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A method of fabricating a glass matrix composite , the method comprising: providing a fiber preform in a cavity of a die tooling , the fiber preform circumscribing an interior region and initially having a first size; providing a parison of glass matrix material in the interior region; introducing pressurized inert gas into the parison to outwardly inflate the parison against the fiber preform , the pressure causing the glass matrix material to compress the fiber preform to a second size against the mold tool and also flow and infiltrate into the fiber preform to thereby form a consolidated workpiece ; and cooling the consolidated workpiece to thereby form a glass matrix composite . providing a fiber preform in a cavity of a die tooling , the fiber preform circumscribing an interior region and initially having a first size; providing a parison of glass matrix material in the interior region; introducing pressurized inert gas into the parison to outwardly inflate the parison against the fiber preform , the pressure causing the glass matrix material to compress the fiber preform to a second size against the mold tool and also flow and infiltrate into the fiber preform to thereby form a consolidated workpiece ; and cooling the consolidated workpiece to thereby form a glass matrix composite .
A pneumatically actuated valve , comprising a valve body an inlet duct connected to the valve body and an outlet duct connected to the same valve body , shut-off means acting to selectively interrupt or allow the connection between said inlet duct and said outlet duct , a control chamber associated with said valve body and including a first deformable membrane designed to form a flexible wall that delimits a closed sealed space within said control chamber and operatively acting on said shut-off means , with said closed sealed space selectively connected to a source of pressurized fluid to deform the first deformable membrane and operate said shut-off means , wherein a second deformable membrane is associated with said first deformable membrane and is also designed to delimit said closed space and to operatively act on said shut-off means , said valve being characterized in that the coupling between the first and the second shell defines a space between the first membrane and the second membrane without a fluid seal and said second deformable membrane is disposed with one face adhering to a corresponding face of the first deformable membrane .
A mutant Msp monomer comprising a variant having at least 80% identity to the entire amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, wherein the variant: (a) does not comprise aspartic acid (D) at position 90; (b) does not comprise aspartic acid (D) at position 91; (c) comprises aspartic acid (D) or glutamic acid (E) at position 93; and (d) comprises two or more modifications which reduce the net negative charge at two or more of positions 118, 126, 134 and 139; and wherein the mutant Msp monomer retains its ability to form a pore. (a) does not comprise aspartic acid (D) at position 90; (b) does not comprise aspartic acid (D) at position 91; (c) comprises aspartic acid (D) or glutamic acid (E) at position 93; and (d) comprises two or more modifications which reduce the net negative charge at two or more of positions 118, 126, 134 and 139; and wherein the mutant Msp monomer retains its ability to form a pore.
An obstacle detection device which is intended to be fitted to a mobile vehicle able to move parallel to a reference plane , the vehicle having a favored direction of travel in a first direction along an axis X, comprising: • at least two emitters of electromagnetic beams which are able to form two virtual planes in two different directions that are able to intersect one another and intersect a potential obstacle, characterized in that it comprises: • at least one image sensor able to produce a two-dimensional image of the intersection of the virtual planes and of the potential obstacle, • an image analysis means able to determine the presence of an obstacle, configured to compare the two-dimensional image with a reference image, • a first emitter referred to as an oblique emitter of a first oblique beam extending in a first oblique virtual plane in the first direction along the axis X and secant with the reference plane , • a second emitter referred to as an oblique emitter of a second oblique beam extending in a second oblique virtual plane in the first direction along the axis X and secant with the reference plane , • a first image sensor able to produce an image around the intersection of the first and second oblique virtual planes with the reference plane , • an emitter referred to as a shovel emitter of a shovel beam extending in a virtual plane configured to intersect with the reference plane along a straight line perpendicular to the axis X, • an image analysis means, in that the first image sensor is able to produce an image of the straight line, and in that the image analysis means is able to determine the presence of an obstacle by detecting a deformation of the straight line. • at least two emitters of electromagnetic beams which are able to form two virtual planes in two different directions that are able to intersect one another and intersect a potential obstacle, • at least one image sensor able to produce a two-dimensional image of the intersection of the virtual planes and of the potential obstacle, • an image analysis means able to determine the presence of an obstacle, configured to compare the two-dimensional image with a reference image, • a first emitter referred to as an oblique emitter of a first oblique beam extending in a first oblique virtual plane in the first direction along the axis X and secant with the reference plane , • a second emitter referred to as an oblique emitter of a second oblique beam extending in a second oblique virtual plane in the first direction along the axis X and secant with the reference plane , • a first image sensor able to produce an image around the intersection of the first and second oblique virtual planes with the reference plane , • an emitter referred to as a shovel emitter of a shovel beam extending in a virtual plane configured to intersect with the reference plane along a straight line perpendicular to the axis X, • an image analysis means,
Process for the preparation of purified dicarboxylic acids from a mixture containing triglycerides of carboxylic acids having more than one acid functional group comprising the steps of: a) hydrolysing said mixture containing triglycerides in the presence of water, obtaining a reaction product comprising dicarboxylic acids and glycerine; b) separating out an aqueous phase comprising at least a part of the glycerine from the remaining reaction product from step a) (organic phase); c) evaporating and/or distilling the organic phase obtained from step b), separating out a residue; d) recovering at least a part of the dicarboxylic acids from the organic phase evaporated and/or distilled in step c) by means of at least one crystallisation operation, said step comprising the operations of: d1) extracting the organic phase evaporated and/or distilled in step c) with water in the presence of an organic solvent, obtaining an aqueous phase containing said dicarboxylic acids. d2) crystallising out said dicarboxylic acids from said aqueous phase obtained in step d1), wherein said step d1) comprises at least one counter-current extraction operation. a) hydrolysing said mixture containing triglycerides in the presence of water, obtaining a reaction product comprising dicarboxylic acids and glycerine; b) separating out an aqueous phase comprising at least a part of the glycerine from the remaining reaction product from step a) (organic phase); c) evaporating and/or distilling the organic phase obtained from step b), separating out a residue; d) recovering at least a part of the dicarboxylic acids from the organic phase evaporated and/or distilled in step c) by means of at least one crystallisation operation, said step comprising the operations of: d1) extracting the organic phase evaporated and/or distilled in step c) with water in the presence of an organic solvent, obtaining an aqueous phase containing said dicarboxylic acids. d2) crystallising out said dicarboxylic acids from said aqueous phase obtained in step d1), wherein said step d1) comprises at least one counter-current extraction operation. d1) extracting the organic phase evaporated and/or distilled in step c) with water in the presence of an organic solvent, obtaining an aqueous phase containing said dicarboxylic acids. d2) crystallising out said dicarboxylic acids from said aqueous phase obtained in step d1),
A battery module comprising: a plurality of battery cells , each including an electrode lead which extends in horizontal direction from a front side, the electrode lead having at least one bent part, wherein the electrode leads disposed adjacent to each other in up-down direction are stacked in up-down direction in surface contact with each other; and a plurality of lead cartridges , each including two post parts disposed at each of an outer side of one end of the electrode lead and an outer side of the other end, a partition part formed in a shape of a plate which stands erect in up-down direction between the two post parts and having a receiving space (S) in which the electrode leads in surface contact are individually received inside, and a first spacer part which protrudes forward from top of the partition part to space the electrode lead which protrudes out of the receiving space apart from a different electrode lead, and wherein the lead cartridge further includes a coupling member of cylindrical shape which stands erect in up-down direction, and at least one of the two post parts has a through-hole which runs in up-down direction, and the plurality of lead cartridges stacked in up-down direction is coupled and fixed with the coupling member inserted into the through-hole . a plurality of battery cells , each including an electrode lead which extends in horizontal direction from a front side, the electrode lead having at least one bent part, wherein the electrode leads disposed adjacent to each other in up-down direction are stacked in up-down direction in surface contact with each other; and a plurality of lead cartridges , each including two post parts disposed at each of an outer side of one end of the electrode lead and an outer side of the other end, a partition part formed in a shape of a plate which stands erect in up-down direction between the two post parts and having a receiving space (S) in which the electrode leads in surface contact are individually received inside, and a first spacer part which protrudes forward from top of the partition part to space the electrode lead which protrudes out of the receiving space apart from a different electrode lead, and wherein the lead cartridge further includes a coupling member of cylindrical shape which stands erect in up-down direction, and at least one of the two post parts has a through-hole which runs in up-down direction, and the plurality of lead cartridges stacked in up-down direction is coupled and fixed with the coupling member inserted into the through-hole .
Household appliance , having - a treatment chamber which can be closed by means of a pivotable door , - at least one camera arranged in the door for recording images from the treatment chamber when the door is opened, and - a door movement sensor for detecting values of at least one parameter of a door movement and wherein - the door movement sensor has at least one inertial sensor , the at least one camera and the at least one inertial sensor are integrated into a camera/sensor module , which is arranged in the door , - the camera/sensor module has a data communication device at least for emitting image data of the camera of the camera/sensor module , - the household appliance is designed to trigger at least one appliance function by detecting at least one trigger value, and - the camera/sensor module has an evaluation facility , which is designed to evaluate measuring signals of the at least one inertial sensor for determining the at least one parameter value, and to trigger at least one action by detecting at least one trigger value, characterised in that the evaluation facility is merged with the at least one inertial sensor in a shared, integrated sensor which, together with the data communication facility , is embodied on a communications printed circuit board . - a treatment chamber which can be closed by means of a pivotable door , - at least one camera arranged in the door for recording images from the treatment chamber when the door is opened, and - a door movement sensor for detecting values of at least one parameter of a door movement and - the door movement sensor has at least one inertial sensor , the at least one camera and the at least one inertial sensor are integrated into a camera/sensor module , which is arranged in the door , - the camera/sensor module has a data communication device at least for emitting image data of the camera of the camera/sensor module , - the household appliance is designed to trigger at least one appliance function by detecting at least one trigger value, and - the camera/sensor module has an evaluation facility , which is designed to evaluate measuring signals of the at least one inertial sensor for determining the at least one parameter value, and to trigger at least one action by detecting at least one trigger value, characterised in that the evaluation facility is merged with the at least one inertial sensor in a shared, integrated sensor which, together with the data communication facility , is embodied on a communications printed circuit board .
A solid oxide fuel cell system comprising: a fuel cell stack that generates electric power through a reaction between a fuel gas and an oxidizing gas; a combustor in which anode and cathode off-gases discharged from the fuel cell stack are burned by diffusion combustion; a temperature sensor that detects temperature of the anode off-gas flowing into the combustor ; and a controller , characterized in that while the solid fuel cell system is in power-generating operation and when the controller determines that the system is in at least one of the following states (i) and (ii), the controller is configured to instruct the system to perform a power-generation control action for preventing failed reactions in the diffusion combustion: (i) the temperature of the anode off-gas, detected by the temperature sensor , is below a first predetermined temperature for a predetermined continuous period of time; and (ii) the temperature of the anode off-gas decreases by not less than a predetermined second temperature range during a predetermined period of time, wherein the power-generation control action, instructed by the controller , is at least one of the followings: reducing fuel utilization in the fuel cell stack , reducing a flow rate of the oxidizing gas fed to the fuel cell stack , and reducing output of the fuel cell stack . a fuel cell stack that generates electric power through a reaction between a fuel gas and an oxidizing gas; a combustor in which anode and cathode off-gases discharged from the fuel cell stack are burned by diffusion combustion; a temperature sensor that detects temperature of the anode off-gas flowing into the combustor ; and a controller , characterized in that while the solid fuel cell system is in power-generating operation and when the controller determines that the system is in at least one of the following states (i) and (ii), the controller is configured to instruct the system to perform a power-generation control action for preventing failed reactions in the diffusion combustion: (i) the temperature of the anode off-gas, detected by the temperature sensor , is below a first predetermined temperature for a predetermined continuous period of time; and (ii) the temperature of the anode off-gas decreases by not less than a predetermined second temperature range during a predetermined period of time, wherein the power-generation control action, instructed by the controller , is at least one of the followings: reducing fuel utilization in the fuel cell stack , reducing a flow rate of the oxidizing gas fed to the fuel cell stack , and reducing output of the fuel cell stack .
A computer-implemented method for scheduling and executing an input computation graph representing a computational task to be performed collectively by a plurality of devices, the method comprising: obtaining data representing the computation graph, the input computation graph comprising a plurality of nodes that are connected by edges, the nodes representing operations and the edges representing dependencies between the operations; processing the data representing the input computation graph using a graph neural network having a plurality of network parameters, wherein the graph neural network is configured to process the data representing the input computation graph in accordance with first values of the network parameters to generate one or more instance-specific proposal distributions for an optimization algorithm that schedules the input computation graph for execution across the plurality of devices; generating a schedule for the input computation graph by performing the optimization algorithm in accordance with the one or more instance-specific proposal distributions generated by the graph neural network for the input computation graph, wherein the optimization algorithm generates an assignment that assigns each operation to a respective device from the plurality of devices; and executing the input computation graph on the plurality of devices by causing the plurality of devices to perform the operations represented by the nodes in the input computation graph in accordance with the generated schedule. obtaining data representing the computation graph, the input computation graph comprising a plurality of nodes that are connected by edges, the nodes representing operations and the edges representing dependencies between the operations; processing the data representing the input computation graph using a graph neural network having a plurality of network parameters, wherein the graph neural network is configured to process the data representing the input computation graph in accordance with first values of the network parameters to generate one or more instance-specific proposal distributions for an optimization algorithm that schedules the input computation graph for execution across the plurality of devices; generating a schedule for the input computation graph by performing the optimization algorithm in accordance with the one or more instance-specific proposal distributions generated by the graph neural network for the input computation graph, wherein the optimization algorithm generates an assignment that assigns each operation to a respective device from the plurality of devices; and executing the input computation graph on the plurality of devices by causing the plurality of devices to perform the operations represented by the nodes in the input computation graph in accordance with the generated schedule.
Flooring blank with a multi-layer structure , which has a wear layer made from a transparent plastic, a decorative layer , a reinforcing layer and a support layer , as well as with at least one edge , which extends from a usable surface to a back of the flooring blank and on which a profiled contour is provided, which has a rounding or chamfer in the region of the usable surface and forms an undercut in a lower region of the flooring blank, characterised in that the profiled contour is produced entirely by a laser tool with a cutting nozzle , the longitudinal axis of which when producing the profiled contour is oriented perpendicular to the usable surface , wherein the chamfer or rounding merges into a convex curve structure , and wherein the curve structure adjoins an inclined, substantially straight, contour section , wherein the straight contour section extends to the back of the flooring blank .
An electrical combination comprising: an electrical device including a device housing providing a device support portion , and a circuit supported by the device housing; a battery pack including a battery pack housing providing a pack support portion for engagement with the device support portion, a battery cell supported by the housing, power being transferrable between the battery cell and the circuit when the battery pack is connected to the device; and a latch mechanism including: a latching member movable between a latched position, in which the latching member is engageable between the battery pack and the electrical device to inhibit relative movement between the battery pack and the electrical device, and an unlatched position, in which relative movement between the battery pack and the electrical device is permitted, characterized in that the latch mechanism further includes a switch operable with the latching member, the switch inhibiting power transfer between the battery pack and the electrical device when the latching member is between the latched position and the unlatched position. an electrical device including a device housing providing a device support portion , and a circuit supported by the device housing; a battery pack including a battery pack housing providing a pack support portion for engagement with the device support portion, a battery cell supported by the housing, power being transferrable between the battery cell and the circuit when the battery pack is connected to the device; and a latch mechanism including: a latching member movable between a latched position, in which the latching member is engageable between the battery pack and the electrical device to inhibit relative movement between the battery pack and the electrical device, and an unlatched position, in which relative movement between the battery pack and the electrical device is permitted,