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A probe for establishing one portion of an electric circuit within a pipe (P) to be scanned for defects, the probe comprising in combination: a proximal end opposite a distal end ; at least one electrode on said probe ; an elongate flexible conductor extending axially away from said proximal end of said probe, said conductor also forming a portion of the electric circuit; said at least one electrode electrically coupled to said elongate flexible conductor ; and a plurality of electrically conductive extensions extending laterally from said at least one electrode between said proximal end of said probe and said distal end of said probe, and increasing an effective diameter of said at least one electrode of said probe; characterized in that at least one lanyard extends circumferentially and joins portions of at least some of said extensions together which are coupled to a common electrode , said lanyard joining portions of said extensions on locations upon said extensions which are spaced from said electrode from which said plurality of extensions extend. a proximal end opposite a distal end ; at least one electrode on said probe ; an elongate flexible conductor extending axially away from said proximal end of said probe, said conductor also forming a portion of the electric circuit; said at least one electrode electrically coupled to said elongate flexible conductor ; and a plurality of electrically conductive extensions extending laterally from said at least one electrode between said proximal end of said probe and said distal end of said probe, and increasing an effective diameter of said at least one electrode of said probe; characterized in that at least one lanyard extends circumferentially and joins portions of at least some of said extensions together which are coupled to a common electrode , said lanyard joining portions of said extensions on locations upon said extensions which are spaced from said electrode from which said plurality of extensions extend.
An image display device , comprising: a plurality of light emitting units , arranged in an array comprising a plurality of rows extending in a first direction, each of the plurality of light emitting units having an optical axis; and a plurality of microlenses , arranged in an array so that light emitted from each of the plurality of light emitting units passes through a corresponding one of the plurality of microlenses, each of the plurality of microlenses having an optical axis; wherein the optical axis of light emitting units in at least one of the plurality of rows is offset from the optical axis of the corresponding microlenses in the at least one of the plurality of rows, wherein the plurality of rows of light emitting units comprises at least one first row, and an offset between the optical axis of a light emitting unit in a particular row and the optical axis of a corresponding microlens varies as function of a distance between the particular row and the at least one first row; rand characterised in that an offset between the optical axis of a light emitting unit in the particular row and the optical axis of a corresponding microlens increases as the distance between the particular row and the at least one first row increases. a plurality of light emitting units , arranged in an array comprising a plurality of rows extending in a first direction, each of the plurality of light emitting units having an optical axis; and a plurality of microlenses , arranged in an array so that light emitted from each of the plurality of light emitting units passes through a corresponding one of the plurality of microlenses, each of the plurality of microlenses having an optical axis; wherein the optical axis of light emitting units in at least one of the plurality of rows is offset from the optical axis of the corresponding microlenses in the at least one of the plurality of rows, wherein the plurality of rows of light emitting units comprises at least one first row, and an offset between the optical axis of a light emitting unit in a particular row and the optical axis of a corresponding microlens varies as function of a distance between the particular row and the at least one first row; rand characterised in that an offset between the optical axis of a light emitting unit in the particular row and the optical axis of a corresponding microlens increases as the distance between the particular row and the at least one first row increases.
A power system comprising: a power-system output configured to be coupled to, and provide an output AC waveform to, one or more loads; a positive DC bus ; a negative DC bus ; an inverter coupled to the positive DC bus and to the negative DC bus, the inverter including an inverter output coupled to the power-system output , the inverter being implemented as a two-stage inverter according to an active neutral-point clamped, ANPC, topology, wherein a first stage of the inverter comprises a set of inverter switching devices comprising an upper-most inverter switching device and a lower-most inverter switching device ; and a DC/DC converter , characterized in that the DC/DC converter comprises a first port connected to the inverter and a second port, in that the upper-most inverter switching device is coupled to the positive DC bus at a first connection and to a first terminal of said first port at a second connection, and in that the lower-most inverter switching device is coupled to a second terminal of said first port at a first connection and to the negative DC bus at a second connection. a power-system output configured to be coupled to, and provide an output AC waveform to, one or more loads; a positive DC bus ; a negative DC bus ; an inverter coupled to the positive DC bus and to the negative DC bus, the inverter including an inverter output coupled to the power-system output , the inverter being implemented as a two-stage inverter according to an active neutral-point clamped, ANPC, topology, wherein a first stage of the inverter comprises a set of inverter switching devices comprising an upper-most inverter switching device and a lower-most inverter switching device ; and a DC/DC converter , characterized in that the DC/DC converter comprises a first port connected to the inverter and a second port, in that the upper-most inverter switching device is coupled to the positive DC bus at a first connection and to a first terminal of said first port at a second connection, and in that the lower-most inverter switching device is coupled to a second terminal of said first port at a first connection and to the negative DC bus at a second connection.
A turbine engine cooling system comprising: a first supply feed including a first flow limiter , the first supply feed fluidly connected to a cooling air source and a turbine section cavity to define a first cooling air path therebetween, wherein, in a non-modulated operating mode, the first cooling air path is configured to supply cooling air from the cooling air source to the turbine section cavity at a first mass flow rate, a second supply feed including a flow control device , the second supply feed fluidly connected to the cooling air source and the turbine section cavity to define a restrictable second cooling air path therebetween, wherein, in the non-modulated operating mode, the second cooling air path is configured to supply cooling air from the cooling air source to the turbine section cavity at a second mass flow rate; the first and second supply feeds being in fluidic communication upstream of the flow control device ; and a controller operably connected to the flow control device to control the flow control device to restrict cooling air flow through the second cooling air path; wherein the first flow limiter is configured to enforce an upper limit on a mass flow rate of cooling air exiting the first flow limiter to a third mass flow rate when the second cooling air path is restricted by the flow control device in a modulated operating mode, wherein the third mass flow rate is greater than each of the first mass flow rate and the second mass flow rate and less than a sum of the first mass flow rate and the second mass flow rate. a first supply feed including a first flow limiter , the first supply feed fluidly connected to a cooling air source and a turbine section cavity to define a first cooling air path therebetween, wherein, in a non-modulated operating mode, the first cooling air path is configured to supply cooling air from the cooling air source to the turbine section cavity at a first mass flow rate, a second supply feed including a flow control device , the second supply feed fluidly connected to the cooling air source and the turbine section cavity to define a restrictable second cooling air path therebetween, wherein, in the non-modulated operating mode, the second cooling air path is configured to supply cooling air from the cooling air source to the turbine section cavity at a second mass flow rate; the first and second supply feeds being in fluidic communication upstream of the flow control device ; and a controller operably connected to the flow control device to control the flow control device to restrict cooling air flow through the second cooling air path; wherein the first flow limiter is configured to enforce an upper limit on a mass flow rate of cooling air exiting the first flow limiter to a third mass flow rate when the second cooling air path is restricted by the flow control device in a modulated operating mode, wherein the third mass flow rate is greater than each of the first mass flow rate and the second mass flow rate and less than a sum of the first mass flow rate and the second mass flow rate.
Method for assigning position values, detected by means of a position detection system, to a topographic image of an object or body part, the method comprising the following steps: - providing a topographic model of an object or body part, - scanning a surface of the object or body part by means of a scanning instrument, which has a scanning tip with a partly spherical external surface, - detecting position values during the scanning and - assigning detected position values to corresponding positions in the topographic model, the detected position values being assigned to points of a virtual surface of the topographic model, which has a distance from a model surface which equals a radius of a partly spherical scanning tip of a scanning instrument, by means of which the surface of the object or body part is scanned in each case. - providing a topographic model of an object or body part, - scanning a surface of the object or body part by means of a scanning instrument, which has a scanning tip with a partly spherical external surface, - detecting position values during the scanning and - assigning detected position values to corresponding positions in the topographic model, the detected position values being assigned to points of a virtual surface of the topographic model, which has a distance from a model surface which equals a radius of a partly spherical scanning tip of a scanning instrument, by means of which the surface of the object or body part is scanned in each case.
A method for producing a quartz glass body, comprising the method steps of: i.) providing a silicon dioxide granulate, wherein the silicon dioxide granulate was produced from pyrogenic silicon dioxide powder and the silicon dioxide granulate comprises the following feature: a BET surface area in a range of from 20 to 40 m 2 /g; ii.) forming a glass melt from the silicon dioxide granulate in a furnace; iii.) forming a quartz glass body from at least part of the glass melt; wherein the furnace comprises at least a first and a further chamber connected to each other by a passage, wherein the first and the further chamber have different temperatures, wherein the temperature in the further chamber is in a range of from 1900 to 2300°C, and wherein the temperature of the first chamber is lower than the temperature of the further chamber by a range of from 1200 to 1800°C. i.) providing a silicon dioxide granulate, wherein the silicon dioxide granulate was produced from pyrogenic silicon dioxide powder and the silicon dioxide granulate comprises the following feature: a BET surface area in a range of from 20 to 40 m 2 /g; ii.) forming a glass melt from the silicon dioxide granulate in a furnace; iii.) forming a quartz glass body from at least part of the glass melt; wherein the furnace comprises at least a first and a further chamber connected to each other by a passage, wherein the first and the further chamber have different temperatures, wherein the temperature in the further chamber is in a range of from 1900 to 2300°C, and wherein the temperature of the first chamber is lower than the temperature of the further chamber by a range of from 1200 to 1800°C. wherein the furnace comprises at least a first and a further chamber connected to each other by a passage, wherein the first and the further chamber have different temperatures, wherein the temperature in the further chamber is in a range of from 1900 to 2300°C, and wherein the temperature of the first chamber is lower than the temperature of the further chamber by a range of from 1200 to 1800°C.
Transcatheter device for the treatment of calcified native heart valve leaflets comprising an outer hollow shaft , an inner hollow shaft slidingly contained within said outer shaft and an axle body slidingly contained within said inner shaft ; the device comprising a a commissure debridement system located at the distal end of the axle body , wherein the commissure debridement system is made of at least two radially expandable arms that are adapted to be inserted in and aligned with native commissures; said device furthermore comprising leaflet supports and leaflet debriders that are slidingly contained between said outer shaft and said inner shaft , said leaflet supports and said leaflet debriders being radially expandable and being adapted to be positioned on each side of the leaflets.
Infiltration gutter for drainage and soil infiltration of water, comprising: - an elongated housing having a water-permeable top side , and - an internal lining , fitted in the housing and manufactured from a water-absorbent material, which is provided with a channel that is open on the top side , wherein the housing , on a longitudinal side, is provided with at least one opening situated at a distance from the water-permeable top side , characterised in that the internal lining connects to at least one water conductor manufactured from water-absorbent material, wherein the water conductor is fed at least partially through at least one of the at least one opening in the housing . - an elongated housing having a water-permeable top side , and - an internal lining , fitted in the housing and manufactured from a water-absorbent material, which is provided with a channel that is open on the top side , wherein the housing , on a longitudinal side, is provided with at least one opening situated at a distance from the water-permeable top side , characterised in that the internal lining connects to at least one water conductor manufactured from water-absorbent material, wherein the water conductor is fed at least partially through at least one of the at least one opening in the housing .
Method of processing a message posting request originating from a social network user (U1), called posting user, comprising the following steps performed by at least one network entity: - a step (330; 530) of receiving, by at least one network entity, a request for posting of a message intended for at least one social network user (U2, U4), called addressee user, and information associated to said message posting request comprising the message and a social network user identifier (idps2, idps4) for each addressee user, - a step (330; 530) of identifying, in said at least one network entity, at least one telephone network's telephone line (idcom2, idcom4) associated, in the social network, with the social network user identifier of an addressee user, in response to receiving the request for posting of the message, - a step (340; 540) of posting, from said at least one network entity, said message in a telephone network's mailbox associated with the identified telephone line, the mailbox of the telephone network being managed by a messaging server of the telephone network in which at least one terminal associated with the identified telephone line establishes telephone communications by using the identified telephone line and - a step of dispatching, from said at least one network entity, in the telephone network, a notification (350; 550) intended for the at least one terminal (T2, T4) associated with the identified telephone line, the notification indicating that the message is available in the telephone network's mailbox associated with the identified telephone line and comprising a social network user identifier assigned to the posting user. - a step (330; 530) of receiving, by at least one network entity, a request for posting of a message intended for at least one social network user (U2, U4), called addressee user, and information associated to said message posting request comprising the message and a social network user identifier (idps2, idps4) for each addressee user, - a step (330; 530) of identifying, in said at least one network entity, at least one telephone network's telephone line (idcom2, idcom4) associated, in the social network, with the social network user identifier of an addressee user, in response to receiving the request for posting of the message, - a step (340; 540) of posting, from said at least one network entity, said message in a telephone network's mailbox associated with the identified telephone line, the mailbox of the telephone network being managed by a messaging server of the telephone network in which at least one terminal associated with the identified telephone line establishes telephone communications by using the identified telephone line and - a step of dispatching, from said at least one network entity, in the telephone network, a notification (350; 550) intended for the at least one terminal (T2, T4) associated with the identified telephone line, the notification indicating that the message is available in the telephone network's mailbox associated with the identified telephone line and comprising a social network user identifier assigned to the posting user.
A printhead assembly comprising an integrated circuit to drive a plurality of fluid actuation devices, the integrated circuit comprising: a status register ; a plurality of interfaces comprising a mode interface , a fire interface , and a data interface , wherein the fire interface is configured to act as a logic input to latch loaded data from the data interface and to enable the plurality of fluid actuation devices; and control logic configured to enable reading of the status register in response to both a signal on the mode interface transitioning to logic high with a logic high signal on the data interface and transitioning a signal on the fire interface to logic high with the signal on the data interface floating, wherein the status register is configured to output data to the data interface with the status register enabled for reading. a status register ; a plurality of interfaces comprising a mode interface , a fire interface , and a data interface , wherein the fire interface is configured to act as a logic input to latch loaded data from the data interface and to enable the plurality of fluid actuation devices; and control logic configured to enable reading of the status register in response to both a signal on the mode interface transitioning to logic high with a logic high signal on the data interface and transitioning a signal on the fire interface to logic high with the signal on the data interface floating, wherein the status register is configured to output data to the data interface with the status register enabled for reading.
An electronic device, comprising: a display; a processor controlling the display; and a computer readable storage medium accessible to the processor and bearing instructions which when executed by the processor cause the processor automatically to gather content assets from a user's devices connected to the electronic device via a network; to associate metadata with at least some of the content assets to act as tags for filtering purposes; to present on the display a user interface (UI), the UI including plural thumbnail images, each of which is associated with one of the content assets, at least some thumbnail images having a category icon superimposed thereon, and each of which when selected causes the content asset to be displayed; and filter selector elements, the filter selector elements causing, when selected, the content assets to be filtered using the metadata tags, in accordance with the selected filter selector elements, wherein the filter selector elements include category selector elements for selectively defining one category of the content assets for which the plural thumbnail images are presented on the display, and content source selector elements, for selectively defining which one of the user's devices is a source of the respective content assets, the thumbnail images which are presented on the display representing the content assets filtered in accordance with the selected one category and the selected source of the respective content assets. a display; a processor controlling the display; and a computer readable storage medium accessible to the processor and bearing instructions which when executed by the processor cause the processor automatically to gather content assets from a user's devices connected to the electronic device via a network; to associate metadata with at least some of the content assets to act as tags for filtering purposes; to present on the display a user interface (UI), the UI including plural thumbnail images, each of which is associated with one of the content assets, at least some thumbnail images having a category icon superimposed thereon, and each of which when selected causes the content asset to be displayed; and filter selector elements, the filter selector elements causing, when selected, the content assets to be filtered using the metadata tags, in accordance with the selected filter selector elements, wherein the filter selector elements include category selector elements for selectively defining one category of the content assets for which the plural thumbnail images are presented on the display, and content source selector elements, for selectively defining which one of the user's devices is a source of the respective content assets, the thumbnail images which are presented on the display representing the content assets filtered in accordance with the selected one category and the selected source of the respective content assets.