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A medical device for treating hip joint osteoarthritis in a human patient by providing at least one artificial hip joint surface, the hip joint comprising a natural acetabulum , being a part of the pelvic bone , and a caput femur being a part of the femoral bone , and having a partly spherical form having a largest diameter, wherein said medical device comprises: - a prosthetic part or a bone plug configured to be placed in a hole created in the pelvic bone, characterized in that said medical device further comprises a supporting member (95; 99) connected to said prosthetic part or bone plug, wherein said supporting member is configured to: - be inserted into said hole from the abdominal side of the acetabulum, and - be placed in contact with the bone surrounding the hole on the acetabulum side of the pelvic bone, for carrying load placed on caput femur from the weight of said human patient, and in that said prosthetic part or a bone plug has a diameter not exceeding the diameter of the natural acetabulum . - a prosthetic part or a bone plug configured to be placed in a hole created in the pelvic bone, characterized in that said medical device further comprises a supporting member (95; 99) connected to said prosthetic part or bone plug, wherein said supporting member is configured to: - be inserted into said hole from the abdominal side of the acetabulum, and - be placed in contact with the bone surrounding the hole on the acetabulum side of the pelvic bone, for carrying load placed on caput femur from the weight of said human patient, and in that said prosthetic part or a bone plug has a diameter not exceeding the diameter of the natural acetabulum . characterized in that said medical device further comprises a supporting member (95; 99) connected to said prosthetic part or bone plug, wherein said supporting member is configured to: - be inserted into said hole from the abdominal side of the acetabulum, and - be placed in contact with the bone surrounding the hole on the acetabulum side of the pelvic bone, for carrying load placed on caput femur from the weight of said human patient, - be inserted into said hole from the abdominal side of the acetabulum, and - be placed in contact with the bone surrounding the hole on the acetabulum side of the pelvic bone, for carrying load placed on caput femur from the weight of said human patient, and in that said prosthetic part or a bone plug has a diameter not exceeding the diameter of the natural acetabulum .
An automatic analysis apparatus, comprising: a blood coagulation time measuring unit for mounting a reaction container therein to measure a coagulation time of a mixed solution within the reaction container; a sample dispensing mechanism for dispensing a specimen into the reaction container, the reaction container being configured for mixing a specimen and a reagent with each other therein and for reacting the mixed solution therein; a coagulation Specimen dispensing unit for accommodating the reaction container when the specimen is being dispensed; a reaction container accommodating unit for accommodating a plurality of reaction containers , among them the reaction container to be provided to the blood coagulation measuring unit, the reaction container accommodating unit being spaced apart from the coagulation specimen dispensing unit; a reaction container transfer mechanism for grasping the reaction container and transferring the reaction container to the blood coagulation measuring unit; and a control unit for controlling the reaction container transfer mechanism; characterized in that the control unit is adapted to control the transferring and mounting of the reaction container from the coagulation specimen dispensing unit, where the specimen is dispensed into the reaction container, to the reaction container accommodating unit by means of the reaction container transfer mechanism. a blood coagulation time measuring unit for mounting a reaction container therein to measure a coagulation time of a mixed solution within the reaction container; a sample dispensing mechanism for dispensing a specimen into the reaction container, the reaction container being configured for mixing a specimen and a reagent with each other therein and for reacting the mixed solution therein; a coagulation Specimen dispensing unit for accommodating the reaction container when the specimen is being dispensed; a reaction container accommodating unit for accommodating a plurality of reaction containers , among them the reaction container to be provided to the blood coagulation measuring unit, the reaction container accommodating unit being spaced apart from the coagulation specimen dispensing unit; a reaction container transfer mechanism for grasping the reaction container and transferring the reaction container to the blood coagulation measuring unit; and a control unit for controlling the reaction container transfer mechanism; characterized in that the control unit is adapted to control the transferring and mounting of the reaction container from the coagulation specimen dispensing unit, where the specimen is dispensed into the reaction container, to the reaction container accommodating unit by means of the reaction container transfer mechanism.
A method of three-dimensionally detecting a fiber material surface of a fiber material of a fiber composite material deposited on a tool by means of a detection device , the method comprising the steps of: - detecting radiation reflected from at least a portion of the fiber material surface by means of a first polarization-sensitive detection sensor from a first detection direction and generating first polarization-dependent measurement data as a function of the detected reflected radiation, - detecting the radiation reflected from at least said portion of the fiber material surface by means of at least a second polarization-sensitive detection sensor from a second detection direction different from the first detection direction and generating at least second polarization-dependent measurement data as a function of the detected reflected radiation, and - creating three-dimensional surface data of the fiber material surface as a three-dimensional digital image of the real fiber material surface as a function of the first polarization-dependent measurement data and the at least second polarization-dependent measurement data by means of a data processing unit . - detecting radiation reflected from at least a portion of the fiber material surface by means of a first polarization-sensitive detection sensor from a first detection direction and generating first polarization-dependent measurement data as a function of the detected reflected radiation, - detecting the radiation reflected from at least said portion of the fiber material surface by means of at least a second polarization-sensitive detection sensor from a second detection direction different from the first detection direction and generating at least second polarization-dependent measurement data as a function of the detected reflected radiation, and - creating three-dimensional surface data of the fiber material surface as a three-dimensional digital image of the real fiber material surface as a function of the first polarization-dependent measurement data and the at least second polarization-dependent measurement data by means of a data processing unit .
Method for mattifying a turbine engine part comprising a metal material, the method comprising a step of immersing said part in a chemical bath for mattifying said metal part , the bath comprising at least sodium fluoride (NaF) and hydrofluoric (HF) acid, characterised in that the immersion step lasts between 2 and 15 minutes.
A solar module comprising photovoltaic cells laminated on a sandwich structure , said sandwich structure providing structural strength to said solar module , said sandwich structure comprising a top plate and a bottom plate , said sandwich structure further comprising an inner material located inbetween said top plate and said bottom plate , and being provided with pipes for circulating cooling or heating fluids and said solar module comprising a battery , said battery thermally contacting said sandwich structure opposite said photovoltaic cells, characterized in that said top plate and said bottom plate are both made of a material with structural strength, so that said module can be used without other supportive measures such as a glass or aluminium frame.
Cooking appliance with a housing and with a cooking compartment embodied therein, with a door for closing off the cooking compartment , with a guide apparatus , with which the door is guided when moved, and with a coupling facility , with which the door is coupled to the guide apparatus , wherein the coupling facility has a locking apparatus , with which the coupled state between the door and the guide apparatus can be locked, wherein the locking apparatus has a bearing support with a receptacle , into which a bearing element that is arranged on the door engages in the coupled state, characterised in that the locking apparatus has a tube-like sleeve external to the door, which is mounted such that it can rotate on the bearing support so that, in the coupled state, in a first rotational position of the sleeve , an unlocked position between the sleeve and the bearing element can be set and, in the coupled state, in a second rotational position of the sleeve , a locked position between the sleeve and the bearing element can be set, wherein the sleeve has at least one catch so that, when the door is moved, the catch is automatically contacted by a contact element of the door and, when the door is moved further, the sleeve is motion-coupled to the door and can automatically be rotated from the unlocked position into the locked position, or so that, when the door is moved, the catch is automatically contacted by a contact element of the guide apparatus and, when the door is moved further, the sleeve can automatically be rotated from the unlocked position into the locked position due to the relative motion of the door in relation to the coupling element .
A pneumatic tire comprising: a pair of bead cores ; a carcass layer including a carcass ply extending on and between the pair of bead cores through a tread portion and a pair of sidewall portions ; a belt layer disposed outward of the carcass layer in a tire radial direction; a tread rubber disposed outward of the belt layer in the tire radial direction; an inner liner rubber layer disposed on a tire inner cavity side of the carcass layer ; and a porous sound damper disposed on the tire inner cavity side of the inner liner rubber layer at the tread portion , wherein in a region in the tire axial direction where the sound damper is provided, the tread portion includes a plurality of rubber layers each including no cord and stacked in the tire radial direction, and as for a hardness of each rubber layer , the hardness of the rubber layer located more inward in the tire radial direction is smaller, characterized in that , in a normal state where the pneumatic tire is fitted on a normal rim and inflated to a normal internal pressure and no load is applied to the pneumatic tire , a length W1 in a tire axial direction of the sound damper is smaller than a distance H in the tire radial direction from a bead base line to a maximum width position in an inner cavity surface of the sidewall portion and in that each of the plurality of rubber layers has a larger thickness than the inner liner rubber layer . a pair of bead cores ; a carcass layer including a carcass ply extending on and between the pair of bead cores through a tread portion and a pair of sidewall portions ; a belt layer disposed outward of the carcass layer in a tire radial direction; a tread rubber disposed outward of the belt layer in the tire radial direction; an inner liner rubber layer disposed on a tire inner cavity side of the carcass layer ; and a porous sound damper disposed on the tire inner cavity side of the inner liner rubber layer at the tread portion , wherein in a region in the tire axial direction where the sound damper is provided, the tread portion includes a plurality of rubber layers each including no cord and stacked in the tire radial direction, and as for a hardness of each rubber layer , the hardness of the rubber layer located more inward in the tire radial direction is smaller, characterized in that , in a normal state where the pneumatic tire is fitted on a normal rim and inflated to a normal internal pressure and no load is applied to the pneumatic tire , a length W1 in a tire axial direction of the sound damper is smaller than a distance H in the tire radial direction from a bead base line to a maximum width position in an inner cavity surface of the sidewall portion and in that each of the plurality of rubber layers has a larger thickness than the inner liner rubber layer .
Method for manufacturing a light-emitting diode , comprising the following steps in succession, while maintaining a substrate in a vapour-phase epitaxial growth chamber: - epitaxial deposition, with an atmosphere in the chamber having a first non-zero concentration of ammonia, of a first GaN alloy layer P-doped with magnesium; - epitaxial deposition, on the first layer , of a sacrificial GaN alloy layer in an atmosphere in the chamber that is not supplied with magnesium; - placing the atmosphere inside the chamber under conditions with a second concentration of ammonia that is at least equal to a third of the first concentration in such a way as to remove the sacrificial layer ; then - epitaxial deposition of a second N-type doped GaN alloy layer in such a way as to form a tunnel junction with the first layer . - epitaxial deposition, with an atmosphere in the chamber having a first non-zero concentration of ammonia, of a first GaN alloy layer P-doped with magnesium; - epitaxial deposition, on the first layer , of a sacrificial GaN alloy layer in an atmosphere in the chamber that is not supplied with magnesium; - placing the atmosphere inside the chamber under conditions with a second concentration of ammonia that is at least equal to a third of the first concentration in such a way as to remove the sacrificial layer ; then - epitaxial deposition of a second N-type doped GaN alloy layer in such a way as to form a tunnel junction with the first layer .
An automation control system , comprising: a terminal block of an input/output device ; a device bus within the terminal block; a first bus contact on a first side of the terminal block and communicatively coupled with a first end of the device bus; and a second bus contact on a second side of the terminal block and communicatively coupled with a second end of the device bus, wherein the second side generally faces an opposite direction from the first side and wherein the terminal block is configured to be coupled with additional terminal blocks positioned on the first and second sides of the terminal block via the first and second bus contacts, characterized in that , the first bus contact comprises a first two-prong mating feature , the second bus contact comprises a second two-prong mating feature and wherein the first two-prong mating feature is sized to wedge between the prongs of the second two-prong mating feature. a terminal block of an input/output device ; a device bus within the terminal block; a first bus contact on a first side of the terminal block and communicatively coupled with a first end of the device bus; and a second bus contact on a second side of the terminal block and communicatively coupled with a second end of the device bus, wherein the second side generally faces an opposite direction from the first side and wherein the terminal block is configured to be coupled with additional terminal blocks positioned on the first and second sides of the terminal block via the first and second bus contacts, characterized in that , the first bus contact comprises a first two-prong mating feature , the second bus contact comprises a second two-prong mating feature and wherein the first two-prong mating feature is sized to wedge between the prongs of the second two-prong mating feature.
Occupant restraint system in a self-driving vehicle for customer transportation, wherein the occupant restraint system provides the customer with a restraint function which can be activated by the customer to be transported, and the occupant restraint system has an evaluation unit , by means of which it is checked in a safety check whether or not the restraint function has been activated by the customer to be transported, the evaluation unit preventing the vehicle from driving away in the absence of an activated restraint function, characterized in that the evaluation unit is assigned a diagnostic module , by means of which a functional diagnosis of the functionality of the occupant restraint system can be carried out independently of the safety check, and in that , in the presence of a defect in the occupant restraint system , the diagnostic module initiates a suitable service measure to eliminate the defect.
Apparatus for chemically etching a workpiece using a process gas, the apparatus including a chamber for receiving the process gas and having a pumping port for extracting exhaust gases; a workpiece support located in the chamber upstream of the pumping port and a sub-chamber including a window and an excitation source , adjacent to the window , for creating a plasma in a sample of the exhaust gases to create an optical emission which can be monitored through the window , characterised in that the sub-chamber is located upstream of the pumping port and downstream of the workpiece support with respect to the flow of the exhaust gases through the apparatus from the chamber to the pumping port , and wherein there is an opening between the chamber and the sub-chamber to allow the flow of the exhaust gases during monitoring of the optical emission.
A method for performing a two-stage precoding comprising: determining , for each k-th user, a corresponding M x M covariance matrix R k , wherein M is a number of antennas at a base station, and computing U k , being an M x M unitary matrix by using the following Eigen-decomposition: R k = U k Λ k U k H , wherein Λ k is an M x M diagonal matrix; for each user group g of a plurality of user groups, randomly picking U k as a group center V g of the user group g; characterized in that the method further comprises determining respective weighted likelihoods L(R k , V g ) corresponding to a plurality of users in a multiple-input multiple-output communication system according to the following equation: L R k , V g = ‖ U k Λ k 1 / 2 H V g ‖ F 2 ; and forming a plurality of user groups from the plurality of users using an iterative K-means clustering technique applied to the plurality of users, the iterative K-means clustering technique being responsive to the respective weighted likelihoods; wherein the group centers V g of the plurality of user groups are updated by using the following equation: V g = eig 1 s g ∑ k ∈ s g R k , wherein 'eig' denotes a unitary matrix after Eigen-decomposition, S g denotes member set of user group g, and |S g | denotes number of group members in user group g. determining , for each k-th user, a corresponding M x M covariance matrix R k , wherein M is a number of antennas at a base station, and computing U k , being an M x M unitary matrix by using the following Eigen-decomposition: R k = U k Λ k U k H , wherein Λ k is an M x M diagonal matrix; for each user group g of a plurality of user groups, randomly picking U k as a group center V g of the user group g; characterized in that the method further comprises determining respective weighted likelihoods L(R k , V g ) corresponding to a plurality of users in a multiple-input multiple-output communication system according to the following equation: L R k , V g = ‖ U k Λ k 1 / 2 H V g ‖ F 2 ; and forming a plurality of user groups from the plurality of users using an iterative K-means clustering technique applied to the plurality of users, the iterative K-means clustering technique being responsive to the respective weighted likelihoods; wherein the group centers V g of the plurality of user groups are updated by using the following equation: V g = eig 1 s g ∑ k ∈ s g R k , wherein 'eig' denotes a unitary matrix after Eigen-decomposition, S g denotes member set of user group g, and |S g | denotes number of group members in user group g.
An accessory system for a gas turbine engine comprising: an accessory gearbox which defines an accessory gearbox axis (L): characterised by a first gear set having a first drive gear and a first spur gear mounted to a first shaft along a first accessory axis (b) transverse to said accessory gearbox axis; a second gear set having a second drive gear and a second spur gear mounted to a second shaft along a second accessory axis (b) transverse to said accessory gearbox axis (L), said second spur gear meshed with said first spur gear ; a third gear set having a third drive gear and a third spur gear mounted to a third shaft along a third accessory axis (c) transverse to said accessory gearbox axis (L); a fourth gear set having a fourth spur gear mounted to a fourth shaft along a fourth accessory axis (c) transverse to said accessory gearbox axis (L), said fourth spur gear meshed with said third spur gear ; and a crossover gear set (92") having a crossover drive gear mounted to a crossover shaft along said accessory gearbox axis (L), said crossover drive gear meshed with said first drive gear and said third drive gear . an accessory gearbox which defines an accessory gearbox axis (L): characterised by a first gear set having a first drive gear and a first spur gear mounted to a first shaft along a first accessory axis (b) transverse to said accessory gearbox axis; a second gear set having a second drive gear and a second spur gear mounted to a second shaft along a second accessory axis (b) transverse to said accessory gearbox axis (L), said second spur gear meshed with said first spur gear ; a third gear set having a third drive gear and a third spur gear mounted to a third shaft along a third accessory axis (c) transverse to said accessory gearbox axis (L); a fourth gear set having a fourth spur gear mounted to a fourth shaft along a fourth accessory axis (c) transverse to said accessory gearbox axis (L), said fourth spur gear meshed with said third spur gear ; and a crossover gear set (92") having a crossover drive gear mounted to a crossover shaft along said accessory gearbox axis (L), said crossover drive gear meshed with said first drive gear and said third drive gear .
A motorcycle tire for running on rough terrain comprising: a tread portion provided with a plurality of blocks protruding from a virtual block bottom which extends along a groove bottom ; in a block cross section passing a center of gravity of a ground contact surface of the blocks and being perpendicular to the virtual block bottom , the blocks comprising a block-sidewall main portion extending radially inwardly in a straight shape from an edge of the ground contact surface and a skirt portion that connects the block-sidewall main portion to the groove bottom ; characterized by the skirt portion comprising a planar portion extending in a straight shape on the side of the groove bottom and a curved portion so as to connect the block-sidewall main portion to the planar portion in a chamfered manner. a tread portion provided with a plurality of blocks protruding from a virtual block bottom which extends along a groove bottom ; in a block cross section passing a center of gravity of a ground contact surface of the blocks and being perpendicular to the virtual block bottom , the blocks comprising a block-sidewall main portion extending radially inwardly in a straight shape from an edge of the ground contact surface and a skirt portion that connects the block-sidewall main portion to the groove bottom ; characterized by the skirt portion comprising a planar portion extending in a straight shape on the side of the groove bottom and a curved portion so as to connect the block-sidewall main portion to the planar portion in a chamfered manner.