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A diaphragm expansion tank , comprising: a housing comprising an upper end wall , a side wall , and a lower end wall , the upper end wall, side wall, and lower end wall defining a cavity ; a flexible diaphragm positioned within the cavity and connected to the side wall, the diaphragm separating the cavity into an upper portion and a lower portion, wherein the upper portion of the cavity is sealed to contain a pressurized gas and the lower portion is sealed to contain a pressurized fluid; an indicator disposed on the upper end wall of the housing, the indicator in communication with the pressurized gas in the upper portion of the cavity, the indicator comprising an insert that displays a first color when in normal operating conditions and that displays a second color when in contact with pressurized gas containing a predetermined level of moisture or greater, the diaphragm expansion tank being characterized in that at least a portion of the insert is colored the first color, at least a portion of the housing forming the upper portion of the cavity is formed of a material that corrodes and rusts when contacted with the predetermined level of moisture or greater, wherein rust residue from the upper portion of the cavity deposits onto a surface of the insert to thereby display the second color, and wherein the first color is a light color. a housing comprising an upper end wall , a side wall , and a lower end wall , the upper end wall, side wall, and lower end wall defining a cavity ; a flexible diaphragm positioned within the cavity and connected to the side wall, the diaphragm separating the cavity into an upper portion and a lower portion, wherein the upper portion of the cavity is sealed to contain a pressurized gas and the lower portion is sealed to contain a pressurized fluid; an indicator disposed on the upper end wall of the housing, the indicator in communication with the pressurized gas in the upper portion of the cavity, the indicator comprising an insert that displays a first color when in normal operating conditions and that displays a second color when in contact with pressurized gas containing a predetermined level of moisture or greater,
Reinforcing layer of a pneumatic vehicle tyre, in particular a reinforcing layer of a belt bandage , the reinforcing layer comprising a reinforcement with at least one polyamide yarn made up of twisted-together filaments of polyamide PA 6.6, characterized in that the polyamide yarn has a filament density of a maximum of 1 filament/tex, the filament density indicating the number of filaments with respect to the fineness of the polyamide yarn . characterized in that the polyamide yarn has a filament density of a maximum of 1 filament/tex, the filament density indicating the number of filaments with respect to the fineness of the polyamide yarn .
A liquid valve comprising a housing , that defines a circular cylindrical valve chamber having at least two valve ports along a circumferential chamber wall , and a rotor , that is rotatably seated inside said valve chamber and comprises a peripheral arc portion able to sealingly contact the circumferential chamber wall and to totally block one of said valve ports in the circumferential chamber wall at a time, wherein said housing is made of a metal alloy, wherein said rotor is made of a metal alloy, whereby the sealing contact is between metal alloys, and wherein said rotor is seated in such a way inside said valve chamber that said peripheral arc portion of said rotor is permanently biased into abutment against the circumferential chamber wall of said housing , characterized in that said arc portion comprises means at least minimizing the metallic contact between microstructurally alike areas of said circumferential chamber wall of said housing and said peripheral arc portion of said rotor .
A method for detecting a position of a barrier , the method being performed in a status monitor device and comprising the steps of: detecting a barrier position of the barrier using a first sensor , the barrier position indicating a degree of opening of the barrier ; detecting when the barrier is in a closed position using a second sensor ; and calibrating the first sensor to indicate a closed position every time the barrier is detected to be in the closed position. detecting a barrier position of the barrier using a first sensor , the barrier position indicating a degree of opening of the barrier ; detecting when the barrier is in a closed position using a second sensor ; and calibrating the first sensor to indicate a closed position every time the barrier is detected to be in the closed position.
A method for transmitting broadcast signals, the method comprising: encoding (S75000) service data; mapping the encoded service data by Non Uniform Constellation, NUC; building (S75010) at least one signal frame including the mapped service data; modulating (S75020) data in the built at least one signal frame by an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex, OFDM, scheme; and transmitting (S75030) the broadcast signals having the modulated data, characterized in that the service data is encoded with a code rate 5/15, and in that the encoded service data is mapped by 16 NUC which includes constellation points at 0.3192+j0.5011, 0.5011+j0.3192, 0.5575+j1.1559 and 1.1559+j0.5575 in first quadrant, -0.3192+j0.5011, -0.5011+j0.3192, -0.5575+j1.1559 and -1.1559+j0.5575 in second quadrant, -0.3192-j0.5011, -0.5011-j0.3192, -0.5575-j1.1559 and -1.1559j0.5575 in third quadrant, 0.3192-j0.5011, 0.5011-j0.3192, 0.5575-j1.1559 and 1.1559-j0.5575 in fourth quadrant. encoding (S75000) service data; mapping the encoded service data by Non Uniform Constellation, NUC; building (S75010) at least one signal frame including the mapped service data; modulating (S75020) data in the built at least one signal frame by an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex, OFDM, scheme; and transmitting (S75030) the broadcast signals having the modulated data, characterized in that the service data is encoded with a code rate 5/15, and in that the encoded service data is mapped by 16 NUC which includes constellation points at 0.3192+j0.5011, 0.5011+j0.3192, 0.5575+j1.1559 and 1.1559+j0.5575 in first quadrant, -0.3192+j0.5011, -0.5011+j0.3192, -0.5575+j1.1559 and -1.1559+j0.5575 in second quadrant, -0.3192-j0.5011, -0.5011-j0.3192, -0.5575-j1.1559 and -1.1559j0.5575 in third quadrant, 0.3192-j0.5011, 0.5011-j0.3192, 0.5575-j1.1559 and 1.1559-j0.5575 in fourth quadrant.
A solar cell comprising: a semiconductor substrate ; a tunneling layer formed on a surface of the semiconductor substrate; a p-type region and a n-type region formed on the tunneling layer, the p- and n-type regions being disposed next to each other in a direction parallel to the surface of the semiconductor substrate and being separated by a barrier region ; an electrode structure electrically connected to the p- and n-type regions, characterised in that the barrier region includes an intrinsic semiconductor portion and a buffer portion located between the intrinsic semiconductor portion and the tunneling layer, the buffer portion having stronger electrical insulating property than the intrinsic semiconductor portion. a semiconductor substrate ; a tunneling layer formed on a surface of the semiconductor substrate; a p-type region and a n-type region formed on the tunneling layer, the p- and n-type regions being disposed next to each other in a direction parallel to the surface of the semiconductor substrate and being separated by a barrier region ; an electrode structure electrically connected to the p- and n-type regions, characterised in that the barrier region includes an intrinsic semiconductor portion and a buffer portion located between the intrinsic semiconductor portion and the tunneling layer, the buffer portion having stronger electrical insulating property than the intrinsic semiconductor portion.
A system, comprising: one or more first devices (100-X), each of the one or more first devices comprising: a first communication interface ; and a first control system communicatively coupled to the first communication interface and comprising at least one first hardware processor and a first memory storing program codes , the first control system is operable to send first information; and one or more second devices (100-Y), each of the one or more second devices comprising: a second communication interface ; and a second control system communicatively coupled to the second communication interface and comprising at least one second hardware processor and a second memory storing program codes ; wherein the second control system of a second device (100-2) of the one or more second devices is operable to: receive the first information of a first device (100-1) of the one or more first devices upon reception of a sleep event; and send the first information to the first device of the one or more first devices upon reception of a wake-up event; characterised in that the first control system of the first device is operable to identify the second device as available to receive the first information based on a power and storage status of the second device. one or more first devices (100-X), each of the one or more first devices comprising: a first communication interface ; and a first control system communicatively coupled to the first communication interface and comprising at least one first hardware processor and a first memory storing program codes , the first control system is operable to send first information; and a first communication interface ; and a first control system communicatively coupled to the first communication interface and comprising at least one first hardware processor and a first memory storing program codes , at least one first hardware processor and a first memory storing program codes , the first control system is operable to send first information; and one or more second devices (100-Y), each of the one or more second devices comprising: a second communication interface ; and a second control system communicatively coupled to the second communication interface and comprising at least one second hardware processor and a second memory storing program codes ; a second communication interface ; and a second control system communicatively coupled to the second communication interface and comprising at least one second hardware processor and a second memory storing program codes ; at least one second hardware processor and a second memory storing program codes ; receive the first information of a first device (100-1) of the one or more first devices upon reception of a sleep event; and send the first information to the first device of the one or more first devices upon reception of a wake-up event;
A snail type centrifugal fan comprising two housing parts which can be coupled to each other in a connection plane K, a motor body mounted in one of the housing parts , at least one radial fan impeller mounted around the motor body being coaxial with the rotation axis of the motor body , and a tongue section in the region of an outlet of the housing part defining a throat section narrowing the air passageway cross-section in horizontal axis (x) wherein said tongue section comprises; - a convexly formed first curvature (B) neighboring the impeller forming an extreme point in horizontal direction (x) within the inner volume of the centrifugal fan , and - a further curvature (D) convexly formed through the outlet at an upper position of the first curvature (B) with respect to the vertical axis (y) of the centrifugal fan , whereby, said first curvature (B) extends to the second curvature (D) through a surface (C) which is tangential to the first and second curvatures (B, D), and said surface (C) comprises a concavely formed structure extending between the first and second curvatures (B, D). - a convexly formed first curvature (B) neighboring the impeller forming an extreme point in horizontal direction (x) within the inner volume of the centrifugal fan , and - a further curvature (D) convexly formed through the outlet at an upper position of the first curvature (B) with respect to the vertical axis (y) of the centrifugal fan ,
An apparatus comprising: an optical transceiver configured to transmit light into an end of an optical fiber line and to perform phase-sensitive measurements of a part of the transmitted light being backscattered and being received at the same end of the optical fiber line; and wherein the optical transceiver includes a digital processor configured to determine dual-polarization channel matrices for pairs of time and location values based on the measurements, each of the dual-polarization channel matrices describing the part of the light received in response to being passively redirected back at the time and location values of a corresponding one of the pairs; and wherein the digital processor is configured to identify some of the location values as suitable location values for detecting fiber events along the optical fiber line based on magnitudes of determinants of the dual-polarization channel matrices determined for the location values. an optical transceiver configured to transmit light into an end of an optical fiber line and to perform phase-sensitive measurements of a part of the transmitted light being backscattered and being received at the same end of the optical fiber line; and wherein the optical transceiver includes a digital processor configured to determine dual-polarization channel matrices for pairs of time and location values based on the measurements, each of the dual-polarization channel matrices describing the part of the light received in response to being passively redirected back at the time and location values of a corresponding one of the pairs; and wherein the digital processor is configured to identify some of the location values as suitable location values for detecting fiber events along the optical fiber line based on magnitudes of determinants of the dual-polarization channel matrices determined for the location values.
A support device comprising: a support for, in use, engaging a wearer of the support device; a boot comprising a sole and an upper and a rigid member disposed within the sole; and an offloader coupled to the support and coupled to the boot for offloading the wearer's foot, wherein the offloader is removably coupled to the rigid member and passes around the outside of the upper, wherein the support device is configured such that, in use, the wearer's foot fitted within the boot with a heel of the wearer's foot engaged with a corresponding heel portion of the sole , the support device immobilises tri-axial movement of the wearer's foot during a normal gait cycle. a support for, in use, engaging a wearer of the support device; a boot comprising a sole and an upper and a rigid member disposed within the sole; and an offloader coupled to the support and coupled to the boot for offloading the wearer's foot, wherein the offloader is removably coupled to the rigid member and passes around the outside of the upper, wherein the support device is configured such that, in use, the wearer's foot fitted within the boot with a heel of the wearer's foot engaged with a corresponding heel portion of the sole , the support device immobilises tri-axial movement of the wearer's foot during a normal gait cycle.
Seat having a seating surface , which has a foot-side and a back-side region, and a frame for the seating surface , wherein the seating surface is mounted movably relative to the frame, and an adjusting mechanism with a pivot element is provided, wherein the seating surface is attached to the pivot element and the back-side region of the seating surface can be rotated about the foot-side region of the seating surface by means of the pivot element and can be tilted in a tilting movement predetermined and guided by the adjusting mechanism at a tilting angle dependent on the angle of rotation, wherein the pivot element is designed as a pivot arm , characterized in that the pivot arm is rotatably attached at its end arranged below the foot-side region of the seating surface to an extension aim with an axis of rotation (D) perpendicular to the extension arm , and extends with its opposite, free end in the direction of the back-side region of the seating surface , wherein the extension arm is rotatably mounted on the frame and projects obliquely upwards from the frame in the direction of the foot-side region of the seating surface .
An arc welding control method comprising: alternately switching a feeding rate of a welding wire between a forward-feeding period and a reverse-feeding period, repeating a short-circuit period and an arc period, switching a welding current to a small current value in the latter half of the arc period to energize, the method is further characterized by setting an average value of the feeding rate according to an average feeding rate setting value, setting a welding voltage during the arc period according to a voltage setting value, and changing a timing at which the welding current is switched to the small current value based on the average feeding rate setting value. alternately switching a feeding rate of a welding wire between a forward-feeding period and a reverse-feeding period, repeating a short-circuit period and an arc period, switching a welding current to a small current value in the latter half of the arc period to energize, the method is further characterized by setting an average value of the feeding rate according to an average feeding rate setting value, setting a welding voltage during the arc period according to a voltage setting value, and changing a timing at which the welding current is switched to the small current value based on the average feeding rate setting value.
A detector for detecting an object, the detector comprising: a housing , an ultrasonic transducer mounted to have a field of emission outside of the detector, and through ambient air, and a circuit including a processor linked with the ultrasonic transducer to monitor ultrasonic return signal values and process them to determine object presence data, characterized in that , the processor is programmed to detect ambient air instability either before or as part of a detection operation, and the processor is configured to record a return signal amplitude value for each of a plurality of sample points, and to quantify variance across said values, and if said variance exceeds a threshold determine that there is excessive ambient air instability. a housing , an ultrasonic transducer mounted to have a field of emission outside of the detector, and through ambient air, and a circuit including a processor linked with the ultrasonic transducer to monitor ultrasonic return signal values and process them to determine object presence data, characterized in that , the processor is programmed to detect ambient air instability either before or as part of a detection operation, and the processor is configured to record a return signal amplitude value for each of a plurality of sample points, and to quantify variance across said values, and if said variance exceeds a threshold determine that there is excessive ambient air instability.
A formulation comprising an acetic acid buffer, a glutamic acid buffer or a succinic acid buffer with a pH between 4.5 - 5.5, at least one excipient comprising a sugar or a polyol, and an effective amount of a therapeutic antibody having specific binding activity to human epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), wherein said therapeutic antibody retains at least about 80% stability for up to two months in solution, and wherein said human antibody is panitumumab.
An ultrasound array for acoustic wave transmission comprising at least one capacitive micro-machined ultrasound transducer, CMUT, cell , wherein the CMUT cell comprises a substrate ; a first electrode ; a cell membrane opposing the substrate and having a second electrode , which opposes the first electrode with a cavity there between, wherein the membrane is arranged to vibrate upon the cell activation; and an acoustic window layer , overlaying the cell membrane thereby being in direct contact with the cell membrane , and having an inner surface opposing the cell membrane and an outer surface; wherein the acoustic window layer comprises a first layer comprising molecules of antioxidant and a polymeric material , and wherein the polymeric material consists of hydrogen and carbon atoms, and wherein said first layer has a density equal or below 0.95 g/cm 3 and an acoustic impedance equal or above 1.4 MRayl. an acoustic window layer , overlaying the cell membrane thereby being in direct contact with the cell membrane , and having an inner surface opposing the cell membrane and an outer surface; wherein the acoustic window layer comprises a first layer comprising molecules of antioxidant and a polymeric material , and wherein the polymeric material consists of hydrogen and carbon atoms, and wherein said first layer has a density equal or below 0.95 g/cm 3 and an acoustic impedance equal or above 1.4 MRayl.
Cutting head having an X-axis , a Y-axis and a Z-axis which are each perpendicular to one another, having a contact side which, when used as intended, faces a material to be cut , and having a blade unit fastened to an at least partially movable holder , wherein the blade unit is provided for cutting the material to be cut along a cutting path in an intended cutting direction , characterised by a cutting edge leading in the direction of the Y-axis and a cutting edge trailing the leading cutting edge in the direction of the Y-axis , wherein the cutting edges are associated with one blade or a plurality of blades of the blade unit , wherein, in the assembled state, the leading cutting edge and the trailing cutting edge each have a different position and/or extension in the direction of the X-axis , wherein the blade unit is movable back and forth along the X-axis by means of a spring element , and wherein a contact element is provided for bearing against the material to be cut and the cutting edges of the blade unit project in the direction of the X-axis relative to the contact element at least during cutting operation. having a blade unit fastened to an at least partially movable holder , wherein the blade unit is provided for cutting the material to be cut along a cutting path in an intended cutting direction , characterised by a cutting edge leading in the direction of the Y-axis and a cutting edge trailing the leading cutting edge in the direction of the Y-axis , wherein the cutting edges are associated with one blade or a plurality of blades of the blade unit , wherein, in the assembled state, the leading cutting edge and the trailing cutting edge each have a different position and/or extension in the direction of the X-axis , wherein the blade unit is movable back and forth along the X-axis by means of a spring element , and wherein a contact element is provided for bearing against the material to be cut and the cutting edges of the blade unit project in the direction of the X-axis relative to the contact element at least during cutting operation.