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A vehicle front structure comprising: a panel portion being arranged on an upper surface of a vehicle front portion; a headlight being arranged below a front end portion of the panel portion and being attached to a vehicle body; and a protrusion portion being provided at the front end portion of the panel portion and protruding toward an upper surface side of the headlight , wherein the headlight is fixed to the vehicle body in a manner incapable of being displaced in response to a load input from the protrusion portion , and is set so as to fracture due to the load input from the protrusion portion , characterized in that a fragile portion is formed in a region of the headlight, the region being opposed to the protrusion portion, the fragile portion being more fragile against a load from above a vehicle than other regions of an upper portion of the headlight, the fragile portion being set so as to serve as a cracking starting point in response to the load from above the vehicle. a panel portion being arranged on an upper surface of a vehicle front portion; a headlight being arranged below a front end portion of the panel portion and being attached to a vehicle body; and a protrusion portion being provided at the front end portion of the panel portion and protruding toward an upper surface side of the headlight , wherein the headlight is fixed to the vehicle body in a manner incapable of being displaced in response to a load input from the protrusion portion , and is set so as to fracture due to the load input from the protrusion portion , characterized in that a fragile portion is formed in a region of the headlight, the region being opposed to the protrusion portion, the fragile portion being more fragile against a load from above a vehicle than other regions of an upper portion of the headlight, the fragile portion being set so as to serve as a cracking starting point in response to the load from above the vehicle.
A functional vehicle component comprising: a vehicle component , a leather sheet fixed over a surface of the vehicle component , and a pigmented coating, characterized in that the functional vehicle component further comprises a flexible electronic circuit contacting an A-surface of the leather sheet and including a printed and cured conductive ink, wherein the pigmented coating is arranged over the circuit. a vehicle component , a leather sheet fixed over a surface of the vehicle component , and a pigmented coating, characterized in that the functional vehicle component further comprises a flexible electronic circuit contacting an A-surface of the leather sheet and including a printed and cured conductive ink, wherein the pigmented coating is arranged over the circuit.
A method for reducing contaminants in the production of a glycol product of hydrogenolysis, the method comprises: providing a renewable or bio-derived feedstock; reacting said feedstock in a reactor to produce an aqueous, polyol product mixture, wherein said product mixture has an alkaline pH value between 8.0 and 12.0 when extracted initially from said reactor and the pH of the reaction product mixture is not neutralized; introducing said reaction product mixture into a continuous ion-exclusion chromatography system to separate and reduce organic acids and salts from an eluant fraction containing a desired product, wherein said continuous system is a simulated-moving bed chromatography system; and distilling said eluant fraction to yield a glycol.
A switching mechanism for an outdoor robotic tool , comprising: a switching assembly comprising a carry handle , and further comprising and a stop button having activated and deactivated states and being configured to be pressed by a user, the stop button being operatively connected to the carry handle such that raising of the carry handle results in the stop button entering the activated state and depression of the carry handle results in the stop button entering the deactivated state; the switching mechanism further comprising a switch in communication with the stop button for switching the outdoor robotic tool between an operable state in the deactivated state of the stop button and an inoperable state in the activated state of the stop button . a switching assembly comprising a carry handle , and further comprising and a stop button having activated and deactivated states and being configured to be pressed by a user, the stop button being operatively connected to the carry handle such that raising of the carry handle results in the stop button entering the activated state and depression of the carry handle results in the stop button entering the deactivated state; the switching mechanism further comprising a switch in communication with the stop button for switching the outdoor robotic tool between an operable state in the deactivated state of the stop button and an inoperable state in the activated state of the stop button .
Tyre building machine having a device for feeding at least one carcass drum with tyre components for green tyres, said device having at least one placing device that for supplying material components to a carcass drum is movable in a linear manner in the horizontal direction, wherein the at least one placing device is movable in a vertical manner such that, additionally or alternatively to the horizontal movement of the placing device , a vertical movement of is facilitated, and on account thereof a ply server is configured so as to open, characterized in that the at least one placing device is formed by an upper placing device and a lower placing device , and wherein the tyre building machine serves for producing green tyres and has a double-drum carcass machine that is disposed so as to be pivotable on a rotary table , and at least one ply server for feeding the double-drum carcass machine with tyre components for green tyres, wherein the at least one ply server is embodied so as to open and disposed in such a manner that the upper placing device as well as the lower placing device in the respective feeding position protrude into the kinematic moving space of the double-drum carcass machine , and in that the double-drum carcass machine is configured from two carcass machines having assigned carcass drums which are disposed on the rotary table so as to be pivotable in a horizontal plane about a vertical axis, and wherein the pivoting movement is able to be stopped in one or a plurality of feeding positions.
A two-wheeled balancing electric vehicle, comprising a middle support assembly in the middle, a left support assembly and a right support assembly respectively arranged at two sides of the middle support assembly, wherein one end of the left support assembly and one end of the right support assembly , opposite to each other, are respectively provided with a left wheel and a right wheel that are subject to the control of their respective motor; the middle support assembly comprises a connecting body ; on the connecting body , a first connecting section is arranged that is connected to the left support assembly through rotation of bearings, and a second connecting section is arranged that is connected to the right support assembly through rotation of bearings , wherein the connecting body partially overlaps with the left support assembly and the right support assembly respectively, characterized by a plurality of elastic devices arranged in the overlap region in the vertical direction, wherein at least one elastic device is disposed at the front end position between the connecting body and the right support assembly , at least one elastic device is disposed at the rear end position between the connecting body and the right support assembly , at least one elastic device is disposed at the front end position between the connecting body and the left support assembly , and at least one elastic device is disposed at the rear end position between the connecting body and the left support assembly , at least two elastic devices between the connecting body and the right support assembly are an integrated reed , with at least two curved bumps facing upwards arranged on the reed ; and at least two elastic devices between the connecting body and the left support assembly are an integrated reed , with at least two curved bumps facing upwards arranged on the reed .
A method comprising: - receiving (S101) a route request, from a navigation device, between a starting location and a destination location; - determining (S103), using a processor, a navigation route from the received route request; - encoding (S105) the navigation route with a sequence of path decisions comprising a path decision at each intersection between the starting location and the destination location, each path decision having a pair of values representing a number of outlets at the respective intersection and an outlet to-be-taken at the respective intersection ; and - transmitting (S107) the encoded navigation route to the navigation device, wherein the processor of the navigation device is configured to use the number of outlets for a comparison of a respective intersection encoded in a map version of a provider of the encoded navigation route and a respective intersection identified in a map version of the navigation device. - receiving (S101) a route request, from a navigation device, between a starting location and a destination location; - determining (S103), using a processor, a navigation route from the received route request; - encoding (S105) the navigation route with a sequence of path decisions comprising a path decision at each intersection between the starting location and the destination location, each path decision having a pair of values representing a number of outlets at the respective intersection and an outlet to-be-taken at the respective intersection ; and - transmitting (S107) the encoded navigation route to the navigation device, wherein the processor of the navigation device is configured to use the number of outlets for a comparison of a respective intersection encoded in a map version of a provider of the encoded navigation route and a respective intersection identified in a map version of the navigation device.
A device for dispensing particles in free-falling drops of liquid, having the following features: a fluid chamber , which is fluidically coupled to a nozzle ; a sound transducer , which is configured to generate an acoustic field in the fluid chamber , through which particles in a liquid in the fluid chamber can be aligned in an arrangement; a drop-on-demand mechanism , which is configured to selectively dispense a single drop of liquid containing one or more particles from the nozzle at a selected time, wherein the drop-on-demand mechanism is configured to move the particles gradually towards the nozzle in a first mode, wherein the sound transducer is configured to switch between the first mode, in which the acoustic field is generated with a first frequency, so that the particles are aligned along at least one line parallel to the direction of movement, and a second mode, in which the acoustic field is generated with a second frequency, so that the particles are aligned along at least one line perpendicular to the direction of movement and are retained in the fluid chamber ; and a controller, which is designed to switch the sound transducer between the first mode and the second mode. a fluid chamber , which is fluidically coupled to a nozzle ; a sound transducer , which is configured to generate an acoustic field in the fluid chamber , through which particles in a liquid in the fluid chamber can be aligned in an arrangement; a drop-on-demand mechanism , which is configured to selectively dispense a single drop of liquid containing one or more particles from the nozzle at a selected time, wherein the drop-on-demand mechanism is configured to move the particles gradually towards the nozzle in a first mode, wherein the sound transducer is configured to switch between the first mode, in which the acoustic field is generated with a first frequency, so that the particles are aligned along at least one line parallel to the direction of movement, and a second mode, in which the acoustic field is generated with a second frequency, so that the particles are aligned along at least one line perpendicular to the direction of movement and are retained in the fluid chamber ; and a controller, which is designed to switch the sound transducer between the first mode and the second mode.
A method of separating ions according to their ion mobility using an ion mobility separation device including a first section comprising a first plurality of electrodes and a second section comprising a second plurality of electrodes, the method comprising: urging ions through the first section against a first opposing electric field using a first driving force provided by a first set of one or more time varying voltage(s) or voltage waveform(s) applied to the electrodes of the first section , the first opposing electric field increasing in magnitude along the length of the first section , such that the ions are caused to distribute along the first section at equilibrium positions determined by their mobility; progressively reducing the magnitude of the first opposing electric field and/or progressively increasing the magnitude of the first driving force over time so that ions sequentially pass from the first section into the second section in order of mobility; and driving ions through the second section against a second opposing electric field using a second drive force provided by a second set of one or more time-varying voltage(s) or voltage waveform(s) applied to the electrodes of the second section such that ions separate temporally in the second section , wherein the second opposing electric field is substantially uniform along the length of the second section , wherein the magnitude of the second opposing electric field is progressively reduced and/or the magnitude of the second driving force is progressively increased in tandem with reducing the magnitude of the first opposing electric field and/or increasing the magnitude of the first driving force. urging ions through the first section against a first opposing electric field using a first driving force provided by a first set of one or more time varying voltage(s) or voltage waveform(s) applied to the electrodes of the first section , the first opposing electric field increasing in magnitude along the length of the first section , such that the ions are caused to distribute along the first section at equilibrium positions determined by their mobility; progressively reducing the magnitude of the first opposing electric field and/or progressively increasing the magnitude of the first driving force over time so that ions sequentially pass from the first section into the second section in order of mobility; and driving ions through the second section against a second opposing electric field using a second drive force provided by a second set of one or more time-varying voltage(s) or voltage waveform(s) applied to the electrodes of the second section such that ions separate temporally in the second section , wherein the second opposing electric field is substantially uniform along the length of the second section , wherein the magnitude of the second opposing electric field is progressively reduced and/or the magnitude of the second driving force is progressively increased in tandem with reducing the magnitude of the first opposing electric field and/or increasing the magnitude of the first driving force.
A voice communication system comprising: an audio engine configured to: cancel ambient noise from a plurality of acoustic signals, to obtain a first set of acoustic signals, the plurality of acoustic signals comprising a primary acoustic signal and the ambient noise; perform a cross-correlation based localization on the first set of acoustic signals to determine a number of acoustic signals in the first set of acoustic signals and a number of geometric locations of sound sources associated with the first set of acoustic signals, wherein performing the cross-correlation based localization comprises employing a temporal cross-correlation for identifying a direction of each sound source from an audio sensor of the voice communication system ; and upon determination of the number of acoustic signals and the number of geometric locations, a mapping engine configured to: separate each acoustic signal from the first set of acoustic signals; perform noise cancellation to suppress noise from each separated acoustic signals to obtain a noise free set of acoustic signals; map each noise free acoustic signal of the noise free set of acoustic signals to a corresponding sound source using the cross-correlation based localization; and based on the mapping, identify the primary acoustic signal from amongst the noise free set of acoustic signals. cancel ambient noise from a plurality of acoustic signals, to obtain a first set of acoustic signals, the plurality of acoustic signals comprising a primary acoustic signal and the ambient noise; perform a cross-correlation based localization on the first set of acoustic signals to determine a number of acoustic signals in the first set of acoustic signals and a number of geometric locations of sound sources associated with the first set of acoustic signals, wherein performing the cross-correlation based localization comprises employing a temporal cross-correlation for identifying a direction of each sound source from an audio sensor of the voice communication system ; and upon determination of the number of acoustic signals and the number of geometric locations, a mapping engine configured to: separate each acoustic signal from the first set of acoustic signals; perform noise cancellation to suppress noise from each separated acoustic signals to obtain a noise free set of acoustic signals; map each noise free acoustic signal of the noise free set of acoustic signals to a corresponding sound source using the cross-correlation based localization; and based on the mapping, identify the primary acoustic signal from amongst the noise free set of acoustic signals. separate each acoustic signal from the first set of acoustic signals; perform noise cancellation to suppress noise from each separated acoustic signals to obtain a noise free set of acoustic signals; map each noise free acoustic signal of the noise free set of acoustic signals to a corresponding sound source using the cross-correlation based localization; and based on the mapping, identify the primary acoustic signal from amongst the noise free set of acoustic signals.
Blade cascade of a turbomachine, comprising a plurality of blade channels which are each delimited in the peripheral direction by a pressure side of an airfoil and by an opposite suction side of an adjacent airfoil , and are each delimited in the radial direction by two opposing lateral walls , at least one lateral wall of each of the blade channels being provided with a lateral wall contouring, the lateral wall contouring being wave-like in the peripheral direction and having at least two elevations and at least one depression , or at least two depressions and at least one elevation , the amplitudes of the elevations being different from one another, or the amplitudes of the depression being different from one another; characterized in that a depression which is close to a suction side has a larger amplitude (A - 2 ) than a depression which is remote from a suction side.
A radio terminal having a carrier aggregation function of communicating with a radio station by using a plurality of radio resources that correspond respectively to a plurality of cells, the radio terminal comprising: a plurality of synchronization timers that are used to determine whether uplink signals are in synchronization, wherein the plurality of synchronization timers include at least a first synchronization timer provided at least for a primary cell in the plurality of cells and a second synchronization timer provided at least for a secondary cell in the plurality of cells that is not the primary cell; and control means configured not to perform uplink-signal transmission on any cells when the first synchronization timer stops even when the second synchronization timer is running; and wherein the control means is configured to permit the second synchronization timer to run even when the first synchronization timer has expired, characterized in that the control means is further configured to immediately enable uplink-signal transmission on the secondary cell without uplink signal resynchronization on the secondary cell in a case where the second synchronization timer is continuously running when the first synchronization timer is restarted. a plurality of synchronization timers that are used to determine whether uplink signals are in synchronization, wherein the plurality of synchronization timers include at least a first synchronization timer provided at least for a primary cell in the plurality of cells and a second synchronization timer provided at least for a secondary cell in the plurality of cells that is not the primary cell; and control means configured not to perform uplink-signal transmission on any cells when the first synchronization timer stops even when the second synchronization timer is running; and wherein the control means is configured to permit the second synchronization timer to run even when the first synchronization timer has expired, characterized in that the control means is further configured to immediately enable uplink-signal transmission on the secondary cell without uplink signal resynchronization on the secondary cell in a case where the second synchronization timer is continuously running when the first synchronization timer is restarted.
A controller for a switched mode power converter module for use in a multiphase switched mode power converter, the controller comprising: a signal generator , configured to generate a periodic signal (X), having a frequency and a signal phase and for controlling the switched mode power converter module, wherein the signal generator is further configured to generate a clock signal (B) having the frequency and the signal phase; a first-clock input configured to receive a first-clock signal (A) having the frequency and a first phase from a first neighbouring controller; and a second-clock input configured to receive a second-clock signal (B) having the frequency and a second phase from a second neighbouring controller; wherein the signal generator comprises a phase adjustment circuit configured to adjust the phase of the periodic signal so as to be equidistant from the first and second phase, wherein the phase adjustment circuit comprises an error circuit configured to determine an error signal in dependence on an offset between the phase and a mid-point between the first phase and the second phase, and a feedback circuit configured to adjust the phase in dependence on the error signal. a signal generator , configured to generate a periodic signal (X), having a frequency and a signal phase and for controlling the switched mode power converter module, wherein the signal generator is further configured to generate a clock signal (B) having the frequency and the signal phase; a first-clock input configured to receive a first-clock signal (A) having the frequency and a first phase from a first neighbouring controller; and a second-clock input configured to receive a second-clock signal (B) having the frequency and a second phase from a second neighbouring controller; wherein the signal generator comprises a phase adjustment circuit configured to adjust the phase of the periodic signal so as to be equidistant from the first and second phase, wherein the phase adjustment circuit comprises an error circuit configured to determine an error signal in dependence on an offset between the phase and a mid-point between the first phase and the second phase, and a feedback circuit configured to adjust the phase in dependence on the error signal.