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Method for inductively charging a rechargeable hearing instrument having an inductive coil by means of a charging kit , said charging kit comprising: - a current-generating base unit comprising a first cavity , - an adapter adapted to be received in said first cavity with the base-unit and the adapter being separable parts, wherein energy is transferrable from the base unit to the adapter when the adapter is received in the first cavity , the adapter further being provided with an inductive coil , and wherein the adapter comprises a second cavity adapted to receive the rechargeable, inductively-charged hearing instrument , the method comprising the steps of: - inserting the hearing instrument into the second cavity of the adapter , - inserting the adapter into the first cavity of the base unit , - determining characteristics of the inductive coil of the hearing instrument , - on the basis of the determined characteristics of the inductive coil , configuring characteristics of the current generated by the base unit so as to correspond to the characteristics of the inductive coil of the hearing instrument , - inductively charging the rechargeable hearing instrument . - a current-generating base unit comprising a first cavity , - an adapter adapted to be received in said first cavity with the base-unit and the adapter being separable parts, wherein energy is transferrable from the base unit to the adapter when the adapter is received in the first cavity , the adapter further being provided with an inductive coil , and wherein the adapter comprises a second cavity adapted to receive the rechargeable, inductively-charged hearing instrument , the method comprising the steps of: - inserting the hearing instrument into the second cavity of the adapter , - inserting the adapter into the first cavity of the base unit , - determining characteristics of the inductive coil of the hearing instrument , - on the basis of the determined characteristics of the inductive coil , configuring characteristics of the current generated by the base unit so as to correspond to the characteristics of the inductive coil of the hearing instrument , - inductively charging the rechargeable hearing instrument .
An apparatus for analyzing a mechanical vibratory response of a solid material sample , the apparatus comprising: - supports configured to support said solid material sample at nodes of a vibration mode to be excited; - an array of impactors arranged on a line to impart an impact on respective well-defined points on the surface of said solid material sample and means to cause a relative movement of said solid material sample and said array of impactors in a direction substantially perpendicular to said line, or an array of impactors arranged in a grid; - a sensor configured to capture said mechanical vibratory response as a time-varying signal, subsequent to each impact of said array of impactors ; and - processing means configured to analyze said time-varying signal to determine the frequencies and decay constants of sinusoids making up said time-varying signal wherein the apparatus is configured to activate all or selected ones of said impactors consecutively along the line prior to moving the line relatively to the sample or consecutively along the grid. - supports configured to support said solid material sample at nodes of a vibration mode to be excited; - an array of impactors arranged on a line to impart an impact on respective well-defined points on the surface of said solid material sample and means to cause a relative movement of said solid material sample and said array of impactors in a direction substantially perpendicular to said line, or an array of impactors arranged in a grid; - a sensor configured to capture said mechanical vibratory response as a time-varying signal, subsequent to each impact of said array of impactors ; and - processing means configured to analyze said time-varying signal to determine the frequencies and decay constants of sinusoids making up said time-varying signal
Chamber doctor blade end seal arrangement for a chamber doctor blade system for supplying printing ink to a printing system with an anilox roller, in particular for flexographic printing and coating processes, having a doctor blade chamber which extends longitudinally over the printing width and which with a chamber base and two opposing side webs forms a cavity filled with the printing ink and has doctor blades on the side webs , and with chamber doctor blade end seals (2, 2', 2") which seal the cavity to the anilox roller lying thereabove on both end faces of the doctor blade chamber which extends longitudinally over the printing width, the chamber doctor blade end seal (2, 2', 2") being formed from an elastic seal body , the shape of which corresponds to the free cross-section on the end face of the doctor blade chamber , characterized in in that a groove is arranged in the chamber base on each of the end faces essentially parallel to the end face of the doctor blade chamber , and in that a tongue is formed on the seal, which tongue engages in the groove when the chamber doctor blade end seal (2, 2', 2") is inserted into the doctor blade chamber as intended.
An assembly method for assembling a first element to a second element by pressureless metal sintering, the method comprising the following steps: a) a preparation step during which a sintering material (50.1, 50.2) comprising metal particles is arranged at a bond interface (30; 31) of the first element and of the second element , the sintering material (50.1, 50.2)comprising predominantly metal particles having a greatest dimension lying in the range 0.5 um to about 50 μm; b) a pre-sintering step during which the assembly constituted by the first element , the second element , and the sintering material (50.1, 50.2) is heated for a first duration that is longer than five minutes at a first temperature (T1) that is strictly lower than the temperature (Tt) for activating diffusion at the grain boundaries; c) a densification step during which the assembly is heated for a second duration at a second temperature that is higher than or equal to the temperature (Tt) for activating diffusion at the grain boundaries, the sintering material (50.1, 50.2) comprising at least about 80% flake-type metal particles having a ratio of the greatest dimension (Dmax) of the particle divided by the smallest dimension (Dmin) of the particle measured orthogonally to the greatest dimension (Dmax) that is less than 0.3. a) a preparation step during which a sintering material (50.1, 50.2) comprising metal particles is arranged at a bond interface (30; 31) of the first element and of the second element , the sintering material (50.1, 50.2)comprising predominantly metal particles having a greatest dimension lying in the range 0.5 um to about 50 μm; b) a pre-sintering step during which the assembly constituted by the first element , the second element , and the sintering material (50.1, 50.2) is heated for a first duration that is longer than five minutes at a first temperature (T1) that is strictly lower than the temperature (Tt) for activating diffusion at the grain boundaries; c) a densification step during which the assembly is heated for a second duration at a second temperature that is higher than or equal to the temperature (Tt) for activating diffusion at the grain boundaries,
A stepped gain mixer device comprising: (a) an amplifier having an output lead; (b) a first transistor having a source lead, a drain lead and a gate lead; (c) a second transistor having a source lead, a drain lead and a gate lead, wherein the output lead of the amplifier is coupled to the source lead of the first transistor and to the source lead of the second transistor ; and (d) a first switch , wherein the drain lead of the first transistor is coupled to the drain lead of the second transistor through the first switch when the first switch is closed, and wherein the first transistor and the second transistor are in a passive mixer configuration and an oscillating signal is present on the gate lead of the first transistor and on the gate lead of the second transistor ; and (e) a second switch , wherein the drain lead of the second transistor is coupled to ground through the second switch when the second switch is closed. (a) an amplifier having an output lead; (b) a first transistor having a source lead, a drain lead and a gate lead; (c) a second transistor having a source lead, a drain lead and a gate lead, wherein the output lead of the amplifier is coupled to the source lead of the first transistor and to the source lead of the second transistor ; and (d) a first switch , wherein the drain lead of the first transistor is coupled to the drain lead of the second transistor through the first switch when the first switch is closed, and wherein the first transistor and the second transistor are in a passive mixer configuration and an oscillating signal is present on the gate lead of the first transistor and on the gate lead of the second transistor ; and (e) a second switch , wherein the drain lead of the second transistor is coupled to ground through the second switch when the second switch is closed.
A meter electronics for detecting a cable fault in a cabling of a Coriolis flow meter , with the meter electronics including a flow meter driver , first and second flow meter pickoff sensors , and the cabling coupled to the first and second flow meter pickoff sensors and to the flow meter driver , with the meter electronics further comprising a driver circuit coupled to the cabling and generating a drive signal and communicating the drive signal into the cabling and to the flow meter driver ; a signal conditioning circuit coupled to the cabling , with the signal conditioning circuit receiving first and second response signals from the first and second flow meter pickoff sensors , respectively, in response to the drive signal, the meter electronics characterized in that the signal conditioning circuit determines a flow meter driver connection orientation fault in one or more flow meter driver wires of the cabling if a phase difference between one of the first and second response signals and a drive signal exceeds a predetermined flow meter phase difference threshold; and the meter electronics remediates the flow meter driver connection orientation fault by inverting a drive signal before it is sent to the flow meter driver if the flow meter driver connection orientation fault is determined to exist.
A method of operating a mobile station , the method comprising: transmitting an Instant Messaging, IM, message toward a recipient mobile station ; receiving an Instant Message Disposition Notification, IMDN, message in response to the transmitted IM message, the IMDN message comprising a status element populated with a sub-element indicating that the IM message was delivered to the recipient mobile station as a Short Message Service, SMS, message or as a Multimedia Messaging Service, MMS, message; and generating a user notification in response to receiving the IMDN message. transmitting an Instant Messaging, IM, message toward a recipient mobile station ; receiving an Instant Message Disposition Notification, IMDN, message in response to the transmitted IM message, the IMDN message comprising a status element populated with a sub-element indicating that the IM message was delivered to the recipient mobile station as a Short Message Service, SMS, message or as a Multimedia Messaging Service, MMS, message; and generating a user notification in response to receiving the IMDN message.
A chimney attachment for a head for to-be-smoked tobacco of a shisha , - comprising a main body which is designed to receive fuel for heating the tobacco , - wherein the main body can be placed on the head in a usage position (GL), - wherein the main body has a head direction which, in the usage position (GL), is oriented towards a receiving region for the head , characterised by at least two arms which extend from the main body in the head direction and which surround the receiving region , - wherein the arms are arranged concentrically to the head direction , - wherein the arms have a resting position (RL), and in the case of at least one of the arms , at least one movement portion of the arm can be moved radially outwards from the resting position (RL) relative to the head direction , counter to a spring force (FK). - comprising a main body which is designed to receive fuel for heating the tobacco , - wherein the main body can be placed on the head in a usage position (GL), - wherein the main body has a head direction which, in the usage position (GL), is oriented towards a receiving region for the head , - wherein the arms are arranged concentrically to the head direction , - wherein the arms have a resting position (RL), and in the case of at least one of the arms , at least one movement portion of the arm can be moved radially outwards from the resting position (RL) relative to the head direction , counter to a spring force (FK).
Wheel of a vehicle, comprising a rim , a hub portion , and at least two spokes that connect the hub portion to the rim , wherein at least one spoke intermediate space between the spokes is at least partially covered by a covering element (5.1) mounted on the wheel from the outside of the wheel, as seen in the installed state of the wheel in the vehicle, wherein the covering element (5.1) is held in the installed position of the covering element (5.1) by a fastening device (5.2), the fastening device (5.2) is mounted from the inside of the wheel, as seen in the installed state of the wheel in the vehicle, and is connected to a wheel flange arranged on the inside of the wheel, characterized in that at least one wing element (5.2.2) of the fastening device (5.2) at least partially overlaps at least one spoke intermediate space from the inside of the wheel.
A method for operating an agricultural vehicle , in particular a tractor, having a drive train , and comprising wheels disposed on a first vehicle axle and on a second vehicle axle and a gearbox , as well as having a braking system for the application of wheel brakes as a function of the wheel braking behaviour, the braking system comprising a control means for controlling the application of the wheel brakes to which signals from speed sensors associated with the wheels are supplied and evaluated thereby so that the braking force of the respective wheel brakes is individually controlled, characterized in that the application of the wheel brakes of at least one wheel is additionally controlled as a function of a force and/or a torque transmitted through the drive train onto the at least one wheel , wherein upon using a clutch to engage or disengage an all-wheel drive mode of the agricultural vehicle , the change in the force and/or torque transmitted through the drive train is determined by the control means and is taken into consideration in the application of the wheel brakes.
Device with a stent structure which is intended for insertion into blood vessels of the human or animal body, wherein the stent structure has an expanded state, in which it lies against the inner wall of the blood vessel, and a contracted state, in which it can be moved through the blood vessel within a microcatheter, wherein the stent structure is connected, preferably at its proximal end, to an insertion aid and the stent structure is composed of individual struts connected to one another or of individual wires forming a mesh structure, wherein the device can be used to treat a vasospasm and the stent structure has a proximal, a middle and a distal section , wherein the proximal section comprises the proximal end at which the stent structure is connected to the insertion aid , and wherein the expanded stent structure outside the proximal end exerts a substantially constant radial force over the effective length , wherein the effective length defines that part of the stent structure which in the expanded state abuts against the inner wall of the blood vessel, characterized in that the struts or wires in the proximal and distal sections have a larger cross-section than in the middle section and/or the density of the struts or wires in the proximal and distal section is higher than in the middle section .
An iron oxide powder for a brake friction material having: an average particle diameter of 40 μm or more, a saturation magnetization of 20 emu/g or less; and a peak pore diameter of 0.2 μm or more and 1.2 μm or less, wherein the peak pore diameter is measured according to the method set out in the examples in the description. an average particle diameter of 40 μm or more, a saturation magnetization of 20 emu/g or less; and a peak pore diameter of 0.2 μm or more and 1.2 μm or less, wherein the peak pore diameter is measured according to the method set out in the examples in the description.
Treatment cell comprising a chamber housing a treatment part , the chamber comprising two connection mouths , each being designed to connect a pipe , characterized in that the chamber further comprises at least one third connection mouth and a fourth connection mouth which are designed to connect a pipe , said mouths being angularly spaced at flat or right angles, the treatment part being arranged at the intersection of the mouths , the chamber comprising a first sealing means and a second sealing means which are designed to seal one of said mouths , said cell further comprising a coupling arm for each connection mouth , said coupling arms being cylindrical, having the same diameter and having an identical end, said treatment cell being designed such that an inlet pipe can be independently connected to one of the mouths and an outlet pipe to another mouth, the other mouths being sealed by the sealing means so as to couple said inlet and outlet pipes in several configurations.
A zinc-air battery comprising an air cathode, a zinc anode, and an electrolyte, wherein the electrolyte comprises an amphoteric fluorosurfactant, wherein the amphoteric fluorosurfactant comprises a betaine functionality.
A UV lamp having an axial dimension normal to a cross-section having a cross-sectional area with a ratio of the axial dimension to the cross-sectional area configured such that the UV lamp has a longitudinal shape, the UV lamp comprising: - a first axial conductor separated from a second axial conductor by an electrically insulating material, at least one of the first axial conductor and the second axial conductor defining an outer surface, - a light emitting diode (LED) capable of providing light at a wavelength in the range of 100 nm to 400 nm, the LED having a first electrical terminal electrically connected to the first axial conductor and a second electrical terminal connected to the second axial conductor; wherein the LED is mounted to emit light from the outer surface, and wherein the UV lamp further comprises an axial hollow interior, an inlet opening and an outlet opening in the outer surface adapted to allow fluid communication from the inlet opening to the outlet opening via the hollow interior, and a flushing arrangement adapted to provide a fluid to the inlet opening. - a first axial conductor separated from a second axial conductor by an electrically insulating material, at least one of the first axial conductor and the second axial conductor defining an outer surface, - a light emitting diode (LED) capable of providing light at a wavelength in the range of 100 nm to 400 nm, the LED having a first electrical terminal electrically connected to the first axial conductor and a second electrical terminal connected to the second axial conductor; wherein the LED is mounted to emit light from the outer surface, and wherein the UV lamp further comprises an axial hollow interior, an inlet opening and an outlet opening in the outer surface adapted to allow fluid communication from the inlet opening to the outlet opening via the hollow interior, and a flushing arrangement adapted to provide a fluid to the inlet opening.
A drug coated balloon catheter, comprising a balloon and a drug coating on the outer surface of the balloon, wherein the drug coating includes active drug/drugs and carrier/carriers and the active drug is paclitaxel; wherein the carrier includes an organic acid salt and a polyalcohol with a mass ratio of the amount of active drug to the amount of carrier in the drug coating being in the range of 1.0 to 6.0, and with a mass ratio of the amount of organic acid salt to the amount of polyalcohol is in the range of (0.2 to 5): 1, wherein the organic acid salt is benzoate and the polyalcohol is polyethylene glycol, and wherein a binding strength of the drug coating to the outer surface of the balloon catheter, after inserting and moving the coated catheter, having a diameter of 3 mm and a length of 20 mm, into a simulated vascular system made up of porcine coronary artery vessels for delivery to a target site and allowing a floating time of 90 seconds, is such that the residual drug content on the balloon surface after the delivery process measured by HPLC is in the range of 74.3% to 83.0% of the initial amount before delivery.
An electron beam radiation crosslinked compression or injection molded polyethylene flexible hinge, wherein the polyethylene is selected from high pressure polyethylene, Zielger-Natta catalyzed polyethylene, chromium catalyzed polyethylene and single-site catalyzed polyethylene, comprising two or more webs having a thickness from 0.1 to 1 mm, which have been irradiated with from 20 to 140 kGy (6-14 Mrads (MR)) of electron beam radiation, joining a cap comprising a rim, a planar deck having opening there through and a cooperating planar closing member attached to the cap by said one or more flexible hinges; wherein, on opening or closing, the planar closing member pivots on said webs through a region of higher tension to "snap" it open or closed, respectively; wherein the planar closing member further comprises a downwardly extending continuous rim; and wherein the number of opening and closing cycles to break at a radial bend of 90°± 20° at a temperature of 25°C of the flexible hinge is not less than 280 cycles.
A liquid crystal display , comprising: a liquid crystal module ; a backlight member arranged under the liquid crystal module and having a first through hole ; a light guide member having a second through hole , the light guide member comprising a light incident surface and a first light emergent surface on a wall surrounding the second through hole , and the first light emergent surface being obliquely arranged towards the liquid crystal module ; and a light emission member arranged opposing the light incident surface and configured to emit light into the light guide member through the light incident surface , wherein a part of the light entering the light guide member is projected on a portion of the liquid crystal module corresponding to a center area of the first through hole after being emitted from the first light emergent surface characterized in that the light guide member is arranged in the first through hole . a liquid crystal module ; a backlight member arranged under the liquid crystal module and having a first through hole ; a light guide member having a second through hole , the light guide member comprising a light incident surface and a first light emergent surface on a wall surrounding the second through hole , and the first light emergent surface being obliquely arranged towards the liquid crystal module ; and a light emission member arranged opposing the light incident surface and configured to emit light into the light guide member through the light incident surface , wherein a part of the light entering the light guide member is projected on a portion of the liquid crystal module corresponding to a center area of the first through hole after being emitted from the first light emergent surface characterized in that the light guide member is arranged in the first through hole .