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A method of making a microneedle comprising a reversible engagement feature , the method comprising: winding a first length of wire and a second length of wire under tension to generate a primary helix; brazing the primary helix with a braze material to produce a microneedle comprising the first and second lengths of wire; fatiguing the first length of wire of the microneedle at its distal end to fracture the first length of wire thereby generating a reversible engagement feature along the second length of wire at the point of fracture. winding a first length of wire and a second length of wire under tension to generate a primary helix; brazing the primary helix with a braze material to produce a microneedle comprising the first and second lengths of wire; fatiguing the first length of wire of the microneedle at its distal end to fracture the first length of wire thereby generating a reversible engagement feature along the second length of wire at the point of fracture.
A current collector for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, the current collector comprising: a conductive substrate; and a conductive layer that is provided on at least one surface of the conductive substrate, the conductive layer containing a conductive filler and a binding material, wherein the binding material contains polyvinylidene fluoride, as a binding component, and a positive thermal coefficient ("PTC") function-imparting component, wherein the PTC functional-imparting component is a copolymer of poly(vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene) or a copolymer of poly(vinylidene fluoride-oxyethylene), and wherein the PTC function-imparting component lowers one or more of a melting start temperature or a melting peak temperature of the binding material, which is measured by differential scanning calorimetry under coexistence of a non-aqueous electrolyte, as compared to a case of using only the binding component. a conductive substrate; and a conductive layer that is provided on at least one surface of the conductive substrate, the conductive layer containing a conductive filler and a binding material, wherein the binding material contains polyvinylidene fluoride, as a binding component, and a positive thermal coefficient ("PTC") function-imparting component, wherein the PTC functional-imparting component is a copolymer of poly(vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene) or a copolymer of poly(vinylidene fluoride-oxyethylene), and wherein the PTC function-imparting component lowers one or more of a melting start temperature or a melting peak temperature of the binding material, which is measured by differential scanning calorimetry under coexistence of a non-aqueous electrolyte, as compared to a case of using only the binding component.
A collection system comprising: a vibratory separator (100; 200; 300; 600) comprising: a top deck (101; 601); a middle deck (102; 202; 602); and a bottom deck (103; 603); and a removeable collection trough (105; 205; 305; 505; 605) coupled to at least one of the decks (102; 202; 602), wherein the removeable collection trough (105; 205; 305; 505; 605) comprises: an inlet configured to receive wellbore strengthening materials separated from a drilling fluid from at least one of the decks (102; 202; 602); an angled lower surface ; and an outlet (107; 307; 507; 607), wherein the outlet (107; 307; 507; 607) is configured to direct the wellbore strengthening materials to an active drilling fluid system. a vibratory separator (100; 200; 300; 600) comprising: a top deck (101; 601); a middle deck (102; 202; 602); and a bottom deck (103; 603); and a top deck (101; 601); a middle deck (102; 202; 602); and a bottom deck (103; 603); and a removeable collection trough (105; 205; 305; 505; 605) coupled to at least one of the decks (102; 202; 602), wherein the removeable collection trough (105; 205; 305; 505; 605) comprises: an inlet configured to receive wellbore strengthening materials separated from a drilling fluid from at least one of the decks (102; 202; 602); an angled lower surface ; and an outlet (107; 307; 507; 607), wherein the outlet (107; 307; 507; 607) is configured to direct the wellbore strengthening materials to an active drilling fluid system. an inlet configured to receive wellbore strengthening materials separated from a drilling fluid from at least one of the decks (102; 202; 602); an angled lower surface ; and an outlet (107; 307; 507; 607), wherein the outlet (107; 307; 507; 607) is configured to direct the wellbore strengthening materials to an active drilling fluid system.
A method of operating a computer-based gaming system , the method comprising: generating, by the gaming system , a customized game engine data model, GEDM, , configured to represent a math of a given game, wherein the customized GEDM is derived from a unified GEDM by defining customizable parameters meeting a user's specification and related to the math of the given game, and wherein the unified GEDM specifies a math unified for all customized GEDMs derivable from the unified data model by defining the customizable parameters related to the math; generating, by the gaming system , a Game Engine Package comprising the customized GEDM and an executor thereof, wherein the executor is unified and applicable to any customized GEDM derivable from the unified data model; validating the generated Game Engine Package; and deploying the validated Game Engine Package to one or more instances of the gaming system; wherein the validated Game Engine Package is configured as a single sealed unit comprising a logic for a one or more games. generating, by the gaming system , a customized game engine data model, GEDM, , configured to represent a math of a given game, wherein the customized GEDM is derived from a unified GEDM by defining customizable parameters meeting a user's specification and related to the math of the given game, and wherein the unified GEDM specifies a math unified for all customized GEDMs derivable from the unified data model by defining the customizable parameters related to the math; generating, by the gaming system , a Game Engine Package comprising the customized GEDM and an executor thereof, wherein the executor is unified and applicable to any customized GEDM derivable from the unified data model; validating the generated Game Engine Package; and deploying the validated Game Engine Package to one or more instances of the gaming system; wherein the validated Game Engine Package is configured as a single sealed unit comprising a logic for a one or more games.
A method for producing an assembly including a polymer electrolyte membrane comprising a step of preliminary pressure application wherein a pressure is continuously applied to a recipient sheet including a polymer electrolyte membrane and an assembling sheet including an assembling layer, the recipient sheet and the assembling layer of the assembling sheet being in contact with each other, and a step of heated pressure application wherein the recipient sheet and the assembling sheet after the preliminary pressure application step are subjected to continuous pressure application with heating, wherein average temperature elevation rate of the recipient sheet and the assembling sheet in the preliminary pressure application step is up to 20°C/sec, the method further comprising a step of pressure application with cooling wherein the assembly assembled in the heated pressure application step is continuously subjected to pressure application with cooling, wherein the preliminary pressure application step, the heated pressure application step, and the cooled pressure application step are continuously conducted in one double belt pressure application mechanism. a step of preliminary pressure application wherein a pressure is continuously applied to a recipient sheet including a polymer electrolyte membrane and an assembling sheet including an assembling layer, the recipient sheet and the assembling layer of the assembling sheet being in contact with each other, and a step of heated pressure application wherein the recipient sheet and the assembling sheet after the preliminary pressure application step are subjected to continuous pressure application with heating, wherein average temperature elevation rate of the recipient sheet and the assembling sheet in the preliminary pressure application step is up to 20°C/sec, the method further comprising a step of pressure application with cooling wherein the assembly assembled in the heated pressure application step is continuously subjected to pressure application with cooling, wherein the preliminary pressure application step, the heated pressure application step, and the cooled pressure application step are continuously conducted in one double belt pressure application mechanism.
A pelletized binder composition for use in road marking applications, comprising, based on total weight of the binder composition: an alkyd resin selected from rosin resins, modified rosin resins, rosin esters, rosin ester derivatives, and combinations thereof in an amount of 20 to 96 wt. %; an elastomer in an amount of 1 to 40 wt. %, the elastomer is selected from styrene-isoprene-styrene rubber (SIS), styrene-butadiene-styrene rubber (SBS), styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene (SEBS), and SEBS rubber having 1 to 3 wt. % maleic anhydride (MA) grafted onto the rubber midblock; an optional plasticizer selected from vegetable oils, mineral oils, process oils, phthalates and mixtures, in an amount up to 10 wt. %; wherein the alkyd resin, the elastomer, and the optional plasticizer are combined together as pellets of a homogeneous composition prior to being combined with other components forming the pelletized binder composition for use in road marking compositions. an alkyd resin selected from rosin resins, modified rosin resins, rosin esters, rosin ester derivatives, and combinations thereof in an amount of 20 to 96 wt. %; an elastomer in an amount of 1 to 40 wt. %, the elastomer is selected from styrene-isoprene-styrene rubber (SIS), styrene-butadiene-styrene rubber (SBS), styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene (SEBS), and SEBS rubber having 1 to 3 wt. % maleic anhydride (MA) grafted onto the rubber midblock; an optional plasticizer selected from vegetable oils, mineral oils, process oils, phthalates and mixtures, in an amount up to 10 wt. %; wherein the alkyd resin, the elastomer, and the optional plasticizer are combined together as pellets of a homogeneous composition prior to being combined with other components forming the pelletized binder composition for use in road marking compositions.
An igniter support for an igniter unit of a gas generator comprising a first holder element made from a first material and a second holder element made from a second material different from the first material, wherein both holder elements are adapted to be positively coupled to each other, characterized in that the first holder element comprises an axial contact surface for the second holder element on a front face associated with the second holder element and in that the second holder element has axially protruding projections , the projections having an axial pressure surface via which they interact with the axial contact surface of the first holder element , wherein the first holder element includes axially protruding lugs at the front face associated with the second holder element and wherein the projections and the lugs include bearing surfaces provided in the circumferential direction for orientating the holder elements .
A locking safety cover for an electronic cigarette atomizer to prevent a thread from being screwed off by accident in a thread connection situation, characterized in that said cover comprises: - a circular fixing component , - a circular rotary component , and - a circular connecting component , wherein said circular fixing component and said circular connecting component are fixedly connected, said circular rotary component is set between the circular fixing component and the circular connecting component, wherein said circular rotary component is configured to rotate around the axis of the locking safety cover and slide along said axis, at least a concave and convex block locking mechanism is set on the end faces of the circular rotary component and the circular connecting component so that a joint rotation state and an independent rotation state exist between the circular connecting component and the circular rotary component. - a circular fixing component , - a circular rotary component , and - a circular connecting component ,
A catheter assembly (10A to 10C) comprising: a catheter ; a catheter hub fixed to a proximal end portion of the catheter ; a hollow inner needle having a needle tip and disengageably inserted into the catheter ; a needle hub fixed to a proximal end portion of the inner needle ; a guide wire slidably inserted into the inner needle , being longer than the catheter , and having a distal end protrudable from the needle tip ; a guide wire hub configured to support the guide wire and move the guide wire with respect to the inner needle in association with movement; and a movement mechanism (92A to 92C) configured to retract the guide wire hub with respect to the needle hub such that the distal end of the guide wire is housed in the inner needle in association with forward movement of the catheter hub with respect to the needle hub , wherein the movement mechanism (92A to 92C) includes a force transmitter configured to transmit force to the guide wire hub in association with movement of the catheter hub , and a force direction changer configured to change a direction of the force of the force transmitter , characterized in that the movement mechanism has a movable member configured to move forward with respect to the needle hub in association with the forward movement of the catheter hub with respect to the needle hub , and when the catheter hub moves forward with respect to the needle hub , the movement mechanism converts a force moving the movable member forward with respect to the needle hub into a force retracting the guide wire hub with respect to the needle hub . a catheter ; a catheter hub fixed to a proximal end portion of the catheter ; a hollow inner needle having a needle tip and disengageably inserted into the catheter ; a needle hub fixed to a proximal end portion of the inner needle ; a guide wire slidably inserted into the inner needle , being longer than the catheter , and having a distal end protrudable from the needle tip ; a guide wire hub configured to support the guide wire and move the guide wire with respect to the inner needle in association with movement; and a movement mechanism (92A to 92C) configured to retract the guide wire hub with respect to the needle hub such that the distal end of the guide wire is housed in the inner needle in association with forward movement of the catheter hub with respect to the needle hub , wherein the movement mechanism (92A to 92C) includes a force transmitter configured to transmit force to the guide wire hub in association with movement of the catheter hub , and a force direction changer configured to change a direction of the force of the force transmitter , characterized in that the movement mechanism has a movable member configured to move forward with respect to the needle hub in association with the forward movement of the catheter hub with respect to the needle hub , and when the catheter hub moves forward with respect to the needle hub , the movement mechanism converts a force moving the movable member forward with respect to the needle hub into a force retracting the guide wire hub with respect to the needle hub .
Method of pulling a cylindrical crystal from a melt by means of a crystal pulling system which has: a crucible in which the melt is located, a crucible heater which surrounds the crucible in an annular shape, a crucible lifting device for lifting the crucible , a crystal lifting device for drawing the crystal from the melt and a heat shield which surrounds the crystal in an annular shape and the lower edge of which ends above the melt and forms an annular gap, characterized in that the actual value of the crystal diameter is measured at the melt surface and compared with a setpoint value for the crystal diameter, the height of the annular gap is adjusted as a function of the deviation between the actual value and the setpoint value by means of a first controller which has a first reset time, the annular gap height being reduced in the case of an actual value which is smaller than the setpoint value and the annular gap height being increased in the case of an actual value which is greater than the setpoint value, and the lifting speed of the crucible and, to the same extent, the lifting speed of the crystal are varied in order to change the annular gap height, so that the crystal pulling speed remains constant. the height of the annular gap is adjusted as a function of the deviation between the actual value and the setpoint value by means of a first controller which has a first reset time, the annular gap height being reduced in the case of an actual value which is smaller than the setpoint value and the annular gap height being increased in the case of an actual value which is greater than the setpoint value, and the lifting speed of the crucible and, to the same extent, the lifting speed of the crystal are varied in order to change the annular gap height, so that the crystal pulling speed remains constant.
A method of determining the nature of a fault in a radiotherapy device comprising a linear accelerator, the radiotherapy device being configured to provide therapeutic radiation to a patient, the radiotherapy device comprising: a bending magnet assembly arranged to direct a beam of electrons toward a target to produce said radiation; and a first sensor , configured to provide signals indicative of voltage at a first region of the bending magnet assembly; the method comprising: receiving voltage values derived from the signals from the first sensor; processing the voltage values; wherein processing the voltage values comprises determining whether the voltage values meet at least one threshold criterion; and based on the processing of the signals, determining whether the nature of the fault is associated with the bending magnet, wherein determining whether the voltage values meet the at least one threshold criterion further comprises: determining whether the voltage values have changed by at least a threshold amount in a particular time period. a bending magnet assembly arranged to direct a beam of electrons toward a target to produce said radiation; and a first sensor , configured to provide signals indicative of voltage at a first region of the bending magnet assembly; the method comprising: receiving voltage values derived from the signals from the first sensor; processing the voltage values; wherein processing the voltage values comprises determining whether the voltage values meet at least one threshold criterion; and based on the processing of the signals, determining whether the nature of the fault is associated with the bending magnet, wherein determining whether the voltage values meet the at least one threshold criterion further comprises: determining whether the voltage values have changed by at least a threshold amount in a particular time period. receiving voltage values derived from the signals from the first sensor; processing the voltage values; wherein processing the voltage values comprises determining whether the voltage values meet at least one threshold criterion; and based on the processing of the signals, determining whether the nature of the fault is associated with the bending magnet, wherein determining whether the voltage values meet the at least one threshold criterion further comprises: determining whether the voltage values have changed by at least a threshold amount in a particular time period.
A wound dressing for use in the application of topical negative pressure (TNP) therapy to a wound site, the wound dressing comprising: a transmission layer having a first layer comprising a plurality of openings each having a first open area; a further layer spaced apart from the first layer comprising a plurality of further openings each having a further open area; wherein said first layer is a lower layer and said further layer is an upper layer of the transmission layer; an air impermeable, moisture vapour permeable cover layer over the first and further layers of the transmission layer; an absorbent layer comprising absorbent material between said further layer and said cover layer; and wherein a region between the first and further layers comprises a portion of a flow path for air and/or wound exudate flowing from a wound site and said first open area is less than said further open area and characterized in that in the transmission layer is a knitted or woven spacer fabric transmission layer . a transmission layer having a first layer comprising a plurality of openings each having a first open area; a further layer spaced apart from the first layer comprising a plurality of further openings each having a further open area; wherein said first layer is a lower layer and said further layer is an upper layer of the transmission layer; an air impermeable, moisture vapour permeable cover layer over the first and further layers of the transmission layer; an absorbent layer comprising absorbent material between said further layer and said cover layer; and wherein a region between the first and further layers comprises a portion of a flow path for air and/or wound exudate flowing from a wound site and said first open area is less than said further open area and characterized in that in the transmission layer is a knitted or woven spacer fabric transmission layer .
An end assembly for a dance exercise pole, the end assembly comprising: an end part; a connector configured for connection to a part of a dance pole; and a first engagement element connected to the connector; wherein the end assembly is characterised by a second engagement element engageable with the first engagement element ; and a movable element movable between a first position and a second position to move at least one of the first engagement element or the second engagement element and thereby switch the end part respectively between: a first configuration with the first engagement element disengaged from the second engagement element , and with the connector capable of rotation relative to the end part; and a second configuration with the first engagement element engaged with the second engagement element to restrict the rotation relative to the end part. an end part; a connector configured for connection to a part of a dance pole; and a first engagement element connected to the connector; wherein the end assembly is characterised by a second engagement element engageable with the first engagement element ; and a movable element movable between a first position and a second position to move at least one of the first engagement element or the second engagement element and thereby switch the end part respectively between: a first configuration with the first engagement element disengaged from the second engagement element , and with the connector capable of rotation relative to the end part; and a second configuration with the first engagement element engaged with the second engagement element to restrict the rotation relative to the end part. a first configuration with the first engagement element disengaged from the second engagement element , and with the connector capable of rotation relative to the end part; and a second configuration with the first engagement element engaged with the second engagement element to restrict the rotation relative to the end part.