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A sickle bar assembly for a combine, comprising: a sickle bar ; a gearbox that includes a block; and a tie rod end interconnecting said sickle bar with said block for transferring motion from said gearbox to said sickle bar, said tie rod end including; a housing with an inner bore that extends along a central axis (A); a stud partially received in said inner bore and having a shank portion (42; 142) which extends out of said inner bore and is fixedly attached with said block of said gearbox; an elastic boot body (50; 150) which extends from a first boot end (52; 152) that is sealed against said housing to a second boot end (54; 154); characterised in that the sickle bar assembly comprises a boot bearing (56; 156) made of a plastic material and fixedly attached to said second boot end and establishing a dynamic seal between said second boot end (54; 154) of said elastic boot body (50; 150) and said shank portion (42; 142) of said stud ; and said boot bearing presenting a plurality of radially inwardly extending and annularly shaped first ribs (62; 162) that contact said shank portion of said stud and that are spaced from one another in an axial direction by a plurality of first grooves (64; 164) for reducing surface-to-surface contact area between said bearing and said shank portion of said stud; wherein said plastic material of said boot bearing (56; 156) is polyoxymethylene. a sickle bar ; a gearbox that includes a block; and a tie rod end interconnecting said sickle bar with said block for transferring motion from said gearbox to said sickle bar, said tie rod end including; a housing with an inner bore that extends along a central axis (A); a stud partially received in said inner bore and having a shank portion (42; 142) which extends out of said inner bore and is fixedly attached with said block of said gearbox; an elastic boot body (50; 150) which extends from a first boot end (52; 152) that is sealed against said housing to a second boot end (54; 154); characterised in that the sickle bar assembly comprises a boot bearing (56; 156) made of a plastic material and fixedly attached to said second boot end and establishing a dynamic seal between said second boot end (54; 154) of said elastic boot body (50; 150) and said shank portion (42; 142) of said stud ; and said boot bearing presenting a plurality of radially inwardly extending and annularly shaped first ribs (62; 162) that contact said shank portion of said stud and that are spaced from one another in an axial direction by a plurality of first grooves (64; 164) for reducing surface-to-surface contact area between said bearing and said shank portion of said stud; wherein said plastic material of said boot bearing (56; 156) is polyoxymethylene.
A concealable breakaway hinge comprising: a bracket including a hollow circular knuckle; a pin rotatably disposed in the knuckle; a leaf affixed to the pin; one of a leaf magnet and a leaf ferrous substance disposed on the leaf; a retainer including a retainer slot with a slot axis; and one of a retainer ferrous substance and a retainer magnet slidably disposed within the retainer slot, wherein the leaf and retainer are removably attached via mutual attraction between the respective magnet and the ferrous substance such that the retainer is slidably movable along the slot axis. a bracket including a hollow circular knuckle; a pin rotatably disposed in the knuckle; a leaf affixed to the pin; one of a leaf magnet and a leaf ferrous substance disposed on the leaf; a retainer including a retainer slot with a slot axis; and one of a retainer ferrous substance and a retainer magnet slidably disposed within the retainer slot, wherein the leaf and retainer are removably attached via mutual attraction between the respective magnet and the ferrous substance such that the retainer is slidably movable along the slot axis.
A wheelchair configured to recline and incline forward, said wheelchair comprising: a. a base frame having a first pivot axis ; b. at least two wheels rotationally mounted to said base frame; c. a seat assembly and a footrest assembly configured to pivot about said first pivot axis from a first seated position to an inclined seated position; and d. a leg rest assembly pivotally coupled to said base frame and configured to pivot about a second pivot axis to elevate in unison with the seat assembly when said seat assembly reclines independent of said footrest assembly. a. a base frame having a first pivot axis ; b. at least two wheels rotationally mounted to said base frame; c. a seat assembly and a footrest assembly configured to pivot about said first pivot axis from a first seated position to an inclined seated position; and d. a leg rest assembly pivotally coupled to said base frame and configured to pivot about a second pivot axis to elevate in unison with the seat assembly when said seat assembly reclines independent of said footrest assembly.
A blood pump controller, comprising: a waveform generator to generate a waveform for operating a blood pump; and a drive waveform transmitter to supply the generated drive waveform to the blood pump, wherein the generated waveform is configured to: operate a blood pump at a first speed (ω 2 ) for a first period of time; reduce the speed of the blood pump from the first speed (ω 2 ) to a second speed (ω 3 ); return the speed of the blood pump from the second speed (ω 3 ) to the first speed (ω 2 ) by overshooting the first speed (ω 2 ) to a greater speed before returning to the first speed (ω 2 ); wherein the generated waveform returns the speed of the blood pump from the second speed (ω 3 ) to the first speed (ω 2 ) by overshooting the first speed for approximately 0.01 seconds to approximately 1 second. a waveform generator to generate a waveform for operating a blood pump; and a drive waveform transmitter to supply the generated drive waveform to the blood pump, wherein the generated waveform is configured to: operate a blood pump at a first speed (ω 2 ) for a first period of time; reduce the speed of the blood pump from the first speed (ω 2 ) to a second speed (ω 3 ); return the speed of the blood pump from the second speed (ω 3 ) to the first speed (ω 2 ) by overshooting the first speed (ω 2 ) to a greater speed before returning to the first speed (ω 2 ); operate a blood pump at a first speed (ω 2 ) for a first period of time; reduce the speed of the blood pump from the first speed (ω 2 ) to a second speed (ω 3 ); return the speed of the blood pump from the second speed (ω 3 ) to the first speed (ω 2 ) by overshooting the first speed (ω 2 ) to a greater speed before returning to the first speed (ω 2 ); wherein the generated waveform returns the speed of the blood pump from the second speed (ω 3 ) to the first speed (ω 2 ) by overshooting the first speed for approximately 0.01 seconds to approximately 1 second.
A method of converting carbon dioxide produced during an industrial process to methane comprising: contacting a culture comprising hydrogenotrophic methanogenic archaea with H 2 gas and an output gas from an industrial process comprising CO 2 gas and 0.1% to 32% air by volume in a bioreactor; wherein the redox potential in the bioreactor is maintained at -100 mV or less with the H 2 gas; and wherein the hydrogenotrophic methanogenic archaea converts the H 2 gas and the CO 2 gas to methane, wherein the culture comprises a microorganism of the Methanococci class, Methanomicrobia class, or the Methanobacteria class. contacting a culture comprising hydrogenotrophic methanogenic archaea with H 2 gas and an output gas from an industrial process comprising CO 2 gas and 0.1% to 32% air by volume in a bioreactor; wherein the redox potential in the bioreactor is maintained at -100 mV or less with the H 2 gas; and wherein the hydrogenotrophic methanogenic archaea converts the H 2 gas and the CO 2 gas to methane, wherein the culture comprises a microorganism of the Methanococci class, Methanomicrobia class, or the Methanobacteria class.
A tree harvesting head for a tree harvesting machine , wherein the tree harvesting head comprises at least one cutting device and a radar device , characterised in that the radar device comprises at least two feed wheels and at least one radar transmitter antenna arranged to transmit a signal to a tree trunk to be measured, at least two radar receiver antennas arranged to receive a radar signal reflected in at least a first and a second location in response to the transmitted radar signal, wherein the first and second locations are different locations, and means for obtaining characteristics related to the tree trunk based on the signal(s) reflected at the first and second locations , wherein the means for obtaining characteristics related to the tree trunk is arranged to determine a tree trunk signature of a tree trunk segment located at the first location, to identify the determined tree trunk signature when the tree trunk segment has travelled to the second location and to determine a length of the tree trunk based thereon.
A microtome , having a sectioning knife and having a specimen head movable relative to the sectioning knife ; having an electric drive system for motorized movement of the specimen head via a mechanical drivetrain encompassing a crank mechanism; having a sensor for detecting the presence of the specimen head at a reference position (z1), the sensor being configured to detect a dead center position of the crank mechanism; and having a control device for controlling the electric drive system and for processing signals of the sensor , the control device being configured to control the electric drive system to move the specimen head and to halt the specimen head in reaction to detection of the presence of the specimen head at the reference position (z1). having an electric drive system for motorized movement of the specimen head via a mechanical drivetrain encompassing a crank mechanism; having a sensor for detecting the presence of the specimen head at a reference position (z1), the sensor being configured to detect a dead center position of the crank mechanism; and having a control device for controlling the electric drive system and for processing signals of the sensor ,
A method comprising: obtaining , at a transmitting device, a transport block for transmission; appending a cyclic redundancy check to the transport block ; selecting a transmission resource unit; encoding , using physical layer rate-less coding, the transport block , thereby generating an encoded transport block; and transmitting the encoded transport block to a receiving device over the transmission resource unit, wherein the transmission resource unit comprises a grant-free transmission resource unit, and characterized in that the selecting of the grant-free transmission resource unit comprises selecting among grant-free transmission resource units that have been announced a-priori by the receiving device or that have been mapped a-priori by the receiving device to a subset of potential transmitting devices. obtaining , at a transmitting device, a transport block for transmission; appending a cyclic redundancy check to the transport block ; selecting a transmission resource unit; encoding , using physical layer rate-less coding, the transport block , thereby generating an encoded transport block; and transmitting the encoded transport block to a receiving device over the transmission resource unit, wherein the transmission resource unit comprises a grant-free transmission resource unit, and characterized in that the selecting of the grant-free transmission resource unit comprises selecting among grant-free transmission resource units that have been announced a-priori by the receiving device or that have been mapped a-priori by the receiving device to a subset of potential transmitting devices.
A hard-coating resin composition comprising a siloxane resin including an alicyclic epoxy group, wherein the siloxane resin has a weight-average molecular weight in the range of from 1,000 to 4,000, measured according to the method mentioned in the description, and a molecular weight distribution of PDI ranging from 1.05 to 1.4, wherein an epoxy equivalent of the siloxane resin is in the range of from 0.35 to 0.6 mol/100 g, measured according to JIS K7236, and wherein the siloxane resin is prepared by hydrolysis and condensation of (i) an alkoxysilane alone represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 including an alicyclic epoxy group and an alkoxy group, or (ii) an alkoxysilane represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 including an alicyclic epoxy group and an alkoxy group with an alkoxysilane compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 2, in the presence of water and a catalyst: [Chemical Formula 1] R 1 n Si(OR 2 ) 4-n [Chemical Formula 2] R 3 m Si(OR 4 ) 4-m wherein in the formulas, R 1 is a straight or branched C 1 to C 6 alkyl group including an alicyclic epoxy group, the alicyclic epoxy group is a C 3 to C 6 cycloalkyl group having an epoxy group, R 2 is a straight or branched C 1 to C 7 alkyl group, R 3 is selected from the group consisting of a C 1 to C 20 alkyl group, a C 3 to C 8 cycloalkyl group, a C 2 to C 20 alkenyl group, a C 2 to C 20 alkynyl group, a C 6 to C 20 aryl group, an acryl group, a methacryl group, a halogen group, an amino group, a mercapto group, an ether group, an ester group, a carbonyl group, a carboxyl group, a vinyl group, a nitro group, a sulfone group, and an alkyd group, R 4 is a straight or branched C 1 to C 7 alkyl group, n is an integer of from 1 to 3, and m is an integer of from 0 to 3. R 1 is a straight or branched C 1 to C 6 alkyl group including an alicyclic epoxy group, the alicyclic epoxy group is a C 3 to C 6 cycloalkyl group having an epoxy group, R 2 is a straight or branched C 1 to C 7 alkyl group, R 3 is selected from the group consisting of a C 1 to C 20 alkyl group, a C 3 to C 8 cycloalkyl group, a C 2 to C 20 alkenyl group, a C 2 to C 20 alkynyl group, a C 6 to C 20 aryl group, an acryl group, a methacryl group, a halogen group, an amino group, a mercapto group, an ether group, an ester group, a carbonyl group, a carboxyl group, a vinyl group, a nitro group, a sulfone group, and an alkyd group, R 4 is a straight or branched C 1 to C 7 alkyl group, n is an integer of from 1 to 3, and m is an integer of from 0 to 3.
A mask (M), for administering a gas or a therapeutic molecule, made as a single moulded piece for engaging the portion of a user's face including his/her nose and mouth, said piece comprising a body (C) at least one wall (P1, P2, P3) of which delimits an inner volume (Vi), the body (C) including a sealed partition (C1) delimiting, in the inner volume (Vi), an upper chamber (B1) for accommodating the user's nose, the upper chamber (B1) comprising a unidirectional expiratory valve (VI), and a lower chamber (B2) for accommodating the user's mouth when said mask is worn, the body (C) having a first opening (O1) in communication with a connecting means (R1) for connecting to a gas or a therapeutic molecule source, the connecting means (R1) opening into the lower chamber (B2) without penetrating the mouth, and a second opening (O2) bordered by a first lip (L1) bent inwardly of the body (C) and for being applied against said portion of the user's face.
An annular combustion chamber in a turbine engine, comprising injectors of fuel, means for centring means , and two coaxial walls of revolution, one an internal wall and the other an external wall , between which emerge the fuel injectors each engaged in the centring means which are moveable in the radial direction in support means , the chamber also comprising means of axial retention in the upstream direction of the centring means, with said means of axial retention, in the upstream direction being removably fixed on at least one of the internal and external walls of revolution, the means of axial retention comprising a radial annular crown radially fixed internally or externally on at least one of the internal and external walls of revolution and comprising an annular row of openings for the passage of the injectors , with the edge of each opening being adapted to form an axial stop in the upstream direction of a radial annular collar of the centring means of one of the fuel injectors , characterized in that the annular crown comprises a plurality of rings regularly spaced apart circumferentially and delineating said openings for the passage of the injectors.
A housing comprising : a bottom cover ; a top cover ; and a reinforcing structure that is disposed in a space divided by the bottom cover and the top cover and has an opening in a part of the reinforcing structure , the reinforcing structure having a rim, the rim being joined to the bottom cover or the top cover to form a hollow structure (S1), where the projected area (S) of the reinforcing structure in a direction of the bottom cover or the top cover to which the rim of the reinforcing structure is joined is within a range of 60% or more and 95% or less of the area (R) of the bottom cover or the top cover to which the rim of the reinforcing structure is joined.
A system for verifying a sample volume, comprising: a sample reservoir (120; 220; 320; 420; 520, 520') defining an inner volume and configured to receive a volume of bodily fluid, the inner volume containing an additive, the sample reservoir including a label (225; 325; 425; 525) having a volumetric indicator portion (227; 327; 427; 527, 527') configured to provide an indication of a fill volume within the sample reservoir; and a volumetric verification device (130; 230; 330; 430; 530, 530') including a marker, the volumetric verification device configured to selectively engage the sample reservoir such that the marker produces a mark in a predetermined position along the volumetric indicator portion of the sample reservoir, the predetermined position being associated with a desired volume of bodily fluid based at least in part on the additive contained in the inner volume of the sample reservoir. a sample reservoir (120; 220; 320; 420; 520, 520') defining an inner volume and configured to receive a volume of bodily fluid, the inner volume containing an additive, the sample reservoir including a label (225; 325; 425; 525) having a volumetric indicator portion (227; 327; 427; 527, 527') configured to provide an indication of a fill volume within the sample reservoir; and a volumetric verification device (130; 230; 330; 430; 530, 530') including a marker, the volumetric verification device configured to selectively engage the sample reservoir such that the marker produces a mark in a predetermined position along the volumetric indicator portion of the sample reservoir, the predetermined position being associated with a desired volume of bodily fluid based at least in part on the additive contained in the inner volume of the sample reservoir.
A projection system , comprising a light source , a spatial light modulator , a light recycling system, a lens assembly , and a control unit, wherein the light source is configured to emit source light toward the spatial light modulator ; the spatial light modulator is configured to modulate, according to an image signal, light incident to the spatial light modulator to form projection light and non-projection light; the light recycling system is configured to receive at least a portion of the non-projection light and guide the at least a portion of the non-projection light to the spatial light modulator ; and the lens assembly is configured to receive and emit the projection light to form a projection image; and wherein the projection system is characterized in that : the control unit is configured to parse a quantity of bright pixels in an image frame corresponding to the image signal, obtain a proportion of the quantity of the bright pixels to a total quantity of pixels in the image frame, and control, according to the proportion, time of forming the recycled light by the light recycling system during a modulation period of the image frame; the higher the proportion is, the longer the time for the light recycling system to form the recycled light during the modulation period of the image frame lasts. the light source is configured to emit source light toward the spatial light modulator ; the spatial light modulator is configured to modulate, according to an image signal, light incident to the spatial light modulator to form projection light and non-projection light; the light recycling system is configured to receive at least a portion of the non-projection light and guide the at least a portion of the non-projection light to the spatial light modulator ; and the lens assembly is configured to receive and emit the projection light to form a projection image; and wherein the projection system is characterized in that : the control unit is configured to parse a quantity of bright pixels in an image frame corresponding to the image signal, obtain a proportion of the quantity of the bright pixels to a total quantity of pixels in the image frame, and control, according to the proportion, time of forming the recycled light by the light recycling system during a modulation period of the image frame; the higher the proportion is, the longer the time for the light recycling system to form the recycled light during the modulation period of the image frame lasts. the control unit is configured to parse a quantity of bright pixels in an image frame corresponding to the image signal, obtain a proportion of the quantity of the bright pixels to a total quantity of pixels in the image frame, and control, according to the proportion, time of forming the recycled light by the light recycling system during a modulation period of the image frame; the higher the proportion is, the longer the time for the light recycling system to form the recycled light during the modulation period of the image frame lasts.
A data transfer apparatus that transfers image data to a display comprising: a shared memory which stores the image data; a processor which controls the data transfer apparatus; an image buffer memory which stores the image data stored in the shared memory after buffering; a shared bus coupled to the processor , the shared memory , and the image buffer memory to enable data communication therebetween; characterized by a packet generation section that receives the image data from the image buffer memory , generates a transfer packet comprising valid data and dummy data, the valid data being the image data, and the dummy data being the remaining data, and transfers the transfer packet to the display , and a data adjustment section that adjusts a ratio between the valid data and the dummy data in the transfer packet based on a data storage amount in the image buffer memory . a shared memory which stores the image data; a processor which controls the data transfer apparatus; an image buffer memory which stores the image data stored in the shared memory after buffering; a shared bus coupled to the processor , the shared memory , and the image buffer memory to enable data communication therebetween; characterized by a packet generation section that receives the image data from the image buffer memory , generates a transfer packet comprising valid data and dummy data, the valid data being the image data, and the dummy data being the remaining data, and transfers the transfer packet to the display , and a data adjustment section that adjusts a ratio between the valid data and the dummy data in the transfer packet based on a data storage amount in the image buffer memory .