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A fluid flow shut-off valve , of the type comprising a main valve body equipped with at least one first conduit and at least one second conduit , which allow the inflow and outflow of fluid in and from said valve , at least one plug equipped with at least one through conduit and rotatably housed in at least one cavity of said valve body for its rotation between at least one open position of the valve and at least one closed position of the valve, said through conduit placing said first conduit in fluidic communication with said second conduit in said open position of the valve, the fluid flow shut-off valve comprising at least one bypass channel for the direct or indirect fluidic connection of said first conduit with said second conduit of said valve at least when said plug is in said at least one closed position of said valve, wherein in said at least one closed position of said valve, said plug fluidically connects said first conduit with said cavity within which the plug is housed, and wherein said bypass channel fluidically connects said second conduit with said cavity , in which there is a cut-off and/or regulation element of the flow inside said bypass channel , housed in a respective seat having a first end on said valve body , wherein said valve has a driving shaft to drive said plug , said valve being characterised by further having a covering cap to cover said driving shaft constrained to the valve body such that, in at least one position of the plug, said covering cap covers at least partially said first end of said seat of said cut-off and/or regulation element .
A collision avoidance system comprising: a driver state detection unit configured to detect a state of a driver of a host vehicle; an outward warning device configured to perform an outward warning operation pertaining to a warning directed at another vehicle traveling in a vicinity of the host vehicle; an inward warning device configured to perform an inward warning operation pertaining to a warning directed at the driver of the host vehicle; and a control unit configured to control the outward warning device and the inward warning device on the basis of the state of the driver detected by the driver state detection unit, the control unit being configured to cause the outward warning device and the inward warning device to perform the outward warning operation and then performs the inward warning operation on the basis of the state of the driver. a driver state detection unit configured to detect a state of a driver of a host vehicle; an outward warning device configured to perform an outward warning operation pertaining to a warning directed at another vehicle traveling in a vicinity of the host vehicle; an inward warning device configured to perform an inward warning operation pertaining to a warning directed at the driver of the host vehicle; and a control unit configured to control the outward warning device and the inward warning device on the basis of the state of the driver detected by the driver state detection unit,
A method for producing alpha-hemihydrate gypsum I as well as alpha-hemihydrate gypsum II, comprising the following steps: mixing phosphoric acid and phosphate rock powder, performing an extraction reaction under stirring; after completion of the extraction reaction, adding sulfuric acid solution, continuing the reaction under stirring to obtain an extraction slurry; separating solid and liquid of the extraction slurry to obtain a phosphoric acid extraction solution A and a slag slurry B; wherein the amount of the sulfuric acid solution added is controlled, so that 10% to 50% of calcium ions are transformed into dihydrate gypsum and the other 50% to 90% of calcium ions exist in a form of calcium dihydrogen phosphate; mixing the phosphoric acid extraction solution A obtained in step and a sulfuric acid solution, performing a decalcification reaction; after completion of the reaction, separating solid and liquid to obtain a solid C and a filtrate D; performing a crystal transformation reaction with the solid C obtained in step , part of the filtrate D obtained in step , a sulfuric acid solution and a crystal transformation agent; after completion of the reaction, separating solid and liquid to obtain an alpha-hemihydrate gypsum II as well as a filtrate F; performing crystal transformation reaction with the slag slurry B obtained in step , part of the filtrate D obtained in step , a sulfuric acid solution and a crystal transformation agent; after completion of the reaction, separating solid and liquid to obtain an alpha-hemihydrate gypsum I and a filtrate J, wherein the purity of the alpha-hemihydrate gypsum II is higher than that of alpha -hemihydrate gypsum I. mixing phosphoric acid and phosphate rock powder, performing an extraction reaction under stirring; after completion of the extraction reaction, adding sulfuric acid solution, continuing the reaction under stirring to obtain an extraction slurry; separating solid and liquid of the extraction slurry to obtain a phosphoric acid extraction solution A and a slag slurry B; wherein the amount of the sulfuric acid solution added is controlled, so that 10% to 50% of calcium ions are transformed into dihydrate gypsum and the other 50% to 90% of calcium ions exist in a form of calcium dihydrogen phosphate; mixing the phosphoric acid extraction solution A obtained in step and a sulfuric acid solution, performing a decalcification reaction; after completion of the reaction, separating solid and liquid to obtain a solid C and a filtrate D; performing a crystal transformation reaction with the solid C obtained in step , part of the filtrate D obtained in step , a sulfuric acid solution and a crystal transformation agent; after completion of the reaction, separating solid and liquid to obtain an alpha-hemihydrate gypsum II as well as a filtrate F; performing crystal transformation reaction with the slag slurry B obtained in step , part of the filtrate D obtained in step , a sulfuric acid solution and a crystal transformation agent; after completion of the reaction, separating solid and liquid to obtain an alpha-hemihydrate gypsum I and a filtrate J,
A polypeptide having the following properties (A) and (B): (A) the polypeptide comprises an amino acid sequence having 75% or more identity and 95% or more similarity to the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 and is an amino acid sequence different from the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7; and (B) the polypeptide exhibits, at any temperature from 45 to 60°C, 40% or more of the maximal activity value of hydrolytic activity and/or transglycosylation activity on complex sugar chains. (A) the polypeptide comprises an amino acid sequence having 75% or more identity and 95% or more similarity to the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 and is an amino acid sequence different from the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7; and (B) the polypeptide exhibits, at any temperature from 45 to 60°C, 40% or more of the maximal activity value of hydrolytic activity and/or transglycosylation activity on complex sugar chains.
A built-in electrical device with uniform brightness, comprising a plate coupled to a functional frame , said plate having a compartment or opening , inside which electrical devices associated with respective control buttons are housed, wherein said device includes an optical unit coupled to said functional frame and formed by a light guide which is permanently coupled to an underlying surface of said plate , said light guide being configured to collect the light coming from a plurality of LEDs placed on said functional frame which send said light to respective optical elements of extension which are optically coupled to said light guide , characterized in that said light guide and said underlying surface of the plate are facing each other and spaced from each other and are in contact only in correspondence of point supports placed in predetermined positions.
Method for plastic stretching of metal wire, comprising: (a) providing a metal wire; (b) measuring the diameter of the metal wire; (c) plastic stretching of the metal wire provided in step (a) and measured in step (b) by means of at least two rotating shafts which exert a force on the metal wire, whereby the distance between the rotating shafts can be adjusted for allowing adjustment of the force on the metal wire, thus obtaining a stretched metal wire; (d) measuring the diameter of the stretched metal wire; characterized in that the method further comprising: (e) controlling the distance between the rotating shafts in step (c) based on the diameter of the metal wire measured in step (b) and the diameter of the stretched metal wire measured in step (d) for controlling the force exerted by the rotating shafts such that a uniform wire thickness is obtained; and, wherein steps (a) to (e) take place continuously. (a) providing a metal wire; (b) measuring the diameter of the metal wire; (c) plastic stretching of the metal wire provided in step (a) and measured in step (b) by means of at least two rotating shafts which exert a force on the metal wire, whereby the distance between the rotating shafts can be adjusted for allowing adjustment of the force on the metal wire, thus obtaining a stretched metal wire; (d) measuring the diameter of the stretched metal wire; (e) controlling the distance between the rotating shafts in step (c) based on the diameter of the metal wire measured in step (b) and the diameter of the stretched metal wire measured in step (d) for controlling the force exerted by the rotating shafts such that a uniform wire thickness is obtained; and, wherein steps (a) to (e) take place continuously.
Method of producing an aqueous ferrofluid using only aqueous solutions, said method comprising - providing a stock solution with Fe(II) and Fe(III); - mixing the stock solution with a base to form magnetic nanoparticles and a spent solution; - a separation step of separating the nanoparticles from the spent solution by applying a magnet to immobilize the nanoparticles and remove at least part of the spent solution as supernatant from the immobilized nanoparticles; - one or more additional washing steps following the separation step, each washing step comprising releasing the nanoparticles from the magnetic immobilization, mixing the released nanoparticles with a washing solution which comprises water, re-immobilizing the nanoparticles with the magnet and removing at least part of the used washing solution as supernatant from the immobilized nanoparticles to form a nanosuspension comprising the nanoparticles; and - a coating step wherein the nanoparticles in the nanosuspension are coated with a surfactant comprising contacting the nanoparticles in the nanosuspension with the surfactant. - providing a stock solution with Fe(II) and Fe(III); - mixing the stock solution with a base to form magnetic nanoparticles and a spent solution; - a separation step of separating the nanoparticles from the spent solution by applying a magnet to immobilize the nanoparticles and remove at least part of the spent solution as supernatant from the immobilized nanoparticles; - one or more additional washing steps following the separation step, each washing step comprising releasing the nanoparticles from the magnetic immobilization, mixing the released nanoparticles with a washing solution which comprises water, re-immobilizing the nanoparticles with the magnet and removing at least part of the used washing solution as supernatant from the immobilized nanoparticles to form a nanosuspension comprising the nanoparticles; and - a coating step wherein the nanoparticles in the nanosuspension are coated with a surfactant comprising contacting the nanoparticles in the nanosuspension with the surfactant.
Restraining device for a vehicle, by means of which, in a pre-crash phase (Δt P ) before a predicted frontal crash time (t F ), a vehicle occupant resting on a vehicle seat can be raised from a comfort position (K), in which a backrest of the vehicle seat is folded backwards, by means of a forward displacement means into an upright active position (W) in which, in a crash phase (Δtc), a seat belt of the restraining device fastened to the vehicle occupant exerts a restraining effect on the vehicle occupant , in which an electromotively reversible belt tensioner of the restraining device is activated in order to limit the restraining force (F R ) acting on the vehicle occupant to a predefined force level, namely by forward displacement of the vehicle occupant by a belt force limiting distance (Δs B ), wherein, in the pre-crash phase (Δt P ), when the vehicle occupant is raised into the active position (W), the electromotively reversible belt tensioner generates a pre-crash belt slack in order to provide the pre-crash belt extension distance required for the vehicle occupant to be raised without any restraining force, wherein the forward displacement means is an inflatable cushion integrated in a backrest of the vehicle seat , which cushion inflates in the pre-crash phase (Δt P ) and acts as a pulse generator for raising the vehicle occupant into the active position (W), wherein, to assist the forward displacement means , the backrest of the vehicle seat is additionally actuated in order to accelerate the raising of the vehicle occupant into the upright active position (W) by adjusting the inclination of the backrest , and wherein the restraining device has a crash detection apparatus .
An inter-chip latency characterization method comprising: determining , for each pair of adjacent chips in a transmission path, among a plurality of chips of a semiconductor device, a corresponding loop latency for round trip data transmissions between the pair of adjacent chips; identifying , from among the loop latencies, a maximum loop latency; determining a full-path latency for a data transmission originating from a chip of the plurality chips to be transmitted around the transmission path through the plurality of chips and back to the chip; comparing half of the maximum loop latency to one N-th of the full-path latency, where N>2 is the number of chips in the transmission path of chips, and storing the greater value as an inter-chip latency of the semiconductor device, the inter-chip latency representing an operational characteristic of the semiconductor device. determining , for each pair of adjacent chips in a transmission path, among a plurality of chips of a semiconductor device, a corresponding loop latency for round trip data transmissions between the pair of adjacent chips; identifying , from among the loop latencies, a maximum loop latency; determining a full-path latency for a data transmission originating from a chip of the plurality chips to be transmitted around the transmission path through the plurality of chips and back to the chip; comparing half of the maximum loop latency to one N-th of the full-path latency, where N>2 is the number of chips in the transmission path of chips, and storing the greater value as an inter-chip latency of the semiconductor device, the inter-chip latency representing an operational characteristic of the semiconductor device.
A hinged device testing system , comprising: a first plate comprising a first surface configured to hold stationary a first portion of a hinged device under test; a second plate comprising a second surface configured to hold a second portion of the hinged device under test, the second portion of the hinged device coupled to the first portion via a first hinge having a first folding radius; a third plate comprising a third surface configured to hold a third portion of the hinged device under test, the third portion of the hinged device coupled to the first portion via a second hinge having a second folding radius; a first cam follower coupled to the second plate; a first drive arm configured to move the first cam follower to cause the second plate to rotate about a first hinge pivot axis of the first hinge; a first actuator configured to rotate the first drive arm; a second cam follower coupled to the third plate; a second drive arm configured to move the second cam follower to cause the third plate to rotate about a second hinge pivot axis of the second hinge; a second actuator configured to rotate the second drive arm; and a load cell configured to measure first loads on the first plate while the first actuator moves the second plate and to measure second loads on the first plate while the second actuator moves the third plate. a first plate comprising a first surface configured to hold stationary a first portion of a hinged device under test; a second plate comprising a second surface configured to hold a second portion of the hinged device under test, the second portion of the hinged device coupled to the first portion via a first hinge having a first folding radius; a third plate comprising a third surface configured to hold a third portion of the hinged device under test, the third portion of the hinged device coupled to the first portion via a second hinge having a second folding radius; a first cam follower coupled to the second plate; a first drive arm configured to move the first cam follower to cause the second plate to rotate about a first hinge pivot axis of the first hinge; a first actuator configured to rotate the first drive arm; a second cam follower coupled to the third plate; a second drive arm configured to move the second cam follower to cause the third plate to rotate about a second hinge pivot axis of the second hinge; a second actuator configured to rotate the second drive arm; and a load cell configured to measure first loads on the first plate while the first actuator moves the second plate and to measure second loads on the first plate while the second actuator moves the third plate.
An induction sealing head for an automatic machine ; the induction sealing head comprises: a tubular conductor element having at least one first flat wall , which defines a sealing area and has a non-straight shape; and a support body of insulating material, which surrounds the tubular conductor element and has a second flat wall , which is coplanar to the first flat wall and surrounds the first flat wall ; wherein the induction sealing head is characterized in that the first flat wall of the tubular conductor element has: one single straight central portion ; two straight end portions , which are parallel and not aligned with the straight central portion ; and two curved portions , which join the straight central portion to the two straight end portions . a tubular conductor element having at least one first flat wall , which defines a sealing area and has a non-straight shape; and a support body of insulating material, which surrounds the tubular conductor element and has a second flat wall , which is coplanar to the first flat wall and surrounds the first flat wall ; wherein the induction sealing head is characterized in that the first flat wall of the tubular conductor element has: one single straight central portion ; two straight end portions , which are parallel and not aligned with the straight central portion ; and two curved portions , which join the straight central portion to the two straight end portions . one single straight central portion ; two straight end portions , which are parallel and not aligned with the straight central portion ; and two curved portions , which join the straight central portion to the two straight end portions .
An electrophoretic display comprising: a first layer (102; 300; 400) of conductive material; a layer of an electrophoretic medium laminated to the first layer (102; 300; 400) of conductive material, the electrophoretic medium comprising a suspending fluid and electrophoretic particles suspended in the fluid; a second layer of conductive material laminated to the layer of an electrophoretic medium on the opposed side thereof from the first layer (102; 300; 400) of conductive material; and a voltage source coupled to the first (102; 300; 400) and second layers of conductive material and configured to provide a drive signal to the first (102; 300; 400) and second layers, thereby generating an electric field which causes the electrophoretic particles to move through the fluid; the display being characterized in that the first layer (102; 300; 400) of conductive material comprises a plurality of nodes (302a-d; 402a-e; 502a-c; 602a-d) and a stretchable interconnect (304a-f; 404a-d; 504a-e; 604a-f) connecting first and second nodes of the plurality of nodes (302a-d; 402a-e; 502a-c; 602a-d). a first layer (102; 300; 400) of conductive material; a layer of an electrophoretic medium laminated to the first layer (102; 300; 400) of conductive material, the electrophoretic medium comprising a suspending fluid and electrophoretic particles suspended in the fluid; a second layer of conductive material laminated to the layer of an electrophoretic medium on the opposed side thereof from the first layer (102; 300; 400) of conductive material; and a voltage source coupled to the first (102; 300; 400) and second layers of conductive material and configured to provide a drive signal to the first (102; 300; 400) and second layers, thereby generating an electric field which causes the electrophoretic particles to move through the fluid; the display being characterized in that the first layer (102; 300; 400) of conductive material comprises a plurality of nodes (302a-d; 402a-e; 502a-c; 602a-d) and a stretchable interconnect (304a-f; 404a-d; 504a-e; 604a-f) connecting first and second nodes of the plurality of nodes (302a-d; 402a-e; 502a-c; 602a-d).
An actuator for operating a pivot hung or top hung building window , said actuator being adapted to perform a first closing operation while monitoring a closing force applied by said actuator , said actuator being adapted to initiate a first reversing operation upon said closing force exceeding a first threshold during said first closing operation , and characterized by said actuator being configured to initiate a second closing operation after said first reversing operation .
A polyurethane formulation comprising: (i) a pyrrolidine-based catalyst selected from 1,1'-(oxybis(ethane-2-1-diyl) dipyrrolidine, 2-pyrrolidinyl-1-(2-pyrrolidinylethoxy)ethane, pyrrolidinylbutyl-pyrrolidine, bispyrrolidino-2-propanol and a mixture thereof; (ii) a compound containing an isocyanate functional group; and (iii) an active hydrogen-containing compound. (i) a pyrrolidine-based catalyst selected from 1,1'-(oxybis(ethane-2-1-diyl) dipyrrolidine, 2-pyrrolidinyl-1-(2-pyrrolidinylethoxy)ethane, pyrrolidinylbutyl-pyrrolidine, bispyrrolidino-2-propanol and a mixture thereof; (ii) a compound containing an isocyanate functional group; and (iii) an active hydrogen-containing compound.