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A reinforced steerable sheath assembly that is usable with an actuator comprising: a shaft section defining a sheath that is operable to be deflected, the shaft section having a proximal end and a distal end, the actuator being positioned proximate the proximal end of the shaft section; a coupling attached proximate the distal end of the shaft section; one or more pull wires , wherein a distal end of each pull wire is coupled proximate the distal end of the shaft section via the coupling , a proximal end of each pull wire being coupled to the actuator for actuating each pull wire ; and means for preventing displacement of the coupling positioned proximate to the coupling comprising a reinforced section for reinforcing the coupling, whereby said means helps to minimize failure of the coupling at a point of contact between the pull wires and the coupling , and at a point of contact between the coupling and the sheath , upon actuation of the pull wires to deflect the sheath , wherein the coupling comprises a pull-ring , and the reinforced section comprises at least two pull ring anchor holes for coupling the pull-ring to the shaft section, the at least two pull-ring anchor holes being off centered and not in line with the one or more pull wires . a shaft section defining a sheath that is operable to be deflected, the shaft section having a proximal end and a distal end, the actuator being positioned proximate the proximal end of the shaft section; a coupling attached proximate the distal end of the shaft section; one or more pull wires , wherein a distal end of each pull wire is coupled proximate the distal end of the shaft section via the coupling , a proximal end of each pull wire being coupled to the actuator for actuating each pull wire ; and means for preventing displacement of the coupling positioned proximate to the coupling comprising a reinforced section for reinforcing the coupling, whereby said means helps to minimize failure of the coupling at a point of contact between the pull wires and the coupling , and at a point of contact between the coupling and the sheath , upon actuation of the pull wires to deflect the sheath , wherein the coupling comprises a pull-ring , and the reinforced section comprises at least two pull ring anchor holes for coupling the pull-ring to the shaft section, the at least two pull-ring anchor holes being off centered and not in line with the one or more pull wires .
A device for creating an arteriovenous (AV) fistula, comprising: a proximal base having a distal tapered end surface ; a distal tip connected to the proximal base and movable relative to the proximal base , said distal tip having a proximal tapered end surface ; a shaft for connecting the distal tip to the proximal base , the shaft being extendable and retractable to extend and retract said distal tip relative to the proximal base ; an inner tube having a non-stick surface; a first heating assembly comprising an energizable heating element disposed on one of said distal tapered end surface and said proximal tapered end surface ; and a second heating assembly comprising a passive non-energizable heat spreader with a raised outer rib along its circumference, the heat spreader being disposed on the other one of said distal tapered end surface and said proximal tapered end surface , and the raised outer rib forming a pocket in a center portion thereof for capturing and removing tissue removed during a procedure; wherein the distal tapered end surface and the proximal tapered end surface are adapted to contact opposing sides of a tissue portion to create the fistula. a proximal base having a distal tapered end surface ; a distal tip connected to the proximal base and movable relative to the proximal base , said distal tip having a proximal tapered end surface ; a shaft for connecting the distal tip to the proximal base , the shaft being extendable and retractable to extend and retract said distal tip relative to the proximal base ; an inner tube having a non-stick surface; a first heating assembly comprising an energizable heating element disposed on one of said distal tapered end surface and said proximal tapered end surface ; and a second heating assembly comprising a passive non-energizable heat spreader with a raised outer rib along its circumference, the heat spreader being disposed on the other one of said distal tapered end surface and said proximal tapered end surface , and the raised outer rib forming a pocket in a center portion thereof for capturing and removing tissue removed during a procedure; wherein the distal tapered end surface and the proximal tapered end surface are adapted to contact opposing sides of a tissue portion to create the fistula.
A valve assembly for a drinking cup, the valve assembly comprising a first arm having a first valve portion and a second arm having a second valve portion , each valve portion having a respective aperture for fluid flow, and wherein the valve assembly is foldable from an unfolded state to a folded state such that the first arm is moveable relative to the second arm , allowing the first valve portion to be engaged with the second valve portion to form in the folded state a fluid flow path between the first and second apertures , the valve assembly further characterised in that , in the folded state the first and second valve portions are engaged to form a demand valve, and in that a flexible diaphragm is coupled to one of the first and second arms such that in the folded state the flexible diaphragm acts to block the fluid flow path between the first and second apertures . in the folded state the first and second valve portions are engaged to form a demand valve, and in that a flexible diaphragm is coupled to one of the first and second arms such that in the folded state the flexible diaphragm acts to block the fluid flow path between the first and second apertures .
A molding material mixture comprising: cellulose nanofibers; and at least one base material selected from the group consisting of a resin and fibers, wherein a hydrophobic polymer is chemically bonded to at least some of -OH groups of the cellulose nanofibers, and the base material and the cellulose nanofibers are ground or pelletized. cellulose nanofibers; and at least one base material selected from the group consisting of a resin and fibers, wherein a hydrophobic polymer is chemically bonded to at least some of -OH groups of the cellulose nanofibers, and the base material and the cellulose nanofibers are ground or pelletized.
A method for controlling a filtering efficiency of a filter for an exhaust aftertreatment system comprising a filter assembly , the filter comprising an inflow area , an outflow area , and a filtering area between the inflow area and the outflow area, the method comprises: - determining (S102) a present exhaust mass flow into the filter, - determining (S104) a pressure drop across the filter between the inflow area and the outflow area of the filter, - normalizing (S106) the measured pressure drop (P Measured ) relative a pressure level (Pc) for a model filter at a predetermined temperature ( Temp 1 ) to provide a normalized pressure drop ( P Normalized ), the model filter being representative of a clean filter with a relatively linear pressure drop versus temperature curve , - comparing (S108) the normalized pressure drop (P Normalized ) to a pressure drop model comprising a relation between pressure drop and exhaust mass flow for the model filter; - determining (S110) a pressure deviation between the normalized pressure drop (P Normalized ) and the calculated pressure drop value based on the pressure drop model ; and - controlling (S112) the pressure drop across the filter for reducing the pressure deviation by increasing the temperature of the exhaust gas, wherein controlling the pressure drop comprises at least one of: fuel injection control to a combustion engine connected to the exhaust aftertreatment system, and air/fuel ratio control for the combustion engine, wherein the method steps are continuously repeated at a repetition rate to actively control the pressure drop across the filter to be within a filter efficiency window given by pressure drop boundaries . - determining (S102) a present exhaust mass flow into the filter, - determining (S104) a pressure drop across the filter between the inflow area and the outflow area of the filter, - normalizing (S106) the measured pressure drop (P Measured ) relative a pressure level (Pc) for a model filter at a predetermined temperature ( Temp 1 ) to provide a normalized pressure drop ( P Normalized ), the model filter being representative of a clean filter with a relatively linear pressure drop versus temperature curve , - comparing (S108) the normalized pressure drop (P Normalized ) to a pressure drop model comprising a relation between pressure drop and exhaust mass flow for the model filter; - comparing (S108) the normalized pressure drop (P Normalized ) to a pressure drop model comprising a relation between pressure drop and exhaust mass flow for the model filter; - determining (S110) a pressure deviation between the normalized pressure drop (P Normalized ) and the calculated pressure drop value based on the pressure drop model ; and - controlling (S112) the pressure drop across the filter for reducing the pressure deviation by increasing the temperature of the exhaust gas, wherein controlling the pressure drop comprises at least one of: fuel injection control to a combustion engine connected to the exhaust aftertreatment system, and air/fuel ratio control for the combustion engine,
A converter having a first-side surface (S H ) juxtaposed to a second-side structure (Sc) separated by a gap (g), the first-side surface having electrons for transferring excitation energy across the gap, the second-side structure comprising at least one second-side converter element, each second-side converter element comprising at least one carrier supplied from at least one first second-side reservoir to at least one first second-side quantum state element being promoted from a first energy level to a second energy level by the transferred excitation energy, characterised in that the excitation energy is transferred by electrostatic coupling.
A hybrid vehicle control method for controlling a hybrid vehicle using a control unit in which when an internal combustion engine is in a firing state, power is generated by an electric power generation motor connected to the internal combustion engine via a gear mechanism , and a brake pedal depressing force is amplified using intake negative pressure of the internal combustion engine during brake actuation, characterized in that the hybrid vehicle control method comprises: setting a rotational speed threshold value, the rotational speed threshold value being an engine rotational speed at which a continuous gear tooth striking sound does not occur in the gear mechanism, or at which an operating noise of the internal combustion engine is louder than the continuous gear tooth striking sound occurring in the gear mechanism in the firing state; generating a negative pressure while maintaining the engine rotational speed when there is a negative pressure generation request in the firing state and where the engine rotational speed is equal to or greater than the rotational speed threshold value; and generating the negative pressure after switching from the firing state to a motoring state when there is a negative pressure generation request in the firing state and the engine rotational speed is less than the rotational speed threshold value, the motoring state being a state in which the internal combustion engine is rotated by the electric power generation motor. setting a rotational speed threshold value, the rotational speed threshold value being an engine rotational speed at which a continuous gear tooth striking sound does not occur in the gear mechanism, or at which an operating noise of the internal combustion engine is louder than the continuous gear tooth striking sound occurring in the gear mechanism in the firing state; generating a negative pressure while maintaining the engine rotational speed when there is a negative pressure generation request in the firing state and where the engine rotational speed is equal to or greater than the rotational speed threshold value; and generating the negative pressure after switching from the firing state to a motoring state when there is a negative pressure generation request in the firing state and the engine rotational speed is less than the rotational speed threshold value, the motoring state being a state in which the internal combustion engine is rotated by the electric power generation motor.
Dynamo-electric machine with a stator and a rotor which is rotatably arranged relative to the stator about an axis of rotation (R), wherein the stator and/or the rotor has a plurality of segments arranged one after another in the rotational direction (S) of the rotor , wherein the segments have a flange at the side ends thereof in the rotational direction for connection to segments arranged adjacent thereto in the rotational direction (S), wherein the flanges have at least one hole in the rotational direction (S), wherein flanges facing one another at the side ends in the rotational direction of segments arranged adjacent to one another are connected to one another by a screw connection passing through a hole , wherein to connect the flanges facing one another, a sleeve having an external thread is arranged in the hole of at least one of the flanges facing one another at the side ends in the rotational direction, wherein the hole of at least one of the flanges facing one another at the side ends in the rotational direction has an internal thread , wherein the sleeve is screwed into the internal thread of the hole , wherein the sleeve creates a spacing between the flanges facing one another, wherein a screw passes through the holes of the flanges facing one another at the side ends in the rotational direction, and through the sleeve , wherein the screw , in particular the screw head, exerts a force on the flange and via the sleeve connects the flanges facing one another, wherein the force of the screw connection on the flange is implemented via a universal ball joint which consists of a spherical cup and a spherical disk .
Sound head for installation into a measurement tube of a flow meter for sound-based detection of a flow rate of a medium, having a) a pot composed of a metallic pot material, which has a pot side wall , a pot base through which sound is to be passed and a pot opening which is opposite the pot base , b) an electromechanical sound transducer element , which is adhesively bonded to an inner side of the pot base , c) two electrical feed lines , which lead out of the pot opening and serve for the electrical contacting of the electromechanical sound transducer element , d) a closure part , which is inserted into the pot and closes off the pot opening , wherein e) the closure part has on a side facing away from the electromechanical sound transducer element a protective collar which projects beyond the closed pot opening and which surrounds the electrical feed lines , wherein the protective collar is provided with pull-out means , which facilitate dismounting of the sound head from an installation position in a measurement tube, characterized in that f) the electrical feed lines have exposed end portions, and the protective collar extends in the axial direction at least exactly as far as the exposed end portions of the electrical feed lines , and g) the pull-out means are formed as at least one passage opening which is present in a collar wall of the protective collar . a) a pot composed of a metallic pot material, which has a pot side wall , a pot base through which sound is to be passed and a pot opening which is opposite the pot base , b) an electromechanical sound transducer element , which is adhesively bonded to an inner side of the pot base , c) two electrical feed lines , which lead out of the pot opening and serve for the electrical contacting of the electromechanical sound transducer element , d) a closure part , which is inserted into the pot and closes off the pot opening , wherein e) the closure part has on a side facing away from the electromechanical sound transducer element a protective collar which projects beyond the closed pot opening and which surrounds the electrical feed lines , wherein the protective collar is provided with pull-out means , which facilitate dismounting of the sound head from an installation position in a measurement tube, characterized in that f) the electrical feed lines have exposed end portions, and the protective collar extends in the axial direction at least exactly as far as the exposed end portions of the electrical feed lines , and g) the pull-out means are formed as at least one passage opening which is present in a collar wall of the protective collar .
A processor comprising: a decode unit to decode a RSA algorithm acceleration instruction, the instruction to indicate a first 64-bit source operand that is to have a first 64-bit value, to indicate a second 64-bit source operand that is to have a second 64-bit value, to indicate a third 64-bit source operand that is to have a third 64-bit value, and to indicate a fourth 64-bit source operand that is to have a fourth 64-bit value; and an execution unit coupled with the decode unit, wherein the execution unit comprises a 128-bit adder to add a value representing the third 64-bit value and a 128-bit product of multiplying the first 64-bit value and the second 64-bit value, the execution unit operable, in response to the instruction, to store a result that is to include the first 64-bit value multiplied by the second 64-bit value added to the third 64-bit value added to the fourth 64-bit value, wherein the execution unit is to store a 64-bit least significant half of the result in a first 64-bit destination operand to be indicated by the instruction, and is to store a 64-bit most significant half of the result in a second 64-bit destination operand to be indicated by the instruction, wherein the second 64-bit source operand is an implicit general-purpose register that is also an implicit source and destination register of a multiplication instruction of the processor. a decode unit to decode a RSA algorithm acceleration instruction, the instruction to indicate a first 64-bit source operand that is to have a first 64-bit value, to indicate a second 64-bit source operand that is to have a second 64-bit value, to indicate a third 64-bit source operand that is to have a third 64-bit value, and to indicate a fourth 64-bit source operand that is to have a fourth 64-bit value; and an execution unit coupled with the decode unit, wherein the execution unit comprises a 128-bit adder to add a value representing the third 64-bit value and a 128-bit product of multiplying the first 64-bit value and the second 64-bit value, the execution unit operable, in response to the instruction, to store a result that is to include the first 64-bit value multiplied by the second 64-bit value added to the third 64-bit value added to the fourth 64-bit value, wherein the execution unit is to store a 64-bit least significant half of the result in a first 64-bit destination operand to be indicated by the instruction, and is to store a 64-bit most significant half of the result in a second 64-bit destination operand to be indicated by the instruction, wherein the second 64-bit source operand is an implicit general-purpose register that is also an implicit source and destination register of a multiplication instruction of the processor.
A compound of Formula (I) wherein R 2 and R 3 are the same or different and are selected from a hydrogen atom and a C 1 -C 6 alkyl group; and X is a carboxylic acid or a C 1 -C 6 alkyl ester; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, or solvate of such a salt thereof, for use in therapeutic treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis characterized by fibrosis. wherein R 2 and R 3 are the same or different and are selected from a hydrogen atom and a C 1 -C 6 alkyl group; and X is a carboxylic acid or a C 1 -C 6 alkyl ester; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, or solvate of such a salt thereof, for use in therapeutic treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis characterized by fibrosis.
A prepreg preparation device comprising: a flow path-type impregnation part which impregnates, with a resin, a reinforced fiber transferred along a flow path ; and a box-type impregnation part which impregnates, with the resin (R), the reinforced fiber which passes through the flow path-type impregnation part and is transferred through a box-type space , wherein the flow path-type impregnation part and the box-type impregnation part are formed as an integral part within a single mold, wherein the box-type space is connected with an end of the flow path and characterized in that the box-type space is configured in an enclosed configuration such that the inner space except for the areas required for introducing and ejecting the reinforced fiber is fully filled with the resin (R) to store the resin. a flow path-type impregnation part which impregnates, with a resin, a reinforced fiber transferred along a flow path ; and a box-type impregnation part which impregnates, with the resin (R), the reinforced fiber which passes through the flow path-type impregnation part and is transferred through a box-type space , wherein the flow path-type impregnation part and the box-type impregnation part are formed as an integral part within a single mold, wherein the box-type space is connected with an end of the flow path and characterized in that the box-type space is configured in an enclosed configuration such that the inner space except for the areas required for introducing and ejecting the reinforced fiber is fully filled with the resin (R) to store the resin.
A case or support cradle for a fall arrest device, the case or support cradle having a shape or configuration enabling rolling of the case or cradle along an arcuate path; wherein the case or cradle comprises at least one contact surface ring configured to encompass the fall arrest device, the contact surface ring arranged to contact a surface on which the case or cradle rests in order to effect rolling.