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A method for operating a gas turbine engine to facilitate reducing leakage of lubrication oil, the gas turbine engine comprising: at least one bearing assembly arranged in a sump oil cavity, a sump pressurization cavity at least partly encasing the sump oil cavity and in fluid communication therewith; the method comprising the step of: supplying sump pressurization air to the sump pressurization cavity from an air source on-board of said gas turbine engine, to maintain in said sump pressurization cavity an operating pressure higher than a pressure in said sump oil cavity; characterised in the further step of: when air pressure from the air source on-board of the gas turbine engine is insufficient to maintain said operating pressure in the sump pressurization cavity, supplying supplemental sump pressurization air to said sump pressurization cavity from at least one auxiliary pressurized-air source external to the gas turbine engine. at least one bearing assembly arranged in a sump oil cavity, a sump pressurization cavity at least partly encasing the sump oil cavity and in fluid communication therewith; supplying sump pressurization air to the sump pressurization cavity from an air source on-board of said gas turbine engine, to maintain in said sump pressurization cavity an operating pressure higher than a pressure in said sump oil cavity; characterised in the further step of: when air pressure from the air source on-board of the gas turbine engine is insufficient to maintain said operating pressure in the sump pressurization cavity, supplying supplemental sump pressurization air to said sump pressurization cavity from at least one auxiliary pressurized-air source external to the gas turbine engine. when air pressure from the air source on-board of the gas turbine engine is insufficient to maintain said operating pressure in the sump pressurization cavity, supplying supplemental sump pressurization air to said sump pressurization cavity from at least one auxiliary pressurized-air source external to the gas turbine engine.
A retrieval device, comprising: a sheath having a distal end; an end effector movable relative to the distal end of the sheath, the end effector including: first and second arms (24, 26), the first arm including a first opening at a distal portion of the first arm, and the second arm including a second opening at a distal portion of the second arm, a third arm slidably received in the first and second openings (36, 38), wherein a distal portion of the third arm forms at least part of a loop, and wherein the loop extends through the first and second openings (36, 38), wherein the end effector further includes a fourth arm slidably received in the first and second openings (36, 38), and wherein distal portions of the third and fourth arms (20, 28) form the loop, the loop being selectively expandable and contractible by sliding the third and fourth arms (20, 28) through the first and second openings (36, 38), and a drive member configured to move the end effector, wherein proximal portions of the first, second, third and fourth arms (20, 24, 26, 28) are coupled to or form part of the drive member. a sheath having a distal end; an end effector movable relative to the distal end of the sheath, the end effector including: first and second arms (24, 26), the first arm including a first opening at a distal portion of the first arm, and the second arm including a second opening at a distal portion of the second arm, a third arm slidably received in the first and second openings (36, 38), wherein a distal portion of the third arm forms at least part of a loop, and wherein the loop extends through the first and second openings (36, 38), wherein the end effector further includes a fourth arm slidably received in the first and second openings (36, 38), and wherein distal portions of the third and fourth arms (20, 28) form the loop, the loop being selectively expandable and contractible by sliding the third and fourth arms (20, 28) through the first and second openings (36, 38), and a drive member configured to move the end effector, wherein proximal portions of the first, second, third and fourth arms (20, 24, 26, 28) are coupled to or form part of the drive member. first and second arms (24, 26), the first arm including a first opening at a distal portion of the first arm, and the second arm including a second opening at a distal portion of the second arm, a third arm slidably received in the first and second openings (36, 38), wherein a distal portion of the third arm forms at least part of a loop, and wherein the loop extends through the first and second openings (36, 38), wherein the end effector further includes a fourth arm slidably received in the first and second openings (36, 38), and wherein distal portions of the third and fourth arms (20, 28) form the loop, the loop being selectively expandable and contractible by sliding the third and fourth arms (20, 28) through the first and second openings (36, 38), and a drive member configured to move the end effector, wherein proximal portions of the first, second, third and fourth arms (20, 24, 26, 28) are coupled to or form part of the drive member.
Heat recovery system for an internal combustion engine comprising - a heat transfer device flowed through by a fluid heat carrier, for transferring the heat from a combustion exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine to the heat carrier, - a heat power machine flowed through by the heat carrier for converting the heat transferred to the heat carrier into mechanical work, - a substantially cyclically closed duct system for connecting the heat transfer device to the heat power machine, - at least one displacement pump for conveying the heat carrier through the duct system in a predetermined flow direction and - a pump drive (10,11) for driving the displacement pump, characterised by an impermeable separating membrane for separating the heat carrier from the pump drive (10, 11) in a fluid-tight manner. - a heat transfer device flowed through by a fluid heat carrier, for transferring the heat from a combustion exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine to the heat carrier, - a heat power machine flowed through by the heat carrier for converting the heat transferred to the heat carrier into mechanical work, - a substantially cyclically closed duct system for connecting the heat transfer device to the heat power machine, - at least one displacement pump for conveying the heat carrier through the duct system in a predetermined flow direction and - a pump drive (10,11) for driving the displacement pump, characterised by an impermeable separating membrane for separating the heat carrier from the pump drive (10, 11) in a fluid-tight manner.
Mine protection locking device for a door of a military vehicle having a movable locking element (2.1 - 2.20), in particular a mine protection locking bar, and an unlocking actuator (3.1 - 3.17) for unlocking the locking element (2.1 - 2.20), characterized by a guide for guiding the movement of the locking element (2.18 - 2.20) in a direction of movement, wherein the guide has an outer guide element and an inner guide element and wherein the inner guide element is designed to be elastic transversely to the direction of movement for unlocking a bent locking element (2.18 - 2.20).
System for the automatic release of products made from cast concrete from flexible and deformable moulds, the system comprising: - an apparatus configured to supply said moulds and to carry out the pre-mould-release of the products contained inside said moulds, said apparatus comprising a first conveyor belt associated with a first pre-mould-release group, wherein said first pre-mould-release group is configured to facilitate the subsequent mould-release of the products; and - a mould-release machine arranged downstream with respect to the first conveyor belt, said mould-release machine comprising a mould-release group, configured to carry out the extraction of the products from the respective moulds, and a plurality of conveyor belts (32, 54, 58, 66), configured to carry out the movement of the moulds and of the products inside the mould-release machine, wherein said mould-release group is provided with a plurality of mould-release means (38, 40, 42) configured to carry out the detachment of each product from the respective mould through a forced flexing of said mould, the system being characterised in that said apparatus comprises a second conveyor belt associated with a second pre-mould-release group, wherein said second conveyor belt is arranged downstream with respect to the first conveyor belt, wherein said mould-release machine is arranged downstream with respect to said second conveyor belt and wherein said second conveyor belt is configured to facilitate the subsequent mould-release of the products, and in that said plurality of conveyor belts (32, 54, 58, 66) comprises a third conveyor belt configured to receive the moulds from said second conveyor belt and provided with lifting means for lifting the front extreme end of said third conveyor belt, said lifting means being configured to lift said front extreme end to push each mould against the mould-release group through a predetermined and specific pressure to obtain the mould-release by friction of said products. - an apparatus configured to supply said moulds and to carry out the pre-mould-release of the products contained inside said moulds, said apparatus comprising a first conveyor belt associated with a first pre-mould-release group, wherein said first pre-mould-release group is configured to facilitate the subsequent mould-release of the products; and - a mould-release machine arranged downstream with respect to the first conveyor belt, said mould-release machine comprising a mould-release group, configured to carry out the extraction of the products from the respective moulds, and a plurality of conveyor belts (32, 54, 58, 66), configured to carry out the movement of the moulds and of the products inside the mould-release machine, wherein said mould-release group is provided with a plurality of mould-release means (38, 40, 42) configured to carry out the detachment of each product from the respective mould through a forced flexing of said mould,
A method, comprising: a network function characterized in that the network function is substituting entries in an original network function chain representation of a data packet header associated with a received flow with other entries to create a modified network function chain representation; and the substitution directing the flow to bypass a network function in the original network function chain representation. a network function characterized in that the network function is substituting entries in an original network function chain representation of a data packet header associated with a received flow with other entries to create a modified network function chain representation; and the substitution directing the flow to bypass a network function in the original network function chain representation.
A device for the optical stimulation of an optically activatable biological sample, with a multiplicity of light sources, which emits light of at least one predeterminable wavelength, which impinges directly or indirectly on the sample, wherein the multiplicity of light sources is thermally coupled to a hollow channel section designed in the manner of a hollow cylinder, which hollow channel section is part of a fluid circuit through which fluid flows, and whose inner and outer casing surfaces (5, 6) radially bound a flow volume of the fluid circuit, along which a temperature control unit and a feed pump are arranged, and the hollow channel section has at least one bounding wall that is suitably designed for the thermal coupling of an optically activatable biological sample, characterised in that, the inner casing surface represents the at least one bounding wall, via which the optically activatable sample is thermally coupled to the fluid circuit, and is transparent to the light of the multiplicity of light sources, in that, the multiplicity of light sources is arranged with an axial distribution and/or a distribution oriented in the circumferential direction of the hollow channel section, and with a radially inward-oriented radiation aperture assigned to each of the light sources, and in that the light sources can be divided into at least two groups (13I-13V), each containing at least one light source, which differ from one another in one of the following properties: radiation intensity, emitted wavelength, or wavelength spectrum.
A dispensing closure having a top cap comprising a base and a lid, the lid being attached to the base by a hinge (47, 52, 53), the base is connectable to a container, the closure further comprising a shroud member with which the top cap can be docked to determine at least in part of the profile of the closure, characterised in that the shroud member includes a rebate into which part of the hinge is movable.
Device comprising: - a probe comprising, in an elongate tubular body, an electronic module, a capacitor bank and a spark gap adapted to fire shots generating a shock wave in a wellbore, - a diagnostic device of said probe comprising at least one sensor adapted to measure at least one parameter of the shock wave over time, characterised in that: - said sensor is fixed to an inner surface of a wall of the tubular body, at a predetermined, non-zero distance from the spark gap in the direction of the electronic module and adapted to measure the shock wave directly transmitted by the wall of the tubular body, - it comprises a computer adapted to: - record, during firing, a signal output by said sensor, - process the recorded signal and compare it with at least one reference value, and - based on the result of the comparison, output information representing the operating state of the probe. - a probe comprising, in an elongate tubular body, an electronic module, a capacitor bank and a spark gap adapted to fire shots generating a shock wave in a wellbore, - a diagnostic device of said probe comprising at least one sensor adapted to measure at least one parameter of the shock wave over time, characterised in that: - said sensor is fixed to an inner surface of a wall of the tubular body, at a predetermined, non-zero distance from the spark gap in the direction of the electronic module and adapted to measure the shock wave directly transmitted by the wall of the tubular body, - it comprises a computer adapted to: - record, during firing, a signal output by said sensor, - process the recorded signal and compare it with at least one reference value, and - based on the result of the comparison, output information representing the operating state of the probe. - record, during firing, a signal output by said sensor, - process the recorded signal and compare it with at least one reference value, and - based on the result of the comparison, output information representing the operating state of the probe.
A method for stabilizing a DC link voltage of an electrical converter, the method comprising: determining a DC link voltage signal for the DC link voltage of the electrical converter; determining a fluctuation signal of the DC link voltage by applying a high pass filter (46, 48) to the DC link voltage signal; determining a torque offset by multiplying the fluctuation signal with a gain value; modifying a reference torque with the torque offset for controlling the electrical converter; wherein the gain value is adjusted by: determining a DC link voltage ripple from the DC link voltage signal; comparing the DC link voltage ripple with a threshold and, when the DC link voltage ripple is higher than the threshold, increasing the gain value and restricting it to a maximal gain value; characterized in that the method further comprises: decreasing an output power limit of the electrical converter, when the maximal gain value is reached and the DC link voltage ripple does not decrease below a threshold. determining a DC link voltage signal for the DC link voltage of the electrical converter; determining a fluctuation signal of the DC link voltage by applying a high pass filter (46, 48) to the DC link voltage signal; determining a torque offset by multiplying the fluctuation signal with a gain value; modifying a reference torque with the torque offset for controlling the electrical converter; wherein the gain value is adjusted by: determining a DC link voltage ripple from the DC link voltage signal; comparing the DC link voltage ripple with a threshold and, when the DC link voltage ripple is higher than the threshold, increasing the gain value and restricting it to a maximal gain value; characterized in that the method further comprises: decreasing an output power limit of the electrical converter, when the maximal gain value is reached and the DC link voltage ripple does not decrease below a threshold. determining a DC link voltage ripple from the DC link voltage signal; comparing the DC link voltage ripple with a threshold and, when the DC link voltage ripple is higher than the threshold, increasing the gain value and restricting it to a maximal gain value; characterized in that the method further comprises: decreasing an output power limit of the electrical converter, when the maximal gain value is reached and the DC link voltage ripple does not decrease below a threshold.
Mounting device for mounting a scaffold to a wall or the like having a base body as well as connecting means, which are designed to be connectable to structural anchors being inserted in a wall, namely eye bolts or eye screws, wherein the mounting device can be brought into a stop position by means of swiveling for forming a substantially bending resistant frame with the connected structural anchors, wherein the base body is multi-part in construction and comprises at least two base body elements, which are slidably and hingedly connected with each other, wherein the multi-part base body comprise bores (7 7a), which can be arranged flush to each other, characterized in that the bores (7, 7a) serve for receiving a scaffold anchorage of a scaffold such that when scaffold anchorage is reaching through the bores (7, 7a), a swiveling of the mounting device is prevented, and the bores (7, 7a) of the hinged base body can be arranged in the respective base body elements flush to each other such that when the scaffold anchorage is reaching though the flush bores (7, 7a), a swiveling movement of the base body elements relatively to each other is prevented.
A multicomponent microbicidal contraceptive intravaginal ringed-mesh device comprising a ringed-mesh construct comprising a ring matrix encircling a fibrous mesh adjoined thereto and held in the ring lumen and a polymeric coating covering the ringed-mesh construct, wherein each of the ring matrix and the polymeric coating comprise at least one drug-releasing polymeric substrate for the independent controlled release of at least one contraceptive agent and at least one bioactive agent, and wherein the at least one bioactive agent is selected from the group consisting of metronidazole, miconazole, ketoconazole, fluconazole, tobramycin, rapamycin, amphotericin, 5-flurocytosine, ciprofloxacin, tetracycline, doxycycline, zidovudine, acyclovir, penciclovir, ganciclovir, cidofovir, lamivudine, zalcitabine, valacyclovir, stavudine, ritonavir, indinavir, didanosine, dideoxyadinosine, paclitaxel, mitomycin, 5-flurouracil, leflunomide, enfuvirtide, clotrimazole, terbinafine, chlorhexidine, mafenide, clindamycin, gemcitabine, erythromycin, ofloxacin, ceftriaxone, and cefpodoxime, wherein the ring matrix comprises silicone and wherein the fibrous mesh comprises polyester, and wherein the ring matrix contains at least one contraceptive agent and wherein the polymeric coating contains at least one of said bioactive agents.
A method of producing a novel recombinant chimeric anti-TNF-α monoclonal antibody, wherein said antibody contains less high mannose type modification than infliximab, and no Gal-α1,3-Gal terminal galactose connections, NGNA terminal sialic acid modification or other non-human glycosylation, and wherein the antibody comprises a light chain comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 and a heavy chain comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4; wherein said method comprises: a) constructing a recombinant plasmid using nucleic acid fragments encoding the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NO: 2 and 4, transfecting host cells, and screening high-expressing clones; wherein said host cell is a CHO cell in which the expression of endogenous GS gene is eliminated; b) optimizing cell culture conditions, wherein the pH for cell culture is 6.5 - 7.0, the temperature for cell culture is 34°C - 37°C and the osmotic pressure of cell culture is 295mOsm/kg - 360mOsm/kg, culturing the host cell in large scale under the optimized cell culture conditions in a non-animal-derived serum-free culture medium to produce the novel recombinant chimeric anti-TNF-α monoclonal antibody, isolating and purifying the antibody. a) constructing a recombinant plasmid using nucleic acid fragments encoding the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NO: 2 and 4, transfecting host cells, and screening high-expressing clones; wherein said host cell is a CHO cell in which the expression of endogenous GS gene is eliminated; b) optimizing cell culture conditions, wherein the pH for cell culture is 6.5 - 7.0, the temperature for cell culture is 34°C - 37°C and the osmotic pressure of cell culture is 295mOsm/kg - 360mOsm/kg, culturing the host cell in large scale under the optimized cell culture conditions in a non-animal-derived serum-free culture medium to produce the novel recombinant chimeric anti-TNF-α monoclonal antibody, isolating and purifying the antibody.
A phonic wheel for a gas turbine engine, the phonic wheel comprising: a circular disk; a first plurality of position markers disposed on the disk and oriented substantially parallel to an axis of rotation of the circular disk, the first plurality of position markers each having a first physical configuration and configured to produce a series of first signal pulses when detected within a sensing zone of at least one sensor; and at least one second position marker disposed on the disk between two adjacent first position markers and oriented at an angle relative to the first plurality of position markers, the at least one second position marker configured to produce a second signal pulse when detected within the sensing zone of the at least one sensor, characterised in that: the at least one second position marker has a second physical configuration different from the first physical configuration such that the second signal pulse is substantially equalized with the first signal pulse. a circular disk; a first plurality of position markers disposed on the disk and oriented substantially parallel to an axis of rotation of the circular disk, the first plurality of position markers each having a first physical configuration and configured to produce a series of first signal pulses when detected within a sensing zone of at least one sensor; and at least one second position marker disposed on the disk between two adjacent first position markers and oriented at an angle relative to the first plurality of position markers, the at least one second position marker configured to produce a second signal pulse when detected within the sensing zone of the at least one sensor, characterised in that: the at least one second position marker has a second physical configuration different from the first physical configuration such that the second signal pulse is substantially equalized with the first signal pulse.