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Method for adapting a control unit to a soot sensor which can be connected to the control unit and is used to monitor the function of a particle filter, in particular a diesel particle filter, of an exhaust tract connected to an internal combustion engine, wherein the soot mass flow let through by the particle filter and therefore flowing past the soot sensor (5, A, B) can be measured and/or determined by means of the connectable soot sensor (5, A, B), wherein the control unit has a signal processing device having a characteristic value calculation function , wherein soot performance characteristic values can be determined by means of the characteristic value calculation function from the determined soot mass flow and the drive power used by the internal combustion engine , in particular determined using the control unit , in which characteristic values the soot mass flow let through by the particle filter is related to the internal combustion engine drive power, wherein the signal processing device can also be used to determine whether the determined soot performance characteristic values exceed a defined soot performance limit value, wherein the signal processing device also has at least one diagnostic function which can be used to check the function of the soot sensor , wherein the signal processing device has a state function which can be used to capture the current state of the soot sensor (5, A, B) and to determine and/or output at least one control command for the targeted control of the soot sensor (5, A, B), wherein the characteristic value calculation function , the at least one diagnostic function and the state function each have a non-adjustable functional basis and at least one adjustable setting functional parameter, wherein these functions are designed in such a manner that they can be adapted to different sensor types which can be connected to the control unit only by setting the setting functional parameters, wherein a setting device is provided and is used to set the parameter values of the setting functional parameters on the basis of the connected sensor type (5, A, B), and wherein the soot sensor (5, A, B) is part of a sensor unit , wherein, in addition to the soot sensor (5, A, B), the sensor unit has a sensor control device which is connected to the soot sensor in a signal-transmitting manner and is used to convert the analogue measurement signal from the soot sensor (5, A, B) into a digital signal.
Brake fluid reservoir for a hydraulic brake actuator of vehicles, which brake fluid reservoir is designed on its lower base for coupling to the upper side of the hydraulic module of the hydraulic brake actuator, the brake fluid reservoir comprising, on its lower base : - a mechanical anchoring means which is designed for fastening the brake fluid reservoir to the hydraulic module and comprises a single anchoring point which is centred in the longitudinal direction on the lower base of the brake fluid reservoir , and - a plurality of connector nipples which can be connected to the hydraulic module by means of sealing washers which generate a torque on the brake fluid reservoir in relation to the mechanical anchoring means , the brake fluid reservoir being characterized in that it comprises a shim which is arranged in a receptacle of its lower base in a position which is such that it generates an additional torque on the brake fluid reservoir in relation to the mechanical anchoring means , which additional torque compensates for the torque which is generated by way of the plurality of connector nipples , the shim being arranged in the receptacle in a reversed position with respect to that of the connector nipples, in order that it remains in the interior instead of projecting beyond the lower base of the brake fluid reservoir . - a mechanical anchoring means which is designed for fastening the brake fluid reservoir to the hydraulic module and comprises a single anchoring point which is centred in the longitudinal direction on the lower base of the brake fluid reservoir , and - a plurality of connector nipples which can be connected to the hydraulic module by means of sealing washers which generate a torque on the brake fluid reservoir in relation to the mechanical anchoring means , the brake fluid reservoir being characterized in that it comprises a shim which is arranged in a receptacle of its lower base in a position which is such that it generates an additional torque on the brake fluid reservoir in relation to the mechanical anchoring means , which additional torque compensates for the torque which is generated by way of the plurality of connector nipples , the shim being arranged in the receptacle in a reversed position with respect to that of the connector nipples, in order that it remains in the interior instead of projecting beyond the lower base of the brake fluid reservoir . the brake fluid reservoir being characterized in that it comprises a shim which is arranged in a receptacle of its lower base in a position which is such that it generates an additional torque on the brake fluid reservoir in relation to the mechanical anchoring means , which additional torque compensates for the torque which is generated by way of the plurality of connector nipples , the shim being arranged in the receptacle in a reversed position with respect to that of the connector nipples, in order that it remains in the interior instead of projecting beyond the lower base of the brake fluid reservoir .
An assembly comprising a first member , a second member disposed proximate the first member , a bond layer disposed between the first member and the second member for securing the second member to the first member , and at least one optical sensor , characterized in that the bond layer is a single layer and comprises a matrix and a phosphorescent material mixed with the matrix of the bond layer , the bond layer being adapted to bond the first member to the second member and to allow the at least one optical sensor to detect a temperature of the assembly , the at least one optical sensor being disposed proximate the bond layer to detect the temperature of the bond layer in a field of view of the optical sensor .
A robot joint drive with a stationary housing , an output part rotatable relative to the stationary housing , an electric drive motor and a gear , wherein the electric drive motor comprises a motor circuit board with a commutation sensor system, and an input shaft of the electric drive motor is coupled via the transmission to an output shaft of the rotatable output member to rotate the output member relative to the stationary housing , wherein a transmitter element is arranged on the output shaft , which extends from the output part into the transmission , and an encoder is provided, which determines the rotational position of the output shaft by means of the transmitter element, and wherein the transmitter element is arranged on a free end of the output shaft and the encoder is arranged on the motor circuit board of the electric drive motor in an axial direction to the output shaft , characterised in that the input shaft of the electric drive motor and the output shaft of the output part are arranged offset to one another.
An electromagnetic radiation detector comprising: • a glass inlet window having an upstream face intended to receive a flux of incident photons as well as a downstream face opposite to the upstream face, • a photocathode in the form of a semiconductor layer , intended to generate photoelectrons from the incident photons and to emit said photoelectrons thus generated, • an electron multiplier device configured to receive the photoelectrons emitted by the photocathode and to generate for each received photoelectron a plurality of secondary electrons, • an output device configured to generate an output signal from said secondary electrons, • a transparent conductive layer deposited over the downstream face of the inlet window, and • a thin insulating layer disposed between said conductive layer and the semiconductor layer , the conductive layer being electrically connected to a first electrode and the semiconductor layer being electrically connected to a second electrode , the first electrode being intended to be set at a potential lower than that applied at the second electrode, characterized in that the potential difference applied between the second electrode and the first electrode is selected higher than or equal to 4 δ ε s ΔU bb eN a ε d where ε s and ε d are respectively the dielectric constants of the semiconductor layer and of the thin insulating layer , δ is the thickness of the insulating layer, ΔU bb is the amplitude of the band bending in the absence of any applied potential difference, N a is the concentration of acceptors in the semiconductor layer and e is the charge of the electron. • a glass inlet window having an upstream face intended to receive a flux of incident photons as well as a downstream face opposite to the upstream face, • a photocathode in the form of a semiconductor layer , intended to generate photoelectrons from the incident photons and to emit said photoelectrons thus generated, • an electron multiplier device configured to receive the photoelectrons emitted by the photocathode and to generate for each received photoelectron a plurality of secondary electrons, • an output device configured to generate an output signal from said secondary electrons, • a transparent conductive layer deposited over the downstream face of the inlet window, and • a thin insulating layer disposed between said conductive layer and the semiconductor layer ,
A method of controlling operation of a magnetic flowmeter , the method comprising a loop repeatedly executed during normal operation, the loop including: supplying, during an electrode voltage sampling period, a current from a coil driver to a coil of the magnetic flowmeter to generate a magnetic field across a process flow; measuring a voltage difference induced between the sensing electrodes by the magnetic field produced by current flow in the coils; producing a flow rate value based on the voltage difference induced between the sensing electrodes; sensing the coil current; sensing the coil voltage during the electrode voltage sampling period; calculating the coil resistance based on the sensed coil current and the sensed coil voltage; calculating coil power using the coil resistance and a coil current setpoint; and evaluating whether the coil power determined exceeds a coil power limit value for a set time period; characterized in interrupting normal operation in response to the coil power exceeding the coil power limit value for the set time period either: i) by shutting down the coil driver, generating an alarm, and waiting for a new coil current configuration; or ii) by lowering the coil current setpoint to reduce coil power and adjusting the coil current to the new setpoint that will maintain coil power below the coil power limit. supplying, during an electrode voltage sampling period, a current from a coil driver to a coil of the magnetic flowmeter to generate a magnetic field across a process flow; measuring a voltage difference induced between the sensing electrodes by the magnetic field produced by current flow in the coils; producing a flow rate value based on the voltage difference induced between the sensing electrodes; sensing the coil current; sensing the coil voltage during the electrode voltage sampling period; calculating the coil resistance based on the sensed coil current and the sensed coil voltage; calculating coil power using the coil resistance and a coil current setpoint; and evaluating whether the coil power determined exceeds a coil power limit value for a set time period; characterized in interrupting normal operation in response to the coil power exceeding the coil power limit value for the set time period either: i) by shutting down the coil driver, generating an alarm, and waiting for a new coil current configuration; or ii) by lowering the coil current setpoint to reduce coil power and adjusting the coil current to the new setpoint that will maintain coil power below the coil power limit.
A device for filtering a flow of gas conveying liquid or solid particles, said device comprising: - a flow channel comprising a neck extended by an enlargement in the downstream direction, - a recovery channel having an upstream opening arranged inside the flow channel so as to be substantially aligned with the neck in the downstream extension thereof, with the recovery channel and the flow channel being so configured that the flow allowed to circulate in the recovery channel is less than the one allowed to circulate in the flow channel, characterized - in that obstacles to the flowing of particles are formed in the flow channel downstream from the upstream opening of the recovery channel , the obstacles to the flowing of particles comprise a buffer mounted across the flow channel , the buffer comprising several walls successively formed through the flow channel and comprising respective not aligned openings, said walls including intermediate wall formed opposite a duct for the suction of the particles opening into the flow channel , and - in that particles suction means are arranged in the recovery channel , by so the flow rate allowed to circulate in the recovery channel is: - equal to the flow rate of the particles alone in the flow, and - lower than the flow rate allowed to circulate in the flow channel downstream from the upstream opening of the recovery channel . - a flow channel comprising a neck extended by an enlargement in the downstream direction, - a recovery channel having an upstream opening arranged inside the flow channel so as to be substantially aligned with the neck in the downstream extension thereof, - in that obstacles to the flowing of particles are formed in the flow channel downstream from the upstream opening of the recovery channel , the obstacles to the flowing of particles comprise a buffer mounted across the flow channel , the buffer comprising several walls successively formed through the flow channel and comprising respective not aligned openings, said walls including intermediate wall formed opposite a duct for the suction of the particles opening into the flow channel , and - in that particles suction means are arranged in the recovery channel , by so the flow rate allowed to circulate in the recovery channel is: - equal to the flow rate of the particles alone in the flow, and - lower than the flow rate allowed to circulate in the flow channel downstream from the upstream opening of the recovery channel . - equal to the flow rate of the particles alone in the flow, and - lower than the flow rate allowed to circulate in the flow channel downstream from the upstream opening of the recovery channel .
A wind turbine comprising a rotating system , the rotating system comprising: - a first part and a second part being arranged to rotate relative to each other, and - a component comprising at least one magnet , said component being attached to the rotating system in such a manner that the component moves along with the first part while sliding along the second part in abutment with the second part , the magnetic forces provided by the at least one magnet ensuring the abutment between the component and the second part of the rotating system, wherein the rotating system is or forms part of a gear system or a generator system, or wherein the rotating system is a bearing system. - a first part and a second part being arranged to rotate relative to each other, and - a component comprising at least one magnet , said component being attached to the rotating system in such a manner that the component moves along with the first part while sliding along the second part in abutment with the second part , the magnetic forces provided by the at least one magnet ensuring the abutment between the component and the second part of the rotating system,
Finger protection device for gap covering between a door leaf or window casement and a frame or between two doors, having a retaining strip profile (1-4) for a blind , the blind , and a blind housing , wherein the retaining strip profile (1-4) has a retaining profile portion for the edge of the blind and a fastening profile portion for fastening the retaining strip profile (1-4) to the surface of the leaf/casement or frame , wherein a breaking groove (8-11) is arranged in the retaining strip profile (1-4), wherein a keder-like receiving slot for a thickened edge of the blind is integrally formed in the retaining-strip profile portion of the retaining strip profile (1-4), characterized in that the breaking groove (8-11) is arranged in a parallel manner between the retaining profile portion and the fastening profile portion, and in that the keder-like receiving slot has an outlet opening (15-18) oriented downwardly or downwardly and obliquely to the side in the direction of a fastening surface on the frame or leaf/casement , and in that the blind extending laterally out of the outlet opening is still slightly covered at least in the outlet region.
An active material comprising: a composite metal fluoride containing Al, F, and Ti, wherein the active material is capable of occluding and releasing fluoride ions, and the composite metal fluoride is represented by a compositional formula: Al 1-x Ti x F y , where x satisfies 0.01 ≤ x ≤ 0.9 and y satisfies 2 ≤ y ≤ 4. a composite metal fluoride containing Al, F, and Ti, wherein the active material is capable of occluding and releasing fluoride ions, and the composite metal fluoride is represented by a compositional formula: Al 1-x Ti x F y , where x satisfies 0.01 ≤ x ≤ 0.9 and y satisfies 2 ≤ y ≤ 4.
A vibration damper comprising a visco-elastically-enhanced BNNT material in the form of cylindrical BNNT mat, wherein the visco-elastically-enhanced BNNT material comprises a BNNT material that has been purified to reduce an amount of at least one of boron particles, a-BN particles, h-BN nanocages, and h-BN nanosheets so as to increase loss tangent (tan δ ) of the BNNT material, and wherein the BNNT material comprises a BNNT buckypaper.
An obstacle sensing system including a transmission part that is installed in a moving body and that emits laser light beams while changing an emission angle and a reception part that receives reflected light beams of the laser light beams, characterized in that the obstacle sensing system comprises: a sensing region setting mechanism that sets a sensing region (S) in advance in a region around reflection positions where the laser light beams are reflected when an obstacle is absent; a determination mechanism that determines whether an obstacle is present or absent depending on the reflected light beams reflected inside the sensing region (S); characterized in that the obstacle sensing system comprises a comparison mechanism that sends ON signals to the determination mechanism when the reflection positions where the laser light beams are reflected are inside the sensing region (S) and sends OFF signals to the determination mechanism when the reflection positions where the laser light beams are reflected are outside the sensing region (S), and the determination mechanism has a configuration that calculates a fullness percentage which is a ratio of the number of the ON signals to a total number of the ON signals and the OFF signals obtained from the comparison mechanism , determines that an obstacle is absent when the fullness percentage is equal to or more than a predetermined threshold, and determines that an obstacle is present when the fullness percentage is smaller than the threshold. a sensing region setting mechanism that sets a sensing region (S) in advance in a region around reflection positions where the laser light beams are reflected when an obstacle is absent; a determination mechanism that determines whether an obstacle is present or absent depending on the reflected light beams reflected inside the sensing region (S); characterized in that the obstacle sensing system comprises a comparison mechanism that sends ON signals to the determination mechanism when the reflection positions where the laser light beams are reflected are inside the sensing region (S) and sends OFF signals to the determination mechanism when the reflection positions where the laser light beams are reflected are outside the sensing region (S), and the determination mechanism has a configuration that calculates a fullness percentage which is a ratio of the number of the ON signals to a total number of the ON signals and the OFF signals obtained from the comparison mechanism , determines that an obstacle is absent when the fullness percentage is equal to or more than a predetermined threshold, and determines that an obstacle is present when the fullness percentage is smaller than the threshold.
A live biotherapeutic for use in a method of treating ulcerative colitis in a subject, the method comprising administering to the subject the live biotherapeutic in an ingestible device, wherein the ingestible device comprises: an ingestible housing comprising a reservoir having a therapeutically effective amount of the live biotherapeutic stored therein; a release mechanism having a closed state which retains the live biotherapeutic in the reservoir and an open state which allows for the release of the live biotherapeutic from the reservoir to the exterior of the device; an actuator which controls the transition of the release mechanism from the closed to the open state; a detector for detecting the location of the ingestible device in the subject's gastrointestinal tract; and a processor which is coupled to the detector and to the actuator and which triggers the actuator to cause the release mechanism to transition from its closed state to its open state to release the live biotherapeutic in the cecum when it is determined that the ingestible device is in the cecum of the subject, wherein the site of disease is in the colon, wherein determining the location of the ingestible device in the gastrointestinal tract comprises detecting a transition of the ingestible device from the ileum to the cecum. an ingestible housing comprising a reservoir having a therapeutically effective amount of the live biotherapeutic stored therein; a release mechanism having a closed state which retains the live biotherapeutic in the reservoir and an open state which allows for the release of the live biotherapeutic from the reservoir to the exterior of the device; an actuator which controls the transition of the release mechanism from the closed to the open state; a detector for detecting the location of the ingestible device in the subject's gastrointestinal tract; and a processor which is coupled to the detector and to the actuator and which triggers the actuator to cause the release mechanism to transition from its closed state to its open state to release the live biotherapeutic in the cecum when it is determined that the ingestible device is in the cecum of the subject, wherein the site of disease is in the colon, wherein determining the location of the ingestible device in the gastrointestinal tract comprises detecting a transition of the ingestible device from the ileum to the cecum.