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A surgical tool comprising: a jaw assembly comprising first and second jaws pivotable about a first axis (A-A); characterized in including: a first cam pulley and a second cam pulley rotatable about a second axis (B-B) and coupled to the first and second jaws; and a cam follower coupling the first and the second pulleys to each of the first and second jaws; wherein: a rotation of the first cam pulley opens or closes the first and second jaws about the first axis; and a force applied to the second cam pulley rotates the first and second jaws about the second axis, and the pivot point of each of the jaws is spaced a lateral distance from the second axis, wherein the first cam pulley multiplies a closure force acting on the first and second jaws as the first cam pulley is rotated to close the first and second jaws, and wherein the first cam pulley includes at least one cam plate, and wherein a cam link is pivotally connected to the respective at least one cam plate and a respective second cam pulley. a first cam pulley and a second cam pulley rotatable about a second axis (B-B) and coupled to the first and second jaws; and a cam follower coupling the first and the second pulleys to each of the first and second jaws; wherein: a rotation of the first cam pulley opens or closes the first and second jaws about the first axis; and a force applied to the second cam pulley rotates the first and second jaws about the second axis, and the pivot point of each of the jaws is spaced a lateral distance from the second axis, a rotation of the first cam pulley opens or closes the first and second jaws about the first axis; and a force applied to the second cam pulley rotates the first and second jaws about the second axis, and the pivot point of each of the jaws is spaced a lateral distance from the second axis,
Domestic appliance, in particular beverage dispenser machine, with a beverage pump (10a; 10b; 10c; 10d; 10e) for conveying a liquid, wherein the beverage pump comprises at least one pole sleeve (14a; 14b, 14c; 14d; 14e) for conducting a magnetic flux generated by a magnetic actuator (16a; 16d), characterised in that, along a main flow direction of the liquid, the pole sleeve (14a; 14b, 14c; 14d; 14e) has a substantially changing magnetic permeability, the pole sleeve (14a; 14b, 14c; 14d; 14e) having a reduced magnetic permeability in an axial edge region (18a; 18b, 18c; 18d; 18e).
An organic electroluminescent compound represented by the following formula 1: wherein X 1 and X 2 each independently represent N, O, or S, with the proviso, when X 1 represents N, X 2 represents O or S, and when X 1 represents O or S, X 2 represents N; Z 1 and Z 2 each independently represent hydrogen, deuterium, or -L 1 -Het, with the proviso, at least one of Z 1 and Z 2 represents -L 1 -Het; R represents a substituted or unsubstituted (C6-C30)aryl, or a substituted or unsubstituted 3- to 30-membered heteroaryl; R 1 to R 4 each independently represent hydrogen, deuterium, a substituted or unsubstituted (C1-C10)alkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted (C6-C30)aryl, or a substituted or unsubstituted 3- to 30-membered heteroaryl; L 1 represents a direct bond, a substituted or unsubstituted (C6-C30)arylene, or a substituted or unsubstituted 3- to 30-membered heteroary lene; Het represents a substituted or unsubstituted 3- to 30-membered heteroaryl; and the heteroaryl(ene) contains at least one heteroatom selected from B, N, O, S, Si, and P. X 1 and X 2 each independently represent N, O, or S, with the proviso, when X 1 represents N, X 2 represents O or S, and when X 1 represents O or S, X 2 represents N; Z 1 and Z 2 each independently represent hydrogen, deuterium, or -L 1 -Het, with the proviso, at least one of Z 1 and Z 2 represents -L 1 -Het; R represents a substituted or unsubstituted (C6-C30)aryl, or a substituted or unsubstituted 3- to 30-membered heteroaryl; R 1 to R 4 each independently represent hydrogen, deuterium, a substituted or unsubstituted (C1-C10)alkyl, a substituted or unsubstituted (C6-C30)aryl, or a substituted or unsubstituted 3- to 30-membered heteroaryl; L 1 represents a direct bond, a substituted or unsubstituted (C6-C30)arylene, or a substituted or unsubstituted 3- to 30-membered heteroary lene; Het represents a substituted or unsubstituted 3- to 30-membered heteroaryl; and the heteroaryl(ene) contains at least one heteroatom selected from B, N, O, S, Si, and P.
A robot gripper for a transfer system for setting a piece in a required orientation, the gripper comprising: - two fingers supporting respective gripping surfaces , which are coaxial and movable with respect to one another along a longitudinal axis ; and - a first actuator for approaching/moving away said gripping surfaces longitudinally; wherein said gripping surfaces can turn about said longitudinal axis with respect to said fingers , and wherein the robot gripper further comprises a second actuator for rotating one of said gripping surfaces about said longitudinal axis ; characterized in that said first actuator comprises two actuation stages that are set in series and can be operated independently of one another. - two fingers supporting respective gripping surfaces , which are coaxial and movable with respect to one another along a longitudinal axis ; and - a first actuator for approaching/moving away said gripping surfaces longitudinally; wherein said gripping surfaces can turn about said longitudinal axis with respect to said fingers , and wherein the robot gripper further comprises a second actuator for rotating one of said gripping surfaces about said longitudinal axis ; characterized in that said first actuator comprises two actuation stages that are set in series and can be operated independently of one another.
A pre-alignment apparatus for a wafer, comprising: a wafer to be pre-aligned; a wafer stage for supporting the wafer, wherein a first alignment mark (W1) and a second alignment mark (W2) are provided on the wafer such that the first and second alignment marks (W1, W2) are substantially symmetrical to each other with respect to a center of the wafer; a peripheral vision acquisition system , configured to perform a first positional compensation for the wafer based on a relative positional relationship of an edge or a notch of the wafer with respect to the wafer stage; characterized in that the pre-alignment apparatus further comprises a mark detection system , configured to capture images of the first and second alignment marks (W1, W2), and perform a second positional compensation for the wafer by determining a relative positional relationship of the center of the wafer with respect to a center of the wafer stage based on positions of the first and second alignment marks (W1, W2) in a coordinate system of the mark detection system , the peripheral vision acquisition system and the mark detection system are located on opposite sides of the wafer along a radial direction of the wafer, and the coordinate system of the mark detection system has a horizontal axis defined by a line passing through the center of the wafer stage and a center of the mark detection system and a vertical axis defined by a line crossing the horizontal axis at right angles and passing through the center of the wafer stage. a wafer to be pre-aligned; a wafer stage for supporting the wafer, wherein a first alignment mark (W1) and a second alignment mark (W2) are provided on the wafer such that the first and second alignment marks (W1, W2) are substantially symmetrical to each other with respect to a center of the wafer; a peripheral vision acquisition system , configured to perform a first positional compensation for the wafer based on a relative positional relationship of an edge or a notch of the wafer with respect to the wafer stage; characterized in that the pre-alignment apparatus further comprises a mark detection system , configured to capture images of the first and second alignment marks (W1, W2), and perform a second positional compensation for the wafer by determining a relative positional relationship of the center of the wafer with respect to a center of the wafer stage based on positions of the first and second alignment marks (W1, W2) in a coordinate system of the mark detection system , the peripheral vision acquisition system and the mark detection system are located on opposite sides of the wafer along a radial direction of the wafer, and the coordinate system of the mark detection system has a horizontal axis defined by a line passing through the center of the wafer stage and a center of the mark detection system and a vertical axis defined by a line crossing the horizontal axis at right angles and passing through the center of the wafer stage.
A thermally expandable microcapsule comprising a volatile expansion agent included in a shell as a core agent and the shell formed of a polymer, the shell containing a thermosetting resin and a polymer obtained by polymerization of a monomer composition containing a nitrile-type monomer and a monomer having a carboxyl group, and the thermosetting resin having no radical-polymerizable double bond and at least two functional groups reactive with a carboxyl group per molecule, wherein the thermosetting resin has a gel fraction of less than 5% at T1.0 and a gel fraction of not less than 5% at T1.5, wherein T1.0 indicates a temperature when the core agent shows a vapor pressure of 1.0 MPa and T1.5 indicates a temperature when the core agent shows a vapor pressure of 1.5 MPa.
A leveling base comprising: a pedestal , a leveling plate provided to said pedestal via leveling screws , and a prism unit including a prism with retroreflective characteristics, wherein said prism unit is provided on said leveling plate, said prism unit retro-reflects a light beam entering from a vertically lower side by said prism, said pedestal having a lower through-hole which an incident light beam to said prism and a reflected light beam from said prism pass through, and an attachment/detachment portion , which is provided on an upper surface of said leveling plate, enables a measuring device to be attached to/to be detached from.
A monitoring tool connected to each of a plurality of gateways within a network , comprising: a request reporter module communicatively coupled to each of the plurality of gateways and configured to record results of URL access requests from one or more end users ; a processing module communicatively coupled to the request reporter module and configured to calculate a set of metrics based on success and failure rates for each of the URL access requests recorded by the request reporter module and distinguish between failures related to the network and failures unrelated to the network ; and a consolidator module communicatively coupled to the processing module and configured to consolidate and present the set of metrics outputted by the processing module in a user-friendly format for monitoring network connections. a request reporter module communicatively coupled to each of the plurality of gateways and configured to record results of URL access requests from one or more end users ; a processing module communicatively coupled to the request reporter module and configured to calculate a set of metrics based on success and failure rates for each of the URL access requests recorded by the request reporter module and distinguish between failures related to the network and failures unrelated to the network ; and a consolidator module communicatively coupled to the processing module and configured to consolidate and present the set of metrics outputted by the processing module in a user-friendly format for monitoring network connections.
An indoor unit for a ceiling-concealed air-conditioning apparatus, the indoor unit comprising: an indoor-unit body having an air inlet at a bottom; a decorative panel provided at the bottom of the indoor-unit body and serving as a design surface; and an inlet grille flap rotatably supported by the decorative panel and covering the air inlet , the inlet grille flap being provided with a rotational-axis hinge positioned on each of both sides at one edge of the inlet grille flap and serving as a rotational axis of the inlet grille flap , and a latch part positioned between the two rotational-axis hinges and projecting from the one edge , the decorative panel having a flange , wherein the latch is configured so that when the inlet grille flap is closed, the flange is positioned below the latch part and supporting the latch part from below, and when the inlet grille is open, in a side view, the position on the latch part where the flange supports the latch part from below when the inlet grille flap is closed is shifted in a vertical direction and in a horizontal direction from a position where the rotational-axis hinges reside and between the plurality of rotational-axis hinges . an indoor-unit body having an air inlet at a bottom; a decorative panel provided at the bottom of the indoor-unit body and serving as a design surface; and an inlet grille flap rotatably supported by the decorative panel and covering the air inlet , the inlet grille flap being provided with a rotational-axis hinge positioned on each of both sides at one edge of the inlet grille flap and serving as a rotational axis of the inlet grille flap , and a latch part positioned between the two rotational-axis hinges and projecting from the one edge , the decorative panel having a flange , wherein the latch is configured so that when the inlet grille flap is closed, the flange is positioned below the latch part and supporting the latch part from below, and when the inlet grille is open, in a side view, the position on the latch part where the flange supports the latch part from below when the inlet grille flap is closed is shifted in a vertical direction and in a horizontal direction from a position where the rotational-axis hinges reside and between the plurality of rotational-axis hinges .
An audio device comprising: a housing comprising a set of walls, wherein at least one of the walls has a compound curved shape comprising an outer surface and an inner surface each with a compound curve; and a capacitive sensing interface integrated with one of the at least one of the walls having a compound curved shape, the capacitive sensing interface comprising: a contact surface for receiving a touch command at the outer surface of the wall; and a flexible printed circuit board, PCB, underlying the contact surface for detecting the touch command at the contact surface, characterized in that the flexible PCB extends along the inner surface of the wall and comprises at least one slit that enable the flexible PCB to conform with the compound curve of the inner surface. a housing comprising a set of walls, wherein at least one of the walls has a compound curved shape comprising an outer surface and an inner surface each with a compound curve; and a capacitive sensing interface integrated with one of the at least one of the walls having a compound curved shape, the capacitive sensing interface comprising: a contact surface for receiving a touch command at the outer surface of the wall; and a flexible printed circuit board, PCB, underlying the contact surface for detecting the touch command at the contact surface, characterized in that the flexible PCB extends along the inner surface of the wall and comprises at least one slit that enable the flexible PCB to conform with the compound curve of the inner surface. a contact surface for receiving a touch command at the outer surface of the wall; and a flexible printed circuit board, PCB, underlying the contact surface for detecting the touch command at the contact surface, characterized in that the flexible PCB extends along the inner surface of the wall and comprises at least one slit that enable the flexible PCB to conform with the compound curve of the inner surface.
A method for isolation of viral vectors comprising a gene of interest following production by cultivation of said viral vectors in producer cells, comprising the following steps in a continuous workflow: a) adding producer cells and cell lysis buffer to a processing container ; b) mixing said producer cells and cell lysis buffer in said processing container to form a mixture; c) flowing said mixture from the processing container through a chromatography column comprising affinity resin for purification of viral vectors, wherein the viral vectors are adsorbed on said resin in said chromatography column ; and d) eluting viral vectors from the resin in the chromatography column into a product container , wherein the processing container , product container and column are mounted in a cassette, and wherein the cell lysis buffer , the wash buffer , elution buffer and optionally waste container are located outside the cassette, and comprising the following step after step c) or d): releasing wash buffer into the processing container to flush out cells/debris and eject it into a waste container . a) adding producer cells and cell lysis buffer to a processing container ; b) mixing said producer cells and cell lysis buffer in said processing container to form a mixture; c) flowing said mixture from the processing container through a chromatography column comprising affinity resin for purification of viral vectors, wherein the viral vectors are adsorbed on said resin in said chromatography column ; and d) eluting viral vectors from the resin in the chromatography column into a product container , wherein the processing container , product container and column are mounted in a cassette, and wherein the cell lysis buffer , the wash buffer , elution buffer and optionally waste container are located outside the cassette, and comprising the following step after step c) or d): releasing wash buffer into the processing container to flush out cells/debris and eject it into a waste container .
An infusion catheter assembly comprising a catheter body having an interior lumen and including a porous fluid distribution section having a predefined maximum length communicating with the interior lumen; at least one fluid delivery port for dispensing a fluid from an external source into communication with the porous fluid distribution section for infusion through the porous fluid distribution section at a flow rate; and a barrier mechanism movable within the catheter body to establish for the infusion catheter assembly an infinitely variable range of effective infusion lengths between the maximum length and any smaller length along the porous fluid distribution section, wherein the barrier mechanism comprises an expandable structure coupled to an inner catheter body sized and configured to be manipulated by sliding within the catheter body along the predefined maximum length of the porous fluid distribution section, and the inner catheter body includes the at least one fluid delivery port, wherein the expandable structure is configured to expand in response to introduction of a fluid.
A method for scalable video coding, comprising at least the following: - encoding into a bitstream an indication indicating whether storing of motion fields in a buffer or a memory is needed, motion fields including motion information for each of a plurality of blocks of one or more picture of a base layer , wherein the encoding comprises: - encoding into a bitstream an indication indicating whether or not motion fields are used within a base layer for temporal motion vector prediction of another picture; and - encoding into a bitstream an indication indicating whether or not inter-layer motion prediction is allowed to be used, - wherein the indications encoded into the bitstream indicate that the motion fields of the base layer are used only for inter-layer motion prediction of a respective block and not for temporal motion vector prediction of the same respective block of another pictures, and - wherein when the temporal motion vector prediction is not used within the base layer for temporal motion vector prediction of another picture, indicating that storing the motion fields of the base layer in a buffer or a memory is needed in which the motion fields are used for inter-layer motion prediction for another layer unless the another layer is not present in the bitstream to be encoded in which case the motion fields of the base layer are not to be stored. - encoding into a bitstream an indication indicating whether storing of motion fields in a buffer or a memory is needed, motion fields including motion information for each of a plurality of blocks of one or more picture of a base layer , wherein the encoding comprises: - encoding into a bitstream an indication indicating whether or not motion fields are used within a base layer for temporal motion vector prediction of another picture; and - encoding into a bitstream an indication indicating whether or not inter-layer motion prediction is allowed to be used, - wherein the indications encoded into the bitstream indicate that the motion fields of the base layer are used only for inter-layer motion prediction of a respective block and not for temporal motion vector prediction of the same respective block of another pictures, and - wherein when the temporal motion vector prediction is not used within the base layer for temporal motion vector prediction of another picture, indicating that storing the motion fields of the base layer in a buffer or a memory is needed in which the motion fields are used for inter-layer motion prediction for another layer unless the another layer is not present in the bitstream to be encoded in which case the motion fields of the base layer are not to be stored.
A surgical instrument for driving elongated pins or wires, the instrument comprising; a body ; a first shaft having a lumen substantially concentric about a longitudinal axis (L-L), the first shaft being rotatable about the longitudinal axis and positioned at least partially within the body; a second shaft at least partially positioned around the first shaft and positioned at least partially within the body, the second shaft being axially mobile and comprising a first ramped surface and a second ramped surface positioned a distance distal from the first ramped surface; an actuator member in communication with the second shaft; a first holding feature located adjacent a first position along the longitudinal axis, wherein the first holding feature is configured to passively and constantly apply a first force to an elongated member received in the lumen of the first shaft; and a second holding feature (32b/32c), comprising a set of engaging features and the ramped surfaces of the second shaft , where the second holding feature is configured to actively and selectively apply a second force to the elongated member received in the lumen of the first shaft in response to activation of the actuator member which causes axial movement of the second shaft relative to the first shaft and engagement of the set of engagement features by the ramped surfaces of the second shaft. a body ; a first shaft having a lumen substantially concentric about a longitudinal axis (L-L), the first shaft being rotatable about the longitudinal axis and positioned at least partially within the body; a second shaft at least partially positioned around the first shaft and positioned at least partially within the body, the second shaft being axially mobile and comprising a first ramped surface and a second ramped surface positioned a distance distal from the first ramped surface; an actuator member in communication with the second shaft; a first holding feature located adjacent a first position along the longitudinal axis, wherein the first holding feature is configured to passively and constantly apply a first force to an elongated member received in the lumen of the first shaft; and a second holding feature (32b/32c), comprising a set of engaging features and the ramped surfaces of the second shaft , where the second holding feature is configured to actively and selectively apply a second force to the elongated member received in the lumen of the first shaft in response to activation of the actuator member which causes axial movement of the second shaft relative to the first shaft and engagement of the set of engagement features by the ramped surfaces of the second shaft.