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A spacecraft comprising: a fuselage ; a deployable part that is deployable from the fuselage ; and an actuator that is used to selectively deploy the deployable part ; wherein the actuator includes a shape memory polymer material that changes shape when heated in order to deploy the deployable part ; characterised in that the actuator includes a shape memory alloy material in contact with the shape memory polymer material ; and wherein the shape memory alloy material also changes shape when heated, to provide a force that aids in deploying the deployable part . a fuselage ; a deployable part that is deployable from the fuselage ; and an actuator that is used to selectively deploy the deployable part ; wherein the actuator includes a shape memory polymer material that changes shape when heated in order to deploy the deployable part ; characterised in that the actuator includes a shape memory alloy material in contact with the shape memory polymer material ; and wherein the shape memory alloy material also changes shape when heated, to provide a force that aids in deploying the deployable part .
A method for fabricating an object , comprising: (a) irradiating a layer of powder in a powder bed to form a fused region; (b) providing a subsequent layer of powder over the powder bed ; and (c) repeating steps (a) and (b) until the object and at least one tube is formed in the powder bed , wherein the object includes a wall and a region of unfused powder within the object and an opening in the wall exposing the region of unfused powder , the tube being aligned with the opening in the wall ; and (d) removing unfused powder from within the object via the tube ; wherein the tube extends through the region of unfused powder in a partially enclosed space between a support structure and the object , and wherein the tube is separated from the object by a portion of unfused powder. (a) irradiating a layer of powder in a powder bed to form a fused region; (b) providing a subsequent layer of powder over the powder bed ; and (c) repeating steps (a) and (b) until the object and at least one tube is formed in the powder bed , wherein the object includes a wall and a region of unfused powder within the object and an opening in the wall exposing the region of unfused powder , the tube being aligned with the opening in the wall ; and (d) removing unfused powder from within the object via the tube ; wherein the tube extends through the region of unfused powder in a partially enclosed space between a support structure and the object , and wherein the tube is separated from the object by a portion of unfused powder.
A hydroelectric energy production and storage system comprising: - an upper reservoir located in a depression or cavity in the ground; - a lower reservoir comprising at least one cavity located underground at a lower altitude than the upper reservoir; - a shaft extending from a low point of the upper reservoir to the lower reservoir for providing hydraulic connection between the upper and lower reservoir; - energy production means comprising a turbine and generator unit arranged to be driven by water in the shaft, - energy storage means comprising pumping means arranged for pumping water from the lower reservoir to the upper reservoir, characterized in that - the system comprises objects arranged in the depression or cavity forming an aggregate which fills the depression or cavity and comprises hydraulically communicating void volumes between the objects - an upper reservoir located in a depression or cavity in the ground; - a lower reservoir comprising at least one cavity located underground at a lower altitude than the upper reservoir; - a shaft extending from a low point of the upper reservoir to the lower reservoir for providing hydraulic connection between the upper and lower reservoir; - energy production means comprising a turbine and generator unit arranged to be driven by water in the shaft, - energy storage means comprising pumping means arranged for pumping water from the lower reservoir to the upper reservoir, characterized in that - the system comprises objects arranged in the depression or cavity forming an aggregate which fills the depression or cavity and comprises hydraulically communicating void volumes between the objects
An engine component , adapted to be sealingly attached to an engine, wherein the engine component is provided with a seal having at least one first seal that is composed of ethylene-acrylate rubber or polyacrylate rubber and at least one second seal that is composed of fluororubber, characterized in that the engine component has a first sealing groove and second sealing groove for the first seal and the second seal , respectively, the first and the second sealing groove extending partially together and forming a common sealing groove in which the first and second seals run side by side.
A method for controlling an electrical drive system , the electrical drive system comprising an inverter and an electrical machine supplied by the inverter , the method comprising: receiving a machine current signal and a machine voltage signal of a machine current supplied to the electrical machine ; determining a switching signal based on the machine current signal and controlling the inverter with the switching signal ; estimating a first speed estimate from the machine current signal ; estimating a second speed estimate from the machine voltage signal ; comparing the first speed estimate and the second speed estimate with each other, and, when the first speed estimate and the second speed estimate deviate from each other more than a threshold, activating a fault reaction of the electrical drive system , which sets the electrical drive system to a predefined state; characterized in that the machine current signal is a multi-phase signal and the first speed estimate comprises a component for each phase; the machine voltage signal is a multi-phase signal and the second speed estimate comprises a component for each phase; wherein the first speed estimate and the second speed estimate are compared component-wise. receiving a machine current signal and a machine voltage signal of a machine current supplied to the electrical machine ; determining a switching signal based on the machine current signal and controlling the inverter with the switching signal ; estimating a first speed estimate from the machine current signal ; estimating a second speed estimate from the machine voltage signal ; comparing the first speed estimate and the second speed estimate with each other, and, when the first speed estimate and the second speed estimate deviate from each other more than a threshold, activating a fault reaction of the electrical drive system , which sets the electrical drive system to a predefined state; characterized in that the machine current signal is a multi-phase signal and the first speed estimate comprises a component for each phase; the machine voltage signal is a multi-phase signal and the second speed estimate comprises a component for each phase; the machine current signal is a multi-phase signal and the first speed estimate comprises a component for each phase; the machine voltage signal is a multi-phase signal and the second speed estimate comprises a component for each phase; wherein the first speed estimate and the second speed estimate are compared component-wise.
A device for determining and/or monitoring at least one process variable of a medium (M) comprising at least one sensor element and a unit made at least partly of a material with anisotropic thermal conductivity, wherein the unit is secured to a surface of the sensor element by means of a force-fit connection, and wherein the unit is a thin film, said film consisting at least partly of the material with anisotropic thermal conductivity and wherein the film serves for the force-fit connection of the sensor element, and also ensures an even distribution of the heat, in particular ensures a thermal equilibrium. wherein the unit is secured to a surface of the sensor element by means of a force-fit connection, and wherein the unit is a thin film, said film consisting at least partly of the material with anisotropic thermal conductivity and wherein the film serves for the force-fit connection of the sensor element, and also ensures an even distribution of the heat, in particular ensures a thermal equilibrium.
Hand held vacuum cleaning apparatus includes an elongate housing which is cylindrical in shape, the housing defining an inlet opening , an interior and an exhaust opening ; the housing further defining, within the interior, a receptacle receiving chamber in which, in use, a removable dust retaining receptacle is located; the receptacle receiving chamber being substantially circular in cross section and comprising substantially the whole of the diameter of the interior in cross section; the apparatus including a flow inducer located in the interior , whereby, in use, the flow inducer induces air flow from the inlet opening, through the receptacle in the receptacle receiving chamber, through the flow inducer to the exhaust opening; the housing has a longitudinal axis , the inlet opening is circular and is centred on the longitudinal axis; each of the inlet opening, the receptacle, and the chamber is aligned along the longitudinal axis; the apparatus includes a handle , which extends outwardly from the end of the housing remote to the inlet opening; the handle includes a gripping part , which in use is gripped by a user; the gripping part has a length with a longitudinal axis which extends at an angle to the housing longitudinal axis, and the gripping part is arranged so that some part of the length extends on either side of the housing longitudinal axis; characterised in that : the flow inducer is located offset from and parallel to the longitudinal axis; the apparatus includes a power store , which is located alongside the flow inducer so that its longest axis extends in parallel to the longitudinal axis. the housing has a longitudinal axis , the inlet opening is circular and is centred on the longitudinal axis; each of the inlet opening, the receptacle, and the chamber is aligned along the longitudinal axis; the apparatus includes a handle , which extends outwardly from the end of the housing remote to the inlet opening; the handle includes a gripping part , which in use is gripped by a user; the gripping part has a length with a longitudinal axis which extends at an angle to the housing longitudinal axis, and the gripping part is arranged so that some part of the length extends on either side of the housing longitudinal axis; characterised in that : the flow inducer is located offset from and parallel to the longitudinal axis; the apparatus includes a power store , which is located alongside the flow inducer so that its longest axis extends in parallel to the longitudinal axis.
A message identification method, wherein the method comprises: receiving, by user equipment UE, a paging message sent by an access network device; determining, by the UE, a core network entity to which the paging message belongs in a plurality of core network entities serving the UE; and establishing, by the UE, a data connection to the core network entity to which the paging message belongs; wherein the paging message carries identification information, and the identification information is used to determine the core network entity to which the paging message belongs and the identification information comprises type identification information of the core network entity to which the paging message belongs and wherein the plurality of core networks entities comprises an EPC entity and an NG-Core entity, or comprises an Mobility Management, MM, entity and an Session Management, SM, entity in an NG-Core, or comprises a plurality of SM entities in an NG-Core, or comprises a plurality of network slices in an NG-Core. receiving, by user equipment UE, a paging message sent by an access network device; determining, by the UE, a core network entity to which the paging message belongs in a plurality of core network entities serving the UE; and establishing, by the UE, a data connection to the core network entity to which the paging message belongs; wherein the paging message carries identification information, and the identification information is used to determine the core network entity to which the paging message belongs and the identification information comprises type identification information of the core network entity to which the paging message belongs and wherein the plurality of core networks entities comprises an EPC entity and an NG-Core entity, or comprises an Mobility Management, MM, entity and an Session Management, SM, entity in an NG-Core, or comprises a plurality of SM entities in an NG-Core, or comprises a plurality of network slices in an NG-Core.
An arrangement for a mass spectrometer, characterized by a receptacle , a mount , and an ion-optical assembly member , wherein the mount has an inner aperture and the ion-optical assembly member comprises a body which is slightly undersized to fit into the inner aperture as well as a flange portion protruding from the body as to contact a rim region of the inner aperture , wherein the flange portion is doubly stepped as to provide alignment surfaces for contacting corresponding counter-surfaces at the receptacle and the counter-surfaces are provided at a groove portion of the receptacle , the mount and the ion-optical assembly member being configured such that the ion-optical assembly member floatingly engages with the mount when the body is inserted into the inner aperture along the receptacle axis ; wherein the receptacle , the mount , and the ion-optical assembly member are configured such that a direction of insertion and withdrawal is approximately perpendicular to the axis of the receptacle and, when inserting the ion-optical assembly member into the receptacle with the aid of the mount , the ion-optical assembly member interacts with the receptacle so that it becomes at least partially disengaged from the mount and aligned towards the receptacle in at least one dimension by an upward/forward gliding motion, which is composed of motion components in the upward direction along the receptacle axis as well as the forward direction along the direction of insertion, wherein partial disengagement comprises releasing direct physical contact and maintaining pre-tension contact through a means of exerting pre-tension.
A bougie for shaping a portion of a stomach for suturing to form a gastric passageway for food, the bougie comprising: (a) a body having a lumen, and sized and shaped for transoral insertion to the stomach in a position from which the gastric passageway for food may be sutured by a needle passing within the lumen; (b) a plurality of spaced fenestrations longitudinally distributed along a wall of the body , and sized to receive and position a thickness of gastric tissue when vacuum is applied to the fenestrations for suturing by a needle passing within the lumen; (c) a suturing device including the needle, and configured to pass the needle within the lumen; characterised by (d) a blocker , extending along the body to divide at least one fenestration into a plurality of fenestration parts ; wherein a geometry of at least some of said fenestrations is modifiable by movement of the blocker to merge the fenestration parts into a merged fenestration while said bougie is positioned in the stomach. (a) a body having a lumen, and sized and shaped for transoral insertion to the stomach in a position from which the gastric passageway for food may be sutured by a needle passing within the lumen; (b) a plurality of spaced fenestrations longitudinally distributed along a wall of the body , and sized to receive and position a thickness of gastric tissue when vacuum is applied to the fenestrations for suturing by a needle passing within the lumen; (c) a suturing device including the needle, and configured to pass the needle within the lumen; characterised by (d) a blocker , extending along the body to divide at least one fenestration into a plurality of fenestration parts ;
A method for wireless communication at a user equipment, UE, comprising: identifying a configuration for a plurality of control resource sets, wherein the configuration for the plurality of control resource sets comprises an updated active quasi-co-location assumption for a control resource set of the plurality of control resource sets; determining a priority order for monitoring the plurality of control resource sets, wherein the control resource set associated with the updated active quasi-colocation assumption corresponds to a highest priority of the priority order; and monitoring for downlink transmissions in at least a subset of the plurality of control resource sets based at least in part on the priority order and a number of active quasi-co-location assumptions for the plurality of control resource sets exceeding a threshold number of active quasi-co-location assumptions for the UE based at least in part on the updated active quasi-co-location assumption. identifying a configuration for a plurality of control resource sets, wherein the configuration for the plurality of control resource sets comprises an updated active quasi-co-location assumption for a control resource set of the plurality of control resource sets; determining a priority order for monitoring the plurality of control resource sets, wherein the control resource set associated with the updated active quasi-colocation assumption corresponds to a highest priority of the priority order; and monitoring for downlink transmissions in at least a subset of the plurality of control resource sets based at least in part on the priority order and a number of active quasi-co-location assumptions for the plurality of control resource sets exceeding a threshold number of active quasi-co-location assumptions for the UE based at least in part on the updated active quasi-co-location assumption.
A rotating electric machine comprising: a cylindrical stator including a stator core and a stator winding ; a rotor disposed inside the stator ; at least one key bar disposed on an outer periphery of the stator core and extended in an axial direction of the stator ; and at least one current detector disposed on the key bar and configured to measure a current flowing in the key bar , the rotating electric machine characterized by further comprising: a current processor configured to perform signal processing on data on the current measured by the at least one current detector , a vibration detector disposed on an end winding of the stator winding and configured to detect vibration of the stator winding , wherein the current processor is configured to determine vibration sparking if an instantaneous change in the current detected by the current detector is detected at the same time as an increased vibration detected by the vibration detector . a cylindrical stator including a stator core and a stator winding ; a rotor disposed inside the stator ; at least one key bar disposed on an outer periphery of the stator core and extended in an axial direction of the stator ; and at least one current detector disposed on the key bar and configured to measure a current flowing in the key bar , the rotating electric machine characterized by further comprising: a current processor configured to perform signal processing on data on the current measured by the at least one current detector , a vibration detector disposed on an end winding of the stator winding and configured to detect vibration of the stator winding , wherein the current processor is configured to determine vibration sparking if an instantaneous change in the current detected by the current detector is detected at the same time as an increased vibration detected by the vibration detector . a current processor configured to perform signal processing on data on the current measured by the at least one current detector , a vibration detector disposed on an end winding of the stator winding and configured to detect vibration of the stator winding , wherein the current processor is configured to determine vibration sparking if an instantaneous change in the current detected by the current detector is detected at the same time as an increased vibration detected by the vibration detector .
A permanent interpositional ophthalmological implant between the sclera and the uveal tissue, the implant comprises a body (20; 30; 40; 50) with uveal compatibility, formed as a single part, the thin body having three dimensions in space, namely a length and a width which are perpendicular to a thickness, the thin body having a substantially uniform single thickness (e) which is at least less than 10 times the smaller of the other two dimensions of the body, the body of the implant comprising two opposite edges (22, 24; 32, 34; 42; 44; 52, 54) which are distant from one another along one of the two dimensions perpendicular to the thickness, one of the edges, called anterior edge (22; 32; 42; 52), having, in projection in a plane perpendicular to the thickness, a concave curvature facing toward the outside of the body, the two opposite edges (22, 24; 32, 34; 42; 44; 52, 54) of the body, namely the anterior edge and the opposite posterior edge, being distant from one another along the smaller of the two dimensions perpendicular to the thickness, the concave curvature of the anterior edge allowing the implant to be positioned as close as possible to the trabecular meshwork in order to permanently collect the aqueous humor as close as possible to the uveoscleral flow.