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Apparatus for monitoring a predefined level of a medium in a vessel with a unit capable of vibrating mechanically , a drive/reception unit designed to excite the unit capable of vibrating mechanically to produce mechanical vibrations and to receive the vibrations of the unit capable of vibrating mechanically , and an electronic unit designed to generate an electrical excitation signal and to evaluate an electrical reception signal, wherein, using the drive/reception unit , the electronic unit is designed to excite the unit capable of vibrating mechanically to produce mechanical vibrations within a fixed, predefined frequency band with discrete consecutive excitation frequencies, characterized in that the frequency band contains the resonance frequency of the unit capable of vibrating mechanically during a vibration under standard conditions, i.e. in air at normal pressure and room temperature, and has a frequency range with frequencies that deviate by a maximum of 15 % from the resonance frequency at standard conditions, wherein the excitation signal is not generated with frequencies with which a vibration of the unit capable of vibrating mechanically could be excited in the solid or liquid medium if the unit capable of vibrating is fully immersed, and in that the electronic unit is designed to detect the occurrence or not of a vibration - of the unit capable of vibrating mechanically - whose amplitude exceeds a defined threshold within the predefined frequency, and to detect the reaching of the predefined level on the basis of the absence of the vibration, or the undershooting of the predefined level on the basis of the occurrence of the vibrations of the unit capable of vibrating mechanically.
A method for detecting end of a piston stroke in a hydraulic motor comprising a reciprocating piston with a shuttle valve , the method characterized by : determining a magnitude of a rate of change of hydraulic fluid pressure; determining a magnitude of a mean rate of change of hydraulic fluid pressure over said piston stroke; detecting end of piston stroke when: the determined magnitude of a rate of change of hydraulic fluid pressure is greater than the determined magnitude of a mean rate of change of hydraulic fluid pressure over said piston stroke; and noise in a hydraulic fluid pressure signal is less than a limit value. determining a magnitude of a rate of change of hydraulic fluid pressure; determining a magnitude of a mean rate of change of hydraulic fluid pressure over said piston stroke; detecting end of piston stroke when: the determined magnitude of a rate of change of hydraulic fluid pressure is greater than the determined magnitude of a mean rate of change of hydraulic fluid pressure over said piston stroke; and noise in a hydraulic fluid pressure signal is less than a limit value.
A pre-mix for a syntactic phenolic foam composition, the premix comprising thermally expandable and / or expanded thermoplastic microspheres, the microspheres comprising a thermoplastic polymer shell made of a homopolymer or copolymer of 100 to 25, for example 93 to 40, parts by weight of a nitrile-containing, ethylenically unsaturated monomer, or a mixture thereof; and 0 to 75, for example 7 to 60, parts by weight of a non-nitrile-containing, ethylenically unsaturated monomer, or a mixture thereof; and a propellant, or a mixture thereof, trapped within the thermoplastic polymer shell; and a highly reactive phenolic resole resin capable of fully crosslinking at temperatures between 15°C and 25°C, optionally in the presence of up to ten times its own weight in water, and having, typically, a free phenol content of 12-15% (w/w); and wherein the phenolic resole resin has a molecular weight of no greater than 1000 daltons.
A method for a vehicle configured for updating an environmental model of the vehicle , the method using a control module configured for obtaining an environmental model of the vehicle , the environmental model comprising static and dynamic objects in the environment of the vehicle along at least a part of a vehicle's trajectory; assigning information related to correctness probabilities at least to the dynamic objects of the environmental model, wherein the information related to correctness probabilities indicates a confidence on a determined object; determining at least one dynamic object of the environmental model for which the information related to the correctness probability indicates that the correctness probability is below a threshold; and transmitting a broadcast message to the environment of the vehicle to request further information on the at least one dynamic object, wherein the information related to the probability of correctness assigned to the at least one dynamic object at the vehicle is provided with the broadcast message; further comprising receiving at least one response message from another vehicle or a traffic infrastructure entity (200; 300) in the environment with further information related to the at least one dynamic object with a higher correctness probability and updating the environmental model of the vehicle . obtaining an environmental model of the vehicle , the environmental model comprising static and dynamic objects in the environment of the vehicle along at least a part of a vehicle's trajectory; assigning information related to correctness probabilities at least to the dynamic objects of the environmental model, wherein the information related to correctness probabilities indicates a confidence on a determined object; determining at least one dynamic object of the environmental model for which the information related to the correctness probability indicates that the correctness probability is below a threshold; and transmitting a broadcast message to the environment of the vehicle to request further information on the at least one dynamic object, wherein the information related to the probability of correctness assigned to the at least one dynamic object at the vehicle is provided with the broadcast message; further comprising receiving at least one response message from another vehicle or a traffic infrastructure entity (200; 300) in the environment with further information related to the at least one dynamic object with a higher correctness probability and updating the environmental model of the vehicle .
An oxidative stress modulating composition comprising: an amount of a combination of apple extract, grape extract, green tea extract, and olive extract that provides a greater combined antioxidant activity than provided by a sum of individual antioxidant activities of the individual components of the combination.
An exhaust gas-purifying catalyst comprising: a substrate; a hydrocarbon-adsorbing layer covering the substrate; and a catalytic layer covering the hydrocarbon-adsorbing layer, wherein the catalytic layer includes a layered structure of a first catalytic layer including palladium and rhodium and a carrier supporting them, and a second catalytic layer including palladium and rhodium and a carrier supporting them, a concentration of palladium in the second catalytic layer being higher than that in the first catalytic layer, and a concentration of rhodium in the second catalytic layer being higher than that in the first catalytic layer, wherein the second catalytic layer is interposed between the substrate and the first catalytic layer. a substrate; a hydrocarbon-adsorbing layer covering the substrate; and a catalytic layer covering the hydrocarbon-adsorbing layer, wherein the catalytic layer includes a layered structure of a first catalytic layer including palladium and rhodium and a carrier supporting them, and a second catalytic layer including palladium and rhodium and a carrier supporting them, a concentration of palladium in the second catalytic layer being higher than that in the first catalytic layer, and a concentration of rhodium in the second catalytic layer being higher than that in the first catalytic layer, wherein the second catalytic layer is interposed between the substrate and the first catalytic layer.
A device for generating ozone from oxygen-containing gas by silent electric discharge with electrodes which are installed in a nesting manner with at least two high-voltage electrodes and at least one ground electrode , wherein between each high-voltage electrode and ground electrode a dielectric is arranged, and wherein at least two discharge gaps are formed, which are traversed by the gas, characterized in that the device has means for applying a different voltage to each single gap according to the individual gap width.
A vertical take-off and landing aircraft comprising: a fuselage ; either: only one wing on each side of the aircraft, each one wing connected to the fuselage; and a plurality of booms mounted to the wings, or only one wing , the only one wing extending across the aircraft, the only one wing connected to the fuselage; and a plurality of booms mounted to the only one wing; a plurality of rotors for providing lift for vertical take-off and landing of the aircraft; a plurality of proprotors tiltable between lift configurations for providing lift for vertical take-off and landing of the aircraft and propulsion configurations for providing forward thrust to the aircraft; and a control system configured to actively alter a tilt of at least one proprotor to generate yawing moments during takeoff, landing and/or hover, wherein one rotor of the plurality of rotors and one proprotor of the plurality of proprotors are mounted to each boom; wherein each boom comprises a front end and a rear end, wherein each boom supports the one proprotor at its front end and the one rotor at its rear end. a fuselage ; either: only one wing on each side of the aircraft, each one wing connected to the fuselage; and a plurality of booms mounted to the wings, or only one wing , the only one wing extending across the aircraft, the only one wing connected to the fuselage; and a plurality of booms mounted to the only one wing; only one wing on each side of the aircraft, each one wing connected to the fuselage; and a plurality of booms mounted to the wings, or only one wing , the only one wing extending across the aircraft, the only one wing connected to the fuselage; and a plurality of booms mounted to the only one wing; a plurality of rotors for providing lift for vertical take-off and landing of the aircraft; a plurality of proprotors tiltable between lift configurations for providing lift for vertical take-off and landing of the aircraft and propulsion configurations for providing forward thrust to the aircraft; and a control system configured to actively alter a tilt of at least one proprotor to generate yawing moments during takeoff, landing and/or hover, wherein one rotor of the plurality of rotors and one proprotor of the plurality of proprotors are mounted to each boom; wherein each boom comprises a front end and a rear end, wherein each boom supports the one proprotor at its front end and the one rotor at its rear end.
A method for drying writings and/or images made by digital inkjet printing on a glass sheet (L) in a plant comprising a work surface which supports said glass sheet (L), an inkjet printhead and drying means supplied by an electric power source and mechanically associated with means for moving said drying means along at least one displacement direction (Y) parallel to the underlying glass sheet (L), said method comprising a plurality of translations (T, Ts, Ts', Ts") of said drying means along said at least one displacement direction (Y) and according to mutually opposite directions (Ya; Yr) starting from the initial/final edge to end up on the final/initial edge of said glass sheet (L), and vice versa, characterized in that the intensity value (A) of the electric current supplying said drying means during any one of said translations (T, Ts, Ts', Ts") is greater than the intensity value (A) of the electric current supplying said drying means during the previous translation.
A control valve for affecting a process medium stream of a process plant comprising a diagnostic system for function-monitoring an actuator, wherein the diagnostic system comprises: an optical microphone being allocated to the actuator, which microphone measures an acoustic, actuator-specific operating signal by electromagnetic radiation that is affected by the acoustic, actuator-specific operating signal, wherein the optical microphone generates an electrical measuring signal that depends on the acoustic, actuator-specific operating signal; and an electric diagnostic device that receives and stores, processes and/or transmits the electrical measuring signal, wherein the optical microphone is designed witout diaphragm, wherein the optical microphone is formed by an arrangement of at least two optical microphone units to conduct a three-dimensional resolution of a sound field of the acoustic, actuator-specific operating signal by the measuring signals being respectively generated by the microphone units. an optical microphone being allocated to the actuator, which microphone measures an acoustic, actuator-specific operating signal by electromagnetic radiation that is affected by the acoustic, actuator-specific operating signal, wherein the optical microphone generates an electrical measuring signal that depends on the acoustic, actuator-specific operating signal; and an electric diagnostic device that receives and stores, processes and/or transmits the electrical measuring signal, wherein the optical microphone is designed witout diaphragm, wherein the optical microphone is formed by an arrangement of at least two optical microphone units to conduct a three-dimensional resolution of a sound field of the acoustic, actuator-specific operating signal by the measuring signals being respectively generated by the microphone units.
A reader device for reading information stored on a magnetic strip containing a plurality of polarized magnets, each providing a magnetic flux, said reader device comprising: a magnetoresistive sensor including a plurality of magnetoresistive elements and configured for reading the information stored on the magnetic strip and outputting a read signal ; a processing module configured for decoding the read signal and extracting binary data ; wherein the read signal comprises amplitude information of the magnetic flux; characterized in that the processing module is further configured for decoding the read signal using the amplitude information of the read signal by determining the absolute value signal from the read signal; from the absolute value signal , determining a threshold value ; detecting peaks from the derivative of the absolute value signal ; for each detected peak , comparing the absolute value signal with the threshold value ; and assigning a bit "0" if the absolute voltage value is higher than the threshold value and assigning a bit "1" if the absolute voltage value is lower than the threshold value. a magnetoresistive sensor including a plurality of magnetoresistive elements and configured for reading the information stored on the magnetic strip and outputting a read signal ; a processing module configured for decoding the read signal and extracting binary data ; wherein the read signal comprises amplitude information of the magnetic flux; characterized in that the processing module is further configured for decoding the read signal using the amplitude information of the read signal by determining the absolute value signal from the read signal; from the absolute value signal , determining a threshold value ; detecting peaks from the derivative of the absolute value signal ; for each detected peak , comparing the absolute value signal with the threshold value ; and assigning a bit "0" if the absolute voltage value is higher than the threshold value and assigning a bit "1" if the absolute voltage value is lower than the threshold value.
A continuously variable transmission control method for controlling entry and exit of oil in a primary pulley oil chamber by an electric oil pump disposed in an oil path between the primary pulley oil chamber and a secondary pulley oil chamber , characterized by : comparing a temperature of the electric oil pump with a first threshold, wherein the temperature of the electric oil pump includes temperatures of electric system components of the oil pump such as an electric motor driving the electric oil pump and an inverter ; and restricting a shift amount of a continuously variable transmission when the temperature of the electric oil pump is higher than the first threshold. comparing a temperature of the electric oil pump with a first threshold, wherein the temperature of the electric oil pump includes temperatures of electric system components of the oil pump such as an electric motor driving the electric oil pump and an inverter ; and restricting a shift amount of a continuously variable transmission when the temperature of the electric oil pump is higher than the first threshold.
A method for evaporative cooling, the method comprising the steps of bringing a composition comprising 1,1,1-trifluoro-3-chloropropene (HFCO-1233zd) into contact, either directly or indirectly, with a body to be cooled and thereafter permitting the composition to evaporate or boil while in contact with said body, thereby absorbing heat from said body, wherein the composition is in liquid form and is sprayed onto the body to be cooled, wherein the method is not a method for treatment of the human or animal body by surgery or therapy.
Process for preparing N-methyl(meth)acrylamide, characterized in that a) (meth)acrylic anhydride is reacted with methylamine, b) the methylamine has a water content of < 10% by weight, c) the stoichiometry of (meth)acrylic anhydride:amine is within the range of 1:less than 2 to 1:1. a) (meth)acrylic anhydride is reacted with methylamine, b) the methylamine has a water content of < 10% by weight, c) the stoichiometry of (meth)acrylic anhydride:amine is within the range of 1:less than 2 to 1:1.
A sulfonate-based grease composition consisting of the following ingredients: overbased calcium sulfonate, overbased magnesium sulfonate, water, and an optional base oil; wherein the amount of overbased calcium sulfonate is 10-45% by weight of the final grease and the amount of overbased magnesium sulfonate is 0.1-30% by weight of the final grease, wherein the amount of overbased calcium sulfonate is around 1.5 to 100 times the amount of overbased magnesium sulfonate, optionally one or more of the following ingredients: one or more calcium containing bases, one or more complexing acids, one or more facilitating acids, or an alkali metal hydroxide, wherein the complexing acid is selected from 12-hydroxystearic acid, boric acid, acetic acid, or phosphoric acid, obtainable by a method comprising: adding and mixing an amount of overbased calcium sulfonate containing amorphous calcium carbonate dispersed therein, an amount of overbased magnesium sulfonate, an optional amount of base oil, and water to form a pre-conversion mixture; and converting the pre-conversion mixture to a converted mixture by heating in an open kettle until conversion of the amorphous calcium carbonate to crystalline calcium carbonate has occurred. overbased calcium sulfonate, overbased magnesium sulfonate, water, and an optional base oil; wherein the amount of overbased calcium sulfonate is 10-45% by weight of the final grease and the amount of overbased magnesium sulfonate is 0.1-30% by weight of the final grease, wherein the amount of overbased calcium sulfonate is around 1.5 to 100 times the amount of overbased magnesium sulfonate, optionally one or more of the following ingredients: one or more calcium containing bases, one or more complexing acids, one or more facilitating acids, or an alkali metal hydroxide, wherein the complexing acid is selected from 12-hydroxystearic acid, boric acid, acetic acid, or phosphoric acid, obtainable by a method comprising: adding and mixing an amount of overbased calcium sulfonate containing amorphous calcium carbonate dispersed therein, an amount of overbased magnesium sulfonate, an optional amount of base oil, and water to form a pre-conversion mixture; and converting the pre-conversion mixture to a converted mixture by heating in an open kettle until conversion of the amorphous calcium carbonate to crystalline calcium carbonate has occurred. adding and mixing an amount of overbased calcium sulfonate containing amorphous calcium carbonate dispersed therein, an amount of overbased magnesium sulfonate, an optional amount of base oil, and water to form a pre-conversion mixture; and converting the pre-conversion mixture to a converted mixture by heating in an open kettle until conversion of the amorphous calcium carbonate to crystalline calcium carbonate has occurred.
A seat occupancy sensor which is disposed below a cushion pad of a seat , the seat occupancy sensor comprising: a pair of flexible insulating sheets ; a sheet-like spacer which is interposed between the pair of insulating sheets and is provided with at least one opening ; a pair of electrodes which is provided on the respective surfaces of the pair of insulating sheets and faces each other through the opening ; and a cushion member which is provided at the opposite side to the spacer in at least one of the pair of insulating sheets and covers at least a part of the opening through the insulating sheet , the cushion member falls within an outer periphery of the pair of insulating sheets . a pair of flexible insulating sheets ; a sheet-like spacer which is interposed between the pair of insulating sheets and is provided with at least one opening ; a pair of electrodes which is provided on the respective surfaces of the pair of insulating sheets and faces each other through the opening ; and a cushion member which is provided at the opposite side to the spacer in at least one of the pair of insulating sheets and covers at least a part of the opening through the insulating sheet , the cushion member falls within an outer periphery of the pair of insulating sheets .
Artificial eye lens having at least one optical part , which comprises a front side and a back side opposite the front side , wherein the artificial eye lens comprises an image projection device , characterized in that the image projection device is used to project optical information created by the image projection device itself at least onto the back side of the optical part , wherein the image projection device enables image creation independently of the optical imaging property of the optical part , wherein the image projection device is arranged on or in the optical part such that it radiates the light image emitted thereby directly to the back side , and the image projection device is designed to project optical information created by the image projection device backwards through the back side of the optical part and out of the optical part .