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A method for controlling an unloading stress of a shape memory material orthopaedic device , comprising: deforming the shape memory material orthopaedic device using at least one of superelastic properties and shape memory properties of the shape memory material orthopaedic device ; recovering a portion of deformation of the shape memory material orthopaedic device ; and mechanically constraining the shape memory material orthopaedic device after recovering the portion of the deformation, characterized in, that the shape memory material orthopaedic device comprises Nitinol, and the shape memory material orthopaedic device includes a first region having a first transition temperature and a second region having a second, different transition temperature. deforming the shape memory material orthopaedic device using at least one of superelastic properties and shape memory properties of the shape memory material orthopaedic device ; recovering a portion of deformation of the shape memory material orthopaedic device ; and mechanically constraining the shape memory material orthopaedic device after recovering the portion of the deformation, characterized in, that the shape memory material orthopaedic device comprises Nitinol, and the shape memory material orthopaedic device includes a first region having a first transition temperature and a second region having a second, different transition temperature.
A method for making a composite structure or a portion of a composite structure of a braking band of a brake disc comprising at least the following steps: - making a composite ceramic structure, comprising carbon fibre filaments, silicon and silicon carbides, obtaining a body of a braking band comprising at least one braking surface ; - processing said braking surface removing a surface layer so as to have carbon not bonded with silicon on the surface; - removing at least partly the carbon not bonded with silicon from the surface; - depositing a protective coating on said braking surface, wherein said step of removing the carbon not bonded with silicon is carried out by cleaning said braking surfaces with abrasive jet or by combustion of said braking surfaces. - making a composite ceramic structure, comprising carbon fibre filaments, silicon and silicon carbides, obtaining a body of a braking band comprising at least one braking surface ; - processing said braking surface removing a surface layer so as to have carbon not bonded with silicon on the surface; - removing at least partly the carbon not bonded with silicon from the surface; - depositing a protective coating on said braking surface, wherein said step of removing the carbon not bonded with silicon is carried out by cleaning said braking surfaces with abrasive jet or by combustion of said braking surfaces.
A memory device that is part of an integrated circuit chip , the memory device comprising: a first on-chip memory system including a first non-volatile memory for storing a first data packet in a first memory segment having a first address, wherein the first memory segment includes a set of memory cells ; a repair controller connected to the first memory system, wherein the repair controller receives an error signal indicating that a memory cell of the set of memory cells is defective, and receives the first data packet and the first address based on the error signal; a second on-chip memory system including a second non-volatile memory connected to the repair controller, wherein the second memory system receives and stores the first data packet and the first address based on the error signal; and a cache memory connected to the first and second memory systems including a content addressable memory, CAM , wherein: during a read operation the cache memory receives a first read address and CAM generates a read address hit signal and a select signal when the first read address matches the first address, and the cache memory receives and stores the first data packet and the first address from the second memory system based on a load request signal, and outputs the first data packet when the first read address matches the first address. a first on-chip memory system including a first non-volatile memory for storing a first data packet in a first memory segment having a first address, wherein the first memory segment includes a set of memory cells ; a repair controller connected to the first memory system, wherein the repair controller receives an error signal indicating that a memory cell of the set of memory cells is defective, and receives the first data packet and the first address based on the error signal; a second on-chip memory system including a second non-volatile memory connected to the repair controller, wherein the second memory system receives and stores the first data packet and the first address based on the error signal; and a cache memory connected to the first and second memory systems including a content addressable memory, CAM , wherein: during a read operation the cache memory receives a first read address and CAM generates a read address hit signal and a select signal when the first read address matches the first address, and the cache memory receives and stores the first data packet and the first address from the second memory system based on a load request signal, and outputs the first data packet when the first read address matches the first address. during a read operation the cache memory receives a first read address and CAM generates a read address hit signal and a select signal when the first read address matches the first address, and the cache memory receives and stores the first data packet and the first address from the second memory system based on a load request signal, and outputs the first data packet when the first read address matches the first address.
A method for fixation of a wire portion of an endoscope , the method comprising the steps of: a) providing: - an operating handle ; - an insertion tube with a proximal end and a distal end , and with a steerable tip part located at the distal end ; - a control element movable in relation to the operating handle ; - a steering wire having a first , a second , a third and a fourth wire portion, the first wire portion being connected to the steerable tip part , the second wire portion being located between the first and third wire portions, the third wire portion being located between the second and fourth wire portions; and - an attachment member ; b) positioning the second and third wire portions adjacent to each other; c) applying an adhesive on at least one of the second and third wire portions; d) positioning the attachment member in a proximity of the second and third wire portions; and e) subsequent to steps b), c), and d), applying the attachment member fixating the second and third wire portions in relation to each other, the attachment member at least partly enclosing at least a portion of the adhesive . a) providing: - an operating handle ; - an insertion tube with a proximal end and a distal end , and with a steerable tip part located at the distal end ; - a control element movable in relation to the operating handle ; - a steering wire having a first , a second , a third and a fourth wire portion, the first wire portion being connected to the steerable tip part , the second wire portion being located between the first and third wire portions, the third wire portion being located between the second and fourth wire portions; and - an attachment member ; - an operating handle ; - an insertion tube with a proximal end and a distal end , and with a steerable tip part located at the distal end ; - a control element movable in relation to the operating handle ; - a steering wire having a first , a second , a third and a fourth wire portion, the first wire portion being connected to the steerable tip part , the second wire portion being located between the first and third wire portions, the third wire portion being located between the second and fourth wire portions; and - an attachment member ; b) positioning the second and third wire portions adjacent to each other; c) applying an adhesive on at least one of the second and third wire portions; d) positioning the attachment member in a proximity of the second and third wire portions; and e) subsequent to steps b), c), and d), applying the attachment member fixating the second and third wire portions in relation to each other, the attachment member at least partly enclosing at least a portion of the adhesive .
An automated assembly sensor cable comprising: a generally wide and flat elongated body ; a conductor set means disposed within the body for transmitting drive currents to sensor LEDs and for receiving currents from sensor photodiodes; a registration means for identifying the relative locations of the conductor set means so as to automate attachment of connectors and circuitry; an inner jacket means for mechanically surrounding and electrically shielding the conductor set means ; a conductive means embedded within the inner jacket means for draining electrical charge from the body ; and an outer jacket means for enclosing and protecting the body generally surrounding the inner jacket means , wherein the registration means comprises a printed line configured to be optically sensed. a generally wide and flat elongated body ; a conductor set means disposed within the body for transmitting drive currents to sensor LEDs and for receiving currents from sensor photodiodes; a registration means for identifying the relative locations of the conductor set means so as to automate attachment of connectors and circuitry; an inner jacket means for mechanically surrounding and electrically shielding the conductor set means ; a conductive means embedded within the inner jacket means for draining electrical charge from the body ; and an outer jacket means for enclosing and protecting the body generally surrounding the inner jacket means , wherein the registration means comprises a printed line configured to be optically sensed.
An adhesive composition comprising: (a) one or more epoxy resins; (b) a urethane resin having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 30,000 or less, and having a polytetrahydrofuran unit, wherein the weight average molecular weight (Mw) is determined as indicated in the specification; (c) a core-shell rubber in the form of secondary particles in which two or more core-shell rubbers in the form of primary particles are aggregated; and (d) one or more epoxy curing agents, wherein the polytetrahydrofuran has an OH equivalent in a range of 400 to 2,200. (a) one or more epoxy resins; (b) a urethane resin having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 30,000 or less, and having a polytetrahydrofuran unit, wherein the weight average molecular weight (Mw) is determined as indicated in the specification; (c) a core-shell rubber in the form of secondary particles in which two or more core-shell rubbers in the form of primary particles are aggregated; and (d) one or more epoxy curing agents,
Control device for one or more components of lighting system, wherein the control device comprises: a transponder for receiving, from a writing and reading device , control data for controlling and/or configuring the component of the lighting system ; and a control device for controlling the component of the lighting system while using the received control data, characterized in that the control device is designed to generate and store, in a memory of the transponder , a data set which contains at least some currently used control data and transaction information for an identification of the control data; the transponder is designed to transmit the stored data set to the writing and reading device and to receive a new or modified data set with the transmitted transaction information ; and the control device is designed to use the control data from the new data set only after a successful check of the transaction information contained in the new data set, and to generate new transaction information for the reception of new control data. a transponder for receiving, from a writing and reading device , control data for controlling and/or configuring the component of the lighting system ; and a control device for controlling the component of the lighting system while using the received control data, characterized in that the control device is designed to generate and store, in a memory of the transponder , a data set which contains at least some currently used control data and transaction information for an identification of the control data; the transponder is designed to transmit the stored data set to the writing and reading device and to receive a new or modified data set with the transmitted transaction information ; and the control device is designed to use the control data from the new data set only after a successful check of the transaction information contained in the new data set, and to generate new transaction information for the reception of new control data.
An emission control system comprising an emission control device comprising a substrate and a plurality of metal elements adapted to be inductively heated, the substrate having a plurality of passages to facilitate emission control of a vehicle engine, a controller , that generates a control signal to initiate induction heating of the emission control device , and an electromagnetic field generator comprising a plurality of coils , wherein the electromagnetic field generator responds to the control signal by generating at least one power signal that is applied to the plurality of coils to cause the induction heating of the emission control device, characterized in that the at least one power signal is generated to selectively allocate a total power among each of the plurality of coils , wherein the total power is allocated among the plurality of coils by controlling a frequency of the power signal .
A baseboard , comprising: a foam body having a first major surface opposite and separated from a second major surface and atop surface opposite and separated from a bottom surface ; the foam body including a foam having a density of between about 20 kg/m 3 and about 100 kg/m 3 ; and a rigid coating covering the first major surface and only a portion of the second major surface of the foam body and adjacent to at least one of the top or bottom surfaces of the foam body ; the rigid coating having a modulus of elasticity of between about 1000 MPa and about 10,000 MPa and a thickness of between about 200 to about 1000 micrometers, wherein the baseboard has a modulus of elasticity of at least 100 MPa, and wherein a portion of the rigid coating forms a lip distanced from the second major surface of the foam body . a foam body having a first major surface opposite and separated from a second major surface and atop surface opposite and separated from a bottom surface ; the foam body including a foam having a density of between about 20 kg/m 3 and about 100 kg/m 3 ; and a rigid coating covering the first major surface and only a portion of the second major surface of the foam body and adjacent to at least one of the top or bottom surfaces of the foam body ; the rigid coating having a modulus of elasticity of between about 1000 MPa and about 10,000 MPa and a thickness of between about 200 to about 1000 micrometers, wherein the baseboard has a modulus of elasticity of at least 100 MPa, and wherein a portion of the rigid coating forms a lip distanced from the second major surface of the foam body .
An apparatus for decoding a hierarchical audio bitstream, comprising - demultiplexer for demultiplexing the hierarchical audio bitstream, wherein at least a 1 st layer bitstream comprising an embedded surround sound bitstream in channel-based coding and a 2 nd layer bitstream in HOA format are obtained, and wherein the 2 nd layer bitstream comprises first and second side information and encoded residual signals, - surround sound decoder for decoding the embedded surround sound bitstream to obtain a decoded surround sound bitstream, and - hierarchical HOA decoder for decoding the 2 nd layer bitstream, wherein the hierarchical HOA decoder comprises - a conditional HOA decoder for extracting first side information, second side information and decoded residual signals from the 2 nd layer HOA bitstream, - a prediction unit for predicting sound components using the decoded surround sound bitstream and the first side information, the first side information comprising prediction block parameters, the predicted sound components being intermediate monaural audio signals resulting from a sound field analysis that identifies and extracts dominant sound sources, - a superposition unit for superposing the predicted sound components with the decoded residual signals to obtain reconstructed sound components, and - a HOA content recomposition unit for recomposing the reconstructed sound components and the second side information to HOA format, wherein reconstructed HOA content is obtained, wherein said predicting unit is configured to use frequency-dependent adaptive predicting, wherein frame-wise matrix operations with different matrices for different frequency bands are used. - demultiplexer for demultiplexing the hierarchical audio bitstream, wherein at least a 1 st layer bitstream comprising an embedded surround sound bitstream in channel-based coding and a 2 nd layer bitstream in HOA format are obtained, and wherein the 2 nd layer bitstream comprises first and second side information and encoded residual signals, - surround sound decoder for decoding the embedded surround sound bitstream to obtain a decoded surround sound bitstream, and - hierarchical HOA decoder for decoding the 2 nd layer bitstream, wherein the hierarchical HOA decoder comprises - a conditional HOA decoder for extracting first side information, second side information and decoded residual signals from the 2 nd layer HOA bitstream, - a prediction unit for predicting sound components using the decoded surround sound bitstream and the first side information, the first side information comprising prediction block parameters, the predicted sound components being intermediate monaural audio signals resulting from a sound field analysis that identifies and extracts dominant sound sources, - a superposition unit for superposing the predicted sound components with the decoded residual signals to obtain reconstructed sound components, and - a HOA content recomposition unit for recomposing the reconstructed sound components and the second side information to HOA format, wherein reconstructed HOA content is obtained,
Table - with a table top (2; 22), - with several table legs (3 - 6), and - with exactly one separate connecting body to which the table top (2; 22) and the table legs (3 - 6) are detachably connected, - wherein the table top (2; 22) is magnetically connected to the connecting body , - wherein the connecting body has plug-in guides , wherein in each case a table leg end portion is inserted into a plug-in guide , - wherein the table leg end portion is designed with a table leg profiling, wherein the plug-in guide is designed with a guide profiling which is complementary to the table leg profiling, characterized in that the connecting body has a basic disc-shaped form. - with a table top (2; 22), - with several table legs (3 - 6), and - with exactly one separate connecting body to which the table top (2; 22) and the table legs (3 - 6) are detachably connected, - wherein the table top (2; 22) is magnetically connected to the connecting body , - wherein the connecting body has plug-in guides , wherein in each case a table leg end portion is inserted into a plug-in guide , - wherein the table leg end portion is designed with a table leg profiling, wherein the plug-in guide is designed with a guide profiling which is complementary to the table leg profiling,
Sales device for self-checkout comprising a weighing module, a product scanner for scanning article numbers of products, and a communication unit for transmitting and receiving article data to/from a network for storing article data, wherein the weighing module comprises a housing , in which a load cell is accommodated, wherein the load cell comprises a fixed portion , a deformation portion and a movable portion , wherein the fixed portion is connected to the housing and the movable portion carries a load cross with a load plate , wherein the deformation portion has a strain gauge for measuring a weight acting on the load plate , characterized in that a luminous strip is attached to the outer wall of the housing, and is attached to the housing substantially circumferentially, and in that the sales device comprises a control unit , which receives an article number from the product scanner and receives article data concerning this article number from the network via the communication unit, wherein the article data comprise at least one article weight, wherein the control unit comprises a state machine , which represents at least one self-checkout state of the sales device, wherein the control unit controls the luminous strip on the basis of the state of the state machine .
A workpiece conveying apparatus , comprising: a table on which sheet-form workpieces are mounted in a stacked state; a guide member which has an upper surface assisting a conveyance of said workpieces and which is arranged downstream of said table in a workpiece conveyance direction; and a belt drive mechanism which has a plurality of pulleys (26a∼26d, 28a∼28b) each extending in a direction orthogonal to both said workpiece conveyance direction and an up-and-down direction and an endless belt (32a∼32d) wound around said plurality of pulleys, and which is arranged above said table and said guide member so as to stride over said table and said guide member, wherein a first opening portion (OP1) which generates an upward first suction force is formed on a bottom portion of said belt drive mechanism, a second opening portion (OP2) which generates a downward second suction force is formed on the upper surface of said guide member, and a magnitude of said first suction force exceeds a magnitude of said second suction force, characterized in that a friction material is affixed to the upper surface of said guide member so as to suppress positional displacement of the workpiece adhering to the upper surface, said friction material includes a first friction material and a second friction material allocated at positions which sandwich said second opening portion in a direction orthogonal to said workpiece conveyance direction, and each of said first friction material and said second friction material is a strip-like material which extends along said workpiece conveyance direction. a table on which sheet-form workpieces are mounted in a stacked state; a guide member which has an upper surface assisting a conveyance of said workpieces and which is arranged downstream of said table in a workpiece conveyance direction; and a belt drive mechanism which has a plurality of pulleys (26a∼26d, 28a∼28b) each extending in a direction orthogonal to both said workpiece conveyance direction and an up-and-down direction and an endless belt (32a∼32d) wound around said plurality of pulleys, and which is arranged above said table and said guide member so as to stride over said table and said guide member, wherein a first opening portion (OP1) which generates an upward first suction force is formed on a bottom portion of said belt drive mechanism, a second opening portion (OP2) which generates a downward second suction force is formed on the upper surface of said guide member, and a magnitude of said first suction force exceeds a magnitude of said second suction force, characterized in that a friction material is affixed to the upper surface of said guide member so as to suppress positional displacement of the workpiece adhering to the upper surface, said friction material includes a first friction material and a second friction material allocated at positions which sandwich said second opening portion in a direction orthogonal to said workpiece conveyance direction, and each of said first friction material and said second friction material is a strip-like material which extends along said workpiece conveyance direction.