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A medical compression garment for being worn around a lower body portion of a wearer and to extend to the wearer's waist , the garment comprising: an elastic compressive fabric adapted to be worn around the lower body portion of a wearer, the elastic compressive fabric including a front fabric portion and a rear fabric portion , the front fabric portion including a first section and a second section separated by an opening extending at least partially through a medial segment of the front fabric portion; a first fastening attached to an inner surface of the first section and a second fastening attached to an outer surface of the second section, whereby the first section and second section of the front fabric portion are fastened together to close the opening by connection of the first fastening to the second fastening, and wherein the elastic compressive fabric includes a waste removal opening for removal of solid and liquid waste, and wherein the opening separating the first section and the second section of the front fabric portion extends through the medial segment of the front fabric portion into the waste removal opening. an elastic compressive fabric adapted to be worn around the lower body portion of a wearer, the elastic compressive fabric including a front fabric portion and a rear fabric portion , the front fabric portion including a first section and a second section separated by an opening extending at least partially through a medial segment of the front fabric portion; a first fastening attached to an inner surface of the first section and a second fastening attached to an outer surface of the second section, whereby the first section and second section of the front fabric portion are fastened together to close the opening by connection of the first fastening to the second fastening, and wherein the elastic compressive fabric includes a waste removal opening for removal of solid and liquid waste, and wherein the opening separating the first section and the second section of the front fabric portion extends through the medial segment of the front fabric portion into the waste removal opening.
A method of controlling a microgrid arrangement comprising a microgrid , a plurality of Distributed Generators, DGs, connected to the microgrid, and a switch for, in a closed position, connecting the microgrid to a power grid , and for, in an open position, disconnecting the microgrid from said power grid, the method comprising: detecting (S1) instability in the microgrid, comprising detecting that the switch is in the open position, islanding the microgrid arrangement ; and in response to the detection (Si), switching (S2) operating mode of a first DG of the plurality of DGs from a grid following mode to a grid forming support mode and of a second DG of the plurality of DGs to a grid forming mode, keeping the first DG in the grid forming support mode and the second DG in the grid forming mode as long as the microgrid arrangement is islanded; characterised in when the microgrid arrangement is islanded, controlling (S 3 ) output to the microgrid from the first DG based on a first voltage reference during a transient state of the microgrid directly after the islanding, aiding the second DG in controlling the voltage and frequency of the microgrid, and to a predetermined fixed power output based on a power reference while disregarding the first voltage reference when the microgrid has stabilized enough for the second DG to be able to hold the microgrid at a steady state without the aid of the first DG, and controlling output to the microgrid from the second DG based on a second voltage reference during both the transient state and the steady state. detecting (S1) instability in the microgrid, comprising detecting that the switch is in the open position, islanding the microgrid arrangement ; and in response to the detection (Si), switching (S2) operating mode of a first DG of the plurality of DGs from a grid following mode to a grid forming support mode and of a second DG of the plurality of DGs to a grid forming mode, keeping the first DG in the grid forming support mode and the second DG in the grid forming mode as long as the microgrid arrangement is islanded; characterised in when the microgrid arrangement is islanded, controlling (S 3 ) output to the microgrid from the first DG based on a first voltage reference during a transient state of the microgrid directly after the islanding, aiding the second DG in controlling the voltage and frequency of the microgrid, and to a predetermined fixed power output based on a power reference while disregarding the first voltage reference when the microgrid has stabilized enough for the second DG to be able to hold the microgrid at a steady state without the aid of the first DG, and controlling output to the microgrid from the second DG based on a second voltage reference during both the transient state and the steady state.
A system comprising an image forming apparatus and a relay apparatus , the image forming apparatus comprising: a network interface ; a local interface ; a storage means configured to store a user identifier (ID) received from the local interface or to store a user ID received from the network interface via a network; and a control means configured to transmit an authentication request including the user ID stored in the storage means to an authentication apparatus and allow a user corresponding to the user ID to log in based on an authentication result received from the authentication apparatus , wherein the network interface receives the user ID from an IC card reader via the relay apparatus which is configured to install a plurality of types of universal serial bus (USB) device drivers, and wherein the control means performs the same authentication procedure regardless of which interface amongst the local interface and the network interface the card information is received from. a network interface ; a local interface ; a storage means configured to store a user identifier (ID) received from the local interface or to store a user ID received from the network interface via a network; and a control means configured to transmit an authentication request including the user ID stored in the storage means to an authentication apparatus and allow a user corresponding to the user ID to log in based on an authentication result received from the authentication apparatus ,
An apparatus comprising: an aircraft flap movable between a stowed position and a deployed position, the flap including a top panel , a notch formed in the top panel and extending into a side of the top panel near a trailing edge of the flap ; a seal coupled to the flap , the seal movable to cover the notch when the flap is in the deployed position; and an actuator assembly , the actuator assembly configured to move the flap between the stowed position and the deployed position, wherein, when the flap is in the stowed position, the actuator assembly is arranged to extend through the notch in the top panel , and, when the flap is in the deployed position, the actuator assembly is arranged to extend outwardly from a bottom panel of the flap . an aircraft flap movable between a stowed position and a deployed position, the flap including a top panel , a notch formed in the top panel and extending into a side of the top panel near a trailing edge of the flap ; a seal coupled to the flap , the seal movable to cover the notch when the flap is in the deployed position; and an actuator assembly , the actuator assembly configured to move the flap between the stowed position and the deployed position, wherein, when the flap is in the stowed position, the actuator assembly is arranged to extend through the notch in the top panel , and, when the flap is in the deployed position, the actuator assembly is arranged to extend outwardly from a bottom panel of the flap .
Device for generating a pulsating hydraulic fluid pressure in a working chamber filled with hydraulic fluid with a drivable working piston movably guided in a hollow working cylinder, wherein a working chamber that is in fluid communication with the working piston is provided such that, by means of a movement of the working piston within the hollow working cylinder, a pulsating hydraulic fluid pressure can be generated in the working chamber , characterized in that an auxiliary piston is movably guided in a hollow auxiliary cylinder and is in fluid communication with an additional chamber , wherein a closeable auxiliary channel is provided, which connects the additional chamber and the working chamber , wherein the auxiliary piston and hollow auxiliary cylinder are formed and arranged in such a way that, by moving the auxiliary piston within the hollow auxiliary cylinder, a hydraulic fluid arranged in the additional chamber can at least partly be forced out of the additional chamber into the auxiliary channel and from the auxiliary channel into the working chamber , wherein the auxiliary piston divides the additional chamber into a front and a rear additional chamber section , wherein the auxiliary piston can be moved in such a way that hydraulic fluid can be forced from the front additional chamber section into the auxiliary channel and from the auxiliary channel into the working chamber , and the auxiliary piston and the hollow auxiliary cylinder are formed in such a way that, during the movement, the auxiliary piston passes through a first and a second stroke section, wherein hydraulic fluid can only be transferred from the additional chamber into the auxiliary channel and from the auxiliary channel into the working chamber in the first stroke section, with the result that additional hydraulic fluid is brought from the additional chamber into the working chamber at the start of a pressure stroke.
A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment, UE, comprising: receiving from a base station a downlink grant that does not include a downlink assignment index, DAI, wherein the DAI is a counter incremented by the base station for each downlink transmission scheduled for the UE; determining a pre-defined bundle window, associated with acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement, ACK/NACK, multiplexing or bundling, based at least in part on receiving the downlink grant that does not include the DAI; receiving an uplink grant for the ACK/NACK feedback that indicates one or more slots in the pre-defined bundle window in which one or more downlink communications were scheduled for each combination of slot and frequency for multiple component carriers; and transmitting ACK/NACK feedback to acknowledge or negatively acknowledge the one or more downlink communications received in the pre-defined bundle window. receiving from a base station a downlink grant that does not include a downlink assignment index, DAI, wherein the DAI is a counter incremented by the base station for each downlink transmission scheduled for the UE; determining a pre-defined bundle window, associated with acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement, ACK/NACK, multiplexing or bundling, based at least in part on receiving the downlink grant that does not include the DAI; receiving an uplink grant for the ACK/NACK feedback that indicates one or more slots in the pre-defined bundle window in which one or more downlink communications were scheduled for each combination of slot and frequency for multiple component carriers; and transmitting ACK/NACK feedback to acknowledge or negatively acknowledge the one or more downlink communications received in the pre-defined bundle window.
A vacuum pump including a casing body having a cylinder portion that is formed in a cylindrical shape and forms a hollow cylinder chamber (S) opened at a front end and a rear end portion thereof, a rotor rotated in the cylinder chamber (S), an air-intake passage through which air is supplied into the cylinder chamber (S), a discharge port through which air compressed in the cylinder chamber (S) is discharged, side plates which block the opening at the front end and the rear end of the cylinder chamber (S), and a pump cover which is disposed at the opposite side to the rotor so as to sandwich the side plate between the pump cover and the rotor and fixed to the casing body , characterized in that the side plates are configured so that the diameters thereof are larger than the inner diameter of the inner peripheral surface of the cylinder portion , and urged to be pressed against the front end and the rear end of the cylinder portion , the side plate which blocks the opening at the front end of the cylinder chamber (S) and is not in contact with the rotor is provided with an intercommunication port that faces a shaft hole of the rotor and intercommunicates with a space between the side plate and the pump cover , the intercommunication port intercommunicates between the shaft hole and the space , the intercommunication port is formed to be smaller than a shaft diameter of a rotating shaft for rotating the rotor , the rotating shaft is prevented from protruding from the front end face of the rotor , the air-intake passage is under negative pressure occurring during operation of the vacuum pump and a gap is provided between the casing body and the pump cover such that discharged air infiltrates into the space formed between the side plate and the pump cover , thereby setting the space formed between the side plate and the pump cover to atmospheric pressure.
A waveguide for guiding a light having a wavelength (λ), the waveguide comprising a plurality of sections of a core material and a plurality of sections of a covering material alternately arranged in a periodic way with a period (∧) smaller than the wavelength (λ); the waveguide characterised in that it is single mode and comprises interfaces respectively defined between each one of the sections of the plurality of sections of core material and each one of the sections of the plurality of sections of covering material forming an angle (α) greater than zero with respect to a plane perpendicular to a propagation direction of the light intended to be guided by the waveguide ; and in that the plurality of sections of core material and the plurality of sections of covering material have constant geometric properties throughout the length of the waveguide .
An assembly for continuously expanding a pipe and orienting the pipe during operation, the assembly comprising: a. a mandrel ; b. an internal guide ; c. an external guide extending around all or a portion of the internal guide and the external guide being concentric with the internal guide ; wherein the assembly is configured so that during operation a pipe is moved between the external guide and the internal guide until the pipe is moved over the mandrel , having a clearance located between the internal guide and the external guide , wherein the clearance is equal to a thickness of the pipe to be moved through the assembly plus a clearance between the pipe and the internal guide and between the pipe and the external guide ; and wherein the guide and the external guide each have an end that is located proximate to the mandrel ; and the assembly being characterised in that a space is located between the mandrel and the end of the internal guide proximate the mandrel and between the mandrel and the end of the external guide proximate to the mandrel . a. a mandrel ; b. an internal guide ; c. an external guide extending around all or a portion of the internal guide and the external guide being concentric with the internal guide ; wherein the assembly is configured so that during operation a pipe is moved between the external guide and the internal guide until the pipe is moved over the mandrel , having a clearance located between the internal guide and the external guide , wherein the clearance is equal to a thickness of the pipe to be moved through the assembly plus a clearance between the pipe and the internal guide and between the pipe and the external guide ; and wherein the guide and the external guide each have an end that is located proximate to the mandrel ; and the assembly being characterised in that a space is located between the mandrel and the end of the internal guide proximate the mandrel and between the mandrel and the end of the external guide proximate to the mandrel .
A method of sintering a green film to fabricate a Li-stuffed garnet solid electrolyte for a rechargeable battery, the method comprising: placing a green film of unsintered Li-stuffed garnet precursor materials on top of a setter plate, wherein the setter plate comprises at least two members selected from the group consisting of lithium-stuffed garnet oxide characterized by the formula Li x La y Zr z O t ·qAl 2 O 3 , wherein 4<x<10, 1<y<4, 1<z<3, 6<t<14, and 0≤q≤1, Li 2 ZrO 3 , Li 2 SiO 3 , LiLaO 2 , LiAlO 2 , Li 2 O and Li 3 PO 4 , and combinations thereof, and sintering the green film on top of the setter plate to form a sintered garnet film. placing a green film of unsintered Li-stuffed garnet precursor materials on top of a setter plate, wherein the setter plate comprises at least two members selected from the group consisting of lithium-stuffed garnet oxide characterized by the formula Li x La y Zr z O t ·qAl 2 O 3 , wherein 4<x<10, 1<y<4, 1<z<3, 6<t<14, and 0≤q≤1, Li 2 ZrO 3 , Li 2 SiO 3 , LiLaO 2 , LiAlO 2 , Li 2 O and Li 3 PO 4 , and combinations thereof, and sintering the green film on top of the setter plate to form a sintered garnet film.
Smoke-generating body having a smoke-generating body casing and a smoke-generating mass embedded therein, a smoke-generating base and a smoke-generating upper side , wherein the smoke-generating body has at least one purge opening in its smoke-generating body upper side , characterized in that an attachment for protecting the at least one purge opening is provided on the smoke-generating body upper side , wherein the attachment is spaced apart from the smoke-generating upper side via supports , so that smoke which is generated can escape from the at least one purge opening and then laterally between the smoke-generating upper side and the attachment .
Automatic manufacturing station for workpieces , in particular for vehicle body components, which has a manufacturing region having a workstation and having a plurality of programme-controlled manufacturing robots , wherein the workpieces are fed from externally to the manufacturing station on production load carriers , characterized in that the manufacturing station has a plurality of workstations and a station-bound transport means for transporting the production load carriers within the manufacturing station , wherein one or more manufacturing robots are designed to transport a workpiece between the workstations .
A cover system for an ultrasound probe having a distal end portion and a proximate end portion, the system comprising: a cover formed of a flexible material in the shape of an elongated tubular sheath , said sheath having a longitudinal axis, an outer surface, a closed end and an open end, said open end being located at the opposite end of said sheath from said closed end, a ring applicator , and at least one elastic band , said ring applicator having an oval or circular cylindrical shape, a perimeter, distal and proximate ends, and a single opening completely extending axially from said distal to said proximate end, wherein said ring applicator further comprises a lip that extends radially away from said proximal end of said cylinder to aid in retaining said sheath in place prior to installation onto the ultrasound probe and to further aid in deployment of the sheath, said cover being applied over said ring applicator with said closed end of said cover being substantially flush with said distal end of said ring applicator, the majority of said tubular sheath being compressed along its longitudinal axis over said ring applicator with said elastic band placed about the outer surface of said cover to hold said cover onto said ring applicator. a cover formed of a flexible material in the shape of an elongated tubular sheath , said sheath having a longitudinal axis, an outer surface, a closed end and an open end, said open end being located at the opposite end of said sheath from said closed end, a ring applicator , and at least one elastic band , said ring applicator having an oval or circular cylindrical shape, a perimeter, distal and proximate ends, and a single opening completely extending axially from said distal to said proximate end, wherein said ring applicator further comprises a lip that extends radially away from said proximal end of said cylinder to aid in retaining said sheath in place prior to installation onto the ultrasound probe and to further aid in deployment of the sheath, said cover being applied over said ring applicator with said closed end of said cover being substantially flush with said distal end of said ring applicator, the majority of said tubular sheath being compressed along its longitudinal axis over said ring applicator with said elastic band placed about the outer surface of said cover to hold said cover onto said ring applicator.
Filter element for cleaning an operating liquid of a machine tool, comprising a filter medium having a clean side and a raw side disposed in a pressure-stable casing that can be flowed through, wherein the filter medium extends along a longitudinal axis between two end discs sealingly connected to the filter medium and surrounds an inner raw-sided hollow space , wherein the casing surrounds the filter medium and is firmly connected to the end discs , wherein an inlet opening for the operating liquid in the inner hollow space is disposed in one of the end discs , wherein a drainage opening corresponding with the hollow space is provided at the opposite end disc , wherein the drainage-sided end disc comprises a detachable closing element which closes the drainage opening , wherein the closing element is axially movable, in particular for opening the drainage opening before replacing the filter element, wherein the closing element , at least in closed state of the drainage opening , is disposed in a sealing nozzle pointing axially inwards from the drainage-sided end disc , characterized in that the sealing nozzle features a thread on an interior side into which a release tool is screwable, wherein the release tool acts directly or indirectly on the closing element .
A panel, in particular a wall, ceiling or floor panel, comprising a carrier plate based on polyvinyl chloride and a film attached thereon, wherein the film is a PVC film having a thickness of 0.04 to 0.2 mm and comprises a decorative pattern directly printed thereon, and a cured polymer layer is provided over the PVC film, wherein the ink used for printing the decorative pattern is solvent-containing and is a UV ink, characterized in that the printing ink contains a polymerizable acrylate and N-vinylcaprolactam.