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A mid-turbine frame for a gas turbine engine comprising: an inner frame case ; a bearing support member located adjacent the inner frame case ; at least one spoke attached to the inner frame case ; and a passage extending through the at least one spoke , the inner frame case , and the bearing support member ; characterised in that : the mid-turbine frame further comprises a fitting , the passage in fluid communication through the fitting , the fitting extending through the inner frame case and the bearing support member and connecting the at least one spoke to the inner frame case , wherein the fitting connects the at least one spoke to a cup boss , with an inlet to the cup boss having a first cross sectional shape and an outlet to the cup boss having a second different cross sectional shape, a centerline (CI) of the first cross sectional shape is offset from a centerline (CO) of the second cross sectional shape, the fitting includes a transfer tube fluidly connecting the at least one spoke to the cup boss , and the cup boss includes a transition portion that engages the transfer tube and provides the change from the first cross-sectional shape to the second cross-sectional shape. an inner frame case ; a bearing support member located adjacent the inner frame case ; at least one spoke attached to the inner frame case ; and a passage extending through the at least one spoke , the inner frame case , and the bearing support member ; characterised in that : the mid-turbine frame further comprises a fitting , the passage in fluid communication through the fitting , the fitting extending through the inner frame case and the bearing support member and connecting the at least one spoke to the inner frame case , wherein the fitting connects the at least one spoke to a cup boss , with an inlet to the cup boss having a first cross sectional shape and an outlet to the cup boss having a second different cross sectional shape, a centerline (CI) of the first cross sectional shape is offset from a centerline (CO) of the second cross sectional shape, the fitting includes a transfer tube fluidly connecting the at least one spoke to the cup boss , and the cup boss includes a transition portion that engages the transfer tube and provides the change from the first cross-sectional shape to the second cross-sectional shape.
Apparatus for the supply, activation and dispensing of a length of adhesive tape , said apparatus including feed means in order to move a leading end of the said length of tape away from a tape supply held on the apparatus and towards a dispensing outlet , a liquid application station to allow liquid to be applied to an adhesive coating on the said adhesive tape as it passes said station, a cutting station to selectively cut the tape to define the said length of adhesive tape, said liquid application station and cutting station located intermediate the said tape supply and the dispensing outlet and user actuation means are provided to allow selective operation of the feed means to sequentially move the said leading end through the dispensing outlet followed by operation of the cutting station to define the said length of adhesive tape with liquid applied to the said adhesive coating of the same, said user actuation means operating a clutch system connected to a drive means in the form of a motor to selectively engage and disengage the motor from the feed means and characterised in that when the motor is engaged the feed means move the leading end of the tape through the dispensing outlet by driving rollers and, when the motor is disengaged, the rollers are freewheeling to allow the tape to be dispensed from the apparatus by relative movement of the apparatus and an item to which the tape is adhered.
A centrifugal pendulum device for a powertrain of a motor vehicle, having a support which is rotatable about a rotational axis , a pendulum mass which is received on the support so as to swing along a slotted guide track in such a way that a restoring torque oriented against a rotational irregularity is generated by the pendulum mass during operation, a contact element which rests against the pendulum mass in a relatively movable manner, and a spring washer which presses the contact element against the pendulum mass in an axial direction of the rotational axis , wherein the spring washer is connected in a non-rotatable manner to the support at a securing region , characterised in that the spring washer is a wave spring washer and in that the spring washer with its securing region is connected to a component which is fixed to the support and protrudes in the axial direction towards the pendulum mass .
A portable surgical system comprising: a) a flexible enclosure separating a surgical environment inside the enclosure from an user environment outside the enclosure, the enclosure comprising: an incise drape incorporated into a bottom of an operating-section of the enclosure and configured to be disposed on or around a surgical site of a patient's body and to expose the surgical site, wherein the size and shape of the incise drape is configured to cover the surgical site; and one or more areas of high optical clarity for viewing the inside of the enclosure; wherein, while the surgical system is deployed in use, only the surgical site covered by the incise drape is included within the surgical enclosure, and the remainder of the patient body is essentially excluded from the surgical environment inside the enclosure; b) an environmental control system configured to supply air to the enclosure such as to create essentially sterile conditions inside the enclosure; c) a flexible tube configured to act as a valve system and prevent air backflow from the surgical enclosure into the environmental control system; and d) one or more ports for accessing the surgical site. a) a flexible enclosure separating a surgical environment inside the enclosure from an user environment outside the enclosure, the enclosure comprising: an incise drape incorporated into a bottom of an operating-section of the enclosure and configured to be disposed on or around a surgical site of a patient's body and to expose the surgical site, wherein the size and shape of the incise drape is configured to cover the surgical site; and one or more areas of high optical clarity for viewing the inside of the enclosure; wherein, while the surgical system is deployed in use, only the surgical site covered by the incise drape is included within the surgical enclosure, and the remainder of the patient body is essentially excluded from the surgical environment inside the enclosure; an incise drape incorporated into a bottom of an operating-section of the enclosure and configured to be disposed on or around a surgical site of a patient's body and to expose the surgical site, wherein the size and shape of the incise drape is configured to cover the surgical site; and one or more areas of high optical clarity for viewing the inside of the enclosure; wherein, while the surgical system is deployed in use, only the surgical site covered by the incise drape is included within the surgical enclosure, and the remainder of the patient body is essentially excluded from the surgical environment inside the enclosure; b) an environmental control system configured to supply air to the enclosure such as to create essentially sterile conditions inside the enclosure; c) a flexible tube configured to act as a valve system and prevent air backflow from the surgical enclosure into the environmental control system; and d) one or more ports for accessing the surgical site.
A balloon equipped with a solar generator with concentration comprising an envelope containing a carrier gas and a solar generator with concentration of solar radiation, the solar generator comprising: - a solar radiation reflector disposed inside the envelope in a first zone of the envelope ; - a second zone of the envelope , transparent to the solar radiation, for allowing through the solar radiation towards the reflector ; and - a first set (22; 204) of photovoltaic cells (24; 206), disposed in a third zone of the envelope, having a first active face (28; 208) directed towards the reflector ; the first set (22; 204) of photovoltaic cells (24; 206) and the reflector being configured so that the reflector concentrates the solar radiation on the first active face (28; 208) of the first set (22; 204) of photovoltaic cells (24; 206), when the reflector is in a solar alignment position; the solar generator further comprising a second set of photovoltaic cells, disposed in a fourth zone of the envelope or in the third zone of the envelope, and having a second active face directed towards the outside of the envelope ; or the solar generator comprising a single first set , the solar cells of which are bifacial solar cells, and the first set comprises a second active face directed towards the outside of the envelope ; and the reflector , the first set only of the bifacial photovoltaic cells or the first and second sets of photovoltaic cells being configured so as to provide cooperative production of electric energy between the first active face (28; 208) and the second active face (36; 210) as long as the rolling solar misalignment of the reflector is less than or equal to 10 degrees as an absolute value; the balloon being characterised in that : the second zone of the envelope, transparent to solar radiation, partially or completely surrounds the third location zone of the first set of photovoltaic cells intended to receive the solar radiation from the reflector; and the surface of the second zone is adjusted to provide sufficient illumination of the photovoltaic cells of the first set and to avoid excessive heating of the solar cells and/or of the envelope and/or of the carrier gas that the envelope contains. - a solar radiation reflector disposed inside the envelope in a first zone of the envelope ; - a second zone of the envelope , transparent to the solar radiation, for allowing through the solar radiation towards the reflector ; and - a first set (22; 204) of photovoltaic cells (24; 206), disposed in a third zone of the envelope, having a first active face (28; 208) directed towards the reflector ; the second zone of the envelope, transparent to solar radiation, partially or completely surrounds the third location zone of the first set of photovoltaic cells intended to receive the solar radiation from the reflector; and the surface of the second zone is adjusted to provide sufficient illumination of the photovoltaic cells of the first set and to avoid excessive heating of the solar cells and/or of the envelope and/or of the carrier gas that the envelope contains.
A flow adjusting valve comprising a valve seat and a valve rod , the valve seat being provided, in a valve cavity thereof, with a valve port , and the valve port being opened or closed by the valve rod ; wherein the valve port is provided with a sleeve protrusion portion projected upwards along an axial direction of the valve port; a circumferential side wall of one of the sleeve protrusion portion and a lower end portion of the valve rod is provided with an opening groove configured to adjust a flow amount, the lower end portion of the valve rod is a cylinder, and one of the sleeve protrusion portion and the lower end portion of valve rod is projected into or moved out of the other one so as to stop the communication between the opening groove and the valve port or to communicate the opening groove with the valve port ; and characterized in that the valve rod has a tubular shape and is run through along the axial direction such that the pressure exerted on the upper end of the valve rod is equal to that exerted on the lower end thereof.
An image processing and control apparatus , comprising: an image capture apparatus configured to capture an image of one or more tops of one or more respective sample tubes ; a robot configured to move the one or more respective sample tubes; and a system controller comprising a processor and a memory , wherein the system controller is configured via programming instructions stored in the memory to process the image of the one or more tops of the one or more respective sample tubes by applying the image to a convolutional neural network to: generate an edge map of the image of the one or more tops of the one or more respective sample tubes; thereby effectively intensify sample tube top edges appearing in the image ; while suppressing edge responses from other objects appearing in the image; and control the robot to move one or more sample tubes based on the generated edge map. generate an edge map of the image of the one or more tops of the one or more respective sample tubes; thereby effectively intensify sample tube top edges appearing in the image ; while suppressing edge responses from other objects appearing in the image; and control the robot to move one or more sample tubes based on the generated edge map.
A thermohardenable structural adhesive material which - upon curing has an elongation at break of at least 15 % measured by the test ASTM D 638 Type 1, and - has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 80 °C or higher, wherein the tan delta peak is considered to be Tg and is obtained from a dynamic mechanical analysis test (DMA) and - is a solid which is non-tacky to the touch at ambient temperature, and which - can be processed at an elevated temperature that is below the hardening temperature, and which comprises - an epoxy resin containing at least one epoxy functional group, - a thermoplastic modifier comprising a phenoxy resin, wherein the phenoxy resin is a reaction product of a phenol based difunctional epoxy resin and a difunctional phenol, - 2 % to 50 % by weight of the adhesive material of a flexibilizer comprising a hydroxyl terminated polyurethane rubber, - an impact modifier comprising an epoxy adduct of a carboxy terminated butadiene rubber, and - a curing agent. - upon curing has an elongation at break of at least 15 % measured by the test ASTM D 638 Type 1, and - has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 80 °C or higher, wherein the tan delta peak is considered to be Tg and is obtained from a dynamic mechanical analysis test (DMA) and - is a solid which is non-tacky to the touch at ambient temperature, and which - can be processed at an elevated temperature that is below the hardening temperature, and which comprises - an epoxy resin containing at least one epoxy functional group, - a thermoplastic modifier comprising a phenoxy resin, wherein the phenoxy resin is a reaction product of a phenol based difunctional epoxy resin and a difunctional phenol, - 2 % to 50 % by weight of the adhesive material of a flexibilizer comprising a hydroxyl terminated polyurethane rubber, - an impact modifier comprising an epoxy adduct of a carboxy terminated butadiene rubber, and - a curing agent.
A treatment method of a sapphire material, said method comprising bombardment of a surface of the sapphire material, said surface facing a medium different from the sapphire material, by a single- and/or multi-charged gas ion beam so as to produce an ion-implanted layer in the sapphire material, wherein: - the dose of implanted single- and/or multi-charged gas ions per unit of surface area is in a range between 10 12 ions/cm 2 and 10 18 ions/cm 2 ; - the acceleration voltage is in a range between 5 kV and 1000 kV; and - the ions of the single- and/or multi-charged gas ions are selected from ions of the elements from the list consisting of helium (He), neon (Ne), argon (Ar), krypton (Kr), xenon (Xe), boron (B), carbon (C), nitrogen (N), oxygen (O), fluorine (F), silicon (Si), phosphorus (P) and sulphur (S), wherein the dose of implanted single- and/or multi-charged gas ions per unit of surface area is chosen so as to obtain an atomic concentration of ions in the ion-implanted layer such that the refractive index nL of the ion-implanted layer is greater than or equal to 0.8x(nA.nS) 1/2 and equal to or less than 1.2x(nA.nS) 1/2 , where nA is a refractive index of air and nS a refractive index of the sapphire material, and the acceleration voltage is chosen so as to obtain an implanted layer thickness, e, which is greater than or equal to 0.75x p.λ/(4.nL) and equal to or less than 1.25x p.λ/(4.nL), where: • e is a ion-implanted layer thickness corresponding to an implantation zone where an atomic concentration of the implanted single- and/or multi-charged gas ions is greater than or equal to 1%, and e is expressed in nanometer; • p is a non-zero positive integer; • λ is an incident wavelength, expressed in nanometer; so as to obtain an anti-glare treatment of the sapphire material effective in the visible range. - the dose of implanted single- and/or multi-charged gas ions per unit of surface area is in a range between 10 12 ions/cm 2 and 10 18 ions/cm 2 ; - the acceleration voltage is in a range between 5 kV and 1000 kV; and - the ions of the single- and/or multi-charged gas ions are selected from ions of the elements from the list consisting of helium (He), neon (Ne), argon (Ar), krypton (Kr), xenon (Xe), boron (B), carbon (C), nitrogen (N), oxygen (O), fluorine (F), silicon (Si), phosphorus (P) and sulphur (S), • e is a ion-implanted layer thickness corresponding to an implantation zone where an atomic concentration of the implanted single- and/or multi-charged gas ions is greater than or equal to 1%, and e is expressed in nanometer; • p is a non-zero positive integer; • λ is an incident wavelength, expressed in nanometer;
Brake system for a motor vehicle with at least four hydraulically activated wheel brakes (8a-8d), comprising • for each of the wheel brakes (8a-8d) an electrically activated first wheel valve (6a-6d) and an electrically activated second wheel valve (7a-7d), which is designed to be closed when de-energized, • a first electrically activated pressure source , which is connected to the first wheel valves (6a-6d) via a first brake supply line , • a second electrically activated pressure source , which is connected to the second wheel valves (7a-7d) via a second brake supply line , and • a pressure medium reservoir vessel , which is, in particular, at atmospheric pressure, characterized in that the first wheel valves (6a-6d) are designed to be open when de-energized, and in that , in a normal operating mode of the brake system during a normal braking process, only the first pressure source is actuated to build up a pressure to activate the wheel brakes (8a-8d), with none of the valves being activated. • for each of the wheel brakes (8a-8d) an electrically activated first wheel valve (6a-6d) and an electrically activated second wheel valve (7a-7d), which is designed to be closed when de-energized, • a first electrically activated pressure source , which is connected to the first wheel valves (6a-6d) via a first brake supply line , • a second electrically activated pressure source , which is connected to the second wheel valves (7a-7d) via a second brake supply line , and • a pressure medium reservoir vessel , which is, in particular, at atmospheric pressure,
Method for the autonomous operation of a compaction device for compaction of a substrate , comprising the following process steps: a) A surface of the substrate to be compacted is selected. b) The compaction device and/or at least part of the surface to be processed is/are prepared in such a way that the compaction device automatically processes the surface to be processed at least during autonomous operation and, in the course of this, at least essentially sweeps over each area of the surface to be processed at least once. c) A positioning device is guided along a route representing at least one part of an outer boundary of the surface to be processed , wherein position data are captured along the route by means of the positioning device at least intermittently during the guiding process of the positioning device. d) With the aid of captured position data of the route , electronic information on the position of the outer boundary of the area to be processed is generated. e) The compaction device is supplied with the electronic information so that it is enabled to automatically adjust its direction of travel during its autonomous operation in the event of a collision with the outer boundary in such a way that it at least essentially remains on the surface to be processed , characterized by the following method step: f) The route is manually paced off by one person, wherein the person carries the positioning device and guides it along the route . a) A surface of the substrate to be compacted is selected. b) The compaction device and/or at least part of the surface to be processed is/are prepared in such a way that the compaction device automatically processes the surface to be processed at least during autonomous operation and, in the course of this, at least essentially sweeps over each area of the surface to be processed at least once. c) A positioning device is guided along a route representing at least one part of an outer boundary of the surface to be processed , wherein position data are captured along the route by means of the positioning device at least intermittently during the guiding process of the positioning device. d) With the aid of captured position data of the route , electronic information on the position of the outer boundary of the area to be processed is generated. e) The compaction device is supplied with the electronic information so that it is enabled to automatically adjust its direction of travel during its autonomous operation in the event of a collision with the outer boundary in such a way that it at least essentially remains on the surface to be processed , characterized by the following method step: f) The route is manually paced off by one person, wherein the person carries the positioning device and guides it along the route .
A hot beverage machine or coffee machine, at least comprising a heater for heating water, a pump and a beverage outlet opening connected by means of a conduit system, the hot beverage machine or coffee machine producing mixed coffee beverages or mixed tea beverages with a desired amount of water, steam or milk or milk foam by means of a sensor-controlled proportional valve with a stepper motor and an axially adjustable, approximately circular valve needle , by means of only one proportional valve , which can be set to different positions, a quantity of liquid, steam or air which can be metered as desired being produced or producible, the proportional valve additionally having at least one position in which it is completely closed, characterized in that the proportional valve has two positions, in which it is completely closed, the first closed position being formed by a zero position, which simultaneously forms a reset position, and the second closed position being arranged when the valve needle is axially displaced before reaching the end position opposite the zero position.