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A stand-alone air filter assembly configured to be mounted to an engine air intake without the need for a separate housing comprising: a unitary molded plastic preform shell , the preform shell including an inlet section , an outlet section , and a hose connection section integral with a downstream end of the outlet section ; and a filter media pack , the filter media pack including a fluted filter media member fitted inside the inlet section of the preform shell through which unfiltered air enters the air filter assembly ; the outlet section of the preform shell through which filtered air leaves the air filter assembly converging from a larger, first cross-sectional area of the inlet section to a smaller, second cross-sectional area at the downstream end of the outlet section , the outlet section including one or more sensor ports each configured to support a sensor for measuring a characteristic of the filtered air leaving the air filter assembly ; and the hose connection section including an annular hose bead interface formed around an outer circumference thereof for sealing engagement with a hose fluidly coupling the air filter assembly to an air intake on an engine; characterized in that the filter media pack is retained within the inlet section by an adhesive provided between an outer peripheral portion of the filter media pack and an inner peripheral portion of the inlet section and a urethane seal provided between an outer peripheral portion of an upper extent of the filter media pack and an inner peripheral portion of the preform shell in a vicinity of a rim portion circumscribing an open end of the inlet section . a unitary molded plastic preform shell , the preform shell including an inlet section , an outlet section , and a hose connection section integral with a downstream end of the outlet section ; and a filter media pack , the filter media pack including a fluted filter media member fitted inside the inlet section of the preform shell through which unfiltered air enters the air filter assembly ; the outlet section of the preform shell through which filtered air leaves the air filter assembly converging from a larger, first cross-sectional area of the inlet section to a smaller, second cross-sectional area at the downstream end of the outlet section , the outlet section including one or more sensor ports each configured to support a sensor for measuring a characteristic of the filtered air leaving the air filter assembly ; and the hose connection section including an annular hose bead interface formed around an outer circumference thereof for sealing engagement with a hose fluidly coupling the air filter assembly to an air intake on an engine; characterized in that the filter media pack is retained within the inlet section by an adhesive provided between an outer peripheral portion of the filter media pack and an inner peripheral portion of the inlet section and a urethane seal provided between an outer peripheral portion of an upper extent of the filter media pack and an inner peripheral portion of the preform shell in a vicinity of a rim portion circumscribing an open end of the inlet section .
A razor handle comprising a handle body extending in a longitudinal direction (L26), the handle body comprising a first material and having a front portion and a rear portion , the razor handle further comprising a connecting portion for connection to a razor cartridge , the connecting portion extending from the front portion of the handle body , wherein the handle body comprises at least one supporting element , the at least one supporting element contributing to a relative movement between the front portion and the rear portion of the handle body , wherein the handle body further comprises a median plane (M) extending along the longitudinal direction (L26) of the handle body , wherein the front portion is rotatable relative to the rear portion about a first axis (X1), the first axis (X1) being located on the at least one supporting element , in the median plane (M) , wherein the at least one supporting element extends longitudinally along the median plane (M) of the handle body , wherein the handle body further comprises an intermediate portion between the front portion and the rear portion , wherein the at least one supporting element is located in the intermediate portion , wherein the intermediate portion further comprises a second material, the second material being more elastic than the first material, wherein the at least one supporting element is made of the first material.
A battery module (M2), wherein the battery module (M2) comprises: a plurality of battery units configured to be serial-connected, wherein the plurality of battery units comprise a failed battery unit and at least one non-failed battery unit after the battery module (M2) fails; and a conductive part , configured to be electrically connected to the at least one non-failed battery unit , and make a current bypass an electrode assembly of the failed battery unit so that the battery module (M2) resumes working; wherein the at least one non-failed battery unit comprises two non-failed battery units that are located upstream and downstream of the failed battery unit respectively, and the conductive part serial-connects the two non-failed battery units ; wherein the battery module (M2) further comprises: a connecting plate , configured to serial-connect electrode terminals of the plurality of battery units ; and the conductive part serial-connects the two non-failed battery units through at least one of the connecting plate or the electrode terminals ; wherein the connecting plate between the two non-failed battery units is in a disconnected state. a plurality of battery units configured to be serial-connected, wherein the plurality of battery units comprise a failed battery unit and at least one non-failed battery unit after the battery module (M2) fails; and a conductive part , configured to be electrically connected to the at least one non-failed battery unit , and make a current bypass an electrode assembly of the failed battery unit so that the battery module (M2) resumes working; wherein the at least one non-failed battery unit comprises two non-failed battery units that are located upstream and downstream of the failed battery unit respectively, and the conductive part serial-connects the two non-failed battery units ; wherein the battery module (M2) further comprises: a connecting plate , configured to serial-connect electrode terminals of the plurality of battery units ; and the conductive part serial-connects the two non-failed battery units through at least one of the connecting plate or the electrode terminals ; wherein the connecting plate between the two non-failed battery units is in a disconnected state. a connecting plate , configured to serial-connect electrode terminals of the plurality of battery units ; and the conductive part serial-connects the two non-failed battery units through at least one of the connecting plate or the electrode terminals ; wherein the connecting plate between the two non-failed battery units is in a disconnected state.
A target radio access network, RAN, node associated with a second network, comprising: at least one memory ; and at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory and configured to: receive , directly from a core network , core network information about a handover of a radio terminal from a first network to the second network; control communication of the radio terminal based on the core network information; and transfer , in response to receiving the core network information, a handover command message on a direct interface with a source RAN node associated with the first network, characterized in that ; the core network information includes slice information relating to a network slice in the second network to which the radio terminal is to be connected. at least one memory ; and at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory and configured to: receive , directly from a core network , core network information about a handover of a radio terminal from a first network to the second network; control communication of the radio terminal based on the core network information; and transfer , in response to receiving the core network information, a handover command message on a direct interface with a source RAN node associated with the first network, characterized in that ; receive , directly from a core network , core network information about a handover of a radio terminal from a first network to the second network; control communication of the radio terminal based on the core network information; and transfer , in response to receiving the core network information, a handover command message on a direct interface with a source RAN node associated with the first network, characterized in that ; the core network information includes slice information relating to a network slice in the second network to which the radio terminal is to be connected.
A method for evaluating the condition of a remote surface of a material, comprising the steps of: providing a wide band coherent radar antenna that is selected based upon an impedance match with the material to be evaluated, wherein said antenna has an antenna length that is configured to delay receipt of a signal of interest reflected from said remote surface of said material by a time period sufficient to distinguish between said reflected signal of interest and reflected spurious signals from a near surface of said material; placing said antenna adjacent said near surface of said material; irradiating said material with coherent microwave radiation tuned over a frequency range; detecting reflected microwave radiation from said remote surface of said material; and determining the thickness of the material based upon a determined distance traveled by said signal of interest. providing a wide band coherent radar antenna that is selected based upon an impedance match with the material to be evaluated, wherein said antenna has an antenna length that is configured to delay receipt of a signal of interest reflected from said remote surface of said material by a time period sufficient to distinguish between said reflected signal of interest and reflected spurious signals from a near surface of said material; placing said antenna adjacent said near surface of said material; irradiating said material with coherent microwave radiation tuned over a frequency range; detecting reflected microwave radiation from said remote surface of said material; and determining the thickness of the material based upon a determined distance traveled by said signal of interest.
An electrochemical cell comprising a cathode and an anode disposed in a housing , an active surface area of the anode being greater than a surface area of an internal surface of the housing, and an active surface area of the cathode being greater than a surface area of an internal surface of the housing, wherein the cathode includes a plurality of cathodes and the anode includes a plurality of anodes, wherein each of the plurality of cathodes and each of the plurality of anodes extends radially outward from a region proximate from a solid core extending along a central axis of the housing, with a fluid passageway defined between each adjacent cathode and anode, the fluid channels extending substantially parallel to the central axis, , wherein each of the cathodes and the anodes is a planar structure having a substantially same thickness along its radial extent, the cathodes and the anodes alternating in a circular path defined about the solid core in a plane perpendicular to a flow axis through the electrochemical cell .
A method for identifying a biomarker indicative of a reduced response to a drug in a patient comprising the steps of : a) heating either i) a sample from a patient having a reduced response to the drug or ii) a sample from a patient responsive to the drug; b) separating soluble from insoluble protein of i) or ii); and c) analysing either or both the soluble and insoluble fractions of step b) and either comparing with the corresponding fraction obtained from heating and separating a sample from a patient responsive to the drug when i) is heated and separated in steps a) and b), or comparing with the corresponding fraction obtained from heating and separating a sample from a patient having a reduced response to the drug when ii) is heated and separated in steps a) and b), to identify at least one protein which has a different melting temperature in the sample from the reduced drug response sample, compared to the sample from drug responsive patient, wherein the target protein for the drug is excluded from identification. a) heating either i) a sample from a patient having a reduced response to the drug or ii) a sample from a patient responsive to the drug; b) separating soluble from insoluble protein of i) or ii); and c) analysing either or both the soluble and insoluble fractions of step b) and either comparing with the corresponding fraction obtained from heating and separating a sample from a patient responsive to the drug when i) is heated and separated in steps a) and b), or comparing with the corresponding fraction obtained from heating and separating a sample from a patient having a reduced response to the drug when ii) is heated and separated in steps a) and b),
A communication-adapter mounting device for mounting a communication adapter that relays communication between an air-conditioning apparatus and an other apparatus, the communication-adapter mounting device comprising: a body into which the communication adapter is to be accommodated and from which the communication adapter is allowed to be removed; and a clip to mount the body to a housing of the air-conditioning apparatus , the body having a mounting hole for securing the communication-adapter mounting device to an installation location in which to install the communication adapter , the body having a clip holding mechanism to hold the clip and to allow the clip to be removed, the clip including a plate spring structure, the plate spring structure being shaped like a bent strip of thin plate and including a pair of pinching comprising a first pinching portion and a second pinching portion , the clip holding mechanism including a mounting plate that is provided to a first face of the body and that faces a first opening provided in the first face , the clip holding mechanism being configured to hold the clip in a state in which the first pinching portion of the clip is positioned between the mounting plate and the first opening , a surface of the first pinching portion that faces the second pinching portion is placed in contact with the mounting plate , and a surface of the first pinching portion that is opposite to the second pinching portion is placed in contact with the first face . a body into which the communication adapter is to be accommodated and from which the communication adapter is allowed to be removed; and a clip to mount the body to a housing of the air-conditioning apparatus , the body having a mounting hole for securing the communication-adapter mounting device to an installation location in which to install the communication adapter , the body having a clip holding mechanism to hold the clip and to allow the clip to be removed, the clip including a plate spring structure, the plate spring structure being shaped like a bent strip of thin plate and including a pair of pinching comprising a first pinching portion and a second pinching portion , the clip holding mechanism including a mounting plate that is provided to a first face of the body and that faces a first opening provided in the first face , the clip holding mechanism being configured to hold the clip in a state in which the first pinching portion of the clip is positioned between the mounting plate and the first opening , a surface of the first pinching portion that faces the second pinching portion is placed in contact with the mounting plate , and a surface of the first pinching portion that is opposite to the second pinching portion is placed in contact with the first face .
A method of forming a conductive track on a surface of a substrate , the substrate comprising deposited material along a path on a surface of the substrate wherein the path is formed in a predefined pattern on a top surface of the substrate , the path comprising straight portions extending in different directions and/or curved portions, the method comprising: providing the substrate ; generating a laser beam having an optical axis and an energy distribution within a cross-sectional area of the laser beam incident on the surface , the energy distribution being non-circularly symmetric about the optical axis at the surface ; and directing the laser beam to move along said path to irradiate the deposited material to provide a conductive track along said path, wherein the laser beam is arranged to follow the straight and/or curved portions of the path and a selected orientation of the energy distribution within the cross-sectional area is aligned with the direction of movement of the laser beam and characterised in that the energy distribution of the laser beam within the cross-sectional area is rotated about the optical axis relative to the substrate so as to maintain alignment between the selected orientation and the direction of movement, and in that the energy distribution profile is altered whilst irradiating the deposited material to alter the intensity of the radiation within the cross-sectional shape to more closely match the radiation distribution required to irradiate efficiently the deposited material . providing the substrate ; generating a laser beam having an optical axis and an energy distribution within a cross-sectional area of the laser beam incident on the surface , the energy distribution being non-circularly symmetric about the optical axis at the surface ; and directing the laser beam to move along said path to irradiate the deposited material to provide a conductive track along said path, wherein the laser beam is arranged to follow the straight and/or curved portions of the path and a selected orientation of the energy distribution within the cross-sectional area is aligned with the direction of movement of the laser beam and characterised in that the energy distribution of the laser beam within the cross-sectional area is rotated about the optical axis relative to the substrate so as to maintain alignment between the selected orientation and the direction of movement, and in that the energy distribution profile is altered whilst irradiating the deposited material to alter the intensity of the radiation within the cross-sectional shape to more closely match the radiation distribution required to irradiate efficiently the deposited material .
Moist washing method using an automatic washing machine that comprises a washing drum and a suds container and a heating element arranged below the washing drum, in which method the moisture content of the laundry is below the saturation moisture level and, in order to carry out an intermediate steam heating step, an amount of water that covers the heating element is admitted into the suds container , in a first step the water being admitted up to a fill level h3 that is above the lower rim of the washing drum and contacts the items of laundry, and subsequently in a second step, with a rotational movement of the washing drum , water being absorbed by the laundry until, owing to the absorption effect of the laundry, a steam heating liquid level h2 occurs which is at the level of the lower rim of the washing drum and thus significantly above the upper edge h1 of the heating element and the contact of the laundry with the water that has been admitted ends, and subsequently in a third step the steam heating being carried out, characterised in that , the heating element is switched on when the fill level h3 is reached and the steam heating operation for heating the items of laundry and the washing drum starts when the steam heating liquid level h2 is reached.
A wind turbine nacelle configured for mounting onto the top of a wind turbine tower , wherein the wind turbine nacelle is provided with receiving formations configured releasably to form a releasable pivot connection with an elevator carriage of a nacelle elevator system such that the wind turbine nacelle is supported by the elevator carriage and pivotable at the receiving formations about a pivot axis with respect to the elevator carriage, and the wind turbine nacelle is configured to receive a rotor for rotation about a rotor axis and is configured for connection to or comprising a yaw bearing to allow rotation of the rotor axis about a yaw axis that is perpendicular to the pivot axis. wherein the wind turbine nacelle is provided with receiving formations configured releasably to form a releasable pivot connection with an elevator carriage of a nacelle elevator system such that the wind turbine nacelle is supported by the elevator carriage and pivotable at the receiving formations about a pivot axis with respect to the elevator carriage, and the wind turbine nacelle is configured to receive a rotor for rotation about a rotor axis and is configured for connection to or comprising a yaw bearing to allow rotation of the rotor axis about a yaw axis that is perpendicular to the pivot axis.
A curable formulation comprising a) a high molecular weight polyester resin, wherein the high molecular weight polyester resin is a polyester having an average molecular weight (Mw) of 50,000 to 125,000, wherein the average molecular weight (Mw) is determined as set out in the description; b) an epoxy terminated polyester having the structure wherein -R 2 - is a divalent organic group, wherein R 1 - is selected from the group consisting of and wherein -A- is a divalent alkyl group, -CA- is a divalent cycloalkyl group, j is 0 to 5, -R 2 - is a divalent organic group, -R 21 - is a divalent alkyl group, and -R 22 - is a divalent alkyl group, G- is c) an additive selected from the group consisting of phosphoric acid and orthophosphoric acid; d) a curing agent comprising of an isocyanate-based aliphatic compound or an isocyanate-based aromatic compound; and e) a solvent, wherein, upon curing under curing conditions, the curable formulation forms at least one interpenetrating polymer network. a) a high molecular weight polyester resin, wherein the high molecular weight polyester resin is a polyester having an average molecular weight (Mw) of 50,000 to 125,000, wherein the average molecular weight (Mw) is determined as set out in the description; b) an epoxy terminated polyester having the structure wherein -R 2 - is a divalent organic group, wherein R 1 - is selected from the group consisting of and wherein -A- is a divalent alkyl group, -CA- is a divalent cycloalkyl group, j is 0 to 5, -R 2 - is a divalent organic group, -R 21 - is a divalent alkyl group, and -R 22 - is a divalent alkyl group, G- is wherein -R 2 - is a divalent organic group, wherein R 1 - is selected from the group consisting of and wherein -A- is a divalent alkyl group, -CA- is a divalent cycloalkyl group, j is 0 to 5, -R 2 - is a divalent organic group, -R 21 - is a divalent alkyl group, and -R 22 - is a divalent alkyl group, G- is c) an additive selected from the group consisting of phosphoric acid and orthophosphoric acid; d) a curing agent comprising of an isocyanate-based aliphatic compound or an isocyanate-based aromatic compound; and e) a solvent,