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A cleaner head for a vacuum cleaner , comprising: an agitator in the form of a brush bar , the brush bar comprising a plurality of radially extending bristles and a sealing material disposed between the bristles, the sealing material extending over substantially the entire circumferential and axial extent of the regions of the brush bar between the bristles; a housing defining a chamber which at least partially surrounds the brush bar , a dirty air inlet in a lower part of the chamber and a front opening that exposes the brush bar at the front of the housing , the brush bar being supported for rotation with respect to the housing and arranged in the chamber such that the brush bar seals against the housing thereby restricting flow of air through the front opening. an agitator in the form of a brush bar , the brush bar comprising a plurality of radially extending bristles and a sealing material disposed between the bristles, the sealing material extending over substantially the entire circumferential and axial extent of the regions of the brush bar between the bristles; a housing defining a chamber which at least partially surrounds the brush bar , a dirty air inlet in a lower part of the chamber and a front opening that exposes the brush bar at the front of the housing , the brush bar being supported for rotation with respect to the housing and arranged in the chamber such that the brush bar seals against the housing thereby restricting flow of air through the front opening.
A remote microphone system for a vehicle comprising: at least one physical microphone arranged within a vehicle cabin configured to generate an error signal (e m (n)) at a virtual microphone location within the vehicle ; a database configured to maintain a look up table of premeasured seat positions and associated transfer functions (Ĥ(z)); characterised by a processor configured to receive a seat position indicative of a seat location within the vehicle ; determine whether one of the premeasured positions corresponds to the seat position; in response to one of the premeasured positions not corresponding to the seat position, interpolate the transfer functions (Ĥ(z)) from at least two known premeasured positions; and apply the transfer function (Ĥ(z)) interpolated from the at least two known premeasured positions to a primary noise signal ( d̂ e (n)) of the at least one physical microphone to generate the error signal (e m (n)). at least one physical microphone arranged within a vehicle cabin configured to generate an error signal (e m (n)) at a virtual microphone location within the vehicle ; a database configured to maintain a look up table of premeasured seat positions and associated transfer functions (Ĥ(z)); characterised by a processor configured to receive a seat position indicative of a seat location within the vehicle ; determine whether one of the premeasured positions corresponds to the seat position; in response to one of the premeasured positions not corresponding to the seat position, interpolate the transfer functions (Ĥ(z)) from at least two known premeasured positions; and apply the transfer function (Ĥ(z)) interpolated from the at least two known premeasured positions to a primary noise signal ( d̂ e (n)) of the at least one physical microphone to generate the error signal (e m (n)). characterised by a processor configured to receive a seat position indicative of a seat location within the vehicle ; determine whether one of the premeasured positions corresponds to the seat position; in response to one of the premeasured positions not corresponding to the seat position, interpolate the transfer functions (Ĥ(z)) from at least two known premeasured positions; and apply the transfer function (Ĥ(z)) interpolated from the at least two known premeasured positions to a primary noise signal ( d̂ e (n)) of the at least one physical microphone to generate the error signal (e m (n)).
Method of shaping a glass sheet , comprising: providing a glass sheet ; providing a bending station comprising a first bending tool , the first bending tool having a shaping surface for receiving the glass sheet; conveying the glass sheet on a plurality of rollers to a location above the first bending tool; supporting at least a portion of the glass sheet above the first bending tool by delivering a flow of fluid preferably comprising air, to a major surface of the glass sheet; depositing the glass sheet on the shaping surface of the first bending tool; and adjusting the position of the glass sheet relative to the shaping surface of the first bending tool. providing a glass sheet ; providing a bending station comprising a first bending tool , the first bending tool having a shaping surface for receiving the glass sheet; conveying the glass sheet on a plurality of rollers to a location above the first bending tool; supporting at least a portion of the glass sheet above the first bending tool by delivering a flow of fluid preferably comprising air, to a major surface of the glass sheet; depositing the glass sheet on the shaping surface of the first bending tool; and adjusting the position of the glass sheet relative to the shaping surface of the first bending tool.
A hose reel , comprising: a frame , a reel rotatably arranged within the frame , a rewind mechanism with a spring with a spring tension that increases when the reel is rotated within the frame in a first direction around a rotation axis while a hose is pulled out from the reel, and which spring tension decreases when the spring rotates the reel in a second direction within the frame to rewind the hose to the reel , and an axle which is rotatable in relation to the reel , and wherein a first end of the spring is attached to the reel and a second end of the spring is attached to the axle , characterized in that the hose reel comprises a removable lid which is attached to the frame and which together with the frame encloses an inside of the hose reel substantially from all directions to prevent a user of the hose reel from accessing the inside of the hose reel , and wherein the axle has an outer end with engagement means connecting the outer end of the axle to the lid to prevent mutual rotation between the lid and the outer end in a direction which decreases the spring force of the spring . a frame , a reel rotatably arranged within the frame , a rewind mechanism with a spring with a spring tension that increases when the reel is rotated within the frame in a first direction around a rotation axis while a hose is pulled out from the reel, and which spring tension decreases when the spring rotates the reel in a second direction within the frame to rewind the hose to the reel , and an axle which is rotatable in relation to the reel , and wherein a first end of the spring is attached to the reel and a second end of the spring is attached to the axle , characterized in that the hose reel comprises a removable lid which is attached to the frame and which together with the frame encloses an inside of the hose reel substantially from all directions to prevent a user of the hose reel from accessing the inside of the hose reel , and wherein the axle has an outer end with engagement means connecting the outer end of the axle to the lid to prevent mutual rotation between the lid and the outer end in a direction which decreases the spring force of the spring .
A method, comprising: receiving at a hand-portable intermediary communications device (ICD) , from a remote database server , a flight-database to be stored in a non-volatile storage of the ICD ; establishing a local physical communicative coupling between the ICD and a flight transport vehicle ; obtaining at the ICD from a flight management system (FMS) of the flight transport vehicle an identification number for the flight transport vehicle ; wherein when the flight transport vehicle is not communicatively coupled with the database server , the ICD is configured to: (i) upload the flight-database for storage in the flight management system , and (ii) support a determination according to the identification number if the flight-transport vehicle is authorized to receive the upload of the flight-database; wherein upon a determination by the ICD that the flight-transport vehicle is not authorized to receive the upload, the method further comprises: (i) storing in the FMS an unlocked version of the flight-database , (ii) recording in an update log of the ICD an indication that the flight-transport vehicle associated with the identification number was not authorized to receive the update; and (iii) recording in the update log of the ICD an indication that the flight-transport vehicle received the unlocked version of the update. receiving at a hand-portable intermediary communications device (ICD) , from a remote database server , a flight-database to be stored in a non-volatile storage of the ICD ; establishing a local physical communicative coupling between the ICD and a flight transport vehicle ; obtaining at the ICD from a flight management system (FMS) of the flight transport vehicle an identification number for the flight transport vehicle ; wherein when the flight transport vehicle is not communicatively coupled with the database server , the ICD is configured to: (i) upload the flight-database for storage in the flight management system , and (ii) support a determination according to the identification number if the flight-transport vehicle is authorized to receive the upload of the flight-database; wherein upon a determination by the ICD that the flight-transport vehicle is not authorized to receive the upload, the method further comprises: (i) storing in the FMS an unlocked version of the flight-database , (ii) recording in an update log of the ICD an indication that the flight-transport vehicle associated with the identification number was not authorized to receive the update; and (iii) recording in the update log of the ICD an indication that the flight-transport vehicle received the unlocked version of the update. (i) storing in the FMS an unlocked version of the flight-database , (ii) recording in an update log of the ICD an indication that the flight-transport vehicle associated with the identification number was not authorized to receive the update; and (iii) recording in the update log of the ICD an indication that the flight-transport vehicle received the unlocked version of the update.
A method for setting up an abstracted channel representation for a communication over a communication channel between at least two moving communication partners (PL, PV1 - PV4), which are equipped with a number of different radio access technologies - RAT, and which apply a multi-RAT communication technology, the method comprising: - measuring a plurality of RAT-specific characteristics for the given radio access technologies of the communication partners (PL, PV1 - PV4); and - recording the plurality of RAT-specific characteristics for the given radio access technologies in a database ; characterized in that the method further comprises: - establishing an abstracted channel representation comprising abstracted channel characteristics independent from the RAT technologies for the communication between the at least two communication partners (PL, PV1 - PV4) based on the RAT-specific characteristics recorded in the database , wherein the abstracted channel representation is established such that one or more RAT-specific channel properties of a RAT of interest can be concluded from the abstracted channel characteristics. - measuring a plurality of RAT-specific characteristics for the given radio access technologies of the communication partners (PL, PV1 - PV4); and - recording the plurality of RAT-specific characteristics for the given radio access technologies in a database ; - establishing an abstracted channel representation comprising abstracted channel characteristics independent from the RAT technologies for the communication between the at least two communication partners (PL, PV1 - PV4) based on the RAT-specific characteristics recorded in the database , wherein the abstracted channel representation is established such that one or more RAT-specific channel properties of a RAT of interest can be concluded from the abstracted channel characteristics.
A method for manufacturing a plurality of crystalline semiconductor islands having a variety of lattice parameters, the method comprising the following steps: - providing a relaxation substrate comprising a medium , a creep layer disposed on the medium and, disposed on the flow layer, a plurality of crystalline semiconductor islands having the same initial lattice parameter, and comprising a first group of islands having a first lateral expansion potential and a second group of islands having a second lateral expansion potential, different from the first; - thermally treating the relaxation substrate at a relaxation temperature greater than or equal to the glass transition temperature of the creep layer to cause the differentiated relaxation of the islands of the first and of the second group, the lattice parameter of the relaxed islands of the first group and relaxed islands of the second group then exhibiting different values. - providing a relaxation substrate comprising a medium , a creep layer disposed on the medium and, disposed on the flow layer, a plurality of crystalline semiconductor islands having the same initial lattice parameter, and comprising a first group of islands having a first lateral expansion potential and a second group of islands having a second lateral expansion potential, different from the first; - thermally treating the relaxation substrate at a relaxation temperature greater than or equal to the glass transition temperature of the creep layer to cause the differentiated relaxation of the islands of the first and of the second group, the lattice parameter of the relaxed islands of the first group and relaxed islands of the second group then exhibiting different values.
A method of selecting, for at least one service of an information system and depending service(s), at least one countermeasure to be implemented against at least one cyber attack, the method comprising: - identifying elements of the service exposed to the cyber attack(s), - calculating a risk mitigation level of each countermeasure with respect to the cyber attack(s), the risk mitigation level being calculated as a function of at least a volume of the countermeasure and of the attack(s) , wherein the volumes of the countermeasure and of the attack are calculated in an n-axes coordinate system with n being an integer superior to 2, - ranking the countermeasure(s) on the basis of a parameter which is at least a function of the risk mitigation level, - the method being characterized in comprising: simulating the impact of the countermeasure(s) on the service and the depending service(s), the countermeasure to be implemented being selected at least as a function of result of the simulation, and comprising: in the case when there is more than one attack, calculating the union and intersection of the attacks, for calculating a risk mitigation level of each countermeasure with respect to a combination of the attacks, and/or in the case when there is more than one countermeasure, calculating the union and intersection of the countermeasures. - identifying elements of the service exposed to the cyber attack(s), - calculating a risk mitigation level of each countermeasure with respect to the cyber attack(s), the risk mitigation level being calculated as a function of at least a volume of the countermeasure and of the attack(s) , wherein the volumes of the countermeasure and of the attack are calculated in an n-axes coordinate system with n being an integer superior to 2, - ranking the countermeasure(s) on the basis of a parameter which is at least a function of the risk mitigation level, - the method being characterized in comprising: simulating the impact of the countermeasure(s) on the service and the depending service(s), the countermeasure to be implemented being selected at least as a function of result of the simulation, and comprising: in the case when there is more than one attack, calculating the union and intersection of the attacks, for calculating a risk mitigation level of each countermeasure with respect to a combination of the attacks, and/or in the case when there is more than one countermeasure, calculating the union and intersection of the countermeasures. in the case when there is more than one attack, calculating the union and intersection of the attacks, for calculating a risk mitigation level of each countermeasure with respect to a combination of the attacks, and/or in the case when there is more than one countermeasure, calculating the union and intersection of the countermeasures.
Method for optimizing the electrical energy consumption of a brushless DC motor comprising a stator and a rotor, the motor being intended to drive a load upward and downward and being powered by an electrical power supply, the method being executed by a controller of the motor and comprising the steps of: - detection (E30) of a command to make the motor rotate, - measurement (E31) of the voltage delivered by the electrical power supply, characterized in that the method further comprises the steps of: - calculation of a first (E32) speed setpoint and a second (E33) speed setpoint from the voltage measurement, the value of the second speed setpoint being greater than the value of the first speed setpoint, - detection (E35) of whether the motor is in a state in which the load drives the motor, - detection (E37) of the first speed setpoint if the motor is not in the state in which the load drives the motor, - selection (E36) of the second speed setpoint if the motor is in the state in which the load drives the motor. - detection (E30) of a command to make the motor rotate, - measurement (E31) of the voltage delivered by the electrical power supply, - calculation of a first (E32) speed setpoint and a second (E33) speed setpoint from the voltage measurement, the value of the second speed setpoint being greater than the value of the first speed setpoint, - detection (E35) of whether the motor is in a state in which the load drives the motor, - detection (E37) of the first speed setpoint if the motor is not in the state in which the load drives the motor, - selection (E36) of the second speed setpoint if the motor is in the state in which the load drives the motor.
A composition, which is suitable for topical application to human skin, comprising one or more enzymes, where the composition is: a. a pharmaceutical composition, comprising at least one pharmaceutically acceptable ingredient in addition to the one or more enzymes, or b. a cosmetic composition, comprising at least one cosmetically acceptable ingredient in addition to the one or more enzymes, wherein the one or more enzymes are glutamyl endopeptidases having at least 80% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 13. a. a pharmaceutical composition, comprising at least one pharmaceutically acceptable ingredient in addition to the one or more enzymes, or b. a cosmetic composition, comprising at least one cosmetically acceptable ingredient in addition to the one or more enzymes, wherein the one or more enzymes are glutamyl endopeptidases having at least 80% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 13.
Spring and damping arrangement for setting the spring rate and the riding position of a motorcycle, comprising a series circuit in the sequence formed from at least one coil spring , an air spring unit and a hydraulic actuator , the spring rate of the air spring unit changing in a manner which is dependent on a force F which acts from the outside on the spring and damping arrangement , the resulting riding position change being compensated for by means of the hydraulic loading of the hydraulic actuator , and, as a result, a defined riding position being capable of being set or being maintained.
An overhead cable for the transmission of low-voltage and medium-voltage electric power and digital signals, comprising a central fiber-optic cable, a protective covering surrounding the central fiber-optic cable, around the protective covering of the fiber optic - cable at least one aluminum alloy layer for the transmission of low-voltage and medium-voltage electric power and a covering layer outside each of the at least one aluminum alloy layer, wherein the protective covering of said central fiber-optic cable comprises a protective covering material selected from cross-linked low-density polyethylene, XLPE, medium-density polyethylene, MXLPE, high-density polyethylene, HDXLPE, polypropylene, PP, Polyvinyl chloride-based compounds, PVC, Ethylene-vinyl acetate, EVA,-based compounds, and Ethylene propylene rubber-based elastomer compounds, EPR, wherein the at least one aluminum alloy layer comprises 6101 aluminum alloy wires that have been heat treated to a temperature within a range of 260°C and 300°C for a minimum heat treatment time of six to eight hours, and wherein the 6101 aluminum alloy wires of the at least one aluminum alloy layer have an ultimate elongation of a volumetric resistivity of 29.5 Ω.mm 2 /km and a breaking load of about 200MPa. electric power and digital signals, comprising a central fiber-optic cable, a protective covering surrounding the central fiber-optic cable, around the protective covering of the fiber optic - cable at least one aluminum alloy layer for the transmission of low-voltage and medium-voltage electric power and a covering layer outside each of the at least one aluminum alloy layer, wherein the protective covering of said central fiber-optic cable comprises a protective covering material selected from cross-linked low-density polyethylene, XLPE, medium-density polyethylene, MXLPE, high-density polyethylene, HDXLPE, polypropylene, PP, Polyvinyl chloride-based compounds, PVC, Ethylene-vinyl acetate, EVA,-based compounds, and Ethylene propylene rubber-based elastomer compounds, EPR, wherein the at least one aluminum alloy layer comprises 6101 aluminum alloy wires that have been heat treated to a temperature within a range of 260°C and 300°C for a minimum heat treatment time of six to eight hours, and wherein the 6101 aluminum alloy wires of the at least one aluminum alloy layer have an ultimate elongation of a volumetric resistivity of 29.5 Ω.mm 2 /km and a breaking load of about 200MPa.
A track system for traction of a vehicle on a ground, the track system comprising: - a track that is elastomeric and comprises a ground-engaging outer surface and an inner surface opposite to the ground-engaging outer surface; and - a plurality of wheels configured to move the track around the wheels; characterized in that at least one of (i) the track and (ii) a given one of the wheels comprises a sensor configured to issue a signal processable to assess alignment of the track. - a track that is elastomeric and comprises a ground-engaging outer surface and an inner surface opposite to the ground-engaging outer surface; and - a plurality of wheels configured to move the track around the wheels;