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A control apparatus for controlling a control target, comprising: a time manager configured to manage time; counters configured to synchronize with at least one device, the counters including a first counter configured to manage execution timing of a control computation and a second counter configured to manage data communication timing on a bus or a network for periodical communication that is performed to establish a connection with another control apparatus ; a control computation unit configured to execute the control computation according to timing indicated by the first counter ; a record generator configured to generate a record that includes an observation value that is available to the control computation unit and is related to the control target, a time that is indicated by the time manager and is associated with the observation value, and a counter value that is indicated by any of the counters and is associated with the observation value; and a synchronization manager that is configured to provide the at least one device with an instruction to match a counter value indicated by a counter of the at least one device with a counter value indicated by the second counter . a time manager configured to manage time; counters configured to synchronize with at least one device, the counters including a first counter configured to manage execution timing of a control computation and a second counter configured to manage data communication timing on a bus or a network for periodical communication that is performed to establish a connection with another control apparatus ; a control computation unit configured to execute the control computation according to timing indicated by the first counter ; a record generator configured to generate a record that includes an observation value that is available to the control computation unit and is related to the control target, a time that is indicated by the time manager and is associated with the observation value, and a counter value that is indicated by any of the counters and is associated with the observation value; and a synchronization manager that is configured to provide the at least one device with an instruction to match a counter value indicated by a counter of the at least one device with a counter value indicated by the second counter .
A lifting apparatus for lifting a cover or a hood, comprising: a connector assembly comprising a first connecting member , a second connecting member and a connecting link , the first and second connecting members configured to be pivot-mounted at first ends to a first stationary component , and a pneumatic supporting member coupled to the first and second connecting members via the connecting link , wherein the connecting link is arranged essentially centric with respect to a length of the connecting members and is fastened to both connection members , wherein the connecting link is substantially perpendicular to the connection members in a middle position, wherein the connector assembly and the pneumatic supporting member are configured to perform a lifting motion, and wherein, when performing the lifting motion, the first and second connecting members transition from a first position (P1) to a second position (P2) and the pneumatic supporting member transitions from an extended position (EP) to a compressed position (CP), wherein the pneumatic supporting member is pre-loaded when in the extended position (EP). a connector assembly comprising a first connecting member , a second connecting member and a connecting link , the first and second connecting members configured to be pivot-mounted at first ends to a first stationary component , and a pneumatic supporting member coupled to the first and second connecting members via the connecting link , wherein the connecting link is arranged essentially centric with respect to a length of the connecting members and is fastened to both connection members , wherein the connecting link is substantially perpendicular to the connection members in a middle position, wherein the connector assembly and the pneumatic supporting member are configured to perform a lifting motion, and wherein, when performing the lifting motion, the first and second connecting members transition from a first position (P1) to a second position (P2) and the pneumatic supporting member transitions from an extended position (EP) to a compressed position (CP), wherein the pneumatic supporting member is pre-loaded when in the extended position (EP).
Tool arrangement for mounting on an agricultural machine , in particular for grassland and/or soil cultivation and/or for harvesting, with a tool that is held between two components of the tool arrangement , which components are clamped together, characterized in that a sensor device is associated with the at least one tool , which sensor device is constructed and arranged in such a way that by means of the sensor device a force, via which both the components are clamped together and/or a variable representing this force can be or is detected by measurement technology.
Bead core for reinforcing the bead regions of pneumatic vehicle tires composed of a number of steel wires having a diameter of 0.80 mm to 2.20 mm, wherein the steel wires are made of an ultra-tensile steel having the composition: C: 0.90% to 0.94% by weight, Si: 0.40% to 0.58% by weight, Mn: 0.25% to 0.40% by weight, P: ≤ 0.020% by weight, S: ≤ 0.020% by weight, Cr: 0.15% to 0.25% by weight, Cu: ≤ 0.04% by weight, Al: ≤ 0.070% by weight, balance iron and unavoidable impurities.
Apparatus for the separation or liquefaction of a gas at cryogenic temperatures, which comprises an isolated chamber comprising at least one element having to operate at cryogenic temperatures, the element being a distillation column, and also a pipe for transferring fluid coming from or going to the element, the pipe having a diameter D comprising at least one bend for changing the direction of flow of the fluid, characterized in that : - the bend does not comprise a curvature and forms a right angle, or alternatively comprises a curvature for which the ratio of the radius of curvature R to the diameter D of the pipe is y, where y is equal to 0.5 or greater than 0.5 and less than 1 and - profiled deflector vanes are placed inside the bend, with their concavity towards the centre of the bend forming a plurality of parallel curved ducts. - the bend does not comprise a curvature and forms a right angle, or alternatively comprises a curvature for which the ratio of the radius of curvature R to the diameter D of the pipe is y, where y is equal to 0.5 or greater than 0.5 and less than 1 and - profiled deflector vanes are placed inside the bend, with their concavity towards the centre of the bend forming a plurality of parallel curved ducts.
A method of communication, comprising: obtaining data; encoding the data to generate a codeword; dividing the codeword into a plurality of bit tuples; modifying the codeword according to a puncture pattern that is based on the plurality of bit tuples, wherein at most one bit of a particular bit tuple of the plurality of bit tuples is designated as a puncture bit which is a bit to be punctured; and transmitting the modified codeword. obtaining data; encoding the data to generate a codeword; dividing the codeword into a plurality of bit tuples; modifying the codeword according to a puncture pattern that is based on the plurality of bit tuples, wherein at most one bit of a particular bit tuple of the plurality of bit tuples is designated as a puncture bit which is a bit to be punctured; and transmitting the modified codeword.
An assembly for deploying an implant into an aneurysm, comprising: a tubular member having (a) a member lumen in the tubular member and (b) an opening at a distal end portion of the tubular member ; a coil implant configured for placement into an aneurysm and having (a) a coil; (b) a coil lumen extending longitudinally within the coil; and (c) a securing member (i) extending within the coil lumen, (ii) coupled to the coil at a distal region of the securing member, and (iii) having an enlarged proximal portion larger than, and positioned distal to, the opening ; an elongate member extending in the member lumen, through the opening, and coupled to the enlarged portion ; a stop element , coupled to the elongate member and residing in the member lumen , the stop element having a cross-section that is generally larger than the opening so that the stop element is prevented or hindered from passing through the opening ; and wherein the enlarged portion has a cross-section that is generally larger than the opening so that the enlarged portion is prevented or hindered from passing through the opening ; the assembly being configured such that proximal movement of the elongate member relative to the distal end portion results in the enlarged portion contacting the distal end portion and separating from the elongate member , and distal movement of the elongate member relative to the distal end portion results in the stop element contacting the distal end portion. a tubular member having (a) a member lumen in the tubular member and (b) an opening at a distal end portion of the tubular member ; a coil implant configured for placement into an aneurysm and having (a) a coil; (b) a coil lumen extending longitudinally within the coil; and (c) a securing member (i) extending within the coil lumen, (ii) coupled to the coil at a distal region of the securing member, and (iii) having an enlarged proximal portion larger than, and positioned distal to, the opening ; an elongate member extending in the member lumen, through the opening, and coupled to the enlarged portion ; a stop element , coupled to the elongate member and residing in the member lumen , the stop element having a cross-section that is generally larger than the opening so that the stop element is prevented or hindered from passing through the opening ; and wherein the enlarged portion has a cross-section that is generally larger than the opening so that the enlarged portion is prevented or hindered from passing through the opening ; the assembly being configured such that proximal movement of the elongate member relative to the distal end portion results in the enlarged portion contacting the distal end portion and separating from the elongate member , and distal movement of the elongate member relative to the distal end portion results in the stop element contacting the distal end portion.
Amethod for enabling an integrated starter generator controller, ISG controller , to acquire a crankshaft angle degree for a crankshaft of an engine through an engine control unit, ECU , wherein the ISG controller is controlling operation of an integrated starter generator, ISG that includes a rotor and is acquiring a rotor-derived crankshaft angle degree based on a rotor position of the rotor , wherein the ECU is controlling operation of the engine , and is detecting an angle degree of the crankshaft to acquire a detected crankshaft angle degree after the engine has been started; wherein the ISG controller is electrically connected to the ECU and controls the ISG to intervene in the rotation of the crankshaft based on the rotor-derived crankshaft angle degree when the engine is shutting down; the method being characterised by transmitting from the ECU to the ISG controller an angle-setting trigger signal upon determining that the detected crankshaft angle degree is equal to a predetermined angle degree when the engine has been started, the angle-setting trigger signal indicating that the predetermined angle degree is 0 degree; and setting, by the ISG controller , the rotor-derived crankshaft angle degree to the predetermined angle degree upon receipt of the angle-setting trigger signal. wherein the ISG controller is controlling operation of an integrated starter generator, ISG that includes a rotor and is acquiring a rotor-derived crankshaft angle degree based on a rotor position of the rotor , wherein the ECU is controlling operation of the engine , and is detecting an angle degree of the crankshaft to acquire a detected crankshaft angle degree after the engine has been started; wherein the ISG controller is electrically connected to the ECU and controls the ISG to intervene in the rotation of the crankshaft based on the rotor-derived crankshaft angle degree when the engine is shutting down; the method being characterised by transmitting from the ECU to the ISG controller an angle-setting trigger signal upon determining that the detected crankshaft angle degree is equal to a predetermined angle degree when the engine has been started, the angle-setting trigger signal indicating that the predetermined angle degree is 0 degree; and setting, by the ISG controller , the rotor-derived crankshaft angle degree to the predetermined angle degree upon receipt of the angle-setting trigger signal.
System for the production of a beverage, more particularly a cold beverage, having a cartridge which has a reservoir filled with a beverage substance , and a beverage preparation unit having a cartridge receptacle in which the cartridge can be reversibly inserted, and a cartridge discharge device which causes an at least partial transfer of the beverage substance from the reservoir into a mixing chamber , wherein the beverage preparation unit furthermore has a fluid supply which opens into the mixing chamber , wherein the system has a movable plunger which is arranged inside the reservoir and can be transferred from a starting position into a final position by means of the cartridge discharge device , wherein the plunger is arranged as part of the cartridge permanently in the reservoir , wherein the cartridge discharge device comprises a movable ram which can be inserted on an input side of the cartridge into the cartridge in order to press the beverage substance out from the cartridge on an output side of the cartridge , wherein the cartridge-side end of the ram has the plunger , or wherein the cartridge-side end of the ram is provided for interacting with the plunger arranged in the cartridge in such a way that, during the insertion of the ram into the cartridge , the ram meets the plunger located in the starting position and is then displaced by the ram into the final position, characterized in that the cartridge has, in the region of the insert side, a sealing element which is opened by inserting the plunger , wherein the sealing element comprises a sealing film which tears as the plunger is inserted, wherein the sealing film is arranged between the plunger arranged in the starting position and the beverage substance , so that the sealing film is torn by the plunger as the ram is inserted, or wherein the plunger is arranged in the starting position between the sealing element and the beverage substance so that the sealing film is torn by the ram as the ram is inserted.
An emergency braking method for aircraft, comprising using a progressive parking brake controlled by a lever that can be actuated by the pilot between a "0%" position in which the brakes are connected to the return pressure of the aircraft, and a "100%" position in which the brakes are connected to the feed pressure of the aircraft, the lever being blockable in the 100% position in order to provide parking braking when the aircraft is stationary, the emergency braking method being characterized in that it comprises: - using a valve having an outlet port connected to the brakes, a return port, and a feed port, the valve presenting a rest state in which the outlet port is connected to the return port and an active state in which the outlet port is connected to the feed port; and - controlling the valve to occupy one or the other of those states by pulse width modulation (PWM) having a duty ratio (R) that is a function of the position of the lever in order to deliver to the brakes with pressure lying in the range return pressure to feed pressure, depending on the position of the lever. - using a valve having an outlet port connected to the brakes, a return port, and a feed port, the valve presenting a rest state in which the outlet port is connected to the return port and an active state in which the outlet port is connected to the feed port; and - controlling the valve to occupy one or the other of those states by pulse width modulation (PWM) having a duty ratio (R) that is a function of the position of the lever in order to deliver to the brakes with pressure lying in the range return pressure to feed pressure, depending on the position of the lever.
A plug connector, comprising: a body having a mating face , the body having a thermal surface on a first side , wherein the thermal surface is used to dissipate thermal energy via air flow; a paddle card positioned in the body and extending from the thermal surface to a position adjacent the mating face ; and circuitry positioned in the body , the circuitry configured to emit at least 1 watt of thermal energy, wherein the thermal surface includes at least 50% more surface area than a corresponding flat surface, the body having the mating face at a mating end, the body being elongated and extending in a first direction that is parallel with an insertion direction, wherein the thermal surface area includes fins, the plug connector being characterised in that the fins of the thermal surface extend along the first side toward the mating end. a body having a mating face , the body having a thermal surface on a first side , wherein the thermal surface is used to dissipate thermal energy via air flow; a paddle card positioned in the body and extending from the thermal surface to a position adjacent the mating face ; and circuitry positioned in the body , the circuitry configured to emit at least 1 watt of thermal energy, wherein the thermal surface includes at least 50% more surface area than a corresponding flat surface, the body having the mating face at a mating end, the body being elongated and extending in a first direction that is parallel with an insertion direction, wherein the thermal surface area includes fins, the plug connector being characterised in that the fins of the thermal surface extend along the first side toward the mating end.
A texture processing method of processing a compressed texel block in which texels constituting a texture are compressed into a predetermined block unit, the texture processing method comprising: obtaining (S1010), based on the compressed texel block, at least two representative values of texels constituting a texel block, a weight for each of the texels constituting the texel block, and an index of the representative values and the weight for each of the texels constituting the texel block; storing (S1020) the representative values, the weight, and the index in a texture cache; reading (S1030) the representative values and the weight from the texture cache according to the index corresponding to a requested texel; generating (S1040) texels based on the read representative values and the read weight, the generating comprising performing interpolation using the read representative values and the read weight; and performing (S1050) texture filtering using the generated texels, wherein the index corresponding to each of the texels comprises a storage location indicating where the representative values are stored in the texture cache, and a storage location indicating where a respective one of the weights is stored in the texture cache. obtaining (S1010), based on the compressed texel block, at least two representative values of texels constituting a texel block, a weight for each of the texels constituting the texel block, and an index of the representative values and the weight for each of the texels constituting the texel block; storing (S1020) the representative values, the weight, and the index in a texture cache; reading (S1030) the representative values and the weight from the texture cache according to the index corresponding to a requested texel; generating (S1040) texels based on the read representative values and the read weight, the generating comprising performing interpolation using the read representative values and the read weight; and performing (S1050) texture filtering using the generated texels, wherein the index corresponding to each of the texels comprises a storage location indicating where the representative values are stored in the texture cache, and a storage location indicating where a respective one of the weights is stored in the texture cache.
A method for producing N-methyl-para-anisidine in a liquid phase, comprising alkylating para-anisidine with formalin, as formalin and a solution of para-anisidine are separately, simultaneously fed into a mixer disposed in a reactor, directly upstream of a catalytic reduction zone, thus producing an intermediate azomethine, 4-methoxy-(N-phenylmethanimine), and subsequently reducing said intermediate on a hydrogenation catalyst at a temperature of 20-120 °C, in an environment of hydrogen at elevated pressure, and then separating the target product, N-methyl-para-anisidine.
Support bearing element (10; 110; 210) for an extruder screw for a multi-screw extruder , at least comprising: - a cone (11; 111; 211); - a plurality of grooves (15; 115; 215), which are disposed on the external circumference and are axially parallel to the rotation axis of the support bearing element (10; 110; 210), for receiving in each case one satellite screw and a drive pinion connected thereto; characterized in that provided in the groove (15; 115; 215) is at least one friction bearing (70; 170; 270) for mounting the satellite screw next to the drive pinion of the latter, wherein the friction bearing (70; 170; 270) is disposed or configured in a bearing receptacle configured on the support bearing element . - a cone (11; 111; 211); - a plurality of grooves (15; 115; 215), which are disposed on the external circumference and are axially parallel to the rotation axis of the support bearing element (10; 110; 210), for receiving in each case one satellite screw and a drive pinion connected thereto;
An in vitro method for assigning a risk level and severity of thrombotic microangiopathy in a subject comprising: determining genetic variants in complement-associated genes in a biological sample containing genetic material from a subject, wherein the genetic variants comprise a genetic variant in a CFH gene comprising a change from a cytosine to an adenine at a position corresponding to position 1281 in the cDNA sequence of the CFH gene, and at least one additional genetic variant in an additional complement-associated gene; and assigning a risk level for the development of thrombotic microangiopathy, and for the likely severity of the thrombotic microangiopathy, based on the genetic variants determined in the biological sample, wherein the risk level corresponds to low risk where no genetic variants are identified, elevated risk where one genetic variant is identified, and high risk where two or more genetic variants are identified. determining genetic variants in complement-associated genes in a biological sample containing genetic material from a subject, wherein the genetic variants comprise a genetic variant in a CFH gene comprising a change from a cytosine to an adenine at a position corresponding to position 1281 in the cDNA sequence of the CFH gene, and at least one additional genetic variant in an additional complement-associated gene; and assigning a risk level for the development of thrombotic microangiopathy, and for the likely severity of the thrombotic microangiopathy, based on the genetic variants determined in the biological sample, wherein the risk level corresponds to low risk where no genetic variants are identified, elevated risk where one genetic variant is identified, and high risk where two or more genetic variants are identified.
A non-therapeutic method of modulating gastrointestinal microflora in a canine to obtain a Bacteroidetes to Firmicutes (B/F) ratio of the canine of less than 0.8, comprising: administering to the canine a pet food composition comprising from 45% to about 60% protein, from 10% to 20% carbohydrates, fat, and fiber.