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A fitting assembly suitable for joining a first pipe and a second pipe , the assembly comprising: a fitting having a recess in a distal end for receiving an end of the first pipe , wherein the fitting has a medial portion that is the portion where, in use, the first pipe and the second pipe abut one another; a sealing ring in the recess to provide a fluid-tight seal after the fitting is pressed; and a grab-ring in the recess having a continuous sharp inner edge to engage an outer surface of the first pipe after the fitting is pressed, characterised in that the grab-ring has a first surface adjacent to the fitting , a second surface that extends between the surface of the fitting and the outer surface of the first pipe , and a third surface , whereby the continuous sharp inner edge, which is the sharpest edge of the grab-ring , is defined by the meeting of second surface and third surface , wherein the second surface has an inner edge which is the edge closest to the first pipe , and an outer edge which is the edge furthest from the first pipe , and wherein the second surface is angled, so that its inner edge is closest to the medial portion of the fitting and its outer edge is further from the medial portion of the fitting , such that the sharpest edge of the grab-ring is slanted toward the medial portion of the fitting . a fitting having a recess in a distal end for receiving an end of the first pipe , wherein the fitting has a medial portion that is the portion where, in use, the first pipe and the second pipe abut one another; a sealing ring in the recess to provide a fluid-tight seal after the fitting is pressed; and a grab-ring in the recess having a continuous sharp inner edge to engage an outer surface of the first pipe after the fitting is pressed, characterised in that the grab-ring has a first surface adjacent to the fitting , a second surface that extends between the surface of the fitting and the outer surface of the first pipe , and a third surface , whereby the continuous sharp inner edge, which is the sharpest edge of the grab-ring , is defined by the meeting of second surface and third surface , wherein the second surface has an inner edge which is the edge closest to the first pipe , and an outer edge which is the edge furthest from the first pipe , and wherein the second surface is angled, so that its inner edge is closest to the medial portion of the fitting and its outer edge is further from the medial portion of the fitting , such that the sharpest edge of the grab-ring is slanted toward the medial portion of the fitting .
A method for casting a steering-wheel core including a boss core portion adapted to be coupled to a steering shaft (S), a rim core portion , and a spoke core portion that couples the boss core portion and the rim core portion to each other, the boss core portion having a nut seat surface that makes contact with a nut (N) when the nut (N) is fastened to a distal end of a steering shaft inserted into the boss core portion , the method comprising: providing a protruding portion on a surface of an inner surface of a casting die , with the surface defining the nut seat surface ; and causing a molten metal to hit on the protruding portion when the molten metal is flown into the casting die so that a flowing direction of the molten metal flowing toward the surface that defines the nut seat surface is changed. providing a protruding portion on a surface of an inner surface of a casting die , with the surface defining the nut seat surface ; and causing a molten metal to hit on the protruding portion when the molten metal is flown into the casting die so that a flowing direction of the molten metal flowing toward the surface that defines the nut seat surface is changed.
A vehicular battery pack (BP) comprising a container, cells (C) arranged in layers (L) one above the other in the container, high-voltage electrical components, including safety and measurement devices, wherein said high-voltage electrical components are grouped together and enclosed in a housing (EB) defining a second wall (S2.2) of a pair of second walls (S2.1, S2.2) of the container arranged opposite one another, and wherein said cells are mutually connected so as to power a first pair of electric terminals (BB1, BB2) that protrude to penetrate said housing (EB), and wherein said high-voltage electrical components comprise a second pair of electric terminals (TB1, TB2) suitable, in use, to directly or indirectly contact said first pair of electric terminals in order to be powered, and wherein said housing comprises a first and a second opening arranged on opposite sides of the housing so that a first of said first pair of electric terminals is only accessible through said first opening and a second terminal of said first pair of terminals is only accessible from said second opening.
A method of operating a lift that transitions a lift chair between a resting position and a standing position, the method comprising: receiving a first electrical signal having a first voltage from a user interface ; determining whether the first voltage is greater than a positive predetermined threshold; generating a second electrical signal having a second voltage when the first voltage is greater than the positive predetermined threshold, the second voltage being greater than the first voltage; transmitting the first electrical signal to an actuator of a chair to cause the lift to transition the lift chair from the resting position to the standing position at a first speed during a first time period followed by the second electrical signal to the actuator to cause the lift to transition the lift chair from the resting position to the standing position at a second speed during the second time period when the first voltage is greater than the positive predetermined threshold; transmitting the first electrical signal to the actuator to cause the lift to transition the lift chair from the resting position to the standing position when the first voltage is less than the positive predetermined threshold; and wherein the first voltage is greater than the positive predetermined threshold when the first electrical signal is derived from a power source greater than a battery backup power source; and/or wherein the first voltage is less than the positive predetermined threshold when the first electrical signal is derived from a battery backup power source. receiving a first electrical signal having a first voltage from a user interface ; determining whether the first voltage is greater than a positive predetermined threshold; generating a second electrical signal having a second voltage when the first voltage is greater than the positive predetermined threshold, the second voltage being greater than the first voltage; transmitting the first electrical signal to an actuator of a chair to cause the lift to transition the lift chair from the resting position to the standing position at a first speed during a first time period followed by the second electrical signal to the actuator to cause the lift to transition the lift chair from the resting position to the standing position at a second speed during the second time period when the first voltage is greater than the positive predetermined threshold; transmitting the first electrical signal to the actuator to cause the lift to transition the lift chair from the resting position to the standing position when the first voltage is less than the positive predetermined threshold; and wherein the first voltage is greater than the positive predetermined threshold when the first electrical signal is derived from a power source greater than a battery backup power source; and/or wherein the first voltage is less than the positive predetermined threshold when the first electrical signal is derived from a battery backup power source.
An information transmission method, comprising: sending (S201), by a network device , a broadcast frame, wherein: the broadcast frame comprises first duration information and second duration information; the first duration information is used to indicate a first time range of association beamforming training, A-BFT, for a first user equipment corresponding to the 802.11ad standard, from which a timeslot is to be selected randomly by the first user equipment ; and the second duration information is used to indicate a second time range of A-BFT for a second user equipment corresponding to the 802.11ay standard, from which a timeslot is to be selected randomly by the second user equipment , wherein the duration of the second time range is greater than the duration of the first time range; receiving (S204), by the network device , a sector sweep, SSW, frame sent by the first user equipment in the timeslot randomly selected from the first time range; and receiving (S205), by the network device , a short sector sweep, SSSW, frame sent by the second user equipment in the timeslot randomly selected from the second time range, the SSSW frame having a shorter transmission duration than the SSW frame. sending (S201), by a network device , a broadcast frame, wherein: the broadcast frame comprises first duration information and second duration information; the first duration information is used to indicate a first time range of association beamforming training, A-BFT, for a first user equipment corresponding to the 802.11ad standard, from which a timeslot is to be selected randomly by the first user equipment ; and the second duration information is used to indicate a second time range of A-BFT for a second user equipment corresponding to the 802.11ay standard, from which a timeslot is to be selected randomly by the second user equipment , wherein the duration of the second time range is greater than the duration of the first time range; receiving (S204), by the network device , a sector sweep, SSW, frame sent by the first user equipment in the timeslot randomly selected from the first time range; and receiving (S205), by the network device , a short sector sweep, SSSW, frame sent by the second user equipment in the timeslot randomly selected from the second time range, the SSSW frame having a shorter transmission duration than the SSW frame.
- Method for attitude control of a satellite in inclined low orbit in survival mode, the satellite comprising at least one solar generator , at least one solar sensor , magnetic torquers capable of forming internal magnetic moments in a satellite reference frame comprising three orthogonal axes X, Y, and Z, and inertial actuators capable of forming internal angular momentums in said satellite reference frame, the at least one solar sensor has a field of view at least 180° wide in the XZ plane around the Z axis, the at least one solar generator is stationary in the satellite reference frame during survival mode and directed so as to generate electrical energy when the sun (S) is located along the Z axis within the field of view of the at least one solar sensor, the method comprising: - a step of attitude control using a first control law according to which the magnetic torquers are controlled to form torques along the X, Y, and Z axes in order to limit the variations of the Earth's magnetic field in the satellite reference frame, and the inertial actuators are controlled to form an internal angular momentum along the X axis, - a step of searching for the sun by means of the at least one solar sensor , making it possible to detect whether the satellite is in a phase of visibility of the sun, - when a first phase of visibility of the sun is detected: a step of attitude control using a second control law according to which the magnetic torquers are controlled to limit the variations of the Earth's magnetic field in the satellite reference frame by forming attitude control torques along the Z axis, and the inertial actuators are controlled to form torques along the X and Y axes to place and maintain the satellite in an attitude in an inertial reference frame in which the at least one solar generator is directed towards the sun. - a step of attitude control using a first control law according to which the magnetic torquers are controlled to form torques along the X, Y, and Z axes in order to limit the variations of the Earth's magnetic field in the satellite reference frame, and the inertial actuators are controlled to form an internal angular momentum along the X axis, - a step of searching for the sun by means of the at least one solar sensor , making it possible to detect whether the satellite is in a phase of visibility of the sun, - when a first phase of visibility of the sun is detected: a step of attitude control using a second control law according to which the magnetic torquers are controlled to limit the variations of the Earth's magnetic field in the satellite reference frame by forming attitude control torques along the Z axis, and the inertial actuators are controlled to form torques along the X and Y axes to place and maintain the satellite in an attitude in an inertial reference frame in which the at least one solar generator is directed towards the sun.
An apparatus suitable for detecting X-rays, comprising: an X-ray absorption layer and a mask ; wherein the mask comprises a first window and a second window ; and a portior between the first window and the second window; wherein the first and second windows are not opaque to an incident X-ray; wherein the portion is opaque to the incident X-ray; and characterised in that the first and second windows are arranged such that charge carriers generated in the X-ray absorption layer by an X-ray photon propagating through the first window and charge carriers generated in the X-ray absorption layer by an X-ray photon propagating through the second window do not spatially overlap. an X-ray absorption layer and a mask ; wherein the mask comprises a first window and a second window ; and a portior between the first window and the second window; wherein the first and second windows are not opaque to an incident X-ray; wherein the portion is opaque to the incident X-ray; and characterised in that the first and second windows are arranged such that charge carriers generated in the X-ray absorption layer by an X-ray photon propagating through the first window and charge carriers generated in the X-ray absorption layer by an X-ray photon propagating through the second window do not spatially overlap.
Cooling fabric comprising a moisture-permeable inner surface layer, a three dimensional spacer fabric and an outer surface layer, wherein the outer surface layer has an air permeability of at most 250 l/dm 2 /min at 500 Pa measured according to ISO 9237 and wherein the three dimensional spacer fabric comprises monofilaments extending across the spacer fabric, wherein the monofilaments have a linear density of at least 250 dtex and wherein the monofilaments are present at a density of at most 124 monofilaments per cm 2 (800 monofilaments per square-inch).
A compound of the formula: wherein R 1 is hydrogen or methyl; and R 2 is: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. wherein R 1 is hydrogen or methyl; and R 2 is: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
A polymeric sorbent comprising a reaction product of: (a) a precursor polymeric material comprising a polymerized product of a polymerizable composition comprising 8 to 65 weight percent maleic anhydride based on the total weight of monomers in the polymerizable composition; 30 to 85 weight percent divinylbenzene based on the total weight of monomers in the polymerizable composition; and 0 to 20 weight percent of a styrene-type monomer based on the total weight of monomers in the polymerizable composition, wherein the styrene-type monomer is styrene, an alkyl-substituted styrene, or a combination thereof; and (b) a nitrogen-containing compound that is selected from ammonia or a compound having at least one primary amino group or at least one secondary amino group, wherein the polymeric sorbent has covalently attached nitrogen-containing groups. (a) a precursor polymeric material comprising a polymerized product of a polymerizable composition comprising 8 to 65 weight percent maleic anhydride based on the total weight of monomers in the polymerizable composition; 30 to 85 weight percent divinylbenzene based on the total weight of monomers in the polymerizable composition; and 0 to 20 weight percent of a styrene-type monomer based on the total weight of monomers in the polymerizable composition, wherein the styrene-type monomer is styrene, an alkyl-substituted styrene, or a combination thereof; and 8 to 65 weight percent maleic anhydride based on the total weight of monomers in the polymerizable composition; 30 to 85 weight percent divinylbenzene based on the total weight of monomers in the polymerizable composition; and 0 to 20 weight percent of a styrene-type monomer based on the total weight of monomers in the polymerizable composition, wherein the styrene-type monomer is styrene, an alkyl-substituted styrene, or a combination thereof; and (b) a nitrogen-containing compound that is selected from ammonia or a compound having at least one primary amino group or at least one secondary amino group, wherein the polymeric sorbent has covalently attached nitrogen-containing groups.
A system for generating a lead parameter, comprising: a pulse generator configured to generate an electrical signal; an implanted lead in communication with the pulse generator and configured to transmit the electrical signal to an anatomical element; a processor; and a memory storing data for processing by the processor, the data, when processed, causes the processor to: receive a first image of an anatomical region, wherein the first image depicts the anatomical element and at least a portion of an initial lead; receive an initial lead parameter associated with the initial lead; receive a second image of the anatomical region, wherein the second image depicts at least a portion of the anatomical element and at least a portion of the implanted lead, the second image being received at a different time than the first image; and generate an implanted lead parameter for the implanted lead based on a combination of the initial lead parameter and a correlation of the first image with the second image. a pulse generator configured to generate an electrical signal; an implanted lead in communication with the pulse generator and configured to transmit the electrical signal to an anatomical element; a processor; and a memory storing data for processing by the processor, the data, when processed, causes the processor to: receive a first image of an anatomical region, wherein the first image depicts the anatomical element and at least a portion of an initial lead; receive an initial lead parameter associated with the initial lead; receive a second image of the anatomical region, wherein the second image depicts at least a portion of the anatomical element and at least a portion of the implanted lead, the second image being received at a different time than the first image; and generate an implanted lead parameter for the implanted lead based on a combination of the initial lead parameter and a correlation of the first image with the second image. receive a first image of an anatomical region, wherein the first image depicts the anatomical element and at least a portion of an initial lead; receive an initial lead parameter associated with the initial lead; receive a second image of the anatomical region, wherein the second image depicts at least a portion of the anatomical element and at least a portion of the implanted lead, the second image being received at a different time than the first image; and generate an implanted lead parameter for the implanted lead based on a combination of the initial lead parameter and a correlation of the first image with the second image.
Device for feeding products , comprising a compartment for storing a plurality of products , on which compartment one or more products can be removed from a removal region , and on the side opposite the removal region a slider pretensioned by a spring rests against one of the products , and is moved in the feed direction when a product is removed, wherein a sensor is provided for recording the stock of products, wherein the sensor for recording the stock of products is arranged on the slider and is movable therewith and a motion sensor is arranged on the slider , by means of which a movement of the slider can be detected in order to carry out at least one measurement for recording the stock of products when the slider moves, wherein a circuit board is provided on the slider , which circuit board comprises the motion sensor and the sensor for recording the stock of products, characterized in that evaluation electronics are provided on the circuit board which are connected to the sensor for recording the stock or products, and that the sensor for recording the stock of products comprises an optical sensor which can emit electromagnetic waves and detect a reflection, wherein the optical sensor emits a wave beam which is reflected by a rear wall or another component, and that the optical sensor carries out a distance measurement, wherein the detection of a position of the slider relative to a fixed point, for example the rear wall , is carried out by measuring the time until the reflected beam arrives again at the optical sensor , and the length of the products arranged one behind the other between the removal region and the slider is calculated and, depending on the thickness of the products, the number of products still in the compartment also is determined.
A laundry dryer comprising: - a cabinet , - a drum rotatably accommodated within said cabinet ; - a transportation device associated to the cabinet and configured for being movable between an enabled position, where the transportation device engages the drum and a disabled position, where the transportation device does not engage the drum ; characterized in that the drum comprises a first region having a first strength and a second region having a second strength which is lower than the first strength, whereby the term strength refers to the ability of a material to withstand an applied load without deforming, and said transportation device , when placed in said enabled position, engages a radially outer portion of the first region of the drum so that a deformation of the drum is prevented during transportation of the laundry dryer and/or in case of fall of the laundry dryer . - a cabinet , - a drum rotatably accommodated within said cabinet ; - a transportation device associated to the cabinet and configured for being movable between an enabled position, where the transportation device engages the drum and a disabled position, where the transportation device does not engage the drum ; the drum comprises a first region having a first strength and a second region having a second strength which is lower than the first strength, whereby the term strength refers to the ability of a material to withstand an applied load without deforming, and said transportation device , when placed in said enabled position, engages a radially outer portion of the first region of the drum so that a deformation of the drum is prevented during transportation of the laundry dryer and/or in case of fall of the laundry dryer .