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An air maintenance tire assembly comprising: a tire having a tire cavity bounded by first and second sidewalls extending to a tire tread region ; a tire-mounted air pumping means for pumping pressurized air into the tire cavity to maintain air pressure within the tire cavity at a defined pressure level; the tire having an elongate valve stem projecting outward from the tire cavity , the valve stem having an internal valve stem air passageway or an internal axial valve stem air passageway in communication with the tire cavity operative to direct pressurized air from the valve stem air passageway into the cavity; and a pressure control assembly positioned at a control location in proximal relationship to the valve stem and operative to selectively control a flow of pressurized air from the tire-mounted air pumping means through the valve stem air passageway and into the tire cavity responsive to a detected air pressure level within the tire cavity, characterized in that the air pumping means comprises at least one elongate tubular air passageway enclosed within a flexing region of a tire sidewall , the air passageway having an air inlet portal operative to admit air into the tubular air passageway and an air outlet portal spaced apart from the inlet portal operative to withdraw pressurized air from the tubular air passageway, and wherein the air passageway closes segment by segment in reaction to induced forces from the flexing region of the tire sidewall rotating opposite a rolling tire footprint. a tire having a tire cavity bounded by first and second sidewalls extending to a tire tread region ; a tire-mounted air pumping means for pumping pressurized air into the tire cavity to maintain air pressure within the tire cavity at a defined pressure level; the tire having an elongate valve stem projecting outward from the tire cavity , the valve stem having an internal valve stem air passageway or an internal axial valve stem air passageway in communication with the tire cavity operative to direct pressurized air from the valve stem air passageway into the cavity; and a pressure control assembly positioned at a control location in proximal relationship to the valve stem and operative to selectively control a flow of pressurized air from the tire-mounted air pumping means through the valve stem air passageway and into the tire cavity responsive to a detected air pressure level within the tire cavity, characterized in that the air pumping means comprises at least one elongate tubular air passageway enclosed within a flexing region of a tire sidewall , the air passageway having an air inlet portal operative to admit air into the tubular air passageway and an air outlet portal spaced apart from the inlet portal operative to withdraw pressurized air from the tubular air passageway, and wherein the air passageway closes segment by segment in reaction to induced forces from the flexing region of the tire sidewall rotating opposite a rolling tire footprint.
Energy meter security system with - a communication device which can be connected to an energy meter , - an encryption module which is arranged within the communication device such that it can be removed non-destructively, wherein - the encryption module enabling restricted access to its functions in its initial state , and - the encryption module arranged to transmit a random value in its initial state , characterized in that - the encryption module enables, in its initial state , access to a verification of a signature via the random value created with a private key of a central computer remote from the communication device , and - the encryption module , in its initial state , changes, after a positive check of the signature via the random value, into an operating state in which it enables access to further encryption functions. - a communication device which can be connected to an energy meter , - an encryption module which is arranged within the communication device such that it can be removed non-destructively, wherein - the encryption module enabling restricted access to its functions in its initial state , and - the encryption module arranged to transmit a random value in its initial state , - the encryption module enables, in its initial state , access to a verification of a signature via the random value created with a private key of a central computer remote from the communication device , and - the encryption module , in its initial state , changes, after a positive check of the signature via the random value, into an operating state in which it enables access to further encryption functions.
A solid hair colouring composition comprising (i) a hair conditioner concentrate selected from emulsifying waxes, sodium polynaphthalene sulfonate, stearamidopropyl dimethylamine (aka N-[3-(Dimethylamino)propyl] octadecanamide) and mixtures thereof; (ii) a water soluble hair colouring having a solubility of more than 20 g/L water at 25°C; (iii) an acidifying agent in an amount of from 3% to 25% by weight of the solid hair colouring composition; and (iv) a hydrocolloid, wherein the hydrocolloid is selected from cationic guar gum, behenyl trimethyl ammonium chloride, polyquaternium-81, cetrimonium bromide and mixtures thereof; wherein the solid hair colouring composition can substantially sustain its physical shape when unsupported by external means, and remains substantially solid at up to 30°C. (i) a hair conditioner concentrate selected from emulsifying waxes, sodium polynaphthalene sulfonate, stearamidopropyl dimethylamine (aka N-[3-(Dimethylamino)propyl] octadecanamide) and mixtures thereof; (ii) a water soluble hair colouring having a solubility of more than 20 g/L water at 25°C; (iii) an acidifying agent in an amount of from 3% to 25% by weight of the solid hair colouring composition; and (iv) a hydrocolloid, wherein the hydrocolloid is selected from cationic guar gum, behenyl trimethyl ammonium chloride, polyquaternium-81, cetrimonium bromide and mixtures thereof;
A display device comprising a display area (DA) and a non-display area (NDA) outside the display area: a display panel comprising a peripheral area (PA) outside the display area; a window covering the display panel and comprising an extended portion extending outside the peripheral area of the display panel; and a component below the display panel and at least partially overlapping the peripheral area (PA) of the display panel, wherein the non-display area (NDA) comprises the peripheral area (PA) of the display panel and the extended portion of the window, wherein the display device further comprises a black matrix (BM) disposed on a bottom surface of the window in the non-display area except for an area corresponding to a component area of the component , wherein the display panel comprises: a substrate ; an insulating layer above the substrate in the display area and the peripheral area; and a first conductive layer above the insulating layer in the peripheral area, wherein a width of the first conductive layer in the component area is less than a width of the first conductive layer in an area other than the component area, in the peripheral area, or the first conductive layer is arranged to bypass the component area, in the peripheral area. a display panel comprising a peripheral area (PA) outside the display area; a window covering the display panel and comprising an extended portion extending outside the peripheral area of the display panel; and a component below the display panel and at least partially overlapping the peripheral area (PA) of the display panel, wherein the non-display area (NDA) comprises the peripheral area (PA) of the display panel and the extended portion of the window, wherein the display device further comprises a black matrix (BM) disposed on a bottom surface of the window in the non-display area except for an area corresponding to a component area of the component , wherein the display panel comprises: a substrate ; an insulating layer above the substrate in the display area and the peripheral area; and a first conductive layer above the insulating layer in the peripheral area, wherein a width of the first conductive layer in the component area is less than a width of the first conductive layer in an area other than the component area, in the peripheral area, or the first conductive layer is arranged to bypass the component area, in the peripheral area. a substrate ; an insulating layer above the substrate in the display area and the peripheral area; and a first conductive layer above the insulating layer in the peripheral area, wherein a width of the first conductive layer in the component area is less than a width of the first conductive layer in an area other than the component area, in the peripheral area, or the first conductive layer is arranged to bypass the component area, in the peripheral area.
A carbon nanotube aggregate, comprising: a plurality of carbon nanotubes each having one or more walls, wherein a ratio of a total number of carbon nanotubes that have two or three walls relative to a number of said carbon nanotubes constituting the carbon nanotube aggregate is 75% or greater, and wherein, among peaks due to a G band of a Raman spectrum in Raman spectroscopy, a G+/Gtotal ratio due to semiconductor carbon nanotubes is 0.70 or greater, and wherein a G/D ratio that is defined as a ratio in the Raman spectrum of the G band and a D band due to a crystallinity is 45 or greater. wherein a ratio of a total number of carbon nanotubes that have two or three walls relative to a number of said carbon nanotubes constituting the carbon nanotube aggregate is 75% or greater, and wherein, among peaks due to a G band of a Raman spectrum in Raman spectroscopy, a G+/Gtotal ratio due to semiconductor carbon nanotubes is 0.70 or greater, and wherein a G/D ratio that is defined as a ratio in the Raman spectrum of the G band and a D band due to a crystallinity is 45 or greater.
A drug delivery device , comprising: a drug container for storing a liquid drug , a first end of the drug container sealed by a plunger ; a needle conduit ; a needle insertion component coupled to the needle conduit ; and a drive component coupled to the plunger , the drive component comprising a drive spring and one or more spheres arranged to transfer the force of the drive spring to the plunger, characterised in that the needle conduit is coupled to the plunger , the plunger is movable toward a second end of the drug container by operation of the drive component to expel the liquid drug out of the drug container through the plunger on to the needle conduit , wherein the needle conduit is arranged to enable the liquid drug to be expelled from the drug container in a direction opposite to a direction of a movement of the plunger . a drug container for storing a liquid drug , a first end of the drug container sealed by a plunger ; a needle conduit ; a needle insertion component coupled to the needle conduit ; and a drive component coupled to the plunger , the drive component comprising a drive spring and one or more spheres arranged to transfer the force of the drive spring to the plunger, characterised in that the needle conduit is coupled to the plunger , the plunger is movable toward a second end of the drug container by operation of the drive component to expel the liquid drug out of the drug container through the plunger on to the needle conduit , wherein the needle conduit is arranged to enable the liquid drug to be expelled from the drug container in a direction opposite to a direction of a movement of the plunger .
A ferroelectric material ; comprising a mixed crystal comprising AIN and at least one nitride of a transition metal ; wherein the proportion of the nitride of the transition metal is selected such that a direction of an initial or spontaneous polarity of the ferroelectric material is switchable by applying a switchover voltage , the switchover voltage being below a breakdown voltage of the ferroelectric material , wherein the ratio of a number of transition metal atoms to a sum of the number of transition metal atoms and a number of aluminum atoms ranges between greater than or equal to 0.3 and less than or equal to 0.36. a mixed crystal comprising AIN and at least one nitride of a transition metal ; wherein the proportion of the nitride of the transition metal is selected such that a direction of an initial or spontaneous polarity of the ferroelectric material is switchable by applying a switchover voltage , the switchover voltage being below a breakdown voltage of the ferroelectric material , wherein the ratio of a number of transition metal atoms to a sum of the number of transition metal atoms and a number of aluminum atoms ranges between greater than or equal to 0.3 and less than or equal to 0.36.
Holder for an injection syringe for applying a downwardly directed injection force with the thumb or another part of the body, for example the flat of a hand, for purposes of self-medication, with a housing designed to receive the syringe, with a stand for placing on a supporting surface, and with retaining means for axially and/or radially fixing the syringe on or in the holder, wherein the retaining means are designed in such a way that an outlet of a syringe arranged vertically in the holder comes to lie facing the free end of the stand and at a distance therefrom, wherein the distance of the outlet from the end of the stand corresponds at least to the axial extent of a hose attachment piece plus a minimum hose bend radius at which the hose in fluid connection with the syringe outlet remains open to fluid, wherein the housing , at its upper end portion directed away from the stand , has a radially outwardly protruding contact flange , which is arranged at least in part about the periphery.
A melt channel for an extrusion device, comprising - an inlet which is provided for being connected at least indirectly to a device for producing a plastic melt during intended operation of the melt channel , in order to convey the plastic melt through the melt channel , - a first and a second outlet , - a first channel portion extending within a first plane and having a first end and a second end, which with its first end faces the inlet or forms the inlet , - a second channel portion extending within a second plane and having a first and a second end, the first end of which is connected to the second end of the first channel portion directly or via a third channel portion , wherein the second plane extends in spaced relation to and in parallel to the first plane , - a fourth channel portion extending in the first plane and having a first and a second end and a fifth channel portion having a first and a second end, wherein the first ends of the fourth and the fifth channel portions are connected to one another directly, and the first ends of the fourth and the fifth channel portions are connected to the second end of the second channel portion directly or via a sixth channel portion , the second end of the fourth channel portion faces the first outlet or forms the first outlet , and the second end of the fifth channel portion faces the second outlet or forms the second outlet , wherein the first channel portion is designed to be curved, and/or the second channel portion is designed to be curved or is designed to be straight and extends such within the second plane that the conveying direction of the plastic melt within the second channel portion differs from the conveying direction of the plastic melt in the area of the second end of the first channel portion . - an inlet which is provided for being connected at least indirectly to a device for producing a plastic melt during intended operation of the melt channel , in order to convey the plastic melt through the melt channel , - a first and a second outlet , - a first channel portion extending within a first plane and having a first end and a second end, which with its first end faces the inlet or forms the inlet , - a second channel portion extending within a second plane and having a first and a second end, the first end of which is connected to the second end of the first channel portion directly or via a third channel portion , wherein the second plane extends in spaced relation to and in parallel to the first plane , - a fourth channel portion extending in the first plane and having a first and a second end and a fifth channel portion having a first and a second end, wherein the first ends of the fourth and the fifth channel portions are connected to one another directly, and the first ends of the fourth and the fifth channel portions are connected to the second end of the second channel portion directly or via a sixth channel portion , the second end of the fourth channel portion faces the first outlet or forms the first outlet , and the second end of the fifth channel portion faces the second outlet or forms the second outlet ,
An electric vehicle (110; 200), comprising: a plurality of charge-receiving electrodes, wherein each charge-receiving electrode of the plurality of charge-receiving electrodes includes a contact surface (816, 818; 902, 906; 1102, 1108, 1110) that is configured to engage with a contact surface of a charging electrode (804; 1114) of a charging station (100; 210) when the electric vehicle docks with the charging station for charging; characterised by a file portion configured to (i) slide across a contact surface of the charge-receiving electrodes or the charging electrodes during docking and (ii) remove a portion of the contact surface to recondition the contact surface during docking; wherein the file portion include a plurality of grooves (904; 1104). (i) slide across a contact surface of the charge-receiving electrodes or the charging electrodes during docking and (ii) remove a portion of the contact surface to recondition the contact surface during docking;
Method for flushing an extrusion head (1; 41) for producing tubular preforms of thermoplastic material, wherein an extruder (2; 2.1, 2.2, 2.3) for feeding plastic melt in a main flow direction (F; F1, F2, F3) into a flow channel (3; 3.1, 3.2, 3.3) of the extrusion head (1; 41) is connected or connectable to the extrusion head (1; 41), the method comprising the step of: - Flushing of the flow channel (3; 3.2) in a channel section formed between an inlet connected to the flow channel (3; 3.2) and an outlet (28; 42; 60; 70) connected to the flow channel (3; 3.2) in the main flow direction (F; F2) upstream of the inlet , wherein a flushing device (21; 40; 2.3) presses a flushing medium via the inlet into the channel section of the flow channel (3; 3.2) in a flushing flow direction (S) opposite to the main flow direction. - Flushing of the flow channel (3; 3.2) in a channel section formed between an inlet connected to the flow channel (3; 3.2) and an outlet (28; 42; 60; 70) connected to the flow channel (3; 3.2) in the main flow direction (F; F2) upstream of the inlet , wherein a flushing device (21; 40; 2.3) presses a flushing medium via the inlet into the channel section of the flow channel (3; 3.2) in a flushing flow direction (S) opposite to the main flow direction.
A method of determining a reduced contact angle of liquid on a test article , the method comprising: positioning an imaging sensor at a known vantage point to a surface of a test article; depositing, with a liquid dispenser , a first liquid as liquid droplets along a trajectory toward the surface to form and to impart energy to a liquid drop , wherein each droplet imparts an amount of energy to the liquid drop to increase the volume of the drop, said energy being sufficient for the drop perimeter to expand beyond its equilibrium diameter for that volume; and after a time interval after a selected droplet for allowing the drop perimeter to retract as the excess energy is dissipated and the liquid drop to form a reduced contact angle with the surface, detecting via the imaging sensor a geometric characteristic of the liquid drop that is related to a reduced contact angle of the liquid drop to the surface; and determining with a data generator the reduced contact angle based at least in part upon the geometric characteristic. positioning an imaging sensor at a known vantage point to a surface of a test article; depositing, with a liquid dispenser , a first liquid as liquid droplets along a trajectory toward the surface to form and to impart energy to a liquid drop , wherein each droplet imparts an amount of energy to the liquid drop to increase the volume of the drop, said energy being sufficient for the drop perimeter to expand beyond its equilibrium diameter for that volume; and after a time interval after a selected droplet for allowing the drop perimeter to retract as the excess energy is dissipated and the liquid drop to form a reduced contact angle with the surface, detecting via the imaging sensor a geometric characteristic of the liquid drop that is related to a reduced contact angle of the liquid drop to the surface; and determining with a data generator the reduced contact angle based at least in part upon the geometric characteristic.
Catalyst system for producing ethylene copolymers in a high temperature solution process, the catalyst system comprising (i) a metallocene complex of formula (I) wherein M is Hf or a mixture with Zr, provided that more than 50% by moles of the complex of Formula I has M = Hf; X is a sigma ligand; R are the same or different from each other and can be saturated linear or branched C 1 -C 10 alkyl, C 6 -C 10 aryl, C 4 -C 10 heteroaryl, C 6 -C 20 alkylaryl or C 6 -C 20 arylalkyl groups, which can optionally contain up to 2 heteroatoms or silicon atoms; R 1 is a C 6 -C 10 aryl or C 6 -C 20 alkylaryl group optionally containing up to 2 heteroatoms or silicon atoms or a C 4 -C 10 heteroaryl group; R 2 is a C 4 -C 20 cycloalkyl group, optionally carrying alkyl substituents in beta-positions, of formula (II) in which R' can be the same or can be different from each other and can be hydrogen or is defined as R and n is 1 to 17; and (ii) a boron containing cocatalyst. (i) a metallocene complex of formula (I) wherein M is Hf or a mixture with Zr, provided that more than 50% by moles of the complex of Formula I has M = Hf; X is a sigma ligand; R are the same or different from each other and can be saturated linear or branched C 1 -C 10 alkyl, C 6 -C 10 aryl, C 4 -C 10 heteroaryl, C 6 -C 20 alkylaryl or C 6 -C 20 arylalkyl groups, which can optionally contain up to 2 heteroatoms or silicon atoms; R 1 is a C 6 -C 10 aryl or C 6 -C 20 alkylaryl group optionally containing up to 2 heteroatoms or silicon atoms or a C 4 -C 10 heteroaryl group; R 2 is a C 4 -C 20 cycloalkyl group, optionally carrying alkyl substituents in beta-positions, of formula (II) in which R' can be the same or can be different from each other and can be hydrogen or is defined as R and n is 1 to 17; and M is Hf or a mixture with Zr, provided that more than 50% by moles of the complex of Formula I has M = Hf; X is a sigma ligand; R are the same or different from each other and can be saturated linear or branched C 1 -C 10 alkyl, C 6 -C 10 aryl, C 4 -C 10 heteroaryl, C 6 -C 20 alkylaryl or C 6 -C 20 arylalkyl groups, which can optionally contain up to 2 heteroatoms or silicon atoms; R 1 is a C 6 -C 10 aryl or C 6 -C 20 alkylaryl group optionally containing up to 2 heteroatoms or silicon atoms or a C 4 -C 10 heteroaryl group; R 2 is a C 4 -C 20 cycloalkyl group, optionally carrying alkyl substituents in beta-positions, of formula (II) in which R' can be the same or can be different from each other and can be hydrogen or is defined as R and n is 1 to 17; (ii) a boron containing cocatalyst.