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Vehicle underbody structure, comprising a floor panel , at least one longitudinal beam extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle under said floor panel and at least one transversal beam extending in a transversal direction, substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, above the floor panel , the floor panel extending transversally between two sides , the transversal beam comprising a transversal central end extending under a central area of said floor panel and a transversal side end extending at one of the sides of said floor panel, characterized in that the transversal beam comprises a central portion , extending between the central end and an intermediate part of the transversal beam , and an end portion , extending between the intermediate part and the side end , the resistance to plastic deformation of the central portion being greater than the resistance to plastic deformation of the end portion , and in that the intermediate part of the transversal beam extends upright of the longitudinal beam such that the end portion of the transversal beam extends transversally between the longitudinal beam and one of the sides of the floor panel .
A cooling apparatus comprising: a storage compartment to store articles in a cooled state at a temperature above 0 °C; an evaporator to cool air in the storage compartment by evaporating a refrigerant; a compressor to compress the evaporated refrigerant; an air blower to supply the cooled air to the storage compartment ; a storage temperature sensor to sense a temperature of the storage compartment ; and a controller configured to perform a cooling operation of operating the compressor and the air blower to cool the storage compartment when the temperature of the storage compartment is greater than or equal to a storage upper limit temperature, characterized in that the controller is configured to perform a defrosting operation of operating the air blower to remove frost formed on the evaporator when the cooling operation is terminated, the defrosting operation is performed for a minimum defrosting time or more, and when a defrosting time for which the defrosting operation is performed is less than the minimum defrosting time, the controller is configured to defer the cooling operation even if the temperature of the storage compartment is greater than or equal to the storage upper limit temperature, and the controller terminates the defrosting operation when the temperature of the storage compartment is greater than or equal to the upper limit temperature and a defrosting time for which the defrosting operation is performed is greater than or equal to the minimum defrosting time. a storage compartment to store articles in a cooled state at a temperature above 0 °C; an evaporator to cool air in the storage compartment by evaporating a refrigerant; a compressor to compress the evaporated refrigerant; an air blower to supply the cooled air to the storage compartment ; a storage temperature sensor to sense a temperature of the storage compartment ; and a controller configured to perform a cooling operation of operating the compressor and the air blower to cool the storage compartment when the temperature of the storage compartment is greater than or equal to a storage upper limit temperature, characterized in that the controller is configured to perform a defrosting operation of operating the air blower to remove frost formed on the evaporator when the cooling operation is terminated, the defrosting operation is performed for a minimum defrosting time or more, and when a defrosting time for which the defrosting operation is performed is less than the minimum defrosting time, the controller is configured to defer the cooling operation even if the temperature of the storage compartment is greater than or equal to the storage upper limit temperature, and the controller terminates the defrosting operation when the temperature of the storage compartment is greater than or equal to the upper limit temperature and a defrosting time for which the defrosting operation is performed is greater than or equal to the minimum defrosting time.
A supervision and control method for preventing poor air quality and fire as well as issuing an alarm regarding a dangerous situation, the method using an air quality indicator unit mounted to the ceiling or on a wall and provided with an air quality sensor and with one or more directable infrared remote thermometers , as well as one or more control and supervision units to detect devices that deteriorate air quality or create a danger, which are as an additional device connected to or integrated into home appliances or electrical devices , sending air quality information measured by the air quality sensor from the air quality indicator unit to the control and supervision unit , the air quality indicator unit is monitoring the presence of a user of the home appliances or electrical devices , and the control and supervision unit is controlling ventilation on the basis of the received air quality information, wherein on the basis of the received air quality information, the operation and/or energy supply of also other home appliances or electrical devices is controlled than those concerned with ventilation, and that on the basis of a deterioration of air quality detected by the air quality indicator unit and home appliances or electrical devices being on or inputting power, the home appliance or electrical device causing the problem is detected and ventilation is intensified and/or the electricity is cut off to the electrical device or home appliance creating the problem if a preset alarm limit of the dangerous situation based on the information detected is exceeded characterized in, that the method uses the air quality indicator unit mounted to the ceiling or on a wall, into which is integrated the one or more directable infrared remote thermometers to detect a dangerously high temperature, and in that the one or more directable remote thermometers directed to the home appliances or electrical devices detect temperatures exceeding the preset alarm limit and temperature information is used together with the received air quality information to control the operation and/or energy supply of the home appliances or electrical devices.
A basically wire-based electrode for transmittance of electrophysiological neurosignals comprising a basically wire-shaped substrate with an electrically conductive core and an electrically non-conductive surface layer , the electrically non-conductive surface layer having at least one opening to the electrically conductive core and a contact area of electrically conductive material for the transmission of electrical signals to and/or from neural tissue, the contact area being located at the opening in the insulation layer and electrically conductively connected to the substrate core wherein the at least one contact area is formed by at least one hole in the substrate core material to below the surface of the electrically conductive core .
A method of operating a fleet of autonomous vehicles at a work site having a loading area at which a loading device is provided for loading material onto said autonomous vehicles, the method comprising: - controlling (S1) a first vehicle of said autonomous vehicles to drive in a first driving mode until it reaches a start position of the loading area, the method characterized in that the method further comprises: - deactivating (S2) the first driving mode for the first vehicle by controlling the first vehicle to be positioned in the loading area in a second driving mode, - controlling (S3) a second vehicle of said autonomous vehicles to come into contact with the first vehicle and to push the first vehicle along the loading area and past the loading device for enabling loading of material onto the first vehicle from the loading device as the first vehicle passes by the loading device, - reactivating (S4) the first driving mode of the first vehicle when the second vehicle has pushed the first vehicle to an end position of the loading area. - controlling (S1) a first vehicle of said autonomous vehicles to drive in a first driving mode until it reaches a start position of the loading area, - deactivating (S2) the first driving mode for the first vehicle by controlling the first vehicle to be positioned in the loading area in a second driving mode, - controlling (S3) a second vehicle of said autonomous vehicles to come into contact with the first vehicle and to push the first vehicle along the loading area and past the loading device for enabling loading of material onto the first vehicle from the loading device as the first vehicle passes by the loading device, - reactivating (S4) the first driving mode of the first vehicle when the second vehicle has pushed the first vehicle to an end position of the loading area.
A receptacle of a connector for sealably engaging and disengaging contacts therein, the receptacle comprising: one or more closed chambers , each closed chamber containing fluid, at least one of the closed chambers containing one or more receptacle contacts , each receptacle contact being configured to engage one of one or more plug contacts of a plug of the connector, at least a portion of each closed chamber being configured to be movable with respect to another portion of the closed chamber to permit balancing of pressure within the closed chamber to pressure outside the closed chamber , characterized in that each closed chamber having at least one resilient end wall portion including a bore and a tap integrally formed with the resilient end wall portion , the tap and bore being formed by a crescentic-shaped cut through the resilient end wall portion , an outer shape of the tap conforming to an inner shape of the bore , the tap being movable from a closed position to an open position with respect to the bore , the resilient end wall portion being configured to permit one of the plug contacts to (i) sealably penetrate into the closed chamber by displacing the tap from the closed position and engage one of the receptacle contacts within the closed chamber , and (ii) be subsequently sealably withdrawn from the closed chamber thereby allowing the tap to return to the closed position. one or more closed chambers , each closed chamber containing fluid, at least one of the closed chambers containing one or more receptacle contacts , each receptacle contact being configured to engage one of one or more plug contacts of a plug of the connector, at least a portion of each closed chamber being configured to be movable with respect to another portion of the closed chamber to permit balancing of pressure within the closed chamber to pressure outside the closed chamber , characterized in that each closed chamber having at least one resilient end wall portion including a bore and a tap integrally formed with the resilient end wall portion , the tap and bore being formed by a crescentic-shaped cut through the resilient end wall portion , an outer shape of the tap conforming to an inner shape of the bore , the tap being movable from a closed position to an open position with respect to the bore , the resilient end wall portion being configured to permit one of the plug contacts to (i) sealably penetrate into the closed chamber by displacing the tap from the closed position and engage one of the receptacle contacts within the closed chamber , and (ii) be subsequently sealably withdrawn from the closed chamber thereby allowing the tap to return to the closed position.
A method for imaging a microscopic object with improved resolution comprising: - measuring with an instrument or microscope a complex wavefield scattered by the microscopic object, the complex wavefield being represented by phase and amplitude or by real and imaginary parts; characterized in' that the method further comprises the step of - computing an image of the microscopic object with a resolution better than the diffraction limit given by the conventional Abbe law, including deconvolving the complex wavefield scattered by the microscopic objet with a complex coherent transfer function (CTF) applied to the complex wavefield. - measuring with an instrument or microscope a complex wavefield scattered by the microscopic object, the complex wavefield being represented by phase and amplitude or by real and imaginary parts; characterized in' that the method further comprises the step of - computing an image of the microscopic object with a resolution better than the diffraction limit given by the conventional Abbe law, including deconvolving the complex wavefield scattered by the microscopic objet with a complex coherent transfer function (CTF) applied to the complex wavefield.
An elastic signal transmission cable having an elasticity of 10% or more and transmission loss of 7 dB/m or less in a relaxed state at 250 MHz, and comprising an elastic cylindrical body having an elasticity of 10% or more and a conductor portion containing at least two conductor wires wound in the same direction around the elastic cylindrical body , wherein the elastic cylindrical body has a void there within, characterized in that (i) the elastic cylindrical body is formed from an elastic long fiber and an insulating fiber arranged around the elastic long fiber, said void being formed by said arrangement of the insulating fiber around the elastic long fiber and the void is present around the elastic long fiber; (ii) the conductor wires are wound in parallel, the variation r in the interval between proximal conductor wires is such that 0 ≤ r ≤ 2d, where d is the average interval between proximal conductor wires when relaxed, the average interval d' when stretched by arbitrarily stretching to a stretch limit is within the range of 1/2d to 4d, and there is no deviation from this range even accompanying repeated stretching; and (iii) the wound diameter of the conductor wires is 0.5 to 10 mm, the winding pitch of the conductor wires is 0.1 to 20 mm and the interval between proximal conductor wires is 0.02 to 10 mm. (i) the elastic cylindrical body is formed from an elastic long fiber and an insulating fiber arranged around the elastic long fiber, said void being formed by said arrangement of the insulating fiber around the elastic long fiber and the void is present around the elastic long fiber; (ii) the conductor wires are wound in parallel, the variation r in the interval between proximal conductor wires is such that 0 ≤ r ≤ 2d, where d is the average interval between proximal conductor wires when relaxed, the average interval d' when stretched by arbitrarily stretching to a stretch limit is within the range of 1/2d to 4d, and there is no deviation from this range even accompanying repeated stretching; and (iii) the wound diameter of the conductor wires is 0.5 to 10 mm, the winding pitch of the conductor wires is 0.1 to 20 mm and the interval between proximal conductor wires is 0.02 to 10 mm.
Rubber blend composed of - at least one solution-polymerized diene polymer A of high molecular weight, formed from at least one conjugated diene and optionally one or more vinylaromatic compound(s), having a content of vinylaromatic compound of 0% to 50% by weight, having a vinyl content of 8% to 80% by weight based on any diene content present, having a glass transition temperature T g according to DSC of -100°C < T g < -35°C, preferably of -100° < T g < -50°C, having a molecular weight M w according to GPC of more than 350 000 g/mol and having a polydispersity PD of 1.1 < PD < 3 and - at least one solution-polymerized polymer B of low molecular weight, formed from at least one conjugated diene, or at least one conjugated diene and one or more vinylaromatic compound(s) or at least one or more than one vinylaromatic compound(s) having a content of vinylaromatic compound of 0% to 50% by weight, having a vinyl content of 8% to 80% by weight based on any diene content present, having a glass transition temperature T g according to DSC of -100°C < T g < +80°C, having a molecular weight M w according to GPC of 1300 g/mol < M w < 10 000 g/mol and having a polydispersity PD of 1 < PD < 1.5, wherein at least one of polymers A and B has been functionalized at the chain end and/or along the polymer chain and/or at a coupling site (multiple polymers may be attached to one functionalization site) with at least one group selected from epoxy groups, hydroxyl groups, carboxyl groups, silane sulfide groups, amino groups, siloxane groups, organosilicon groups, phthalocyanine groups and amino group-containing alkoxysilyl groups, and wherein the rubber blend has been obtained by combining the polymer solutions of polymers A and B, followed by stripping and drying. - at least one solution-polymerized diene polymer A of high molecular weight, formed from at least one conjugated diene and optionally one or more vinylaromatic compound(s), having a content of vinylaromatic compound of 0% to 50% by weight, having a vinyl content of 8% to 80% by weight based on any diene content present, having a glass transition temperature T g according to DSC of -100°C < T g < -35°C, preferably of -100° < T g < -50°C, having a molecular weight M w according to GPC of more than 350 000 g/mol and having a polydispersity PD of 1.1 < PD < 3 and - at least one solution-polymerized polymer B of low molecular weight, formed from at least one conjugated diene, or at least one conjugated diene and one or more vinylaromatic compound(s) or at least one or more than one vinylaromatic compound(s) having a content of vinylaromatic compound of 0% to 50% by weight, having a vinyl content of 8% to 80% by weight based on any diene content present, having a glass transition temperature T g according to DSC of -100°C < T g < +80°C, having a molecular weight M w according to GPC of 1300 g/mol < M w < 10 000 g/mol and having a polydispersity PD of 1 < PD < 1.5,
A method for boosting word-line voltage of a word-line of a memory device, the method comprising: coupling the word-line to a supply voltage to pull the word-line up to a rail voltage; and coupling a dummy line to the supply voltage to pull the dummy line to the rail voltage by a second switch, the dummy line comprising a conductive route disposed in a vicinity of the word-line and forming a parasitic coupling capacitance with the word-line, wherein pulling up the dummy line boosts the word-line voltage above the rail voltage by a boost voltage; characterised in that the method further comprises: changing a count of a number of closed switches of a set of first switches, operated to couple the word-line to the supply voltage, as a first technique to change the boost voltage of the word-line; changing a time duration that the second switch is closed as a second technique to change the boost voltage of the word-line; wherein the change in the boost voltage is programmable by using one or both of the first and second techniques. coupling the word-line to a supply voltage to pull the word-line up to a rail voltage; and coupling a dummy line to the supply voltage to pull the dummy line to the rail voltage by a second switch, the dummy line comprising a conductive route disposed in a vicinity of the word-line and forming a parasitic coupling capacitance with the word-line, wherein pulling up the dummy line boosts the word-line voltage above the rail voltage by a boost voltage; characterised in that the method further comprises: changing a count of a number of closed switches of a set of first switches, operated to couple the word-line to the supply voltage, as a first technique to change the boost voltage of the word-line; changing a time duration that the second switch is closed as a second technique to change the boost voltage of the word-line; changing a count of a number of closed switches of a set of first switches, operated to couple the word-line to the supply voltage, as a first technique to change the boost voltage of the word-line; changing a time duration that the second switch is closed as a second technique to change the boost voltage of the word-line; wherein the change in the boost voltage is programmable by using one or both of the first and second techniques.
A process for making microparticles, comprising: (a) providing a process stream comprising (i) a dispersed phase comprising a first solvent having a polymer and an agent dissolved or dispersed therein; and (ii) a continuous phase comprising a second solvent that is partially or totally immiscible in the first solvent; (b) passing the process stream through a screen and into a mixing environment; such that during step (a) and (b) or step (b) , an emulsion forms that comprises microdroplets of the dispersed phase in the continuous phase; and (c) removing the first solvent from the microdroplets to form the microparticles. (a) providing a process stream comprising (i) a dispersed phase comprising a first solvent having a polymer and an agent dissolved or dispersed therein; and (ii) a continuous phase comprising a second solvent that is partially or totally immiscible in the first solvent; (b) passing the process stream through a screen and into a mixing environment; such that during step (a) and (b) or step (b) , an emulsion forms that comprises microdroplets of the dispersed phase in the continuous phase; and (c) removing the first solvent from the microdroplets to form the microparticles.