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An apparatus for actuating at least one of two or more engine valves in an internal combustion engine, comprising: a valve bridge operatively connected to the two or more engine valves; and a hydraulically-actuated lost motion assembly disposed in the valve bridge, the hydraulically-actuated lost motion assembly comprising: a first piston disposed within a first piston bore formed in the valve bridge and configured to operatively connect with the valve train; a first biasing element configured to bias the first piston out of the first piston bore, the first biasing element further configured to provide a first force to the first piston that is greater than a second force applied to the first piston by a lash adjuster ; and a travel limiter configured to limit travel of the first piston out of the first piston bore, wherein the lash adjuster is disposed upstream of the hydraulically-actuated lost motion assembly in a valve train configured to be operatively connected to a valve actuation motion source and to the valve bridge. a valve bridge operatively connected to the two or more engine valves; and a hydraulically-actuated lost motion assembly disposed in the valve bridge, the hydraulically-actuated lost motion assembly comprising: a first piston disposed within a first piston bore formed in the valve bridge and configured to operatively connect with the valve train; a first biasing element configured to bias the first piston out of the first piston bore, the first biasing element further configured to provide a first force to the first piston that is greater than a second force applied to the first piston by a lash adjuster ; and a travel limiter configured to limit travel of the first piston out of the first piston bore, wherein the lash adjuster is disposed upstream of the hydraulically-actuated lost motion assembly in a valve train configured to be operatively connected to a valve actuation motion source and to the valve bridge. a first piston disposed within a first piston bore formed in the valve bridge and configured to operatively connect with the valve train; a first biasing element configured to bias the first piston out of the first piston bore, the first biasing element further configured to provide a first force to the first piston that is greater than a second force applied to the first piston by a lash adjuster ; and a travel limiter configured to limit travel of the first piston out of the first piston bore, wherein the lash adjuster is disposed upstream of the hydraulically-actuated lost motion assembly in a valve train configured to be operatively connected to a valve actuation motion source and to the valve bridge.
A chilled air plenum system for aircraft galleys, including a chilled galley food cart bay and a corresponding aircraft galley food cart removably received at a front portion 14 of the chilled galley food cart bay, wherein the chilled air plenum system includes a galley chiller air return plenum connected to said chilled galley food cart bay and removably connected to the aircraft galley food cart at a rear portion of the chilled galley food cart bay , said galley chiller air return plenum including a return airflow duct having a midline and lateral edges ; the system further comprising a chiller unit, said return airflow duct being connected to a return airflow duct inlet to the chiller unit; a plurality of primary apertures defined in said return airflow duct and centrally located on and along the midline of the return airflow duct , said plurality of primary apertures being configured to receive return airflow from a rear portion of the aircraft galley food cart; and a plurality of secondary apertures defined in said return airflow duct and located along to the lateral edges of the return airflow duct , said plurality of secondary apertures being configured to receive return airflow from rear lateral portions of the aircraft galley food cart; characterized in that at least a part of said plurality of secondary apertures is located above a vertical center of said return airflow duct .
A method for determining, on a protein, a binding site for a binding partner, comprising: (i) contacting the protein with a plurality of monomers, and polymerising the monomers to create a protein:polymer complex; (ii) digesting the protein in the complex to produce a peptide:polymer complex, wherein the digestion is a partial proteolysis reaction, such that the parts of the protein that are not bound to the polymer are separated from the complex with the polymer; and (iii) isolating the peptide:polymer complex; and optionally (iv) sequencing the peptide; wherein the peptide corresponds to a binding site for a binding partner. (i) contacting the protein with a plurality of monomers, and polymerising the monomers to create a protein:polymer complex; (ii) digesting the protein in the complex to produce a peptide:polymer complex, wherein the digestion is a partial proteolysis reaction, such that the parts of the protein that are not bound to the polymer are separated from the complex with the polymer; and (iii) isolating the peptide:polymer complex; and optionally (iv) sequencing the peptide;
A method for making patterns comprising sides inclined from a face of a substrate, comprising: forming a protective mask covering at least two masked areas of the face of the substrate and defining at least one intermediate space; etching with a plasma forming, on at least one intermediate space, at least one side inclined from each masked area , the etching comprising the formation of a passivation layer , which comprises a chemical species of the substrate and is continuous on the inclined sides producing a self-limitation of the etching when the inclined sides meet, and wherein the etching is carried out in a chamber and comprises an introduction into the chamber of an additional gas to the plasma, said additional gas comprising molecules of a chemical species participating in the formation of the passivation layer, the amount of additional gas in the chamber being controlled so that the chamber contains throughout the etching a sufficient amount of molecules of the species to continuously form the passivation layer, and wherein the etching is configured to generate molecules of the chemical species of the additional gas during the etching of the substrate. forming a protective mask covering at least two masked areas of the face of the substrate and defining at least one intermediate space; etching with a plasma forming, on at least one intermediate space, at least one side inclined from each masked area , the etching comprising the formation of a passivation layer , which comprises a chemical species of the substrate and is continuous on the inclined sides producing a self-limitation of the etching when the inclined sides meet, and wherein the etching is carried out in a chamber and comprises an introduction into the chamber of an additional gas to the plasma, said additional gas comprising molecules of a chemical species participating in the formation of the passivation layer, the amount of additional gas in the chamber being controlled so that the chamber contains throughout the etching a sufficient amount of molecules of the species to continuously form the passivation layer, and wherein the etching is configured to generate molecules of the chemical species of the additional gas during the etching of the substrate.
Offshore installation template for installing a monopile in an underwater ground formation , comprising: - a sleeve with a sleeve passage extending through the sleeve in a sleeve direction (S), said sleeve passage being adapted to receive the monopile and to pass the monopile through the sleeve in the sleeve direction (S); and - a support assembly comprising a base defining a landing surface and a support frame extending from the base , wherein the installation template comprises positioning members to reorient the sleeve direction (S) relative to the landing surface, said positioning members being adapted to reorient the sleeve direction (S) relative to the landing surface based on a force applied to the sleeve, characterized in that the force applied to the sleeve is due to the deviations of the monopile, wherein the positioning members are adapted to reorient the sleeve direction (S) relative to the landing surface when passing a threshold of the force applied to the sleeve, wherein the positioning members extend between the support frame of the support assembly and the sleeve , wherein the positioning members are hydraulic cylinders arranged to adapt a pressure level of the cylinders based on the force applied to the sleeve, upon passing the predetermined threshold value, wherein the installation template comprises a sensor, said sensor being adapted to determine a parameter related to the force exerted on the sleeve. - a sleeve with a sleeve passage extending through the sleeve in a sleeve direction (S), said sleeve passage being adapted to receive the monopile and to pass the monopile through the sleeve in the sleeve direction (S); and - a support assembly comprising a base defining a landing surface and a support frame extending from the base ,
A lubricant composition comprising a base oil and an amount of an ashless additive sufficient to increase the total base number as determined by ASTM D2896 of the lubricant composition from 1 to 50 percent over the total base number of the same lubricant composition devoid of the ashless additive, wherein the additive comprises a compound of the formula (A): wherein R is a hydrocarbyl group containing from 1 to 24 carbon atoms.
A swivel anchor for use as part of a drill string, the swivel anchor having a longitudinal axis and a length and comprising: a slip arrangement, comprising a slip body and one or more slip elements , wherein the or each slip element is movable from a retracted position, and an extended position, in which the slip element protrudes beyond the profile of the slip body and may engage with a casing of a wellbore in which the swivel anchor is positioned; upper and lower connections , by which the swivel anchor may be attached to further components, wherein the slip arrangement is rotatable about the longitudinal axis with respect to the upper and lower connections ; and a slip joint , comprising an upper component and a lower component , wherein the upper and lower components may move relative to each other in a direction parallel with the longitudinal axis, between an open position and a closed position of the slip joint , wherein in the open position the longitudinal displacement between the upper component and the lower component is greater than the longitudinal displacement between the upper component and the lower component when the slip joint is in the closed position, and wherein when the slip joint is in the closed position the overall length of the swivel anchor is less than when the slip joint is in the open position. a slip arrangement, comprising a slip body and one or more slip elements , wherein the or each slip element is movable from a retracted position, and an extended position, in which the slip element protrudes beyond the profile of the slip body and may engage with a casing of a wellbore in which the swivel anchor is positioned; upper and lower connections , by which the swivel anchor may be attached to further components, wherein the slip arrangement is rotatable about the longitudinal axis with respect to the upper and lower connections ; and a slip joint , comprising an upper component and a lower component , wherein the upper and lower components may move relative to each other in a direction parallel with the longitudinal axis, between an open position and a closed position of the slip joint , wherein in the open position the longitudinal displacement between the upper component and the lower component is greater than the longitudinal displacement between the upper component and the lower component when the slip joint is in the closed position, and wherein when the slip joint is in the closed position the overall length of the swivel anchor is less than when the slip joint is in the open position.
Straightening device for long or rod-shaped metal products , comprising an upper roll unit and a lower roll unit mounted on a bearing structure , wherein the upper roll unit is mobile and can be positioned vertically at least in the step where a passage gap of said products is set to a desired value, wherein a hydraulic safety/control device is associated with the lower roll unit and comprises a single-effect hydraulic actuator of the selectively yielding type when an overload condition higher than a predetermined value is detected on said lower roll unit , wherein said hydraulic safety/control device comprises a mobile part, or piston unit , comprising a support directly anchored to said lower roll unit , and a fixed part anchored to said bearing structure or to another fixed part of the straightening device, said mobile part and said fixed part being separated by a chamber which can be selectively filled with/emptied of hydraulic fluid, wherein said chamber has an upper face directly in contact with a corresponding lower face of the mobile part and a lower face directly in contact with a corresponding upper face of the fixed part , wherein said mobile part further comprises an intermediate sleeve or flange with a lower face directly in contact with the upper face of the chamber , and a first metal tube which contains the intermediate sleeve or flange , and wherein a mechanical abutment tooth protruding towards the outside of the first metal tube is provided on said mobile part of the single-effect hydraulic actuator , the abutment tooth being vertically movable inside a cavity so as to determine the maximum raised position in the filling step of said chamber when the abutment tooth is in abutment with a fixed striker plate defined above said cavity , to take said lower roll unit to its stable maximum raised operating position.
A hot rolled steel sheet for processing, comprising: in terms of percent by mass, C of 0.01 to 0.2%; Si of 0.01 to 0.3%; Mn of 0.1 to 1.5%; P of ≤0.1%; S of ≤0.03%; Al of 0.001 to 0.1%; N of ≤0.006%; optionally one or more selected from Ni of 0.1 to 0.6%, Mo of 0.05 to 1%, V of 0.02 to 0.2%, Cr of 0.01 to 1%, Ca of 0.0005 to 0.005% and REM of 0.0005 to 0.02%, further optionally one or more selected from Nb, Zr, Sn, Co, Zn, W and Mg with a total amount of 1% or less, and as a remainder, Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein the hot rolled sheet has a tensile strength of 370 to 490 MPa and a microstructure including a main phase in the form of polygonal ferrite and a hard second phase of either bainite or martensite , a volume fraction of the hard second phase being 3 to 20%, a hardness ratio (hardness of the hard second phase / hardness of the polygonal ferrite) being 1.5 to 6, and a grain size ratio (grain size of the polygonal ferrite / grain size of the hard second phase) is 1.5 or more, and the hot rolled steel sheet has a BH amount after aging being 60MPa or more, where the BH amount after aging is obtained by subjecting No. 5 test pieces as described in JIS Z 2201 to an artificial aging treatment at 100°C for 60minute, applying preliminary tensile strain of 2% to the test pieces, subjecting the test pieces to heat treatment equivalent to a baking finish treatment at 170°C for 20minutes, conducting the tensile test in accordance with the method of JIS Z 2241, and subtracting a flow stress of the preliminary tensile strain of 2% from the upper yield point obtained in the tensile test to obtain the BH amount after aging.
An apparatus for the dehumidification treatment of a gas, comprising a refrigerating circuit for a process fluid along which are disposed in succession: - a compressor ; - a condenser ; - a first throttling device ; - an evaporator which constitutes a heat exchanger for performing a heat exchange with the gas to be treated, in such a way as to effect the dehumidification thereof, the refrigerating circuit comprising: - a by-pass portion (13'; 14'), in which a flow rate of process fluid can be diverted for the purpose of reducing the refrigeration capacity of the circuit; - a control unit suitable for diverting the flow rate of process fluid depending on temperature parameters of the apparatus; wherein the control unit comprises a first temperature probe disposed in the region of a zone of heat exchange between the process fluid and the gas to be treated and a second temperature probe disposed downstream of the heat exchanger formed by the evaporator , the probes being arranged for the detection of said temperature parameters, wherein the second temperature probe is arranged to detect a temperature of the gas to be treated downstream of the heat exchanger , and wherein the apparatus further comprises a condensate separator disposed downstream of the heat exchanger for the dehumidification of the gas to be treated, characterized in that the first temperature probe is disposed in the region of an inlet portion for the gas to be treated in the heat exchanger and the second temperature probe is disposed inside a housing portion of the condensate separator . - a compressor ; - a condenser ; - a first throttling device ; - an evaporator which constitutes a heat exchanger for performing a heat exchange with the gas to be treated, in such a way as to effect the dehumidification thereof, - a by-pass portion (13'; 14'), in which a flow rate of process fluid can be diverted for the purpose of reducing the refrigeration capacity of the circuit; - a control unit suitable for diverting the flow rate of process fluid depending on temperature parameters of the apparatus;
A separation device comprising: a casing including a tubular part having a circular inner peripheral shape; a rotor disposed on an inner side of the tubular part and rotatable around a rotation central axis extending along an axial direction (D1) of the tubular part ; and a blade disposed between the tubular part and the rotor and configured to rotate together with the rotor , the tubular part including a gas inlet , a gas outlet apart from the gas inlet in the axial direction (D1) and in communicative connection with an inside and an outside of the tubular part between a first end and a second end of the tubular part in the axial direction (D1), and the blade having a first end adjacent to the gas inlet and a second end adjacent to the gas outlet , characterized by a solid substance discharge port aligned with the gas outlet in a direction along an outer periphery of the tubular part , the casing having a space extending to the solid substance discharge port with respect to the second end of the blade in the axial direction (D1), and the separation device further comprising a discharge tubular part having an inner space in communicative connection with the solid substance discharge port and protruding from an outer peripheral surface of the tubular part . a casing including a tubular part having a circular inner peripheral shape; a rotor disposed on an inner side of the tubular part and rotatable around a rotation central axis extending along an axial direction (D1) of the tubular part ; and a blade disposed between the tubular part and the rotor and configured to rotate together with the rotor , the tubular part including a gas inlet , a gas outlet apart from the gas inlet in the axial direction (D1) and in communicative connection with an inside and an outside of the tubular part between a first end and a second end of the tubular part in the axial direction (D1), and a gas inlet , a gas outlet apart from the gas inlet in the axial direction (D1) and in communicative connection with an inside and an outside of the tubular part between a first end and a second end of the tubular part in the axial direction (D1), and the blade having a first end adjacent to the gas inlet and a second end adjacent to the gas outlet , characterized by a solid substance discharge port aligned with the gas outlet in a direction along an outer periphery of the tubular part , the casing having a space extending to the solid substance discharge port with respect to the second end of the blade in the axial direction (D1), and the separation device further comprising a discharge tubular part having an inner space in communicative connection with the solid substance discharge port and protruding from an outer peripheral surface of the tubular part .
A method of encapsulating an image in an ISOBMFF-based media file , the method comprising: - obtaining an image ; - generating an image item representing the image ; - generating geometry descriptive data describing the geometry of a region of the image ; - generating a region item comprising the geometry descriptive data , the region item being associated with the image item by an item reference information ; - generating at least one annotation data structure comprising data associated with the region of the image, the at least one annotation data structure being associated with the region item ; - generating the media file including the image , the image item , the region item , and the at least one annotation data structure , wherein the region item is associated with the at least one generated annotation data structure by an association information in an association container. - obtaining an image ; - generating an image item representing the image ; - generating geometry descriptive data describing the geometry of a region of the image ; - generating a region item comprising the geometry descriptive data , the region item being associated with the image item by an item reference information ; - generating at least one annotation data structure comprising data associated with the region of the image, the at least one annotation data structure being associated with the region item ; - generating the media file including the image , the image item , the region item , and the at least one annotation data structure ,
A radio frequency, RF, photonic spectrometer comprising: a laser ; a receiver branch comprising an optical modulator optically coupled to the laser and configured to modulate laser light based upon a radio frequency, RF, input signal, and an optical bandpass filter optically coupled to the optical modulator ; a plurality of optical comb branches optically coupled to the laser and each comprising a frequency comb generator coupled to a respective RF reference signal, the RF reference signals (f1, f2) having different frequencies associated therewith; and an output stage configured to determine a frequency of the RF input signal based upon outputs of the receiver branch and the plurality of optical comb branches , wherein the receiver branch further comprises an acousto-optic modulator (AOM) coupled to the optical bandpass filter and a respective RF reference signal (f0) having a different frequency than the other RF reference signal frequencies (f1, f2), characterized in that the RF photonic spectrometer comprises a respective photodetector coupled between the output stage and the outputs of the receiver branch and the plurality of optical comb branches . a laser ; a receiver branch comprising an optical modulator optically coupled to the laser and configured to modulate laser light based upon a radio frequency, RF, input signal, and an optical bandpass filter optically coupled to the optical modulator ; a plurality of optical comb branches optically coupled to the laser and each comprising a frequency comb generator coupled to a respective RF reference signal, the RF reference signals (f1, f2) having different frequencies associated therewith; and an output stage configured to determine a frequency of the RF input signal based upon outputs of the receiver branch and the plurality of optical comb branches , wherein the receiver branch further comprises an acousto-optic modulator (AOM) coupled to the optical bandpass filter and a respective RF reference signal (f0) having a different frequency than the other RF reference signal frequencies (f1, f2), characterized in that the RF photonic spectrometer comprises a respective photodetector coupled between the output stage and the outputs of the receiver branch and the plurality of optical comb branches .