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An optical element comprising a caustic layer made of a piece of reflective, or refractive transparent or partially transparent, first optical material, and having a light-redirecting surface with a relief pattern, wherein the relief pattern of the light-redirecting surface of the caustic layer is configured to redirect incident light received by the optical element from a point-like light source and form a projected image containing a visible caustic pattern reproducing a reference pattern, wherein the optical element includes a mask layer disposed, respectively, on an optical surface of the optical element or within the optical element, the mask layer comprising a mask pattern and having a variable light transmission coefficient, the mask layer being adapted to at least partially transmit incoming light upon illumination of the optical element with the point-like light source, characterized in that: upon illumination of the optical element with the point-like light source, the mask layer is configured to show a visible image reproducing a reference image, the visible image being distinct from the projected image; and in that the relief pattern of the light-redirecting surface of the caustic layer is specifically adapted to transmission properties of the mask pattern in order to provide the visible caustic pattern reproducing the reference pattern. wherein the relief pattern of the light-redirecting surface of the caustic layer is configured to redirect incident light received by the optical element from a point-like light source and form a projected image containing a visible caustic pattern reproducing a reference pattern, wherein the optical element includes a mask layer disposed, respectively, on an optical surface of the optical element or within the optical element, the mask layer comprising a mask pattern and having a variable light transmission coefficient, the mask layer being adapted to at least partially transmit incoming light upon illumination of the optical element with the point-like light source, characterized in that: upon illumination of the optical element with the point-like light source, the mask layer is configured to show a visible image reproducing a reference image, the visible image being distinct from the projected image; and in that the relief pattern of the light-redirecting surface of the caustic layer is specifically adapted to transmission properties of the mask pattern in order to provide the visible caustic pattern reproducing the reference pattern. upon illumination of the optical element with the point-like light source, the mask layer is configured to show a visible image reproducing a reference image, the visible image being distinct from the projected image; and in that the relief pattern of the light-redirecting surface of the caustic layer is specifically adapted to transmission properties of the mask pattern in order to provide the visible caustic pattern reproducing the reference pattern.
A clamp for a linkage for linking first and second bone fasteners of a prosthesis assembly, the clamp comprising a clamp body having a first receiving portion for receiving a first component of the prosthesis assembly and a second receiving portion for receiving a second component of the prosthesis assembly, the clamp having a deflectable member which is configured to deflect from a first position to a second position when one of the first and second components is introduced into its corresponding receiving portion, wherein when the deflectable member is in the second position and the other one of the first and second components is received by the clamp, the deflectable member is engageable with said other one of the first and second components.
Blades for a turbo engine, wherein thickened sections and indentations are formed on a sidewall having a number of blades, wherein respectively at least one indentation on a blade pressure side and at least one thickened section on a blade suction side are arranged for the number of blades, and the thickened section arranged on the blade suction side and/or the indentation arranged on the blade pressure side is arranged in the half of the blade row facing the inlet side, characterised in that the blades have a second thickened section formed as elevation in the half adjacent to the outlet side and extending from the blade suction side to the blade pressure side, and the sidewall axially after the second thickened section is uncontoured.
Material having a structure-monitoring system, wherein the structure-monitoring system has: a signal-transmitting element; and a sensor unit with a signal generator and a signal receiver; wherein the signal generator is designed to feed a first signal into the signal-transmission element, wherein the signal receiver is designed to read a second signal out of the signal-transmission element as a result of the first signal, wherein the second signal corresponds to the first signal to which a transmission function of the signal-transmission element is applied; wherein the material is a metallic material; wherein the signal-transmission element has carbon nanotubes and is arranged in the metallic material; characterized in that the signal-transmission element is introduced as a weld additive or as a powder metallurgy primary material during the manufacture of the material. a signal-transmitting element; and a sensor unit with a signal generator and a signal receiver; wherein the signal generator is designed to feed a first signal into the signal-transmission element, wherein the signal receiver is designed to read a second signal out of the signal-transmission element as a result of the first signal, wherein the second signal corresponds to the first signal to which a transmission function of the signal-transmission element is applied; wherein the material is a metallic material; wherein the signal-transmission element has carbon nanotubes and is arranged in the metallic material; characterized in that the signal-transmission element is introduced as a weld additive or as a powder metallurgy primary material during the manufacture of the material.
A stick handle for walking sticks, trekking sticks, alpine ski sticks, cross-country ski sticks, or Nordic walking sticks, with a length-adjustable hand strap, comprising a handle body with a head portion and a grip portion, wherein the hand strap is secured to the handle body with means for locking and adjusting the use length of the hand strap, the handle body having a recess with a radial first portion and an axial second portion, and wherein the hand strap has an upper, first end, and enters the recess of the handle body with a central strap section, undergoes a deflection around a deflection element in the recess and emerges downwards from the recess as a free lower second end, wherein a blocking element is arranged in the recess, which blocking element blocks the lower loop section emerging from the recess towards the lower, free second end when the hand loop is directed downwards, wherein the blocking element is mounted in an insert which is arranged with an upper head portion in the recess of the handle body, characterised in that the upper, first end of the hand strap is fastened to or in an upper wall of the insert by means of a screw.
Sensor with a semiconductor component, on which a measurement element is integrated, wherein the measurement element is arranged on a membrane above an opening or cavity of the semiconductor component, wherein a tensile coating for stretching the membrane is arranged on the semiconductor component, wherein the tensile coating extends above the membrane, wherein the tensile coating is subjected to tensile stress, wherein the tensile coating overlaps the membrane on at least two opposed sides, characterized in that a circuit with active electronic components is integrated on the semiconductor component, and in that the tensile coating leaves uncovered at least a part of the active electronic components of the circuit.
A data transmission method, comprising: receiving downlink control information, DCI; and if a receiving time interval between the DCI and a corresponding physical downlink shared channel, PDSCH, is less than a preset threshold, and at least one transmission configuration indicator, TCI, field value corresponds to two transmission configuration indicator states, TCI-states, receiving the PDSCH by using two default TCI-states. receiving downlink control information, DCI; and if a receiving time interval between the DCI and a corresponding physical downlink shared channel, PDSCH, is less than a preset threshold, and at least one transmission configuration indicator, TCI, field value corresponds to two transmission configuration indicator states, TCI-states, receiving the PDSCH by using two default TCI-states.
A method for managing a managed function object, wherein the method comprises: receiving, a management request for a managed function object, wherein the management request carries indication information of an application, and the indication information of the application is used to associate the managed function object with the application, wherein the indication information of the application comprises type information of the application, the type information of the application comprises a descriptor identifier of the application indicating a plurality of applications with a same type; and managing the managed function object based on the indication information of the application. receiving, a management request for a managed function object, wherein the management request carries indication information of an application, and the indication information of the application is used to associate the managed function object with the application, wherein the indication information of the application comprises type information of the application, the type information of the application comprises a descriptor identifier of the application indicating a plurality of applications with a same type; and managing the managed function object based on the indication information of the application.
An aerospace galley insert (1; 21) comprising: an oven defining therein an oven inner cavity for receiving food to be prepared; a fluid supply for supplying fluid comprising water or water vapour to the oven inner cavity; an exterior space defined outside of the oven inner cavity; a first temperature sensor for detecting a first temperature in the oven inner cavity; and a control unit configured to control the fluid supply; characterised by: a second temperature sensor for detecting a second temperature in the exterior space; a heat pipe (8; 28) extending between the oven inner cavity and the exterior space; and a third temperature sensor for detecting a third temperature of the heat pipe where it extends into the exterior space; wherein the control unit is configured to determine an actual water vapour concentration in the oven inner cavity based on the first, second and third temperatures, and is configured to control the fluid supply in order to adjust the actual water vapour concentration to a target water vapour concentration. an oven defining therein an oven inner cavity for receiving food to be prepared; a fluid supply for supplying fluid comprising water or water vapour to the oven inner cavity; an exterior space defined outside of the oven inner cavity; a first temperature sensor for detecting a first temperature in the oven inner cavity; and a control unit configured to control the fluid supply; a second temperature sensor for detecting a second temperature in the exterior space; a heat pipe (8; 28) extending between the oven inner cavity and the exterior space; and a third temperature sensor for detecting a third temperature of the heat pipe where it extends into the exterior space; wherein the control unit is configured to determine an actual water vapour concentration in the oven inner cavity based on the first, second and third temperatures, and is configured to control the fluid supply in order to adjust the actual water vapour concentration to a target water vapour concentration.
Attachment for a key of a cooking machine, with a drive, especially an electric drive, for driving a tool (11, 16, 17, 18) of the cooking machine, especially wherein the attachment comprises an opening for filling with foodstuffs, wherein the attachment comprises a ring with an arm which extends from the ring's inner side in the direction of the ring's centre, wherein the drive is located in the arm and the free end of the arm has at least one output, characterised in that the free end of the arm has an output on the upper side and the lower side in each case.
A processing method of a silicon wafer comprising the steps of: removing an oxide film on a surface of the silicon wafer by jetting aqueous hydrofluoric acid and/or hydrogen fluoride gas containing water vapor onto the silicon wafer being rotated such that the surface is converted into a water-repellent state; oxidizing the surface by jetting ozone water onto the silicon wafer being rotated such that the surface is converted into a hydrophilic state; removing at least part of an oxide film from the surface of the silicon wafer by jetting aqueous hydrofluoric acid and/or hydrogen fluoride gas containing water vapor onto the silicon wafer being rotated such that the surface is changed in a water-repellent state; removing liquid from the surface; and providing at least partial oxide film on the surface by jetting ozone gas onto the surface of the wafer being rotated such that the surface is changed in a hydrophilic state wherein a gas flow of the ozone gas and/or an ambient gas involved by the ozone gas has an unsaturated vapor pressure of the liquid such that the liquid on the surface vaporizes, wherein the above-described steps are conducted in this order and the hydrogen fluoride gas is generated by bubbling nitrogen gas in an aqueous hydrofluoric acid so as to contain some amount of water vapor. removing an oxide film on a surface of the silicon wafer by jetting aqueous hydrofluoric acid and/or hydrogen fluoride gas containing water vapor onto the silicon wafer being rotated such that the surface is converted into a water-repellent state; oxidizing the surface by jetting ozone water onto the silicon wafer being rotated such that the surface is converted into a hydrophilic state; removing at least part of an oxide film from the surface of the silicon wafer by jetting aqueous hydrofluoric acid and/or hydrogen fluoride gas containing water vapor onto the silicon wafer being rotated such that the surface is changed in a water-repellent state; removing liquid from the surface; and providing at least partial oxide film on the surface by jetting ozone gas onto the surface of the wafer being rotated such that the surface is changed in a hydrophilic state wherein a gas flow of the ozone gas and/or an ambient gas involved by the ozone gas has an unsaturated vapor pressure of the liquid such that the liquid on the surface vaporizes, wherein the above-described steps are conducted in this order and the hydrogen fluoride gas is generated by bubbling nitrogen gas in an aqueous hydrofluoric acid so as to contain some amount of water vapor.
A method of inhibiting scale formation comprising adding, to a fluid that tends to form a scale, an antiscale agent selected from a polycarboxylic acid, a salt thereof, an ester thereof, a combination of two of the acid, the salt and the ester, or a combination of the salt, acid and the ester characterized by having a polymer backbone and a plurality of branches from the polymer backbone.
A two-shaft gas turbine comprising: a combustor that includes a first burner for diffusion combustion and a second burner for premixed combustion, the second burner being circularly arranged around the first burner and including at least two regions arranged in a circumferential direction for carrying our premixed combustion individually; and a controller that controls the start of the premixed combustion that is to be carried out in the combustor, characterized in that the controller selects at least one of the regions on the basis of the ratio of the amount of fuel to the amount of air in order to start the premixed combustion, starts the premixed combustion in the selected region or starts the premixed combustion separately in each of the selected regions, and increases the number of selected regions in which the premixed combustion is carried out, as the fuel-air ratio is increased. a combustor that includes a first burner for diffusion combustion and a second burner for premixed combustion, the second burner being circularly arranged around the first burner and including at least two regions arranged in a circumferential direction for carrying our premixed combustion individually; and a controller that controls the start of the premixed combustion that is to be carried out in the combustor, characterized in that the controller selects at least one of the regions on the basis of the ratio of the amount of fuel to the amount of air in order to start the premixed combustion, starts the premixed combustion in the selected region or starts the premixed combustion separately in each of the selected regions, and increases the number of selected regions in which the premixed combustion is carried out, as the fuel-air ratio is increased.
Device for controlling at least one electrical power supply switch, comprising: at least one input port able to receive a control signal of said at least one switch; control means (4, 5) comprising at least one relay able to actuate said at least one switch, and at least one passive bandpass filter, able to operate a frequency filtering of said control signal, said at least one bandpass filter being connected to said at least one relay, the control means being electrically passive in the absence of any control signal and configured to be supplied electrically by means of the control signal; characterized by a control port, distinct from the input port, connected to said at least one relay and able to provide across the terminals of said relay a suitable voltage injected by a local piece of equipment. at least one input port able to receive a control signal of said at least one switch; control means (4, 5) comprising at least one relay able to actuate said at least one switch, and at least one passive bandpass filter, able to operate a frequency filtering of said control signal, said at least one bandpass filter being connected to said at least one relay, the control means being electrically passive in the absence of any control signal and configured to be supplied electrically by means of the control signal; characterized by a control port, distinct from the input port, connected to said at least one relay and able to provide across the terminals of said relay a suitable voltage injected by a local piece of equipment.
Method for determining the distance (d) between an object and a motor vehicle by means of a monocular imaging device which is arranged at a predetermined height (h) above the road level on the motor vehicle, wherein by means of the monocular imaging device images of the vehicle surroundings are captured at time intervals, by means of an image processing system at least one object of interest is detected in the captured images and assigned to an object class, from the captured images using a pinhole camera model based on the object class, respective position information is determined which is indicative of the location of a reference point of the detected object relative to the road level in world coordinates, a scale factor (p) of the pinhole camera model is estimated using a Bayesian estimator using the position information as observations, and assuming that the reference point of the detected object is on the road level with a predetermined probability, and from the estimated scaling factor (p), using the pinhole camera model, the distance (d) between the detected object and the motor vehicle is calculated.
A hopper comprising: a hopper body having an upper end opening to which articles are supplied from a trough configured to convey the articles along a first direction and a lower end opening from which the articles are discharged; and a gate configured to open and close the lower end opening, wherein the hopper body has a first sidewall provided below a distal end portion of the trough in a conveying direction of the articles, and a second sidewall provided so as to face the first sidewall in the first direction, an upper end of the first sidewall is formed at a position lower than an upper end of the second sidewall, the hopper body has a third sidewall and a fourth sidewall that face each other in a second direction intersecting with the first direction and that connect between the first sidewall and the second sidewall, and a first corner portion adjacent to the distal end portion of the trough in the third sidewall and a second corner portion adjacent to the distal end portion of the trough in the fourth sidewall are bent in direction away from the distal end portion of the trough characterised in that the hopper body has a first edge portion adjacent to the distal end portion of the trough in the first corner portion and a second edge portion adjacent to the distal end portion of the trough in the second corner portion are bent in direction closer to the distal end portion of the trough. a hopper body having an upper end opening to which articles are supplied from a trough configured to convey the articles along a first direction and a lower end opening from which the articles are discharged; and a gate configured to open and close the lower end opening, wherein the hopper body has a first sidewall provided below a distal end portion of the trough in a conveying direction of the articles, and a second sidewall provided so as to face the first sidewall in the first direction, an upper end of the first sidewall is formed at a position lower than an upper end of the second sidewall, the hopper body has a third sidewall and a fourth sidewall that face each other in a second direction intersecting with the first direction and that connect between the first sidewall and the second sidewall, and a first corner portion adjacent to the distal end portion of the trough in the third sidewall and a second corner portion adjacent to the distal end portion of the trough in the fourth sidewall are bent in direction away from the distal end portion of the trough characterised in that the hopper body has a first edge portion adjacent to the distal end portion of the trough in the first corner portion and a second edge portion adjacent to the distal end portion of the trough in the second corner portion are bent in direction closer to the distal end portion of the trough.
A method for producing a cured reinforcement bar to be incorporated in a concrete component, characterized in that a filament bundle comprising individual filaments, a filament bundle divided into individual yarns, or individual yarns, is spread by at least one widening device and provided with at least one settable mineral matrix material and brought into a settable state, so that the matrix material essentially completely encases the filaments, and subsequently the encased filaments are brought together to form a filament bundle again and are subjected to shaping in a mouthpiece or in a formwork, followed by curing to form the reinforcing element.