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A method of forming an electrical resistor having a target electrical resistance by additive manufacturing comprising the steps of: forming an electrically resistive layer on a substrate ; measuring an electrical resistance-related parameter of the electrically resistive layer and determining from the electrical resistance-related parameter a target length (L) of the electrically resistive layer corresponding to the target electrical resistance; and forming a first electrically conductive terminal and a second electrically conductive terminal contacting the electrically resistive layer , said first and second electrically conductive terminals being separated by a distance corresponding to the target length (L), such that an electrical resistance of a portion of the electrically resistive layer extending between the first electrically conductive terminal and the second electrically conductive terminal corresponds to the target electrical resistance. forming an electrically resistive layer on a substrate ; measuring an electrical resistance-related parameter of the electrically resistive layer and determining from the electrical resistance-related parameter a target length (L) of the electrically resistive layer corresponding to the target electrical resistance; and forming a first electrically conductive terminal and a second electrically conductive terminal contacting the electrically resistive layer , said first and second electrically conductive terminals being separated by a distance corresponding to the target length (L), such that an electrical resistance of a portion of the electrically resistive layer extending between the first electrically conductive terminal and the second electrically conductive terminal corresponds to the target electrical resistance.
An airfoil of a gas turbine engine having a platform and a root extending from the platform , the root comprising: a first portion having a generally cylindrical shape; and a second portion extending from the first portion to the platform , the second portion having a circumference larger than a circumference of the first portion , wherein the second portion increases in cross-sectional area from the first portion to the platform ; and further comprising a third portion between the first portion and the second portion , the third portion having a generally arcuate shape; characterized in that the second portion has a generally conical shape. a first portion having a generally cylindrical shape; and a second portion extending from the first portion to the platform , the second portion having a circumference larger than a circumference of the first portion , wherein the second portion increases in cross-sectional area from the first portion to the platform ; and further comprising a third portion between the first portion and the second portion , the third portion having a generally arcuate shape; characterized in that the second portion has a generally conical shape.
A solar cell module comprising: a plurality of solar cells (C1, C2) each including a semiconductor substrate and first and second electrodes on the semiconductor substrate , the first and second electrodes being alternately positioned in a first direction and extended in a second direction intersecting the first direction; a first conductive line extended in the first direction to intersect the first and second electrodes in each solar cell, connected to the first electrode at an intersection between the first electrode and the first conductive line by a first conductive layer , and insulated from the second electrode at an intersection between the second electrode and the first conductive line by an insulating layer ; and a second conductive line positioned in parallel with the first conductive line , connected to the second electrode at an intersection between the second electrode and the second conductive line by the first conductive layer , and insulated from the first electrode at an intersection between the first electrode and the second conductivline by the insulating layer , wherein each of the first and second electrodes includes a bridge electrode connecting adjacent first electrodes or adjacent second electrodes , characterized in that each of the first and second conductive lines is attached to the bridge electrode by a second conductive layer , wherein a width (S2) of the second conductive layer in the first direction is greater than a width (S1) of the first conductive layer in the first direction. a plurality of solar cells (C1, C2) each including a semiconductor substrate and first and second electrodes on the semiconductor substrate , the first and second electrodes being alternately positioned in a first direction and extended in a second direction intersecting the first direction; a first conductive line extended in the first direction to intersect the first and second electrodes in each solar cell, connected to the first electrode at an intersection between the first electrode and the first conductive line by a first conductive layer , and insulated from the second electrode at an intersection between the second electrode and the first conductive line by an insulating layer ; and a second conductive line positioned in parallel with the first conductive line , connected to the second electrode at an intersection between the second electrode and the second conductive line by the first conductive layer , and insulated from the first electrode at an intersection between the first electrode and the second conductivline by the insulating layer , wherein each of the first and second electrodes includes a bridge electrode connecting adjacent first electrodes or adjacent second electrodes , characterized in that each of the first and second conductive lines is attached to the bridge electrode by a second conductive layer , wherein a width (S2) of the second conductive layer in the first direction is greater than a width (S1) of the first conductive layer in the first direction.
An implantable prosthetic device for helping to seal native heart valves and prevent or reduce regurgitation therethrough, the prosthetic device comprising: a coaption element having a non-cylindrical shape; a plurality of paddles moveable from a closed position to an open position such as to capture native mitral or tricuspid valve leaflets between the paddles and the coaption element ; a plurality of clasps moveable from an open position to a closed position. a coaption element having a non-cylindrical shape; a plurality of paddles moveable from a closed position to an open position such as to capture native mitral or tricuspid valve leaflets between the paddles and the coaption element ; a plurality of clasps moveable from an open position to a closed position.
A turbojet engine comprising a fan , a compressor , a combustion chamber and a turbine configured to rotatably drive the fan via a first reduction gear and the compressor via a second reduction gear , wherein an outlet of the first reduction gear is rotatably coupled to an inlet of the second reduction gear by a reduction shaft , characterized in that the reduction shaft is supported by a bearing arranged between the first reduction gear and the second reduction gear .
A fuel tank inerting system for an aircraft, the system comprising: a fuel tank ; a first reactant source fluidly connected to the fuel tank, the first reactant source arranged to receive fuel from the fuel tank; a second reactant source; a catalytic reactor arranged to receive a first reactant from the first reactant source and a second reactant from the second reactant source to generate an inert gas that is supplied to the fuel tank to fill an ullage space of the fuel tank; a condensing heat exchanger arranged between the catalytic reactor and the fuel tank and configured to at least one of cool and condense an output from the catalytic reactor to separate out the inert gas; and a controller configured to perform a light-off operation of the catalytic reactor by controlling a light-off parameter and, after light-off occurs, adjusting the light-off parameter to an operating level, wherein at least one light-off parameter comprises an air-to-fuel ratio. a fuel tank ; a first reactant source fluidly connected to the fuel tank, the first reactant source arranged to receive fuel from the fuel tank; a second reactant source; a catalytic reactor arranged to receive a first reactant from the first reactant source and a second reactant from the second reactant source to generate an inert gas that is supplied to the fuel tank to fill an ullage space of the fuel tank; a condensing heat exchanger arranged between the catalytic reactor and the fuel tank and configured to at least one of cool and condense an output from the catalytic reactor to separate out the inert gas; and a controller configured to perform a light-off operation of the catalytic reactor by controlling a light-off parameter and, after light-off occurs, adjusting the light-off parameter to an operating level, wherein at least one light-off parameter comprises an air-to-fuel ratio.
Magnetic foot for a power tool, more particularly for a magnetic core drilling machine, having a base body comprising a bearing surface for contacting a workpiece to be machined and in which at least one first permanent magnet and at least one second permanent magnet are accommodated, the magnetic forces of which interact to form a resultant holding force, wherein the at least one first permanent magnet and the at least one second permanent magnet are each rotatably mounted about their own axis of rotation in the base body between a first position, in which the resultant holding force of the magnetic foot is maximized, and a second position, in which the resultant holding force of the magnetic foot is minimized, characterized in that , in the second position, the poles of adjacent permanent magnets which face the bearing surface comprise unequal polarity.
A method for determining an optical signal-to-noise ratio of a modulated optical signal propagating in a transmission link, the modulated optical signal comprising a plurality of wavelength channels, the method comprising: (a) measuring an optical power spectrum of the modulated optical signal, the optical power spectrum comprising at least one of the plurality of wavelength channels; (b) measuring a time-varying parameter of the modulated optical signal comprising at least one of: time-varying optical signal amplitudes and phases in two mutually orthogonal polarization states, and time-varying optical signal power levels in two mutually orthogonal polarization states; wherein the time-varying parameter is measured in the two mutually orthogonal polarization states at a first predetermined optical frequency and is simultaneously measured at a second predetermined optical frequency, wherein the first and second predetermined optical frequencies are in a selected one of the plurality of wavelength channels and are separated by a non-zero frequency interval; (c) determining a correlation between the time-varying parameters measured in step (b) at the first and second optical frequencies by calculating a correlation coefficient between the time-varying parameters at the first and second optical frequencies; and (d) determining an optical signal-to-noise ratio from the optical power spectrum measured in step (a) and the correlation coefficient calculated in step (c). (a) measuring an optical power spectrum of the modulated optical signal, the optical power spectrum comprising at least one of the plurality of wavelength channels; (b) measuring a time-varying parameter of the modulated optical signal comprising at least one of: time-varying optical signal amplitudes and phases in two mutually orthogonal polarization states, and time-varying optical signal power levels in two mutually orthogonal polarization states; wherein the time-varying parameter is measured in the two mutually orthogonal polarization states at a first predetermined optical frequency and is simultaneously measured at a second predetermined optical frequency, wherein the first and second predetermined optical frequencies are in a selected one of the plurality of wavelength channels and are separated by a non-zero frequency interval; time-varying optical signal amplitudes and phases in two mutually orthogonal polarization states, and time-varying optical signal power levels in two mutually orthogonal polarization states; (c) determining a correlation between the time-varying parameters measured in step (b) at the first and second optical frequencies by calculating a correlation coefficient between the time-varying parameters at the first and second optical frequencies; and (d) determining an optical signal-to-noise ratio from the optical power spectrum measured in step (a) and the correlation coefficient calculated in step (c).
Process for the production of an intermediate product for the manufacture of a fibre-reinforced component, in which cut-to-length glass fibres, carbon fibres or ceramic fibres, ceramic particles, water, an alcoholic compound and a dispersant are used and from these constituents the intermediate product is formed on a support in such a way that the fibres are impregnated by a suspension containing the ceramic particles, the water, the alcoholic compound and the dispersant, characterised in that continuous fibre bundles are used as the starting material for the intermediate product, these are cut to a length of 2 mm to 50 mm and in that the suspension which is atomised, is adjusted to values below 1 Pa s at a shear rate of 1 s -1 , and the cut fibre bundles are brought together while maintaining their bundle structure before the fibre bundles cut to the predetermined length are deposited on the support.
Circuit arrangement for interrupting a current flow in a DC current path, comprising at least one first switching element and at least one second switching element connected in series in the DC current path , and a resonance circuit connected or by means of a switch adapted to be connectable in parallel to the series connection of the at least one first switching element and at least one second switching element , characterized in that the circuit arrangement fulfils an open-close-open requirement, and in that the first switching element comprises one of an oil circuit breaker, a minimum oil circuit breaker, a circuit breaker in which an arc burning inside a nozzle of the circuit breaker is blown under an imposed supersonic gas flow, a circuit breaker using splitter blades for increasing the arc voltage, and a commutation switch, and wherein the first switching element comprises a circuit breaker with a negative slope in at least a portion of its electric arc voltage over electric arc current characteristic.
An apparatus for the production of electric energy starting from molecular hydrogen and water, comprising a combustion cell comprising a hollow body of substantially cylindrical or parallelepiped shape, said hollow body having at least one valve for the supply of molecular hydrogen, at least one valve for the supply of oxygen and at least one valve for the supply of water for the introduction of said hydrogen, said oxygen and said water in said hollow body by means of suitable nozzles, and also having at least one valve for the emission of water vapour, said apparatus further comprising at least one micro-holed element made of titanium, or of a titanium alloy, and provided with a heating system and through holes of dimensions of the order of millimetres, fixed inside said body in such a position as to be invested by the flow of hydrogen entering parallel to the through holes on its surface, and positioned so that every point of said element is at a distance not exceeding 30 cm from the nozzle of said at least one valve for the supply of hydrogen said apparatus being characterised in that said micro-holed element has holes of frustoconical shape, all with their major base on the same surface of said micro-holed element intended for being hit by the hydrogen flow.
Emergency lighting device , comprising: output terminals for electrically supplying an emergency lighting means ; a port for receiving communication signals, wherein a test switch is connectable to the port ; wherein the port is configured to receive selective test start signals from the test switch and wherein the port is further configured to receive non-test start related communication signals from the test switch ; and a controller configured to discriminate the communication signals received at the port in order to correspondingly process the received data as test start signal data or non-test start related communication signal data; the emergency lighting device being characterized in that the non-test start related communication signals received at the port comprise commissioning data; and the controller is configured to commission the emergency lighting device and/or the emergency lighting means based on the commissioning data. a port for receiving communication signals, wherein a test switch is connectable to the port ; wherein the port is configured to receive selective test start signals from the test switch and wherein the port is further configured to receive non-test start related communication signals from the test switch ; and a controller configured to discriminate the communication signals received at the port in order to correspondingly process the received data as test start signal data or non-test start related communication signal data; the emergency lighting device being characterized in that the non-test start related communication signals received at the port comprise commissioning data; and the controller is configured to commission the emergency lighting device and/or the emergency lighting means based on the commissioning data.
A method for producing a fluorine-containing compound having an iodine atom content reduced than the following iodine-containing compound, which comprises subjecting an iodine-containing compound having a group represented by the following formula or a group represented by the following formula , to deiodinating treatment in the presence of an organic peroxide and a hydrogen-containing compound having a group represented by the following formula : -CFRf-I Formula -CHR 1 -CHR 2 -CHR 3 - Formula in the formula , Rf is a fluorine atom or a perfluoroalkyl group; in the formula , the ring containing Rf is a 5- or 6-membered ring, Rf is a perfluoroalkylene group having a linear or branched structure, which may have an etheric oxygen atom, and R a and R b are each independently a fluorine atom, a C 1-5 perfluoroalkyl group or a C 1-5 perfluoroalkoxy group, and in the formula , R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are each independently a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group. in the formula , Rf is a fluorine atom or a perfluoroalkyl group; in the formula , the ring containing Rf is a 5- or 6-membered ring, Rf is a perfluoroalkylene group having a linear or branched structure, which may have an etheric oxygen atom, and R a and R b are each independently a fluorine atom, a C 1-5 perfluoroalkyl group or a C 1-5 perfluoroalkoxy group, and in the formula , R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are each independently a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group.
An implantable medical device, comprising: an activity sensor configured to produce a signal correlated to a metabolic demand of a patient; a pulse generator configured to generate and deliver pacing pulses to a patient's heart via a pair of electrodes coupled to the implantable medical device; and a control module coupled to the pulse generator and the activity sensor and configured to: determine a first plurality of activity metrics from the activity sensor signal, determine an activity metric value at a predetermined percentile of the first plurality of activity metrics, set a lower rate set point based on the activity metric value at the predetermined percentile, determine a next activity metric from the activity sensor signal, and control the pulse generator to deliver cardiac pacing pulses at a lower base pacing rate in response to at least the next activity metric being less than or equal to the lower rate set point. an activity sensor configured to produce a signal correlated to a metabolic demand of a patient; a pulse generator configured to generate and deliver pacing pulses to a patient's heart via a pair of electrodes coupled to the implantable medical device; and a control module coupled to the pulse generator and the activity sensor and configured to: determine a first plurality of activity metrics from the activity sensor signal, determine an activity metric value at a predetermined percentile of the first plurality of activity metrics, set a lower rate set point based on the activity metric value at the predetermined percentile, determine a next activity metric from the activity sensor signal, and control the pulse generator to deliver cardiac pacing pulses at a lower base pacing rate in response to at least the next activity metric being less than or equal to the lower rate set point. determine a first plurality of activity metrics from the activity sensor signal, determine an activity metric value at a predetermined percentile of the first plurality of activity metrics, set a lower rate set point based on the activity metric value at the predetermined percentile, determine a next activity metric from the activity sensor signal, and control the pulse generator to deliver cardiac pacing pulses at a lower base pacing rate in response to at least the next activity metric being less than or equal to the lower rate set point.
Method for detecting displacements in installed pipeline systems and identifying components and their properties, including: • arranging or attaching at least two markers on at least one of the components of the installed pipeline system , or on different components or on one component and one structural element , • recording or scanning or photographing the marker and generating a baseline image of the initial state, • assigning properties and data to the marker and depositing them therein, • storing the baseline image at a memory location , • re-recording or re-scanning or re-photographing the marker , • autonomously detecting the marker and comparing it with the stored baseline image of the corresponding marker , • determining alterations or displacements of the marker , • outputting determined values (ΔX, ΔY, ΔZ, θ) characterized in that the at least two markers are arranged such that they are recorded together on a baseline image . • arranging or attaching at least two markers on at least one of the components of the installed pipeline system , or on different components or on one component and one structural element , • recording or scanning or photographing the marker and generating a baseline image of the initial state, • assigning properties and data to the marker and depositing them therein, • storing the baseline image at a memory location , • re-recording or re-scanning or re-photographing the marker , • autonomously detecting the marker and comparing it with the stored baseline image of the corresponding marker , • determining alterations or displacements of the marker , • outputting determined values (ΔX, ΔY, ΔZ, θ) characterized in that the at least two markers are arranged such that they are recorded together on a baseline image .