, and a communicating path (12a, 12b) configured to communicate between the recessed part and the outside of the mold apparatus.
Solid-state thermochromic device comprising a stack, wherein said stack comprises, preferably consists of, successively, from a rear face to a front face exposed to solar radiation: a) a solid substrate made of an inorganic material resistant up to a temperature of 550°C; preferably, the solid substrate is made of a material selected from among aluminum, silicon, and borosilicate glasses; b) an infrared-reflective layer made of an electronically-conductive material; c) electronically insulating interface layers; d) an electronically insulating inorganic dielectric layer transparent to infrared radiation, made of cerium oxide CeO 2, and has a thickness of 400 to 900 nm, preferably 700 to 900 nm; e) electronically insulating interface layers; f) a layer of an infrared-active thermochromic material which is an n-doped VO 2 vanadium oxide, and crystallized in a monoclinic or rutile phase, having a thickness of 30 to 50 nm, preferably of 30 to 40 nm; g) a solar protective coating, solar reflective coating, transparent to infrared radiation. a) a solid substrate made of an inorganic material resistant up to a temperature of 550°C; preferably, the solid substrate is made of a material selected from among aluminum, silicon, and borosilicate glasses; b) an infrared-reflective layer made of an electronically-conductive material; c) electronically insulating interface layers; d) an electronically insulating inorganic dielectric layer transparent to infrared radiation, made of cerium oxide CeO 2, and has a thickness of 400 to 900 nm, preferably 700 to 900 nm; e) electronically insulating interface layers; f) a layer of an infrared-active thermochromic material which is an n-doped VO 2 vanadium oxide, and crystallized in a monoclinic or rutile phase, having a thickness of 30 to 50 nm, preferably of 30 to 40 nm; g) a solar protective coating, solar reflective coating, transparent to infrared radiation.
Optical detection device for a motor vehicle for arranging on an attached part (5, 7) of the motor vehicle and for monitoring a region (4, 6) adjacent to the attached part (5, 7), with a transmitting apparatus comprising a light source emitting light and with a receiving apparatus comprising a light-sensitive sensor, wherein the transmitting apparatus is designed to transmit light beams along predetermined scanning directions (A1, A2, A3, A4) into the region (4, 6) and the receiving apparatus is designed to receive fractions of the light beams reflected in the region (4, 6), wherein the transmitting apparatus comprises a first light guidance apparatus for guiding the light, emitted by the light source, parallel to a surface of the attached part (5, 7) and at least two outcoupling elements corresponding to respective scanning directions (A1, A2, A3, A4) for coupling out fractions of the guided light as the light beams oriented along the respective scanning direction (A1, A2, A3, A4) and the receiving apparatus comprises at least two incoupling elements corresponding to respective scanning directions (A1, A2, A3, A4) for coupling in the fractions of the light beams reflected out of the region (4, 6) along the respective scanning direction (A1, A2, A3, A4) and a second light guidance apparatus for guiding the incoupled fractions of the light beams to the light-sensitive sensor, and wherein the first light guidance apparatus comprises an optical waveguide for guiding the light, emitted by the light source, parallel to the surface of the attached part (5, 7), wherein the optical waveguide comprises at least two reflection elements corresponding to respective scanning directions (A1, A2, A3, A4) to form the outcoupling elements, said elements being designed to reflect a respective fraction of the light guided in the optical waveguide along the respective scanning direction (A1, A2, A3, A4) into the region (4, 6), characterized in that the first light guidance apparatus comprises a layer with a reflecting structure partially surrounding the optical waveguide and extending along a length of the optical waveguide, wherein the reflection elements are formed as structured regions of the reflecting structure and are designed to reflect fractions of the light guided in the optical waveguide as the light beams into the region (4, 6) adjacent to the attached part (5, 7).
Process for converting a hydrocarbon-containing feedstock containing at least one hydrocarbon fraction having a sulphur content of at least 0.1% by weight, an initial boiling temperature of at least 340°C and a final boiling temperature of at least 440°C, making it possible to obtain a heavy fractio n having a sediment content after ageing of less than or equal to 0.1 % by weight, said process comprising the following stages: a) a stage of visbreaking the feedstock in at least one maturation chamber (soaker), b) a stage of separating the effluent obtained at the end of stage a) into at least one light hydrocarbon fraction containing fuel bases and a heavy fraction containing compounds boiling at at least 350°C, c) a stage of maturation of the heavy fraction originating from the separation stage b) making it possible to convert a part of the potential sediments to existing sediments, carried out for a duration comprised between 1 and 1500 minutes, at a temperature comprised between 50 and 350°C, and at a pressure of less than 20 MPa, d) a stage of separating the sediments from the heavy fraction originating from the maturation stage c) in order to obtain said heavy fraction. a) a stage of visbreaking the feedstock in at least one maturation chamber (soaker), b) a stage of separating the effluent obtained at the end of stage a) into at least one light hydrocarbon fraction containing fuel bases and a heavy fraction containing compounds boiling at at least 350°C, c) a stage of maturation of the heavy fraction originating from the separation stage b) making it possible to convert a part of the potential sediments to existing sediments, carried out for a duration comprised between 1 and 1500 minutes, at a temperature comprised between 50 and 350°C, and at a pressure of less than 20 MPa, d) a stage of separating the sediments from the heavy fraction originating from the maturation stage c) in order to obtain said heavy fraction.
A device comprising: a processor configured to control a robotic system to autonomously position a transducer at a plurality of locations adjacent a subject's skull and to autonomously locate a window on the subject's skull within which an artery can be located, from which artery a signal can be returned to the transducer, the signal having an energy level exceeding a predefined threshold wherein: the processor is further configured to execute a search algorithm stored on non-transitory computer readable media, and the search algorithm is further configured to control pan, tilt, and Z axis positions of the robotic mechanism; the device further comprises a database of seed points stored on non-transitory computer readable media accessible by the processor, wherein the database of seed points comprises positional data from scans performed on a subject; and the search algorithm of the processor is configured to identify an energy level that exceeds a specified threshold based on a signal returned to the transducer, wherein the search algorithm is configured to start at a seed point. the processor is further configured to execute a search algorithm stored on non-transitory computer readable media, and the search algorithm is further configured to control pan, tilt, and Z axis positions of the robotic mechanism; the device further comprises a database of seed points stored on non-transitory computer readable media accessible by the processor, wherein the database of seed points comprises positional data from scans performed on a subject; and the search algorithm of the processor is configured to identify an energy level that exceeds a specified threshold based on a signal returned to the transducer, wherein the search algorithm is configured to start at a seed point.
A shutter assembly, comprising: a first shutter blade having a first toothed arm extending therefrom, a first light transmitting aperture therein, and an illuminator thereon; a second shutter blade positioned adjacent and parallel to the first shutter blade, the second shutter blade having a second toothed arm extending therefrom and a second light transmitting aperture therein, the first and second shutter blades supported to allow parallel linear motion; and a motor having a gear disposed between, and meshed with, the first and second toothed arms such that rotation of the gear causes the first and second shutter blades to move linearly in opposite directions between an open measuring position in which the first and second light transmitting apertures are in an overlapping relationship with respect to one another, and a closed illumination position in which the first and second light transmitting apertures are in a non-overlapping relationship with respect to one another and the illuminator is positioned to illuminate away from the second shutter blade. a first shutter blade having a first toothed arm extending therefrom, a first light transmitting aperture therein, and an illuminator thereon; a second shutter blade positioned adjacent and parallel to the first shutter blade, the second shutter blade having a second toothed arm extending therefrom and a second light transmitting aperture therein, the first and second shutter blades supported to allow parallel linear motion; and a motor having a gear disposed between, and meshed with, the first and second toothed arms such that rotation of the gear causes the first and second shutter blades to move linearly in opposite directions between an open measuring position in which the first and second light transmitting apertures are in an overlapping relationship with respect to one another, and a closed illumination position in which the first and second light transmitting apertures are in a non-overlapping relationship with respect to one another and the illuminator is positioned to illuminate away from the second shutter blade.
A method for cooling a synthetic thread within a texturing zone of a texturing machine, wherein a cooling liquid is introduced into a cooling groove of a cooling body, wherein the cooling liquid is distributed in the groove base of the cooling groove, and wherein the heated thread is guided in a contacting manner through the cooling groove, characterized in that the cooling liquid is fed through a metering opening in the groove base of the cooling groove at a conveyed quantity in the range from 0.05 ml/min to 5 ml/min, depending on a thread count (titer)of the thread.
Heat-sink system for a conductive contact wire of a catenary that can extend longitudinally above the contact wire by having a portion of securing to the contact wire which leaves the zone of contact of said contact wire with the pantograph of a locomotive free, wherein said heat-sink system is made of two half-profiles (20a, 20b; 20a', 20b'; 20a", 20b") held secured to one another by clamping means, and the securing portion comprises two lugs (17a, 17b; 17a', 17b'; 17a", 17b") of V-shaped profile which are intended to engage in two longitudinal grooves (18a, 18b) produced on the contact wire and the profile of which coincides with the profile of the two lugs (17a, 17b; 17a', 17b'; 17a", 17b"), said heat-sink system is made of an electrically and thermally conductive material and comprises mechanical and/or electrical link means (25a, 25b) which are formed in the upper part of said heat-sink system and comprise two longitudinal grooves (25a, 25b) of V-shaped profile which face one another on either side of a joining zone of the two half-profiles (20a, 20b; 20a', 20b'; 20a", 20b"), and which are respectively formed on each half-profile (20a, 20b), characterized in that the V-shaped profile of the two longitudinal grooves (25a, 25b) of the mechanical and/or electrical link means (25a, 25b) coincides with the profile of the lugs (17a, 17b; 17a', 17b'; 17a", 17b") of the securing portion, these longitudinal grooves (25a, 25b) being able to form a recess for engagement of lugs of V-shaped profile (34a, 34b) which can engage in the two longitudinal grooves (18a, 18b) produced on the contact wire.
A method of allowing a mobile node subscribing in a predetermined group among a plurality of groups, each group constructed with mobile nodes that intercommunicate and have a function of frame-routing in a wireless network, to re-subscribe to any one of the groups, the method comprising: checking a beacon frame periodically received from a parent node; determining that a connection channel of the mobile node to the predetermined group is disconnected when the beacon frame is not received for a predetermined time; searching for a routing connection channel to the predetermined group to re-subscribe to said predetermined group by using a routing protocol and, when the routing connection channel is detected, acquire the connection channel to the predetermined group; when the routing connection channel is not detected, analyzing beacon frames which are received from nodes subscribing to other groups to determine whether or not beacon frames which were transmitted by said nodes are received, to subscribe to one of the other groups. checking a beacon frame periodically received from a parent node; determining that a connection channel of the mobile node to the predetermined group is disconnected when the beacon frame is not received for a predetermined time; searching for a routing connection channel to the predetermined group to re-subscribe to said predetermined group by using a routing protocol and, when the routing connection channel is detected, acquire the connection channel to the predetermined group; when the routing connection channel is not detected, analyzing beacon frames which are received from nodes subscribing to other groups to determine whether or not beacon frames which were transmitted by said nodes are received, to subscribe to one of the other groups.
A method of printing to an upper of an article of footwear, comprising: placing the article of footwear onto a last portion of a holding assembly, the last portion including a first side portion filled with a plurality of bead members and further having a flexible membrane stretched over the plurality of bead members; flattening a side portion of the upper and the first side portion of the last portion; creating a vacuum within an interior cavity of the first side portion so that the flexible membrane and the plurality of bead members have a substantially rigid geometry; and printing onto the side portion of the upper. placing the article of footwear onto a last portion of a holding assembly, the last portion including a first side portion filled with a plurality of bead members and further having a flexible membrane stretched over the plurality of bead members; flattening a side portion of the upper and the first side portion of the last portion; creating a vacuum within an interior cavity of the first side portion so that the flexible membrane and the plurality of bead members have a substantially rigid geometry; and printing onto the side portion of the upper.
An electronic device comprising a first electrode (3, 4; 23, 34) and a region of polymeric material (15; 10) set in contact with said first electrode, said first electrode (3, 4; 23, 34) comprising a first silicide region (4; 34) set directly in contact with said region of polymeric material (15; 10); characterised in that said first electrode (3, 4; 23, 34) further comprises a first polysilicon region (3; 23), said first silicide region (4; 34) coating said first polysilicon region (3; 23) and being arranged, as interface, between said first polysilicon region (3; 23) and said region of polymeric material (15; 10); and in that a doping level of said first polysilicon region (3; 23) determines a work function at the interface with said region of polymeric material (15; 10), further comprising a second electrode (14; 24, 34) set in contact with said region of polymeric material (15; 10), said region of polymeric material being arranged between said first electrode (3, 4; 23, 34) and said second electrode (14; 24, 34) and constituting an active area of said electronic device, wherein said second electrode (24, 34) further comprises a second silicide region set in contact with said region of polymeric material, and said first electrode (23, 34) and said second electrode (24, 34) comprise a first polysilicon region and a second polysilicon region, respectively; said first and said second silicide regions coating, respectively, said first polysilicon region and said second polysilicon region and being arranged, as interface, between said first and second polysilicon regions, respectively, and said region of polymeric material.
An effervescent beverage which provides foam with improved quality, comprising a hop oxidation-reaction product, wherein the hop oxidation reaction product is an extract of a hop oxidation reaction product wherein said extract is obtainable by subjecting oxidized hops to extraction with water, water-containing organic solvents or polar organic media such as ethanol, and wherein the amount of said extract is such that the total content of oxidation products of α-acids, oxidation products of iso-o-acids and oxidation products of β-acids in the beverage is 10-400 ppm and/or wherein the concentration of the hop oxidation-reaction product in the beverage is in the range of 10-500 ppm.
A portable cooking and delivery system, comprising: a vehicle; a plurality of individual ovens carried by the vehicle, each of the ovens having a respective heating element and at least one wall that forms an interior which is thermally insulated from an exterior thereof and which is thermally insulated from the respective interior of each other ones of the ovens, the ovens each operable at respective temperatures which are independently settable from one another; and characterized in that the system further comprises: a packaging array carried by the cargo vehicle and which holds packaging (242, 244); a transfer mechanism operable to mechanically transfer contents of the oven to respective instances of packaging held by the packaging array without the contents being touched by a human; and at least one controller (118, 116) that dynamically controls at least one of a temperature or a cooking time for at least one of the ovens in response to a dynamically updated estimated transit time of the vehicle to a delivery destination for delivery of the contents of the respective oven. a vehicle; a plurality of individual ovens carried by the vehicle, each of the ovens having a respective heating element and at least one wall that forms an interior which is thermally insulated from an exterior thereof and which is thermally insulated from the respective interior of each other ones of the ovens, the ovens each operable at respective temperatures which are independently settable from one another; and characterized in that the system further comprises: a packaging array carried by the cargo vehicle and which holds packaging (242, 244); a transfer mechanism operable to mechanically transfer contents of the oven to respective instances of packaging held by the packaging array without the contents being touched by a human; and at least one controller (118, 116) that dynamically controls at least one of a temperature or a cooking time for at least one of the ovens in response to a dynamically updated estimated transit time of the vehicle to a delivery destination for delivery of the contents of the respective oven. a packaging array carried by the cargo vehicle and which holds packaging (242, 244); a transfer mechanism operable to mechanically transfer contents of the oven to respective instances of packaging held by the packaging array without the contents being touched by a human; and at least one controller (118, 116) that dynamically controls at least one of a temperature or a cooking time for at least one of the ovens in response to a dynamically updated estimated transit time of the vehicle to a delivery destination for delivery of the contents of the respective oven.
A rotary brush attachment (10, 30, 60) for cleaning a stud comprising: an elongated steel brush cartridge including a brush portion end for receiving the stud; and a body portion (12, 44, 80) for housing the elongated steel brush cartridge, the body portion (12, 44, 80) also including an engagement portion end for mounting the attachment (10, 30, 60) to a power tool, the engagement portion end located opposite the brush portion end when the elongated steel brush cartridge is inserted within the body portion; and the brush portion end having a hollow portion (20, 40) extending along a longitudinal axis (14, 46) of the body (12, 44, 80) and a set of bristles (22, 42, 66) extending from an inner circumference toward the longitudinal axis. an elongated steel brush cartridge including a brush portion end for receiving the stud; and a body portion (12, 44, 80) for housing the elongated steel brush cartridge, the body portion (12, 44, 80) also including an engagement portion end for mounting the attachment (10, 30, 60) to a power tool, the engagement portion end located opposite the brush portion end when the elongated steel brush cartridge is inserted within the body portion; and the brush portion end having a hollow portion (20, 40) extending along a longitudinal axis (14, 46) of the body (12, 44, 80) and a set of bristles (22, 42, 66) extending from an inner circumference toward the longitudinal axis.