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Method for determining a gear rack force of a steer-by-wire steering system , wherein the steering system comprises: - a steering handle , by way of which a steering angle can be specified as a function of a steering handle position; - a vehicle wheel actuator , which is designed to set the steering angle by moving a gear rack of the steering system , the gear rack being coupled to at least one vehicle wheel, by applying an actuating force (F); - a reaction force actuator , by way of which a reaction force on the steering handle can be produced in accordance with a gear rack force; characterized in that the method comprises: - determining friction operation, in which gear rack movement does not occur when the steering handle position changes, and, if friction operation is present: - determining the gear rack force on the basis of the actuating force (F) of the vehicle wheel actuator , wherein, when friction operation is present, the gear rack force is set equal to the actuating force (F) of the vehicle wheel actuator , and - generating the reaction force in accordance with this gear rack force. - a steering handle , by way of which a steering angle can be specified as a function of a steering handle position; - a vehicle wheel actuator , which is designed to set the steering angle by moving a gear rack of the steering system , the gear rack being coupled to at least one vehicle wheel, by applying an actuating force (F); - a reaction force actuator , by way of which a reaction force on the steering handle can be produced in accordance with a gear rack force; - determining friction operation, in which gear rack movement does not occur when the steering handle position changes, and, if friction operation is present: - determining the gear rack force on the basis of the actuating force (F) of the vehicle wheel actuator , wherein, when friction operation is present, the gear rack force is set equal to the actuating force (F) of the vehicle wheel actuator , and - generating the reaction force in accordance with this gear rack force. - determining the gear rack force on the basis of the actuating force (F) of the vehicle wheel actuator , wherein, when friction operation is present, the gear rack force is set equal to the actuating force (F) of the vehicle wheel actuator , and - generating the reaction force in accordance with this gear rack force.
A rear vehicle-body structure of a vehicle comprising: a rear bumper reinforcement having a rear bumper beam extending substantially in a vehicle width direction along a rear bumper and load absorbing parts extending from left and right ends of the rear bumper beam toward a vehicle front side; and rear side frames extending substantially in a vehicle front-rear direction respectively along left and right side portions of a rear floor and coupled at rear ends to front ends of the load absorbing parts , wherein a vehicle component being disposed under the rear floor , and wherein a vertical center (Cl) of the rear bumper beam is located below a vertical center (C2) of the rear side frames , characterized in that a stepped portion extending substantially downward is formed as a fragile portion relative to a load applied in a front-rear direction on an upper side of a border (α) between a front-side part and a rear-side part of the rear side frames and on an upper side of a front end portion of a rear side upper wall member of the rear side frame . a rear bumper reinforcement having a rear bumper beam extending substantially in a vehicle width direction along a rear bumper and load absorbing parts extending from left and right ends of the rear bumper beam toward a vehicle front side; and rear side frames extending substantially in a vehicle front-rear direction respectively along left and right side portions of a rear floor and coupled at rear ends to front ends of the load absorbing parts , wherein a vehicle component being disposed under the rear floor , and wherein a vertical center (Cl) of the rear bumper beam is located below a vertical center (C2) of the rear side frames , characterized in that a stepped portion extending substantially downward is formed as a fragile portion relative to a load applied in a front-rear direction on an upper side of a border (α) between a front-side part and a rear-side part of the rear side frames and on an upper side of a front end portion of a rear side upper wall member of the rear side frame .
An optical fiber comprising: a core having an oblong rectangular or square cross section made of quartz; a cladding sorrounding the core, having a circular outer cross-sectional shape; having a lower refractive index than the core, and made of quartz; and a support layer surrounding the cladding and made of quartz; and a protection layer surrounding the support layer and having a higher refractive index than the support layer, wherein the cladding is doped with at least one of fluorine and boron. a core having an oblong rectangular or square cross section made of quartz; a cladding sorrounding the core, having a circular outer cross-sectional shape; having a lower refractive index than the core, and made of quartz; and a support layer surrounding the cladding and made of quartz; and a protection layer surrounding the support layer and having a higher refractive index than the support layer, wherein the cladding is doped with at least one of fluorine and boron.
Floor slab, which is intended for forming a flooring deck, and which floor slab includes cast concrete in form of a load-bearing hollow-core structure including longitudinal reinforcement wherein the cast concrete includes a ribbed concrete slab and, the reinforcement is prestressed, and the ribbed concrete slab has a cast cover closing the ribbed concrete slab wherein the ribbed slab and cover are separately cast using slipforming, characterized in that the floor slab includes building service systems, and the building service systems are arranged to be formed in the hollow cores of the hollow-core structure, and the building service systems include a connection , one end of which is arranged to be exposed for part of the distance, and that the connection is an air-conditioning pipe , and the end of the connection includes a joint part arranged to move, which is arranged to extend to the end of a corresponding connection belonging to another floor slab, in order to join the connections to each other.
A fluid product dispensing assembly comprising: - a device for dispensing a fluid product nasally, said nasal device comprising a reservoir containing fluid product, a dispensing member for dispensing a dose of fluid product upon each actuation, and a dispensing head which is assembled on said dispensing member , said dispensing head being provided with a dispensing orifice , - a remote mobile device such as an earpiece, adapted to be attached to the head of the user, characterized in that : - said nasal device and said remote mobile device adapted to be attached to the head of the user each comprise an orientation sensor (120; 210) such as an accelerometer or a gyroscope, said orientation sensors (120; 210) cooperating in order to determine the position of the nasal device in a user's nostril, said nasal device comprising an indicator which is visible to the user when the nasal device is inserted into a nostril in order to guide the user towards an optimal orientation of the nasal device in said nostril, and - said nasal device comprises an electronic module and automatic actuation means (40; 50) adapted to automatically actuate said nasal device when said orientation sensors (120; 210) detect that said nasal device is disposed in an optimal position in said nostril. - a device for dispensing a fluid product nasally, said nasal device comprising a reservoir containing fluid product, a dispensing member for dispensing a dose of fluid product upon each actuation, and a dispensing head which is assembled on said dispensing member , said dispensing head being provided with a dispensing orifice , - a remote mobile device such as an earpiece, adapted to be attached to the head of the user, - said nasal device and said remote mobile device adapted to be attached to the head of the user each comprise an orientation sensor (120; 210) such as an accelerometer or a gyroscope, said orientation sensors (120; 210) cooperating in order to determine the position of the nasal device in a user's nostril, said nasal device comprising an indicator which is visible to the user when the nasal device is inserted into a nostril in order to guide the user towards an optimal orientation of the nasal device in said nostril, and - said nasal device comprises an electronic module and automatic actuation means (40; 50) adapted to automatically actuate said nasal device when said orientation sensors (120; 210) detect that said nasal device is disposed in an optimal position in said nostril.
Gas-insulated switch having - a first contact and a second contact which are each a constituent part of a contact unit , wherein at least one contact unit with the first contact , as a moving contact unit , is connected to a drive unit and is mounted movably along a switching axis , and - a multipartite insulating material nozzle system which has a main nozzle and an auxiliary nozzle , wherein a heating duct which starts from an arc area and opens in a gas reservoir is formed between the main nozzle and the auxiliary nozzle , wherein the gas reservoir is delimited by a ram on one side, wherein the ram is part of the moving contact unit and in this case is mounted movably together with the said moving contact unit with respect to the second contact in such a way, and wherein the ram moves away from the second contact along the switching axis during an opening process of the two contact units for increasing the size of the gas reservoir , characterized in that the gas reservoir is at least partially delimited by a wall radially with respect to the switching axis , wherein the moving contact unit is mounted movably along the switching axis with respect to the said wall. - a first contact and a second contact which are each a constituent part of a contact unit , wherein at least one contact unit with the first contact , as a moving contact unit , is connected to a drive unit and is mounted movably along a switching axis , and - a multipartite insulating material nozzle system which has a main nozzle and an auxiliary nozzle , wherein a heating duct which starts from an arc area and opens in a gas reservoir is formed between the main nozzle and the auxiliary nozzle , wherein the gas reservoir is delimited by a ram on one side,
A transmission apparatus comprising: a first data stream generation unit that generates an image compression data stream including image compression data in which 3-Dimensional, 3D, image data having left eye image data and right eye image data used to display a 3D image is compressed and encoded; a second data stream generation unit that generates an audio compression data stream to which specific information is added, wherein the specific information includes a parallax information set containing a parallax vector for each region of an image, the image being divided into a plurality of regions and the parallax vector of a region is selected as the parallax vector having the largest value from the parallax vectors of all the pixels in the corresponding region; and a data transmission unit that multiplexes the image compression data stream generated by the first data stream unit and the audio data stream generation compression generated by the second data stream generation unit , and transmits the resulting data stream. a first data stream generation unit that generates an image compression data stream including image compression data in which 3-Dimensional, 3D, image data having left eye image data and right eye image data used to display a 3D image is compressed and encoded; a second data stream generation unit that generates an audio compression data stream to which specific information is added, wherein the specific information includes a parallax information set containing a parallax vector for each region of an image, the image being divided into a plurality of regions and the parallax vector of a region is selected as the parallax vector having the largest value from the parallax vectors of all the pixels in the corresponding region; and a data transmission unit that multiplexes the image compression data stream generated by the first data stream unit and the audio data stream generation compression generated by the second data stream generation unit , and transmits the resulting data stream.
An optoelectronic sensor for monitoring a monitored area , comprising a scanning unit , a camera module arranged in the scanning unit and having a receiving optics and an image sensor with at least two receiving lines (44a-c) of light-receiving elements, and a control and evaluation unit for reading out image data of the image sensor , the image sensor being optically inclined in the direction of the optical axis of the camera module so that the optical path lengths from the receiving optics to the respective receiving lines (44a-c) differ, characterized in that the scanning unit is movable about an axis of rotation for periodically scanning the monitoring area , and in that the control and evaluation unit is configured to use distance data of a light time-of-flight module to select a receiving line (44a-c) whose image data are read out and/or to determine a line of sharpest image data by image processing.
An apparatus, comprising: - a first arm that is arranged to rotate about a pivot point from a first state to a second state by at least by 10 degrees, wherein the first arm is arranged to carry a load force, resulting in a torque dependent on the load and the first arm with respect to the pivot point characterised by further comprising, - a gas spring or hydro-pneumatic spring arranged to apply a force on the arm , resulting in a counter-torque with respect to the pivot point , and - an actuator for providing an additional torque or counter-torque, wherein the gas spring or hydro-pneumatic spring has adjustable spring characteristics and wherein the gas spring or hydro-pneumatic spring is configured to compensate at least 50% of the torque with the counter-torque in the first state and in the second state. - a first arm that is arranged to rotate about a pivot point from a first state to a second state by at least by 10 degrees, wherein the first arm is arranged to carry a load force, resulting in a torque dependent on the load and the first arm with respect to the pivot point characterised by further comprising, - a gas spring or hydro-pneumatic spring arranged to apply a force on the arm , resulting in a counter-torque with respect to the pivot point , and - an actuator for providing an additional torque or counter-torque, wherein the gas spring or hydro-pneumatic spring has adjustable spring characteristics and wherein the gas spring or hydro-pneumatic spring is configured to compensate at least 50% of the torque with the counter-torque in the first state and in the second state. wherein the gas spring or hydro-pneumatic spring has adjustable spring characteristics and wherein the gas spring or hydro-pneumatic spring is configured to compensate at least 50% of the torque with the counter-torque in the first state and in the second state.
Method for measuring the temperature of a moving metal strip in an annealing furnace, wherein the strip is in contact with a roll that is part of the furnace such that a wedge shaped opening is present between the strip and the roll where the strip and the roll depart and such that a wedge shaped opening is present between the strip and the roll where the strip and the roll meet, wherein the temperature of the strip is measured along at least part of the length of at least one of the wedge shaped openings using an infrared or visible light measuring camera, characterised in that two infrared or visible light cameras are used, one at each end of the roll, and wherein the two infrared or visible light cameras together measure at least the total length of the wedge shaped opening between the strip and the roll and wherein the two infrared or visible light cameras each measure more than one half of the wedge shaped opening, such that halfway the wedge shape opening the cameras both measure the same part of the wedge shaped opening to allow controlling the functioning of the cameras by comparing the measurement values in the overlapping region.
A method of identifying a target protein that modulates the phenotype of a mammalian cell, said method comprising exposing a population of in vitro cultured mammalian cells capable of displaying said phenotype to a library of short peptides, wherein each short peptide is of <150 amino acids and is expressed by a nucleic acid, identifying in said cell population an alteration in said phenotype following said exposure, selection of said cells undergoing the phenotypic change and identifying a short peptide from said library that alters the phenotype of the cell, providing said short peptide and identifying the cellular protein that binds to said short peptide, said cellular protein being a target protein that modulates the phenotype of the mammalian cell; wherein a candidate for the target is not identified prior to screening; and wherein exposing said cells to a library of short peptides comprises expressing a library of nucleic acids encoding a diverse population of short peptides in said population of mammalian cells.
Beverage preparation machine comprising a thermal conditioning device , such as a heater or cooler, said thermal conditioning device comprising: - a control unit for controlling a start-up phase of said thermal conditioning device from a temperature of inactivity to an operative temperature, said control unit comprising: - a controller with a start-up profile for starting-up said thermal conditioning device , wherein said start-up profile has at least one parameter and said controller has a self-learning mode for adjusting said at least one parameter; and - a temperature sensor connected to said controller for measuring a temperature of said thermal conditioning device , wherein said self-learning mode causes said controller during a start-up phase to: - calculate a ramp value representative of a rate of change in temperature during said start-up phase of said thermal conditioning device ; - adjust said at least one parameter as a function of said calculated ramp value; - use the adjusted at least one parameter for a remainder of said start-up phase. - a control unit for controlling a start-up phase of said thermal conditioning device from a temperature of inactivity to an operative temperature, said control unit comprising: - a controller with a start-up profile for starting-up said thermal conditioning device , wherein said start-up profile has at least one parameter and said controller has a self-learning mode for adjusting said at least one parameter; and - a temperature sensor connected to said controller for measuring a temperature of said thermal conditioning device , - calculate a ramp value representative of a rate of change in temperature during said start-up phase of said thermal conditioning device ; - adjust said at least one parameter as a function of said calculated ramp value; - use the adjusted at least one parameter for a remainder of said start-up phase.
An interconnect board (ICB) assembly , comprising: an ICB frame , in which cell leads of a minimum of two unidirectional battery cells are receivable such that the unidirectional battery cells having the cell leads at one end are placeable facing each other with the cell leads facing each other with respect to the ICB frame ; busbars formed in the ICB frame and electrically connectable to the cell leads , and a hinge structure wherein the ICB assembly is connectable to another ICB frame with the hinge structure in a lengthwise direction of the ICB frame . an ICB frame , in which cell leads of a minimum of two unidirectional battery cells are receivable such that the unidirectional battery cells having the cell leads at one end are placeable facing each other with the cell leads facing each other with respect to the ICB frame ; busbars formed in the ICB frame and electrically connectable to the cell leads , and a hinge structure wherein the ICB assembly is connectable to another ICB frame with the hinge structure in a lengthwise direction of the ICB frame .
A cathode comprising: a cathode collector layer; a plurality of cathode active material layers electrically contacting the cathode collector layer and perpendicular to the cathode collector layer, and a conductive layer electrically contacting the cathode collector layer and disposed in the plurality of cathode active material layers; wherein each of the plurality of cathode active material layers comprises a sintered polycrystalline material having a plurality of crystal grains of a lithium-based oxide, and wherein a crystal direction of the plurality of crystal grains is substantially parallel to a surface of the cathode collector layer. a cathode collector layer; a plurality of cathode active material layers electrically contacting the cathode collector layer and perpendicular to the cathode collector layer, and a conductive layer electrically contacting the cathode collector layer and disposed in the plurality of cathode active material layers; wherein each of the plurality of cathode active material layers comprises a sintered polycrystalline material having a plurality of crystal grains of a lithium-based oxide, and wherein a crystal direction of the plurality of crystal grains is substantially parallel to a surface of the cathode collector layer.